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Q1-10. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it certain words are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
While most of India sweltered this extended summer, the people charged with delivering electricity to the country barely broke a sweat. Power outages through June and July averaged over 36,000 MW - roughly 18% of India’s installed generating capacity of 2,02,980 MW. Outages across the country routinely cause 16-hour blackouts in cities. Nearly 25% of India’s population still has no access to electricity. That contrasts sharply with those in power. The VIP precinct of Lutyen s’ Delhi, for example, never suffers power outages.
Unbridled power theft, often with official connivance, is a major cause for the chronic electricity shortage that bedevils India - hurting farmers, industrialists and traders alike. The other cause is bad governance. Transmission and distribution (T&D) losses are over 32% of installed generating capacity compared to the global average of 10%.
Shortage of coal - again a direct result of mis-governance of our natural resources - has worsened the crisis. Mumbai’s island city is one of the few urban areas in India where there have been no power cuts stretching back decades. The reason: a unique “islanding system” pioneered by Tata Power. If the Western Regional Power Grid breaks down, the system is automatically isolated from the rest of the grid, ensuring uninterrupted power to the island city. The Tatas (along with Reliance) supply power to Delhi as well but, in the absence of an “islanding system” and Delhi’s higher incidence of power theft, outages remain endemic in the capital.
The key to solving India’s power crisis lies in four areas. First, rapidly adding more generating capacity across the country. Two, reducing T&D losses (including theft) from 32% to nearer the 10% global average. Three, reforming the coal-mining sector to ensure steady fuel supply to power plants. Four, refinancing bankrupt state electricity boards who today don’t have the funds to even maintain their equipment - a primary cause of unscheduled power outages.
Q-1 Why doesn’t Mumbai’s island city experience power cuts?
01. The officials do not support power cuts in the area
02. It has an ample supply of power and electricity
03. 36,000 MW of electricity is being supplied here everyday
04. A special islanding system managed by Tata power.
05. All of the above
Q-2 Which of the following is NOT TRUE, in the context of the passage?
01. The dearth of coal is not the repercussion of the mis-governance of our natural resources.
02. Reducing T & D losses global average can help in solving the problem of power crisis in India.
03. The VIP zones in several regions never suffer power outages.
04. Reliance along with Tata supplies power to Delhi.
05. All are true.
Q-3 With reference to the passage, choose the point which makes Mumbai’s island city different from other urban areas of India.
01. It is the home of all the VIPs.
02. It is a hub of all the major industries.
03. It experiences heavy power cuts every day.
04. It has never experienced power cuts.
05. There have been no power cuts here for decades.
Q-4 Which of the following is TRUE, in the context of the passage?
(A) India’s power crisis can be solved if we follow an islanding system in all our cities.
(B) One of the reasons for Delhi facing power crisis is higher incidences of power theft.
(C) Bad governance has also led to the shortage of electricity.
(D) Over 25 % people in India do not have access to electricity.
01. Only A and D
02. Only B, C and D
03. All except A
04. Only B
05. Only C
Q-5 Who among the following are affected by the insufficiency of electricity in India?
01. Common people
02. Middle class families
03. Industrialists, farmers and traders
04. 25 % of the population of Mumbai
05. People residing in urban areas
Q-6 3 With reference to the passage, state the pivotal factor(s) driving the dearth of electricity in India.
01. India’s low capacity of generating power.
02. Unrestrained theft secretly co-operated by electricity officials.
03. Heavy blackouts in cities.
04. Lack of resources producing electricity.
05. None of these
Q-7 Choose the word most nearly the OPPOSITE in meaning to the word given in bold, as used in the passage.
Pioneered
01. admitted
02. mismanaged
03. entered
04. introduced
05. wasted
Q-8 Choose the word most nearly the OPPOSITE in meaning to the word given in bold, as used in the passage.
Unbridled
01. controlled
02. distributed
03. produced
04. borne
05. maintained
Q-9 Choose the word most SIMILAR in meaning to the word given in bold, as used in the passage.
Theft
01. blackmail
02. stealing
03. benevolence
04. supply
05. deficiency
Q-10 Choose the word most SIMILAR in meaning to the word given in bold, as used in the passage.
Endemic
01. dangerous
02. deadly
03. dominate
04. harmless
05. native
Answer:
1– (4)The answer can be inferred from the mid of the third paragraph.
2 – (1) The answer can be inferred from the beginning of the third paragraph.
3 – (5) The answer can be inferred from the mid of the third paragraph.
4 – (2) The answer can be inferred after reading the whole passage.
5 – (3) The answer can be inferred from the mid of the second paragraph.
6 – (2) The answer can be inferred from the beginning of the second paragraph.
7 – (2) Pioneer (v) – develop
8 – (1) Unbridled (adj.): uncontrolled
For other options-
Bear (v) – (of a person) carry.
9 – (2) For other options-
Benevolence (n) - charity
10– (5) Native (adj) - innate, inherent
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