0.2. Read the following passage andanswerthequestions thatfollow. ( 2x4+1x4=12 marks) One more Olympics has gone by. Atotal of 974 medals were won by 87 countries; 54 countries won at least one Gold. The U.S flew home with the best medal tally of all times for that country with 121 medals. Notwithstanding the individual brilliance and the face-saving medals of P.V.Sindhu and Sakshi Malik, India's performance is the poorest among all big countries. The discourse on this is an unhappy one: there has been a lot of hand- wringing, blame on the Sports Ministry and sports administrators, complaints about lack offacilities, grumbles aboutcorruption being the villain, and soon. India says the same things, once in four years, during and after every Olympics. Itshould instead look forsimple lessons, develop a strategy to win medals and execute it diligently. No, I don't believe that India should be planning for the Olympics scheduled eight or twelve years from now. While long-term thinking is good, any leaderwilltellyouthatitis too slow. Weshould aim to win a lot more medals in Tokyo in 2020. But how? The final medals tally by country tells all sorts of stories. The top 22 countries - those with adouble-digit medals tally with aminimum ofthree gold medals - took home a total of 702 medals, or 72 per cent of all medals. The top ten suggests that only the established West (the U.S., Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Australia) along with Russia, Japan and South Korea will continue to dominate. The emergence of China is explained as "you know the Chinese can dictate anything, so they are not comparable." It is often implied that wealth and size are the reasons for the success of these countries. They have the facilities and programmes in place. They are bound to win. So goes the argument and acceptance. This logic should be probed further. Olympics medals are won by people between the ages of 15 to 29, with a few exceptions on either side of this age band. I looked at the number of medal wins in relation to the population in the age group 15 to 29 in each country, for which data is available. This was juxtaposed with medals won, to calculate the numbers of medals won per lakh of population in this age group. The story changes dramatically. (a) What was the result of Olympics? (b) How can India stand at a strong position in Olympics? (c) How do the other countries dominate in Olympics? (d) What are the short comings for the poor position in Olympics? (e) Identify the word which means the same as'a plan of action'(Para2) () discourse (ii) wringing (iv) strategy (ii) complain Identify the word which means the same as 'carry out'.(Para2) (1) (1) strategy (ii) grumbles (g) Identify the word which means the same as'suggested'.(Para3) (ii) execute (iv) diligently (i) implied (i) dominate (ii) established (iv) explained (h) Identify the word which means the same as "investigated'.(Para4) () exception (i) juxtaposed (iii) calculate (iv) probed
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0.2. Read the following passage andanswerthequestions thatfollow. ( 2x4+1x4=12 marks) One more Olympics has gone by. Atotal of 974 medals were won by 87 countries; 54 countries won at least one Gold. The U.S flew home with the best medal tally of all times for that country with 121 medals. Notwithstanding the individual brilliance and the face-saving medals of P.V.Sindhu and Sakshi Malik, India's performance is the poorest among all big countries. The discourse on this is an unhappy one: there has been a lot of hand- wringing, blame on the Sports Ministry and sports administrators, complaints about lack offacilities, grumbles aboutcorruption being the villain, and soon. India says the same things, once in four years, during and after every Olympics. Itshould instead look forsimple lessons, develop a strategy to win medals and execute it diligently. No, I don't believe that India should be planning for the Olympics scheduled eight or twelve years from now. While long-term thinking is good, any leaderwilltellyouthatitis too slow. Weshould aim to win a lot more medals in Tokyo in 2020. But how? The final medals tally by country tells all sorts of stories. The top 22 countries - those with adouble-digit medals tally with aminimum ofthree gold medals - took home a total of 702 medals, or 72 per cent of all medals. The top ten suggests that only the established West (the U.S., Great Britain, Germany, France, Italy and Australia) along with Russia, Japan and South Korea will continue to dominate. The emergence of China is explained as "you know the Chinese can dictate anything, so they are not comparable." It is often implied that wealth and size are the reasons for the success of these countries. They have the facilities and programmes in place. They are bound to win. So goes the argument and acceptance. This logic should be probed further. Olympics medals are won by people between the ages of 15 to 29, with a few exceptions on either side of this age band. I looked at the number of medal wins in relation to the population in the age group 15 to 29 in each country, for which data is available. This was juxtaposed with medals won, to calculate the numbers of medals won per lakh of population in this age group. The story changes dramatically. (a) What was the result of Olympics? (b) How can India stand at a strong position in Olympics? (c) How do the other countries dominate in Olympics? (d) What are the short comings for the poor position in Olympics? (e) Identify the word which means the same as'a plan of action'(Para2) () discourse (ii) wringing (iv) strategy (ii) complain Identify the word which means the same as 'carry out'.(Para2) (1) (1) strategy (ii) grumbles (g) Identify the word which means the same as'suggested'.(Para3) (ii) execute (iv) diligently (i) implied (i) dominate (ii) established (iv) explained (h) Identify the word which means the same as "investigated'.(Para4) () exception (i) juxtaposed (iii) calculate (iv) probed
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The answers are as follows:
- In the Olympics a total of 974 medals were won by 87 countries out of which 54 countries at least won one Gold. U.S. received 121 medals.
- India can stand at a stronger position in Olympics improving the sports facilities and removing corruption as soon as possible. India should look for simple lessons, develop a strategy to win medals and execute it diligently.
- Other countries dominate in Olympics due to their wealth and size as considered by many people. These countries have facilities and programmes in place, therefore they win at the Olympics.
- The short comings for the poor position in Olympics is the number of medals won per lakh of population.
- The words is strategy.
- The word is execute.
- The word is explained.
- The word is probed.