it. 07 A sanctuary may be defined as a place where Man is passive and the rest of Nature active. Till quite recently Nature had her own sanctuaries, where man either did not go at all or only as a tool-using animal in comparatively small numbers. But now, in this machinery age, there is no place left where man cannot go with overwhelming forces at his command. He can strangle to death all the nobler wild life in the world to-day. To-morrow he certainly will have done so, unless he exercises due foresight and self-control in the meantime. There is not the slightest doubt that birds and mammals are now being killed off much faster than they can breed. And it is always the largest and noblest forms of life that suffer most. The whales and elephants, lions and eagles, go. The rats and flies, and all mean parasites, remain. This is inevitable in certain cases. But it is wanton killing off that I am speaking of to-night. Civilized man begins by destroying the very forms of wild life he learns to appreciate most when he becomes still more civilized. The obvious remedy is to begin conservation at an earlier stage, when it is easier and better in every way, by enforcing laws for close seasons, game preserves, the selective protection of certain species, and sanctuaries. I have just defined a sanctuary as a place where man is passive and the rest of Nature active. But this general definition is too absolute for any special case. The mere fact that man has to protect a sanctuary does away with his purely passive attitude. Then, he can be beneficially active by destroying pests and parasites, like bot-flies or mosquitoes, and by finding antidotes for diseases like the epidemic which periodically kills off the rabbits and thus starves many of the carnivore to death. But, except in cases where experiment has proved his intervention to be beneficial, the less he upsets the balance of Nature the better, even when he tries to be an earthly Providence. Q.1. The author implies that his first definition of a sanctuary is
ATotally wrong
BSomewhat idealistic
Cunhelpful
Dindefensible E. immutable Your Answer Options: 1. A 2.B 3.C 4.D 5.E Q.2. The author’s argument that destroying bot-flies and mosquitoes would be a beneficial action is most weakened by all of the following except
Aparasites have an important role to play in the regulation of populations
Bthe elimination of any species can have unpredictable effects on the balance of nature
Cthe pests themselves are part of the food chain
Dthese insects have been introduced to the area by human activities E. elimination of these insects would require the use of insecticides that kill a wide range of insects Your Answer Options 1.B 2.C&D 3.A 4.D 5. E Q.3. It can be inferred that the passage is
Apart of an article in a scientific journal
Bextracted from the minutes of a nature club
Cpart of a speech delivered to an educated audience
Da speech delivered in a court of law E. from a polemical article published in a magazine Your Answer Options: 1.D&E 2.A 3.C 4. B 5.D Q.4. What should be the most appropriate central idea of this passage
AAuthor argues that man kills big animals but saves mosquitoes & other parasites.
BMan is selfish by nature so he is up against the wild life which is harmful for his survival
CEcological balance, if not maintained by man will be harmful in long run.
DAuthor proposes a programme for not disturbing the balance of nature as it is beneficial for mankind. E. In view of the author man should not intervene in natural environments. Your Answer Options 1.A 2.D 3.C 4.E 5.B Q.5 – Tone of the Author as expressed in the passage can be best described
ADescriptive to analytical
BSarcastically humorous
CObjective to narrative
DSarcastically critical to suggestive E. Ironically sarcastic to negative Your Answer Options 1. B&C 2.A 3.D 4.E 5.C