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The normal form of government during the Vedic period was (a) democracy (b) republics (c) oligarchy (d) monarchy |
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Answer» (d) monarchy. |
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Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:Fasting is said to bring a host of benefits, provided it’s done under medical supervision. Doctors explain how to go about it. Food is to the body what fuel is to a motor vehicle. It provides energy, helps repair and rejuvenation and confers many other benefits. A lot of research has been done and is being done on fasting. When one fasts, the digestive organs get rest and all body mechanisms are cleansed.While fasting, the natural process of toxin execution continues, while the influx of new toxins is reduced. The energy usually used for digestion is redirected to immune function and cell growth. Fasting helps you heal with greater speed, cleanses your liver, kidneys and colon, purifies your blood, helps you lose excess weight and water, flushes out toxins, clears the eyes and tongue and cleanses the breath.Another research says fasting, even occasionally, helps in detoxification. Through fasting, we restrict digestive activity and so energy is utilised to cleanse different systems. Fasting improves metabolism, sharpens the senses, calms the mind, helps lose weight, improves general immunity, improves concentration and mental clarity. Fasting, if understood and done under supervision, has tremendous benefits and impacts one at various planes; mental, emotional, physical and spiritual. Specifically, it serves as an aid to effective detoxification, helps in repair and rejuvenation, offers rest to the gastrointestinal system and promotes mobilisation of excess fat.The crucial point to note is the difference between fasting and starvation. Research suggests there are major health benefits to calorie restriction. Among other things, it slows down the ageing process. According to the US National Academy of Sciences, other benefits include stress resistance, increased insulin sensitivity and increased lifespan. Glucose is the body’s primary fuel source and is essential for the brain’s functioning. When denied glucose for more than 4-8 hours, the body converts glycogen stored in the liver into a usable form of fuel and supplements it with small amounts of protein.This will last for up to 12 hours before the body turns to glycogen stored in muscles. If glucose is still denied at this point, the body continues to use fat for as long as it is available. If the fast is not broken, starvation occurs, as the body begins to use protein for fuel. Death can occur if fasting is pursued to the point of complete starvation.On the basis of your reading of the above passage, make notes on it by using headings and sub-headings. |
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Answer» Notes: 2. Fasting benefit – under medical supervision – according to one research 3. Another research on the benefits of fasting 4. Difference between fasting and starvation |
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The famous Indo-Greek Kin, who embraced Buddhism was _______. (a) Strato I (b) Menander (c) Demetrios (d) Alexander |
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Answer» The famous Indo-Greek Kin, who embraced Buddhism was Menander. |
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Write a central idea of the poem The Human Abstract. |
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Answer» 'The Human Abstract' and 'A Divine Image' in Songs of Experience are two poems in contrast to 'The Divine Image' in Songs of Innocence. In The Human Abstract Blake takes the virtues mentioned in 'The Divine Image', mercy, pity, peace and love, and shows us what can happen when experience dominates them. Throughout the poem the poet points out man's wrong attitude to certain basic values and virtues. The poem is characteristic of eighteenth century thought when it suggests that morality or ethics is a human product and not descended from God or any divine source. But for Blake morality means natural impulse. Pity, mercy and love cannot exist without poverty, impoverishment and miseries or unhappiness and fear. Peace leads to selfishness and cruelty, and cruelty demands humility; and then it develops into the tree of mystery or code of ethics or morality. The poet brings out some hidden truths of the basic or fundamental virtues upon which religion is built up. These virtues are the ones that all people want to follow. The poet points out that mercy and pity draw their sustenance from poverty and misery. Poverty and misery are prolonged and made endless by 'mercy' and 'pity'. This can be easily justified. We cannot practise or express mercy and pity if there is nobody who deserves it. Now those who deserve it must be poor and miserable as well as unfortunate. The poet argues that 'mercy' and 'pity' are thus not genuine virtues. If we really feel pity and mercy for the wretched condition of our fellow men, we will try our best to uplift them. Therefore if all the wretched are uplifted, there is no need of pity or mercy and eventually these virtues will fade away. But poverty and atrocity are never removed and it shows that our pity and mercy are hypocritical. The poet puts farth the unchangeable view that men who inculcate the false, ostentatious virtues are, a whole, responsible for the everlasting evils of society. As for the other virtue, called peace, it is also proved to be unfelt, 'Peace' is only a state of uneasy truce brought about by fear of one's opponent or foe. For his own security one man pretends that he loves the other. But in his innermost mind 'selfish love' takes its origin and develops gradually. The outward show of peace and love is deceptive as within him he carries bitter spite which waits alertly to attack its unwary prey. He embrodiers his words with sweet words and allures his prey. Thus, instead of the real and healthy human virtues of natural love, peace and mercy, men give birth to a god of cruelty to propitiate and support their own wild emotions. It is this god of cruelty, who, in Blake's perception, is identified with the God of traditional religion. The god of cruelty is also known as 'Starry Jealousy, or Urizen' and so on. The crucial point is that this man-made god does not exist outside the mind of man since it is he (man) who has invented him for his own selfish purposes. Hence we call this god 'Urizen' - characteristically pictured (in paintings or illustrations) with a net or web flung about him. It is this symbolic web that man spreads around him. Man pretends to be humble, meek, philanthropic, generous, broad-hearted in order to trap his prey. He sheds tears of pity and waters the land around him which bears the seeds of misery and grief. This only means that the fulfilment of cruelty lies in the sigh of its prey's miseries. Thus the seeds sprout, buds bloom and the branches stem out as the roots penetrate down through the soil. A tree of 'Mystery' (which is mysterious for being unnatural) develops to its full size. It is the symbol of the organised religion (patched up, man-made, artificial) and also stands for the false philosophers who support it. Priests, archbishops and popes are appointed to promote the new school of thought. Thus the false religion ripens, leaves its deep impact (which are actually injuries) on the minds of the people. It is made attractive with a seemingly grand paraphernalia of priesthood. The priests stick by it and get the profit from it. Now the natural power - as opposed to the artificial one - symbolizing true prophets and saints launch an enquiry to find out the real source of this atrocious religion. But it is in because the religion has no material or concrete existence, this 'God or Or Mystery' is an outcome of man's own selfish motives. The new selfish religion of man evolves its own mysteries and myths. But these mysteries are transient, hollow and shaky since they originate from man's artificial perceptions. He wants them to support him. |
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The term Aryan, Indo-Aryan or Indo-European denotes a _____concept? (a) Linguistic (b) Racial (c) Religious (d) Cultural |
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Answer» The term Aryan, Indo-Aryan or Indo-European denotes a Linguistic concept. |
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Two popular Assemblies of the Vedic period were (a) Sabha and Mahasabha (b) Mahasabha and Ganasabha (c) Sabha and Samiti (d) Ur and Kula |
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Answer» (c) Sabha and Samiti |
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Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:Despite all the research every one of us catches a cold and most of us catch it frequently. Our failure to control one of the commonest of all ailments sometimes seems ridiculous. Medical science regularly practises transplant surgery and has rid whole countries of such fatal diseases as Typhus and the Plague. But the problem of the common cold is unusually difficult and much has yet to be done to solve it.It is known that a cold is caused by one of a number of viral infections that affect the lining of the nose and other passages leading to the lungs but the confusing variety of viruses makes study and remedy very difficult. It was shown in 1960 that many typical colds in adults are caused by one or the other of a family of viruses known as rhinoviruses, yet there still remain many colds for which no virus has as yet been isolated. There is also the difficulty that because they are so much smaller than the bacteria which cause many other infections, viruses cannot be seen with ordinary microscopes.Nor can they be cultivated easily in the bacteriologist’s laboratory, since they only grow within the living cells of animals or plants. An important recent step forward, however, is the development of the technique of tissue culture, in which bits of animal tissue are enabled to go on living and to multiply independently of the body. This has greatly aided virus research and has led to the discovery of a large number of viruses. Their existence had previously been not only unknown but even unsuspected.The fact that we can catch a cold repeatedly creates another difficulty. Usually, a virus strikes only once and leaves the victim immune to further attacks. Still, we do not gain immunity from colds. Why? It may possibly be due to the fact that while other viruses get into the bloodstream where anti-bodies can oppose them, the viruses causing cold attack cells only on the surface or it may be that immunity from one of the many different viruses does not guarantee protection from all the others. It seems, therefore, that we are likely to have to suffer colds for some time yet.Write a summary of the passage and suggest a suitable title. |
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Answer» Summary |
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Give the central idea of the poem On Time. |
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Answer» The main theme of the poem “On Time” is that we can only really have a happy existence once time has been conquered. Once the earth has been purged of time and its baleful influence, it will be filled with truth, peace, and love. Heaven will have come to earth. |
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Importance of Athens and sparta in Greek civilization |
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Answer» Some of the most important city-states were Athens, Sparta, Thebes, Corinth, and Delphi. Of these, Athens and Sparta were the two most powerful city-states. Athens was a democracy and Sparta had two kings and an oligarchic system, but both were important in the development of Greek society and culture. |
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The Indo-Greek Kingdom set up in north Afghanistan in the beginning of the second century BC was (a) Scythia (b) Zedrasia (c) Bactria (d) Aria |
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Answer» (c) Bactria The Graeco - Bactrian kings ruled simultaneously along with other dynasties like that of Parthians. They consolidated their kingdom in the region of Bacteria after Alexander’s invasion. It was during the Seleucid dynasty that the most famous Indo Bactrian king Diodotus gained autonomy and secured an unmatched level of power in the Bactrian region. However, under Demetrius 1, the Indo Greek kings expanded further into the Indian subcontinent and established what is called the Indo Greek kingdom. |
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Read the following passage. “Will Your Majesty take off your clothes?” said the men. “Then you can put on your new clothes.” The Emperor took off all his clothes. The men made a show of putting new clothes on him. The Emperor stood in front of a mirror and turned round and round. “How well his Majesty looks in his new clothes!” cried all his officers. Then the Emperor walked along in the procession. People in the streets cried, “How beautiful the Emperor’s new clothes are!” “But he’s got nothing on at all!” said a little child. And one person said to the other, “He has nothing on at all. He has nothing on.” “He has nothing on!” cried all the people. The Emperor felt unhappy. He knew that the people were right; he had nothing on. But the procession had to go on. Now answer the following questions. a) Whose clothes were sewn by the weavers? b) How was the Emperor cheated by the weavers? c) Where did the Emperor go with his new clothes? d) Who dared to say the truth to the Emperor? e) Why was the Emperor unhappy? |
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Answer» a) The Emperor’s cloth b) The weavers said that only wise people could see their cloth and acted as if they were, making the cloth. c) The Emperor went on a procession. d) A little child e) The Emperor felt unhappy for having no clothes on his body. |
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Read the following passage. Now the Emperor thought he would like to see the cloth. So he called his officers and went with them to the weavers’ room. “Isn’t the cloth beautiful!” said the old minister, pointing to the empty looms. “How.is this?” said the Emperor to himself. “I can see nothing at all. Am I a fool?” “Oh, it’s beautiful!” said the Emperor aloud. All the officers looked keenly. They saw nothing on the looms. But they all said, “It’s very beautiful!” “For the great procession next week,” said the old minister, “kindly wear robes made of this cloth,” The Emperor agreed. Now answer the following questions.a) Why did the Emperor go to the weavers’ room? b) Who found the cloth beautiful? c) What did the old minister propose to the king? d) Why did the Emperor feel confused? e) What did the Emperor, old minister and the courtiers pretend? |
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Answer» a) The Emperor went to the weavers room to see the cloth. b) The old minister, the officers and other courtiers formed the cloth beautiful. c) The old minister proposed the king to wear the new clothes for the procession. d) The Emperor was confused if he was wise or foolish. e) The Emperor, the old minister and the courtiers pretended as if they could see the cloth. |
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Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:Despite all the research every one of us catches a cold and most of us catch it frequently. Our failure to control one of the commonest of all ailments sometimes seems ridiculous. Medical science regularly practises transplant surgery and has rid whole countries of such fatal diseases as Typhus and the Plague. But the problem of the common cold is unusually difficult and much has yet to be done to solve it.It is known that a cold is caused by one of a number of viral infections that affect the lining of the nose and other passages leading to the lungs but the confusing variety of viruses makes study and remedy very difficult. It was shown in 1960 that many typical colds in adults are caused by one or the other of a family of viruses known as rhinoviruses, yet there still remain many colds for which no virus has as yet been isolated. There is also the difficulty that because they are so much smaller than the bacteria which cause many other infections, viruses cannot be seen with ordinary microscopes.Nor can they be cultivated easily in the bacteriologist’s laboratory, since they only grow within the living cells of animals or plants. An important recent step forward, however, is the development of the technique of tissue culture, in which bits of animal tissue are enabled to go on living and to multiply independently of the body. This has greatly aided virus research and has led to the discovery of a large number of viruses. Their existence had previously been not only unknown but even unsuspected.The fact that we can catch a cold repeatedly creates another difficulty. Usually, a virus strikes only once and leaves the victim immune to further attacks. Still, we do not gain immunity from colds. Why? It may possibly be due to the fact that while other viruses get into the bloodstream where anti-bodies can oppose them, the viruses causing cold attack cells only on the surface or it may be that immunity from one of the many different viruses does not guarantee protection from all the others. It seems, therefore, that we are likely to have to suffer colds for some time yet.1. On the basis of your reading of the above passage, make notes on it using heading and sub-headings.2. Write a summary of the passage and suggest a suitable title. |
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Answer» 1. Notes: 2. Reasons for no control 3. Viruses – a problem in identifying 4. Tissue culture – a recent step further 5. No immunity from the common cold 2. Summary |
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Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:The test of a great book is whether we want to read it only once or more than once. A really great book is one which we want to read the second time even more than we wanted to read it the first time, and every additional time that we read it we find new meanings and new beauties in it.A book that a person of education and good taste does not care to read more than once is very probably not worth much. But we cannot consider the judgement of a single individual infallible. The opinion that makes a book great must be the opinion of many. For even the greatest critics are apt to have certain dullness. Carlyle, for example, could not endure Browning; Byron could not endure some of the greatest of English poets.A man must be many-sided to utter a trustworthy estimate of many books. We may doubt the judgement of the single critic at times. But there is no doubt possible in regard to the judgement of generations. Even if we cannot at once perceive anything good in a book which has been admired and praised for hundreds of years, we may be sure that by trying, by studying it. carefully, we shall at least be able to feel the reason for this admiration and praise.The best of all libraries for a poor man would be a library entirely composed of such great works only, books which have passed the test of time. This then would be the most important guide for us in the choice of readings. We should read only the books we want to read more than once, nor should we buy any others, unless we have some special reason for so investing money. The second fact demanding attention is the general character of the value that lies hidden within all such great books.They never become old; their youth is immortal. A great book is not apt to be comprehended by a young person at the first reading except in a superficial way. Only the surface, the narrative, is absorbed and enjoyed. No young man can possibly see at first reading the qualities of a great book. Remember that it has taken humanity in many cases hundreds of years to find out all that there is in such a book.But according to a man’s experience of life, the text will unfold new meanings to him. The book that delighted us at eighteen, if it is a good book, will delight us much more at twenty-five and it will prove like a new book to us at thirty years of age. At forty we shall re-read it, wondering why we never saw how beautiful it was before. At fifty or sixty years of age, the same facts will repeat themselves. A great book grows exactly in proportion to the growth of the reader’s mind.1. What is the quality of a great book?2. In which case is a judgement about a book beyond doubt?3. What kind of understanding of a great book is a young person likely to have at the first reading of that book?4. Whose work did Carlyle find difficult to appreciate?5. What would a poor man’s library contain?6. What does a person of forty feel when he re-reads some good books?Find from the passage the words which mean:7. Not capable of making mistakes.8. To suffer something unpleasant or difficult in a patient way.9. The ability to make a sensible decision. |
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Answer» 1. The quality of a great book is that we want to read it again and again. 2. There is no doubt possible with regard to the judgement of generations. 3. A great book is not apt to be comprehended by a young person at the first reading except in a superficial way. 4. Carlyle found difficult to appreciate the work of Browning. 5. A poor man’s library would contain the books which have passed the test of time. 6. When a person of forty re-reads some good books, he feels wondering why he never saw how beautiful they were before. 7. Infallible 8. Endure 9. Comprehend |
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Read the following passage carefully and on the basis of your reading answer the questions given below it :A good transport system is very essential in the world today. The word transport means carrying of people and goods from place to place. Millions of people travel from town to town, country to country and continent to continent. They travel over the land, on the water, through the air, under the ground and even into the space. People travel for service, business, sight seeing and to meet other people. A good transport system is very important for the progress of agriculture, mining and industry. It is also very important during the war, floods or famine. All means of transport have made travel easy, comfortable and fast.1. What does the word ‘Transport’ mean?2. Where do people travel all over the world?3. What are the reasons for travel?4. Why is a good transport system so important?5. Explain the italicized words in the passage.6. Give a suitable title to the above passage. |
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Answer» 1. The word ‘Transport’ means carrying of people and goods from place to place. |
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Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:Rabindranath Tagore’s stature, the stature of our country is in the eyes of the world. A versatile genius, a literary artist, an educator, a composer, a singer, an actor, Tagore had all the gifts of Nature and fortunes in his favours. Born in a renowned Hindu family, Tagore pleaded not only for Concord with the past but also for freedom from the past. All healthy growth needs continuity and change.We are not free unless our minds are liberated from dead forms, tyrannical restrictions and crippling social habits. Tagore condemned many of our reprehensible social practices. He believed that the essence of life lies in perpetual renewal and rededication to self-development. Tagore did not live in an ivory tower.He led a procession in 1905 through the streets of Calcutta singing his song, “Are you so mighty as to cut asunder the bond forged by Providence?” Millions of voices have sung the National Anthem ‘Jana Gana Mana,’ calling upon us to nourish the unity of our country and be devoted to it.He was not only a playwright but a novelist and a storyteller, a nationalist and an internationalist. As if these activities were not enough, he turned towards painting in his later years. He rejected traditional canons and experimented with new forms and colour compositions.We honour him not only for this many-sided genius but also for his guidance and work in this troubled world. Tagore’s mission was one of reconciliation between East and West in a spirit of understanding and mutual enlightenment. For India, unity is truth and division is evil. The poet’s name is symbolic of the light of the day.The sun which dispels the mist of darkness and the clouds of suspicion restores health to the human system. Though his work was rooted in Indian soil, his mind ranged across the world and hence had a universal appeal. Tagore’s writings have been translated into many languages, but even the best translations do not bring out the music and melody or the force of the original.As Tagore was born at a difficult stage when India was in a revolutionary mood, he participated in the movement revolting against social, political and religious institutions. He was perpetually convinced of the validity and vitality of the fundamental ideals set forth by the seers and saints of India. Tagore’s philosophy was one of wholeness and unity. For Tagore-God, Man and Nature are bound together in a single unity. He was not a dreamer or a visionary. He kept constant vigil over the world.He was a great sentinel as Gandhi called him. The moral health of a nation depended on the inspiration the people derived from their poets and artists. Asceticism for Tagore meant self-control and not abstention from worldly activities. Very early in his life when he was seventeen, he had the need to control his emotions.He was not an unworldly saint. He had a tough earthly quality. The ideals of social life, economic pursuits, and the enjoyment of beauty should be cultivated equally. Water surrounds the lotus flower but does not wet its petals. Even so, human beings should work in this world without being affected by it.For Tagore, as for Gandhi, the measure of man’s greatness lies in a happy blend of contemplation and action. For Tagore, as for Gandhi, the measure of man’s greatness is not his material passions but for the truth in him which is universal. His voice was the conscience of our age. He bequeathed to the country and the world a life that had no littleness about it.1. Who was Rabindranath Tagore?2. What was Tagore’s plea?3. Tagore was a versatile genius. How?4. What is the message given in the National Anthem composed by Tagore?5. How should human beings work in this world?6. What was Tagore’s mission in life?Find out a word from the passage which means:7. Able to do many different things8. Never Ceasing9. Energy Or Enthusiasm |
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Answer» 1. Rabindranath Tagore was a versatile genius, a literary artist, an educator, a composer, singer and an actor. 2. Tagore’s plea was freedom from the past and accord with the past. 3. Tagore was a versatile genius because he was not only a playwright but å novelist and a storyteller, a nationalist and an internationalist. 4. The message is to nourish the unity of our country and be devoted to it. 5. Human beings should work in this world without being affected by it. 6. Versatile 7. Distinct 8. Perpetual 9. Perpetual |
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Find the antonym of word:Compulsory A) optional B) essential C) obligatory D) necessary |
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Answer» Correct option is A) optional |
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“I have learned to wear many faces like dresses” (а) State the figure of speech in the above line.(b) Who does the term ‘I’ refer to? |
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Answer» (a) Simile (b) 1 refers to the poet, Gabriel Okara. |
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Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow: The test of a great book is whether we want to read it only once or more than once. A really great book is one which we want to read the second time even more than we wanted to read it the first time, and every additional time that we read it we find new meanings and new beauties in it. A book that a person of education and good taste does not care to read more than once is very probably not worth much. But we cannot consider the judgement of a single individual infallible. The opinion that makes a book great must be the opinion of many. For even the greatest critics are apt to have certain dullness. Carlyle, for example, could not endure Browning; Byron could not endure some of the greatest of English poets. A man must be many-sided to utter a trustworthy estimate of many books. We may doubt the judgement of the single critic at times. But there is no doubt possible in regard to the judgement of generations. Even if we cannot at once perceive anything good in a book which has been admired and praised for hundreds of years, we may be sure that by trying, by studying it. carefully, we shall at least be able to feel the reason for this admiration and praise. The best of all libraries for a poor man would be a library entirely composed of such great works only, books which have passed the test of time. This then would be the most important guide for us in the choice of readings. We should read only the books we want to read more than once, nor should we buy any others, unless we have some special reason for so investing money. The second fact demanding attention is the general character of the value that lies hidden within all such great books. They never become old; their youth is immortal. A great book is not apt to be comprehended by a young person at the first reading except in a superficial way. Only the surface, the narrative, is absorbed and enjoyed. No young man can possibly see at first reading the qualities of a great book. Remember that it has taken humanity in many cases hundreds of years to find out all that there is in such a book. But according to a man’s experience of life, the text will unfold new meanings to him. The book that delighted us at eighteen, if it is a good book, will delight us much more at twenty-five and it will prove like a new book to us at thirty years of age. At forty we shall re-read it, wondering why we never saw how beautiful it was before. At fifty or sixty years of age, the same facts will repeat themselves. A great book grows exactly in proportion to the growth of the reader’s mind.1. What is the quality of a great book?2. In which case is a judgement about a book beyond doubt?3. What kind of understanding of a great book is a young person likely to have at the first reading of that book?4. Whose work did Carlyle find difficult to appreciate?5. What would a poor man’s library contain?6. What does a person of forty feel when he re-reads some good books?Find from the passage the words which mean:7. Not capable of making mistakes.8. To suffer something unpleasant or difficult in a patient way.9. The ability to make a sensible decision. |
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Answer» 1. The quality of a great book is that we want to read it again and again. 2. There is no doubt possible with regard to the judgement of generations. 3. A great book is not apt to be comprehended by a young person at the first reading except in a superficial way. 4. Carlyle found difficult to appreciate the work of Browning. 5. A poor man’s library would contain the books which have passed the test of time. 6. When a person of forty re-reads some good books, he feels wondering why he never saw how beautiful they were before. 7. Infallible 8. Endure 9. Endure |
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Read the following passage carefully and on the basis of your reading answer the questions given below it :Prince Gautam was married to a beautiful princess named Yashodhara at the early age of twenty. But Gautam from his very childhood was of a contemplative mind. The sight of disease, old age and death filled him with sorrow and he found no peace of mind. He passed ten years of his married life in this way, till at the age of thirty, a son was born to him. The birth of a child set him at thinking and he was afraid of that of this new tie should bind him to the varieties of the world beyond hope of release. Accordingly, one night he secretly left the palace leaving everything behind him, his wealth and riches, his wife and baby and his royal home.1. How old was Prince Gautam when he got married?2. Why did Gautam find no peace of mind?3. What did he begin to think when a son was born to him?4. What did he do secretly one night?5. Explain the italicized words in the passage.6. Give a suitable title to the above passage. |
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Answer» 1. Prince Gautam got married when he was twenty years old. |
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Read the following poem and answer the questions that follow:Whose woods these are I think, I know,His house is in the village though;He will not see me stopping hereTo watch his woods fill up with snow.My little horse must think it queerTo stop without a farmhouse nearBetween the woods and frozen lakeThe darkest evening of the year.He gives his harness bells a shakeTo ask if there is some mistake.The only other sound’s the sweepOf easy wind and downy flake.The woods are lovely, dark and deepBut I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep.– Robert Frost1. Where does the owner of the woods live?2. Who wishes to stop and where?3. What type of evening was that of the year?4. Why does the horse think that the rider has made some mistake?5. What other sounds did the poet hear in the woods?6. Why did the horse shake its harness bells?Choose from the passage the words that mean:7. Covered with ice8. The leatherwork by which a horse is controlled9. Beautiful |
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Answer» 1. He lives in a village quite close to the place where the poet is with his horse. 2. The poet (the rider of the horse) wishes to stop near the woods. 3. It was the darkest evening of the year. 4. The horse thinks so because his rider stops at night at a place where there is no farmhouse to stay in. 5. The other sound the poet hears in the woods was the sweep of wind and of downy flake. 6. he horse did so as if to ask if there was something wrong. 7. Frozen 8. Harness 9. Lovely |
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Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:The role of friends plays in our lives has become significantly greater than at any other time in our history. Today many of us live and work at great distances from where we were born or we grew up and are separated from our original families. The pain we feel when we are away from our families can be significant.The happiness of the individual relies on friendships which form a necessary human connection. It is perfectly normal to need and want friends and depression is more prevalent among those who lack friends. Such people lack intimacy and richness, friends can bring into their lives. Frequently, friends reflect similar values to us.Yet these values are often different from the ones we grew up with; they are the values we created for ourselves in our adult lives. Communication skills are fundamental in all friendships. The more friends and acquaintances one has, the greater are one’s communication skills. Some call these, people skills.Like watering a plant, we nourish our friendships (and all our relationships) by nurturing them. Friendships need the same attention as other relationships if they are to continue. These relationships can be delightfully non-judgemental, supportive, understanding and fun.Sometimes friendship can bring out the positive side that you never show in any other relationship. This may be because the pressure of playing a ‘role’ (daughter, partner or child) is removed. With a friend, you are able to be yourself and free to change. Of course, you are free to do this in all other relationships as well, but in friendships, you get to have lots of rehearsals and discussion about changes as you experience them. It is an unconditional experience where you receive as much as you give.You can explain yourself to a friend openly without the fear of hurting a family member. How do friendships grow? The answer is simple. By revealing yourself; being attentive; remembering what is most important to your friend and asking them about it; put yourself in their position; showing sympathy; seeing the world through the eyes of your friend, you will understand the value of friendship.All this means learning to accept a person from a completely different family to your own or perhaps someone from a completely different cultural background. This is the way we learn tolerance. In turn, we gain tolerance and acceptance for our own differences.Friendships are made by being considerate which needs communication skills, e.g. active listening skills, questioning skills, negotiation skills, reflection skills, emotional skills, and editing yourself. Friendships offer a great opportunity to learn about yourself because a friend can reflect back to you how you come across in the world.They also allow you to practise skills in dealing with ‘personal boundaries’ by looking after yourself as well as your friend. They help you develop resilience in relation to the wider social world beyond your family.1. How do friendships offer a great opportunity to learn about yourself?2. What is necessary if we want to continue friendships?3. In what does the happiness of the individual rely on?4. What is fundamental in all friendships?5. How is friendship better than any others relationship?6. What kind of pressure is removed in friendship?Find out a word from the passage which means:7. A Form of practice8. Sad feelings of gloom9. Chance |
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Answer» 1. Friendships offer a great opportunity to learn about yourself because a friend can reflect back to you how you come across the world. 2. If we want to continue friendships, they need the same attention as other relationship. 3. The happiness of the individual relies on friendship. 4. Communication skills are fundamental in all friendships. 5. Friendship can bring out the positive side that cannot be brought out by any other relationship. 6. The pressure of playing the role of relatives is removed in friendship. 7. Rehearsal 8. Depression 9. Opportunity |
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“And much it grieved my heart to think What Man has made of Man.” (а) What grieves the poet? (b) What is the significance of the second line? |
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Answer» (a) Man’s greed to exploit natural resources and man’s moving away from nature gives ‘grief’ to the poet. (b) The poet is unhappy with unnatural aspects of industrial revolution, the misery caused by wars, greedy and aggressive behaviour causing suffering in humans. |
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Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:Prince Siddhartha, the son of king Suddhodan, lived a very happy life in the pleasure-palace. He was married to a beautiful princess, Yashodhara. There were music, dancing and pleasure all around him. He knew nothing of want, pain, disease, old age or death.One day a veena was put on the window sill. The wind touched the strings and it produced music. The prince heard that the Devas were playing on the veena. He heard them giving a message. The voices of the wind told the prince that he was born to save mankind. The world was waiting for him. He should leave worldly love to save humanity from miseries of life. He felt a great desire to see the vast world outside the pleasure-palace.When the king came to know of the prince’s desire, he ordered that the whole city should be decorated beautifully. The prince should not see any ugly and painful sight. No blind, sick, old person or a leper should come out. So the city of Kapilvastu was decorated in a very fine way. It looked quite clean and attractive – ‘a capital of some enchanted land’. The people welcomed the prince joyfully. The prince also felt happy to see people’s joy.Then the prince saw an old man. He was wearing dirty and torn clothes. He was very lean and thin. He looked very tired and weak. He had no teeth. The prince asked his charioteer, Channa, who that man was. Channa told him that he was an old man. The prince asked if old age would come to all. Channa told him that it would. This made the prince very sad.He ordered Channa to return to the palace. He did not take food. The entire night he was sleepless, uncomforted. That night the king saw a very fearful dream. He dreamed seven signs of fear. He was much disturbed. He lost all peace of mind. He called dream-readers to explain the meaning of the seven visions but none of them could explain the meaning.At last, an old hermit came to the palace. He said that the seven fears were seven joys. The prince would shine like the sun. He would leave the world and give a new message of hope and love for the suffering of humanity. The king became very sad. For the prince’s second trip, he doubled the number of guards at all the doors of the palace. He tried his best to divert the mind of the prince but his efforts were of no use.The Prince desired to see the city once more. The king gave permission for it. The next day, the prince dressed like a merchant and Channa in the dress of his clerk went out to see the city once more. The prince saw all kinds of people and all the common things. The prince saw a sick man. He was painfully crying for help. He asked Channa why the man was crying. Channa told him that he (the sick man) was suffering from a fatal disease. The disease would destroy all his powers. Then he would die.Channa further told the prince that all grow old, fall sick and die. Then the prince saw a dead body being carried towards the river bank. He saw a group of people. They were crying, ‘Ram, Ram Satya hai’. The sight of the dead man and his cremation moved the prince deeply. Channa told him that no man is immortal. All must die. The prince was greatly troubled in mind. He said that he would try to remove suffering from the world. He then asked Channa to return home as he had seen enough.1. How was the old man looking?2. What did the prince decide finally?3. Why did the king order to decorate the whole city beautifully?4. What did the prince not know initially?5. What did the old hermit say?6. What did the voices of the wind tell the prince?Find out a word from the passage which means:7. Influenced as by charms8. The incineration of a dead body9. Turn aside |
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Answer» 1. The old man was wearing dirty and torn clothes. He was very lean and thin. He looked very tired and weak. He had no teeth. 2. The prince decided that he would try to remove suffering from the body. 3. The king ordered to decorate the whole city beautifully because the prince felt a great desire to see the vast world outside the pleasure-palace. 4. The prince initially knew nothing of want, pain, disease, old age or death. 5. The old hermit said that the seven fears were seven joys and the prince would shine like the sun and leave the world and give a new message of hope and love for the suffering humanity. 6. The voices of the wind told the prince that he was born to save mankind. 7. Enchanted 8. Cremation 9. Divert |
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Tailors often use ______ when preparing clothes. |
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Answer» Correct option is Pins |
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To be on time is to be ______. |
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Answer» Correct option is Punctual |
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Choose the word which is out of the logic list. A) arm B) leg C) watch D) head |
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Answer» Correct option is C) watch |
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He is not dependent ______ his parents for money. A) of B) from C) on D) with |
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Answer» Correct option is C) on |
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I’m ever so grateful ______ you for help. A) at B) to C) with D) from |
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Answer» Correct option is B) to |
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“Our pride springs from the way we live.” (a) Under normal circumstances what makes one feel proud? (b) What is unique about the pride mentioned above? |
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Answer» (а) One’s material wealth, high social standing and popularity makes one feel proud. (b) The sense of pride springs from the way the people live their lives and not from positions or possessions. |
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I usually take the car because I don’t like _____ . A) working B) running C) going D) walking |
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Answer» Correct option is D) walking |
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Your conduct was not consistent ______ your usual politeness. A) with B) by C) at D) on |
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Answer» Correct option is A) with |
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During the Mauryan period was In the hands of (a) three boards (b) four boards (c) five boards (d) six boards |
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Answer» During the Mauryan period was In the hands of six boards. |
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“I am just glad as glad can be That I am not them, that they are not me. With all my heart I do admire Athletes who sweat for fun or hire” (a) Who does he admire? Why? (b) Pick out the rhyming words. |
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Answer» (a) The poet admires athletes who play games and sweat for fun and money. (b) ‘be, me’ and ‘admire, hire’ are the rhyming words. |
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“Let’s choose executors and talk of wills. And yet not so – for what can we bequeath Save our deposed bodies to the ground?” (a) What do you mean by ‘deposed bodies’? (b) Why should they choose executors and talk about the wills? |
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Answer» (a) It means dead bodies. (b) As the king’s death is nearing the king wants to talk about executors and wills. |
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“He’s outwardly respectable (They say he cheats at cards)And his footprints are not found in any file of Scotland Yard’s”(a) Identify the poem and the poet. (b) Whose footprints are not found in any file of Scotland Yard’s? |
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Answer» (a) The poem is ‘Macavity – The Mystery Cat’ written by T.S. Eliot. (b) Macavity’s footprints are not found in any file of Scotland Yard’s. |
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Read the following passage.Good afternoon, Sir. See what a beautiful horse I have drawn. It’s a magnificent black stallion with a white star on its forehead. Look at the polished leather saddle on it. Hmm, I wonder if I should have the reins trail like that. Now answer the following questions. a) Who has drawn a horse? b) Who does ‘Sir’ refer to? c) What does the word ‘stallion’ mean? d) What is there on the horse? e) Did Tenali Raman paint the complete picture of the horse? |
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Answer» a) Tenali Raman b) Krishnadevaraya c) A male horse d) A white spot on the forehead e) No |
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Central Park is lovely _____ the snow. A) at B) in C) of D) with |
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Answer» Correct option is B) in |
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I live _____ an apartment _____ two American boys. A) in / of B) at / with C) in / with D) of/with |
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Answer» Correct option is C) in / with |
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“_____ is his job?” “He _____ a policeman.” A) Which / is B) What / are C) What / is D) Where / is |
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Answer» Correct option is C) What / is |
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We _____ in a hotel in Frankfurt. A) stayed B) was C) spent D) had |
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Answer» Correct option is A) stayed |
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Read the following text.Raja: What’s this? I cannot see a horse! This is very insulting. You’re trying to make a fool’ of me. There’s nothing on this canvas. Tenali: Well, you were the one who told me that we had to use our imagination when we looked at paintings. Imagine that the rest of the horse is just outside the canvas grazing at some lush green grass. Look, you can see the edge of its tail in that corner. Now, answer the following questions. a) ‘You’re trying to …….’ – Who does ‘you’ refer to? b) What should be used by us when we look at paintings according to the Raja? c) What was the horse doing according to Tenali Raman? d) Where did Tenali Raman paint the picture? e) Can anybody really see a horse in the painting of Tenali Raman? |
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Answer» a) You’ here refers to Tenali Raman. b) Our imagination c) The horse was grazing at some lush green grass. d) On the canvas e) No. Nobody can see a horse in the painting of Tenali Raman. |
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Read the following stanza. While you were out a cup went and broke itself, a crack appeared in the blue vase your great-great granddad brought back from China. Somehow, without me even turning on the tap the sink mysteriously overflowed. Now answer the following questions. a) Who does ‘you’ refer to? b) What happened to the cup? c) Who brought the blue vase? d) Where was it brought back from? e) Who do you think did all’ those mysterious things?Additional Questions: a) Who is the speaker? b) What happened to the things at home? c) How old could be the poet? d) How did the poet support himself? |
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Answer» a) Mother of the boy b) The cup broke. c) The child’s great-great granddad d) It was brought back from China. e) I think the boy himself did all those mysterious things. Additional Answer a) The little boy b) The things at home were all disordered and at a mess. c) The poet could be 8 to 10 years old. d) The poet supported himself that he was not at home when the mess happened. |
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‘Where can I buy some medicine?’ ‘At the _____ in Cook Street.’ A) chemist’s B) bank C) market D) baker’s |
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Answer» Correct option is A) chemist’s |
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Nobody wants to come ______ as a witness of the crime. A) over B) forward C) at |
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Answer» Correct option is B) forward |
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______ ?’ ‘He’s very nice.’ A) What does he look like? B) What’s he like? C) How is he? D) How does he look? |
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Answer» B) What’s he like? |
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I _____ to be _____ artist when I _____ a child. A) wanted / an / was B) want / a / was C) wants / an / was D) to want / an / is |
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Answer» A) wanted / an / was |
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To "screw up" is to _____. A) do it perfectly B) make a mess C) go higher and higher |
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Answer» Correct option is B) make a mess |
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“Are you Canadian?” “No, but I have _____ good friends in Canada.” A) any B) a C) an D) some |
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Answer» Correct option is D) some |
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Prince Charles _____ Canadian. He _____ English. A) is not / is B) is not / was C) was not / is D) was not / were |
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Answer» A) is not / is |
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