Unit-5 (Q 22-26) practice exercises: (Correct the sentences and rewrite them)
Exercise-1:
On 27 September 2009 the city had a heavy
rainfall. (22) As the people have to spend a damp, cold and cloudy day, they
finished their business in the evening and reached their dwelling places at
early hours hoping a bright morning the next day. (23) They had scarce arrived
at their destinations when the rain poured down. (24) It’s pouring continued
throughout the night.
(25) As a result, on 28 September 2009 the
people of Kurnool had to welcome river waters in gloomy colours their to
streets instead of the buses full of tourists. (26) They got up from their
sleep to roaring floods inundating their houses as well as shattering their
hopes of getting a bright and colourful morning.
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Exercise-2:
The floods inundated about 60 villages all
over the district. (22) Many of them complete submerged. (23) Much of the
misery was caused to the Tungabhadra and the Handri Niva rivers, tributaries of
the Krishna. (24) Several places, including Mantralayam, the seat of Sri
Raghavendra Swamy Mutt, was under a sheet of ten feet of water for four days.
(25) The government is forced to seek the
help of the army and the navy. (26) One of the IAF (Indian Air Force)
helicopter, requisitioned by the government rescued 15 farmers trapped in a
swollen stream in a daring operation.
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Exercise-3:
The government sent relief teams as early as possible to distribute
the emergency relief supplies like food, drinking water and clothing among the
flood survivors. (22) The relief teams reach some of the worst-hit areas and
found that the people had lost their whole lives, their memories, homes and
loved ones. (23) Thousands of people were misplaced their from homes. (24) All
of they were in need of food and drinking water. (25) They was looking on with
wide open eyes for some help to meet their needs. (26) No sooner had the relief
teams arrived there then their joy knew no bounds. A sigh of relief rejuvenated
their faces. The people were given food, bed sheets, lungis (wraparound skirts
worn by men or women) and towels. Some of them were half-naked.
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Exercise-4:
Amateur Radio Operators are experienced in
improvising antennas and power sources and most equipment available today can
be powered by an automobile battery. (22) Annual “Field Days” are holds in many
countries to practise these emergency improvisational skills. (23) Amateur
Radio Operators volunteer to help, as and when needed; however, there is no
national database on active operators whose can be called upon during any
disaster, and also if they have right setup (which means – ready to go on air
gear) at short notice. (24) Amateur Radio Operators can use hundreds
frequencies of and can quickly establish networks tying disparate agencies
together to enhance interoperability.
(25) In the Gujarat (India) earthquake in
the 26th January 2001, Amateur Radio Operators of
Gujarat commenced disaster relief communications within hours of
the tragedy. (26) With the help of Hams from various parts of the country, a
emergency traffic network was established to exchange information to various
parts of the country.
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Exercise-5:
On September 2, 2004, Ham radio was used
to inform weather forecasters with information on Hurricane Frances live from
the Bahamas. (22) In December 26, 2004, an earthquake and resulting Tsunami
across the Indian Ocean wiped out all communications with the Andaman Islands,
except for an expedition that provided a means to coordinate relief efforts. (23)
Recent, Amateur Radio Operators in the People’s Republic of China provided
emergency communications after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake and U.S. hams did
similar work following Hurricane Ike.
(24) But cyclones, earthquakes or floods is
not everyday events. (25) What we see day every is that someone in the remote
place is struggling for life, awaiting the arrival of an essential drug from
another town or someone has lost a dear one because medical attention could not
reach him on time. (26) Few this happens because most often communication is
slow or impossible. Hams have special section to handle medical and other
emergency traffic on their daily nets.
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Unit-5 (Q 32-36) practice
exercises: (Rewrite the words as directed)
Exercise-1:
Kurnool, a district with rock soil in
Andhra Pradesh in the Krishna river basin, is known as the land of rocky
temples in Rayalaseema region. The headquarters of the district with the namesake
(32) is a city with a population of 5 lakhs. Thousands of tourists
(33) from various parts of the State travel through the city on there
(34) way to tourist spots. The people of the city welcome the tourists in a
warm mood. This is a part of their daily routine (35). Every
morning is colourful for them.
But on 28th of September 2009 no tourist
visited the city from any part of the state. No bus entered the city from any
distant village or town. Something terrible hapenned (36), which
stopped the visitors.
32. Write the meaning of the word:
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33. Write the synonyms of the word:
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34. Replace with the right word:
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35. Write the antonym of the word:
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36. Rewrite the word with its correct
spelling: _____________________________________
Exercise-2:
On 27 September 2009 the city had a heavy
rainfall. As the people had to spend a damp (32), cold and cloudy day,
they finished (33) their business in the evening and reached
their dwelling (34) places at early hours hoping a bright morning
the next day. They had scarcely arrived at their journey's end (35)
when the rain poured down. Its poring (36) continued throughout
the night.
32. Write the synonyms of the word:
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33. Write the antonym of the word:
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34. Write the meaning of the word:
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35. Write the suitable word that best
fits: ___________________________________
36. Rewrite the word with its correct
spelling: _____________________________________
Exercise-3:
One of the sufferers of the flood was a
widow of well past 40. She had four children. No sooner had the relief team
visited this family then (32) they bitterly (33) cried and
held on to the members of the team sharing their problems with tears rolling
down the cheeks. She said that when the surging waters
rushed into her tiny mud shack, the flimsy (34) structure
collapsed. She and her four children had to flee for shelter to a roadside sichuated
(35) above water level. For two days she stayed there with her four
children without food to eat and water to drink. She said that she had to watch
her young children suffer, not nowing (36) what to do.
32. Rewrite it with a suitable one:
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33. Write the synonyms of the word:
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34. Write the meaning of the word:
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35. Rewrite the word with its correct
spelling: ___________________________________
36. Rewrite the word with its correct
spelling: _____________________________________
Exercise-4:
Disaster management crew (32) must
be well trained and equipped (33) with the best appliances which
might help them to communicate the condition they are in and the status of the catastrophe
(34) in the region they work for. In times of natural calamity like
floods, storms or fire the usual mode of communication like phone, mobile etc
might not work or might become inoperative (35) in the calamity.
Underground communication lines get disabled due to flooding, cell towers are
blown over or simply choke due to high utilization, backup generators run out
of fuel, or are filled up with water. This is where Ham Radio (Amautar (36)
Radio) comes into picture. Using HF (High Frequency) radio sets, messages can
be conveyed or relayed to long distance. Accurate picture of situation on the
ground, requirements and key information could be sent to disaster response
team.
32. Write the synonyms for the word:
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33. Write the antonym of the word:
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34. Write the word that best fits
here: ________________________________
35. Rewrite the meaning of the word:
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