Grabbing Everything on the Land

TS 9th Class English 14th Lesson Grabbing Everything on the Land Important Question and Answers

Reading : A, B & C

Read the passage given below. Five sentences in the passage are numbered (13 - 17) at the beginning. Each of these sentences has an error. Correct and rewrite them in the answer booklet. (5 × 1 = 5 M)

Question 1.?

1. Kurnool, a district of rock soil in Andhra Pradesh in the Krishna river basin, is known as the land of rocky temples in Rayalaseema region
2. The headquarters of the district with the namesake was a city with a population of 5 lakhs
3. Thousands of tourists from various part of the State travel through the city on their way to tourist spots
4. The people of the city welcomed the tourists in a warm moo
5. This is the part of their daily routine

Answer:

1. Kurnool, a district with rock soil in Andhra Pradesh in the Krishna river basin, is known as the land of rocky temples in Rayalaseema region
2. The headquarters of the district with the namesake is a city with a population of 5 lakhs
3. Thousands of tourists from various parts of the State travel through the city on their way to tourist spots
4. The people of the city welcome the tourists in a warm mood
5. This is a part of their daily routine

Question 2.?

1. On 27 September 2009 the city had a heaviest rainfall
2. As the people had to spend a damp, cold and cloudy day, they finish their business in the evening and reached their dwelling places at early hours hoping a bright morning the next day
3. They had scarcely arrived in their destinations when the rain poured down
4. Its pouring continued threw out the night
5. As the result, on 28 September 2009 the people of Kurnool had to welcome river waters in gloomy colours to their streets instead of the buses full of tourists

Answer:

1. On 27 September 2009 the city had a heavy Rainfall
2. As the people had to spend a damp, cold and cloudy day, they finished their business in the evening and reached their dwelling places at early hours hoping a bright morning the next day
3. They had scarcely arrived at their destinations when the rain poured down
4. Its pouring continued throughout the night
5. As a result, on 28 September 2009 the people of Kurnool had to welcome river waters in gloomy colours to their streets instead of the buses full of tourists

Question 3.?

1. Thirty relief camps .were opened in Kurnool to provide food and shelter for at least 25,000 people 25,000 people rendered homeless.
2. Many people lost everything they have
3. Apart from seeking the help of the army andthe navy, the government requisitioned the personal of the Disaster Management Response Force from Arakonam in Tamil Nadu,
4. a transport aircraft, 30 inflatable boats and a equal number of fibreglass boats.
5. Although water rise to the roof level, people were reluctant to leave their houses and were still seen groping for their valuables

Answer:

1. Thirty relief camps were opened in Kurnool to provide food and shelter to at least 25,000 people rendered homeless
2. Many people lost everything they had
3. Apart from seeking the help of the army and the navy, the government requisitioned the personnel of the Disaster Management Response Force from Aarkortam in Tamil Nadu,
4. a transport aircraft, 30 inflatable boats and an equal number of fiberglass boats
5. Although water rose to the roof level, people were reluctant to leave their houses and were, still seen groping for their valuables

Question 4.?

1. The government officials and voluntary organizations that arrive at the spot witnessed the badly damaged roads, railways and collapsed bridges
2. The government sent relief teams as early as possible to distribute the emergency relief supplies like food, drinking water and clothing between the flood survivors
3. The relief teams reached some of the worst-hit areas and find that the people had lost their whole lives, their memories, homes and loved ones.
4. Thousand of people were misplaced from their homes.
5. All of them were on need of food and drinking water

Answer:

1. The government officials and voluntary organizations that arrived at the spot witnessed the badly damaged roads, railways and collapsed bridges
2. The government sent relief teams as early as possible to distribute the emergency relief supplies like food, drinking water and clothing among the flood survivors
3. The relief teams reached some of the worst-hit areas and found that the people had lost their whole lives, their memories, homes and loved ones
4. Thousands of people were misplaced from their homes
5. All of them were in need of food and drinking water

Question 5.?

1. The relief team brings her and her four children to a flood relief distribution camp which was being organized by the government in Kurnoo
2. There she received rice, blankets and other supply her family needed
3. She felt that a help came as a great relief in her utter despair
4. Many private donors were moved in seeing her children
5. . They provided the mother with some rice, corn, some pots and pans to cooking

Answer:

1. The relief team brought her and her four children to a flood relief distribution camp which was being organized by the government in Kurnool.
2. There she received rice, blankets and other supplies her family needed
3. She felt that the help came as a great relief in her utter despair
4. Many private donors were moved on seeing her children
5. They provided the mother with some rice, corn, some pots and pans for cooking

Question 6.?

1. The world is not a very safe place to live in these days as disaster and terrorism can strike at any movement
2. Communication is a only relief in times of disaster and hence the need for an efficient disaster management system becomes imperative in public places and even in business establishments and important commercial joints where people move around in large numbers
3. Disaster can strike in the form of natural calamities, terrorist attacks and accidents
4. Thus an efficient disaster management system which would work in adverse conditions is needed.
5. Disaster management crew will be well trained and equipped with the best appliances which might help them to communicate the condition they are in and the status of the calamity in the region they work for

Answer:

1. The world is not a very safe place to live in these days as disaster and terrorism can strike at any moment
2. Communication is the only relief in times of disaster and hence the need for an efficient disaster management system becomes imperative in public places and even in business establishments and important commercial joints where people move around in large numbers
3. Disaster might strike in the form of natural calamities, terrorist attacks and accidents
4. Thus an efficient disaster management system which will work in adverse conditions is needed
5. Disaster management crew must be well trained and equipped with the best appliances which might help them to communicate the condition they are in and the status of the calamity in the region they work for

Question 7.?

1. With Amateur Radio Operators, you had a ready workforce that is efficient with regard to communicating with each other efficiently and effectively
2. They are known to innovation and are adept at adapting to situations
3. Unlike commercial systems, Amateur radio is not dependent on terrestrial facilities that could fail.
4. It is dispersed throughout the community without "choke points" such as cellular telephone sites that can be overloaded
5. Amateur Radio Operators are experienced in improvising antennas and power sources and most equipment available today can be power by an automobile battery

Answer:

1. With Amateur Radio Operators, you have a ready workforce that is efficient with regard to communicating with each other efficiently and effectively
2. They are known for innovation and are adept at adapting to situations
3. Unlike commercial systems, Amateur radio is not dependent on terrestrial facilities that can fail
4. It is dispersed throughout a community without "choke points" such as cellular telephone sites that can be overloaded
5. Amateur Radio Operators are experienced in improvising antennas and power sources and most equipment available today can be powered by an automobile battery

Question 8.?

1. In the Gujarat (India) earthquake on the 26th January 2001, Amateur Radio Operators of Gujarat commenced disaster relief communications within ours of the tragedy
2. With the help of Hams in various parts of the country, an emergency traffic network was established to exchange information to various parts of the country
3. Recent examples includes the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centre in Manhattan in 2001, the 2003 North America blackout and Hurricane Katrina in September 2005, where Amateur radio was used to coordinate disaster relief activities when other systems failed
4. On September 2, 2004, Ham radio is used to inform weather forecasters with information on Hurricane Frances live from the Bahamas
5. On December 26, 2004, an earthquake and resulting Tsunami across the Indian Ocean wiped of all communications with the Andaman Islands

Answer:

1. In the Gujarat (India) earthquake on the 26th January 2001, Amateur Radio Operators of Gujarat commenced disaster relief communications within hours of the tragedy
2. With the help of Hams from various parts of the country, an emergency traffic network was established to exchange information to various parts of the country
3. Recent examples include the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Centre in Manhattan in 2001, the 2003 North America blackout and Hurricane Katrina in September 2005, where Amateur radio Was used to coordinate disaster relief activities when other systems failed
4. On September 2, 2004, Ham radio was used to inform weather forecasters with information on Hurricane Frances live from the Bahamas
5. On December 26, 2004, an earthquake and resulting Tsunami across the Indian Ocean wiped out all communications with the Andaman Islands

Question 9.?

1. But cyclones, earthquakes are floods are hot everyday events.
2. What we saw every day is that someone in the remote place is struggling for life, awaiting the arrival of an essential drug from another town or someone has lost a dear one because medical attention could not reach him on time
3. All this happens because most often communication is slowly or impossible
4. Hams has special section to handle medical and other emergency traffic on their daily nets
5. Amateur Radio Operators have to qualify in a examination conducted by Ministry of Communications, Government of India

Answer:

1. But cyclones, earthquakes or floods are not everyday events
2. What we see every day is that someone in the remote place is struggling for life, awaiting the arrival of an essential drug from another town or someone has lost a dear one because medical attention could not reach him on time
3. All this happens because most often communication is slow or impossible
4. Hams have special section to handle medical and other emergency traffic on their daily nets
5. Amateur Radio Operators have to qualify in an examination conducted by Ministry of Communications, Government of India

Question 10.?

1. Any individual above the age of 12 is permitted to appear in Amateur Station Operator License Examination and no educational qualification is prescribed
2. It took just two months to become eligible for the examination
3. One shall qualify a simple test conducted in three subjects
4. The Officer-In-Charge, Wireless Monitoring Station, Dept, of Telecommunications under Ministry of Communication, Govt, of India is the authority in conducting these tests in their own town provided there are sufficient number of applicants
5. The licenses are issued by Wireless Planning & Coordination Wing of DOT, Govt, of India after passing a test

Answer:

1. Any individual above the age of 12 is permitted to appear for Amateur Station Operator license Examination and no educational qualification is prescribed
2. It takes just two months to become eligible for the examination
3. One should qualify a simple test conducted in three subjects
4. The Officer-In-Charge, Wireless Monitoring Station, Dept, of Telecommunications under Ministry of Communication, Govt, of India is the authority for conducting these tests in their own town provided there are sufficient number of applicants
5. The licenses are issued by Wireless Planning & Co-ordination Wing of DOT, Govt, of India after passing the test

Question 1.
dwelling, heavy, heaviest, bright, cloudy, destinations, habitats?

Answer:

On 27 September 2009 the city had a heavy
1. rainfall. As the people had to spend a damp, cold and cloudy
2.  day, they finished their business in the evening and reached their dwelling
3.  places at early hours hoping a bright
4.  morning the next day. They had scarcely arrived at their destinations
5.  when the rain poured down

Question 2.
submerged, drowned, inundated, by, several, were, was?

Answer:

The floods inundated
1.  about 60 villages all over the district. Many of them completely submerged
2. . Much of the misery was caused by
3.  the Tungabhadra and the Handri Niva rivers, tributaries of the Krishna several
4.  places, including Mantralayam, the seat of Sri Raghavendra Swamy Mutt, were
5. under a sheet of ten feet of water for four days

Question 3.
between, among, voluntary, collapsed, relief, witnessed, emergency?

Answer:

The government officials and voluntary
1.  organizations that arrived at the spot witnessed
2. the badly damaged roads, railways and collapsed
3.  bridges. The government sent relief
4.  teams as early as possible to distribute the emergency relief supplies like food, drinking water and clothing among
5. the flood survivors.

Question 4.
them, us, wide, rejuvenated, No sooner, are, were?

Answer:

They were looking on with wide
1.  open eyes for some help to meet their needs No sooner
2.  had the relief teams arrived there than their joy knew no bounds. A sigh of relief rejuvenated
3.  their faces. The people were
4.  given food, bed sheets, lungis (wraparound skirts worn by men or women) and towels. Some of them
5.  were half-naked

Question 5.
flee, situated, surging, collapsed, mud shack, shelter?

Answer:

She said that when the surging
1.  waters rushed into her tiny mud shack
2. , the flimsy structure collapsed
3. . She and her four children had to flee
4.  for shelter to a roadside situated
5.  above water level

Question 6.
communication, commercial, disaster, inefficient, efficient, imperative, mandatory?

Answer:

1. The world is not a very safe place to live in these days as disaster
2.  and terrorism can strike at any moment Communication
3.  is the only relief in times of disaster and hence the need for an efficient
4.  disaster management system becomes imperative
5.  in public places and even in business establishments and important commercial
6.  joints where people move around in large numbers

Question 7.
with, of, at, workforce, and, or, innovation?

Answer:

With Amateur Radio Operators, you-have a ready workforce
1.  that is efficient with
2.  regard to communicating with each other efficiently and
3.  effectively. They are known for innovation
4.  and are adept at
5.  adapting to situations

Question 8.
available, improvising, field days, more, many, by, with?

Answer:

Amateur Radio Operators are experienced in improvising
1.  antennas and power sources and most equipment available
2.  today can be powered by
3.  an automobile battery. Annual Field Days
4.  are held in many
5.  countries to practise these emergency improvisational skills

Question 9.
conclude, include, coordinate, blackout, where, on, in?

Answer:

Recent examples include
1.  the September 11 attacks on
2.  them World Trade Centre in Manhattan in 2001, the 2003 North America blackout
3.  and Hurricane Katrina in September 2005, where
4.  Amateur radio was used to coordinate
5. disaster relief activities when other systems failed

Question 10.
a, an, relief, across, along, all, some?

Answer:

On December 26, 2004, an
1.  earthquake and resulting Tsunami across
2.  the Indian Ocean wiped out all
3.  communications with the Andaman Islands, except for an expedition that provided a
4. means to coordinate relief
5.  efforts
Rewrite As Directed:

Some words in the given passage are underlined. Rewrite the underlined words in your answer booklet as directed

1. The people of the town (23) welcome the tourists in a warm (24) mood. This is a part of their daily routine. Every morning was (25) colourful for them. But on 28th of September 2009 no tourist visited the city in (26) any part of the state. No bus entered (27) the city from any distant village or town

Question 23.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one?

Answer: city

Question 24.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word?

Answer: cool

Question 25.
Write the correct form of the underlined word?

Answer: is

Question 26.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one?

Answer: from

Question 27.
Write the right form of the underlined word?

Answer: entrance

2. They had scarcely (23) arrived (24) at their destinations when the rain poured down. Its pouring continues (25) throughout the night. As a result, in (26) 28 September 2009 the people of Kurnool had to usher (27) river waters in gloomy colours to their streets instead of the buses full of tourists

Question 23.
Write the right form of the underlined word?

Answer: scarce

Question 24.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word?

Answer: departed

Question 25.
Write the correct form of the underlined word?

Answer: continued

Question 26.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one?

Answer: on

Question 27.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one?

Answer: welcome

3. There were heart-rending scenes of people frantically asking (23) assistance to rescue them. The people had never experiences (24) before, such a trauma and loss of property. But the government did not have sufficient (25) number of boats and men to help them.The authorities estimated (26) that about 40,000 people had taken shelter in (27) the roof-tops

Question 23.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one?

Answer: seeking

Question 24.
Write the correct form of the underlined word?

Answer: experienced

Question 25.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word?

Answer: insufficient

Question 26.
Write the right form of the underlined word?

Answer: estimation

Question 27.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one?

Answer: on

4. The government sent relief teams as early as possible to distribute (23) the emergency relief supplies like food, drinking water and clothing between (24) the flood victims (25). The relief teams reached some of the worst-hit areas and find (26) that the people had lost (27) their whole lives, their memories, homes and loved ones

Question 23.
Write the right form of the underlined word?

Answer: distribution

Question 24.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one?

Answer: among

Question 25.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one/

Answer: survivors

Question 26.
Write the correct form of the underlined word?

Answer: found

Question 27.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word?

Answer: found

5. There she received (23) rice, blankets and other supplies her family needs (24). She felt that the help came as a great relief in her utter despair (25). Many private donors were moved on seeing her kids (26). They provided the mother of (27) some rice, corn, some pots and pans for cooking

Question 23.
Write the right form of the underlined word?

Answer: receipt

Question 24.
Write the correct form of the underlined word?

Answer: needed

Question 25.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word?

Answer: hope

Question 26.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one?

Answer: children

Question 27.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one?

Answer: with

6. The world is not a very safe (23) place to live in these days as disaster and terrorism can strike at any movement (24). Communication is the only relief in times of disaster and hence the need for an efficient calamity (25) management system becomes imperative in public (26) places and even in business establishments and important commercial joints where people moved (27) around in large numbers

Question 23.
Write the right form of the underlined word?

Answer: safely/safety

Question 24.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one?

Answer: moment

Question 25.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one?

Answer: disaster

Question 26.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word?

Answer: private

Question 27.
Write the correct form of the underlined word?

Answer: move

7. However, there is nonational database on active (23) operators (24) who can be call (25) upon during any disaster, and also whether. (26) they have right setup in (27) short notice

Question 23.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word?

Answer: inactive

Question 24.
Write the right form of the underlined word?

Answer: operation

Question 25.
Write the correct form of the underlined word?

Answer: called

Question 26.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one?

Answer: if

Question 27.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one?

Answer: at

8. Unlike commercial systems, Amateur radio is not dependent (23) with (24) terrestrial facilities that can fail. It is dispersed (25) throughout a community without "choke points" such as cell phone (26) sites that can be overload (27).

Question 23.
Write the right form of the underlined word?

Answer: dependence

Question 24.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one?

Answer: on

Question 25.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word?

Answer: gathered, assembled

Question 26.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one?

Answer: cellular telephone

Question 27.
Write the correct form of the underlined word?

Answer: overloaded

9. What we see every day is that someone in the remote place is struggled (23) for life, awaiting the arrival (24) of a (25) essential drug from another town or someone has lost a loving (26) one because medical attention (27) could not reach him on time

Question 23.
Write the correct form of the underlined word?

Answer: struggling

Question 24.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word?

Answer: departure

Question 25.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one?

Answer: an

Question 26.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one?

Answer: dear

Question 27.
Write the right form of the underlined word?

Answer: attentive

10. The Officer-On (23) Charge, Wireless Monitoring Station, Dept, of Telecommunications below (24) Ministry of Communication, Govt, of India is the authority for conduct (25) these tests in their own town provided (26) there are sufficient (27) , number of applicants

Question 23.
Replace the underlined word with the correct one?

Answer: in

Question 24.
Replace the underlined word with a suitable one?

Answer: under

Question 25.
Write the correct form of the underlined word?

Answer: conducting

Question 26.
Write the right form of the underlined word?

Answer: provision

Question 27.
Write the opposite word to the underlined word?

Answer: insufficient