Do the following exercise reading the text - The Rampant of Pesticides of G 10 Comp. English.
Q.N.1. Match the following words with their meanings in the next column.
Q.N.1. Match the following words with their meanings in the next column.
Column ‘A’ Column
‘B’
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a.
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Consumption
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1.
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Assistant
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b.
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Impotence
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2.
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Premature expulsion of fetus
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c.
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Miscarriage
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3.
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Putting into practice
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d.
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Ailment
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4.
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Act of eating or drinking
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e.
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Entomologist
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5.
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Illness and deformity
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f.
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Implementation
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6.
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Weakness
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g.
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Deputy
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7.
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An expert on insects
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Q.N.2.
Select the best answer from the options given below.
(a) ………………….. can damage our health
condition.
(i) Uncontrolled poison in vegetable
(ii)
Uncontrolled pesticides in water
(iii) Uncontrolled use of chemicals
in veterinary lab
(b) In the first paragraph, the
writer says, …….. ‘’thanks to an excessive use ……….’’
The writer’s attitude is ………………. here.
(i)
Sarcasm (ii) Showing happiness (iii) Unsafe feeling
(c)
The use of pesticides in the
vegetables ruins the …………… of vegetables.
(I) shape (ii) taste (iii) price
(d) Jeevan Praabha Lama works at
……………………….
(i) NARC
(ii) Nepal Agricultural Research Council
(iii) Department of Food Technology
and Quality Control
(e) After the application of
pesticide in the vegetable, it shouldn’t be consumed for ………………..
(i) a month (ii)
a day
(iii) a number of days
Q.N. 3 State
whether the following statements are true’ or ‘false.’
(i) All the vegetables found in the
market are not safe to eat.
(ii) The vegetable that are used
poisons pose a threat to human health.
(iii) The use of pesticides in the
vegetables is harmful to both the farmers and the consumers.
(iv) There is an environmental risk
when we use poisons in the vegetables.
(v)
Because of the less facilities and lack of staff, they have problems in
lab test.
Q.N.4. Choose the correct answer to
the following questions.
(a) Why is the vegetable available in
the market not safe?
i. because of unnecessary quantity of
chemicals used during the crops cultivation.
ii. because the used amount of
pesticide is less than necessity.
iii. due to dirty and dingy market
place where vegetable is sold.
(b) What is the designation of Ram
Babu Paneru?
i. a vegetable farmer
ii. a vegetable broker.
iii. an agro scientist.
(c) How are the farmers using
pesticides?
i. properly in appropriate time and
quantity.
ii. carelessly and excessively.
iii. with the recommendation of
agronomists.
(d) Where has Mr. Paneru recently
visited?
i. major vegetable markets in Nepal.
ii. major vegetable production centres.
iii. farmers’ training centres.
(e) What are
the effects to human beings if they eat the vegetables that are used the
chemicals?
i. it
affects the nervous system and can cause weakness in people.
ii. it may
cause liver and kidney failure.
iii. there
might be disabilities in children and miscarries in women.
iv. it might
cause diseases related to skin, heart and eyes.
v. all
effects mentioned above.
(f) What
information was Mr. Pradhan shocked to hear?
i. the
farmers use pesticides excessively.
ii. farmers
use pesticides in wrong intervals.
iii. farmers
mix different pesticides, insecticides and vitamins together before spraying
them.
(g) Whom and
for what did Dr. Shree Baba Pradhan blame?
i. to the
farmers for using pesticides indifferently.
ii. to the
government for not implementing the policies strictly and the sorry state of
affairs.
iii. to the grocers for selling infected
vegetables.
(h) What
suggestion did Dr. Pradhan suggest us?
i.
shopkeepers should be warned against the sale of poisoned vegetable.
ii. the
quantity of poison in vegetable should be tested in well facilitated labs by
well trained experts.
iii. the
consumers should be conscious about their rights & agro vets their duties
conducting trainings.
