Direction (1-5): In the following questions, you have passage with 5 questions. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the alternatives
Extreme weather conditions have become such a part of life all across the world over the last decade and more, that ways and means to understand and cope with them have become an essential element of survival strategies. Heatwaves in summer, cold waves in winter and extreme rainfall when it is least expected have almost become the norm. Each of these rounds takes its own toll on lives and livelihoods even as those in other areas are forced to stand as mute spectators. This summer in India, the number of lives lost to heatwave conditions has exceeded 2,000. While shrinking winter-spans are considered by specialists as a sure sign that climate change is a reality we cannot ignore, at the other end of the spectrum, hot summers are no less debilitating. Prediction of these phenomena is itself so difficult, not for lack of effort but because of the theoretical limitations of the models being used in the calculations. Broadly speaking, there is no doubt that summer heat is worsening by the year in parts of India. This fact is reflected in some climate studies. For instance, one on climate in the subcontinent over the period from 1961 to 2010 by scientists of the India Meteorological Department based in Pune and Chennai, found that compared to the first four decades, the number of heat-wave (HW) days per season was higher during 2001-2010 in many parts of north, north-west and central India. An increase was observed in the number of severe-heat-wave (SHW) days per season in some stations, mainly in north-west India. The study also found that the frequency, persistenceand area coverage of HW/SHW days were more than average in years succeeding El Niño years.
1.According to the passage what is the meaning of the phrase "Cope with" .
(1)riskiness
(2)unsatisfied
(3)hold up
(4)to abundant
2.Why the prediction of the climate change is so difficult?
(1)lack of efforts
(2)Due to pollution into the water
(3)due to the increasing ultraviolet waves
(4)Due to restrictions in the techniques in the calculation.
3.The word which is closest in meaning to persistence is
(1)prolonged existence
(2)idleness
(3)Pluck
(4)None of these
4.What is the reason that death toll rises above 2000?
(1)extreme weather condition
(2)severe heat waves
(3)lack of tools to determine the exact impact.
(4)All of the above
5.Who found out that there is an increase in the number of severe-heat-wave (SHW) days per season in some stations
(1)India forest department
(2)department of biotechnology India
(3)India Meteorological Department
(4)None of these
Solutions
1.(3)
2. (4)
3. (1)
4. (4)
5. (3)
