- Reading comprehension involves a proof reading of a passage of about 300 – 1000 words and answering the questions that follow.
- RC forms an important part of the verbal ability section. This section mainly focuses on to check the ability to understand the language and the underlying concept of the passage. The main focus should be to have a good command over the language as well as time management.
- Make sure you attempt these passage on a regular basis and with complete seriousness.
- Read the passage below and then answer the questions that follow.
- Once you are finished, click the ‘Get Results’ button below. Any items you have not completed will be marked incorrect.
Until a hundred years ago, as humans, we had a simple, uncomplicated biological connect. It was a straightforward equation: we drew roughly 3000 calories each of energy out of the Earth for our food and life’s sustenance. Today that number per capita has grown to 100000 calories. We still need only 3000 calories each to nourish life itself. All the rest of this energy is what we extract from the Earth for everything else besides keeping ourselves alive. In some countries, like the US, this per capita number runs at over 200000 calories. Some of us are concerned about this. We fret over what we could – and should – really be doing to soften this abuse of resources. Little things fox us in the welter of things that we get to read. What is sustainable development? How can it be started at our homes? Beyond the ceremonial planting of green and getting people to run marathons of various lengths in support of the environment, is there more that we can add to the abstract value of ‘sustainability’? What are the little things we can do in our day-to-day lives, to reduce demand for things that people make and market? Of course, we know that it helps to avoid a plastic bag when you can use a newspaper bag, or a brown bag, or even a jute bag which you can use for many more years unlike a plastic bag which you throwaway in less than a week or after a few uses. However, there’s actually quite a bit more that you and I can do without compromise on comfort, with very little as cost incurred, with financial savings, that you can gain on energy and water use, and with solutions that are very feasible and within your reach. It is possible to understand our ecological footprint and its disastrous consequences, not merely in terms of our own behaviour as consumers, but really in terms of the impact on the environment we make.
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Reading Comprehension: Passage 13
Question 1 |
There is a need to save energy, to save our environment. | |
All of us should not only plant trees but also run the marathon | |
Use of plastic bags should be completely banned | |
We need to respect the Earth and consume less of its calories |
Question 2 |
Jute bags look more trendy and stylish | |
It is the need of the hour, to save energy, to save our ecosystem | |
Using jute bags helps in consuming only 3000 calories from the Earth | |
They are quite durable and can be used more than once. |
Question 3 |
These activities helps in achieving the goal of sustainable development. | |
These activities are useless and do not contribute in saving resources. | |
These activities must be encouraged. | |
There is much beyond these activities, that needs to be done to save energy and resources. |
Question 4 |
Lets Shift to Jute | |
How to Consume Few Calories? | |
Save Energy, Save the Earth! | |
The Earth Heading for a Disaster |
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