Scribd
Upload
185 views2 pages

Unseen Passage 6

The passage discusses the growing issue of traffic congestion in the city, highlighting its negative impacts on air quality, productivity, and public health. It notes a significant increase in the number of vehicles, which has outpaced the transport infrastructure, leading to more reliance on private vehicles. The text emphasizes the need for citizens to adopt public transport and for the government to enhance public transport facilities to address these challenges.

Uploaded by

sakshamsuratiya
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
185 views2 pages

Unseen Passage 6

The passage discusses the growing issue of traffic congestion in the city, highlighting its negative impacts on air quality, productivity, and public health. It notes a significant increase in the number of vehicles, which has outpaced the transport infrastructure, leading to more reliance on private vehicles. The text emphasizes the need for citizens to adopt public transport and for the government to enhance public transport facilities to address these challenges.

Uploaded by

sakshamsuratiya
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
We take content rights seriously. If you suspect this is your content, claim it here.
Available Formats
Download as PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 2

Read the passage given below:

1. Increasing traffic congestion every year is causing increasing air pollution, wasting time and productivity and diverse
respiratory diseases. Moreover, the cost of solving or reducing traffic congestion is enormous. However, neglecting the
traffic jam problem would increase the social problems among citizens.

2. The number of vehicles has increased considerably in the city in the past five years. Due to this increase, the city roads
witness frequent traffic congestions, but above all, the vehicles emitting pollutants are affecting the environment
adversely.

3. The Capital's vehicular population saw an addition of more than five lakh vehicles last year, registering an increase of
over 4%, according to the Delhi Economic Survey 2020-21.

4. In spite of the largest road network, through metro and bus services in major cities the transport system is not being
able to keep pace with the growing demand. Consequently, more and more people use their private vehicles, leading to
increased congestion on the roads. In spite of these challenges people in India prefer road travel over air and other
means of travel. Citizens of Delhi/NCR have, time and again, pondered over the possibilities of how to reduce the traffic
congestion in the city, especially during the peak hours. People should use public transport, the government must
increase the facilities of public transport, people should avoid the unnecessary collection of vehicles and should use
carpool and vehicle sharing.

5. What is required is proper implementation of corrective measures by citizens to get an organized traffic management
system.

Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given below: (10)

1. Infer one reason for the following, based on information in paragraph 1. Reducing traffic congestion is not easy. (1)

ii. Select the appropriate option to complete the following sentence. The reasons for increased traffic congestion are (1)

1. use of private vehicles

2. increase in demand for cars

3. inability to keep pace with population control

4. travelling by public transport

5. emission of pollutants

a. 4,5

b. 1,5

c. 1,2

d. 2.3

iii. Analyze the status of traffic between the years 2019-2022. (2)
What is required to get an organized traffic management system?

iv. Give the reasons for increase in vehicular congestion. (2)

v. Complete the following analogy correctly with a word/phrase from the paragraph 5.

organized: chaotic: lowest:_______.

an antonym of chaotic, lowest is an antonym of Clue: Just as organized is (1)

vi. The vehicles emit pollutants which affect badly (1)

vii. Complete the following sentence. Use of public transport will reduce _____. (1)

viii. Select the appropriate option to complete the following sentence. The reasons for increased traffic congestion are
______.(1)

1. start car pooling

2. add electric buses

3. increase in public modes of transport

4. increase car collection points

5. increase taxation

a. 1,4,5

b. 3,5

c. 2.3.4

d. 1.3

You might also like