SECTION – A (Reading)
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below –
1. Have you ever failed at something so miserably that the thought of attempting to do it again was the last thing you wanted to do?
2. If your answer is yes, then you are "not a robot." Unlike robots, we human beings have feelings, emotions, and dreams. We are all meant to grow and stretch despite
our circumstances and our limitations. Flourishing and trying to make our dreams come true is great when life is going our way. But what happens when it's not? What happens when you fail despite all of your hard work? Do you stay down and accept the defeat or do you get up again and again until you are satisfied? If you have a tendency to persevere and keep going then you have what experts call, grit.
3. Falling down or failing is one of the most agonizing, embarrassing, and scariest human experiences. But it is also one of the most educational, empowering, and
essential parts of living a successful and fulfilling life. Did you know that perseverance (grit) is one of the seven qualities that have been described as the keys to personal success and betterment in society? The other six are: curiosity, gratitude, optimism, self-control, social intelligence, and zest. Thomas Edison is a model for grit for trying 1,000 plus times to invent the light bulb. If you are reading this with the lights on in your room, you know well he succeeded. When asked why he kept going despite his hundreds of failures, he merely stated that what he had been not failures. They were hundreds of ways not to create a light bulb. This statement not only revealed his grit but also his optimism for looking at the bright side.
4. Grit can be learned to help you become more successful. One of the techniques that helps is mindfulness. Mindfulness is a practice that helps the individual stay in
the moment by bringing awareness of his or her experience without judgment. This practice has been used to quiet the noise of their fears and doubts. Through this
simple practice of mindfulness, individuals have the ability to stop the self sabotaging downward spiral of hopelessness, despair, and frustration.
5. What did you do to overcome the negative and self-sabotaging feelings of failure? Reflect on what you did, and try to use those same powerful resources to help you today.
On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following: (1x4=4)
i. While inventing the light bulb, Thomas Edison had failed____
a. 1000 times
b. 10000 plus times
c. 1000 plus times
d. 10000 times
ii. Failure is a part of_______ life.
a. normal
b. common
c. human
d. ordinary
iii. In paragraph 2, __________means continue.
a. robots
b. satisfied
c. persevere
d. flourishing
iv. _________helps in preventing individuals from going down the lines of despair.
a. success
b. fear
c. doubt
d. mindfulness
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below –
I may mention, however, that I was none the worse for abstaining from exercise. That was because I had read in books about benefits of long walks in the open air,
and having liked the advice, I had formed a habit of taking walks, which has still remained with me. These walks gave me a good strength.
The reason for my dislike for gymnastics was my keen desire to serve as nurse to my father. As soon as the school closed, I would hurry home and begin serving him.
Exercise came directly in the way of this service. I requested Mr Gimi to exempt me from gymnastics so that I might be free to serve my father. But he would not listen
to me. Now it happened that one Saturday, when we had school in the morning, I had to go from home to school for gymnastics at 4 o’clock in the afternoon. I had no
watch, and the clouds deceived me. Before I reached the school, the boys had all left. The next day Mr Gimi, examining the roll, found me marked absent. Being asked the reason for absence, I told him what had happened. He refused to believe me and ordered me to pay a fine one or two annas (I cannot now recall how much).
I was convicted of lying! That deeply pained me. I was desperate to prove my innocence. But there was no way. I cried in deep anguish. I saw that a man of truth must also be a man of care. This was the first and the last instance of my carelessness in school. I have a faint recollection that I finally succeeded in getting the fine remitted. The exemption from exercise was of course obtained, as my father wrote himself to the headmaster saying that he wanted me at home after school.
I am still paying the penalty of another neglect. I do know when I got the notion that good handwriting was not necessary part of education, but I retained it until I went
to England. When later, especially in South Africa, I saw the beautiful handwriting of lawyers and young men born and educated in South Africa, I was ashamed of myself and repented of my neglect. I saw that bad handwriting should be regarded as a sign of an imperfect education. I tried later to improve mine, but it was too late.
(Mohandas K. Gandhi – The Story of My Experiments with Truth)
1.Answer these questionsi)
According to the passage, what were the two things that Gandhiji negelected?
ii) Why did Gandhiji dislike gymnastics?
iii) How did Gandhiji feel when he was blamed for lying?
iv) Was Gandhiji really lying? Justify your answer.
2. Complete the statements –
i) What should be regarded as a sign of an imperfect education?
a) reading
b) bad handwriting
c) speaking
d) listening
ii) Gandhiji was late for the gymnastics class because
a) he was busy in college
b) he was playing
c) clouds deceived him
d) his friends stopped him
iii) A man of truth must also be a man of ________
a) care
b) concern
c) sympathy
d) kindness
iv) Gandhiji finally succeeded in _____
a) getting the fine remitted
b) getting the possession of property
c) winning the case
d) winning the accolade
3. The word ‘abstain’ means –
a) to be absent
b) to stay away from
c) to attend
d) to regret
4. The antonym of ‘convicted’ is –
a) acquitted
b) jailed
c) blamed
d) appreciated
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