Answer the following questions :
(a) What does education provide us?
(b) How do we become productive members of society?
(c) Why is education called progressive and liberal?
(d) How will the world become a much happier place?
(e) Do you want to make nature your friend, philosopher and guide? Why?
(a) Education provides us with knowledge, and a variety of competencies to take decisions logically, choose the right things and differentiate between good and evil things.
(b) We become productive members of society through education by sharpening our intellect, developing our creativity, learning to reason well, finding solutions to diffrent problems, and working for the greater welfare of the community.
(c) Education is called progressive and liberal because it teaches us to respect human diversity, cultural and religious differences. It helps us to practice social values. In addition to that, education also fosters critical thinking, and promotes the appreciation of beauty and the bounties of naturE-
(d) The world will become a much happier place if everyone practices the values learned through education, such as respecting human diversity valuing cultural and religious differences and working for the welfare of society.
(e) Obviously I do, because in terms of serving the purpose of a teacher, philosopher and guide, we get many benefits from naturE- It teaches us to be liberal, industrious and patience and all of these are very important in our lifE-.
- The word 'anaemia' refers to-
- The synonym of 'isolation' is-
- . The word 'vicious' is synonymous with---
- A bad mannered person is disliked by --
- to decide things rationally' means---
- Adolescence is a ___ period from childhood to adulthood.
- A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives :What does the word 'Known' in the passage refer to?
- Read the passage and answer the questions A and B.When you are in the driving seat of a car, you have the steering and the horn in your hands, the brake and accelerator under your feet, eyes open looking ahead, left and right. The same can be said about a motorcycle rider, with some modifications. These are all very visiblE- But behind all, there is something that keeps working unseen. And that is the Central Processing Unit (CPU), your brain. CPUs are artificially intelligent machines that are programmed to do specific jobs under fixed conditions and judgments. But the human brain is intelligent by naturE- It is the most sophisticated machine that is able to operate on ever-changing conditions and standards of judgment. As conditions in the traffic keep invariably changing, this virtue of sophistication of your brain must be at work when you are driving. The difference between traffic in the roads and highways and racing circuit must not be blurring inside you. Never imagine yourself to be a Michael Schumacher driving an F-l at 300 mph. Leave no room for fantasy. You must always be ready to encounter unexpected behaviour from any vehicle or pedestrian. 'Keep your cool' is easy to advice but difficult to maintain. Still you must always restrain yourself because, at the end of the day, you don't want to be regarded as a killer. Now you see, the last thing that differentiates you from a computer is your consciencE-
- Mandela was the first to advocate ---
- The word 'heritage' mentioned in the passage means-
- Read the passage and answer the questions A and B.The famous Greek philosopher Aristotle said, “Man is by nature a social animal.” What he meant was that man by instinct, seeks company of others and establishes relationships, much like most animals of the wild, for companionship and for physical and emotional support. Unlike the animals, however, man’s relationships give meaning to his existence and inspires him to do well in education, in workplace or in a profession that he pursues. Relationships are of different kinds. Some are familial and intimate, formed by blood and by marriage; some are social like the ones we have with friends and some are made in school where we form close bonds with classmates and teachers. Relationships can also be fostered in work place, which may quickly change from professional to social. There are relationships also between human beings and animals, between children and their toys that they cannot part with. All these relationships keep us close to each other and provide us all kinds of support, love and affection. A person who has no family feels the pain of loneliness and isolation. There is no one to laugh or cry with him/her. When we share our joy with someone, it simply redoubles, and when we suffer a loss and someone shares our sorrow, it lessens. Relationships are thus needed for our emotional health. To build relationships, we need to have trust and respect for each other, and love where this is needed. We cannot be selfish and possessive if we want to establish an effective relationship. But quite often we see people quarrelling and fighting with each other which only brings misery and loss to all.
- A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives : What does the word 'expertise' mean?
- The word "economic" can be replaced by-
- If there are elders or visitors at your home, the proper attitude towards them is to-
- Meditators have the ability-...
- A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives :The best synonym of 'pangs' mentioned in the passage is -.
- A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives :The word 'fascinated' mentioned in the passage means --
- The word 'heritage' refers to-
- Whom did Gazi Pir enable to live close to the forests?
- A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives :What does a man pursue?
- What is the synonym of ' Companion'?
- A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives :What does the idiom 'at large' mean ?
- Why is Kuakata a much sought after tourist destination?
- "Eventually, they were missing from people's practices." What does the underlined word refer to?
- The word 'psychological' in the text could be best replaced by
- The play 'Kabar' is written by _____
- Jerry's mother sent him a suit in ---
- A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives :The word 'Company' in the passage refers to -
- Imparting education to the common mass leads a community to-
- Man establishes relationships for physical and emotional
- The word 'finitude' means -
- The people of Bengal voted for-
- B. Answer the following questions :What do you know about Tereshkova's early life?What led to the selection of Tereshkova as a cosmonaut?What can you say about the trainings Tereshkova took?Who was the first human being to fly to outer space?Briefly discuss Tereshkova's experience in Vostok-6.
- Read the passage and answer the questions A and B.He (Jerry) sat by the fire with mE-... and told me of their two days together. The dog lay close to him and found a comfort there that I did not have for him.... "He stayed right with me," he told me, "except when he ran in the laurel.... There was a place where the grass was high and I lay down in it and hid. I could hear Pat hunting for mE-... When he found me he acted crazy, and he ran around and around me, in circles." We watched the flames. "That's an apple log," he said. "It burns the prettiest of any wood." We were very closE- He was suddenly impelled to speak. "You look a little bit like my mother," he said. "Especially in the dark, by the firE-" "But you were only four, Jerry, when you came herE- You have remembered how she looked, all these years?" "My mother lives in Mannville," he said. For a moment, finding that he had a mother shocked mE-.. I did not know why it disturbed mE- Then I understood my distress. I was filled with a passionate resentment that any woman should go away and leave her son. ... A son like this one - The orphanage was a wholesome place, the food was more than adequate, the boys were healthy... . Granted, perhaps, that the boy felt no lack, what blood fed the bowels of a woman who did not yearn over this child's lean body that had come in parturition out of her own? ... "Have you seen her, Jerry - lately?" I asked. "I see her every summer. She sends for mE-" I wanted to cry out. "Why are you not with her? How can she let you go away again?" He said, "She comes up here from Mannville whenever she can. She doesn't have a job now." His face shone in the firelight. "She wanted to give me a puppy, but they can't let any one boy keep a puppy. You remember the suit I had on last Sunday?" He was plainly proud. "She sent me that for Christmas. The Christmas before that" - he drew a long breath, savoring the memory - "she sent me a pair of skates.... I let the other boys use them, but they're careful ofthem."
- The best synonym of 'vibrant' is-
- Sheikh Kamal started his day by ______.
- The synonym of 'foster' is
- An opposite word for the word 'advocate' is
- Tutelage means---
- The word ‘unique’ mentioned in the passage is a/an-