Question

Read the extract and complete the activities given below:

1. Location Tracking: Big Data has been useful in identifying and tracking the exact location of a place. Your GPS and Google Maps make use of Big Data. With geographic positioning and radio frequency identification sensors we get real-time data about traffic, congestion on a particular route, information if the route is closed or if it is a one-way route, understanding accident prone areas etc. You can plan your own route according to the travel time and the transportation of goods. If you have ordered something online you can track the location of your goods in transit, you can also track the condition of the goods. This has immensely helped logistics companies to reduce risks in transport, improve speed and reliability in delivery. 2. Understanding the Weather Patterns: There are weather sensors and satellites set-up all around the globe. Huge amount of data is continuously being received from them. They help us to understand the weather and help in weather forecasting. Weather patterns give us warnings of impending natural calamities like floods, earthquakes, tsunami etc. Necessary preparations to combat them can be made well in advance. We can study global warming, predict availability of natural resources like water. 3. Health Care Industry: Today, we see that people have become health conscious. The smart watches, and other wearable, and health apps in our phone keep on collecting data. We can say that they are our own mini biomedical research devices. They detect our heart rate, monitor the patient's sleep pattern, keep a record of his exercise, the distance walked etc. The analysis of the data collected can give new insights and provide personalised, individual feedback to each and every person.

A1. True/False:  (2)

Read the following sentence and state whether they are true or false. Correct the false statement and rewrite them.

1. Location tracking has helped in tracking consignment in transit for logistics companies.
2. Big data cannot help to plan a route to travel.
3. Preparations to combat natural calamities can be made due to efficient weather forecasting by satellites.
4. The pressure on the Health Care Industry has been greatly reduced by proper monitoring done by mini biomedical research devices in our smart phones.

A2. Rearrange:   (2)

Rewrite the following sentence as per their occurrence in the extract:

1. Necessary preparations to combat them can be made well in advance.
2. You can plan your own route according to the travel time and the transportation of goods.
3. Huge amount of data is continuously being received from them.
4. This has immensely helped the logistics company to reduce risks in transport, improve speed and reliability in delivery.

A3. Guess:  (2)

Read the following sentences and write down what it means.

1. We can say that they are our own mini biomedical research devices.
2. If you have ordered something on line you can track the location of your goods in transit.

A4. Personal Response:  (2)

Do you use Google Maps and GPS? Give your personal response.

A5. Language Study:   (2)

1. Big Data has been useful in identifying and tracking the exact location of a place (Rewrite using 'as well as')
2. Huge amount of data is being received from them (Rewrite beginning with we ......)

A6. Vocabulary:    (2)

Match the columns with appropriate synonyms or antonyms as required.

	Word	Column A (Synonym)	Column B (Antonym)
1	Congestion (give antonym)	crowding	______
2	Reliability (give synonym)	______	uncertainness
3	Conscious (give synonym)	______	unconscious
4	Combat (give antonym)	fight	______

Answer 1

A1. 

1. True
2. False
   Correct statement - Big data helps to plan a route to travel.
3. True
4. True

A2.

(b) You can plan your own route according to the travel time and the transportation of goods.

(d) This has immensely helped the logistics company to reduce risks in transport, improve speed and reliability in delivery.

(c) Huge amount of data is continuously being received from them.

(a) Necessary preparations to combat them can be made well in advance.

A3. 

1. For any medical tests to be done for diagnosis of a disease we need to go to the pathologist to get updates about our routine medical check-ups which needs time and money. But many of the apps in our smart phones have virtually replaced the dependency on pathologists.
2. There was no way to find out where our items were in transportation earlier due to a lack of contemporary technologies. For instance, we can now trace any shipment at any time and know where it is in the transportation process.

A4. I use Google Maps and GPS to find the best path while riding a two-wheeler to a specific location. Once while going to Malvan, I used Google Map to calculate the exact distance to cover and find out the best and nearer routes to go there.

A5. 

1. Big Data has been useful in identifying as well as tracking the exact location of a plane.
2. We continuously receive a huge amount of data from them.

A6.

	Word	Column A (Synonym)	Column B (Antonym)
1	Congestion (give antonym)	crowding	flowing
2	Reliability (give synonym)	dependability	uncertainness
3	Conscious (give synonym)	aware	unconscious
4	Combat (give antonym)	fight	surrender