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Read the following advertisment for products using solar energy.


Write a letter to the Editor of an English daily making a plea to the common people to switch over to solar energy to conserve electricity and limit electricity bills.

D-1, Mahavir Vikas,


A-B Block, Saltalke, Kolkata


24th October 2016


The Editor


The Times of India


Kolkata


Subject: Awareness of the need to switch to solar energy


Dear Sir,


I am writing today to make a plea to common people to switch to solar energy in order to conserve electricity and limit electric bills.


The use of solar energy is eco-friendly and uses the natural rays of the sun as energy. If we choose to switch to solar energy from electricity, then we can save money and the environment. Nowadays, solar energy is used in solar cookers, water heaters, street lamps, etc. which are available to the public. The electricity that is generated by the solar panels in the day is enough to power our streets and home appliances at night. It is also cheaper to set up and maintain. Our electricity bills can be limited in this way and we can save the environment at the same time. It is our duty as citizens of this country to conserve electricity which is a limited resource, not affordable by all.


I hope that you will consider my letter and publish it in your celebrated newspaper so that it creates wider awareness about the matter at hand.


Thanking you,


Yours Sincerely,


Swati Mishra


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Read the following passage:

It’s Beginning to Bite


In these trying times, when buying ordinary food stuff can burn a hole in your pockets, comes the news that can actually help us save some hard cash when we go out to shop the next time. According to a Stanford University’ study, the first of its kind in the world, there is no evidence to suggest that there are more nutritional benefits from expensive organic food than those grown by conventional methods. The researchers add that there is no difference in protein and fat content between organic and conventional milk and the vitamin count is similar in both types. The only benefit is that organic foods are not contaminated with pesticides but then before you chew on that plate of organic okra with roti made from organic wheat, they are not 100% pesticide free either. In India, organic food has been growing at 20-22% and the export market is valued at Rs 1,000 crore. Obviously, the study is not good news for that sector and for people who are big on organic food.


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(a) Buying ordinary food stuff can———-in these trying times.


(b) Organic and conventional milk has the———-and———-content and the vitamin count is also similar in both.


(c) According to a Stanford University study, organic food in relation to conventional food is ———-.


(d) One benefit of organic food is that ———-.


(e) Milk from cows which have music channels installed in the cowshed is ———-.


(f) In India, eating organic food is a ———-.


(g) The growth rate of organic food market in India is———-and the export market is valued at———.


(h) According to the author it is much better to ———- the food on one’s plate rather than ———-it.