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