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Read the following passage. A few months later, because of the young minister, there was a pavement on Gates Avenue. There was a streetlight on the corner, and the houses had running water. Six months after the little girl got her new blue dress, Gates Avenue had become a tidy street where respectable citizens lived. When people in other places heard the story of Gates Avenue, they began to organise their own ‘clean up’ campaigns. Since 1913, more than seven thousand towns and cities have organised campaigns for painting and repairing homes and making better lives for the people who live in them. Who knows what will happen when a teacher gives a little girl a new blue dress?Now answer the following questions: a) Who was responsible for building a pavement? b) What were the other services provided by the minister? c) How long did it take to get a tidy street for Gates Avenue? d) Now what type of citizens live in Gates Avenue? e) How did the experience of Gates Avenue inspire the other places in the city? f) When did the ‘clean up’ campaign begin in Cleveland? g) Who do you think initiated the’ clean up’ campaign in Gates Avenue? h) What type of activities were taken up as a part of ‘cleaning up campaign’? i) Do you know any such campaign is going on in our country now? Name that campaign. j) According the passage, how many towns and cities have organized ‘clean up’ campaigns since 1913? |
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Answer» a) The young minister of the church was responsible for building a pavement. b) The minister provided streetlight, and running water system in addition to the pavement in Gates Avenue. c) Gates Avenue took six months after the girl had got a new dress to get a tidy street. d) Now respectable citizens live ip Gates Avenue. e) Having been inspired by the people of Gates Avenue the people of other places began to organise their own ‘clean up’ campaigns. f) The ‘clean up’ campaign began in 1913 in Cleveland. g) The ‘clean up’ campaign was actually initiated by the teacher who bought a new dress for the poor girl. h) As a part of cleaning up campaign people took up painting, and repairing homes and making better lives for the people who live in it. i) Yes. One such ‘clean up’ campaign is going on in our country now. The massive ‘clean up’ programme is called ‘Swatchch Bharath’ (Clean India). It was started by our Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 2nd October 2014. j) More than seven thousand towns and cities. |
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