Factual Passage - 7 | English Grammar Advanced - Class 10 PDF Download

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Status of domesticated elephants
Records indicate that the management of domesticated elephants in Nepal has a long history and is said to have begun in 1903. At one time there were 31 elephant camps throughout the lowlands of Nepal. The capture and training of wild animals was a common practice in the past. A total of 17 domesticated elephants were released into the wild in 1914 and 10 wild elephants were captured for domestication during 1954-1970.
Although the reason for releasing elephants into the wild is not mentioned in reports, it can be assumed that those elephants were released because of the difficulty of finding them work and because of their old age.
Table 1. Elephant populations at ten year intervals between 1903 and 1973
Years 1903 1913 1923 1933 1943 1953 1963 1973
No. of elephants 328 234 198 199 180 136 80 47
Fig. 1. Declining trend of domesticated elephant populations at ten-year intervals between 1903 and 1973

Q1: What peculiar thing was observed in the year 1933?
(a) A slight increase in the number of domesticated Elephants.
(b) It stays the same as the decade 1923.
(c) No change.
(d) A slight decrease in the number of domesticated Elephants.
Ans: (a)

Q2: On analyzing elephant population data, their population has found to be_
(a) remained the same
(b) increased over the years
(c) decreased over the years
(d) increased in year 1943
Ans: (c)

Q3: What were the reasons for releasing the elephants into the wild?
(a) Old age and shortage of work
(b) Shortage of work and government orders
(c) Old age and government orders
(d) Government orders and shortage of space
Ans: (a)

Q4: The data presented in the passage has been compiled with the help of ____.
(a) Hearsay
(b) Official Records
(c) Passage does not specify
(d) People’s opinion
Ans: (b)

Q5: Where were most of the elephant camps located?
(a) Lowlands of Assam
(b) Terai region of Gorakhpur
(c) The Himalayas
(d) Lowlands of Nepal
Ans: (d)