Question

1. Happiness doesn't mean just to feel good. A review of hundreds of studies have found compelling

evidence that happier people have better overall health and live longer than their less happy peers.

Anxiety, depression, pessimism and a lack of enjoyment of daily activities have all been found to

be associated with higher rates of disease and shorter life spans

2. Having a network of social connections or high levels of social support has been shown to

increase our immunity to infection, lower our risk of heart disease and reduce mental decline as we

get older. Our emotions affect our long- term wellbeing. Research shows that experiencing positive

emotions in a 3-to-1 ratio with negative ones leads to a tipping point beyond which we naturally

become more resilient to adversity and better able to achieve things.

3. Harvard School of Public Health examined 200 separate research studies on psychological

wellbeing and cardiovascular health. Optimism and positive emotion were found to provide

protection against cardiovascular disease, to slow progression of heart disease and reduce risk, by

around 50%, of experiencing a cardiovascular event, such as a heart attack.

4. Recent research has shown that an 8-week mindfulness meditation class can lead to structural

brain changes including increased grey-matter density in the hippocampus, known to be important

for learning and memory, and in structures associated with self-awareness, compassion and

introspection-People who are optimistic tend to be happier, healthier and cope better in tough

times. Our happiness influences the people we know and the people they know.

5. Western neuroscience has now confirmed what Eastern wisdom has known for a long time.

Happiness is a skill we can learn. Happiness, compassion and kindness are the products of skills

that can be learned and enhanced through training, thanks to the neuroplasticity of our brains.

6. When we give to others it activates the areas of the brain associated with pleasure, social

connection and trust. Altruistic behaviour releases endorphins in the brain and boosts happiness for

us as well as the people we help. Studies have shown that giving money away tends to make people

happier than spending it on themselves.

7. Most people think that if they become successful, then they'll be happy. But recent discoveries in

psychology and neuroscience show that this formula is backward: Happiness fuels success, not the

other way around. When we're positive, our brains are more motivated, engaged, creative,

energetic, resilient, and productive.

1. Experiencing positive emotions in a 3-to-1 ratio with negative ones increases:

a. our ability to withstand adversities

b. mental decline

c. heart diseases

d. depression

2. Our happiness influences:

a. only ourselves
b. only others

c. the people we know

d. no one

3. Cardiovascular disease and heart attacks can be reduced by around 50% through:

a.optimism

b. positive emotions

c. psychological wellbeing

d. all of the above

4. Which of the following is NOT true:

a. happiness fuels success

b. health fuels happiness

c. happiness is a skill

d. success fuels happiness

5. Which of the following is NOT true when we engage our brain in positive act.

a. motivated

b. creative

c. resilient

d. unproductive

6. Studies show people are happier when they:

a. Spend money on themselves

b. giving money away

c. have no money

d. have money

7. Find the word in the passage which means the same as: a person able to withstand or recover

quickly from difficult conditions, (para 2):

a. older

b. resilient

c. decline

d. None of the above​

Answer 1

Answer:

Ans 1 - a. our ability to withstand adversities

Ans 2 - a. only ourselves

Ans 3 - d. all of the above

Ans 4 - c. happiness is not a skill (option is wrong)

Ans 5 - d. unproductive

Ans 6 - b. giving money away

Ans 7 - b. resilient

Answer 2

Answer:

1. a

2. a

3. d

4. c

6. d

7. b

8. b