1.1 On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following questions by
choosing the best of the given choices.
(a) How does a child learn the ways of his life?
(i) by imitating his elders
(ii) by observing
(iii) through reading and writing
(iv) through school education
(b) What are the two salient features of reading?
(i) recreative and instructive
(ii) pleasure and intellectual exertion
(iii) information and views
(iv) all the above
(c) Which kind of reading can be called 'recreative'?
(i) newspaper
ii) journals
iii) novels
iv) periodicals
(d) Reading of newspaper is absolutely essential for the common man because -
it gives news of economics and science
all the above
(i) it gives local news
ii)
(iii) it gives political news iv)
(e) 'Exertion' in paragraph 2 means -
(i) interest (ii) exercise (iii) stimulation
(f) 'Indispensable' in para 2 means -
(i) important (ii) primary (iii) necessary
(iv) physical effort
(iv) principal
1.2 Answer the following questions briefly.
(a) How does the reading of a novel capture the interest of the reader?
(b)
Why is the reading of books of travel and adventure a source of immense
pleasure and thrill?
(c)
Why is the habit of reading regarded as sign of good culture?
(d)
How does the reading of newspapers and journals help us?
(e) Find the antonym of 'rest' in para 2.
(f) Find the antonym of 'repulsion' in para 3.
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