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Read the following passage carefully. Swami Vivekananda, speaking in America, told a story in order to impress upon his hearers how very little as a rule, people really longed for God. He told of a young man who came to a religious teacher and said that he estions. wanted to find God. The sage smiled and said nothing. The young man returned home. After many days he met the sage and put him the same question. The sage asked him to accompany him as he went to the river to take his morning bath; and when both were in the river, the sage took hold of the young man and plunged him under the surface of the water and held him there. The young man struggled and struggled to take off his hold. Finally the sage raised him out of the water, and said to him, “My son, what did you long for most when you were under the water ? “A breath of air”, gasped the youth. ‘Thus must the disciple long for God. If you have firm belief in God, you will find Him.” Now answer the following questions.1) What did the young man long for when he was under the surface of the water?2) When can one find God according to the sage?3) What was the intention of Swami Vivekananda?a) To tell the people that God exists b) To impress on the people to follow his ideals c) To treat him as a religious teacher4) What did the sage ask the young man to do? a) To take regular bath in the morning b) Not to doubt the existence of God c) To follow him to the river5) When both were in the river, what did the sage do with the young man?a) He plunged him under the surface of the water b) He raised him out of the water c) He made the young man realise the existence of God.

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1. The young man longed for a gasp of air when he was under the surface of the water.

2. According to the sage, one can find God if he has a firm belief in Him. He longed for God as greatly as he longed for a gasp of air when he was under the surface of water.

3. c) To treat him as a religious teacher

4. c) To follow him to the river

5. a) He plunged him under the surface of the water



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