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Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it. Certain words have been given in bold to help you locate them while answering some questions.
Malnutrition, which is often associated with the poor and rural population is a malaise that has not spared even the well-to-do urban elites living in towns and cities. It is relevant to note that UNICEF defines malnutrition as 'a broad term commonly used as an alternative to under-nutrition but technically it also refers to over-nutrition' and the medical dictionary defines it as 'the condition that develops when the body doesn't get the right amount of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients it needs to maintain healthy tissues and other organs.' Going by these definitions, malnutrition is a major cause of concern in urban areas too. Given the lifestyle changes in both rural and urban populace, poor nutrition has become a common problem with insufficient, excessive or imbalanced consumption of nutrients, among both the poor and rich. In fact as per the National Family Health Survey, Andhra Pradesh is one of the top five states with highest obesity rates while studies from National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) have shown that urban kids from higher socio-economic strata suffer from obesity due to inadequate nutrition in their diet. Most of the major ailments that the urban populace suffers from are in some way connected to dietary habits and imbalanced intake of nutrition. Poor, imbalanced diet is to be blamed in at least 50 % of the cases for ailments among the urban populace including cardiac problems, stroke, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, etc. Here people consume a lot of rice, which is taken even at night besides oily and deep fried and junk food, high salt containing food such as pickle along with rice while fruits and salads are often given a miss. This leads to an imbalanced diet with excess intake of carbohydrate and fat while important nutrients such as fibre, proteins, vitamins and minerals are missing. Going through the dietary, lifestyle and medical history of clients, we have found that a lot them are suffering from obesity, underweight, anaemia, hair loss problems and osteoporosis. The growth among children is also imbalanced. Also, as many people work at night, they are
not able to follow proper timings for food. They take a quick bite of junk food at their workplace due to which they don't get adequate nutrition and especially lack vitamins and minerals. They ultimately put on weight, and suffer from acidity and gastric problems. For a healthy, balanced, nutritious diet, one should maintain proper timings of food intake, abstain from high protein, carbohydrate and fatty foods during late at night and should give preference to green and dark leafy vegetables and fibre contenting foods, fruits and salads besides drinking adequate water. They should opt for daily exercises such as jogging, cycling or swimming. In fact, the problem of poor nutrition is prevalent in urban areas across all sections, be it the middle class or the urban slum dwellers. The urban middle class always tries to compromise on a nutritious diet in order to save money to purchase luxury items. After interacting with mothers of some malnourished children in the city, we found that most of them have been saving to buy expensive household items by curtailing expenses on food
and feeding children rice, pickle or curd rice and buttermilk daily. But such diet ultimately leads to health problems even if the children may be eating adequate quantity of rice. They would be suffering from lethargy, poor IQ and mental alertness.
Q-1 How is malnutrition a major cause of concern in urban areas too?
(1) People are fast migrating from rural to urban areas, that is the reason the problem of malnutrition has shifted to urban areas.
(2) In urban areas expenses exceed the income of people enabling them to spend enough on healthy food items.
(3) Availability of leafy vegetables and fruits remains difficult in urban areas. Therefore, malnutrition prevails.
(5) Not mentioned in the passage
Q-2 How is malnutrition different from starvation?
(1) Starvation is a condition of no food availability whereas in malnutrition the food remains available but lacks required nutrient.
(2) Starvation is characterized by rich and balanced food whereas malnutrition means food which is tasty but is not accessible.
(3) Starvation means food without nutrients whereas malnutrition means no availability of food
at all.
(4) Malnutrition means food which is hardly accessible but starvation means availability of
nutritious food.
(5) They are just different names but have the same meaning
Q-3 Which of the following is FALSE in the context of the passage?
(1) People who remain awake till late night and consume junk food often complain of weight gain and acidity.
(2) To maintain health, one should consume food at the proper timings
(3) For health, drinking adequate water is not as important as having a balanced diet.
(1) Jaundice
(3) Osteoporosis
(5) Diabetes
5-Which of the following has been stated about the urban middle-class spending habits?
(1) They spend their long term savings to afford luxury items.
(2) They prefer spending on a balanced diet, compromising regular investments.
(3) They prefer spending on luxury items, compromising a balanced diet.
(4) They do not spend much on either food or assets but keep their money for investments.
Q-6 Inadequate nutrition in urban children belonging to higher socio-economic strata suffer from-
(1) Stoke
(3) Diabetes
(5) Obesity
Q-7 Choose the word most SIMILAR in meaning to the word given in bold, as used in the passage.
(1) Disinterest
(3) Incompetence
(5) Embarrassment
. In each of the following questions, a blank is given and below are given alternatives which can be filled to make the sentence meaningfully complete. Choose the best alternative and mark your answer.
Q-8 The Supreme Court’s direction to the Centre to set up fast-track courts to prosecute pending cases against legislators is welcome. The apex court has given the Centre six weeks _____________ .
(1) to be more discerning in their choices
(2) to focus on improving the manner in which courts are staffed
(3) to submit a scheme of fast-track courts
(4) to treat criminal cases against politicians as a distinct and special category
(5) to consult with political parties
Q-9 The government will reportedly nudge public sector undertakings to invest their surplus funds in the Rs- 1.35 lakh crore recapitalisation bonds meant to shore up the public sector banks’ capital,____________________.
(1) it would help if the recapitalisation of public sector banks is properly sequenced
(3) so that the banks would be in a stronger position to tap the market to issue fresh shares
Malnutrition, which is often associated with the poor and rural population is a malaise that has not spared even the well-to-do urban elites living in towns and cities. It is relevant to note that UNICEF defines malnutrition as 'a broad term commonly used as an alternative to under-nutrition but technically it also refers to over-nutrition' and the medical dictionary defines it as 'the condition that develops when the body doesn't get the right amount of vitamins, minerals and other nutrients it needs to maintain healthy tissues and other organs.' Going by these definitions, malnutrition is a major cause of concern in urban areas too. Given the lifestyle changes in both rural and urban populace, poor nutrition has become a common problem with insufficient, excessive or imbalanced consumption of nutrients, among both the poor and rich. In fact as per the National Family Health Survey, Andhra Pradesh is one of the top five states with highest obesity rates while studies from National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) have shown that urban kids from higher socio-economic strata suffer from obesity due to inadequate nutrition in their diet. Most of the major ailments that the urban populace suffers from are in some way connected to dietary habits and imbalanced intake of nutrition. Poor, imbalanced diet is to be blamed in at least 50 % of the cases for ailments among the urban populace including cardiac problems, stroke, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, etc. Here people consume a lot of rice, which is taken even at night besides oily and deep fried and junk food, high salt containing food such as pickle along with rice while fruits and salads are often given a miss. This leads to an imbalanced diet with excess intake of carbohydrate and fat while important nutrients such as fibre, proteins, vitamins and minerals are missing. Going through the dietary, lifestyle and medical history of clients, we have found that a lot them are suffering from obesity, underweight, anaemia, hair loss problems and osteoporosis. The growth among children is also imbalanced. Also, as many people work at night, they are
not able to follow proper timings for food. They take a quick bite of junk food at their workplace due to which they don't get adequate nutrition and especially lack vitamins and minerals. They ultimately put on weight, and suffer from acidity and gastric problems. For a healthy, balanced, nutritious diet, one should maintain proper timings of food intake, abstain from high protein, carbohydrate and fatty foods during late at night and should give preference to green and dark leafy vegetables and fibre contenting foods, fruits and salads besides drinking adequate water. They should opt for daily exercises such as jogging, cycling or swimming. In fact, the problem of poor nutrition is prevalent in urban areas across all sections, be it the middle class or the urban slum dwellers. The urban middle class always tries to compromise on a nutritious diet in order to save money to purchase luxury items. After interacting with mothers of some malnourished children in the city, we found that most of them have been saving to buy expensive household items by curtailing expenses on food
and feeding children rice, pickle or curd rice and buttermilk daily. But such diet ultimately leads to health problems even if the children may be eating adequate quantity of rice. They would be suffering from lethargy, poor IQ and mental alertness.
Q-1 How is malnutrition a major cause of concern in urban areas too?
(1) People are fast migrating from rural to urban areas, that is the reason the problem of malnutrition has shifted to urban areas.
(2) In urban areas expenses exceed the income of people enabling them to spend enough on healthy food items.
(3) Availability of leafy vegetables and fruits remains difficult in urban areas. Therefore, malnutrition prevails.
(4) Even in urban areas all the people do not get access to vitamins, minerals and other nutrients to maintain health.
(5) Not mentioned in the passage
Q-2 How is malnutrition different from starvation?
(1) Starvation is a condition of no food availability whereas in malnutrition the food remains available but lacks required nutrient.
(2) Starvation is characterized by rich and balanced food whereas malnutrition means food which is tasty but is not accessible.
(3) Starvation means food without nutrients whereas malnutrition means no availability of food
at all.
(4) Malnutrition means food which is hardly accessible but starvation means availability of
nutritious food.
(5) They are just different names but have the same meaning
Q-3 Which of the following is FALSE in the context of the passage?
(1) People who remain awake till late night and consume junk food often complain of weight gain and acidity.
(2) To maintain health, one should consume food at the proper timings
(3) For health, drinking adequate water is not as important as having a balanced diet.
(4) Imbalanced diet leads to low growth in children.
(5) In India, malnutrition is prevalent both in rural and urban areas.
Q-4 Which of the following diseases is not caused by an imbalanced diet?
(1) Jaundice
(2) Anaemia
(3) Osteoporosis
(4) Underweight
(5) Diabetes
5-Which of the following has been stated about the urban middle-class spending habits?
(1) They spend their long term savings to afford luxury items.
(2) They prefer spending on a balanced diet, compromising regular investments.
(3) They prefer spending on luxury items, compromising a balanced diet.
(4) They do not spend much on either food or assets but keep their money for investments.
(5) Not mentioned in the passage.
Q-6 Inadequate nutrition in urban children belonging to higher socio-economic strata suffer from-
(1) Stoke
(2) Weak bones
(3) Diabetes
(4) Hypertension
(5) Obesity
Q-7 Choose the word most SIMILAR in meaning to the word given in bold, as used in the passage.
Malaise
(1) Disinterest
(2) Upset
(3) Incompetence
(4) Restlessness
(5) Embarrassment
. In each of the following questions, a blank is given and below are given alternatives which can be filled to make the sentence meaningfully complete. Choose the best alternative and mark your answer.
Q-8 The Supreme Court’s direction to the Centre to set up fast-track courts to prosecute pending cases against legislators is welcome. The apex court has given the Centre six weeks _____________ .
(1) to be more discerning in their choices
(2) to focus on improving the manner in which courts are staffed
(3) to submit a scheme of fast-track courts
(4) to treat criminal cases against politicians as a distinct and special category
(5) to consult with political parties
Q-9 The government will reportedly nudge public sector undertakings to invest their surplus funds in the Rs- 1.35 lakh crore recapitalisation bonds meant to shore up the public sector banks’ capital,____________________.
(1) it would help if the recapitalisation of public sector banks is properly sequenced
(2) so that greater capitalisation makes for higher valuation and a better price for fresh share issuance
(3) so that the banks would be in a stronger position to tap the market to issue fresh shares
(4) so that they can write off bad loans as part of resolving them and start lending again
(5) so that additional borrowing required to recapitalise banks would come down
Q-10 She can not withdraw (1)/ all her money (2)/ unless she does not (3)/ gives advance notice(4)/ No error (5).
1. 1
2. 2
3. 3
4. 4
5. 5
ANSWERS :-
Q.1. (4)
Q.2. (1)
Q.3. (3)
Q.4. (1)
Q.5. (3)
Q.6. (5)
Q.7. (4)
Q.8. (3)
Q.9. (4)
Q.10. (3)
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