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Q.1-5.Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions based on it-: The report of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution red-flagging tap water quality in major Indian cities comes as no surprise, given that many official water distribution agencies routinely advise consumers to consume only boiled water. Going by the matrix of tests carried out by the Bureau of Indian Standards for the Ministry, Delhi has abysmal water quality, Chennai and Kolkata rank very low, and Mumbai is the only city with acceptable results. City water systems are normatively required to comply with the national standard for drinking water, IS 10500:2012, but most obviously feel no compulsion to do so. Their lack of initiative could be attributed partly to the expanding footprint of packaged drinking water, especially in populous cities, coupled with the high dependence on groundwater in fast-growing urban clusters where State provision of piped water systems does not exist. On paper, the Indian standard has a plethora of quality requirements, including absence of viruses, parasites and microscopic organisms, and control over levels of toxic substances. But in practice, municipal water fails these tests due to the lack of accountability of the official agencies, and the absence of robust data in the public domain on quality testing. The Centre’s approach to the issue relies on naming and shaming through a system of ranking, but this is unlikely to yield results, going by similar attempts to benchmark other urban services. Making it legally binding on agencies to achieve standards and empowering consumers with rights is essential, because State governments would then take an integrated view of housing, water supply, sanitation and waste management. A scientific approach to water management is vital, considering that 21 cities — including many of those found to have unclean tap water — could run out of groundwater as early as 2020, as per a NITI Aayog report. Moreover, the Central Ground Water Board estimates that nearly a fifth of the urban local bodies are already facing a water crisis due to excessive extraction, failed monsoons, and unplanned development. On the issue of regular testing, there is a case to entrust a separate agency with the task in each State, rather than relying on the same agency that provides water to also perform this function. If data on water are made public on the same lines as air quality, it would ratchet up pressure on governments to act. For too long, the response of water departments to the challenge has been to chlorinate the supply, as this removes pathogens, ignoring such aspects as appearance, smell and taste. It is time to move beyond this and make tap water genuinely desirable.
Q-1 “On paper, the Indian standard has a plethora of quality requirements, including absence of viruses, parasites and microscopic organisms, and control over levels of toxic substances.”- What can be inferred from this line of the passage?
i.There are quality assurance parameters but municipal water lacks in achieving these parameters.
ii. All these parameters are given in writing but realistically it is not followed.
iii. The quality measures have to be implemented because it is required.
(1) Only i
(2) Only ii
(3) Only iii
(4) Both i and ii.
(5) Both ii and iii
Q-2 Which of the following statements is/are TRUE in the context of the passage?
(1) We are making a step ahead in packaged drinking water.
(2) The city water system follows the national standard for drinking water which is mandatory enough
(3) Delhi is the one that has a satisfactory level of water quality
(4) The data on water has been revealed with that Government is now bound to act
(5) All of the above
Q-3 What has the author recommended for time to time inspection of the water?
(1) An autonomous body should be established.
(2) The same body should be relied for the task
(3) Empowering consumers with rights to achieve standards
(4) The official agencies have failed so a better accountability should be there
(5) All except 4
Q-4 What are the reasons behind the water crisis that urban local bodies are facing? i. Unnecessary extraction of water ii. Irregular monsoon iii. Unexpected development
(1) Only i
(2) Only ii
(3) Only iii
(4) Both i and ii
(5) All i, ii and iii.
Q-5 What have the consumers been advised by the officials? i. To keep a check on water tap ii. To have an access to water distribution agencies iii. To consume boiled water.
(1) Only i
(2) Only ii
(3) Only iii
(4) Both i and ii
(5) Both ii and iii
Q.6-10. In the following passage, there are blanks each of which has been numbered. These numbers are given below the passage and against each five words/phrases have been suggested, one of which fits the blanks appropriately. Find out the appropriate word in each case. India’s most torrential monsoon in a quarter century officially ended. This has been the most delayed withdrawal of the monsoon since 1961 but both the quantity and the timing have had no effect on the __ (A)__ of the northeast monsoon, which officially commenced. The NE monsoon rains contribute about 20% of India’s annual rainfall and span October-December. While the southwest monsoon has been __ (B)__ studied for centuries and there are well established correlations — for instance, temperatures in the Central Pacific, or land surface air temperature in north-western Europe — between them as well as the quantity and distribution of monsoon rainfall, no such determining __ (C)__ exist for the NE monsoon. At best, meteorologists have now progressed to giving a broad outlook of how the rains could __ (D)__ over the next few months. This year, however, is particularly significant. Monsoon rains in south India have been 15% above normal. In Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, where the Central Water Commission monitors over 30 reservoirs, their water levels were 44.2 billion cubic metres, or 84% of their total live capacity, and much higher than the 10-year average of 66%. This means that excessive rains in the coming months could contribute to the saga of urban __(E)__.
Q-6 Choose the correct option for (A)
(1) Emergence
(2) Retreat
(3) Cessation
(4) Omega
(5) Onset
Q-7 Choose the correct option for (B)
(1) Inherently
(2) Undoubtedly
(3) Apparently
(4) Obsessively
(5) Obscurely
Q-8 Choose the correct option for (C)
(1) Assessments
(2) Scale
(3) Parameters
(4) Arrangements
(5) Measurements
Q-9 Choose the correct option for (D)
(1) Stir up
(2) Pan out
(3) Break out
(4) Call off
(5) Call out
Q-10 Choose the correct option for (E)
(1) Inundation
(2) Settlement
(3) Showers
(4) Forecasting
(5) Vagaries
Answers
Q.1 (4)
Q.2 (1)
Q.3 (1)
Q.4 (5)
Q.5 (3)
Q.6 (5)
Q.7 (4)
Q.8 (3)
Q.9 (2)
Q.10 (1)
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