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As SSC GD & MTS notification is out and candidates have started their preparation for this exam. Mahendras also has started special quizzes for this examination. This series of quizzes are based on the latest pattern of the SSC GD & MTS examination. Regular practice of the questions included in the quizzes will boost up your preparations and it will be very helpful in scoring good marks in the examination.
1-10. Read the following passage carefully and answer the given questions. Certain words have been given in bold to help you locate some answers.
A leading cash crop in most of the countries where it is grown, the plant is a shrub native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world, including the US, Africa, and India. The greatest diversity of wild cotton species is found in Mexico, followed by Australia and Africa Cotton is soft, fluffy staple fibre that grows in a boll, or protective capsule, around the seeds of cotton plants. The fibre is almost pure cellulose and the bolls tend to increase the dispersion of the seeds. The use of cotton for fabric is known to date to prehistoric times but the Industrial Revolution and the invention of the cotton gin lowered the cost of production and led to its widespread use.
Genetically modified (GM) cotton was developed to reduce the heavy reliance on pesticides. The bacterium Bacillus thruingiensis (Bt) naturally produces a chemical harmful only to a small fraction of insects and harmless to other forms of life. The gene coding fot Bt toxin has been inserted into cotton, causing cotton, called Bt cotton, to produce this natural insecticide in its tissues. Many studies have concluded that GM cotton effectively controlled bollworm and Bt cotton halved the use of pesticides.
The cottonseed is crushed in order to separate its three products oil, meal and hulls. Cottonseed oil is used primarily for shortening, cooking oil and salad dressing. The meat and hulls that remain are used either separately or in combination as livestock, poultry and fish feed and as fertiliser. In addition to the textile industry, cotton is used in fishing nets, coffee filters, tents, explosives manufactures, cotton paper and in bookbinding.
1 Which of the following statements is/are TRUE in context to the above passage?
A. GM cotton has halved the use of pesticides
B. Bt cotton has effectively controlled bollworm
C. Bt naturally produces a chemical harmless to a small fraction of insects and harmful to other forms of life
D. GM cotton was developed to reduce the heavy reliance on pesticides
2 Choose the word most OPPOSITE in meaning as used in the passage.
Diversity
A. Uniformity
B. Heterogeneity
C. Assortment
D. Variegation
3 Choose the word most OPPOSITE in meaning as used in the passage.
Reliance
A. Investment
B. Independence
C. Trust
D. Unreliable
4 Choose the word most SIMILAR in meaning as used in the passage.
Prehistoric
A. Novice
B. Revolution
C. Antiquated
D. Modern
5 Choose the word most SIMILAR in meaning as used in the passage.
Dispersion
A. Allotment
B. Distribution
C. Assortment
D. Collection
6 The greatest diversity of wild cotton species is found in which country?
A. Africa
B. Australia
C. Mexico
D. India
7 Which of the following is the feature of cotton crop?
A. Cotton is soft
B. Cotton is a fluffy staple fibre
C. Cotton is grown in a protective capsule
D. All of the above
8 Cottonseeds are crushed in order to separate which three products?
A. Oil, meal and seeds
B. Meal, wool and seeds
C. Oil, meal and hulls
D. Wool, hulls and oil
9 Cottonseed oil is used for which of the following purposes?
A. Cottonseed oil is used for manufacturing explosives
B. Cottonseed oil is used in making coffee filters
C. Cottonseed oil is used as fertilizer
D. Cottonseed oil is used for salad dressing
10 The cotton plant is a ……….. native to tropical and subtropical regions around the world.
A. Herb
B. Shrub
C. Crop
D. Timber
Answers:-
Q.1 (D)
Q.2 (A)
Q.3 (B)
Q.4 (C)
Q.5 (B)
Q.6 (C)
Q.7 (D)
Q.8 (C)
Q.9 (D)
Q.10 (B)
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