HackerRank Reading Comprehension Quiz -1

Refer to, “Madhav Gadgil, who chaired the Union Environment Ministry’s WGEEP, has said the recent havoc in Kerala is a consequence of short-sighted policymaking, and warned that Goa may also be in the line of nature’s fury.”

It is clear from the above that the experts are of the view that policy making has been the major reason for such floods in the country as it has not taken into account the environmental considerations of the area.

 

Refer to, “The State governments that are mainly responsible for the Western Ghats — Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Goa and Maharashtra — must go back to the drawing table with the reports of both the Gadgil Committee and the Kasturirangan Committee, which was set up to examine the WGEEP report. The task before them is to initiate correctives to environmental policy decisions.”

It implies from the above lines that the states should ponder over the steps to be taken in order to preserve the ecology of the Western Ghats Area and they should think about implementation of the expert panel report on this issue.

 

Refer to, “This is not going to be easy, given the need to balance human development pressures with stronger protection of the Western Ghats ecology.”
It is very much clear from the above lines that the objective of sustainable development is very difficult to meet with the political considerations in mind and that is why it becomes very difficult to strike a balance between the political objectives and the environmental requirements of the Western Ghats Area.

 

Refer to, “The goal has to be sustainable development for the Ghats as a whole.”

It is very clear that the main objective of all the activities surrounding the Western Ghats Area should be overall development of the region and also for all the parties concerned. There should be sustainable development of all the regions in the area.

 

Refer to, “The role of big hydroelectric dams, built during an era of rising power demand and deficits, must now be considered afresh and proposals for new ones dropped. Other low-impact forms of green energy led by solar power are available. A moratorium on quarrying and mining in the identified sensitive zones, in Kerala and also other States, is necessary to assess their environmental impact.”

It is clear that in order to preserve the Western Ghats Area, the solar energy should be promoted in the area along with moratorium on the mining and quarrying activities in the area. Apart from that, there should be restriction on construction of new hydroelectric power dams in the area.

Refer to, “Service sector is one of the key sectors of the Indian economy with a huge potential to grow into one of the largest markets of the world. Standards can play a major facilitative role in this regard. It is important that the standardization needs and priorities of the sector are determined,” a senior official said.”

It is very clear from the above lines that the government is of the view that there should be standardization in the sector so that this fastest growing sector can be developed properly in the country. Among the given options, statement A may be true but only because a sector is contributing to GDP cannot be considered for the sole ground for initiating standardization drive in this sector.

 

Refer to, “At a meeting with industry bodies on Friday, it has been decided that the BIS will set up a separate ‘divisional council’ for services in a month’s time. Under this, different technical committees will be set up — one for each service. The committees will have various stakeholders such as government officials, experts and industry representatives.”

It is very clear that the BIS will set up a different division for the purpose of standardization drive in the services sector with technical committees being set up to oversee the technical aspects of such sectors. These committees will have various stakeholders such as the government officials, experts and industry people.

 

Refer to, "During the meeting, the BIS pointed out that the initial focus will be the 12 champion services sectors identified by the government."

It means that statement I is incorrect since the initial focus will be on 12 sectors belonging to the service sector and these sectors have also been identified by the Government as the champion sectors of the economy. The focus will not be on all the sectors of the economy.

Refer to, "The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) standards is set to formulate a framework for quality services that should be provided to consumers and also talk about the benchmarks to deal with consumer complaints or after-sales service in an effort to ensure quality in the services sector."

It implies that the BIS wants to develop a framework in which there will be main focus on the consumer complaints regarding the after-sales service concerning any product. The customers should not complaint about the servicing after buying any product, this is the main objective of the new framework. This makes Statement II correct.

According to the above lines, it is also true that the new standardization drive is meant to create a benchmark for the service sector in the after-sales service of any product. This makes Statement III also correct.

 

Statement I is correct since it is clear from the passage that mobile phone manufacturers are the worst service providers in the country according to the online poll conducted by the Local Circles.

Statement II is also correct since according to the poll, there are many sectors such as mobile, automobile, white goods firms etc. which are facing issues related to the after sales services to the customers.

Statement III is correct since most of the customers feel that the service providers should at least acknowledge the complaints from the customers. 93% of the respondents in the online poll replied that the complaints should be acknowledged within 72 hours.

 

 

It is clear from the above passage that the Bureau of Indian Standards wants the industry bodies to be part of the process of standardization drive to be launched by the organization regarding the services sectors. The organization wants the industry bodies to share their views regarding the benchmark that will be created by the BIS.