NIOS Class 12 English Chapter 3 Solution – Reading With Understanding
NIOS Class 12 English Solution Chapter 3 Reading With Understanding . NIOS Class 12 English Chapter 3 Question Answers Download PDF. NIOS Class 12 English Notes.
NIOS Class 12 English Chapter 3 Solution
Board |
NIOS |
Class |
12th (Higher Secondary) |
Subject |
English |
Topic |
Question Answer, Solution, Notes |
Reading With Understanding
3.1.)
1.) a) Did the couple look after the saplings because:2. it gave them happiness and satisfaction?
b) The trees provided:3. shade along the 3 km stretch of road.
2.)
i.) Trees were planted along a ___3km______ stretch of road.
ii.) The trees were planted in the __1950s_____.
iii.) Thimmakka planted __300______ saplings.
iv.) They looked after the trees for ___10______years.
v.) __284_____ trees grew along the National Highway.
vi.) The approximate cost of the trees are ___85_______ crores.
3.)
a) thimmakka received national citizens award for creating a canopy of 3 km stretch with 284 banyan trees alongside the kudur road in karnataka.
b) thimmakka and her husband was childless and tired of their neighbours’ jibes. They decided to plant banyan trees out of their loneliness and take care of them as their children.
c) thimmakka brought water in pots from long distance to pour at the roots of the saplings. She poked near the roots of trees in rainy season so that water could go deep. She remained there as constant vigil to protect her trees as the place was not fenced.
4.) a) To take good care of the saplings after ensuring their safety Thimmakka had to:
i) work in a quarry for their hand-to-mouth experience.
ii) go to kudur road.
iii) attend the saplings before the break of dawn.
b) Thimmakka’s banyan trees have benefited the environment by:
i) a green canopy for 3 km
ii) nests for birds
iii) prevent soil erosion.
5.) canopy.
3.2.)
1.) (i) The scientists are looking for- (b) life in other parts of the universe.
ii) The size of Mars is- b) half the diameter of earth.
(iii) The changes in the colour of the surface of Mars may be due to the- c) changes in the vegetation due to the changes in the seasons.
(iv) Giovanni, the Italian astronomer found- c) markings on Mars resembling canals.
2.) i) mars has a day that is almost equal in length to the day on earth.
Mars has seasons like the earth.
Mars has small amount of water vapour in its atmosphere.
ii) Astronomers noticed that there are seasons on mars like the earth. As the seasons change there is changes on the surface of mars. There is small amount of water vapour which is helpful to support life.
iii) Mars is considered to be a sort of twin of our own planet earth. It is the next planet beyond the earth in distance from the sun. Mars is about half the diameter of the earth and it rotates around the Sun in just under two years.
3.) (i) Two American Viking probes landed on Mars in ___1976______.
(ii) They looked for __signs of life_______ in the surrounding soil and ___radioed their results back to earth__________.
(iii) The two things that they found were- either there are germs in the soil or the soil is unusual, very simple form of life exists there.