Humans can neither change the sun's radiation - Seen Comprehension - Multiple Choice & Short Question for SSC English First Paper - English for Today
- Fakhruddin Babar
- Feb 3
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Read the following passage and answer the questions below:
Humans can neither change the sun's radiation nor the earth's orbit around the sun. But they can control the increase in the amount of greenhouse gases and its effect on the atmosphere. Only during the last hundred years the carbon dioxide concentration has been raised alarmingly in the atmosphere and we humans can be held responsible for this.
The main cause of the increase in carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere is the burning of fossil fuels. Since the end of the 19th century, industrial activities increased rapidly giving rise to many factories. These factories required energy, which was produced through the combustion of coal. Besides the coal, other sources of energy such as mineral oil and natural gas were also burned to heat our houses, run cars and airplanes or to produce electricity. Nowadays, about 85 million barrels of crude oil are burned daily. Every time a fossil raw material is burned, it releases carbon dioxide into the air.
Therefore, it is clear that more and more greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide are being generated worldwide by humans. Moreover, we are also strengthening the greenhouse effect by deforestation, which means cutting down trees. Every year enormous areas of forests are destroyed by people to obtain wood and to clear regions for mining and to create pasture . This loss of the forest causes dual problems. Trees that are burned up release large volume of carbon dioxide gas into the air. On the other hand, as forests absorb ( 26) a lot carbon dioxide from the air and deliver oxygen instead , we also destroy an important storehouse of carbon dioxide when we clear forests.
Multiple Choice Questions
1.Choose the correct answer from the alternatives.
(a) Mining is necessary for —
(i) energy resources
(ii) digging minerals out
(iii) development of the country
(iv) lifting up natural gas
Answer: (a) (iv) lifting up natural gas
(b). The driving force of industries is --,
(i) coal
(ii) oil
(iii)fossil fuel
(iv) energy
Answer: (b) (iii) fossil fuel
(c) The contextual meaning of the word 'concentration' is –
(i) attention
(ii) submission
(iii) deliberation
(iv) accumulation
Answer: (c) (iv) accumulation
(d) The word 'combustion' stands for ----
(i) conservation
(ii) ignition
(iii)consumption
(iv) relics
Answer: (d) (ii) ignition
(e) What is the antonym of the word 'release'?
(i) hold
(ii) let go.
(iii)let loose
(iv) give off
Answer: (e) (i) hold
(f) Controlling of the increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is not — man's grip.
(i) beyond
(ii) within
(iii)under
(iv) at .
Answer: . (f) (i) beyond
(g) The greenhouse effect is – by deforestation.
(i) created
(ii) affected
(iii) accelerated
(iv) reduced
Answer: (g) (iii) accelerated
Extra Questions :
(1) During the last century carbon dioxide significantly
(i) decreased
(ii) reduced
(iii) increased
(iv) removed
Answer: (1) (iii) increased
(2) The word 'fossil' means —..
(i) relies
(ii) debris
(iii) ruins
(iv) part of an animal or a plant preserved in rock
Answer: (2) (iv) part of an animal or a plant preserved in rock
(3) Where is the earth's orbit?
(i)around the sun
(ii) in the sun
(iii)in the earth.
(iv)under the sun
Answer: (3) (i) around the sun
(4) Greenhouse effect is accelerated by ----
(i) increasing forest
(ii) planting trees
(iii) melting ice
(iv) deforestation
Answer: (4) (iv) deforestation
(5) The correct antonym for 'deforestation' is –,
(i) destruction of forest
(ii) forest
(iii)deforestation
(iv) desertification
Answer: (5) (iii) deforestation
(6) We are intensifying the greenhouse effect
by —
(i)cutting down trees
(ii)releasing carbon dioxide
(iii) building new factories
(iv) all these
Answer: (6) (iv) all these
(7) Which of the following is greenhouse gas
(i) carbon
(ii) carbon dioxide
(iii)carbon monoxide
(iv) oxygen
Answer: (7) (ii) carbon dioxide
(8) How is electricity produced?
(i) by burning coal and petroleum
(ii) by gases
(iii)by water supplies
(iv) workshops
Answer: (8) (i) by burning coal and petroleum
(9) What does deforestation mean?
(i) planting trees in large numbers
(ii) cutting down trees in large numbers
(iii) watering
(iv) neglecting trees
Answer: (9) (ii) cutting down trees in large numbers
(10) People destroy forest in order to --
(i) produce wood
(ii) make fire
(iii)create pasture
(iv) release carbon dioxide
Answer: (10) (iii) create pasture
(11) What is the contextual meaning of the word radiation?
(i) pollution
(ii) radiator
(iii) radio
(iv) emission of energy as electromagnetic wave
Answer: (iv) emission of energy as electromagnetic wave
(12) Why do you think human should be responsible for concentration of carbon dioxide?
(i) because human lives on earth
(ii) because human uses fossil fuels
(iii) because the earth moves round the sun
(iv) because the earth has atmosphere
Answer: (12) (ii) because human uses fossil fuels
(13) Which is the storehouse of carbon dioxide?
(i) sea
(ii) earth
(iii)air
(iv) trees
Answer: (13) (iv) trees
(14) Which things are impossible for man?
(i) To change the sun's radiation
(ii) To change the earth's orbit
(iii) To change the rays of the sun
(iv) All stated above
Answer: (14) (iv) All stated above
(15) Where has the carbon dioxide raised
alarmingly?
(i) In the sun
(ii) In the atmosphere
(iii)In the earth
(iv) In the star
Answer: (15) (ii) In the atmosphere
(16) Coal is one of the fuels used for – energy.
(i) generating,
(ii) reducing
(iii) compacting
(iv) lessening
Answer: (16) (i) generating
(17) Deforestation -- greenhouse effect.
(i) abolishes
(ii) accelerates
(iii) decreases
(iv) refuels
Answer: (17) (ii) accelerates
(18) What is the main source of energy?
(i) soil
(ii) sun
(iii)water
(iv) air
Answer: (18) (ii) sun
(19) What are the fossil fuels mentioned in the passage?
(i) coal
(ii) mineral oil
(iii)natural gas
(iv) all the above
Answer: (19) (iv) all the above
(20) Forests -- carbon dioxide gas.
(i) consume
(ii) emit
(iii)exhale
(iv) discharge
Answer: (20) (i) consume
(21) What does the expression "carbon dioxide concentration" in the line 3 mean? (i) An increase in the temperature
(ii) Reduction of carbon dioxide
(iii) Piling up of carbon dioxide
(iv) Greenhouse gas
Answer: (21) (iii) Piling up of carbon dioxide
( 22) Which of the period describes the beginning of rapid industrialization?
(i)The plantation
(ii) The end of the 18th century
(iii) The start of the 18th century
(iv) The end of the 19th century
Answer: (22) (iv) The end of the 19th century
(23) The main cause of the increase in carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere is
(i) deforestation
(ii) the burning of fossil fuels
(ii)forestation
(iv) desertification
Answer: (23) (ii) the burning of fossil fuels
(24) Which of the following indicates 'concentration has been raised alarmingly'?
(i) oxygen
(ii) radiation
(iii)atmosphere
(iv) carbon dioxide
Answer: (24) (iv) carbon dioxide
(25) Carbon dioxide gas is --
(i) toxic
(ii) lucid
(iii)hazy
(iv) pure
Answer: (25) (i) toxic
(26) The word 'enormous' is --
(i) noun
(ii) verb
(iii) adjective
(iv) adverb
Answer: (26) (iii) adjective
(27) What do the factories require?
(i) water
(ii) air
(iii)energy
(iv) sunlight
Answer: (27) (iii) energy
(28) Which correct answer from the followings describes deforestation best?
(i) Productive
(ii) Creative
(iii) Conducive
(iv) Destructive
Answer: (28) (iv) Destructive
(29) By whom carbon dioxide is being generated?
(i) By animals
(ii) By nature
(iii) By water
(iv) By humans
Answer: (29) (iv) By humans
(30) The areas destroyed for human habitation are --
(i) little
(ii) huge
(iii)partial
(iv) impartial
Answer: (30) (ii) huge
(31)The word 'atmosphere' refers to :
(i) climate
(ii) appearance
(iii)fair weather
(iv) sunlight
Answer: (31) (i) climate
(32) In the last paragraph, it is said that 'this loss of the forest causes dual problems.' What is meant by this?
(i) Burning of forest causes producing huge amount of carbon dioxide.
(ii) Burning of forest causes getting the medium of absorbing carbon dioxide destroyed.
(iii) Vehicles are producing carbon dioxide.
(iv) Both i & ii
Answer:. (32) (iv) Both i and ii
(33) Man has no -- to change the sun's radiation and the earth's orbit around the sun.
(i) tendency
(ii) power
(iii) willingness
(iv) control
Answer: (33) (ii) power
(34) Which of the following is not true?
(i) coal combustion produces carbon dioxide
(ii) industrialization has given birth of many factories
(iii)crude oil does not create hazardous gases
(iv) mineral oils mainly refers to fossil fuels
Answer: (34) (iii) crude oil does not create hazardous gases
(35) Man can decrease --
(i) the amount of greenhouse gases
(ii) the heat of the sun
(iii)the cold of winter
(iv) the happenings of natural calamities,
Answer: (35) (i) the amount of greenhouse gases
(36)Every time fossil raw materials are burned and it releases —
(i) Water
(ii) Oxygen
(iii) air.
(iv) Carbon dioxide
Answer: (36) (iv) Carbon dioxide
(37) In this passage we see trees help us in --
(i) one way
(ii) two ways
(iii) three ways
(iv) no way
Answer: (37) (ii) two ways
(38) Trees transport -- Into the air.
(i) nitrogen
(ii) oxygen
(iii)hydrogen
(iv) all
Answer: (38) (ii) oxygen
(39) Due to industrial revolution -- have shrunk to a great extern
(i) factories
(ii) forestation
(iii)habitations
(iv) employment opportunity
Answer: (39) (iii) habitations
(40) The word "deliver" can be replaced by --
(i) save
(ii) convey
(iii)declare
(iv) superior
Answer: (40) (ii) convey
41) Greenhouse gases cause.
(i) global warming
(ii) deforestation
(iii)health hazards
(iv) fatal disease
Answer: (41) (i) global warming
(42) Due to industrial revolution ---- is necessary for energy.
(i) burning fossil
ii) burning coal
(iii)a forestation
(iv) greenhouse gases
Answer: (42) (i) burning fossil
(43) -- is thought to be responsible for in huge amount of fossil fuels.
(i) rapid urbanization
(ii) overgrowth of population
(iii) rapid industrialization
(iv) rapid electrification
Answer: (43) (iii) rapid industrialization
(44) The word pasture refers to
(i) field for growing corn
(ii) mine
(iii) field for tending cattle
(iv) field for building houses
Answer: (44) (iii) field for tending cattle
(45). The main theme of the passage is to _
(i) show how humans are response greenhouse effect.
(ii) show the importance of tree plant.
(iii) show the result of deforestation
(iv) show how fossil fuels are being us
Answer: (45) (i) show how humans are responsible for greenhouse effect
(46) Which of the following has the meaning of the word "effect" used in line 2?
(i) result responsible for
(ii) up to date
(iii)change
(iv) pollute
Answer: (46) (i) result responsible for
(47) The word 'enormous' is —
(i) noun
(ii) verb
(iii) adjective
(iv) conjunction
Answer: (47) (iii) adjective
(48) Humans can — the increase of greenhouse JOBS gases.
(i) control
(ii) change
(iii)do nothing against
(iv) increase
Answer: (48) (i) control
(49) Who are responsible for the carbon dioxide
concentration? –
(i) The animals
(ii) The plants
(iii)The scientist
(iv) The human being
Answer: (49) (iv) The human beings
(50) The phrase/word generates means --
(i) produce
(ii) help
(iii)assist
(iv) use
Answer: (50) (i) produce.
(51) Carbon dioxide is increasing in the atmosphere as —
(i) trees are producing carbon dioxide
(ii) factories and various vehicles burning different types of fuels produce huge amount of carbon dioxide.
(iii)human beings and animals are producing a lot of carbon dioxide.
(iv) forests are responsible for increasing the amount of carbon dioxide.
Answer: (51) (ii) factories and various vehicles burning different types of fuels produce huge amount of carbon dioxide
(52) Trees absorb --
(i) methane
(ii) oxygen
(iii)advantages
(iv) carbon dioxide
Answer: (52) (iv) carbon dioxide
(53) The loss of forests causes dual — ;
(i) problems
(ii) disadvantages
(iii)advantages
(iv) opportunity
Answer: (53) (i) problems
Short Answer Questions
2. Answer the following questions.
(a) What is the main purpose of the author of this text?
Answer: (a) The main purpose of the author is to make us aware of the dangerous consequence of deforestation and greenhouse effect
(b) How is energy produced for running industries?
Answer: (b) The energy for running industries is produced from the combustion of fossil fuels like coal, oil or natural gas.
(c) Why do we use enormous amount of fossil fuels?
Answer: (c) We use enormous amount of fossil fuels because of rapid increase of industrial activities. Generally factories need energy and we get this energy by burning fossil fuels.
(d) Do you support that humans are responsible for increasing carbon dioxide? If yes, why?
Answer: (d) Yes, I support that humans are responsible for increasing carbon dioxide because the activities, which are mainly responsible for increasing carbon dioxide like cutting down trees, burning fossil fuels, rapid industrialization are done only by the human beings.
(e) How is deforestation responsible for greenhouse effect?
Answer: (e) Deforestation is cause due to cutting down or burning trees, and it is responsible for the increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. As a result, it creates greenhouse effect.
Extra Questions :
(1) How can humans control carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere?
Answer: (1) The people can control carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere by making them aware. They should plant more and more trees. They have to be conscious about greenhouse gas.
(2) How is deforestation strengthening greenhouse effect?
Answer: (2) When trees are burned down, it releases a huge amount of carbon dioxide gas into the air. Again, by cutting trees, we are losing forests which absorb a lot of carbon dioxide from the air and deliver oxygen. Thus, deforestation is strengthening greenhouse - effect.
(3) How can the world be greener?
Answer: (3) The world can be greener if we stop cutting down trees and plant more and more trees.
(4) How does industrialization cause harm to the atmosphere?
Answer: (4) Industrialization causes harm to the atmosphere as it needs the burning of fossil fuels and coal for the running of mills and factories.
(5) What are the causes lying behind deforestation?
Answer: (5) The causes lying behind deforestation are the cutting down of trees for obtaining wood for various construction works, for mining and for creating pasture.
(6) How can trees help save our environment?
Answer: (6) Tree plantation can lessen the greenhouse effect in the environment. Thus they can save our environment
(7) What is the main cause of the increase in carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere?
Answer: (7) Excessive burning of fossil fuels is the main cause of the increase in carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere.
(8) How can the industrial pollution be checked?
Answer: (8) The industrial pollution can be checked by taking necessary steps against the burning of excessive fossil fuel and using renewable energy sources instead
(9) Do you agree with the view that indiscriminate cutting down of trees is taking us to destruction? Give reasons for your answer in the light of the passage.
Answer: (9) Yes, I agree with the view that indiscriminate cutting down of trees is taking us to destruction. It is because trees absorb carbon dioxide for their survival and produce oxygen which is very much essential for breathing by human beings.
(10) "Man can neither change the sun's radiation nor the earth's orbit around the sun." Why? What they can?
Answer: (10) Man can neither change the sun's radiation nor the earth's orbit around the sun because they are natural phenomena. But man can control the increase in the amount of greenhouse gases and its effect on the atmosphere.
(11) How is deforestation strengthening greenhouse effect in the present context?
Answer: (11) Deforestation which means cutting down or burning of the forest is strengthening greenhouse effect by accumulating enormous quantity of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
(12) What do you think we should do to keep the atmosphere normal for our living?
Answer: (12) In order to keep the atmosphere normal for our living, we should control the emission of carbon dioxide, make afforestation programme a success and make less use of renewable energy which is environment friendly.
(13) How do forests help us?
Answer: (13) Forests absorb a lot of carbon dioxide from the air and deliver oxygen instead
(14) What is the effect of the burning of fossil fuels?
Answer: (14) The effect of the burning of fossil fuels is an increase in carbon dioxide level in the atmosphere.
(15) How does the loss of the forest cause dual problems?
Answer: (15) The loss of the forest causes duel problems. Firstly, trees that are burned down ease a large volumes of carbon dioxide gas into the air. Secondly, an important carbon dioxide storehouse is destroyed as forests absorb a lot of carbon dioxide from the air and deliver oxygen instead.
(16) How is man generating carbon dioxide?
Answer: (16) Man is generating carbon dioxide by burning crude oil, coal and cutting and burning of forestlands.
(17) How do the trees help in reducing carbon dioxide?
Answer: (17) Trees help in reducing carbon dioxide by absorbing carbon dioxide for their growth and releasing oxygen instead which is essential for human life.
(18) What can human beings do for a congenial atmosphere?
Answer: (18) Human beings can control the increase in the amount of greenhouse gases and its effect on the atmosphere by minimizing the use of fossil fuel and stopping deforestation.
(19) What is deforestation?
(20) What is greenhouse effect?
Answer: (20) The exchange of incoming and outgoing radiation from a planet's atmosphere that warms the earth's surface is called greenhouse effect. Greenhouse gases radiate energy in all directions. Part of this radiation is directed towards the surface and warms it.
(21) How can we control greenhouse effect?
Answer: (21)We can control greenhouse effect by planting more and more trees at first. Besides this we can control it by conserving energy reducing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere using less fossil fuels, mineral and crude oils, natural gas etc.
(22) How will you prove that industrial revolution gives rise to carbon dioxide?
Answer: (22) It is a proven truth that industrial revolution gives rise to carbon dioxide. Because of increasing industrial activities the increasing factories need energy which is got by burning fossil fuels that gives rise to carbon dioxide
(23) What are trees compared to in the passage? Why?
Answer: (23) Trees are compared to carbon dioxide store house because trees absorb a lot of carbon dioxide from the air
(24) Give some instances of the function of the energy resources?
Answer: (24) The energy resources perform the following functions - heating our houses, running various transportation vehicles including airplanes and producing electricity greatly essential for modern civilization.
(25) What is greenhouse gas?
Answer: (25) Greenhouse gas is such a gas which helps increase the temperature of the atmosphere.
(26) "Humans can neither change the sun's radiation nor the earth's orbit around the sun." What does the writer mean by it?
Answer: (26) The writer means that the sun's radiation and the earth's orbit are beyond man's control and man cannot change or regulate these.
(27) How can tree help us in maintaining ecological balance?
Answer: (27) Carbon dioxide is harmful for the environment. Industrial and many other activities are responsible for increasing carbon dioxide. Trees can help us in maintaining ecological balance by consuming carbon dioxide and giving us oxygen.
(28) 'We, the human beings can protect the earth to a great extent.' Do you support the idea? Why or why not?
Answer: (28) Yes, I support the idea. It is because if we stop cutting down trees and burning fuels there will be less amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Thus we can protect the earth to a great extent.
(29)How can we stop the emission of greenhouse gases?
Answer: (29) We can stop the emission of greenhouse gases by planting more trees and avoiding the use of coal, oil etc. and using green energy.
(30) Who are responsible for the increase of carbon dioxide?
Answer: (30) Human beings are responsible for the increase of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere because they burn a lot of greenhouse gases for various purposes.
(31) What can humans do or cannot do about atmosphere?
Answer: (31) Humans can control the increase in the amount of greenhouse gases and its effect on the atmosphere. But they can neither change the sun's radiation nor the earth's orbit around the sun.
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