Gujarat Board GSEB Class 11 English Textbook Solutions Hornbill Chapter 5 The Ailing Planet: The Green Movement’s Role Textbook Exercise Important Questions and Answers, Notes Pdf.
Gujarat Board Textbook Solutions Class 11 English Hornbill Chapter 5 The Ailing Planet: The Green Movement’s Role
GSEB Class 11 English The Ailing Planet: The Green Movement’s Role Text Book Questions and Answers
Understanding the Text
Question 1.
Locate the lines in the text that support the title ‘The Ailing Planet’.
Answer:
The lines that support the title of the chapter are given below:
- The earth’s vital signs reveal a patient in declining health.
- Are we to leave our successors a scorched planet of advancing deserts, impoverished landscapes and ailing environment?
- …… the environment has deteriorated so badly that it is ‘critical’ in many of the eighty- eight countries investigated.
Question 2.
What does’ the notice ‘The world’s most dangerous animal’ at a cage in the zoo at Lusaka, Zambia, signify?
Answer:
The notice signifies that there is depletion of resources and deterioration of environment. Man is responsible for this and his own survival is threatened.
Question 3.
How are the earth’s principal biological systems being depleted?
Answer:
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, overfishing 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.
Question 4.
Why does the author aver that the growth of world population is one of the strongest factors distorting the future of human society?
Answer:
Over-population is one of the strongest factors responsible for a nation’s poverty and unemployment. It disturbs the earth’s principal biological systems leading to degradation of environment. The author highlights the problem of over-population by pointing out the mental setup of the poor who feel more children means more workers to earn money. They do not realise that more children only means more unemployed people.
He argues that development is the best contraceptive, which includes spread of education, improvement of health and rise in income. Spread of education leads to awareness among people, which in turn results in a fall in the ‘fertility’ rate. The author makes a comment which emphasises the never ending circle of population and poverty by asserting that “The choice is really between control of population and the perpetuation of poverty.”
Talking about the Text
Discuss in groups of four:
Question 1.
Laws are never respected not enforced in India.
Answer:
India, the biggest democracy in the world, is condemned for its easy attitude towards laws. Laws are constituted but never respected nor enforced in our country. For instance, the Indian Constitution mentions that casteism, untouchability and bonded labour shall be abolished; however, these evils flourish barefacedly even today. The author points out that Article 48-A of the Indian Constitution, propounds that “the State shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country”. However, little is done in favour of this.
What we see is a near “catastrophic depletion” of forests’ over the last four decades. Forests are disappearing over the decades at the rate of 3.7 million acres a year. Areas that are officially designated as forest land, in reality, are treeless. The actual loss of forests is eight times the rate pointed by the government statistics.
Question 2.
“Are we to leave our successors a scorched planet of advancing deserts, impoverished landscapes and an ailing environment?”
Answer:
As we learn in the text, the first Brandt Report raised the above mentioned question about the deteriorating condition of the planet. Earth is like a ‘patient in declining health’. The depletion of forests, grasslands, fisheries and croplands are the result of excessive demand for resources. Over-population has led to a severe strain on the health of our planet. We must realise soon that in this ‘Era of Responsibility’ it is solely our duty to preserve our planet. We must realise that the earth belongs as much to the future generation as much to us. Rather making it our property, we should do our best to preserve it for the generations we have ‘borrowed it from’.
Question 3.
“We have not inherited this earth from our forefathers; we have borrowed it from our children.”
Answer:
Over the decades, a change has come in the perception of the people in respect to the planet. The human’ perception has shifted to a ‘holistic and ecological view of the world’. Earth is a living organisms that has limited resources. These resources will not last forever. The earth has its metabolic needs that require to be preserved. The need of the hour is ‘sustainable development’ which propounds that need of meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising with those of future generations. The present problems are not necessarily fatal for us but they are a ‘passport for future’. This is the ‘Era of Responsibility’ that calls for a responsible action from us. We must realise that the earth belongs as much to the future generation as much it belongs to us.
Question 4.
The problems of over-population that directly affect our everyday life.
Answer:
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 respurces depleted, the forests, cleared, the heat produced, the global warming caused are all the repercussions of the fast growing population.
Thinking about Language
The phrase ‘inter alia’ meaning ‘among other things’ is one of the many Latin expressions commonly used in English. Find out what these Latin phrases mean.
(1) prima facie
(2) ad hoc
(3) in camera
(4) ad infinitum
(5) mutatis mutandis
(6) caveat
(7) tabula rasa
Answer:
(1) prima facie means ‘at first sight, before close 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
(6) caveat means ‘a warning or caution’
( 7) tabula rasa means ‘blank slate’, ‘without any prior experience or knowledge’
Working with Words
Question 1.
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
Answer:
(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.
Question 2.
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.
Answer:
(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 ? 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.
Things to Do
Question 1.
Make posters to highlight the importance of the Green Movement.
Answer:
Question 2.
Maintain a record of the trees cut down and the parks demolished in your area or any other act that violates the environment. Write to newspapers reporting on any such acts that disturb you.
Answer:
271 Green Road,
Silver City,
20 March, 20XX
The Editor
The National Herald
New City,
Subject: Illegal felling of trees
Sir May I use the columns of your daily to draw the attention of the public and the authorities conce’rned towards an act that has caused severe violation of environment. The central park adjacent to Green Road had many tall and beautiful trees which added to its glory. Of late some people began to use it for hosting wedding parties or political functions. They caused much damage to the environment by damaging the plants, flowers, young trees and grass growing in the lawns as well as creating noise pollution through loudspeakers.
Yesterday, some enthusiastic members of the green club protested to the organiser of a political assembly against the misuse of the park and the untold harm to environment. To our surprise, we found that all the tall trees had been felled and cut down into logs overnight. We have lodged a complaint with the local police station. We appeal to you to publish this letter of protest against the illegal felling of trees with your comments and remind the authorities that it is the responsibility of the state to preserve healthy environment. I am confident that you will take up this cause.
Yours faithfully,
Deepak / Deepika
GSEB Class 12 English The Ailing Planet: The Green Movement’s Role Additional Important Questions and Answers
Questions – Answers (Textual)
Answer the following questions in four to five sentences each:
Question 1.
Which movement does Nani Palkhivala refer to? How popular do you think it is?
Answer:
The author, Nani Palkhivala, refers to the ‘Green Movement’. It has becomes very popular among the people of all countries. It started nearly twenty-five-years ago but it has gripped the imagination of the entire human race completely and quite rapidly.
Question 2.
How does the author point out the importance of Green Movement?
Answer:
The author points out the importance of the Green Movement by comparing it to the revolutionary ideas of Copernicus. He had taught mankind in the 16th century that the earth and the other planets revolved round the sun.
Question 3.
How have human beings shifted their perceptions?
Answer:
We have shifted our perceptions from chanistic view to a holistic and ecological view, v we regard the earth as a living organism, is an enormous being and we are its parts. It has its own metabolic needs and vital processes. We must respect and preserve them.
Question 4.
What is the state of earth today? How should we act now?
Answer:
The signs of the earth which are connected with life show that the earth is a patient in declining health. We must realize our moral obligations to be good stewards of the planet. We must act as responsible trustees of the legacy of future generations.
Question 5.
How has the concept of sustainable development been defined?
Answer:
Sustainable development has been defined as the development that meets the needs of the present without putting in danger the ability of future generations to meet their needs. In other words, the present generation would not deprive the natural world of the resources the future generations would need.
Question 6.
Who is ‘the world’s most dangerous animal’? What has he learnt?
Answer:
Man is the most dangerous animal of the world. He has learnt a new awareness. He has acted wisely. He has shifted from the system of domination to one based on partnership.
Question 7.
What do you learn about the number of living species from this chapter?
Answer:
Scientists have arranged a list of about 1.4 million living species. The number of unlisted species is much more. It varies from three to a hundred million according to various estimates. These still remain unknown and unidentified.
Question 8.
What do you know about the earth’s biological systems and their functions?
Answer:
The earth has four principal biological systems. These are : fisheries, forests, grasslands and croplands. They form the basis of the world’s economic system. They supply us food and raw materials for industry.
Question 9.
What is the state of earth’s biological systems now and why?
Answer:
In many areas of the world, earth’s biological systems have reached an unsustainable level. They have reached a point where their productivity has been damaged. This is because of the excessive pressure exerted by man on them.
Question 10.
How do the earth’s biological systems behave on reaching an unsustainable level? ~
Answer:
The productivity of the earth’s biological systems is impaired on reaching an unsustainable level. Fisheries collapse. Forests disappear. Grasslands turn into barren wastelands. Croplands become worse.
Question 11.
How can over-fishing and decimation of forests prove harmful?
Answer:
Over-fishing may lead to stripping the fisheries. Then man will lose a rich source of protein. The decimation of forests will harm ecology. Moreover, several species of life that live in forest will face extinction.
Question 12.
How do Indians procure fuel for cooking? What is the result of their action?
Answer:
Indians collect firewood from forests. Sometimes even green trees are cut to obtain fuel. Destruction of forests is harmful to environment and wildlife. They also burn dung as fuel. Burning dung deprives the soil of an important natural fertiliser.
Question 13.
Why do we need to plant more forests in India?
Answer:
According to official data. India Is losing its forests at the rate of 3.7 million acres a year. The actual loss of forests is estimated to be about eight times the rate indicated by government statisucs. Large areas, officially named forest land are already treeless. Moreover a five-fold increase in the rate of forest planting is needed to cope with the expected fuel wood demand 5 years later.
Question 14.
How is the world population increasing over the years?
Answer:
The world population is increasing at a rapid rate now-a-days. Every four days the world population increases by one million. The world population was about one billion in 1800. By 1900 another billion was added. However in the next 100 years 3.7 billion more were added. This clearly indicates the pace of the growth of world population.
Question 15.
Why is population control essential in India?
Answer:
The population of India was estimated to be 920 million in 1994. Over-population upsets all plans of development and causes poverty and unemployment. So either population is controlled or people would remain poor forever. Voluntary family planning helps population control in India.
Question 16.
What do you understand by the emerging new world vision?
Answer:
The new world vision is a holistic view. ,It is also an ecological view. It considers the world as ah integrated whole-a global village, rather than a separated or isolated collection of parts. This emerging new world vision has introduced the era of responsibility.
Question 17.
How can industry play its role in the new ‘era of responsibility?
Answer:
It is well-known that industries are a main source of causing environmental pollution. There will be a great change in the preservation of environment if the industrialists become consicous of their responsibilities and become environment friendly. Thus, Industry has to play a very important role in the new era of responsibility.
Question 18.
In what connection has the author mentioned Mr Edgar S. Woolard?
Answer:
Mr Edgar S. Woolard was the chairman of a famous industrial concern-Du Pont. Five years ago, he declared himself to be the company’s ‘Chief Environmental Officer’. He said that their continued existence as a leading manufacturer required that they excelled in environmental performance.
Question 19.
Why does the author quote the word of Mrs Margaret Thatcher and Mr Lester Brow;
Answer:
The two statements quoted by the auti support his point of view about the need According to official data, India is losing its forests at the rate of 3.7 million acres a year. The actual loss of forests is estimated to be about eight times the rate indicated by government statistics. Large areas, officially named forest land protect environment. Both the statements lay stress on preservation of environment and holding it in trust for the coming generations.
Reading Comprehension (Textual)
Read the following passages and select the most appropriate options as answers to the questions given below them:
Question 1.
The concept of sustainable development was popularised in 1987 by the World Commission on Environment and Development. In its report it defined the idea as “Development that meets the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs”, i.e., without stripping the natural world of resources future generations would need.
In the zoo at Lusaka, Zambia, there is a cage where the notice reads, ‘The world’s most dangerous animal’. Inside the cage there is no animal but a mirror where you see yourself. Thanks to the efforts of a number of agencies in different countries, a new awareness has now dawned upon the most dangerous animal in Jhe world. He has realised the wisdom of shifting from a system based on domination to one based on partnership.
Questions :
1. ‘Sustainable Development’ means ………………
A. development of environment.
B. awareness of environment.
C. development to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations.
D. immediate development at any cost.
Answer:
C. development to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations.
2. It would be a chief concern of sustainable development ……………..
A. to care for the needs of future generations.
B. not to bar the natural world of resources.
C. meeting the needs of the present at any cost.
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
Answer:
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
3. Who, according to the notice in the zoo at Lusaka, is the world’s most dangerous animal ?
A. Chimpanzee
B. Space
C. Man himself
D. Still not found
Answer:
C. Man himself
4. What wisdom has man realised today ?
A. Shift from a system based on partnership to the one based on demination.
B. Shift from a system based on demination to the one based on partnership.
C. Awareness of being developed.
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
Answer:
B. Shift from a system based on demination to the one based on partnership.
Question 2.
Mr Lester R. Brown in his thoughtful book, The Global Economic Prospect, points out that the earth’s principal biological systems are four-fisheries, forests, grasslands and croplands – and they form the foundation of the global economic system. In addition to supplying our food, these four systems provide virtually all the raw materials for industry except minerals and petroleum-derived synthetics. In large areas of the world, human claims on these systems are reaching an unsustainable level, a point where their productivity is being impaired.
When this happens, fisheries collapse, forests disappear, grasslands are converted into barren wastelands, and croplands deteriorate. In a protein-conscious and protein- hungry world, over-fishing is common every day. In poor countries, local forests are being decimated in order to procure firewood for cooking. In some places, firewood has become so expensive that “what goes under the pot now costs more than what goes inside it”. Since the tropical forest is, in the words of Dr Myers, “the powerhouse of evolution”, several species of life face extinction as a result of its destruction.
Questions:
1. The earth’s principal biological systems …………………..
A. supply our food.
B. provide all the raw materials for industry.
C. provide minerals and petroleum products.
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
Answer:
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
2. ……………….. form the foundation of global economic system.
A. Petroleum products
B. Four principal biological systems of the earth
C. Protein-rich food products
D. All of these three
Answer:
B. Four principal biological systems of the earth
3. When human claims on the four principal biological systems reach an unsustainable level,………………..
A. grasslands are converted into barren wastelands.
B. fisheries collapse.
C. forests disappear.
D. All of these three
Answer:
D. All of these three
4. …………………. is the powerhouse of evolution.
A. Decimated forests
B. The tropical forest
C. Grasslands and croplands
D. Biological systems of the earth
Answer:
B. The tropical forest
Question 3.
A three-year study using satellites and aerial photography conducted by the United Nations, warns that the environment has deteriorated so badly that it is ‘critical’ in many of the eighty- eight countries investigated.
There can be no doubt that the growth of world population is one of the strongest factors distorting the future of human society. It took mankind more than a million years to reach the first billion. That was the world population around the year 1800. By the year 1900, a second billion was added, and the twentieth century has added another 3.7 billion. The present world population is estimated at 5.7 billion. Every four days the world population increases by one million.
Fertility falls as incomes rise, education spreads and health improves. Thus, development is the best contraceptive. But development itself may not be possible if the present increase in numbers continues.
Questions:
1. We have come to know about the deterioration of environment through ……………..
A. satellites.
B. aerial photography.
C. survey conducted in the U.S.
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
Answer:
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
2. ………………..is one of the strongest factors which has distorted the future of human society.
A. The growth of world population
B. Use of satellites
C. Environmental threat
D. Fall of fertility
Answer:
A. The growth of world population
3. To reach the first billion, mankind took ………………. years.
A. ten thousand
B. more than ten lakh
C. ten lakh thousand
D. ten trillion
Answer:
B. more than ten lakh
4. ……………… is the best preventative of growing world population.
A. Conservation of natural environment
B. Development
C. Collective measures by all the nations of the world
D. None of these three
Answer:
B. Development
Question 4.
For the first time in human history we see a transcending concern-the survival not just of the people but of the planet. We have begun to take a holistic view of the very basis of our existence. The environment problem does not necessarily signal our demise, it is our passport for the future. The emerging new world vision has ushered in the Era of Responsibility. It is a holistic view, an ecological view, seeing the world as an integrated whole rather than a dissociated collection of parts.
Industry has a most crucial role to play in this new Era of Responsibility. What a transformation would be effected if more businessmen shared the view of the Chairman of Du Pont, Mr Edgar S. Woolard who, five years ago, declared himself to be the Company’s ‘Chief Environmental Officer’. He said, ‘Our continued existence as a leading manufacturer requires that we excel in environmental performance.’
Questions:
1. ………………. is a transcending concern for the first time in human history.
A. The survival of the people
B. The survival of the planet
C. The environmental problem
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
Answer:
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
2. The holistic view of the emerging new world vision is …………………..
A. seeing the world as an integrated whole world.
B. not to see the world as dissociated collection of parts.
C. seeing the world as a large industry.
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
Answer:
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
3. What according to the writer, is the most crucial role for an industry?
A. Increasing production against all adversities.
B. Care for environment.
C. Stop the production that affects the environment.
D. Ignore ecological view.
Answer:
B. Care for environment.
4. The Chairman of Du Pont declared himself to be the company’s ………………..
A. CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
B. CEO (Chief Environmental Officer)
C. CEO (Chief Ecological Officer)
D. CEO (Chief Enquiry Officer)
Answer:
B. CEO (Chief Environmental Officer)
Grammar
Vocabulary
Fill in the blanks choosing the correct words given in the brackets and write the answers only:
Question 1.
(estimates, patrimony, planting, growing, precede, eroding, fuelwood, deprives)
It has been well said that forests …………….1…………….. mankind; deserts follow. The world’s ancient ………….2…………. of tropical forests is now …………….3…………… at the rate of forty to fifty million acres a year, and the …………..4………….. use of dung for burning ,……………5……………. the soil of an important natural fertiliser. The World Bank . …………….6……………. that a five-fold increase in the rate of forest ………………7………… is needed to cope with the expected …………..8………….. demand in the year 2000.
Answer:
1. precede
2. patrimony
3. eroding
4. growing
5. deprives
6. estimates
7. planting
8. fuelwood
Question 2.
(ushered, demise, transcending, holistic, emerging, existence, passport, survival)
For the first time in human history we see a ……………..1…………… concern-the ………….2………….. not just of the people but of the planet. We have begun to take a ……………..3…………….. view of the very basis of our …………….4………… The environmental problem does not necessarily signal our …………..5……………, it is our …………..6…………… for the future. The …………7………… new world vision has ………….8………… in the Era of Responsibility.
Answer:
1. transcending
2. survival
3. holistic
4. existence
5. demise
6. passport
7. emerging 8. ushered
Rectification of Errors
Rectify the errors in the following passages:
Question 1.
We have shifts-one hopes, irrevocably – from the mechanist view to wholistic and ecological view of the world. It is a shift in human perceptional as revolutionary as that introduced by Copernicus.
Answer:
| Error | Correction |
| shifts. | shifted |
| mechanist | mechanistic |
| wholistic | holistic |
| perceptional | perceptions |
Question 2.
The conceptual of sustainable development was popularise in 1987 by the World Commission with
Environmental and Development.
Answer:
| conceptual | concept |
| popularise | popularised |
| with | on |
| Environmental | Environment |
Question 3.
Scientists have catalogue about 1.4 million living specie with which mankind share the earth. Estimates vary wide as regards the still-uncatalogued living species.
Answer:
| catalogue | catalogued |
| specie | species |
| share | shares |
| wide | widely |
Question 4.
It has been well says that forests precede mankind; desert follow. The world’s ancient patrimonial of
tropical forests is now eroding at the rate of forty to fifty million acre a year.
Answer:
| says | said |
| preside | precede |
| patrimonial | patrimony |
| acre | acres |
3. Replacing Phrases – Idioms
Choose the correct meanings of the phrases/idioms and rewrite the sentences:
1. Once I pulled up to the bank, it dawned upon me that I had forgotten my wallet. (made a mistake, realised, guessed)
2. We ushered in the new year with a celebration. (commenced, celebrated, welcomed)
3. It is difficult to deal with a person with prejudices, (quarrel, blame, manage)
Answer:
1. Once I pulled up to the bank, it realised that I had forgotten my wallet.
2. We welcomed the new year with a celebration.
3. It is difficult to manage with a person with prejudices.
Punctuations
Punctuate the following passages:
Question 1.
James Speth the President of the World Resources Institute said the other day We were saying that we are losing the forests an acre a second
Answer:
James Speth, the President of the World Resources Institute, said the other day, “We were saying that we are losing our forests an acre a second.”
Question 2.
The First Brandt Report raised the question Are we to leave our successors a scorched planet of advancing deserts impoverished landscapes and ailing environment.
Answer:
The First Brandt Report raised the question – “Are we to leave our successors a scorched planet of advancing deserts, impoverished landscapes and ailing environment ?”
Question 3.
Today we are faced with a peculiar problem Lions are dying. There seems to be some kind of virus We do not know The newspapers are carrying it you find out Justice Madan B Lokur told.
Answer:
“Today we are faced with a peculiar problem. Lions are dying. There sees to be some kind of virus. We do not know. The newspapers are carrying it. You find out.” Justice Madan B. Lokur told.
Indirect Narration
Turn the following dialogues into Indirect form of narration:
Question 1.
Taplow: Good Lord, no. He’s not a sadist, like one or two of the others.
Frank: I beg your pardon?
Taplow: A sadist, sir, is someone who gets pleasure out of giving pain.
Frank: Indeed? But I think you went on to say that some other masters
Taplow: Well, of course, they are, sir. I won’t mention names, but you know them as well as I do.
Answer:
Calling upon Lord Taplow assured Frank that he was not a sadist like one or two of the others. Hearing this Frank wanted Taplow to repeat what he had said. Addressing him as sir Taplow clarified that a sadist was someone who got pleasure out of giving pain. Frank wanted to confirm if that was true
and added that he (Taplow) had gone on to say that some other masters were …….. Taplow informed Frank respectfully that some were definitely sadist but he would not want to mention names and added that he (Frank) as well as he himself (Taplow) knew them.
Question 2.
Millie: (To Taplow) Waiting for my husband
Taplow: Er-yes.
Millies: He’s at the Bursar’s and might be there quite a time. If I were you I’d go.
Taplow: (Doubtfully) He said most particularly I was to come.
Answer:
Millie asked Taplow if he was waiting for her husband. Taplow affirmed that he was waiting for her husband. Millie informed him that her husband was at Bursar’s and that he might be there for quite a time. She suggested that if she was in his place she would go. Taplow doubted if he should follow her suggestion and told her that her (Millie’s) husband had most particularly asked him to come.
Question 3.
Millie: Well, why don’t you run away for a quarter of an hour and come back?
Taplow: Supposing he gets here before me?
Millie: (Smiling) I’ll take the blame. I tell you what you can do a job for him. Take this prescription to the chemist and get it made up.
Taplow: All right, Mrs Crocker-Harris.
Answer:
Millie suggested Taplow that he should run away for quarter of an hour and then come back. Taplow wanted to clarify his doubt and asked if her husband got there before he did then he (Taplow would be caught and punished). Millie smiled at him and assured . him that she would take the blame. She also showed him a way of escape. She told him he could do a job for him. She asked him to take his prescription to the chemist and get it made up. ‘Taplow agreed to follow her suggestion.
Question 4.
Prank: Oh hullo.
Millie: Hullo.
Taplow: (Whispering frantically) Do you think she heard?
Frank: (Shakes his head comforting) I thftik she did. She was standing there quite a time.
Taplow: If she did and she tells him, there goes my review.
Frank: Nonsense.
Answer:
Frank greeted Millie. Millie acknowledged his greeting. Taplow, whispering frantically, asked Frank if he thought that she had heard them. Frank shook his head comfortingly and affirmed that he thought that she had heard because she had been standing there for quite some time. Taplow expressed his doubt that if she had heard them and if she told him (her husband) he would not get his review. Frank told him that, that was nonsense.
Transformation of Sentences
Rewrite the following sentences as dfrected:
Question 1.
No generation lias a freehold on this earth. (Make Affirmative.)
Answer:
All generations fall to have a freehold on this earth.
Question 2.
Industry has the most crucial role to play in this new era. (Change Degree.)
Answer:
No other field of work has as much crucial role to play in this era as the industry has.
Question 3.
The emerging new world of vision has ushered in, the Era of Responsibility. (Change Voice.)
Answer:
The Era of Responsibility has been ushered by the emerging new world of vision.
Question 4.
For the first time in human history we see that the concern of survival is not just of the people but of the planet also. (Use ‘as well as’.)
Answer:
For the first time in human history we see that the concern of survival is of people as well as of the
plant
Question 5.
Casteism, untouchability and bonded labour shall be abolished. (Make Negative.)
Answer:
Casteism, untouchability and bonded labour shall not be upheld any longer.
Question 6.
Several species of life face extinction as a result of destruction of forest. (Make Complex.)
Answer:
Because the forest are destroyed several species of life face extinction.
Question 7.
In addition ‘to supplying food these four systems provide all the raw material for industry. (Use ‘not only …………. but also’.)
Answer:
These four systems not only provide food but also all the raw material for industry.
Question 8.
When this happens fisheries will collapse. (Make Simple.)
Answer:
In the event of this happening, fisheries will collapse.
Question 9.
Are we to leave our successors a scorched planet of advancing desert? (Make Assertive.)
Answer:
We are not to leave our successors a scorched planet of advancing desert.
Question 10.
Large areas, officially designated as forest land are already virtually treeless. (Make Compound.)
Answer:
Large areas are officially designated as forest land but they are already treeless.
The Ailing Planet: The Green Movement’s Role Summary in English
The Ailing Planet: The Green Movement’s Role Introduction:
Nani Palkhivala : (January 16, 1920
-December 11, 2002) He was born in Mumbai. He was a jurist, an economist, an advocate, a journalist and a writer. He was born in a middle-class Parsi family. His forefathers had been manufactures of Palanquins (palkhis) and so his name was Palkhivala. He had deep knowledge of the Indian Constitution. He strongly felt that people should have the freedom of choosing the language of their study. He was the author of ‘We the Nation’, The Lost Decades’, ‘We the People of India’.
The Ailing Planet: The Green Movement’s Role Summary:
The Green Movement started 37 years ago. This has a strong bearing on our existance. Our earth is a living organism. We are part of this organism. The destruction of our environment will make us homeless. We depend on Earth. Man is not concerned of the dangers that pose a threat to our survival. This article deals with environmentalist who have created new awareness in us’. A holistic and ecological view of the world has been brought to our consideration.
The Green Movement was launched in 1972. This was popularised by the World Commission on Environment and Development in 1987. Man is the most dangerous creature as a threat to environment. We are taking very long to realize this. L. K. Jha asks if we are to leave our successors to an advancing desert, poor landscapes and an ailing environment. According to Lester Brown, our biological systems are reaching an unsustainable level. Dr Myers said that forests are powerhouse of evolution. But forests are being destroyed causing extinction of several species. Forests precede mankind and deserts follow. 3.7 million acres of forest are lost every year.
Constitution says we have to protect and improve environment, safeguard forest and wildlife of the country. We have to conserve forest and bring down population. Palkhivala suggests that development is the only solution. We have to control rise in population by all possible means. Population of India is equal to the population of Africa and South America put together. Today the rich in India are getting richer and the poor remain poor. The survival of the planet is endangered. It is our responsibility to protect environment. According to Margaret Thatcher no generation has a freehold on the Earth. All we have is life tenacity with a full repairing lease. According to the words of Lester Brown we have not inherited this Earth from our forefathers we have borrowed it from our children.