Question

Read the following passage carefully :
Indians are fast acquiring healthy habits. In keeping with trends worldwide, summer sales ices,
Juice-based drinks, iced tea, flavoured milk, buttermilk and lassi over fizzy cola drinks.
Juices and other non-aerated drinks are growing at a blistering 35-40% compared to fizzy
drinks, which are notching up a 10% growth. The soft drinks industry sees the perceptible shift
towards healthy drinks in Consumer lastes.
The changing public perception towards colas and aerated drinks are in line with international
Cola sells more non-aerated drinks thanks to increased awareness in schools about alleged
harmful effects of aerated drinks caused by the pesticides. Pesticides controversy is making
people tum towards healthier alternatives, be they juices or flavoured milk
Interestingly, within carbonated beverages segment its lime-based drinks like Sprite, Limca and
7-up, besides diet variants of Coke and Pepsi that are growing faster than the two big colas.
It's the same in the US, Europe and Japan. In the US, for instance, fizzy drinks have been on the
decline Si33nce their sales peaked in 1998, while categories like water, energy drinks and juices
are growing. Pepsi's volume declined by 4% last year, while Coca-Cola has launched only diet
drinks in the last two years.
(Sentence Completion)

1. Complete the following statements appropriately.
(a) Harmful effects of aerated drinks are mainly caused by__________
(b)People turn towards healthier alternatives". (Para 3)Here, healthier alternatives refer to________
(c)Some lime based carbonated drinks available in Indian markets are_________
2. Answer the following questions briefly

(a)How can you say that Indians are fast acquiring healthy habits?
(b)Compare the growth in the sales of non-aerated drinks and fizzy drinks.
(c)What changing public perception does the author talk about in Para no 3?
(d)What is the result of awareness in schools of Japan about the alleged harmful effects of aerated drinks?
(e) It's the same in U.S., Europe and Japan. (Para 5) What does the author talk about here?
3.Find words from the passage which mean the same as:
(a)capable of being seen or observed. (Para 1-2)
(b)decrease (Para 4-5)
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Answer 1

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Answer 2

Answer:

1a) pesticides

b) the juice and flavoured milk

c)Sprite,limca and 7up

2a)in keeping with trends worldwide summer sales etc

b) non-aerated growing rate is 35% to40%

compared to fizzy drinks are growing less by 20%

c) the answer is from para 3 from the changing public to cola selles

d) caused by pesticides

e)the author means that the to big cola drinks are growing in USA Japan and Europe and earning lots of profit and decreasing the profit of fizzy drinks .

3a) blistering

b)decline

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