, Read the passage given below.

(8)
Rice is the most prominent crop of India as it is the
staple food for most of the people of the
country. This crop is the backbone of livelihood for millions of rural households and plays
vital role in the country's food security, so the term 'rice is life' is most
appropriate
context. India occupies an important position both in area and production
in Indian
of rice. By the
adoption of improved production technologies such as high-yielding varieties/hybrids,
expansion of irrigation potential, and use of chemical fertilizer, supply of rice in the country
has kept pace with the increase in demand. Demand for rice is expected to further increase in
future as population is continuously increasing, so production of rice also needs to be
increased. There is a need to further increase rice productivity because land area under rice
cultivation is declining.
Major constraints for productivity and sustainability of rice-based systems in the country are
the inefficient use of inputs (fertilizer, water, labour), increasing scarcity of water and labour
especially for rice cultivation, new emerging challenges from climate change, rising fuel
prices, increasing cost of cultivation, and socioeconomic changes such as migration of
labour, urbanisation, less liking for agricultural work by youths, and concerns from
environmental pollution. The only way to sustain rice production for meeting the increasing
population demand is to increase the productivity per unit of area of rice with enhanced
resource use efficiency. For future productivity gain in rice
in India, high-yielding varieties
in the
that might have resistance to multiple stresses (abiotic and biotic stress) particularly
wake of climate change need to be explored.
in rice that could increase factor productivity by efficient
Crop production techniques
reduce cultivation cost, enhance
utilisation of inputs (water, fertilizers, pesticides, etc.)
must be explored. Encouraging resource conservation
profit, and provide safe environment
of climate-resilient high-yielding varieties through
technologies and cultivation available to the farmers will be important to sustain rice
demonstrations and making seed
production in India.

Top Ten Rice Producing States in india (2016-2017)

Production in Million Tonnes
State/UT
15.3
1. West Bengal
13.75
2 Uttar Pradesh
11.59
3 Punjab 8.33
4. Odisha
8.25
5. Bihar
8.05
6 Chhattisgarh
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8.
Andhra Pradesh
Telangana 7.45
Clas. th
9. Assam 5.17
10 Tamil Nadu 4.73
2.37
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the
our read
basis of your
of the reading
passage, answer any
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production?
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adopted by India to inere(1W
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potential,
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pestiriitd
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use
expansion of iirrigation chemical fr
of

fertilizer. potential, and use of che

Traditional farming metnOas, expansion ot chemia
rrigation potential, and use of ch
fertilizer
(a) Only 1 (b) Both 1 and 4 (c) Only 3 (d) Only 2
Maior constraints for productivity and
sustainability of rice-based systems
country are th
(a) the inefficient use of inputs (fertilizer, water, labour).
(b) increasing scarcity of water and labour.
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Neither (a) nor (b)
iin Choose the figure which displays the correct data oí rice production in India.

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tonnes Million
tonnes tonnes tonnes
15 15 15 1

10 10 10 10

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Pradesh
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Nadu
west
Bengal
Uttar
Pradesh

(a) (b) (c) (d)

(iv) Pick the option showing the CORRECT use of the word staple' as used in the
passage.
(a) Please staple the pages together.
(b) Rohit is a staple man of our office.
c) Sugar has been the staple of cribas economy for many years.
(d) staple food in North India.
Wheat is the
rice?
(v) Which non coastal state produces maximum
(a) Uttar Pradesh b) Punjab
(c) West Bengal (d) Odisha

Which of the following figures shows the correct percentage

of West Bengal's
(vi)
contribution to the total rice production in India?

(c) (d)
(a) (b)
(vii) Which non coastal state produces minimum ricef

(a) Telangana (b) Chhattisgarh

(c) Assam (d) Bihar
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option that lists the statements that is/are
1. Uttar Pradesh is the only non coastal state that TRUL
2. Odisha is the third largest producer of rice. prode rding to 1he
passn
3, Andhra Pradesh produces more rice than Tamil Nadas
4. Chhattisgarh produces less rice than Andhra Pradesh
(a) Only 1
(b) Both 1 and 2
(c) Only 3
(d) Only 4
(ix) Which of the following statements is incorrect?
(a) Uttar Pradesh produces maximum rice anmong non coastal
states
(b) Tamil Nadu produces minimum rice among coastal states.
(c) Assam produces minimum rice among non coastal states.
(d) None of the above

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correct option. Answer any four

3. Choose the (1x4 4)
)Try this dessert and let me know how it...
(a) is tasting (b) tastes
(c) will taste (d) tasted
(i) James.. to the market yesterday
(a) will go (b) left
(c) went (d) had went
(ii) Our players missed very good chances of scoring.
(a) some (b) little
(c) any (d) the few

(iv) The country mustn't tolerate ... ... anti-national activity.

(a) some (b) any
(c) many (d) much
(v) In ***** book do we find the character Quasimodo.
(a) what (b) whose
(c) which (d) whom

4. Choose the correct option. Answer any four. (1x4 4)

(i) As soon as we lit the candle, the power supply was restored.

(Begin: Nosooner...
(a) No sooner had we light the candle than the power supply was restored.
(b) No sooner did we light the candle than the power supply was restored.
(c) No sooner did we lit the candle than the power supply was restored.
(d) No sooner were we lighting the candle than the power supply was restored.

(i The old woman was too slow to catch the bus.

(Begin: The old woman was so....
(a) The old woman was so slow that she could not have caught the bus.

(6)The old woman was so slow that she was unable catch the bus.
c The old woman was so slow that she cannot catch the bus.
a Lne old woman was so slow that she could not catch the bus.

(iii) What a difficult question it was!

Change to assertive
(a) It was a difficult
(b) Was it difficult question?
(c) It was not a
question. a
difficult question.
difficult question. (d) Was it not a
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the blanks by choosing
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(i)...
(a) Every (b) All (c) Each (d) Many
iil The new job 1 s n ' t . . . . i . different from the old one.
(a) most (b) manyy (c) lot (d) much
iii) They. the mantras for an hour and are about to finish.
(a) recite (b) have recited
(c) are reciting d) have been reciting
Yoga classes these days.
(iv) Bharti . . . . . . . . .

(a) attending (b) has attended

(c) is attending (d) has been attending
)By the end of the 19th century, a tea culture . . . in Ireland.
(a) was developingg (b) had developed
(c) will develop (d) had been developing

Answer any four. (1x4 4)

4, Choose
the option.
correct

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Q: accident n e a r Dausa
R: yesterday Hema Malini
S: a car
(b) RPSQ (c) QSRP (d) QSPR
(a) RPQSS

P: arrested the car

(ii)
Q: him to jail
R: driver and sent
S: the police have (d) SPRQ
(b) PSQR (c) SQRP
a) PQSR

(ii) P: her face, the happy

him
Q: him and hugged
from
R: drawing the veil
S: girl went up to (c) RPSQ (d) RQSP
(b) SRPQ
a) POSR

(iv) P: alone in the open

shunned
Q: the wise fairies
in a thick forest
R: fields, and settled
stood
S: the trees that (b) RPSQ
(a) QSPR (d) QSRP
(c) RQSP

(v) P: a rapid rate

Q: tourism industry
R: Indian
S: is growing at (b) RPSQ

(a) RSQP (d) RQSP

(c) QRSP