Read the passage and answer the four questions that follow:-
Until a hundred years ago as humans, we had a simple, uncomplicated biological connect with nature. It was a straightforward equation: we drew roughly 3,000 calories each of energy out of the Earth for our food and life's sustenance. Today that number per capita has grown to 1,00,000 calories. We still need only 3,000 calories each to nourish life itself. All the rest of this energy is what we extract from the Earth for everything else besides keeping ourselves alive.
How to soften this abuse of resources? What is sustainable development? How can it be started in our homes? Beyond the ceremonial planting of green and getting people to run marathons of various lengths in support of the environment, is there more that we can add to the abstract value of "sustainability"? What are the little things we can do in our day-to-day lives, to reduce the demand for things that people make and market? Of course, we know that it helps to avoid a plastic bag when you can use a newspaper bag, or a brown bag, or even a jute bag, which you can use for many more years.
However, there's actually quite a bit more that you and I can do, with very little as cost incurred, and with solutions that are very feasible and within our reach. It is possible to understand our ecological footprint and its disastrous consequences, in terms of the impact on the environment that we make.
The author asks the readers to use a jute bag as _____.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → it is long-lasting and contributes towards saving our ecosystem
The passage says a jute bag is one which you can use for many more years, offered as a way to reduce the demand for things people make and market. Using one bag for years in place of many plastic bags is long-lasting and helps the environment.
Why the Other Options are Incorrect?
Option 1: jute bags look more trendy and stylish — Incorrect. Not mentioned: the passage says nothing about the look of the bag.
Option 3: using jute bags helps with consuming only 3000 calories from the Earth — Incorrect. Wrong link: the 3,000 calories are the energy we need to stay alive; the passage does not link this figure to jute bags.
Option 4: they are more easily available — Incorrect. Not mentioned: the passage says nothing about availability; the reason given is that the bag lasts for years.