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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 than 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.

A suitable title for the passage could be :

Let's Shift to Jute!

How to Consume Fewer Calories

Save Energy, Save the Earth!

The Earth Heading for a Disaster

✅ Correct Option: 3

Option 1 -> Too narrow; jute bags are mentioned as merely one example, not the central theme.

Option 2 -> Misleading; the passage discusses energy extracted from Earth's resources (100,000 calories), not dietary calorie consumption.

Option 3 -> Captures the core message: reducing resource/energy consumption through sustainable practices to protect the environment.

Option 4 -> Too pessimistic; while consequences are mentioned, the passage emphasizes actionable solutions rather than doom.

Hence, Option 3: Save Energy, Save the Earth! -> The passage centers on how our energy extraction from Earth has increased dramatically (3,000 to 100,000 calories per capita) and calls for sustainable development through practical, feasible actions to reduce our ecological footprint. This title effectively encapsulates both the problem (excessive energy consumption) and the solution-oriented approach of the passage. -> correct

Question 2

Which one of the following statements cannot be inferred from the passage?

Question 3

The primary concern of the passage is

Question 4

The author asks the readers to use a jute bag as

A suitable title for the passage could be :

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