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Read the following passage carefully
1. In India working women lead a life of dual responsibilities if they are married and have
a family. In the West, many women are hard-headed careerists and are committed to the
jobs. Here in India, women still have traditional rules to fulfill and prefer a career to avoid
domestic drudgery.
2. There are four categories of working women in India. Some work while they are waiting
for matrimony. A majority works because they are qualified; want a second income and a
different kind of life for part of the day. A small section consists of career-women. A
sizeable section of women are bread-winners.
3. It is quite apparent that with a majority of working women, the family takes precedence
over the job. They prefer to stay in joint families where their children can be taken care of
while there at work. When they come back in the evening from the relatively modern
surroundings of the work-spots, their personalities have to undergo a change to
accommodate the demands on their time and attention by different family members whose
predominant feelings are believed to have been neglected. These women often do their
shopping on the way from office. There reserve their weekends for heavy housework
which will help them to cope with the rest of the week, with relatively less tension.
Weekends are also reserved for spending time with his spouses and children, for
entertainment, family duties, visits and other such endless chores. Actually speaking, they
hardly have time for personal needs.
4. Despite the freedom and confidence of the jobs and pay packets, working women still
prefer to leave the financial decision making and budgeting to their husbands. They are
unwilling to compromise on their dual burdens and prefer jobs with flexible timings. They
are not unduly fashion conscious but take pride in graceful clothing. Indian working
women are managing their double roles admirably.
On the basis of your understanding of the passage answer the following questions
briefly:
(a)Why do some Indian women prefer a career?
(b)Why does the writer say that women have dual personality?
(c) Why do working women prefer to stay in joint families?
(d)What do working women reserve their weekends for?
Find a word in the passage which conveys similar meaning as the following:
a) Marriage (para 1)
b) big (para 2)
c) comparatively (para 3)
d) decent (para 4)
Answers
Answer:
a) an indian women prefer a career because they are qualified, want a second income and different kind of life for a part of the day. Some works while they are waiting for matrimony.
c)It is quite apparent that with a majority of working women, the family takes precedence
over the job. They prefer to stay in joint families where their children can be taken care of while there at work.
d)They reserve their weekends for heavy housework which will help them to cope with the rest of the week, with relatively less tension. Weekends are also reserved for spending time with his spouses and children.
e)1.maeriage= married is only there in para 1, not any other option, so this will be the ans.
2.big=sizable
3.comperatively= relatively
Explanation:
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