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Direction for: Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow: The speed with which we are using the non-renewable resources, we can fall short of these in near future. With increase in population the needs are also increasing. There is need of more buildings vehicles and transportation. For meeting these needs we make new buildings. In constructing the buildings trees are cut. Though the trees are renewable but they cannot be regrown by the nature at the same speed of their cutting. With increase in number of vehicles, consumption of petrol has also increased which cannot be reproduced. Same is the case with natural gas. We need to be very careful while using these resources as they were formed under the earth millions of years ago. And now also they will take same time to form. Why our needs of natural resources have increased?

A) Because of increase in population     

B) We eat more now

C) Both (a) & (b)                       

D) None of these