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Q. Notice these expressions in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.
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Q1: Locate the lines in text that support the title. 'The Ailing Planet'.
Ans: The lines that support the title of the chapter are given below.
Q2: What does the notice 'The world's most dangerous animal' at a cage in the zoo at Lusaka, Zambia, signify?
Ans: The notice signifies that there is depletion of resources and deterioration of environment. Man is responsible for this and his own survival is threatened.
Q3: How are the earth's principal biological systems being depleted?
Ans: There are four principal biological systems of the earth. These systems are fisheries, forests, grasslands and croplands. However, due to the increasing demand of human beings to such an ‘unsustainable’ extent, the productivity of these systems is being hampered. The excessive demand results in deterioration and depletion of these resources. A country where protein is consumed on a large scale, over-fishing is common, which leads to the collapse of fisheries in that area. Grasslands have been turned into deserts and production of crops is decreasing. The forests are destroyed in large proportions to obtain firewood. Depletion of tropical forests has also led to the extinction of several species.
Q4: Why does the author aver that the growth of world population is one of the strongest factors distorting the future of human society?
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Q1: Laws are never respected not enforced in India.
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Q2: “Are we to leave our successors a scorched planet of advancing deserts, impoverished landscapes and an ailing environment?”
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Q3: “We have not inherited this earth from our forefathers; we have borrowed it from our children”.
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Q4: The problems of over population that directly affect our everyday life.
Ans: Over-population leads to the issues of poverty and unemployment. The vicious circle of population and poverty will continue unless the root cause i.e. population is taken care of. It hampers the development of a country. It leads to the consumption of the natural resources at a much faster rate. The fossils consumed, the resources depleted, the forests cleared, the heat produced, the global warming caused are all the repercussions of the fast-growing population.
Q1: The phrase 'inter alia' meaning 'among other things' is one of the many Latin expression commonly used in English.
Find out what these Latin phrases mean.
1. Prima face
2. Ad hoc
3. In camera
4. Ad infinitum
5. Mutatis multanis
6. Tabula rasa
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1. prima facie means ‘at first sight, before closer inspection’
2. ad hoc means ‘for the specific purpose, case, or situation at hand and for no other’
3. in camera means ‘in secret, in private’
4. ad infinitum means ‘to infinity, having no end’
5. mutatis mutandis means ‘changing [only] those things which needs to be changed’, [only] the necessary changes having been made Caveat means ‘a warning or caution’
6. tabula rasa means ‘blank slate’, ‘without any prior experience or knowledge’
Q1: Locate the following words in the text and study their connotation.
1. gripped the imagination of
2. dawned upon
3. ushered in
4. passed into current coin
5. passport of the future
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1. gripped the imagination of: received much attention
2. dawned upon: realised it for the first time
3. ushered in: began the new idea
4. passed into current coin: have been brought into use
5. passport of the future: a thing that makes something possible or enables one to achieve it
Q2: The words ‘grip’, ‘dawn’. ‘usher’, ‘coin’, ‘passport’ have a literal as well as a figurative meaning. Write pairs of sentences using each word in the literal as well as figurative sense.
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1) grip:
a) She was excellent during the rock-climbing session. She has a good grip.
b) The movement of 'India Against corruption' has gripped the minds of Indians.
2) dawn:
a) The day dawned with a clear sky.
b) Suddenly, the idea dawned on him.
3) usher:
a) The waiter ushered them to their seats.
b) The Green Movement ushered in a new era of awareness.
4) Coin:
a) I have ten coins of Rs. 5.
b) The term was coined by a famous philosopher.
5) passport:
a) He has just got his passport made to visit his uncle in the USA.
b) Education is the passport to a bright future.
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