Read the passage given below and answer the question a, b, c, and that follow: La Nina is an

atmospheric phenomenon when the equatorial waters of eastern Pacific Ocean turn unusually cold.
It is the opposite of El Nino when the eastern waters are warmer than usual. Both events create the
greatest global impact in winter time. La Nina The Little Girl has enormous adverse effect
globally since showing itself in mid-2010. La Nina and its equally unruly relative, El Nino, occur when
the waters of the eastern and central Pacific Ocean along the equator become uncommonly cold or
warm. These changes in the Pacific bring forth changes in atmospheric pressure, winds,
temperature, and rainfall that have a worldwide influence. These conjugated with changes in the
ocean and atmospheres are jointly called the El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO). For India, an El
Nino is of grave concern as it negatively affects the south-west monsoon. La Nina, on the contrary, is
frequently advantageous for the monsoon, particularly in the second half. The La Nina that
happened in the Pacific in 2010 possibly assisted last years south-west monsoon in its last half
advantageously. Yet, it also brought in the flood in Australia, which turned out to be one of worst
natural disasters with large regions of the north-east under water and also caused similar mayhem in
south-eastern Brazil and actively caused the heavy rains and accompanying deluging in Sri Lanka.
The impact of ESNO is obviously aggravated by global warming The Indian Ocean is warming quickly.
We can already observe the glimpses of the sinister influence of a La Lina of the rising warming along
with the increase in temperature of the western Pacific. In all probability the increased ocean
temperature might have influenced the weather associated issues in the past few months. In spite of
the beneficial aspects of the La Nina that evolved in mid-2010 to the south-west monsoon, the high
temperature of the tropical Indian Ocean may have impeded a more evenhanded distribution of
rainfall in some of the northern Indian states. The warming up of the Indian Ocean and western
Pacific almost certainly supplied the additional moisture and energy for the inordinately heavy rains
that Australia and Sri Lanka went through. That might be the cause for the excess of rain India the
north-east monsoon which, as is commonly witnessed, checked by a La Nina. From this it possible
conclude that the climatical changes brought ushered by agents like ESNO will be aggravated by the
global warming rendering severe weather phenomena such as droughts and floods more regular. a.
Give the meaning of the following words as used in the passage: [3] 1. Assisted 2. Influenced 3.
aggravated b. Answer briefly in your own words the following questions: 1. What is a La Lina? [2] 2.
Who is its relative? How do they occur? [2] 3. What was the impact of La Lina that happened in the
Pacific in 2010? [2] 4. What does ESNO stand for? Explain the phenomenon. [2] 5. What is La Lina of
great concern to India? [2] 6. How has El Nino influenced the monsoon in different parts of India? [2]
c. Write in not more than 60 words the effect of La Lina on the weather conditions. [8] d. Give a
suitable title to your summary and justify the choice of the title. [2]