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Mega quiz 5 and weekly revision || Verbal Ability || CAT 2021 || 18 April

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Question 1

Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

One of the tragedies of the climate crisis is that those who are least responsible for causing the crisis are the ones who are suffering the worst. These are generally the least powerful groups in society, such as indigenous groups, people living in poverty, and the young. These groups bear the double burden of paying the price of both the destructive model of development, with its hastening of human displacement and dispossession, biodiversity loss, and also accelerated climate breakdown.

There are two problematic aspects of mainstream climate change discourse. One, it proposes solutions and policy changes that are typically top-down, emerging from the same worldview that caused the problem in the first place. Two, it rarely goes beyond a lip-service acknowledgement that marginalised groups experiencing climate change have something crucial to contribute to the climate debate.

To decolonise this conversation, we have to recognise the role and blindness of power – to counter the assumption that marginalised groups are backward people in need of upliftment. What we see on the ground is starkly different. Despite being historically disadvantaged, people living the reality of climatic impacts without being insulated by conveniences of modern industrial civilisation, village and tribal citizens of India are displaying exactly the kind of courage, knowledge, determination, and imagination that is needed to mitigate the climate crisis.

In many cases their ways of knowing offer insights absent from the conventional view of climate change. Traditional forest dwellers and tribal communities have accumulated what is now called Traditional Ecological Knowledge by mainstream academia comprising ecologists and anthropologists among others, which has allowed them to co-exist with their forests and water bodies for millennia without destroying them.

Indigenous people, who constitute 5% of the world’s population, care for 80% of the world’s biodiversity and manage nearly 300,000 million tons of carbon. They also lead the world in the protection of forests from forces of destructive development, thus playing a critical role as climate change mitigators. And yet the voices of these communities are rarely heard over the dominant discourse, especially when solutions are proposed. In fact, tribal environmental defenders and community activists pay a heavy price for their courage – reportedly 1,700 around the world have paid with their lives in the past two decades.

Source: https://scroll.in/article/951526/climate-change-policies-will-continue-to-fall-short-unless-we-hand-the-mic-to-those-most-hurt-by-it

Given below is a possible inference that can be drawn from the facts stated in the second paragraph. You have to examine the inference in the context of the passage and decide upon its degree of truth or falsity.

“The solution to the climate crisis lies in the inclusion of the marginalised groups.”

Question 2

Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

One of the tragedies of the climate crisis is that those who are least responsible for causing the crisis are the ones who are suffering the worst. These are generally the least powerful groups in society, such as indigenous groups, people living in poverty, and the young. These groups bear the double burden of paying the price of both the destructive model of development, with its hastening of human displacement and dispossession, biodiversity loss, and also accelerated climate breakdown.

There are two problematic aspects of mainstream climate change discourse. One, it proposes solutions and policy changes that are typically top-down, emerging from the same worldview that caused the problem in the first place. Two, it rarely goes beyond a lip-service acknowledgement that marginalised groups experiencing climate change have something crucial to contribute to the climate debate.

To decolonise this conversation, we have to recognise the role and blindness of power – to counter the assumption that marginalised groups are backward people in need of upliftment. What we see on the ground is starkly different. Despite being historically disadvantaged, people living the reality of climatic impacts without being insulated by conveniences of modern industrial civilisation, village and tribal citizens of India are displaying exactly the kind of courage, knowledge, determination, and imagination that is needed to mitigate the climate crisis.

In many cases their ways of knowing offer insights absent from the conventional view of climate change. Traditional forest dwellers and tribal communities have accumulated what is now called Traditional Ecological Knowledge by mainstream academia comprising ecologists and anthropologists among others, which has allowed them to co-exist with their forests and water bodies for millennia without destroying them.

Indigenous people, who constitute 5% of the world’s population, care for 80% of the world’s biodiversity and manage nearly 300,000 million tons of carbon. They also lead the world in the protection of forests from forces of destructive development, thus playing a critical role as climate change mitigators. And yet the voices of these communities are rarely heard over the dominant discourse, especially when solutions are proposed. In fact, tribal environmental defenders and community activists pay a heavy price for their courage – reportedly 1,700 around the world have paid with their lives in the past two decades.

Source: https://scroll.in/article/951526/climate-change-policies-will-continue-to-fall-short-unless-we-hand-the-mic-to-those-most-hurt-by-it
Which of the following statement (s) is/are NOT TRUE in accordance with the information provided in the passage?

I. Possession of power and privilege often blinds people from seeing the truth.

II. Tribal communities are the dominant voices against destructive development.

III. There is historical evidence that shows that villagers have unknowingly harmed the environment.

Question 3

Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

One of the tragedies of the climate crisis is that those who are least responsible for causing the crisis are the ones who are suffering the worst. These are generally the least powerful groups in society, such as indigenous groups, people living in poverty, and the young. These groups bear the double burden of paying the price of both the destructive model of development, with its hastening of human displacement and dispossession, biodiversity loss, and also accelerated climate breakdown.

There are two problematic aspects of mainstream climate change discourse. One, it proposes solutions and policy changes that are typically top-down, emerging from the same worldview that caused the problem in the first place. Two, it rarely goes beyond a lip-service acknowledgement that marginalised groups experiencing climate change have something crucial to contribute to the climate debate.

To decolonise this conversation, we have to recognise the role and blindness of power – to counter the assumption that marginalised groups are backward people in need of upliftment. What we see on the ground is starkly different. Despite being historically disadvantaged, people living the reality of climatic impacts without being insulated by conveniences of modern industrial civilisation, village and tribal citizens of India are displaying exactly the kind of courage, knowledge, determination, and imagination that is needed to mitigate the climate crisis.

In many cases their ways of knowing offer insights absent from the conventional view of climate change. Traditional forest dwellers and tribal communities have accumulated what is now called Traditional Ecological Knowledge by mainstream academia comprising ecologists and anthropologists among others, which has allowed them to co-exist with their forests and water bodies for millennia without destroying them.

Indigenous people, who constitute 5% of the world’s population, care for 80% of the world’s biodiversity and manage nearly 300,000 million tons of carbon. They also lead the world in the protection of forests from forces of destructive development, thus playing a critical role as climate change mitigators. And yet the voices of these communities are rarely heard over the dominant discourse, especially when solutions are proposed. In fact, tribal environmental defenders and community activists pay a heavy price for their courage – reportedly 1,700 around the world have paid with their lives in the past two decades.

Source: https://scroll.in/article/951526/climate-change-policies-will-continue-to-fall-short-unless-we-hand-the-mic-to-those-most-hurt-by-it
Which of the following is/are correctly inferred from the given passage?

I. The current model of climate change discourse has failed to include the voice of the marginalised people.

II. The solution to the climate crisis is being offered by people who are least likely to be affected by it.

III. The destructive model of development is limited to affecting only the local biodiversity.

Question 4

Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

One of the tragedies of the climate crisis is that those who are least responsible for causing the crisis are the ones who are suffering the worst. These are generally the least powerful groups in society, such as indigenous groups, people living in poverty, and the young. These groups bear the double burden of paying the price of both the destructive model of development, with its hastening of human displacement and dispossession, biodiversity loss, and also accelerated climate breakdown.

There are two problematic aspects of mainstream climate change discourse. One, it proposes solutions and policy changes that are typically top-down, emerging from the same worldview that caused the problem in the first place. Two, it rarely goes beyond a lip-service acknowledgement that marginalised groups experiencing climate change have something crucial to contribute to the climate debate.

To decolonise this conversation, we have to recognise the role and blindness of power – to counter the assumption that marginalised groups are backward people in need of upliftment. What we see on the ground is starkly different. Despite being historically disadvantaged, people living the reality of climatic impacts without being insulated by conveniences of modern industrial civilisation, village and tribal citizens of India are displaying exactly the kind of courage, knowledge, determination, and imagination that is needed to mitigate the climate crisis.

In many cases their ways of knowing offer insights absent from the conventional view of climate change. Traditional forest dwellers and tribal communities have accumulated what is now called Traditional Ecological Knowledge by mainstream academia comprising ecologists and anthropologists among others, which has allowed them to co-exist with their forests and water bodies for millennia without destroying them.

Indigenous people, who constitute 5% of the world’s population, care for 80% of the world’s biodiversity and manage nearly 300,000 million tons of carbon. They also lead the world in the protection of forests from forces of destructive development, thus playing a critical role as climate change mitigators. And yet the voices of these communities are rarely heard over the dominant discourse, especially when solutions are proposed. In fact, tribal environmental defenders and community activists pay a heavy price for their courage – reportedly 1,700 around the world have paid with their lives in the past two decades.

Source: https://scroll.in/article/951526/climate-change-policies-will-continue-to-fall-short-unless-we-hand-the-mic-to-those-most-hurt-by-it
Which of the following best describes the tone of the third paragraph?

Question 5

Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.

One of the tragedies of the climate crisis is that those who are least responsible for causing the crisis are the ones who are suffering the worst. These are generally the least powerful groups in society, such as indigenous groups, people living in poverty, and the young. These groups bear the double burden of paying the price of both the destructive model of development, with its hastening of human displacement and dispossession, biodiversity loss, and also accelerated climate breakdown.

There are two problematic aspects of mainstream climate change discourse. One, it proposes solutions and policy changes that are typically top-down, emerging from the same worldview that caused the problem in the first place. Two, it rarely goes beyond a lip-service acknowledgement that marginalised groups experiencing climate change have something crucial to contribute to the climate debate.

To decolonise this conversation, we have to recognise the role and blindness of power – to counter the assumption that marginalised groups are backward people in need of upliftment. What we see on the ground is starkly different. Despite being historically disadvantaged, people living the reality of climatic impacts without being insulated by conveniences of modern industrial civilisation, village and tribal citizens of India are displaying exactly the kind of courage, knowledge, determination, and imagination that is needed to mitigate the climate crisis.

In many cases their ways of knowing offer insights absent from the conventional view of climate change. Traditional forest dwellers and tribal communities have accumulated what is now called Traditional Ecological Knowledge by mainstream academia comprising ecologists and anthropologists among others, which has allowed them to co-exist with their forests and water bodies for millennia without destroying them.

Indigenous people, who constitute 5% of the world’s population, care for 80% of the world’s biodiversity and manage nearly 300,000 million tons of carbon. They also lead the world in the protection of forests from forces of destructive development, thus playing a critical role as climate change mitigators. And yet the voices of these communities are rarely heard over the dominant discourse, especially when solutions are proposed. In fact, tribal environmental defenders and community activists pay a heavy price for their courage – reportedly 1,700 around the world have paid with their lives in the past two decades.

Source: https://scroll.in/article/951526/climate-change-policies-will-continue-to-fall-short-unless-we-hand-the-mic-to-those-most-hurt-by-it
Which of the following statement(s) can be inferred about Indigenous people?

I. They are often under threat for defending the environment

II. Their proximity to nature makes them an easier target of destructive development.

III. Their practice of coexisting with forests without destroying them is unknown to city dwellers.

Question 6

Direction: The given sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from among the five given choices to construct a coherent paragraph keeping 1 as the first statement.
1. South Africa has not had a formal national policy to improve public safety since 2004.
A. If properly implemented, it could make South Africa significantly safer.
B. This is the government’s flagship policy on crime, safety and violence prevention.
C. But, like with many other good policies in South Africa, implementation is precisely the challenge.
D. This changed in 2016 when Cabinet adopted the White Paper on Safety and Security.

Question 7

Direction: The given sentences, when properly sequenced, form a coherent paragraph. Each sentence is labelled with a letter. Choose the most logical order of the sentences from among the five given choices to construct a coherent paragraph keeping 1 as the first statement.
1) Intimacy is the third studio album by English indie rock band Bloc Party.
A) The band members made the album available for purchase on their website as a digital download on 21 August 2008.
B) Minimal promotion was undertaken in the UK.
C) The record was released in compact disc form on 24 October 2008, with Wichita Recordings as the primary label.
D) It was recorded in two weeks at several locations in London and Kent during 2008 and was produced by Jacknife Lee and Paul Epworth.

Question 8

Direction: Read the given passage carefully. Choose the most appropriate option from the given alternatives which expresses the summary of the passage.
The proponents of the “Prohibition Treaty” are under the delusion that one by one each of the Nuclear Weapon State would unilaterally decide to eliminate its stockpile of nuclear weapons and become a signatory to the treaty. However, the truth is there is not an iota of hope that any of the present nine nuclear weapon states would unilaterally disarm; the perverse logic of nuclear deterrence precludes any such possibility. Nuclear risk reduction, gradual diminution, and ultimate elimination of nuclear weapons are step by step processes. They are achievable only through mutually beneficial bilateral and multilateral agreements that are enforceable and verifiable.

Question 9

Direction: Choose the option that best captures the essence of the text.
In a recent study of toddlers and preschoolers, we observed mothers and their children while they read books, watched a prosocial TV program, or played with toys. We found TV viewing suppressed both the amount and quality of mother-child communication. That is, moms made relatively few comments to their children while co-viewing. When they did speak, their comments were often unrelated to what their child said, thereby creating an unproductive exchange that could hinder children's opportunity for learning. Moms who read books to their children, however, not only talked significantly more but also used a very high-quality form of communication that included asking questions, labeling objects, affirming their child, and responding to their child's statements or questions with relevant information.

Question 10

Direction: In the following question, three statements have been given, and a phrase/idiom has been highlighted in each of them. Identify the statement(s) in which the phrase/idiom fits contextually to convey a logical meaning.
Near to the bone

I. Your remark about people who have been in trouble with the police was very near to the bone.
II. Some of your comments about her appearance were near to the bone.
III. The movie they played on cable last night gave me a
near to the bone.

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