Read the following paragraph carefully and answer the following questions.
Winters in the town of Trondheim mean fierce winds and heavy snow. The skies are dark for months. Kari drives to work in the dark at 8 am. She has special tyres for the winter and keeps the headlights of her powerful car switched on. Her office is artificially heated at a comfortable 23 degrees Celsius. The campus of the university she works in is built under a huge glass dome. This dome keeps the snow out in winter and lets in the sunshine in the summer. The temperature is controlled carefully and there is adequate lighting. Even though fresh vegetables and plants don't grow in such harsh weather, Kari keeps an orchid on her desk and enjoys eating tropical fruits like banana and kiwi. These are flown in from warmer areas regularly. With a click of the mouse, Kari can network with colleagues in New Delhi. She frequently takes a morning flight to London and returns in the evening in time to watch her favourite television serial. Though Kari is fifty-eight years old, she is fitter and looks younger than many thirty year-olds in other parts of the world.
____ is the most suitable title for it.
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → Humanisation of Nature
The story of Kari in Trondheim carries this very title.
Option (1) Naturalisation of Humans — Incorrect. This is the opposite idea. A naturalised human has very little technology, listens to nature, is afraid of its fury and adapts to it. It is shown through Benda of the Abujh Maad forest, not through Kari.
Option (2) Humanisation of Nature — Correct. A heated office, a glass dome over the campus and fruits flown in from warm areas show that Kari’s society has changed nature to suit its needs.
Option (3) Naturalisation of Nature — Incorrect. There is no such concept.
Option (4) Environmental Determinism — Incorrect. Determinism is the stage when people with very low technology were controlled by nature and followed its dictates. Kari’s society is not controlled by its harsh climate.
Note: A similar question was also asked in CUET (UG) 2026 on 24-05-2026 (Slot 1) and 13-05-2026 (Slot 2), and in CUET (UG) 2023 on 06-06-2023 (Slot 3).
NCERT (2026-27): “The people begin to understand their environment and the forces of nature with the passage of time. With social and cultural development, humans develop better and more efficient technology. They move from a state of necessity to a state of freedom. … The earlier scholars termed this as possibilism. Nature provides opportunities and human being make use of these and slowly nature gets humanised and starts bearing the imprints of human endeavour.” “Humanisation of Nature … Winters in the town of Trondheim mean fierce winds and heavy snow. The skies are dark for months.” |