TCS NQT All Slots Analysis 2023

Verbal

Ques 1. Parts of the given sentence have been given as options. One of them contains a grammatical error. Select the option that has the error.

Our soldiers have to fight in an utterly fearless manner even at inhospitable terrain

Options

1. Our soldiers have to fight
2. in an utterly
3. fearless manner
4. even at inhospitable terrain

Answer:- even at inhospitable terrain

2. Select the option in which the underlined idiom has been used appropriately.

1. Beyond a certain limit, it will be difficult to stop investing in the project. The situation by then will be in for a penny sand out for a pound.
2. Now that we have started working on the project report, we will have to finish it even if we have to stay up all night. As they say, in for a penny and in for a pound.
3. Since we had already reached more than halfway close to the waterfall, although a little tired we decided to reach it somehow, In for a pound and in for a penny, after all.
4. When Senorita Pvt. Ltd. was booming, Jim was in for a penny and in for a pound , that’s how casual he was.

Answer:- Beyond a certain limit, it will be difficult to stop investing in the project. The situation by then will be in for a penny sand out for a pound.

3. Select the option that can be used as a one-word-substitute for the underlined part of sentence

Rohit is full of life and has a charismatic personality, everyone should have a friend like him.

Options

1. Complacent
2. Caustic
3. Cunning
4. Convivial

Answer:- Convivial

4. Four idioms are given below, choose their sequence that would fill in the blanks and complete the text given here.

There is an election coming, and I have not decided who I am voting for. My favorite candidate made a speech that was completely _______. The candidate deftly ________ the journal around questions of his dubious background. I’m _________ between two candidates. I think the general public is feeling _______ due to the limited choice they have.

1. Fenced with
2. Over the fence
3. Fenced in
4. On the fence

Options

1. 1342
2. 1243
3. 2143
4. 2314

Answer:- 2143

5. Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.

“You’re going to do great” Mom squeezed my knee, the goop on her lips catching white sunlight when she smiled.

A row of girls, four deep, marched by our BMW, their backpacks firmly secured to their slight shoulders with both straps, thick ponytails bobbing like blond plumes on Spartan helmets. “Mom, know. “I rolled my eyes, more for myself than at her was dangerously close to crying, to curling up in her arms while she ran her long pointy nails up and down my forearm until had goose bumps. “Tickle my arm used to beg when I was little, snuggling up to her on the couch.

“You’re going to be late!” She planted a kiss on my cheek that left a sticky coating of lip gloss. In return, she got a sullen new teenager “Good-bye.

That morning, thirty-five steps from the front door of school, I was still only in rehearsals for the role.

First period was homeroom, and like a huge dork was excited by this My middle school didn’t have bells or different teachers for different classes There were forty girls per grade, divided into two classrooms, and in that classroom, you were taught math, social studies, science religion, and English by the same teacher all year long, and if you were lucky, you got the one who wasn’t the nun (I was never lucky). The idea of a school where a bell rang every forty-one minutes, prompting you on to the next classroom, with a new teacher and a new concentration of students, made me feel like I was a guest star on ‘Saved by the bell or something’.

But the most exciting part of that first morning was English. Honors English, another distinction my old school never made, in which had secured a spot thanks to that brilliant 150-word description of my cat’s tragic demise I couldn’t wait to take notes in the bright green pen I’d bought at the school store Mt St Theresa’s made us write in pencil like babies, but Bradley didn’t care what you wrote in Didn’t care you took notes at all as long as you kept your grades up Bradley’s school colours were green and white, and I bought a pen the same shade as the basketball jerseys to display my new allegiance.

Honors English was a small class, only twelve students, and instead of desks, we got to sit at three long tables, pushed together to form the shape of a bracket. The teacher, Mr. Larson, was someone Mom would dismiss as hefty but those twenty extra pounds had resulted in a kind, full face squinty eyes, a slight arch to his upper lip that made him look like he was remembering some hilarious crack one of his buddies had made to him the night before over lukewarm Bud Lights. He wore faded pastel button-downs and had the kind of floppy, light brown hair that assured us it wasn’t too long ago that he was a prep school kid just like us and he, like, totally got it.

Question: Which of the following statements does NOT hold good as per the information given in the passage?

1. The narrator was trying her best to adapt to her new environment and from the beginning, wanted to project herself as a loyal student of the new school
2. The narrator was trying her best to remain calm and composed but within herself she was extremely nervous about starting a new phase of her life in an alien environment
3. The narrator who was past her teens had attained maturity and craved for freedom which she did not get in her middle school and so was excited at the possibilities that Bradley offered
4. The narrator belonged to a wealthy family which could afford her education in a posh school like St. Mt. Bradley which followed a modern concept of education.

Answer:- The narrator who was past her teens had attained maturity and craved for freedom which she did not get in her middle school and so was excited at the possibilities that Bradley offered

6. Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.

“You’re going to do great” Mom squeezed my knee, the goop on her lips catching white sunlight when she smiled.

A row of girls, four deep, marched by our BMW, their backpacks firmly secured to their slight shoulders with both straps, thick ponytails bobbing like blond plumes on Spartan helmets. “Mom, know. “I rolled my eyes, more for myself than she was dangerously close to crying, curling up in her arms while she ran her long pointy nails up and down my forearm until I had goosebumps. “Tickle my arm used to beg when I was little, snuggling up to her on the couch.

“You’re going to be late!” She planted a kiss on my cheek that left a sticky coating of lip gloss. In return, she got a sullen new teenager “Good-bye.

That morning, thirty-five steps from the front door of school, I was still only in rehearsals for the role.

First period was homeroom, and like a huge dork was excited by this My middle school didn’t have bells or different teachers for different classes There were forty girls per grade, divided into two classrooms, and in that classroom, you were taught math, social studies, science religion, and English by the same teacher all year long, and if you were lucky, you got the one who wasn’t the nun (I was never lucky). The idea of a school where a bell rang every forty-one minutes, prompting you on to the next classroom, with a new teacher and a new concentration of students, made me feel like I was a guest star on ‘Saved by the Bell or something

But the most exciting part of that first morning was English. Honors English, another distinction my old school never made, in which had secured a spot thanks to that brilliant 150-word description of my cat’s tragic demise I couldn’t wait to take notes in the bright green pen I’d bought at the school store Mt St Theresa’s made us write in pencil like babies, but Bradley didn’t care what you wrote in Didn’t care you took notes at all as long as you kept your grades up Bradley’s school colours were green and white, and I bought a pen the same shade as the basketball jerseys to display my new allegiance.

Honors English was a small class, only twelve students, and instead of desks, we got to sit at three long tables, pushed together to form the shape of a bracket. The teacher, Mr. Larson, was someone Mom would dismiss as hefty but those twenty extra pounds had resulted in a kind, full face squinty eyes, a slight arch to his upper lip that made him look like he was remembering some hilarious crack one of his buddies had made to him the night before over lukewarm Bud Lights. He wore faded pastel button-downs and had the kind of floppy, light brown hair that assured us it wasn’t too long ago that he was a prep school kid just like us and he, like, totally got it.

According to the passage, which of the following options is true?

Options

1. The narrator’s old school allowed students subject-wise teachers only after middle school level and till then all subjects were taught by one single teacher.
2. The narrator was allowed to take up Honors English in middle school only after she passed a written test where she had described a tragic death of her cat.
3. The teachers at Bradley were  more formal as compared to the narrator’s previous school and that is the reason the students could relate with them.
4. Bradley was a high school and offered more freedom to students in all aspects of their teaching learning process and allowed them to make choices of their own.

Answer:- The narrator was allowed to take up Honors English in middle school only after she passed a written test where she had described a tragic death of her cat.

7. Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow.

“You’re going to do great” Mom squeezed my knee, the goop on her lips catching white sunlight when she smiled.

A row of girls, four deep, marched by our BMW, their backpacks firmly secured to their slight shoulders with both straps, thick ponytails bobbing like blond plumes on Spartan helmets. “Mom, know. “I rolled my eyes, more for myself than she was dangerously close to crying, curling up in her arms while she ran her long pointy nails up and down my forearm until I had goosebumps. “Tickle my arm used to beg when I was little, snuggling up to her on the couch.

“You’re going to be late!” She planted a kiss on my cheek that left a sticky coating of lip gloss. In return, she got a sullen new teenager “Good-bye.

That morning, thirty-five steps from the front door of school, I was still only in rehearsals for the role.

First period was homeroom, and like a huge dork was excited by this My middle school didn’t have bells or different teachers for different classes There were forty girls per grade, divided into two classrooms, and in that classroom, you were taught math, social studies, science religion, and English by the same teacher all year long, and if you were lucky, you got the one who wasn’t the nun (I was never lucky). The idea of a school where a bell rang every forty-one minutes, prompting you on to the next classroom, with a new teacher and a new concentration of students, made me feel like I was a guest star on ‘Saved by the Bell or something

But the most exciting part of that first morning was English. Honors English, another distinction my old school never made, in which had secured a spot thanks to that brilliant 150-word description of my cat’s tragic demise I couldn’t wait to take notes in the bright green pen I’d bought at the school store Mt St Theresa’s made us write in pencil like babies, but Bradley didn’t care what you wrote in Didn’t care you took notes at all as long as you kept your grades up Bradley’s school colours were green and white, and I bought a pen the same shade as the basketball jerseys to display my new allegiance.

Honors English was a small class, only twelve students, and instead of desks, we got to sit at three long tables, pushed together to form the shape of a bracket. The teacher, Mr. Larson, was someone Mom would dismiss as hefty but those twenty extra pounds had resulted in a kind, full face squinty eyes, a slight arch to his upper lip that made him look like he was remembering some hilarious crack one of his buddies had made to him the night before over lukewarm Bud Lights. He wore faded pastel button-downs and had the kind of floppy, light brown hair that assured us it wasn’t too long ago that he was a prep school kid just like us and he, like, totally got it.

How was Mt. St. Bradley different from the narrator’s middle school?

Options

1. They did not care what the students used to write their notes, provided they used green and white pens or pencils.
2. The new school gave more room to students in the selection of subjects as per their interests and had specialized facilitators.
3. Honors English was taught in middle schools to all students irrespective of whether they liked it or not but Bradley’s it could be offered only by select students.
4. Homeroom at middle school was led by a nun. Whereas at Bradley it was the most interesting period comprising of a small group of students led by a young and kind master.

Answer:- The new school gave more room to students in the selection of subjects as per their interests and had specialized facilitators.

8. Select the most appropriate set of idioms that would fill in the blanks and complete the given passage.

I love (1) ______ the hidden gems of Europe. The places still (2) ______ and those destinations that (3) _____ if you are like me and would rather point to an island called Nisyro on a map and (4)______.

1. 1. Hunting out 2. Waiting for crowds to descend 3. Capture your heart 4. Head there on a whim.
2. 1. Fishing out 2. Waiting for crowds to descend 3. Appeal to your heart 4. Be on the movie.
3. 1. To go on a hunting spree 2. Waiting for Godot 3. Touch your heart 4. Act on a whim.
4. 1. Hunting out 2. Waiting for crowds to descend 3. Captured his heart 4. Head there on whim

Answer:- 1. Hunting out 2. Waiting for crowds to descend 3. Capture your heart 4. Head there on a whim.

9. The Constitution of India had conferred on women equal rights and (A)_____ political, social, educational and of employment with men. Because of (B)______ traditions, superstitions, exploitation and corruption, a majority of women are not allowed to enjoy equal rights and opportunities (C)______ on them. One of the major reasons for this state of affairs is the lack of literacy and (D)_______ among women. Education is the main instrument through which we can narrow down the prevailing inequality.

1. (A)opportunities (B)oppressive (C)bestowed (D)awareness
2. (A)hopes (B)mild (C)granted (D)attention
3. (A)liberties (B)gloomy (C)donated (D) experience
4. (A)favors (B)unjust (C)gifted (D)alertness

Answer:- (A)opportunities (B)oppressive (C)bestowed (D)awareness

10. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent passage

1. Like visual illusions, cognitive illusions are automatic, it is difficult or impossible to turn off the mental machinery that gives rise to them.
2. They reveal to us some of the substructure that supports cognition and perception.
3. Fortunately, many cognitive illusions can be overcome with training.
4. Cognitive illusions are a window into the inner workings of the mind and brain.
5. However, cognitive illusions often lead us to misperceive really and interpret the behavior of other people who comprise our social world, which lead to conflict and social suspicion.

Options

1. ACECB
2. BDAEC
3. DABEC
4. ABDEC

Answer:- DABEC

11. Identify the error in the sentence.

We all want to be the best parent we can be for our children, but there is often conflicting advice on how to raise a kid who is confident, kind, and successful.

1. Parent we can be for our children but
2. A kid who is confident, kind and successful
3. We all want to be the best
4. But there is often conflicting advice on how to raise.

Answer:- Parent we can be for our children but

12. For the four-sentence paragraph below, sentences S1 and S4 are given. From P,Q, R and S, select the appropriate sentences that can fit S2 and S3, respectively. (Write your answer in the text box provided without any spaces e.g. XY or YZ)

S1 Approximately 4.6 billion years ago, our solar system was just a cloud of dust and gas known as a solar nebula

S2 _________

S3 _________

S4. Small particles drew together, bound by the force of gravity, into larger particles.

1. With the sun beginning to form, the remaining material started to clump up

Q Eventually, a mysterious occurrence created a disturbance while asteroids were continuously bombarding the planet

1. This left behind heavy, rocky materials that formed smaller terrestrial worlds like Earth.
2. Gravity collapsed the material in on itself as it began to spin, condensing the matter and forming the sun in the center of the nebula.

Answer:- SP

13. In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.

Bullies are usually physically stronger than the people they bully. It can be described as a show off (1)______ to undermine or denigrate someone’s dignity to gain sadistic (2)______ out of it. What most people don’t know (3)_____ is that many people who show violent behavior and engage in bullying themselves, have low self esteem and are (4)_____ and anxious.

Blank 1. A. power  B. strength C. force D. vigour

Blank 2. A. Apathy B. Misery C. bliss D. pleasure

Blank 3. A. eventually B. moreover C. however D. yet

Blank 4. A. insecure B. calm C. Cool D. touchy

Options.

1. 1. C 2. B 3. A 4. D
2. 1. D 2. A 3. B 4. C
3. 1. B 2. D 3. C 4. A
4. 1. B 2. D 3. A 4. B

Answer:-1. B 2. D 3. C 4. A

14. Each sentence in the given paragraph contains four underlined phrases. Three of these phrases have been correctly used, and one has been incorrectly used. Select the phrase from among the following option that best replaces the INCORRECT phrase in the sentence.

When Jhonny returned from the school he sought a secluded spot and removed the columns of newspaper from the inside of his clothing, where they had been artfully stuffed so as to successfully defend the areas likely for being attacked.

1. Were artistically
2. Was seeking
3. Likely to be
4. From within

Answer:- Likely to be

15. Select the most appropriate set of idioms that would fill in the blanks and complete the given passage:

If you want to be rich and successful, you must be ambitious and a dreamer but at the same time you cannot afford to (1)____ without fortifying them with strong pillars. Today the world needs young, energetic and dynamic people to conduct business successfully. You need to be free of attachments if you wish to (2)____. You must remember that it’s (3)______ world out there and you’re going to have to (4)_____ quite a lot. Along with your grit and determination you need to be flexible and ready to take advantage of anything that comes your way.

1. (1)live in an ivory tower, (2)strike it down, (3)every dog has his day, (4)sweat it out
2. (1)a troglodytes world, (2)strike it big, (3)work like a dog, (4)sweat and slog
3. (1)build castles in the air, (2)strike it rich, (3)a dog eat dog, (4)sweat and slog
4. (1)build castles in the air, (2)make it to the top, (3)a dog fight, (4)toil and labour

Answer:- (1)build castles in the air, (2)strike it rich, (3)a dog eat dog, (4)sweat and slog

16. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks in the given passage

There are a number of reasons why many of us (1)______ a budget. Many of these reasons are (2)_____ false assumptions or myths.

1. (1)  does not create or live by (2) base on
2. (1) do not create or live on (2) basing on
3. (1)does not create or live by (2) based on
4. (1) do not create or live by (2) based on

Answer:- (1) do not create or live by (2) based on

17. Sentences of a paragraph are given below in jumbled order. Arrange the sentences in the correct order to form a meaningful and coherent passage

1. Their rich, complex culture reached a high point in the Mediterranean Middle Ages.
2. For more than three centuries in Medieval Soain, Muslims, Jews, and Christians lived together and prospered in a thriving multicultural civilisation.
3. However, larger forces in conquest of land and power brought about puritanical judgements, absolutism, and religious extremism.
4. Here, remarkable individuals of different faiths made lasting contributions in such areas as poetry, art, architecture science, agriculture, medicine, and engineering and even hydraulic technology.
5. The conflict they triggered extinguished the shared learning that once flourished in this enlightened land.

1. DBCEA
2. ABCDE
3. BDACE
4. EDABC

Answer:- BDACE

18. For the four-sentence (S1 to S4) paragraph below, sentences S1 and S4 are given. From P, Q, R and S, select the appropriate sentences for S2 and S3,

S1. An organization’’s culture defines the proper way to behave within the organisation

S2. ____________________

S3. ____________________

S4. Leaders in successful companies communicate their cultural identities to employees as well as prospective new hires.

1. Mergers and acquisitions are fraught with cultural issues.

Q For example, regional cultures often differ from the overall culture that top leadership tries to instill.

1. This culture consists of shared beliefs and values established by leaders and then communicated and reinforced through yarious methods.
2. These common beliefs and values ultimately shape employee perceptions, behaviours, and understanding.

1. RS
2. QS
3. SR
4. RP

Answer: RS

19. Choose the correct word to fill the blank in the sentence.

The EV and IA are examples of _______fields of study.

1. Nasient
2. Nascent
3. Nassent
4. Nasent

Answer: Nascent

20. Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blanks in the given passage

As the pandemic rolls on and millions around the world face months of social isolation, gaming (1) ______ lifeline. Those new players may keep on gaming  (2)________ to socialise in person, too.

1. (1) continues to be a surprise (2) after even they’re allowed.
2. (1) continue to be a surprising (2) after even they’re allowed
3. (1)continues to be a surprise (2) even after their allowed
4. (1) continues to be surprising (2) even after they’re allowed

Answer:- (1) continues to be surprising (2) even after they’re allowed

21. Given below a paragraph with five sentences, which are presented in a jumbled order. Write down the best order (eg. ABCDE), which would be a unified, meaningful and coherent paragraph.

1. Its hands were sufficiently free to allow a precision grip, in which the tips of the fingers and thumb can be pressed together, allowing fine manipulation- something often assumed to be exclusive to toolmaking humans.
2. The free hands of Oreopithecus were not as far as we know employed in making tools thereby refining planning depth swiftly followed by the conquest of the earth.
3. Bipedality was not the first step in some progressive path of transformation between Ape and Angel for Oreopithecus, an extinct ape but a trait as individual as any other variety of ape locomotion.
4. The absent features of the trait marked as a non-evolutionary step and did not dave Oreopithecus which remained confined to its island home where it quietly became extinct.
5. Oreopithecus was a very distinct cousin of hominins, not an ancestor and its bipedality was not a harbinger of technology, holding babies close to its chest or anything else.

Answer:- CEABD

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23. Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow:-

In the time it takes you to read the sentence, the global building industry will have poured more than 19,000 bathtubs of concrete. By the time you are halfway through this article the volume would fill the Albert Hall and spill out into Hyde Park In a day it would be almost the sure of China’s Three Gorges Dam. In a single year, there is enough to patio over every hill, dale, nook and cranny in England

After water, concrete is the most widely used substance on Earth If the cement industry were a country it would be the third largest carbon dioxide emiter in the world with up to 2.8 bn tonnes, surpassed only by China and the US.

The material is the foundation of modern development, putting roofs over the heads of billions, fortifying our defences against natural disasters and providing a structure for heathcare, education, transport, energy and industry.

Concrete is how we try to tame nature. Our slabs protect us from the elements. They keep the rain from our heads the cold from our bones and the mud from our feet. But they aho entomb vast tracts of fertile soil, constipate rivers, choke habitats and-acting as a rock hard second skin- desensitise us from what is happening outside our urban fortresses.

Our blue and green world is becoming greyer by the second. By one calcuation we may have already passed the point where concrete outweighs the combined carbon mass of every tree bush and shrub on the planet. Our built environment is in these terms, outgrowing the naturl one. Unike the natural world, however, does not actually grow. Instead its chef quality is to harden and then degrade, extremely slowly

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the plastic produced over the past 60 years amounts to 8 bn tonnes. The cement industry pumps out more than that every two years. But though the problem is bigger than plastic, it is generally seen as less severe. Concrete is not derived from fossil fuels. It is not being found in the stomach of whales and seagulls. Doctors aren’t discovering traces of it in our blood Nor do we see it tangled in oak trees or contributing to subterranean. fatbergs. We know where we are with concrete. Or to be more precise, we know where it is going: nowhere Which is exactly why we have come to rely on it.

This solidify, of course, is what human kind yearns for. Concrete is beloved for its weight and endurance. That is why it serves as the foundation of modern life holding time, nature, the elements and entropy at bay. When combined with steel is the material that ensures our dames don’t burst our towr blocks don’t fall, our roads don’t buckle and our electricity grid  remains connected.

Concrete is used to tame the vaganes of nature in the habitat we choose to live in. Based on the statement choose the following that is untrue.

1. We humans choose to inhibit inhospitable habitats.
2. Nature is cathartic and the earth is a violent place.
3. It disintegrates very slowly and produces with a  strong tenement which can be injabited by the humans.
4. It is the preferred technology to provide highly durable and tested material for use in all-round construction activity.

Answer:- We humans choose to inhibit inhospitable habitats.

24. Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow:-

In the time it takes you to read the sentence, the global building industry will have poured more than 19,000 bathtubs of concrete. By the time you are halfway through this article the volume would fill the Albert Hall and spill out into Hyde Park In a day it would be almost the sure of China’s Three Gorges Dam. In a single year, there is enough to patio over every hill, dale, nook and cranny in England

After water, concrete is the most widely used substance on Earth If the cement industry were a country it would be the third largest carbon dioxide emiter in the world with up to 2.8 bn tonnes, surpassed only by China and the US.

The material is the foundation of modern development, putting roofs over the heads of billions, fortifying our defences against natural disasters and providing a structure for heathcare, education, transport, energy and industry.

Concrete is how we try to tame nature. Our slabs protect us from the elements. They keep the rain from our heads the cold from our bones and the mud from our feet. But they aho entomb vast tracts of fertile soil, constipate rivers, choke habitats and-acting as a rock hard second skin- desensitise us from what is happening outside our urban fortresses.

Our blue and green world is becoming greyer by the second. By one calcuation we may have already passed the point where concrete outweighs the combined carbon mass of every tree bush and shrub on the planet. Our built environment is in these terms, outgrowing the naturl one. Unike the natural world, however, does not actually grow. Instead its chef quality is to harden and then degrade, extremely slowly

All the plastic produced over the past 60 years amounts to 8 bn tonnes. The cement industry pumps out more than that every two years. But though the problem is bigger than plastic, it is generally seen as less severe. Concrete is not derived from fossil fuels. It is not being found in the stomach of whales and seagulls. Doctors aren’t discovering traces of it in our blood Nor do we see it tangled in oak trees or contributing to subterranean. fatbergs. We know where we are with concrete. Or to be more precise, we know where it is going: nowhere Which is exactly why we have come to rely on it.

This solidify, of course, is what human kind yearns for. Concrete is beloved for its weight and endurance. That is why it serves as the foundation of modern life holding time, nature, the elements and entropy at bay. When combined with steel is the material that ensures our dames don’t burst our towr blocks don’t fall, our roads don’t buckle and our electricity grid  remains connected.

Between the probable causes, which of the following is likely to have a more proximal effect on global warming?

1. Plastic, ssince it has already invaded out blood and alimentary canals of the world’s fauna.
2. The degradation of the ecosystem as a consequence of human habitation, with not enough green cover remaining on the face of the planet to consume the excess of CO2?
3. Concrete, since it has probably outstripped the carbon footprints of the world’s flora.
4. The load of the flora and fauna with their tremendous carbon footprints,

Answer:- Concrete, since it has probably outstripped the carbon footprints of the world’s flora.

25. Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow:-

In the time it takes you to read the sentence, the global building industry will have poured more than 19,000 bathtubs of concrete. By the time you are halfway through this article the volume would fill the Albert Hall and spill out into Hyde Park In a day it would be almost the sure of China’s Three Gorges Dam. In a single year, there is enough to patio over every hill, dale, nook and cranny in England

After water, concrete is the most widely used substance on Earth If the cement industry were a country it would be the third largest carbon dioxide emiter in the world with up to 2.8 bn tonnes, surpassed only by China and the US.

The material is the foundation of modern development, putting roofs over the heads of billions, fortifying our defences against natural disasters and providing a structure for heathcare, education, transport, energy and industry.

Concrete is how we try to tame nature. Our slabs protect us from the elements. They keep the rain from our heads the cold from our bones and the mud from our feet. But they aho entomb vast tracts of fertile soil, constipate rivers, choke habitats and-acting as a rock hard second skin- desensitise us from what is happening outside our urban fortresses.

Our blue and green world is becoming greyer by the second. By one calcuation we may have already passed the point where concrete outweighs the combined carbon mass of every tree bush and shrub on the planet. Our built environment is in these terms, outgrowing the naturl one. Unike the natural world, however, does not actually grow. Instead its chef quality is to harden and then degrade, extremely slowly

All the plastic produced over the past 60 years amounts to 8 bn tonnes. The cement industry pumps out more than that every two years. But though the problem is bigger than plastic, it is generally seen as less severe. Concrete is not derived from fossil fuels. It is not being found in the stomach of whales and seagulls. Doctors aren’t discovering traces of it in our blood Nor do we see it tangled in oak trees or contributing to subterranean. fatbergs. We know where we are with concrete. Or to be more precise, we know where it is going: nowhere Which is exactly why we have come to rely on it.

This solidify, of course, is what human kind yearns for. Concrete is beloved for its weight and endurance. That is why it serves as the foundation of modern life holding time, nature, the elements and entropy at bay. When combined with steel is the material that ensures our dames don’t burst our tower blocks don’t fall, our roads don’t buckle and our electricity grid  remains connected.

The earth’s atmosphere and oceans are becoming hotter every year. Find the incorrect answer in the options based on this statement.

1. It is regarded as a spinoff of the earth’s polar shift which is not due, with cataclysmic outcomes for humanity, though life on earth will continue.
2. It is a product of makind’s unsustainable consumption of the earth’s resources, burning of fossil fuels and no strategies to recycle, renew and reuse scarce resources.
3. There is lesser green cover to neutralise the greenhouse gasses which absorb heat and radiation, causing the earth to get warmer with each passing year.
4. A huge number of volcanic eruptions have spewed billions of tonnes of smoke and ash in the atmosphere giving rise to unprecedented climatic aberrations on earth.

Answer:- A huge number of volcanic eruptions have spewed billions of tonnes of smoke and ash in the atmosphere giving rise to unprecedented climatic aberrations on earth.