AN INTERVIEW WITH ARUN KRISHNAMURTHY
 

Exercise :- 3

◆Read the extract and answer the questions:

★  Arun Krishnamurthy was just 17 years old when he founded an NGO Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI). Beginning with the Turtle Walk- a move to save turtle eggs and young hatchings in Chennai, today Arun and his team of volunteers have cleaned beaches and various water bodies in Chennai, Hyderabad, Delhi, Coimbatore and Pondicherry.  

1) What is Arun’s NGO name? 
Ans: Arun’s NGO name is Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI).

2) How old was Arun when he founded his NGO? 
Ans: When Arun founded his NGO , he was 17 years old.

(3) What did Arun do at the age of 17 ? 
Ans: At the age of 17, Arun founded an NGO Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI).

(4) Why did Arun start the Turtle Walk ? 
Ans: Arun started the Turtle Walk to save turtle eggs and young hatchings in Chennai.

(5) Many volunteers help Arun in his noble work of saving the water bodies. Say 'True' or 'False 
Ans: True.

★ Everything from diaper to worn out slippers- we find everything in our lakes. This is so disturbing because it is water and water is the basis of life. We use garbage for landfill. We ensure that the lake area and water holding are free of garbage so that birds, frogs and snakes can live happily.  

6) What do Arun and his team find in lakes?  
Ans: Arun and his team find diaper and worn out slippers in lakes. 

7) With what do Arun and his team make land filling?   
Ans: Arun and his team make land filling with garbage.

8) What is so disturbing? 
Ans: Arun and his team find diaper and worn out slippers in lakes which pollute the water of lakes.

★ We wear nose masks, sanitary gloves and carry rakes and spades with which we collect the garbage and dump it into collection buckets which are taken to the garbage truck. We also use heavy machinery like earth movers and Poclain to desilt the lake and clear the weeds and shrubs that are harmful.  The school going students can give four hours a weekend. We welcome young animal lovers, young wild life photographers, film makers, theatre artists and scientific researchers.   

9) How much time does the school going students devote for environmental work?   
Ans: The school going students can give (devote) four hours a weekend for environmental work.

10) Who can be the volunteers in Arun’s team? 
Ans: Young animal lovers, young wild life photographers, film makers, theatre artists and scientific researchers can be the volunteers in Arun’s team

11) What equipments/things do Arun and his team use to clean the lakes ?
Ans: Arun and his team use nose masks, sanitary gloves, rakes, spades and poclains to clean the lakes.

(12) What do they do with carry rakes and spades?  
Ans: With carry rakes and spades, they collect the garbage and dump it into collection buckets

(13). To desilt the lake and-------, they also. (complete the sentence) 
Ans: To desilt the lake and clear the weeds and shrubs, they also use heavy machinery like earth movers and Poclain. 

14)Name the heavy machineries mentioned in the above passage.
Ans: Earth movers and Poclain are  the heavy machineries mentioned in the above passage.

Exercise:-4

◆Fill in the blanks with the appropriate words given in the brackets: 

1. ( humility, kind, snobbish,  supportive)  

I have ______1_____ parents who understood that my interest was the environment. I always informed them about everything that I did and took their advice before jumping into actions. I have teachers who taught me ______2_____ so that I did not become ______3_____ or arrogant.  

Ans:

1.supportive
2.humility
3.snobbish

2.(activity, neighbourhood, heavily, turned, cleaned , formulated)

A beautiful lake next to my house, which once hạd a lot of birds, frogs and snakes, was ----1----- polluted. It led to the spread of mosquitoes and-----2----a lovely place into an ugly ----3-------. This hurt me badly and I wanted to do something about it got the together with a couple of my friends and----4--- the  pond next to my house. This was the first-----5---.

Ans:

1.heavily

2.turned 

3. neighbourhood 

4.cleaned 5.activity

3.(humiliation , encourage, volunteer, polite, snobbish) 

A-----1---will always work for his mission and bear any type of------2-----. He /she will never show off his deed or act. He /she will always try to -------3----  people to participate in his/her mission. Nikunj is such an activist. He is -----4---- and hard worker but not -----5-----. He inspires one and all to join his NGO. named My Clean City. 

Ans:

1.volunteer
2.humiliation
3.encourage
4.polite
5.snobbish

Exercise:-5

◆Tick mark True or False against the following statements: 

1. Arun was just 17 years old when he founded an NGO- ( the EFI).-True 

2. Arun’s family was responsible to make the nearby lake even dirtier.--- False

3.Arun is not only an activist but also an environmentalist.---- True

4.Arun and his team do not use any safety gear when they go to clean water bodies.----False

5.Any difficult problem can be solved with determination and unity.----True

6.It is the duty of Government to protect our environment and prevent pollution.--- False

7.Arun learns from his teachers never stop learning.---True

8.Arun did not get support from his parents and teachers.--- False 

9.Arun decided to clean the ugly lake alone.--- False

10.Arun’s teachers always taught him humility and simplicity.---True