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A very good Article for Reading Comprehension ( Category  - Scientific Research Article)

Q1. What is NOT true about the collective weight of all the ants
a. Equal to mass of all the world’s wild birds
b. Equal to mass of all wild mammals
c. Five times the total weight of humans
d. More than combined mass of world’s wild birds and wild mammals.

Q2. Value of 1 quadrillion is
a. 1000000000000
b. 10000000000000
c. 1000000000000000
d. None of these

Q3. The author & others scientist estimate that there are approximately 20 quadrillion ants on Earth. Which of the following can be true about this
a. It is systematic and evidence based estimate.
b. It involves 489 studies of English Research Literature.
c. It is a ‘top-down’ approach.
d. This figure is 10 times higher than previous research.

Q4. Ants has enabled them to colonise nearly all ecosystems and regions around the globe because
a. They are major part of food chain
b. Create habitat for other animals
c. high degree of social organisation
d. All of these

Q5. Eminent biologist Edward O. Wilson once said “the little things that run the world”. Here ‘ Little things’ means
a. Insects and other invertebrates
b. Ants
c. Insects
d. All small animals

Q6. According to authors, Ants are needed for all of them except
a. Humans
b. Birds
c. Plants
d. None of these

Q7. Ants are found less abundant in
a. Arid region
b. Human made habitat
c. Forests
d. Tropics

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THE MAN WHO BECOMES A VERB !
Have you ever wondered where the term “boycott” comes from?
There were boycotts before the word was coined in the 1880s, but ever since then they’ve always been called after the experience of Captain Charles Boycott.
Charles Cunningham Boycott (March 12, 1832 – June 19, 1897) was an English land agent who became infamous after he was ignored and ostracized by his Mayo Irish community in Ireland after treating them very badly.
Historian Liam Ó Raghallaigh notes that Captain Boycott (“one of the ‘villains’ of Irish history”) was an English land agent for Lord Erne, the owner of 40,000 acres. He was responsible for collecting rents from tenants and evicting those who couldn’t pay.
In 1880, as part of Charles Stewart Parnell and the Land League’s campaign for the Three Fs (fair rent, fixity of tenure, and free sale) and opposition to evictions which were numerous and heart breaking, action was taken against money-grabbing landlords.
With the rural poor dying from starvation, the Irish Nationalist Land League decided to make an example of Boycott. He was shunned by his neighbours, and many dozens laid siege to his farm in late 1880. They convinced Boycott’s laborers to join them or frightened off those who wouldn’t. Local shops also refused to serve him. He was essentially isolated with his family, three loyal staff, and a handful of guests
Furious, he made a fatal mistake by informing the all-powerful London media of his plight. The campaign against Boycott became a huge issue in the British press after he wrote the letters to The Times.
The Boycott affair was big news in Ireland, England, and elsewhere in the English-speaking world. His name’s transformation into an eponym is attributed to a local priest, who suggested using “boycott” to describe what was happening because “ostracize” was too complicated a word for the local peasantry.
Boycotting spread across Ireland. The word was adopted elsewhere, including in non English-speaking countries. The new eponym was included in the first edition of A New English Dictionary Based on Historical Principles (1888), later known as the Oxford English Dictionary.
Boycott left Ireland on December 1, 1880, in disgrace, his name forever attached to a campaign to bring down tyrants.
Boycotting had dramatically strengthened the power of the peasants, and by the end of 1880, there were reports of boycotting from all over Ireland. The events at Lough Mask had also increased the power of the Land League, and the popularity of Parnell as a leader. Non-violent and successful it was one of the most successful tactics ever used against the British in Ireland.