1. Comphrensive Passage :

Directions: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given beside.

The second-largest colony of emperor penguins in the world appears to be collapsing, after rough seas drowned all of its babies three winters in a row.

The Halley Bay colony once accounted for 5 to 9% of the global emperor penguin population, according to the British Antarctic Survey (BAC), which reported the catastrophe. That amounted to about 15,000 to 24,000 adult breeding pairs. But in 2016, the sea-ice platform on which the colony was raising its babies collapsed during rough weather, throwing infant penguins unable to swim into the frigid water. In 2017 and 2018, the rough weather pattern repeated itself.

The birds arrive at the site from their summer sea jaunts each April to breed; for the resulting chicks to survive, the site has to remain stable throughout the Southern Hemisphere’s winter, which lasts until December.

By 2018, a handful of adults — a "few hundred," or about 2 percent of the original population — turned up at the Halley Bay site, the researchers reported. The remaining colony appeared in disarray, with adults moving closer to the ice edge than is typical, and was difficult to count scattered among the roughened chunks of ice.

The good news is that at least some of the colony appears to have moved, rather than died out. The Dawson-Lambton Glacier colony 34 miles (55 kilometers) to the south has significantly swelled in numbers since the devastation of Halley Bay, the BAC reported. That colony, which had hit a low of just 1,280 pairs in the 2015 season, swelled in each succeeding year. In 2016, it reached 5,315 pairs. In 2017, there were 11,117 pairs. And by 2018, a full 14,612 pairs set up camp at the site.

2.
Which of following is/are true?

I. The Dawson-Lambton Glacier colony has increased after devastation of Halley Bay colony.
II. The infant penguins at Halley bay colony died of drowning into cold water.
III. The birds came at site in month of April and last upto December.

Only I Only II Only I and III All I, II and III

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3.
Which of following is false in context of passage?

I. The Dawson-Lambton Glacier colony died due to collapse of rough sea.
II. The penguin birds breed during April every year.
III. Halley Bay colony reached 5315 pairs in 2016.

Only I Only II Only I and III Only II and III

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4.
Which of following is a synonym of disarray in context of passage?

hotchpotch settle integration fixed

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5.
Where do emperor penguins breed?

Ice caves Glaciers Snow Sea-ice platform

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6.
Halley Bay colony and Dawson-Lambton Glacier colony are related to which of following?

Giant Panda Emperor Penguin Seal Eskimo

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7.
Which of following is an antonym of frigid in context of passage?

Flexible Soft Lukewarm Hot

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8.
What was/were main reason/reasons behind devastation of Halley Bay colony?

I. Killing of infant babies by predators.
II. Drowning of infant penguins into frigid water.
III. The rough wear pattern that caused collapse of sea-ice platform on which penguin babies were bred.

Only I Only III Only I and III Only II and III

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