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The Questions of Class -XII Subject - ENGLISH of India International School (IIS) in Jaipur are as follows:

Class -XII Subject - ENGLISH
Section A - READING
1. Read the following passage carefully.
1. Mount Everest has long attracted the curiosity of mystics, scientists and thrill seekers, who have for centuries risked their lives to reach the top of its treacherous peak. Their sometimes-deadly adventures have been documented at length in magazines, movies and books around the world. But little has been written about how the fabled Himalayas threaten the lives of thousands of villagers who live in the valleys below.
2. Earthquakes ruble through the region as the collision between tectonic plates beneath the continents of Asia and India continue to push the towering Himalayas even higher. Villagers in the foothills also fall prey to frequent avalanches, floods and landslides unleashed by melting glaciers and monsoon rains.
3. Due to global warming glacier-related disasters are on the rise. The risks increase during the summer months, when warm temperatures and monsoon rains shrink the enormous sheets of ice. And as the warm, wet weather of the Himalayan summer sets in, scientists warn that chances of disaster grow every day.
4. Glacial melting already has begun to wreak havoc, scientists suspect. Last August in Nepal, during the hottest year on record, landslides and flashfloods left more than 350 dead and 10,000 families homeless. Since 1954 more than 7,000 people have died in 11 major floods in Bangladesh. And this year's monsoon rains have spread water-borne diseases, fever, influenza and stomach ailments throughout Bangladesh, India and Nepal.
5. One reason for these catastrophes, scientists said, is that Himalayan glaciers- formed by more than 2 million years of snowfall-are receding faster than ever before. As the glaciers continue to shrink, landslides, ice avalanches and floods will increase, scientist warn.
6. 'Catastrophic natural processes triggered by these glacial changes are responsible for considerable death and destruction throughout the mountains, , said Jagdish Bahadur, who wrote a scientific report on the topic. Ice avalanches, which occur when glaciers melt on steep slopes and slide down sparsely vegetated valleys, and landslides, cascading boulders and debris unleashed when melting glaciers dislodge them, have caused hundreds of deaths in the year alone.
7. But some of the most devastating effects of glacier meltdown occur when glacial lakes overflow. These lakes, which are formed throughout the mountain range by melting glaciers, threaten to flood entire valleys, putting tens of thousands of people's lives at risk. For decades glacier ice and debris have acted like natural dams to contain the growing lakes. But when melting glaciers feed the lakes faster than water can drain, a violent torrent of liquid and debris often escapes as pressure in the burgeoning lake causes it to literally push past the glacier ice or debris that holds it back. Due to rapid glacial melting, these' glacial lake outburst floods'- once a rarity- have become a frequent occurrence.
8. The chances of a glacial lake outburst increases in the summer, when glaciers melt, and rainwater from the monsoon season adds pressure to the swelling lakes, according to Paul Mayewski, director of the Climate Change Research Center at the University of New Hampshire. Scientists also say that global warming has accelerated the formation of glacial lakes. The Bulletin of Water and Energy Commission
(WEC) has labelled many of these lakes as 'dangerous'.
9. 'We're constantly worried by forecasts about these lakes rupturing,' Pemba Sherpa, a resident of Monjo village, which is located close to the high-risk Imja glacier lake, told the World Wildlife Fund. But a lack of funding coupled with the difficulty and dangers associated with accessing the glaciers have made it nearly impossible to even monitor them.
10. There is a need to monitor high altitude glaciated regions to understand the natural processes and the magnitude of natural hazards for mitigation measures,' Bahadur stated. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is trying to establish a monitoring system that will warn endangered villagers when a glacial outburst or landslide is imminent The program also would monitor potentially high-risk lakes, which can be drained to reduce the risk of a disaster.
11. If global warming is the culprit for glacier recession, then the huge masses of ice of the Himalayas will one day melt away altogether. 'Glaciers in the Himalayas are receding faster than in any other part of the world and, if the present rate continues, the likelihood of them disappearing by the year 2035 is very high,' stated a recent report by the International Commission for Snow and Ice (ICSI). Though the disappearance of the glaciers would bring an end to the deadly floods and landslides that plague the region, another disaster would follow.
12. Without glacier melt water, many lakes and rivers that serve as lifelines for millions of people could dry up. And about 10 percent of the world's population-500 million people-would be at risk of losing their water supply.
1.1 On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following questions as briefly as possible.
a) Why are the Himalayas prone to earthquakes? 1
b) In what ways does the warm and wet weather of the Himalayan summer prove to be devastating? 2
c) What threat do melting glaciers pose to people living in the Himalayan region? 1
d) What is the role being played by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to reduce the risk of the disasters caused by glaciers? 1
e) What is causing the Himalayan glaciers to melt? 1
f) What will happen when the Himalayan glaciers have melted? 2
1.2 Pick out the words/phrases form the passage which means the same as: 4
a) Cause a lot of destruction (Para 4)
b) Disaster; devastation (para 5)
c) Set off; caused (Para 6)
d) To crack or break (Para 9)

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