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Identify the most appropriate summary for the paragraph.
The year 2013 was one of the ten hottest on record. So was 2010. So were 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2003, 2002, and 1998. Last year, with its polar vortex and biting winter, seemed to bring relief to North America. Except it also brought temperatures of over 120ºF to Australia, massive flooding to Malaysia, and the third harrowing year of drought to California. As it turns out, 2014 was the hottest single year since meteorologists started measuring in 1850. By now, we’ve raised the average global temperature a little less than one degree Celsius since the beginning of the industrial revolution. The best predictions suggest that we will raise it somewhere between four and six degrees by 2100. With the heat will also come side effects: fiercer and more frequent storms, droughts, acidifying oceans, melting glaciers, and the loss of species. And the bad news is, that’s not even the bad news. Each drought, each megastorm, each scorching summer puts a strain on the complex systems that provide us with water, food, and power and that keep disease and disorder at bay. These systems can often endure a single crisis—one Sandy, one Katrina. The problem is what happens when the Sandys and Katrinas start coming back to back, piling up on each other. That’s when the money runs out, the electricity goes off, and everyone starts wondering where to find water. If true catastrophe arrives, it will not come gradually but, as the historian Nils Gilman writes, “as a series of radical discontinuities—a series of bewildering ‘oh shit’ events.” Welcome to the future. Oh shit.
  • a)
    The sequence of events, leading to global warming, and then in turn being caused by global warming, is going to intensify in the coming time, leading to true catastrophe.
  • b)
    The increase in the temperature of the planet is being accompanied by disturbing events and these will increase in the future, all piling up to finally lead to a catastrophe for the planet.
  • c)
    True catastrophe is going strike planet earth shortly and this be exacerbated by the series of ‘oh shit’ events that are going ravage the earth.
  • d)
    The ultimate fate of earth now is firmly resides in the actions of man and whether these can be changed to avoid the series of ‘oh shit’ events that are going to wreck havoc on the planet in the coming time.
Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?
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Identify the most appropriate summary for the paragraph.The year 2013 ...
In the given case, only option 2 captures the true essence of the passage. The passage predicts what is going to happen in the future, on the basis of the present changes that are taking place on planet earth. The catastrophe the planet might face in the future is because of the series of events it will go through and how these add up. This sentiment is best reflected by option 2.
► Option 1 talks about a certain sequence of events. Though casually related with the passage, this is not directly stated in the given paragraph.
► Option 3 talks about the true catastrophe striking the planet shortly. This is clearly not mentioned in the passage.
► Option 4 talks about the fate of earth resting in the hands of man. This is again something not mentioned in the paragraph.
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Identify the most appropriate summary for the paragraph.The year 2013 was one of the ten hottest on record. So was 2010. So were 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2003, 2002, and 1998. Last year, with its polar vortex and biting winter, seemed to bring relief to North America. Except it also brought temperatures of over 120ºF to Australia, massive flooding to Malaysia, and the third harrowing year of drought to California. As it turns out, 2014 was the hottest single year since meteorologists started measuring in 1850. By now, we’ve raised the average global temperature a little less than one degree Celsius since the beginning of the industrial revolution. The best predictions suggest that we will raise it somewhere between four and six degrees by 2100. With the heat will also come side effects: fiercer and more frequent storms, droughts, acidifying oceans, melting glaciers, and the loss of species. And the bad news is, that’s not even the bad news. Each drought, each megastorm, each scorching summer puts a strain on the complex systems that provide us with water, food, and power and that keep disease and disorder at bay. These systems can often endure a single crisis—one Sandy, one Katrina. The problem is what happens when the Sandys and Katrinas start coming back to back, piling up on each other. That’s when the money runs out, the electricity goes off, and everyone starts wondering where to find water. If true catastrophe arrives, it will not come gradually but, as the historian Nils Gilman writes, “as a series of radical discontinuities—a series of bewildering ‘oh shit’ events.” Welcome to the future. Oh shit.a)The sequence of events, leading to global warming, and then in turn being caused by global warming, is going to intensify in the coming time, leading to true catastrophe.b)The increase in the temperature of the planet is being accompanied by disturbing events and these will increase in the future, all piling up to finally lead to a catastrophe for the planet.c)True catastrophe is going strike planet earth shortly and this be exacerbated by the series of ‘oh shit’ events that are going ravage the earth.d)The ultimate fate of earth now is firmly resides in the actions of man and whether these can be changed to avoid the series of ‘oh shit’ events that are going to wreck havoc on the planet in the coming time.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer?
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Identify the most appropriate summary for the paragraph.The year 2013 was one of the ten hottest on record. So was 2010. So were 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2003, 2002, and 1998. Last year, with its polar vortex and biting winter, seemed to bring relief to North America. Except it also brought temperatures of over 120ºF to Australia, massive flooding to Malaysia, and the third harrowing year of drought to California. As it turns out, 2014 was the hottest single year since meteorologists started measuring in 1850. By now, we’ve raised the average global temperature a little less than one degree Celsius since the beginning of the industrial revolution. The best predictions suggest that we will raise it somewhere between four and six degrees by 2100. With the heat will also come side effects: fiercer and more frequent storms, droughts, acidifying oceans, melting glaciers, and the loss of species. And the bad news is, that’s not even the bad news. Each drought, each megastorm, each scorching summer puts a strain on the complex systems that provide us with water, food, and power and that keep disease and disorder at bay. These systems can often endure a single crisis—one Sandy, one Katrina. The problem is what happens when the Sandys and Katrinas start coming back to back, piling up on each other. That’s when the money runs out, the electricity goes off, and everyone starts wondering where to find water. If true catastrophe arrives, it will not come gradually but, as the historian Nils Gilman writes, “as a series of radical discontinuities—a series of bewildering ‘oh shit’ events.” Welcome to the future. 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And the bad news is, that’s not even the bad news. Each drought, each megastorm, each scorching summer puts a strain on the complex systems that provide us with water, food, and power and that keep disease and disorder at bay. These systems can often endure a single crisis—one Sandy, one Katrina. The problem is what happens when the Sandys and Katrinas start coming back to back, piling up on each other. That’s when the money runs out, the electricity goes off, and everyone starts wondering where to find water. If true catastrophe arrives, it will not come gradually but, as the historian Nils Gilman writes, “as a series of radical discontinuities—a series of bewildering ‘oh shit’ events.” Welcome to the future. 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Oh shit.a)The sequence of events, leading to global warming, and then in turn being caused by global warming, is going to intensify in the coming time, leading to true catastrophe.b)The increase in the temperature of the planet is being accompanied by disturbing events and these will increase in the future, all piling up to finally lead to a catastrophe for the planet.c)True catastrophe is going strike planet earth shortly and this be exacerbated by the series of ‘oh shit’ events that are going ravage the earth.d)The ultimate fate of earth now is firmly resides in the actions of man and whether these can be changed to avoid the series of ‘oh shit’ events that are going to wreck havoc on the planet in the coming time.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? has been provided alongside types of Identify the most appropriate summary for the paragraph.The year 2013 was one of the ten hottest on record. So was 2010. So were 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2003, 2002, and 1998. Last year, with its polar vortex and biting winter, seemed to bring relief to North America. Except it also brought temperatures of over 120ºF to Australia, massive flooding to Malaysia, and the third harrowing year of drought to California. As it turns out, 2014 was the hottest single year since meteorologists started measuring in 1850. By now, we’ve raised the average global temperature a little less than one degree Celsius since the beginning of the industrial revolution. The best predictions suggest that we will raise it somewhere between four and six degrees by 2100. With the heat will also come side effects: fiercer and more frequent storms, droughts, acidifying oceans, melting glaciers, and the loss of species. And the bad news is, that’s not even the bad news. Each drought, each megastorm, each scorching summer puts a strain on the complex systems that provide us with water, food, and power and that keep disease and disorder at bay. These systems can often endure a single crisis—one Sandy, one Katrina. The problem is what happens when the Sandys and Katrinas start coming back to back, piling up on each other. That’s when the money runs out, the electricity goes off, and everyone starts wondering where to find water. If true catastrophe arrives, it will not come gradually but, as the historian Nils Gilman writes, “as a series of radical discontinuities—a series of bewildering ‘oh shit’ events.” Welcome to the future. Oh shit.a)The sequence of events, leading to global warming, and then in turn being caused by global warming, is going to intensify in the coming time, leading to true catastrophe.b)The increase in the temperature of the planet is being accompanied by disturbing events and these will increase in the future, all piling up to finally lead to a catastrophe for the planet.c)True catastrophe is going strike planet earth shortly and this be exacerbated by the series of ‘oh shit’ events that are going ravage the earth.d)The ultimate fate of earth now is firmly resides in the actions of man and whether these can be changed to avoid the series of ‘oh shit’ events that are going to wreck havoc on the planet in the coming time.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? theory, EduRev gives you an ample number of questions to practice Identify the most appropriate summary for the paragraph.The year 2013 was one of the ten hottest on record. So was 2010. So were 2009, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2003, 2002, and 1998. Last year, with its polar vortex and biting winter, seemed to bring relief to North America. Except it also brought temperatures of over 120ºF to Australia, massive flooding to Malaysia, and the third harrowing year of drought to California. As it turns out, 2014 was the hottest single year since meteorologists started measuring in 1850. By now, we’ve raised the average global temperature a little less than one degree Celsius since the beginning of the industrial revolution. The best predictions suggest that we will raise it somewhere between four and six degrees by 2100. With the heat will also come side effects: fiercer and more frequent storms, droughts, acidifying oceans, melting glaciers, and the loss of species. And the bad news is, that’s not even the bad news. Each drought, each megastorm, each scorching summer puts a strain on the complex systems that provide us with water, food, and power and that keep disease and disorder at bay. These systems can often endure a single crisis—one Sandy, one Katrina. The problem is what happens when the Sandys and Katrinas start coming back to back, piling up on each other. That’s when the money runs out, the electricity goes off, and everyone starts wondering where to find water. If true catastrophe arrives, it will not come gradually but, as the historian Nils Gilman writes, “as a series of radical discontinuities—a series of bewildering ‘oh shit’ events.” Welcome to the future. Oh shit.a)The sequence of events, leading to global warming, and then in turn being caused by global warming, is going to intensify in the coming time, leading to true catastrophe.b)The increase in the temperature of the planet is being accompanied by disturbing events and these will increase in the future, all piling up to finally lead to a catastrophe for the planet.c)True catastrophe is going strike planet earth shortly and this be exacerbated by the series of ‘oh shit’ events that are going ravage the earth.d)The ultimate fate of earth now is firmly resides in the actions of man and whether these can be changed to avoid the series of ‘oh shit’ events that are going to wreck havoc on the planet in the coming time.Correct answer is option 'B'. Can you explain this answer? tests, examples and also practice CAT tests.
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