CBSE Class 11 English Case Based Passage Worksheet Set 02

Case-Based Passage

1. India ranks third in the list of countries with the largest number of threatened turtle and tortoise species in the world after China and Vietnam, an international report released on Thursday has revealed.
2. The country has two of the world’s 25 most threatened freshwater turtle species – Northern River Terrapin (Batagur baska) found in the Sundarbans, West Bengal and the Red-Crowned Roof Turtle (Batagur kachuga), found only within the riverine National Chambal Gharial Wildlife Sanctuary (NCGWS) in Madhya Pradesh.
3. Another three species – South Asian Narrow headed Softshell Turtle (Chitra indica) from NCGWS, Black Softshell Turtle (Nilssonia nigricans) from Assam, and the Arakan Forest Turtle (Heosemys depressa) from Mizoram, were identified under the list of top 50 most threatened species globally. This takes the tally in India to \( 7.4\% \) under the world’s 25 most threatened turtle species and \( 10\% \) of the top 50.
4. Additionally, the study identified the Keeled Box Turtle (Cuora mouhotii), Asian Giant Tortoise (Manouria emys) in northeast India, and the Leith’s Softshell Turtle (Nilssonia leithii) from western India, as three other threatened species outside the top 50, assessed as critically endangered. The details were revealed in the report - Turtles in Trouble: The World’s 25+ Most Endangered Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles - in Ojai, California, USA compiled by the Turtle Conservation Coalition, an international body comprising eight conservation groups including the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and Turtle Surveillance Alliance (TSA), a group protection these species in India as well.
5. “Our study found that Asia was facing a crisis with \( 63\% \) of the top threatened tortoise and turtle species identified from the continent, followed by Africa and Latin America at \( 14.8\% \) each,” Rick Hudson, President and Chief Executive Officer, TSA, that released the study, told HT in a telephonic interview.
6. The study identified 356 tortoise and freshwater turtle species globally, of which, 148 or \( 60.4\% \) of those species have been included in the IUCN 2017 Red List, and \( 41.6\% \) of all turtle and tortoise species are officially listed as ‘Threatened’ by IUCN criteria (categorised as vulnerable, endangered or critically endangered). Of this, all species identified in India are listed either under ‘endangered’ or ‘critically endangered’ categories. Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle from China is the most threatened species worldwide.

On the basis of your understanding of the passage, answer any ten of the following questions by choosing the most appropriate option:

Question. Scientific name for the Red-Crowned Roof Turtle is..................................
(a) Cuora mouhotii
(b) Batagur baska
(c) Batagur kachuga
(d) Nilssonia leithii
Answer: (c) Batagur kachuga

Question. Pick the option that lists statements that are NOT TRUE according to the passage.
1. India has one of the world’s 25 most threatened freshwater turtle species.
2. Three species of turtle were identified under the list of top 50 most threatened species globally.
3. Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle from Korea is the most threatened species worldwide.
4. Asia was facing a crisis with \( 63\% \) of the top threatened tortoise and turtle species identified from the continent.
(a) 1 and 3
(b) 2 and 4
(c) 1 and 2
(d) 2 and 3
Answer: (a) 1 and 3

Question. What is India’s count in the percentage of the world’s 50 most threatened turtle species?
(a) \( 7.4\% \)
(b) \( 8\% \)
(c) \( 8.4\% \)
(d) \( 10\% \)
Answer: (d) \( 10\% \)

Question. International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) works for ...................................
(a) the protection of turtle species
(b) the conservation of nature
(c) the conservation of turtle species
(d) the surveillance of turtles
Answer: (b) the conservation of nature

Question. Based on the given graphical representation of data in the passage, choose the option that lists the statements that are TRUE with respect to the species of turtle.
1. Scientific name of Asian Giant Tortoise is Nilssonia anigricans.
2. Arakan Forest Turtle Comes under the top 50 species which are threatened worldwide.
3. Red-Crowned Roof Turtle falls under the category of top 25 threatened species worldwide.
4. Northern River Terrapin is found in South Africa.
(a) 2 and 3
(b) 1 and 2
(c) 2 and 4
(d) 3 and 4
Answer: (a) 2 and 3

Question. Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle which is the most threatened species worldwide is found in which country?
(a) China
(b) Japan
(c) Korea
(d) Vietnam
Answer: (a) China

Question. Rick Hudson, President and Chief Executive Officer, TSA, that released the study, told HT in a telephonic interview that ...........................
(a) Asia was facing a crisis with \( 63\% \) of the top threatened tortoise
(b) Turtle species identified from the continent is also included under this
(c) African and Latin American species comes at the second place
(d) All of the options
Answer: (d) All of the options

Question. Turtle Conservation Coalition, an International body comprises how many conservation groups?
(a) 7 conservation groups
(b) 8 conservation groups
(c) 9 conservation groups
(d) 10 conservation groups
Answer: (b) 8 conservation groups

Question. Which word in the passage means same as ‘involving? (para 4)
(a) coalition
(b) comprising
(c) compiled
(d) conservation
Answer: (b) comprising

Question. Arrange the given species of turtle which are under threat from the most to the least.
(1) regionally extinct
(2) endangered
(3) least concern
(4) near threatened
(a) 1, 2, 4, 3
(b) 3, 2, 1, 4
(c) 2, 4, 3, 1
(d) 4, 3, 2, 1
Answer: (a) 1, 2, 4, 3

1. NSYNC singer Lance Bass can’t afford the \( \$20 \) million price tag for a ride into space now, he should try again, in say, a decade. But within a decade or so, even some of Bass’s fans could afford a quick and safe trip to the suborbital edge of space, roughly 50-60 miles above earth, says Frank Seitzen, President of the Space Transport Association.
2. “I think you’re may be 10 or 12 years away from having companies that are reliable and that can go through that process for \( \$5,000 \) or \( \$10,000 \),” Seitzen said. There’s a hungry demand from would be space tourists and a \( \$10 \) million prize is inspiring designers. The Prize, created in 1994 to spur the development of new space travel technologies, has attracted at least 21 space vehicle designs from people in five countries. The non-profit X Prize Foundation, founded by a group of donors inspired by the \( \$25,000 \) Orteig Prize that Charles Lindbergh won in 1927, will give the prize.
3. Each design team is hoping to develop the first reusable rocket capable of blasting a pilot and two to five passengers to a height of 62 miles. NASA awards astronaut status for flights above 50 miles. Some design contestants boast that such trips will be available by 2005, although the first few travellers will face \( \$100,000 \) bills until the market matures.
4. Despite steep prices and lagging technology, Seitzen and others are convinced that a lucrative travel business awaits. Space Adventures, a travel agency that helped coordinate the first tourist trip to the International Space Station last year by US businessman Dennis Tito, claims it has collected \( \$2 \) million in deposits from more than 120 would be suborbital tourists. For client Wally Funk, who has paid her deposit, suborbital travel is a disappointing, yet feasible, alternative to decades of trying to reach space. Funk, a retired aviation safety investigator says, “I would do (a space station trip) in a heartbeat, but I can’t because I’m not a millionaire.”
5. Compared to Tito’s groundbreaking effort last year, future suborbital flights look easy. Tito was subjected to rigid medical requirements and a gruelling six-month training course in Russia. But suborbital travellers will need only a few days of training and pending FAA approval, would have to pass a much lower bar for medical standards.“We always say that if you can safely ride a rollercoaster, then you are fit for a suborbital flight,” says Space Adventures spokeswoman Tereza Predescu.
6. Four commercial spaceports, which launch rockets into space like airports launch planes, are already licensed to operate by the FAA in Virginia, California, Alaska and Florida, and they are eager to welcome extra business from space tourists, negating the need to catch a ride to Russia. For those reasons, suborbital travel may represent a \( \$1 \) billion in a year market, according to Space Adventures President and CEO Eric Anderson, that’s 10,000 travellers paying \( \$100,000 \) each during the first few years of adventure space travel.

Question. On the basis of your understanding the passage, answer any ten of the following questions by choosing the most appropriate option:

Question. Space adventure claims that………………….
(a) it is a business of less profit
(b) it is a lucrative business
(c) people don’t want to go to space
(d) None of the options
Answer: (b) it is a lucrative business

Question. Pick the option that lists statements that are NOT TRUE according to the passage.
1. Despite steep prices and lagging technology ,Seitzen and others are convinced that a lucrative travel business awaits.
2. Five commercial spaceports, which launch rockets into space like airports launch planes, are already licensed to operate by the FAA in Virginia, California, Alaska and Florida.
3. Space Adventures, a travel agency, claims it has collected \( \$12 \) million in deposits from more than 120 would-be suborbital tourists.
4. There’s a hungry demand from would be space tourists and a \( \$10 \) million prize is inspiring designers.
(a) 1 and 3
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 2 and 4
(d) 3 and 4
Answer: (b) 2 and 3

Question. Dennis Tito .................................. .
(a) underwent rigid medical checkups
(b) attended a six month training course
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the options
Answer: (c) both (a) and (b)

Question. How much amount of money is inspiring designers?
(a) a \( \$100 \) million prize
(b) a \( \$10 \) million prize
(c) a \( \$20 \) million prize
(d) a \( \$15 \) million prize
Answer: (b) a \( \$10 \) million prize

Question. Based on the given graphical representation of data in the passage, choose the option that lists the statements that are TRUE.
1. Human Science and Human Space Flight share the same percentage of budget.
2. Aeronautical and Space Technology have the same amount of budget as that of Earth Science.
3. The maximum budget has been kept for Mission Support.
4. Life and Microgravity Science got the least share in budget.
(a) 1 and 4
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 2 and 4
Answer: (d) 2 and 4

Question. NASA awards astronaut status for flights above which height?
(a) 50 miles
(b) 60 miles
(c) 70 miles
(d) 80 miles
Answer: (a) 50 miles

Question. In a decade, how much fare can be reduced for a space traveller?
(a) to \( \$20,000 \) or even \( \$15,000 \)
(b) to \( \$20,000 \) or even \( \$10,000 \)
(c) to \( \$10,000 \) or even \( \$5,000 \)
(d) to \( \$20,000 \) or even \( \$5,000 \)
Answer: (c) to \( \$10,000 \) or even \( \$5,000 \)

Question. What are the prerequisites for space travelling?
(a) the space travellers should be medically fit
(b) the space travellers need to get proper training.
(c) the one who can ride roller coaster is fit as a space traveller
(d) All of the options
Answer: (d) All of the options

Question. Find the word in the passage which means same as ‘profitable’? (para 4)
(a) steep
(b) lucrative
(c) feasible
(d) coordinate
Answer: (b) lucrative

Question. Arrange the given sentences in the correct order in which they appeared in the paragraph.
1. The Prize, created in 1994 to spur the development of new space travel technologies, has attracted at least 21 space vehicle designs from people in five countries.
2. Suborbital travel may represent a \( \$1 \) billion a year market, according to Space Adventures President and CEO Eric Anderson.
3. Lance Bass can’t afford the \( \$20 \) million price tag for a ride into space now, he should try again in, say, a decade.
4. Tito was subjected to rigid medical requirements and a gruelling six-month training course in Russia.
(a) 3, 2, 4, 1
(b) 3, 1, 4, 2
(c) 4, 2, 3, 1
(d) 1, 4, 3, 2
Answer: (b) 3, 1, 4, 2

1. 1 in every 10 worker in India is a child; a child who is guaranteed protections under the Indian Law, and guaranteed an education and mid-day meals, till the age of 14. The sight of a chotu running to fetch you a chai on the train platform or at your local tea stall, isn’t much of a sight in India. In fact, one could almost say that the chotu has become so ubiquitous, that him not being there would be a bit confusing for some of the regulars. It has been normalised and has become an internalised personality trait of the larger Indian society, which tacitly continues to support the chotu culture at the tea stall and within the home.
2. In fact it’s become so natural that, when engaging with some of our more conscientious friend, both chotu and we, know the routine to pull off. You casually ask chotu how old he is as he cleans your table, and he, with a pail the size of his torso, responds saying he’s 18. His gangly limbs and prepubescent face are a dead giveaway, but now that he’s said he’s 18, there’s not much you can do… is there?
3. According to the UNICEF, there are about 10.1 million children employed in child labour in India today. That amounts to approximately \( 13\% \) of our workforce. India has been trying to combat this blight since before it became a republic, with the passing of the Employment of Children Act, 1938. While primitive, it was evident that even under an extractive colonial regime, it was understood that the use of children in the production process was anathema. Post–independence, the Factories Act, 1948 and the Mines Act, 1952, banned the practice of using children below the age of 14 and 18, in their respective production processes.
4. This set the tone for the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act of 1986 which prevents the employment of children below the age of 14 years in life-threatening occupations identified in a list by the law and finally the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection) of children Act of 2000 made the employment of children a punishable offence.
5. The JJ Act came into force shortly after India ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), in 1992 and made the offence punishable with imprisonment from three months to one year or with fine no less than INR 10,000–20,000 rupees or with both. The Right to Education Act, passed in 2009, was supposed to go beyond punishing people for child labour to creating a conducive environment for building the capabilities of all Indian children, so that they could have a complete education and enter the workforce out of choice and not compulsion. However, even after all this, child labour continues to be the norm in a lot of industries.
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Question. On the basis of your understanding of the passage, answer any ten of the following questions by choosing the most appropriate option:

Question. The ‘chotu’ culture in India has been promoted silently by.......................
(a) the government
(b) the offices
(c) the family of Chotu
(d) Indian society
Answer: (d) Indian society

Question. List the Acts restricting Child labour in chronological order?
1. The Factories Act
2. The Child Labour Act
3. The Employment of Children Act
4. The Mines Act
(a) 1, 3, 2, 4
(b) 3, 1, 4, 2
(c) 2, 3, 1, 4
(d) 1, 2, 3, 4
Answer: (b) 3, 1, 4, 2

Question. What percentage of children was employed in the agriculture sector in the year 2011?
(a) \( 77.5\% \)
(b) \( 61.7\% \)
(c) \( 29.9\% \)
(d) \( 67.7\% \)
Answer: (b) \( 61.7\% \)

Question. As per the chart given in the passage, which sector is the lowest child employer?
(a) construction
(b) agriculture
(c) manufacturing
(d) services
Answer: (a) construction

Question. When did India ratify the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC)?
(a) 1952
(b) 1992
(c) 1938
(d) 1948
Answer: (b) 1992

Question. For which occupation does the Juvenile Justice of Children Act of 2000 made the employment of children a punishable offence?
(a) life threatening occupation
(b) construction works
(c) factory Labour
(d) manufacturing sector
Answer: (a) life threatening occupation

Question. In which year was \( 29.9\% \) of children were employed in the service sector?
(a) Year 2001
(b) Year 2010
(c) Year 2011
(d) Year 2000
Answer: (c) Year 2011

Question. The JJ Act made the employment of children punishable offence with imprisonment ...............
(a) from six months to one year
(b) from three months to six months
(c) from three months to one year
(d) from three months to five months
Answer: (c) from three months to one year

Question. Employment of Children Act was passed in which year?
(a) 1935
(b) 1936
(c) 1937
(d) 1938
Answer: (d) 1938

Question. Which word in the passage means same as ‘universal’? (para 1)
(a) normalised
(b) ubiquitous
(c) internalised
(d) tacitly
Answer: (b) ubiquitous

Question. The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act of 1986 prevents the employment of children below the age of 14 years in life-threatening occupations. Pick the options which relates to life-threatening occupations.
1. working in mines
2. working at home
3. working in a factory
4. working in the fields
(a) 1, 2, 3
(b) 2, 3, 4
(c) 1, 3, 4
(d) 4, 3, 2
Answer: (c) 1, 3, 4