Directions(Q. 1 to Q5.): Read the following passage and answer the questions given below it. Some words/phrases are given in bold to help you locate them while answering some of the questions.
The E-waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011, notified by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, have the potential to turn a growing problem into a developmental opportunity. With almost half-a-year to go before the rules take effect, there is enough time to create the necessary infrastructure for collection dismantling, and recycling of electronic waste. The focus must be on sincere and efficient implementation. Only decisive action can reduce the pollution and health cost associated with India’s hazardous water recycling industry. If India can achieve a transformation, it will be creating a whole new employment sector that provides good wages and working conditions for tens of thousands. The legacy response of the States to even the basic law of urban waste, the Municipal Solid Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules, has been one of indifference; many cities continue to simply burn the garbage or dump it in lakes. With the emphasis now on segregation of waste at source and recovery of materials, it should be feasible to implement both sets of rules efficiently. A welcome feature of the new waste rules is the emphasis on extended producer responsibility. In other words, producers must take responsibility for the disposal of end-of-life products. For this provision to work, they must ensure that consumers who sell scrap get some form of financial incentive.
Recycling of e-waste is one of the biggest challenges today. In such a time, when globalization and information technology are growing at a pace which could only be imagined few years back, e-waste and its hazards have become more important over a period of time and should be given immediate attention.
Recycling of e-waste is one of the biggest challenges today. In such a time, when globalization and information technology are growing at a pace which could only be imagined few years back, e-waste and its hazards have become more important over a period of time and should be given immediate attention.
Q1. What according to the passage is important now for e-waste management?
1. Making rules
2. Reviewing rules
3. Implementing rules
4. Notifying rules
5. Amending rules
1. Making rules
2. Reviewing rules
3. Implementing rules
4. Notifying rules
5. Amending rules
Q2. Which of the following can be one of the by-products of effective e-waste management?
1. India can guide other countries in doing so
2. It will promote international understanding
3. It will promote national integration
4. It will create a new employment sector
5. It will further empower judiciary
1. India can guide other countries in doing so
2. It will promote international understanding
3. It will promote national integration
4. It will create a new employment sector
5. It will further empower judiciary
Q3. “Both sets of rules” is being referred to which of the following?
1. Solid wastes and Hazardous wastes
2. e-waste and Hazardous waste
3. Solid waste and e-waste
4. e-waste and e-production
5. Solid waste and recycling waste
1. Solid wastes and Hazardous wastes
2. e-waste and Hazardous waste
3. Solid waste and e-waste
4. e-waste and e-production
5. Solid waste and recycling waste
Q4. Choose the word which is most similar in meaning to the word given in bold, as used in the passage.
Hazardous
1. Deathly
2. Accidental
3. Dangerous
4. Cumbersome
5. Safe
Hazardous
1. Deathly
2. Accidental
3. Dangerous
4. Cumbersome
5. Safe
Q5. Choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the word given in bold, as used in the passage.
Feasible
1. Unattended
2. Physical
3. Practical
4. Unviable
5. Wasteful
Feasible
1. Unattended
2. Physical
3. Practical
4. Unviable
5. Wasteful
Direction for(Q6. to Q15.): 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 are suggested, one of which fits the blank appropriately. Find out the appropriate word/phrase in each case.
A mobile phone is no (6) a simple device to make calls. It has (7) the hub for all your activities, from e-mailing and browsing to paying bills and transferring money. Banks may have been the first to (8) their feet into this technological pool, but telecom companies have (9) to catch up. The RBI’s step to remove the 50,000 cap that it had (10) earlier on daily mobile transactions has also provided the much-need (11) to mobile banking. Mobile banking (12) you to conduct financial transactions on your phone just as you would at a bank branch or through Net banking. Banks are now evolving this facility as they launch innovative products. For (13) a bank’s cash-to-mobile service (14) customers to transfer money to anybody, including those who do not have a bank account. A bank customer can download the bank’s application on his phone and then put in the phone number of the person to whom he wants to send the money, alone with the transaction amount. The bank will send a message to the remitter and the beneficiary along with different PIN’s to each. The remitter will have to message his PIN to the beneficiary, who can then use both PINs and his mobile number to withdraw cash form the respective Bank ATM. The service is (15) but operator charges will apply. Also, the sender will need a Java-enabled handset.
Q6.
1. longer
2. much
3. anymore
4. doubt
5. sooner
1. longer
2. much
3. anymore
4. doubt
5. sooner
Q7.
1. become
2. been
3. changed
4. made
5. transformed
1. become
2. been
3. changed
4. made
5. transformed
Q8.
1. dip
2. stand
3. wash
4. touch
5. pick
1. dip
2. stand
3. wash
4. touch
5. pick
Q9.
1. try
2. not
3. begun
4. made
5. soon
1. try
2. not
3. begun
4. made
5. soon
Q10.
1. sanctioned
2. festered
3. imposed
4. latched
5. built
1. sanctioned
2. festered
3. imposed
4. latched
5. built
Q11.
1. breaking
2. success
3. push
4. drop
5. boost
1. breaking
2. success
3. push
4. drop
5. boost
Q12.
1. forces
2. provides
3. remits
4. allows
5. makes
1. forces
2. provides
3. remits
4. allows
5. makes
Q13.
1. examples
2. instance
3. illustration
4. now
5. today
1. examples
2. instance
3. illustration
4. now
5. today
Q14.
1. permit
2. suggests
3. facilitated
4. attempts
5. enables
1. permit
2. suggests
3. facilitated
4. attempts
5. enables
Q15.
1. expensive
2. there
3. costly
4. free
5. inaccessible
1. expensive
2. there
3. costly
4. free
5. inaccessible
Answers.
Q1 – 3)
Q2 – 4)
The first paragraph of the passage highlights that a whole new employment sector will be created if e-waste management is implemented effectively. Refer to the sentence, “If India can achieve….working conditions for tens of thousands.
”Q3 – 3)
“Both sets of rules” as mentioned in the first paragraph of the passage refers to solid waste and e-waste. The first paragraph of the passage talks about solid waste and e-waste.
Q4 – 3
Q5 – 4
Q6 – 1The first paragraph of the passage highlights that a whole new employment sector will be created if e-waste management is implemented effectively. Refer to the sentence, “If India can achieve….working conditions for tens of thousands.
”Q3 – 3)
“Both sets of rules” as mentioned in the first paragraph of the passage refers to solid waste and e-waste. The first paragraph of the passage talks about solid waste and e-waste.
Q4 – 3
Q5 – 4
Q7 – 1
Q8 – 1
Q9 – 3
Q10 – 3
Q11 – 5
Q12 – 4
Q13 – 2
Q14 – 5
Q15 – 4
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