The correct answer is A. Increased use of pesticide.
The name 'green revolution' is very misleading, because it makes you believe that is something positive about the nature. In fact, it is something that made a lot of harm to the environment with pollution and increased erosion caused by the usage of chemical fertilizers and pesticides and herbicides, caused problems in the societies because a lot of crops needed for people to feed themselves where destroyed so that other plants can be produced.
Question A
Correct option is (iii) sought after, as it is indicated in the passage that "I was overwhelmed with gratuitous advice". Gratuitous means not required, or not necessary. Hence the author was not asking for advice, it was not sought after
Question B
Correct option is (iv) when he was on the steamer. It is indicated at the end of the passage that "The fellow passengers in the steamer began to advise us". After reading the statement, "I should want them after leaving Aden", you might feel that the correct option could be (ii) when he was in Aden, but the passage doesn't give enough information to confirm that the advice was give at the point when he was in Aden
Question C
The correct option is (iii) meat-eating would keep him healthy. It is indicated in the passage that "The majority of them said I couldn't do without meat in the cold climate. I would catch consumption.". Hence, the meat was supposed to keep him healthy and not catch consumption.
Question D
The correct option is (iv) he had promised his mother he would not do so. It is indicated in the passage that "My mother, before consenting to my departure, had exacted a promise from me not to take meat. So, I was bound not to take it, if only for the sake of the promise.".
<span>Because he had ideas way ahead of his time. He had many gifts and abilities. He was an artist, inventor, scientist etc. For example, he did many sketches of machines that looked like inventions made a few centuries later:flying machine, tank, helicopter. He also drew detailed images pf some of the first autopsies to document biological anatomy.
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