Questions 1-7 Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow.
There are the best friends of man, for they provide him protection from the harshness of na- ture, be it rains or sunlight. Trees have their his- | toric, scientific, medical and religious uses. When an apple fell on Issac Newton's head, it led to the discovery of gravitation, helping the invention of aircraft. Over two millennium ago, Buddha attained enlightenment under the Bodhi tree at Bodhgaya. A descendant of the same tree at the same spot attracts millions of pil- grims and tourists every year. The Forest Re- search Institute at Dehradun, which has a unique museum of trees, was instrumental in preserving the Bodhi tree at Bodhgaya. Similarly, The Botanical Garden in Kolkata has One of the oldest and largest banyan trees in India. It also has a unique palm tree that gives its first crop only at the age of 120. Such trees are part of the environmental heritage of the country and need to be protected from hazards, natural or otherwise. The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage's (INTACH) plan to! catalogue and preserve all heritage tree's needs! to be welcomed. The programme will give a boost to environmental tourism and increase our understanding of the role trees have played in the evolution of civilization.
1. The main focus of the passage is
(A) Trees protect man from the harshness from nature
(B) Trees have historic, medical and religious uses
(C) Trees led to the discovery of the theory of gravitation
(D) Need to protect heritage trees
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>2. One of the unique palm trees that gives its first crop only at the age of 120 is in:
(A) The Forest Research Institute at Dehradun
(B) The Botanical Garden in Kolkata
(C) Bodhgaya
(D) The Botanical Garden in Ooty
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>3. Which among the following make the Forest Research Institute at Dehradun famous?
(A) Unique museum of Trees
(B) Oldest and largest Banyan trees
(C) Unique palm trees
(D) Helped the invention of aircraft
A
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>4.The word used as synonym for the word "Peril" in the passage:
(A) Harshness
(B) Hazards
(C) Heritage
(D) Historic
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>5. A pilgrim center mentioned in the passage is at:
(A) Kolkata
(B) Dehradun
(C) Bodhi
(D) Bodhgaya
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>6. While dealing with the above passage in the class, one among the following activities is NOT helpful for language generation.
(A) Students are asked to write this passage five times
(B) Essay competition on protecting trees
(C) Debate on cutting trees
(D) Listen to world famous speeches on environment
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>7. A branch of study that deals with plants and trees.
(A) Archeology
(B) Botany
(C) Geography
(D) Environmental Science
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