Writing

Q. You are Shreeya/Santosh, a resident of Ooty, Tamil Nadu. You are concerned about the increasing number of tourists to hill stations and the adverse effects on the lives of the residents due to the garbage spread by them. Write a letter to the editor of the national daily drawing attention to your concern over the situation.

Which of the following must be included in the letter to an editor?

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1. Sender’s address
2. Sender’s identification card
3. Sender’s address proof
4. Editor’s photograph

Q. You are Shreeya/Santosh, a resident of Ooty, Tamil Nadu. You are concerned about the increasing number of tourists to hill stations and the adverse effects on the lives of the residents due to the garbage spread by them. Write a letter to the editor of the national daily drawing attention to your concern over the situation.

Select the option containing the best concluding statement for the letter to an editor.

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1. I request you to initiate proper action about the raised issue.
2. You are required to consider my words seriously and publish my letter.
3. I request you to give some space to my concerns in your newspaper and publish them to help sort out the problems.
4. It is advisable to consider the issue raised in my letter

Q. You are Shreeya/Santosh, a resident of Ooty, Tamil Nadu. You are concerned about the increasing number of tourists to hill stations and the adverse effects on the lives of the residents due to the garbage spread by them. Write a letter to the editor of the national daily drawing attention to your concern over the situation.

Select the correct option containing the proper argument(s) that can be included in the body of the letter. [0.8 mark]

I. I would like to draw your kind attention to the increase in the number of tourists in Ooty.
II. We should ban all tourists from coming to Ooty.
III. Through the columns of your esteemed newspaper, I would like to draw the attention of the concerned authorities to the problem mentioned.
IV. The increasing number of tourists has also increased the amount of garbage in the hill station.
V. The local population is facing difficulties due to the increase in garbage.

1. I, II, III, and V
2. I, II, IV, and V
3. III, IV, and V
4. I, III, IV, and V

Q. You are Shreeya/Santosh, a resident of Ooty, Tamil Nadu. You are concerned about the increasing number of tourists to hill stations and the adverse effects on the lives of the residents due to the garbage spread by them. Write a letter to the editor of the national daily drawing attention to your concern over the situation.

Which of the following best describes the writer's tone while writing a letter to a newspaper editor?

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1. Arrogant
2. Friendly
3. Indifferent
4. Respectful

Q. You are Shreeya/Santosh, a resident of Ooty, Tamil Nadu. You are concerned about the increasing number of tourists to hill stations and the adverse effects on the lives of the residents due to the garbage spread by them. Write a letter to the editor of the national daily drawing attention to your concern over the situation.

Select the most appropriate subject of the letter.

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1. Growing number of tourists at hill stations
2. Post-covid environment at hill stations
3. Lives of residents at hill stations
4. Increasing pollution at hill stations due to tourism

Q. You are Shreeya/Santosh, a resident of Ooty, Tamil Nadu. You are concerned about the increasing number of tourists to hill stations and the adverse effects on the lives of the residents due to the garbage spread by them. Write a letter to the editor of the national daily drawing attention to your concern over the situation.

The letter to an editor should be-
a. Brief
b. Precise in the expression of the writer's concern
c. Containing orders to deal with the issue
d. Demanding its place on the editorial page of the newspaper

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1. Only a
2. Both a and b
3. Both b and c
4. b, c, and d