Unseen passage – 1 – class 11/12 Welcome to your Unseen passage - 1 - class 11/12 1. The prejudice that large animals require luxuriant vegetation came from ___________ . India America Africa Sri Lanka None 2. The narrator states that, the carnage each day in southern Africa must indeed be terrific! Carnage here means. massacre preserving reconciliation cessation None 3. Pick out the option that correctly describes the final outcome or the conclusion of the passage. A country’s vegetation and its inhabitants are closely related to each other. A country’s vegetation and its bulk of species had no relation between them. A country’s inhabitants has nothing to do with its vegetation. A country which has large number of fauna always had a greater extent of vegetation. None 4. Dr. Andrew Smith, behind calling the whole of southern part of Africa, a sterile country was intended to say that it lacks proper vegetation its people are barren and cannot reproduce it lacks all the natural beauty. it is an undeveloped country. None 5. Pick the option in which the meaning of ‘vitiated’ is not the same as it is in the passage. There are several seasons why the pound has vitiate against the euro. A mistake of fact in some circumstances could vitiate the contract. The recent study has vitiated the earlier theories. Production managers vitiated the machines, ruining them through overloading during production None 6. Among the mammalia, there is no close relation between ___________ . bulk of the species all of these countries they inhabit quantity of the vegetation None 7. The flocks of migratory birds (Para 5) are mentioned to ___________ . illustrate a possible source of food for large carnivores contrast with the habits of the antelope describe an aspect of the fauna of South Africa suggest the size of antelope herds None 8. Darwin quotes Burchell’s observations in order to ___________ . prove a hypothesis counter a popular misconception illustrate a well-known phenomenon describe a region of great splendor None 9. The author is primarily concerned with ___________ . proving that large animals do not require much food discussing the relationship between the size of mammals and the nature of vegetation in their habitats describing the size of animals in various parts of the world contrasting ecological conditions in India and Africa None 10. According to the author, the ‘prejudice’ (Para 1) has lead to ___________ . errors in the reasoning of biologists false ideas about animals in Africa incorrect assumptions on the part of geologists doubt in the mind of the author None 11. Pick out the option that correctly states about what happened after Mr. Burchell reached South America. He became grief-stricken to see the barren land. He was awestruck by the splendour of the country vegetation. He finds it amazing that the country was densed with large quadrupeds. He became so excited to see the ice covered mountains there. None Time's up Please Share This Share this content Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Opens in a new window Leave a Reply Cancel replyCommentEnter your name or username to commentEnter your email address to commentEnter your website URL (optional) Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.
