1) The tailings spread out over an area of 4000 valleys into wasteland.

Lowlands near
the coast were converted into chemically contaminated swamp as the Jaba river,
laden with the toxic waste products of mineral processing overflowed its banks.
Whole forest died with the branches of dead tree pointing skywards like a dead
skeleton. There thousand lands were totally destroyed- thirty kilometer of river valley
system was converted to ‘moonscape’.

By the term ‘moonscape’ the author probably means :

a) A Barren land
b) Massive ecological destruction
c) Land on Moon
d) Swampy lands under influence of toxic waste product

2) From 18th century onwards, improved nutrition from increased food production
followed by advances in public health pulled the death rate down. The birth rate by
contrast fell much more slowly.

What conclusion could you logically draw from the following observation?
a) There will be many more infants than the middle age group.
b) 19th century will see an increase in birth rate.
c) The population of the country will increase.
d) None of the above

3) Common Ethics, accept that individual conscience can and should, be put above the
Law. How else do we sanction the actions of those who fight against ‘lawful’ but
unjust regimes such’ as apartheid in South Africa?

Which of the following opinions can be inferred from the passage :

a) Laws are supreme
b) Individual conscience of a good citizen should be law abiding.
c) At times individual conscience is prioritized over law.
d) None of the above.

4) Viola members reported that mobilization of children had significant effect on adults as
well as children. Children’s engagement with environmental concerns helped to break
through adults ‘psychic numbering’ so that parents and teachers became more openly
concerned about these problems.

‘Psychic numbering’ is referred to in the passage may mean :

a) Psychological imbalance
b) Non-significant response towards certain crucial issues
c) Typical cultural behavioral pattern
d) None of the above
5) The doughnut principle says that life is like an inverted doughnut, in which a hole is
on the outside and dough is in the middle. In this, the core is fixed and the bounded
space around the core is culture where we make differences.

From this it can be inferred that :

a) The fixed core is actually the whole doughnut.
b) Life is a fixed core
c) Core gives us security and space around it gives the flexibility
d) None of the above