Reading Comprehension (Unseen) Passage Set - 13

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Reading Comprehension (Unseen) Passage Set - 13

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow :-

Yampa : Iconic animals such as elephants, tigers, lions and giant pandas are everywhere in movies, books and toy stores. But their wide pop-culture presence skews public perception of how endangered these animals are, researchers said on Thursday. Online surveys, joo websites, animated films and school questionnaires were scoured by US and French researches for the study. Using these sources, scientists made a list of the top 10 most charismatic animals : tigers, lions, elephants, giraffes, leopards, pandas, cheetahs, polar bears, gray wolves and gorillas. Researchers also found that almost 49% of all the non-teddy bear stuffed animals sold in the US on Amazon were one of these 10 charismatic animals. Unknowingly, the companies that use giraffes, cheetahs or polar bears for marketing purposes may be actively contributing to the false perception that these animals are not at risk of extinction, and therefore not in need of conservation. William Ripple, a professor of forest ecology at Oregon State University in the US, Said, "If we don't act in a concerted effort to save these species, that may soon be the only way anyone will see them."

A) State whether the following sentences are True or False. Write 'T' for the True and 'F' for the False.

i.Elephant is an iconic animal.

ii.Wide pop culture presence of these iconic animals reminds us how endangered they are.

iii.50% of all the non-teddy bear stuffed animals sold in the US were one of these animals.

iv.We must act in a concerted effort to save these spacies. 

B) Answer each of the following questions each in about 30 words.

i.What according to the study are the ten most charismatic animals?

ii.What effort have the wide pop culture presence of these animals produced?

iii.What is the reality that the researchers want us to perceive?