Passage:
In terms of the total energy consumed by different sectors, the largest
consumer is understandably the industrial sector, which accounts for nearly half the total
energy used in the country today. This is followed by the transport sector
which consumes about 25%, the household sector (about 14%) and the agriculture
sector (about 9%). This last sector has shown considerable increase in energy
use over the last four decades. Among the primary fuels, the relative
proportion of coal has dropped from nearly 80% to 40% and that of oil has gone
up from 17% to 44% over the same period.
Total energy consumption in India
today is equivalent to 291 million tons of oil of which 26% comes from wood. On a per capita basis it works out
to about one per capita basis it works out to about one liter of oil per day,
which is extremely low by international standards. The future energy demand
depends upon the level of development envisaged and also on the sections of
people to be affected by it.
The energy disparity between the urban
and the rural population is at present as wide as between nations on a
worldwide scale. There is apparently a greater need to provide energy in the
rural areas and to improve the efficiency of energy use than merely to increase
the national figures for energy consumption limiting its use to those who are
getting the bulk share already.
With the projected rate of population
growth, improving upon the per capita energy consumption is a Herculean task as
our coal reserves and the capacity to import oil cannot be increased beyond a
point. There is clearly no escape from the utilization of renewable energy
sources in a big way if the gap between the desired levels of ceergy supply and
available resources has to be kept at the minimum.
1. Which of the following styles has been adopted by the author?
(A) Unsubstantiated arguments and views
(B) Data-based, but colored by socialism
(C) Objective, descriptive, lacking clarity
(D) Data-based, objective, positive, solution oriented
Ans : (D) Data-based, objective, positive,
solution oriented
2. The author is laying greater emphasis on which of the following?
I.
use of
energy.
II.
Increasing
national indices for energy consumption.
III.
Controlling
population growth.
(A) Only І (B) Only ІІ
(C) Only ІІІ (D)
All the three
Ans : (A) Only І
3. According to the passage, the energy requirements of the future will be decided on the basis of which of the following?
I.
Total
energy already consumed by us in the past.
II.
Level of
development of oil industry.
III.
Profile
of he affected people.
(A) Only І (B)
Only ІІ
(C) Only ІІІ (D)
Both ІІ&ІІІ
Ans : (D) Both ІІ&ІІІ
4. There is clearly no escape means.
(A) There is also no solution to this.
(B) There is a way out, but not without solution.
(C) There is a problem, but not without solution.
(D) There is hardly any alternative except.
Ans : (D) There is hardly any alternative except.
5. The author feels that increasing per capita use of energy is
(A) Not at all desirable
(B) A matter of great difficulty
(C) A routine matter
(D) rather difficult, but not impossible
Ans
: (B) A matter of great difficulty
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