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CUET UG English Booster Test 3-Human Impact

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QUESTION 1 OF 20

📄 Passage

"Students on Ice, the programme I was working with on the Shokalskiy, aims to do exactly this by taking high school students to the ends of the world and providing them with inspiring educational opportunities... headed by Canadian Geoff Green, who got tired of carting celebrities and retired, rich, curiosity-seekers who could only 'give' back in a limited way."

Why did Geoff Green start the 'Students on Ice' programme instead of catering to celebrities?

Answer Review

📄 Passage

Why did Geoff Green start the 'Students on Ice' programme instead of catering to celebrities?

A Celebrities paid him too little money.

B He preferred the physical strength of youth.

C Celebrities and rich seekers could only 'give' back in a limited way.

D He was banned from carting retired people.

💡 Short Explanation

Geoff Green felt that celebrities and rich seekers had limited capacity to contribute positively. He wanted to engage a group that could make a more meaningful impact. The programme aims to provide students with inspiring opportunities rather than just leisure.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The correct answer is C. The passage explicitly states that Geoff Green grew tired of dealing with celebrities and wealthy curiosity-seekers because they could only "give" back in a limited way. By switching his focus to high school students, he aimed to foster a generation capable of deeper environmental engagement.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option A → The passage does not mention money as a reason for his change in direction.
Option B → Physical strength is not cited as the primary reason for choosing students over celebrities.
Option D → There is no mention of a ban on carting retired people in the text.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Substitution

Application: Directly substituting the logic provided in the text ("give back in a limited way") into the option confirms it matches the author's intent.

Final Logic: The author provides a direct justification for the career shift in the text.

🧠 Memory Trick

"Limited Give = No": Celebrities give limited effort, so he stopped.

📚 Class XII – Flamingo – Chapter: Journey to the End of the Earth – Topic: Students on Ice – Page 43

📄 Passage

Why are high school students the primary focus of this expedition?

A They are at an age when they're ready to absorb, learn, and act.

B They have more financial resources than celebrities.

C They are the only ones physically fit for the cold.

D They requested Geoff Green to take them.

💡 Short Explanation

The programme targets high schoolers because they are in an impressionable and transformative stage of life. They are better positioned to learn and take action regarding environmental crises.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The correct answer is A. The core philosophy of "Students on Ice" is to educate the youth who are at a stage where they can absorb information and eventually take responsibility for the Earth's future, as opposed to older, wealthy tourists who offer limited engagement.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option B → Students generally have fewer financial resources than wealthy celebrities.
Option C → The text does not focus on the physical fitness of the students as the primary motivation.
Option D → The passage mentions Geoff Green's initiative, not student requests.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Contextual/Tonal Matching

Application: Matching the goal of the programme ("inspiring educational opportunities") with the target demographic's developmental stage.

Final Logic: Students are chosen for their potential to learn and act.

🧠 Memory Trick

"Youth=Action": Youth are the ones ready to change the future.

📚 Class XII – Flamingo – Chapter: Journey to the End of the Earth – Topic: Youth Potential – Page 43

3 Assertion (A): 12,000 years of human existence is considered a tiny fraction of geological time. Reason (R): Humans have peacefully coexisted without altering the natural landscape.

A Both A and R are false

B A is true, R is false

C Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A

D A is false, R is true

💡 Short Explanation

Human existence is indeed a small fraction of Earth's multi-million-year history. Humans have significantly altered the landscape, not coexisted peacefully.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The correct answer is B. Assertion (A) is true because 12,000 years is a negligible "paltry" span on the geological clock. Reason (R) is false because the text emphasizes that humans have "etched our dominance over Nature" and caused environmental damage, contradicting peaceful coexistence.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option A → Assertion A is a factual statement according to the text.
Option C → Reason R is objectively false based on the text's narrative.
Option D → Assertion A is true, not false.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Elimination

Application: Identifying that Reason R contradicts the fundamental argument of the chapter.

Final Logic: Human history is short (True), but human impact is destructive (Reason is false).

🧠 Memory Trick

"Human=Impact": Humans impact, they don't just exist peacefully.

📚 Class XII – Flamingo – Chapter: Journey to the End of the Earth – Topic: Human Timeline – Page 42

4 Match the time references with their context from the text.

List I	List II
1. 12,000 years	a. Gondwana thrived
2. Half-million years	b. Gondwana existed
3. 500 million years	c. Carbon records
4. 650 million years ago	d. Human civilisation

A 1-a, 2-b, 3-c, 4-d

B 1-b, 2-c, 3-d, 4-a

C 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b

D 1-d, 2-c, 3-a, 4-b

💡 Short Explanation

12,000 years relates to human civilisation. Half-million years relates to carbon records. 500 million years ago relates to when Gondwana thrived. 650 million years ago relates to when Gondwana existed.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The correct answer is D. This matches the geological data mentioned in the text: 12,000 years for humans (d), half-million years for carbon records (c), 500 million years for the thriving of Gondwana (a), and 650 million years since Gondwana existed (b).

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

All other options misalign the specific geological periods provided in the chapter.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Option Grouping

Application: Carefully matching the historical milestones with their respective timeframes.

Final Logic: Accurate recall of the chapter's geological timeline.

🧠 Memory Trick

"12k=Human": 12,000 years is the human era.

📚 Class XII – Flamingo – Chapter: Journey to the End of the Earth – Topic: Geological Timeline – Page 42

5 "etching our dominance over Nature with our villages..." What is a synonym for 'dominance' in this context?

A Submission

B Equality

C Supremacy

D Weakness

💡 Short Explanation

Dominance means having power or control over others. Supremacy is a direct synonym for the power exerted over nature.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The correct answer is C. The author uses "dominance" to describe how humans have taken control of the environment. Supremacy captures this same sense of authority and power, whereas submission and weakness are opposites.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option A → Submission is the opposite of dominance.
Option B → Equality implies a balance, whereas dominance implies hierarchy.
Option D → Weakness is the opposite of dominance.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Contextual/Tonal Matching

Application: Understanding the negative/aggressive tone associated with "etching dominance."

Final Logic: Supremacy = Dominance.

🧠 Memory Trick

"Supremacy = Superior": Dominance makes you superior.

📚 Class XII – Flamingo – Chapter: Journey to the End of the Earth – Topic: Vocabulary – Page 42

6 Arrange the progression of human settlements as implied in the text creating a ruckus: 1. cities 2. megacities 3. villages 4. towns

A 1, 2, 3, 4

B 4, 3, 2, 1

C 2, 1, 4, 3

D 3, 4, 1, 2

💡 Short Explanation

The order of growth is from small to large. Progression: Villages -> Towns -> Cities -> Megacities.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The correct answer is D. The logical scale of human development starts with simple "villages" (3), expanding into "towns" (4), evolving into larger "cities" (1), and culminating in the overwhelming "megacities" (2).

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Other options present an illogical size progression.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Substitution

Application: Arranging the words by size to match the developmental timeline.

Final Logic: Size-based ordering.

🧠 Memory Trick

"V-T-C-M": Village, Town, City, Mega.

📚 Class XII – Flamingo – Chapter: Journey to the End of the Earth – Topic: Urbanisation – Page 42

7 Which statement is NOT true about the impact of rapid human population growth?

A It leads to battling with other species.

B It has resulted in an unlimited abundance of resources for all.

C It causes a struggle for limited resources.

D It leaves humans competing with the natural world.

💡 Short Explanation

The text argues that resources are limited and humans are fighting for them. "Unlimited abundance" is a direct contradiction to the passage.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The correct answer is B. The text emphasizes that resources are finite and that rapid population growth has increased competition, not abundance. Claiming there is "unlimited abundance" is factually incorrect according to the passage's argument.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option A, C, and D are all accurate descriptions of the environmental struggles mentioned by the author.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Extreme Word Filter

Application: "Unlimited abundance" is a extreme positive claim that contradicts the pessimistic environmental tone of the text.

Final Logic: The passage highlights scarcity, not abundance.

🧠 Memory Trick

"Unlimited=False": Resources are never unlimited in this chapter.

📚 Class XII – Flamingo – Chapter: Journey to the End of the Earth – Topic: Resource Scarcity – Page 42

8 "battling with other species for limited resources". Select the antonym for 'limited'.

A Infinite

B Restricted

C Scarce

D Inadequate

💡 Short Explanation

Limited means restricted or small in amount. Infinite means endless or unlimited.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The correct answer is A. "Limited" means restricted to a specific amount. The antonym must mean the opposite—unrestricted or endless. "Infinite" fits this definition perfectly.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option B, C, and D are synonyms or related to the concept of scarcity, not antonyms.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Elimination

Application: Eliminating synonyms (Restricted, Scarce, Inadequate) to find the antonym.

Final Logic: Limited vs. Infinite.

🧠 Memory Trick

"L-I": Limited vs Infinite.

📚 Class XII – Flamingo – Chapter: Journey to the End of the Earth – Topic: Vocabulary – Page 42

9 Due to the unmitigated burning of fossil fuels, ______

A a blanket of carbon dioxide has been created around the world.

B the ozone layer has been completely restored.

C the West Antarctic ice sheet has immediately refrozen.

D the global temperature is rapidly decreasing.

💡 Short Explanation

Burning fossil fuels releases CO2. This CO2 forms a layer that traps heat in the atmosphere.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The correct answer is A. The text explicitly links the burning of fossil fuels to the creation of a "blanket of carbon dioxide" that traps heat, leading to global warming.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option B → Ozone restoration is not mentioned.
Option C → The ice sheet is melting, not refreezing.
Option D → The temperature is increasing, not decreasing.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Contextual/Tonal Matching

Application: Recalling the causal relationship between fuels and CO2.

Final Logic: Direct textual link: Burning fuels -> CO2 Blanket.

🧠 Memory Trick

"Fuel=CO2": Burning fossil fuels produces CO2.

📚 Class XII – Flamingo – Chapter: Journey to the End of the Earth – Topic: Greenhouse Effect – Page 42

10 The burning of fossil fuels creates a blanket of carbon dioxide which is slowly but surely increasing the ______ global temperature.

A minimum

B fluctuating

C average

D frozen

💡 Short Explanation

Global warming refers to the rise in the planet's average temperature. This is a standardized term for climate change.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The correct answer is C. The passage discusses how human activity increases the "average global temperature," a core metric in climate science.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option A, B, and D do not describe the phenomenon of global warming in the context of the passage.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Substitution

Application: Plugging in the word "average" completes the standard scientific phrase used in the text.

Final Logic: Standard climate terminology requires the word "average."

🧠 Memory Trick

"Average=Global": Global warming measures average temperature.

📚 Class XII – Flamingo – Chapter: Journey to the End of the Earth – Topic: Climate Science – Page 42

11 Assertion (A): The average global temperature is permanently decreasing. Reason (R): The unmitigated burning of fossil fuels traps heat around the world.

A Both A and R are false

B A is true, R is false

C Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A

D A is false, R is true

💡 Short Explanation

The temperature is increasing, not decreasing. Fossil fuels do trap heat (greenhouse effect).

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The correct answer is D. Assertion (A) is false because global temperatures are rising, not decreasing. Reason (R) is true because the burning of fossil fuels does indeed trap heat in the atmosphere.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option A → Reason R is factually correct.
Option B → Assertion A is false.
Option C → Since A is false, this cannot be true.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Elimination

Application: Testing each statement independently against the passage's facts.

Final Logic: Global warming (increase) vs Heat trapping (fact).

🧠 Memory Trick

"Up, not Down": Temp goes Up.

📚 Class XII – Flamingo – Chapter: Journey to the End of the Earth – Topic: Greenhouse effect – Page 42

12 Global warming is a "hotly contested" debate. What does 'contested' mean?

A Universally agreed upon

B Argued or disputed

C Completely ignored

D Scientifically proven beyond doubt

💡 Short Explanation

"Contested" means there are differing opinions or arguments. The passage highlights that there is debate around the impacts.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The correct answer is B. "Contested" refers to something that is debated or challenged by different parties. Since climate change is a subject of intense discussion and disagreement, "argued or disputed" is the correct definition.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option A and D are the opposite of "contested."
Option C is incorrect; it is a major topic, not ignored.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Contextual/Tonal Matching

Application: Understanding the context of "debate" strongly implies "dispute."

Final Logic: Debate = Dispute = Contested.

🧠 Memory Trick

"Con-Test": To contest is to argue.

📚 Class XII – Flamingo – Chapter: Journey to the End of the Earth – Topic: Vocabulary – Page 41

13 Match these phrases to their textual context.

List I	List II
1. Wipe out	a. Temperature increase
2. Warm up	b. South America moving
3. Drift off	c. Captain's decision on ship
4. Turn around	d. Extinction of dinosaurs

A 1-d, 2-a, 3-b, 4-c

B 1-c, 2-b, 3-a, 4-d

C 1-a, 2-d, 3-c, 4-b

D 1-b, 2-c, 3-d, 4-a

💡 Short Explanation

Wipe out = extinction of species. Warm up = temperature rising. Drift off = tectonic plates moving (Gondwana). Turn around = the ship navigation/decisions.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The correct answer is A. These phrases are used throughout the chapter: extinction ("wipe out" the dinosaurs), climate ("warm up" the Earth), continental drift (continents "drift off"), and nautical operations ("turn around" the ship).

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Other options mix up the thematic usage of these phrasal verbs.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Option Grouping

Application: Grouping phrasal verbs by their nautical and environmental themes.

Final Logic: Contextual accuracy in verb usage.

🧠 Memory Trick

"Wipe=Extinct": Wiped out = no more dinosaurs.

📚 Class XII – Flamingo – Chapter: Journey to the End of the Earth – Topic: Phrasal Verbs – Page 43

14 A major part of the climate change debate questions if the ______ Stream ocean current will be disrupted.

A Pacific

B Antarctic

C Gulf

D Atlantic

💡 Short Explanation

The passage explicitly references the "Gulf Stream" as a crucial ocean current. Its disruption is a central concern of the debate.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The correct answer is C. The author lists the Gulf Stream as one of the major currents whose disruption could signal catastrophic environmental changes.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option A, B, and D are not mentioned as the current under debate in this specific text.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Substitution

Application: Substituting common ocean currents and choosing the one appearing in the text.

Final Logic: Explicit mention in the passage.

🧠 Memory Trick

"Gulf-Stream": A common geography term for ocean currents.

📚 Class XII – Flamingo – Chapter: Journey to the End of the Earth – Topic: Ocean Currents – Page 41

15 Which statement is NOT true regarding the text's view on the future?

A The end of the world as we know it is a debated possibility.

B Antarctica is a crucial element in studying future outcomes.

C Future outcomes remain somewhat uncertain ("Maybe. Maybe not").

D The author provides absolute certainty that the world will end tomorrow.

💡 Short Explanation

The author is cautious and uses phrases like "Maybe." There is no claim about the world ending tomorrow.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The correct answer is D. The author emphasizes that future climate outcomes are uncertain and subject to debate, not that the world will end tomorrow with certainty.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option A, B, and C are all explicitly supported by the text.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Extreme Word Filter

Application: The phrase "absolute certainty" is an extreme that the author explicitly rejects with "Maybe. Maybe not."

Final Logic: "Certainty" contradicts "Maybe."

🧠 Memory Trick

"Certainty=False": The text is about uncertainty.

📚 Class XII – Flamingo – Chapter: Journey to the End of the Earth – Topic: Climate Uncertainty – Page 41

16 Assertion (A): The author cannot say with certainty if we will go the way of the dinosaurs. Reason (R): The future effects of climate change are still a debated and uncertain topic.

A Both A and R are false

B A is true, R is false

C Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A

D A is false, R is true

💡 Short Explanation

The author indeed expresses uncertainty regarding our survival compared to dinosaurs. This uncertainty is due to the ongoing climate debate.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The correct answer is C. Both statements are true. The author acknowledges the potential for catastrophe (like the extinction of dinosaurs) but correctly notes that since the future is debated and uncertain, a definitive prediction is impossible.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Both A and R are accurate reflections of the passage's theme.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Contextual/Tonal Matching

Application: Testing the "Because" link: Is it uncertain because it is a debated topic? Yes.

Final Logic: Uncertainty about the future stems from the complexity of the climate debate.

🧠 Memory Trick

"Future=Uncertain": Climate science is complex, hence uncertain.

📚 Class XII – Flamingo – Chapter: Journey to the End of the Earth – Topic: Climate Debate – Page 41

17 Antarctica remains relatively 'pristine' in respect to human habitation. Choose the antonym for 'pristine'.

A Pure

B Polluted

C Untouched

D Frozen

💡 Short Explanation

"Pristine" means clean, pure, or untouched. "Polluted" means dirty or affected by human waste.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The correct answer is B. "Pristine" implies a state of natural purity. Therefore, "polluted" is the direct antonym, signifying the presence of human-caused damage or contamination.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option A and C are synonyms of "pristine."
Option D describes the state of Antarctica but is not its opposite.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Elimination

Application: Eliminating synonyms (Pure, Untouched) to find the antonym.

Final Logic: Pure/Untouched (Synonym) vs Polluted (Antonym).

🧠 Memory Trick

"Pristine=Clean": If it's not clean, it's polluted.

📚 Class XII – Flamingo – Chapter: Journey to the End of the Earth – Topic: Vocabulary – Page 41

18 Arrange the parts to show Antarctica's scientific value: 1. half-million-year-old carbon records 2. it holds 3. trapped in its layers of ice 4. in its ice-cores

A 1, 2, 3, 4

B 4, 3, 2, 1

C 3, 1, 4, 2

D 2, 4, 1, 3

💡 Short Explanation

Structure: "It holds... half-million-year-old carbon records... trapped in its layers of ice." This describes how ice-cores serve as time capsules.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The correct answer is D. The meaningful sentence is: "It [2] holds... half-million-year-old carbon records [1] in its ice-cores [4] trapped in its layers of ice [3]." (Wait, checking logic): The logical order is "It holds [2] half-million-year-old carbon records [1] trapped [3] in its layers of ice [4]." Actually, rearranging per the prompt's provided order D (2, 4, 1, 3): "It holds [2] in its ice-cores [4] half-million-year-old carbon records [1] trapped in its layers of ice [3]."

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Other orderings lack grammatical coherence.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Substitution

Application: Testing grammatical flow.

Final Logic: Ordering based on sentence structure.

🧠 Memory Trick

"Ice-Holds-Records": Ice cores hold records.

📚 Class XII – Flamingo – Chapter: Journey to the End of the Earth – Topic: Antarctica's Value – Page 41

19 The text describes glaciers "retreating". What does 'retreating' imply in this glaciological context?

A Moving forward aggressively

B Shrinking or melting back

C Changing colors

D Freezing rapidly

💡 Short Explanation

Glaciers retreat when they melt faster than they accumulate. It is a sign of warming.

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The correct answer is B. In glaciology, "retreating" means the front edge of a glacier is melting and moving backward, signifying the loss of mass due to rising temperatures.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option A is the opposite.
Option C and D are not related to the term "retreating."

🎯 Strategy

Used: Contextual/Tonal Matching

Application: Using scientific knowledge of climate change impacts to define the term.

Final Logic: Retreating = melting back.

🧠 Memory Trick

"Retreat = Go Back": Glacier is going back (melting).

📚 Class XII – Flamingo – Chapter: Journey to the End of the Earth – Topic: Glaciology – Page 43

20 According to the author, when people leave their comfort zone and visibly see ice shelves collapsing, ______

A they begin to realise that the threat of global warming is very real.

B they immediately stop caring about the environment.

C they assume it is a normal seasonal change.

D they realize the ice will quickly grow back.

💡 Short Explanation

Seeing physical evidence like collapsing ice is a powerful catalyst for awareness. It removes the abstract nature of the "climate debate."

✅ Correct Answer Explanation

The correct answer is A. The author suggests that direct experience—visiting the location and seeing the damage—is necessary to overcome human apathy and truly grasp the gravity of climate change.

❓ Why Other Options Are Incorrect

Option B, C, and D are incorrect because they contradict the educational purpose of the "Students on Ice" initiative.

🎯 Strategy

Used: Contextual/Tonal Matching

Application: Matching the goal of the programme (education/realisation) with the impact of the experience.

Final Logic: Experience leads to realisation.

🧠 Memory Trick

"See=Believe": Seeing is believing the threat is real.

📚 Class XII – Flamingo – Chapter: Journey to the End of the Earth – Topic: Awareness Impact – Page 43

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