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B Choose the correct answer. (4 × 1 = 4 marks)

1. What does ‘compatibility’ (para 3) mean?

a. happiness b. harmony c. understanding d. influence

2. What does ‘suppress’ (para 4) mean?
a. subdue b. remove c. destroy d. conceal

3. Which of the following words can replace ‘breakthrough’ in paragraph 4?
a. opportunity b. exciting c. revolutionary d. modern

4. Which of the following words does NOT mean ‘implemented’ (para 6)?
a. applied b. executed c. effected d. installed

A. 1. Scientists are looking for alternative sources of organs for transplantation because owing to various medical,
legal and ethical factors, the number of people who require organs are far more than the number of people
who can donate them.
2. Pigs are considered the best option to obtain organs from because they are readily available in large
numbers and the size of their organs matches that of human organs and they both have similar functions.
3. The human body’s immune system often rejects the organs obtained from pigs and destroys them. Another
big problem is the presence of several viruses in the pig’s body, which are harmless to them but are thought
to be very harmful to humans.
4. CRISPR allows scientists to identify and suppress those genes in pigs that trigger rejection of organs by the
human immune system. Scientists have also used CRISPR to create genetically modified piglets that are free
of twenty-five viruses that are considered to be harmful to humans.
B. 1. b. harmony 2. a. subdue 3. c. revolutionary 4. d. installed

4. universal basic income (ubi)

1. A universal basic income (UBI) refers to 2. The concept of UBI appears to be suited
an equal payment given by a government best to developing societies across the
to each and every citizen, whether adult world, where a large section of a country’s
or child, poor or rich. UBI is designed population is struggling to make ends meet.
to guarantee that all citizens receive The distribution of a fixed sum for each
enough income to cover their basic needs. person is easy to implement even for a very
This scheme is thought to be easier to large population.
administer than current anti-poverty or 3. But UBI is not just to be seen as something
subsidy schemes across the world. In most for developing societies; it is predicted that
countries, existing government policies it will become a part of developed societies
or schemes are varied – subsidised public too in the near future. As technology
food distribution systems, unemployment advances, many people predict that a large
benefits, various employment plans, number of jobs will be lost, especially in
government work schemes, and the like. manufacturing and software industries.
However, one problem with most of these Recently, Elon Musk, the famous
is that they are not easy to implement, businessman and inventor, declared that so
especially in terms of reaching every person many people will be out of jobs in the near
who is eligible. In addition, many of these future that governments would be forced
can be easily corrupted.
to pay people just so that they could live.

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