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SSC English Reading Comprehension Practice Set 35 - Expert++ Level | 3 Passages | 10 Questions

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Q1. Which statement best captures the central argument of the passage?

A. Urban heat can be eliminated primarily by increasing the number of trees in cities.

B. Air-conditioning is the principal cause of temperature differences between cities and rural areas.

C. Urban heat management requires attention to physical conditions, unequal exposure and the distribution of policy benefits.

D. Average urban temperatures are too unreliable to be used in environmental planning.

Q2. Why does the author discuss air-conditioning systems?

A. To illustrate how an intervention that benefits individuals indoors may impose additional costs on the surrounding environment

B. To establish that air-conditioning should be prohibited in densely populated cities

C. To demonstrate that electricity consumption is the only significant cause of urban warming

D. To argue that indoor cooling is ineffective during extreme temperatures

Q3. Which finding would most strongly support the claim that average city temperatures can conceal unequal exposure to heat?

A. Two cities with different populations record similar annual average temperatures.

B. Temperatures in a city generally increase during summer months.

C. A city records lower average temperatures after several years of infrastructure development.

D. Neighbourhoods within the same city record substantially different nighttime temperatures and heat-related health risks despite sharing the same citywide average.

Q4. A city plants thousands of trees and observes a decline in summer temperatures the following year. Which additional evidence would best help determine whether the planting programme caused the decline?

A. The total expenditure on the tree-planting programme

B. Temperature changes in comparable locations without new planting, accounting for differences in weather and other relevant conditions

C. The number of residents who support environmental programmes

D. The average height of buildings constructed during the previous decade

Q5. Which policy would most closely reflect the author's overall reasoning?

A. Prioritise temperature reduction without considering housing affordability or the distribution of benefits.

B. Introduce identical cooling measures in every neighbourhood regardless of local conditions.

C. Concentrate cooling investments exclusively in commercially valuable areas.

D. Combine locally appropriate cooling interventions with measures that protect vulnerable residents from displacement and assess actual heat exposure.