Environment

TS 10th Class English Important Questions 16th lesson Environment

From the time we started, we were trying to respond to the basic needs of people in the rural areas; and people were asking for clean drinking water, for food, for energy (which is mostly firewood), for building material, for fodder for the animals. And all these come from the land. So we knew that what the people in the rural areas were asking for had to do with the environment. They did not have those things because the environment was degraded. So, from the very beginning we understood that we have to rehabilitate the environment

The forested mountains were the source of water and the source of rain, so when you deforest, you cause a shortage of water and a change of rainfall patterns and therefore people are not able to get food and water. Therefore, in order for them to have good environment that can sustain their livelihoods, it is important to have a government that accounts to them, that protects them, that protects their interests, that is concerned about their lives

Now answer the following

Questions. Each

Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 1.
Who are we in this passage ?

1. People in rural areas
2. People in urban areas
3. Wangari Maathai and other activists of the Green Belt Movement
4. All people in Africa

Answer:

1. Wangari Maathai and other activists of the Green Belt Movement

Question 2.
What is the important source that produces the things which fulfil the basic needs of people ?

1. Forests
2. Land
3. Seas
4. Oceans

Answer:

1. Land

Question 3.
An ecological problem is described in the second paragraph. What is it ?

1. Drought
2. Unemployment
3. Over population
4. Poverty

Answer:

1. Drought

Question 4.
We should rehabilitate the environment because it has been?

1. ruined badly
2. bettered largely
3. modernised to a great extent
4. graded very well for a long time

Answer:

1. ruined badly

Answer the following Questions in two or three sentences each

Question 5.
What are the basic needs of the people of rural areas as described in the above passage ?

Answer: Clean drinking water, food, energy (which is mostly firewood), building material, and fodder for the animals are the basic needs of the people of rural areas

Question 6.
What happens when we deforest according to the speaker ?

Answer: When we deforest, we cause a shortage of water and a change of rainfall patterns and therefore people are not to get food and water

Question 7.
What are the responsibilities of the government as described by the speaker ?

Answer: The government should account to save the forested mountains and protect them. It should protect the interests of the people. It should have concern for their lives

NHK Radio : How is peace connected to a good environment? W M : Many wars that are fought in the world are fought over natural resources. Some wars are fought because the environment is so degraded that it is not able to support communities and so they fight over the little that is left. Others are fought because some people want to take a lot of the resources, to control them, and to keep many other people out. Now whether this happens at the national level or at the regional level, or even at the global, level, sooner or later there is discontent; and when that discontent is strong enough, there is conflict. So good management of the natural resources, equitable distribution of these resources, is important for peace. At the same time, good management of the natural resources is not possible if you do not have democratic space, respect for human beings, respect for human rights, giving other people dignity

That is why the three themes are related, like the African stool, with three legs and the basin on which you sit. The three legs : one leg is peace, the other leg is good governance, the third leg is sustainable management of resources. When you have those three legs, now you can put the basin, which is development. And if you try to balance that stool without those three, it wont happen

We have not shared our resources equitably. We have allowed some people, especially those in power, to acquire a lot at the expense of the majority. And we have also engaged in conflict

Now answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 1.
The discontentment according to Maathai is due to?

1. equitable distribution of natural resources
2. good management of natural resources
3. bad management of natural resources
4. wars

Answer:

1. bad management of natural resources

Question 2.
Many wars in the world are fought for?

1. getting power
2. owning natural resources
3. getting the little resources that are left
4. keeping other people out of reach of left over resources

Answer:

1. owning natural resources

Question 3.
The text you have just read is?

1. conversation
2. skit
3. autobiographical sketch
4. narrative

Answer:

1. conversation

Question 4.
Which of the following words given in the text means, "involving the use of natural products and energy in a way that does not harm the environment" ?

1. conflict
2. discontent
3. management
4. sustainable

Answer:

1. sustainable

Answer the following Questions in two or three sentences each

Question 5.
Why should we need good management of natural resources ? How is it possible according to Maathai ?

Answer: According to Maathai good management of the natural resources and equitable distribution of these resources are mportant for peace. If we have democratic space, respect for human beings, respect for human rights, giving other people dignity; good management of the natural resources is possible

Question 6.
What are the three themes that lead to development ? What is the thing compared to these three themes and development ?

Answer: The three themes that lead to development are peace, good governance and sustainable management of resources. These three are related, like the African stool, with three legs (three themes) and the basin on which one sits. The basin is nothing but development

Question 7.
Why have we engaged in conflict according to Maathai ?

Answer: According to Maathaì we have not shared our resources equitably. We have allowed some people, especially those in power, to acquire a lot at the expense of the majority. Hence we have engaged ¡n conflict

Now whether this happens at the national level or at the regional level, or even at the global level, sooner or later there is discontent; and when that discontent is strong enough, there is conflict. So good management of the natural resources, equitable distribution of these resources, is important for peace. At the same time, good management of the natural resources is not possible if you do not have democratic space, respect for human beings, respect for human rights, giving other people dignity

That is why the three themes are related, like the African stool, with three legs and the basin on which you sit. The three legs: one leg is peace, the other leg is good governance, the third leg is sustainable management of resources. When you have those three legs, now you can put the basin, which is development. And if you try to balance that stool without those three, it wont happen

We have not shared our resources equitably. We have allowed some people, especially those in power, to acquire a lot at the expense of the majority. And we have also engaged in conflict

NHK Radio : What was the environment like when you were young, and how did you go about saving it? W M. : When I was a child, which is almost more than fifty years ago, the environment was very pristine, very beautiful, and very green. We were a British colony, and the British government at that time started to clear cut the indigenous forests in our forested mountains because they wanted to establish commercial plantations of exotic species of trees such as the pines from the northern hemisphere and the eucalyptus from Australia

These trees are very nice, they grow tall, and they grow very fast, but as they grow they destroy all the local biological diversity. All the flora and fauna disappeared. So although we were getting commercial timber for the growing timber industry, we also destroyed our local flora and fauna

Now, answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 1.
Wangari pleads for equitable distribution of available resources equitable implies?

1. equal
2. fair and reasonable
3. a state of balance
4. according to work done

Answer:

1. fair and reasonable

Question 2.
When she was young, the environment was?

1. in green condition
2. disorderly
3. polluted
4. very pristine

Answer:

1. very pristine

Question 3.
What does an African stool stand for?

1. peace
2. good governance
3. sustainable management of resources
4. All the three mentioned above

Answer:

1. All the three mentioned above

Question 4.
All the flora and fauna disappeared. Here flora and fauna imply?

1. the atmosphere
2. trees
3. plants and animals
4. animals and trees

Answer:

1. plants and animals

Answer the following Questions in two or three sentences

Question 5.
What aspects do contribute to have peace and no conflicts ?

Answer: Good management of the natural resources is not possible if people do not have democratic space and respect for human beings, human rights, giving other people dignity. Equitable distribution of these resources, is important for peace

Question 6.
What does Wangari mean by African stool ?

Answer: For avoiding conflict three themes are related, like the African stool with three legs and the basin on which you sit. The three legs are symbolic. One leg is peace, the other leg (the second one) Is good governance. The third leg is sustainable management of resources. When you have those three legs, then you can put the basin, which is development. And if you try to balance that stool without those three, it wont happen

Question 7.
Wangari Maathai has descirbed the environment of her childhood in the interview. Is the environment of her childhood different from the environment you live in ? If yes, in what ways ?

Answer: When Wangari Maathai was a child, about fifty years ago, the region was filled with so many Indigenous trees and plants. Environment was very pristine and green. But nowadays, due to the over greed we have cut down many forests and trees. We cant find any greenery

As a result, these forests, which were the water towers, were no longer able to contain the water, so when the rains fell the water ran downstream and ended up in the lakes and oceans instead of going down into the underground reservoir so that it could come back to us in the form of rivers. One thing we noted is that not only did the rain patterns change, became less, but also the rivers started drying up. We lost our local biological diversity. So thats a lot of damage to our environment

That is why in 1975, at the very first United Nations Conference for Women in Mexico, many of the women were saying, "We need food, we need water, we need clean drinking water, we need fodder for our animals." And I was wondering, what has happened ? These are things that were there twenty years ago when I was a child. The environment had changed; and thats when I started this campaign to restore the vegetation and to restore the land and to rehabilitate the forests

Now answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 1.
Why were the forests no longer able to contain the water ?

1. Because there were no rains
2. Because the local biological diversity and the flora and fauna had been de¬stroyed
3. Because there were no forests
4. Because there was no sand on the land

Answer:

1. Because the local biological diversity and the flora and fauna had been de¬stroyed

Question 2.
Which of the following statements is true with reference to the above passage?

1. Rain patterns change when the environment is destroyed
2. We get heavy rains if our environment is destroyed
3. We get heavy rains; if water runs downstream and ends up in the lakes and ocean
4. Underground reservoirs do not help us

Answer:

1. Rain patterns change when the environment is destroyed

Question 3.
Who is I in the second paragraph ?

1. Abdul Kalam
2. Sundarlal Bahuguna
3. Wangari Maathai
4. Secretary of United Nations Conference for Women

Answer:

1. Wangari Maathai

Question 4.
What did many of the women demand at the United Nations Conference for Women ?

1. They wanted money for their needs
2. They demanded for their basic needs
3. They wanted to cut the forests
4. They demanded food as they were hungry

Answer:

1. They demanded for their basic needs

Answer the following Questions in two or three sentences each

Question 5.
What happens initially when the forests are not able to contain the water ?

Answer: When the rains fall, the water runs downstream and ends up in the lakes and ocean instead of going down into the underground reservoir, which cause less rainfall and make the land day

Question 6.
What was the final result that comes when the forests are not able to contain the water ?

Answer: The rain patterns changed. They get less rains. The rivers started drying up. They lost their local biological diversity

Question 7.
What was the name and purpose of the speakers campaign ?

Answer: The name of the speakers campaign was the Green Belt Movement and its purpose was to restore the vegetation and to restore the land and to rehabilitate the forests

Well, the first time when I told them, "Let us plant trees", the women said they did not know how to plant trees. So I asked the foresters to come and teach them, but they were very com plicated-they are professionals. It became very complicated for ordinary illiterate women so I told the women, "We shall use our common sense, and just do what we do with other seeds." Women work on the farms. Theyre the ones who plant. Theyre the ones who cultivate

Theyre the ones who produce food, so I told them that seeds of trees are like any other seeds. So if they were to treat these tree seeds the same way they treat other seeds of food crops, there is no difference. I told them to look for old broken pots even and put seeds there. They will germinate and they will know these are the seedlings from the seeds they planted and we gave I them plastic bags to be able to put those seedlings and to nurture them and when they were about half a meter long then they could go and transplant them on their farms

In the beginning it was difficult, but they soon gained confidence and they became very competent foresters. So I called them "Foresters without Diplomas"

Now answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 1.
Which of the following words or phrases is not used to describe the women ?

1. Seeds and trees
2. Professionals
3. Competent foresters
4. Foresters without Diplomas

Answer:

1. Seeds and trees

Question 2.
What did the speaker want the women to do?

1. She suggested that they should cut trees
2. She suggested that they should collect seeds
3. She suggested that they should plant trees
4. She suggested that they should use plastic bags

Answer:

1. She suggested that they should plant trees

Question 3.
Why did planting trees become complicated for some women?

1. Because they were poor
2. Because they were foresters
3. Because they were illiterate
4. Because they had no seeds

Answer:

1. Because they were illiterate

Question 4.
What was the common sense mentioned here ?

1. Planting trees is just like planting seeds
2. Seeds are available in the forest
3. Seeds of trees are very difficult
4. Seeds of trees are very valuable

Answer:

1. Planting trees is just like planting seeds

Answer the following Questions in two or three sentences each

Question 5.
What do the women do on farms ?

Answer: They plant seeds, cultivate and produce food

Question 6.
How should the seeds of trees be treated according to the speaker ?

Answer: They should be treated as any other seeds of food crop

Question 7.
What did they use to grow and germinate and nurture them ?

Answer: They used broken pots and plastic bags to germinate and nurture them

NHK Radio : Why do you think they responded so well to your message ? W M : It was a need. When the women said they needed firewood and building material, we responded to that need. Plant trees; then you will have trees for firewood. In the tropics, trees grow very fast. In five to ten years these trees serve as firewood, as building materials. Once we had planted those trees, we saw the need for them to understand why we have to have good governance; so, it became important to give them civic education so that they could understand how we govern ourselves, why we govern ourselves the way we govern ourselves, why we are managing our environment the way we are managing it

Because we were dealing with the environment, we gave them education both in civics and also in environment. That made them understand clearly why they should take up the responsibility of protecting their environment that it was not the responsibility of the government or the responsibility of somebody else to come and rehabilitate their environment on their own land. Its them; its their responsibility

Now answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 1.
What kind of text is the passage given here ?

1. An essay
2. An autobiography
3. An interview
4. A drama

Answer:

1. An interview

Question 2.
N.H.K. Radio belongs to?

1. Africa
2. Japan
3. America
4. Germany

Answer:

1. Japan

Question 3.
What was the message of the speaker ?

1. Collecting seeds
2. Building houses
3. Collecting firewood
4. Planting trees

Answer:

1. Planting trees

Question 4.
Which of the following is not true according to this passage ?

1. The government should take the responsibility to rehabilitate the environment
2. The women should protect their environment
3. It is everybodys responsibility to protect their environment
4. It is the responsibility of the foresters only to their environment

Answer:

1. It is the responsibility of the foresters only to their environment

Answer the following Questions in two or three sentences each

Question 5.
What did the speaker suggest to do to get firewood and building material ?

Answer: The speaker suggested that they should plant trees to get firewood and building material

Question 6.
Why was civic education important for the women ?

Answer: Civic education was important for them to make them understand how we govern ourselves, why we govern ourselves the way we govern ourselves, why we are managing our environment the way weare managing it

Question 7.
What made the women understand clearly their responsibility towards environment?

Answer: The civic and environmental education made them understand the responsibility towards protecting their environment

NHK Radio : What transformations did you see? W M : One of the bigger transformations that I saw was that ability of an ordinary, illiterate woman to get to understand and to be able to plant trees that in five or ten years became big trees and she was able to cut them and be able to give herself energy; to be able to sell those trees and give herself an income; to be able to feel confident that she had done something for herself. That sense of pride, sense of dignity that they are not begging, that they are doing things for themselves was very empowering

That transformation was very powerful. The other is the transformation of the landscape. Places where there was dust, there are no more dust. There are trees, even birds and rabbits. They come back and they make the environment very beautiful. There is a shade and sometimes even dry springs, come back because the water is not running, the water is going into the ground. Very profound transformation

And the other transformation that I saw was the willingness of the people to fight for their rights; to decide that they have a right to a good clean environment; to decide that they will fight for their forests, they will protect their forests, and they will not allow corrupt leaders to take their public land

NHK Radio : How do you think you can influence the rest of Africa? W M : Our efforts will inspire other people to stop wasting their resources and their youth in wars and instead engage in creating a peaceful environment, more peaceful states

Im very happy about the fact that now in Africa you see new efforts of ensuring that Africans engage in dialogue, that they invest in peaceful negotiations for conflicts, that we manage our environment. We must restore our environment and try to ensure that we do not fight, because we are allowing the environment, especially the land, to be degraded; and then we fight over agricultural land and grazing land. I see a lot of hope in what is happening in Somalia, what is happening in the Sudan, what is happening in West Africa. I see a lot of African leaders encouraging each other to engage in dialogue

NHK Radio : What is the one thing we can do ? W M : For me, my greatest activity is to plant a tree. I think that a tree is a wonderful symbol for the environment and when we plant a tree we plant hope. We plant the future for ourselves, for our children, for the birds. We plant something that will last, long after we are gone

Now answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 1.
The greatest activity according to Maathai is?

1. to engage in creating a peaceful environment
2. to stop wasting their resources
3. to invest in peaceful negotiations for conflicts
4. to plant a tree

Answer:

1. to plant a tree

Question 2.
The people are fighting over agricultural land and grazing land?

1. to degrade the environment
2. to restore the environment
3. to encourage African leaders to engage in dialogue
4. to get food for people as well as animals

Answer:

1. to restore the environment

Question 3.
Which of the following words given in the text means, "discussion" ?

1. negotiation
2. transformation
3. corrupt
4. effort

Answer:

1. negotiation

Question 4.
The word they in the expression, "They come back and they make the environment very beautiful," refers to?

1. only birds and rabbits
2. dust, birds and rabbits
3. springs, birds and rabbits
4. trees, birds and rabbits

Answer:

1. trees, birds and rabbits

Answer the following Questions in two or three sentences each

Question 5.
Maathai says, "I see a lot of African leaders encouraging each other to engage in dialogue." - What do you think would happen if they didnt engage in dialogue ?

Answer: If they didnt engage in dialogue, there would be no peace. The environment wouldnt be restored. It would be degraded. There would be fights over agricultural land and grazing land

Question 6.
What is the specific message of Wangari Maathai ?

Answer: The message of Maathai is to plant a tree that will last long after we are gone. Thus the environment will be rehabilitated. We will obtain good environment

Question 7.
What does Maathai mean by saying, "When we plant a tree we plant hope" ?

Answer: Maathai means that a tree is a wonderful symbol for the environment and when we plant a tree, we plant the future for ourselves, for our children, for the birds. She hopes to give the future generation a fresh, clean and a resourceful environment. We plant something that will last, long after we are gone

NHK Radio : How do you think you can influence the rest of Africa ? WM : Our efforts will inspire other people to stop wasting their resources and their youth in wars and instead I engage in creating a peaceful environment, more peaceful states

Im very happy about the fact that now in Africa you see new efforts of ensuring that Africans engage in dialogue, that they invest in peaceful negotiations for conflicts, that we manage our environment. We must restore our environment and try to ensure that we do not fight, because we are allowing the environment, especially the land, to be degraded; and then we fight over agricultural land and grazing land. I see a lot of hope in what is happening in Somalia, what is happening in the Sudan, what is happening in West Africa. I see a lot of African leaders encouraging each other to engage in dialogue

NHK Radio : What is the one thing we can do ? WM : For me, my greatest activity is to plant a tree. I think that a tree is a wonderful symbol for the environment and when we plant a tree we plant hope. We plant the future for ourselves, for our children, for the birds. We plant something that will last, long after we are gone

Now answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 1.
What kind of text is the above passage ?

1. An essay
2. An autobiography
3. An interview
4. An examination

Answer:

1. An interview

Question 2.
What are Somalia and Sudan ?

1. Two states in Africa
2. Two African countries
3. Two forests in Africa
4. Two deserts in Africa

Answer:

1. Two African countries

Question 3.
What happens if we allow fights for the resources ?

1. The land is to be degraded
2. The women are to be degraded
3. Some countries will win
4. All countries will have to lose their soldiers

Answer:

1. The land is to be degraded

Question 4.
How does the speaker want to influence the rest of Africa ?

1. With the fights
2. With negotiations
3. With the influence of the efforts already done by her movement
4. With women

Answer:

1. With the influence of the efforts already done by her movement

Answer the following Questions in two or three sentences each

Question 5.
How can we solve our conflicts in a peaceful manner ?

Answer: We can solve our conflicts through dialogue and peaceful negotiations

Question 6.
What is the greatest activity for the speaker?

Answer: The greatest activity for the speaker is to plant trees

Question 7.
How does the speaker describe the significance of trees ?

Answer: The speaker says that a tree is a wonderful symbol for the environment and when we plant a tree, we plant hope. We plant the future for ourselves, for our children, for the birds. We plant something that will last, long after we are gone

Out in the East the jungle listens The tigress, plaintive, growls in pain, The great trees hear her breathing, shaking Inside her still, the new lives wait, These cubs could be the last ones ever To freely live and roam and mate. Our grandchild knows the tiger never Or will the dreamer wake

Now answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 8.
What does the East refer to ?

1. Asian countries
2. African countries
3. Russian countries
4. East part of Australia

Answer:

1. Asian countries

Question 9.
What does the jungle in the East listen ?

1. The songs of the birds
2. The plaintive growls of the rigress in pain
3. The roaring of the lions
4. The sounds of the young tigers

Answer:

1. The plaintive growls of the rigress in pain

Question 10.
Who is the dreamer in this stanza ?

1. The modern man
2. The forester
3. The woodcutter
4. The grandchild

Answer:

1. The modern man

Answer the following Questions in one or two sentences each

Question 11.
Why does the grandchild never know the tiger ?

Answer: Tigers will have no place to live and they gradually will disappear

Question 12.
Why could these cubs be the last cubs ever ?

Answer: These cubs could be the last because their habitat is going to be destroyed

Far in the North the white bear snuffles Down in her lair the gleaming snow She waits for all the life shes making Outside the crashing glaciers grow. These cubs could be the last cubs ever To freely live and roam and mate. Our grandchild knows the white bear never Or will the dreamer wake

Now answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 8.
What is she waiting for ?

1. snow
2. a resting place
3. the new life inside her
4. glaciers

Answer:

1. the new life inside her

Question 9.
What grows outside ?

1. glaciers
2. new life
3. the white bear
4. grass

Answer:

1. glaciers

Question 10.
Which of the following words means shining softly ?

1. gleaming
2. glacier
3. crashing
4. snuffle

Answer:

1. gleaming

Answer the following Questions in one or two sentences each

Question 11.
Why do you think the white bear snuffles ?

Answer: The white bear snuffles for a safe resting place

Question 12.
What is the poets anxiety ?

Answer: The poet anxiously waits for the dreamer to wake up

Deep in Ocean South the whale swims Her song of birthing fills the seas Thousands of creatures wait the moment The solemn birth that they will see. This child could sing the final whale song The last to make the oceans shake. Our grandchild never hears its mystery Or will the dreamer wake

Now, answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 8.
"The last to make the oceans shake" -The lasthere refers to?

1. the song of the whale
2. the swimming of the whale
3. the movement of the whale
4. none of these

Answer:

1. the song of the whale

Question 9.
The whale swims?

1. in the seas
2. in the oceans
3. deep in the Ocean South
4. all the above

Answer:

1. in the oceans

Question 10.
"Birthing fills" - what is meant by this expression ?

1. The process of giving birth to a baby
2. The process of human creation
3. how cubs are born
4. how cubs are totally extinct

Answer:

1. The process of giving birth to a baby

Answer the following Questions in one or two sentences

Question 11.
What does the poetess say about the whale ?

Answer: The poetess Medora Chevalier points out that in the South or in the Antarctic Ocean there are many whales in it. Besides, there are a thousand àther creations in the ocean. They are waiting for a glorious movement of giving birth to their babies. The whales live in the Antarctica Ocean. The baby whale would be the last one In the world. Due to the climatic changes which are affecting the world, the living beings are also affected, including that of the whale

Question 12.
"Our grandchild never hear its mystery" - Explain?

Answer: The grandchild ¡n this poem symbolises the future generation. They are yet to be born. Hence, they do not know how the whale swims across the oceans and shakes them. There are many mysteries and secrets in the world. The posterity cannot have access to the provisions which we enjoy today

Here in the centre, four directions gather The path ahead leads up or down Is this our last bright new world birthing ? Is this our waving as we drown ? This could be our last true moment Knowing the truth, our choices make. Our grandchild asks "That was the moment ! And did the dreamer wake ?"

Now answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 8.
What truth should we know ?

1. We should know the truth that rehabilitation of the environment is an essential need
2. We should know the truth that rehabilitation of the environment is not essential
3. We should know the truth that we need not work for rehabilitation
4. We should know the truth that we need to rehabilitate the villages

Answer:

1. We should know the truth that rehabilitation of the environment is an essential need

Question 9.
According to you, why has the dreamer to wake?

1. Because he has to travel many miles
2. It is time he dreamed
3. It is time he rehabilitated the environment to save life
4. Because he has to wake up many people

Answer:

1. It is time he rehabilitated the environment to save life

Question 10.
The poet has concern for something. What is it ?

1. The poets concern is for the endangered species
2. The poets concern is for the fish to eat
3. The poets concern is for his grandchildren
4. The poets concern is for his life

Answer:

1. The poets concern is for the endangered species

Answer the following Questions in one or two sentences each

Question 11.
What are the four directions referred to ?

Answer: The four directions are life on different habitats. They are land habitat, water habitat, air habitat and snow habitat

Question 12.
Our grandchild asks "That was the moment! And did the dreamer wake ?" What does the poet convey through this line?

Answer: The four directions are life on different habitats. They are land habitat, water habitat, air habitat and snow habitat

Mr. Sunday Nana, his wife and four small children live in Koko Village, Nigeria. The village is like any other African village-picturesque, colourful and noisy. The Nana familys house too, is the same as all the other houses in the village, with mud walls and a rusting corrugated iron roof, and with children and chickens sharing the compound. There is one difference, however

Outside Mr. Nanas front are three large empty metal drums, the bright red paint now flaking away, but the skull and cross bones symbol clearly visible on each. And in a clearing 200m away from the village, next to a stream that the villagers get their drinking water from, is an enormous pyramid of identical drums, reaching to the sky

Some of them are badly corroded, their slimy contents of various colours - grey, dark green, bright orange, etc. leaking out, down, on to the baked African earth and into the stream. Some have fallen down and rolled or been rolled by playful children - into the bush. Some are smoking in the midday heat. Some are swelling, as if their contents are bursting to get out. Some have already burst

"They came on a Wednesday," said Sunday, "Many, many big lorries. They took all day unloading them. No-one told us what was in them. They gave the Chief a brown paper bag. I saw him smiling as the lorries drove away. This was five years ago

Now answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 8.
What does This refer to in the expression, "This was five years ago" ?

1. smiling of the Chief
2. the lorries unloading the drums
3. coming on Wednesday
4. coming on Sunday

Answer:

1. the lorries unloading the drums

Question 9.
Which of the following words given in the text means, "shaped into a series of regular folds that look like waves" ?

1. corrugated
2. picturesque
3. flaking
4. corrode

Answer:

1. corrugated

Question 10.
What did the brown paper bag received by the Chief contain ?

1. slimy contents
2. chemicals
3. a report
4. money

Answer:

1. money

Answer the following Questions in one or two sentences each

Question 11.
"Some of them are badly corroded, their slimy contents of various colours" What do you think are the slimy contents ?

Answer: The slimy contents are poisonous chemicals

Question 12.
Why were the large empty drums placed outside Mr. Nanas house ?

Answer: Some chemical factories of Italy unloaded metal drums of poisonous chemicals near a stream that the villagers get their drinking water from. There were such three large empty metal drums outside Mr.Nanas house. Some lorries sent by the industrialists from Italy, had unloaded the drums, to get rid of the poisonous chemicals

"They came on a Wednesday," said Mr. Sunday Nana, "many, many big lorries. They took all day unloading the metal drums. No one told us what was in them. They gave the chief a brown paper bag -1 saw him smiling as the lorries drove away. This was five years ago. Then, three months ago, one of the brightest boys in the village - Thomas Agonyo - started a university in Lagos

He came home one weekend with a new chemistry book, and spent all day looking at the drums and writing things down and talking to himself and shaking his head. We all thought he had gone mad. Then he called a meeting of the village and told us that the drums contained poisonous chemicals. He said they had come from Italy. But I dont know where it is. Is it in Europe?"

Mr. Sunday Nana stopped, frowning, a troubled look on his face, "In the last five years, 13 people have died in this village, my own elder brother was one of them. They have been in pain, terrible pain. We have never seen deaths like that before. Lots of our children are sick. We have asked the Government to take the drums away but they do nothing. The Chief says we should move our houses to another place. But we have no money to buy land. We have no choice. We have to stay here

Now, answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 8.
Why was Thomas Agonyo talking to himself and shaking his head?

1. He did not like what he was doing
2. He was mad
3. He was shocked at what he found on the drums
4. He did not understand the things printed on the drums

Answer:

1. He was shocked at what he found on the drums

Question 9.
The Government officials permitted the dumping of the drums in the village because they ...?

1. didnt know what the drums contained
2. thought the contents of the drums are not harmful
3. didnt find any other place to dump them
4. might have taken money as bribe

Answer:

1. might have taken money as bribe

Question 10.
According to the passage, the villagers could not leave their village because?

1. they got adjusted to the pollution and its effects
2. they have no money
3. the government does not allow them to shift away
4. they are not willing to leave their birth place

Answer:

1. they have no money

Answer the following Questions in one or two sentences

Question 11.
What effects did the chemicals have on the villagers ?

Answer: Many people have died. They felt severe pain and their children became sick

Question 12.
What would you do to avoid such dangers, if you were one of the villagers ?

Answer: If I were one of the villagers, I would not allow the lorry drivers to dump those dangerous drums in the village. I would aware the villagers of the dangers to be faced with the drums

Some of them are badly corroded, their slimy contents of various colours - grey, dark green, bright orange, etc. - leaking out, down, on to the baked African earth and into the stream. Some have fallen down and rolled - or been rolled by playful children- into the bush. Some are smoking in the midday heat. Some are swelling, as if their contents are bursting to get out. Some have already burst

"They came on a Wednesday," said Sunday, "Many, many big lorries. They took all day unloading them. No-one told us what was in them. They gave the Chief a I brown paper bag-I saw him smiling as the lorries drove away. This was five years ago. Then three months ago, one of the brightest boys in the village - Thomas Agonyo-started university in Lagos. He came home one weekend with a new Chemistry book, and spent all day looking at the drums and writing things down and talking to himself and shaking his head. We all thought he had gone mad. Then he called a meeting of the village and told us that the drums contained poisonous chemicals. He said they had come from Italy. But I dont know where that is. Is it in Europe?"

Mr. Sunday Nana stopped, frowning, a troubled look on his face, "In the last five years, 13 people have died in this village, my own elder brother one of them. They have been in pain, terrible pain. We have never seen deaths like that before. Lots of our children are sick. We have asked the Government to take the drums away, but they do nothing. We have written to Italy, but they do nothing. The Chief says we should move our houses to another place. But we have no money to buy land. We have no choice. We have to stay here. "And they" pointing to the mountain of death in the clearing - "are our neighbours."

Now answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet.

Question 8.
Thomas Agonyo spent all day looking at the drums because?

1. it was his hobby
2. he understood that they were very dangerous
3. he was a chemistry student
4. he was the founder of the university

Answer:

1. he understood that they were very dangerous

Question 9.
The Chief says, "We have to stay here." He says so because?

1. they love their native village very much
2. they love the mountain of death
3. their neighbouring village people dont allow them
4. they are too poor to buy land at some other place

Answer:

1. they are too poor to buy land at some other place.

Question 10.
The tone of the expression, "And they are our neighbours," is?

1. agony
2. joy
3. anxiety
4. excitement

Answer:

1. agony

Answer the following Questions in one or two sentences each

Question 11.
"Many, many big lorries. They took all day unloading them." - Who sent those big lorries ? What did they contain ?

Answer: The Italian factories sent those big lorries. They contained poisonous chemicals

Question 12.
Why do you think the Chief smiled as the lorries drove away ?

Answer: The people who unloaded drums gave the Chief a brown paper bag which might contain much money. So he smiled as the lorries drove away

"It happened on April the 26th 1986. I remember the date because it was my mothers birthday. We heard the explosion early in the morning. We didnt worry, because there had been explosions before from Chernobyl. But this one was bigger. Everyone stopped what they were doing and listened. Then we ran out into the garden. We could see a cloud of white smoke coming from the nuclear reactor." Natasha Revenko wiped her hands nervously on her apron. Tears came to the corners of her eyes, and slid slowly down her pinched, pale cheeks.

"It was a Saturday", she went on, still wiping her hands on her apron. "It was a lovely warm day, and the children played outside all weekend. Even when the dust began to fall, they still played outside. They picked up handfuls of it and threw it at each other, laughing. It as Wednesday before the loudspeaker van came to the village, telling us to keep our children indoors and not to touch the radioactive dust. They also told us to wash down our houses and roads with water

A week later the children began to vomit. Their hair fell out. They couldnt eat. They grew so thin, and sores appeared all over their little bodies. Two weeks after that, all three died - all three on the same day." She broke down now and cried quietly, as she had done many times before. "Theyre buried over there." She pointed to the church graveyard. "Lots of village children are. And adults."

Now, answer the following Questions. Each Question has four choices. Choose the correct answer and write (A), (B), (C) or (D) in your answer booklet

Question 8.
What is the tone of the expression It was a Saturday ?

1. joy
2. agony
3. enthusiasm
4. frustration

Answer:

1. agony

Question 9.
Two weeks after that, all three died on the same day because?

1. they played in the garden
2. they were hungry
3. they were not noticed by anybody
4. they were affected by the radioactive dust

Answer:

1. they were affected by the radioactive dust

Question 10.
"She pointed to the church graveyard." Who is she referred to ?

1. a woman in a village
2. the author
3. Natasha Revenko
4. Natashas mother

Answer:

1. Natasha Revenko

Answer the following

Questions in one or two sentences

Question 11.
Why didnt they worry when they heard explosion in the morning ?

Answer:People heard the explosion early in the morning on April the 26th 1986. But they did not worry about the explosion, becuase there had been explosions before from Chernobyl. But on 26th April, the explosion was bigger. Even then they thought it was harmless

Question 12.
Why did tears come to the corners of Natasha Revenko ?

Answer: Natasha Revenko was moved to tears when she was recounting what happened on 26th AprIl In 1986. Owing to the death of her children, tears came to the corners of her eyes