Hornbill The Ailing Planet - Practice Papers
CBSE Class 11 English Core
Section D
Practice Paper
The Ailing Planet: The Green Movement’s Role
By Nani Palkhivala
Questions for practice:
Long Questions:
- Why does Nani Palkhiwala call the Earth an ailing planet and what is the role of the Green Movement?
- Nani Palkhiwala in his essay ‘The Ailing Planet’: The Green Movement’s Role’,calls man ‘the worlds’ most dangerous animal’. How does he defend his viewpoint and at he same time holds out hope for the world?
- What picture of the future of the planet does the author paint? What can thwart that scenario?
Short Questions:
- What causes endless anguish to common man?
- What are the unusually alarming statistics about the population that the author talks about?
- Why is the Green Revolution important?
- Justify the title of the essay.
- Explain the statement ‘forests precede mankind; deserts follow’.
