Question

Q2. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow
(12 marks)
1 The quality of fruits and vegetables that feed most of Delhi's population is being affected
by the river's pallation. It is not pesticides, but a toxic mix of Industrial effluents that are
contaminadng the fruits and vegetables that are being grown on the river bed This is risicing
the lives of those people specially who eat greens grown on this soil The National Green
Tribunal has been asking for a ban on artificial colours applied to fruits and vegetables and
on the waxing af certain fruits such as apples
2. That the government is conscious of this grave danger looming large over the city's
papulation is evident from the fact that they recently issued an advertisement asiding
Consumers bo clean their vegetables in various solutions, to do away with the chemical
residue. They have advised consumers to discard the outer layers of leafy vegetables such as
letipoe and cabbage. In the case of melons, carrots and turnips, consumers are advised to
rub the surface first with a dry brush or towel and then rinse it Others advise that
vegetables be kept in boiling water before being rinsed and an even more ingenuous
solution to the problem is to soak the vegetables in diluted vinegar before rinsing them
3. Another advice given is to dip the vegetables in ozonised water to help reduce pestidde
residoas. A more sober approach given by some is to eat a variety of fruits and vegetables to
avold excessive consumption of the same kind of pesticides
4 The Energy and Rescundes Institute in its study has found that the level of toxic metals
like nickel, lead, manganese, chromium, and zinc are high la many water samples
Sometimes it is as high as ten times the accepted limits and water in the vidity of thermal
plants the mercury conceneration is as high as 200 times more than the required level
5. Even the polished food grains are not free from this menace for these items, contaminated
with hazardous substances are being sold in wholesale and retail markets. Farmers gowing
vegetables and fruits for a livelihood have thus no choice but to use the polluted water as the
paluson and industrial agendes have falled Io their task of controlling the flow of loans
into the river.
2.1 Answer the following questions in about 30-40 words. (2*4=8 marks)
a) What is the ope of contamination of green taking place in Delhi?
b) How should leafy vegetables be consumed?
c) What were the findings of The Energy and Resources Instituta?
d] What was the condition of farmers in soch precarious condition
2.2 Which word in the passage substitutes the meaning for the below Stalizmem.
(124=4 marks)
a) the sewage being thrown into the water (para 1)
b) throw away or dispose of(para 2)
c) Abstemious (para 3)
d] Locale (para 4)​

Answer 1

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

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