Direction: For Q1-4: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
The mid-day meal poisoning tragedy in Bihar, in which
23 children lost their lives, has alerted the Assam Government as the possibility of such an incident happening in the State cannot be ruled out. Assam has a history of food poisoning due to use of pesticides and only recently more than 300 children of Sonapur area on the outskirts of Guwahati were admitted to hospital after consuming gram. Though the rice provided to the schools for the mid-day meal scheme is said to be of good quality, most of the schools do not have proper storage facilities and very often the rice gets infested with rats. Health and
Education Minister of Assam said that the rice required for the implementation of the scheme is procured from the Food Corporation of India and he would soon hold a meeting with the Food and Civil Supplies Minister to evolve measures to ensure quality control.
He also said that now the scheme in every school is implemented by the head master of the school and he is overburdened. The Government is planning to form mothers' associations in every school and the mothers would be entrusted with the responsibility of implementing the scheme. "We believe that if the mothers are engaged in the scheme, the quality of the midday meal will definitely improve as they would be able to take extra care. The mothers to be involved in the scheme would also be given a token amount."
How the Health and Education Minister of Assam is planning to improve the quality of mid-day meal in the state?
A)
By holding a meeting with the food and Civil supplies to ensure quality control
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B)
By ensuring that the food corporation of India supply quality rice
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C)
By forming Mothers's Association in every school
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D)
By ensuring daily visit of officials to the schools of State during mid-day meal
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
The mid-day meal poisoning tragedy in Bihar, in which
23 children lost their lives, has alerted the Assam Government as the possibility of such an incident happening in the State cannot be ruled out. Assam has a history of food poisoning due to use of pesticides and only recently more than 300 children of Sonapur area on the outskirts of Guwahati were admitted to hospital after consuming gram. Though the rice provided to the schools for the mid-day meal scheme is said to be of good quality, most of the schools do not have proper storage facilities and very often the rice gets infested with rats. Health and
Education Minister of Assam said that the rice required for the implementation of the scheme is procured from the Food Corporation of India and he would soon hold a meeting with the Food and Civil Supplies Minister to evolve measures to ensure quality control.
He also said that now the scheme in every school is implemented by the head master of the school and he is overburdened. The Government is planning to form mothers' associations in every school and the mothers would be entrusted with the responsibility of implementing the scheme. "We believe that if the mothers are engaged in the scheme, the quality of the midday meal will definitely improve as they would be able to take extra care. The mothers to be involved in the scheme would also be given a token amount."
Why the Government of Assam has been alerted by Bihar tragedy?
A)
Assam has a history of food poisoning due to use of pesticides
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B)
Only recently more than 300 children of Sonapur area on the outskirts of Guwahati were admitted to hospital after consuming gram
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C)
Most of the schools do not have proper storage facilities and very often the rice gets infested with rats
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
The mid-day meal poisoning tragedy in Bihar, in which
23 children lost their lives, has alerted the Assam Government as the possibility of such an incident happening in the State cannot be ruled out. Assam has a history of food poisoning due to use of pesticides and only recently more than 300 children of Sonapur area on the outskirts of Guwahati were admitted to hospital after consuming gram. Though the rice provided to the schools for the mid-day meal scheme is said to be of good quality, most of the schools do not have proper storage facilities and very often the rice gets infested with rats. Health and
Education Minister of Assam said that the rice required for the implementation of the scheme is procured from the Food Corporation of India and he would soon hold a meeting with the Food and Civil Supplies Minister to evolve measures to ensure quality control.
He also said that now the scheme in every school is implemented by the head master of the school and he is overburdened. The Government is planning to form mothers' associations in every school and the mothers would be entrusted with the responsibility of implementing the scheme. "We believe that if the mothers are engaged in the scheme, the quality of the midday meal will definitely improve as they would be able to take extra care. The mothers to be involved in the scheme would also be given a token amount."
From where the rice required for the implementation of the midday meal scheme is procured in Assam?
A)
Procured from the Food and Civil Supply Department of the Government
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B)
Procured from the Food Corporation of India
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C)
Procured locally from the farmers
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D)
Head Master of the school concern arrange from his personal source
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:
The mid-day meal poisoning tragedy in Bihar, in which
23 children lost their lives, has alerted the Assam Government as the possibility of such an incident happening in the State cannot be ruled out. Assam has a history of food poisoning due to use of pesticides and only recently more than 300 children of Sonapur area on the outskirts of Guwahati were admitted to hospital after consuming gram. Though the rice provided to the schools for the mid-day meal scheme is said to be of good quality, most of the schools do not have proper storage facilities and very often the rice gets infested with rats. Health and
Education Minister of Assam said that the rice required for the implementation of the scheme is procured from the Food Corporation of India and he would soon hold a meeting with the Food and Civil Supplies Minister to evolve measures to ensure quality control.
He also said that now the scheme in every school is implemented by the head master of the school and he is overburdened. The Government is planning to form mothers' associations in every school and the mothers would be entrusted with the responsibility of implementing the scheme. "We believe that if the mothers are engaged in the scheme, the quality of the midday meal will definitely improve as they would be able to take extra care. The mothers to be involved in the scheme would also be given a token amount."
How many children lost lives in Bihar midday meal tragedy?
Given below is a notice with four blanks inviting donation for the victims of Uttarakhand tragedy. Fill those blanks with the options provided to make it sensible. NOTICE Donation for Uttarakhand Flood Victim We appeal for ____I ____. An unprecedented flood has inundated vast areas of the Uttarakhand since 17th June 2013, _____II ___now. People of Uttarakhand are facing devastation, _____III ______by organizing relief camps, health camps, and food distributions stalls. _____IV _____used:
I. Primary Health Care (general health checkups and supply of medicines).
II. Provision of necessary food items to the affected areas.
III. Psychosocial support to the victims of affected areas.
You can send your donation as cheque, medicines, materials etc to the undersigned.
P: Following are some of the immediate services for which your donation will be
Q: which resulted in a death toll of over 1500 people, and more than 500 missing till
R: financial assistance and cooperation for relief operations in Uttarakhand Flood Response, 2013
S: we have taken this initiative to restore life of thousands of people who lost everything in the flash floods
Given below is a sentence in four parts. One of the parts contains a grammatical error. Find the part. A high level meeting (i)/of officials is reporting (ii)/to have discussed (iii)/the issue in great detail, (iv)
Direction: For Q 24-25: Give the synonym of the words underlined in the given sentences. The President of the party deprecated the move of the government to introduce Food Security Bill in a haste.
Find the statement that must be true according to the given information.
When they heard the news of the hurricane, Tatiyana and Andy decided to change their vacation plans. Instead of traveling to the island beach resort, they booked a room at a fancy new spa in the mountains. Their plans were a bit more expensive, but they'd heard wonderful things about the spa and they were relieved to find availability on such short notice.
A)
Tatiyana and Andy take beach vacations every year.
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B)
The spa is overpriced.
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C)
It is usually necessary to book at least six months in advance at the spa.
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D)
Tatiyana and Andy decided to change their vacation plans because of the hurricane.
Arrange P, Q, R, S to give the correct sequence of the given paragraph.
P: India has about a third of the world's poor according to the World Bank and half of children below the age of five suffer from malnutrition.
Q: Economists say the food security law may also jeopardize development of the agriculture sector as it would further incentivise farmers to produce low-margin grains, rather than focusing on cash crops that could help raise rural living standards and reduce dependence on imports of some staples.
R: But critics say the program will further bloat the already expensive subsidy bill to around $20 billion and some contend that it is wrong to extend a food subsidy system that is already broken, blighted with corruption and in which much food never reaches many of those for whom it is intended.
S: India's government decided to move ahead with one of the most ambitious food aid programs ever attempted, that is the Food Security Bill, which aims to guarantee very cheap food grains to almost 70% of India's 1.2 billion population.
Fill in the blanks with suitable modals. If you want to get a better feeling for how the city is laid out, you_____ walk downtown and explore the waterfront.