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Read the ‘}COMPLETE SOLUTION ON, Passage and answer questions ] YOU TUBE CHANNEL, , , , The Uninhabitable Earth : Life After Warming by David Wallace-Wells is, in the, words of The New York Times reviewer, “a remorseless, near-unbearable account of, what we are doing to our planet”. Even if Collective action manages to keep us to 2, degrees Celsius of warming, we would be facing a world in which “the ice sheets will, begin their collapse, global GDP per capita will be cut by 13%, 400 million more, people will suffer from water Scarcity, major cities in the equatorial band of the planet, , will become unlivable, and even in the northern latitudes heat waves will kill, thousands each summer”. *~, , In Losing Earth: A Recent History, Nathani el Rich observes that “nearly every, conversation we have in 2019 about climat change was being held in 1979”. It is,, says The NYT review, “an account of wh: nt wrong, of how it was that a moment, of growing awareness of climate change,, , ind an apparent willingness to act on the, knowledge, was allowed to dissipate into is and inaction”. ‘, , , , , , , , , , , , , This happened due to several reasons, thi, message with sufficient force, and the act, among them. In Rich’s reading therefore, c!, crime., , ilure of scientists to put across a cl, s of politicians and energy com, e change is a tragedy, but it is, , , , , , , , , , , 2 According to the passage we are unab!, (a) ‘people are unwilling to fight clima, (b) it is not possible to fight climate |, , , , and
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According to David Wallace-Wells’ account, , (a) it is possible to reduce warming by 2 degrees Celsius by collective action, (b) it is possible to arrest the melting of ice sheets, (c) it is possible to keep the cities in the equatorial region livable, , (d) it is possible to stop water scarcity in a substantial part of the world, , Which of the following is not true according to Nathaniel Rich ? Climat, change is a crime because the failure to act happened due to, , (a) the failure of the scientists to put across a clear message with sufficier, force, , (b) the actions of the politicians, (c) lack of awareness, , (d) the actions of the energy companies, , 4. Nathaniel Rich observes that “nearly every conversation we have in 201‘, about climate change was being held in 1979”., , This implies that,, , (a) no conversation is being done in 2019, , (b) what should have been done in 1979 is being done in 2019, , (c) conversation about climate change was sufficiently done in 1979, (d) no conversation about climate change was done in 1979, , 5. A synonym of the word ‘dissipate’ is, , “> (a) degenerate, ) garner, , (c) aggravate, , Boe aggregate, , , , WBAM/B 3 [P.T.0.
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6. Spot the error, , Reshma is negligent (1) / of her duty (2) / but not neglectful of (3) / her, , appearance (4),, D (a), , 1, (b) 2, Coles, (d) 4, |, a, , The company has been handed over to the new management, lock, stock and, ie barrel. The underlined idiom means : !, i>, , (a) completely, (b) financially, (c) administratively, , _SaS_ partially, , 8. Spot the error, , The information officer at the bank / told his customers /, , , , , , , , , (1) (2), that there was several different / kinds of checking accounts available,, (3) , a A, (a) 1 i 5 ae, (byez gy bed, AC) 3 :, (d) 4, , 5; Spot the error, , The first electric lamp / had two carbon rods from which / vapor serves, (1) Q) 3G), , to conduct the current across the gap., , pa Se gap:, (4), , (a) 1 ty, 2 i
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10. — Spot the error, In order to get the visa to U.K. / one must present /, = Must present, , > (1) (2), a ) a medical report along with / your identification., “a4 G) (4), (a) 1, (b) 2, (c) 3, , ay 4, 11. Which of the following is correct ?, , > (a) No sooner the guests had arrived than it began to rain., (tT) (b) No sooner the guests arrived than it began to rain., (c) No sooner had the guests arrived it began to rain., , A) No sooner had the guests arrived than it began to rain., , 12. Choose the order of the sentences marked A, B, C, D and E to form a logical, paragraph., , A. We have constructed it from unfortunate habits of thought about how to, handle spiralling public debt., , B. With much of the global economy apparently trapped in a long and, , painful austerity-induced slump, it is time to admit that the trap is entirely, of our own making., , C. People developed these habits on the basis of the experiences of their, families and friends: when in debt trouble, one must cut spending and, , pass through a period of austerity until the burden (debt relative to, income) is reduced., , D. It seems like common sense, even moral virtue to respond this way., , E. That means no meals out for a while, no new cars and no new clothes., (a) DABCE, , (b) BACDE é, () BACED ; 7, (d) DEBAC ee, , WBAM/B 5 _ [P.T.O.
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13. Everything about him, especially his talkative nature, proclaims his, effeminacy. Choose the antonym of the underlined word., , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , (a) aggressiveness, (b) attractiveness, ©) manliness 7, , (d) boorishness, , 14. It is one of the pernicious customs prevailing in Society. Find the antonym o, the underlined word., , (a) permanent, Ab) beneficial, (c) parochial, (d) dangerous, , , , ae indiscriminate demand for mass consumption of g:, underlined word means: f, , (a) desperate, fo) undifferentiated, (c) discreet, , (d) insensitive, , 16. It was an affront to his, (a) overstrung, (b) overweening, , (c) overwhelming, (d) overwrought
