Multiple choice

Directions: Read the following passage and answer the question that follows.

PassageWe inhabit a divided world. On the one hand the rich are critical of our continuing poverty, on the other, they warn us against their own methods. We do no wish to impoverish the environment any further and yet we cannot for a moment forget the grim poverty of large numbers of people. Are not poverty and need the greatest polluters? For instance, unless we are in a position to provide employment and purchasing power for the daily necessities of the tribal people and those who live in or around jungles, we cannot prevent them from combing the forest for food and livelihood, from poaching and from despoiling the vegetation. When they themselves feel, deprived how can we urge the preservation of animals? How can we speak to those who live in villages and in slums about keeping the oceans, the rivers and the air clean when their own lives are contaminated at the source? The environment cannot be improved in conditions of poverty. Nor can poverty be eradicated without the use of science and technology.

Why do the tribal people and those who live in or around jungles comb the forest?

  1. They do so to earn money.

  2. They comb the forest for food and livelihood.

  3. They comb the forest to pollute the environment.

  4. They do so because they wanted to do so.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The passage explicitly states that tribal people and those living near forests comb the forest 'for food and livelihood'. This is presented as a direct consequence of their poverty and need - they cannot prevent these activities unless provided with employment and purchasing power for necessities. Options A, C, and D are either not mentioned or contradict the passage's clear explanation of economic necessity driving forest use.

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