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IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

1. On the basis of your understanding of the above passage, answer each of the questions given below by choosing the most appropriate option : (ii) In which year did Jenna Jambeck and other researchers calculate that at least 8 million tons of plastic trash are swept into the ocean every year?

   • (a) 2018
   • (b) 2015
   • (b) 2005
   • (d) 2010

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2. Read the passage given below: 1. All of the Earth’s oceans share one thing in common: plastic pollution. Discarded plastic bags, cups, and bottles make their way into the sea. Today, it seems that no part of the ocean is safe from plastic trash. In recent years, oceanographers have searched in vain for a pristine marine environment. They have found plastic everywhere they have looked. “It is a common global problem, we can’t point to a single habitat or location with no plastic.” 2. Plastic harms wildlife and introduces dangerous chemicals into marine ecosystems—communities of organisms interacting with their surroundings. Once plastic enters the environment, it lasts a long time. Scientists are working to prev

   • (a) 20%
   • (b) 50%
   • (c) 80%
   • (d) 25%

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