91 B English Passage 24Feb

Passage I 


Read the below given statement 


 (a) The poor economic and social conditions prevailing in society.

(b) The refusal on the part of man to change his character.

(c) The absence of physical and material help from his society.

(d) Ever increasing physical needs due to changing social structure.


Read the  below given passage


1.The miseries of the world cannot be cured by physical help only. 

2.Until man's nature changes, his physical needs will always arise, and miseries will always be felt, and no amount of physical help will remove them completely. 

3.The only solution of the problem is to make mankind pure. 

4.Ignorance is the mother of evil and of all the misery we see. 

5.Let men have light, let them be pure and spiritually strong and educated; then alone will misery cease in the world. 

6.We may convert every house in the country into a charitable asylum, but human misery will continue until man's character changes.



According to the passage, which of the following statements is most likely to be true as the reason for man's miseries ?


(a) The poor economic and social conditions prevailing in society.

(b) The refusal on the part of man to change his character.

(c) The absence of physical and material help from his society.

(d) Ever increasing physical needs due to changing social structure.


Ans. (b)

Explanation.

It is clearly mentioned in the passage that Until man's nature changes, his physical needs will arise and miseries be felt always. Hence, (b) is the correct answer.



Passage II


Read the below given statement 

(a) were angry with him.

(b) were worried.

(c) did not feel concerned.

(d) were eager to meet the old man and the little boy.


Read the below given  passage


1.Seven-year-old Jim came home from the park without his new bicycle. 

2."An old man and a little boy borrowed it," he explained. "They are going to bring it back at four o'clock."

3. His parents were upset that he had given his expensive new bicycle, but were secretly proud of his kindness and faith. Came four o'clock, no bicycle.

4. The parents were anxious. But at 4:30, the door bell rang, and there stood a happy man and a boy, with the bicycle and a box of chocolates.

5. Jim suddenly disappeared into his bedroom, and then came running out. "All right," he said, after examining the bicycle. "You can have your watch back !"


 When Jim came home without his bicycle, his parents


(a) were angry with him.

(b) were worried.

(c) did not feel concerned.

(d) were eager to meet the old man and the little boy.


Ans. (b)

Explanation

On seeing the boy without his new bicycle, his parents were upset but at the same time, they were proud of their son's kindness. This shows that they were worried about the bicycle.

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