Question

Read the passage given below. (M-10)

One of the major crisis facing the country is the looming water shortage. A recent report of the UN had

named India among the worst countries for poor quality of water. The report ranks 122 countries

according to the quality of their water as well as their ability and commitment to improve the situation.

Belgium is considered the worst basically because of the quality of its ground water.

Rains filled most part of India last year and the vast areas of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra

Pradesh, and Orrisa were in the grip of devastating drought. People without water turn desperate and

violent. Villagers in Rajasthan last year attacked the food corporation godowns. Worse may be coming.

With man refusing to control pollution (America, the world’s greatest polluter refuses to cooperate with

other countries) the world is getting hotter. This means that the great ice shelves of Antarctica are

collapsing. We cannot even imagine the dangerous consequences. Last century, sea levels in Venice

rose by one step of staircase. This century they have expected to rise by five steps. An additional cause

for Venice’s sinking is the draining of underground water table due to industrialization. The water table

in our cities has also been going lower and lower. When ocean level rises, Tuvala in the Pacific ocean

will be the first to go under the waves. Citizens of the country are already migrating to New Zealand.

Will citizens of Maldives crowd into Kerala? Will another mass migration from Bangladesh turn West

Bengal upside down?

1What is the major crisis being faced by our country today?

2Which country is considered the worst in this respect?

3In which cities did the sea levels rise by one step of the staircase?

4 Why is that city sinking?

5What is happening to the water table in the cities?

6Citizens of which island have started migrating to New Zealand?

7What was happening in Rajasthan ?

8 Write the meaning of ‘collapsing’?
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Answer 1

Answer:

Ans 1: The major crisis which is being faced by our country is looming water shortage.

Ans 2: India and Belgium.

Ans 3: In Venice, the sea levels rose by one step of the staircase.

Ans 4: Venice's sinking is the draining of underground water table due to industrialization.

Ans 5: Water table is going lower and lower in cities due to industrialization.

Ans 6: Citizens of Tuvala island have started migrating to New Zealand.

Ans 7: The people of Rajasthan were in a grip of devastating drought which made them violent and desperate , and they attacked the food corporation godowns.

Ans 8: collapsing : to fall down or break into pieces suddenly.