Read the following passage carefully.
(1) The world's potential supply of fresh water has been affected by pollution and irregular rainfall
patterns. Water use has increased twice as fast as the growth of population. In the future, global
warming is expected to have a significant impact on water supplies with increased floods in some
areas and droughts in others.
(2) Most people in underdeveloped countries get their water from streams, rivers or storage ponds.
This water is likely to be polluted. The only clean water available comes from underground, called
groundwater, and is accessed through wells and water pumps. One pump orwell is often shared by
a whole village. This means having to walk great distance to collect supplies.
(3) Imagine life in your home with no taps for water and no toilets. This is how more than two billion
people in the world have to live. About three Billion people in the world are not able to wash their
hands in clean water after going to toilet -- in fact they have got notoilets!
(4) Such conditions bring severe health hazards. Raw sewage constantly pollutes their water supply
and spreads diseases. Water pollution is responsible for 25 million deaths a year and half of all the
world's diseases are spread through water.
Tick the option you consider the most appropriate.
(1x5=5 Marks)
More than population it is the which has increased the most over the years.
(a) supply of fresh water
(c) flood and drought
(b) effect of pollution D
(d) usage of water
2 Clean water is accessed from
(a) streams
(c) rivers
(6) ponds
(d) underground
3. "This means having to walk....." (Paragraph 2). Here the word 'this' refers to
(a) lack of clean water
(c) access to wells and water pumps a
(b) sharing of a well or water pump by many villages ✓ (d) pollution of water
Three million people are not able to wash their hands in clean water after going to the toilet because
(a) there is no water supply
(c) there are no toilets
(b) water is scarce
(d) the water is polluted
5. 'Such conditions..... (Paragraph 4). Which condition is the author talking about?
(a) having to walk great distances for fresh water a (c) exposure of water to raw sewage
(d) the effects of irregular rainfall
(b) having neither taps nor toilets
Answer Please
Answers
Answer:
The answer is shown below:
Explanation:
(1) More than population it is the.......... which has increased the most over the years.
Answer- (d) Usage of water
(2) Clean water is accessed from
Answer- (d) Underground
(3) "This means having to walk....." (Paragraph 2). Here the word 'this' refers to
Answer- (c) Access to wells and water pumps
(4) Three million people are not able towash their hands in clean water after going to the toilet because
Answer- (a) There is no water supply
(5) ' Such conditions......' (Paragraph 4). Which condition is the author talking about ?
Answer- (b) Having neither taps nor toilets
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The answers are as follows:
1. d. usage of water
2. d. underground
3. b. sharing of a well or water pump by many villages
4. d. the water is polluted
5. b. having neither taps nor toilets
Comprehension
- Comprehensions refer to the passages which we need to comprehend and understand and answer the given questions.
- The given passage is about the scarcity and pollution of water in the present state.
- While solving a comprehension, we should go through the passage more than once. It helps us find the correct answer among all the other confusing ones.