Q.1–5
Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.
The loudest public food fight right now is about GMOs, or genetically modified organisms. Scientists add genes to corn, soya beans and other plants, usually to protect the crops from insects of herbicides. Those who support this say that the genetic help makes crops casier to grow and cheaper. But many consumers and those who keep an eye on food–safety worry that GMOs pose an unnatural threat to out health and the enviroment. These opponents say the GMOs have been linked to depression, allergies and even cancer. Uniess we have been eating food labelled 100 percent organic – which means that it must be GMO–free–we probably have GMOs in our body system already!
1. Adding genes to crops will
(1) Help in better crop–research.
(2) Make them resistant to insect attacks.
(3) Make the foods ‘organic’.
(4) Give them a stable price in the markets.
Ans. (2)
Sol. It is written in second line of passage that scientists add genes to protect the crops from insects.
2. The “.....loudest public food fight .....” suggests that
(1) People do not like the Crop Scicentists.
(2) Crop Scientists are almost fighting in the streets.
(3) There is a great competition in growing GMOs.
(4) There are strong protests against GMOs
Ans. (4)
Sol. Last lines of passage making it clear that people are still against of GMO food.
3. Those who support GMOs say that
(1) Growing the crops poses may challenges now.
(2) They do not protect the fields from insect–attacks.
(3) They bring down the prices of the crops.
(4) They help in carrying out more experiments with better results.
Ans. (3)
Sol. This answer is clear from the line, ‘Those who support this say that the genetic help makes crops easier to grow and cheaper’.
4. Those who are opposed to GMOs say that
(1) The costs of the crops will not change much in the markets.
(2) The pattern of growing and harvesting of crops will change.
(3) Such crop–research has been stopped.
(4) These crops can cause serious harm to our health.
Ans. (4)
Sol. This answer is from the line ‘opponents say that GMOs pose an unnatural threat to our health’.
5. ‘Organic foods’ according to the passage are those are
(1) already there is our bodies as GMOs
(2) grown in well-organised farms
(3) grown free from GMOs
(4) helpful to our body’s various organs
Ans. (3)
Sol. In last line it is given that Organic food is grown free from GMOs.
6-10 Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.
‘We are living in the golden are of answer’. Of cuurs information is not knowledge or wisdom, and data can mislead. Profusion of online information can be distracting or even useless. Privacy can also be a problem in a digital world where everything you’ve clicked can be used to sell things to you, evaluate you or embrrass you. Your iphone or computer can provide information to others that you might prefer to keep to yourself. But revolutions always cause some damages. Things do get lost in the ocean of information. We no longer bother to remember stuff we can easily look up. We don’t search for addresses as we use the GPS. We spend rnore time connecting with friends on Facebook than connecting with real friends. Still, pop-up ads, internet fradus and other inconveniences are a small price to pay for instant access to infinite information. Today we have better tools for searching, analysing or evaluting through data than before. Aand what’s most exciting about our age of answers is, its potential to change the quality of our lives.
6. The passage primarily discusses
(1) the advantage of technology
(2) criticism of technology
(3) the age of technology
(4) the evalution of the pros and cons of technology
Ans. (4)
Sol. The whole para is describing the good and bad effect of technology.
7. ‘The golden age of answers’ implies that there are
(1) diverse technologies available in the present time
(2) opportunities to connet with friends on Facebook
(3) better tools for searching information
(4) pop-up ads to provide information
Ans. (3)
Sol. Only ans (3) is giving an appropriate information about ‘golden age’.
8. We pay a price for this revolution as we
(1) only receive useless information
(2) forget our identities
(3) get agitated
(4) surrender our privacy
Ans. (4)
Sol. As information can be received from anywhere so it is clear that we have surrendered our privacy.
9. This ‘revolution’ has brought
(1) radical changes to our lives.
(2) success in our lives.
(3) rotation in our lives.
(4) merely problems in our lives.
Ans. (1)
Sol. This is clear by the things which are explained that revolution has also caused some damages.
10. The author’s attitude to technology according to this passage is
(1) not clear.
(2) positive.
(3) negative.
(4) insignificant.
Ans. (2)
Sol. Last line of author suggest that he has positive attitude towards technology.
Q. 11-15 Read the following passage and answer the questions given after it.
For Abid Surti, Sunday is no day of rest. He is busy going to door volunteering with an assistant and a plumber. They are in an apartment building in Mumbai’s densely populated suburb filled with high rise buildings. He rings doorbells and asks residents the same question, ‘Any leaky taps? We are providing a free service.’
Surti is a multifaceted 79 year old man. A national award winning author, he has written some 80 books – novels, plays and collection of short stories and poems. He is also an artist and a cartoonist. In 2007, Surti started Drop Dead Foundation, his won water conservation NGO that caters the buildings in Mira Road, fixing leaky plumbing for free. With water shortages and the prospects of taps running dry in Mumbai, Surti’s work is vital. ‘Massive’ is how he describes water wastage in Mumbai. ‘In poor families, they can’t afford to pay a plumber but in most middle- class families, the problem is one of sheer indifference. ‘Indeed it was the apathy of a friend that first spurred Surti into action. While visiting a friend’s house, Surti saw a leaking tap and asked why it wasn’t fixed. His friend casually dismissed the query, saying it was hard to get a plumber ‘for something so trivial.’
11. Surti’s primary mission is to
(1) provide free plumbers.
(2) check wastage of water
(3) supply free water.
(4) close running taps.
Ans. (2)
Sol. Whole passage is suggesting this thing that it is the main motive of Abid Surti to check the wastage of water.
12. People may be more willing to accept Surit’s services as he
(1) provides services assisted by a plumber.
(2) runs a water conservation NGO.
(3) is a local person from Mumbai.
(4) is on a mission.
Ans. (1)
Sol. Surti’s services are accepted because he provides services assisted by a plumber.
13. Most middle-class families’ attitude to water conservation is due to their
(1) lack of knowledge.
(2) lack of money.
(3) lack of expertise.
(4) lack of concern.
Ans. (4)
Sol. Poor families don’t have money but middle class families attitude towards water problem is due to lack of concern.
