Question

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.

[0.8 mark]

• A. Growing number of tourists at hill stations
• B. Post-covid environment at hill stations
• C. Lives of residents at hill stations
• D. Increasing pollution at hill stations due to tourism

Answer 1

The correct option is D Increasing pollution at hill stations due to tourism

The most appropriate subject of this letter is “Increasing pollution at hill stations due to tourism.” The sender of this letter is only concerned with the adverse effects of garbage-spreading by tourists on the lives of Ooty residents and similar other hill stations.