Question

The peaks and valleys of the Himalaya mountain ranges are some of the most inaccessible,

remote regions in the world today. But even the most isolated valleys have been touched by

climate change.

The changes have already complicated life for the people who live in the region. Across the

High Mountain region, temperatures have risen by nearly two degrees Fahrenheit since the start

of the 20th century.

In response, glaciers are retreating, permafrost is melting and weather pattern are becoming

more erratic, disrupting lives of millions and instigating more natural disasters for farmers

growing apples or grains on steep mountain slopes, that means they have to shift their farms to

higher levels to ensure the cool seasons necessary for their crops.

For others, changing pattern of snow and rain have dried up streams and Springs or increase the

threat of disastrous floods. At the same time, many glaciers across the region have retreated by

somewhere between 20% to 47% since the year 2000.

Glaciers and snowmelt feeds into rivers sustaining their flow. As glaciers get smaller that water

supply to rivers like the Indus will likely dwindle, leaving the communities and ecological

system that rely on the water vulnerable. Changes to the glaciers also has another effect.

More melt means more water pools in lakes on top of the glaciers, but those lakes are often

growing so fast and hold so much water that they can and have burst through the rock piles

holding them back. Resulting in devastating outburst floods.

A. Answer the following questions on basis of your reading of the above passage.

(6x2=12)



i. How has climate change altered the temperature in the Himalayan region?

ii. Changes in temperature have affected the Himalayan region in many ways. Mention any

two of them.

iii.Why does the farmers growing apples or grains on steep mountain slopes have to shift their

farms to higher levels?

iv. How are changes in the glaciers responsible for flooding in the region?

v. Give a suitable title of this passage.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Patna

Mauryan empire, in ancient India, a state centred at Pataliputra (later Patna) near the junction of the Son and Ganges (Ganga) rivers. It lasted from about 321 to 185 bce and was the first empire to encompass most of the Indian subcontinent.

Answer 2

Answer:

Write an essay on the topic ‘Learning at Home during Lockdown: My Parents and My Teachers’