Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow: Conversation is a fine art. It is the art of exchanging thought. It is an art which anybody cancultivate or master. Not everybody can paint or play music, but almost everyone can talk. Thus itaffords the greatest pleasure to the greatest number. "To talk”, says R.L. Sleversan, "is our chiefbusiness in the world. And talk is by far the most accessible of pleasures. It costs nothing inmoney, it is all profit. It completes our education, makes friends and can be enjoyed at any age.Conversation is indeed the most teachable of all the arts. All you need to do is to find a subjectthat interests you and your listeners.Hobbies are, for example, numberless hobbies to talk about. But the important thing is that youmust talk about the other fellow's hobby rather than your own. Therein lies the secret of yourpopularity. There is nothing that pleases people so much as your interest in their interest.It is just as important to know what subjects to avoid and what subjects to select for goodconversation. If you don't want to be set down as a bore, avoid certain unpleasant topics. Avoidtalking about yourself unless you are asked to do so. Sickness or death bores everybody. The onlyone who willingly listens to such talk is the doctor, but he gets sad for it. You must also know notonly what to say but also how to say it.1. Answer the following questions briefly:(a) How does the author define and explain the art of conversation?(b) How is talking easier to learn than other fine arts?(c) What are the subjects one can easily talk about?(d) Which topics usually bore the listener?(e) What should be avoided unless you are asked to do so?2. Find out words from the above passage similar in meaning to the follower(a) acquire or develop (b) within reach (c) make happy.​