1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follows:
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Flattery is an art, and like every art, it can be mastered only by those who have not only
inbom talent for it but are also willing to put in unceasing and patient labour. A mosta
art is always subtle and suggestive. At the same time he takes care that the prai
him has some basis in reality. He will not call a dark complexioned woman fair. He will
that black is beautiful. If she is thin and lean, he will tell her that slimness makes for real
beauty. If she is fat, he will remark that a woman who is not buxom can by no means be
called beautiful.
The art of flattery is practiced universally. In offices, junior officers flatter their seniors; in
colleges and schools, students flatter their teachers; in factories, worker
In fact flattery is an essential feature of any junior- senior relationship. However, it will be
wrong to think that flattery operates only in his domain. There is hardly any human
relationship or field of human activity into which it cannot warm its way. Salesmen flatters
customers, masters flatter servants; men flatters wives; parents flatter children.
The range of tactics and ploys used by flatterers for the achievement of their goals is
amazingly wide. Words are, of course, the sharpest weapons in the armoury, but they can also
make a dexterous use of gesture, movement and action. If a stenographer is keen to flatter his
boss, he goes into raptures over every sentence dictated by him. His eyes shine; his face is
aglow; his lips are half open in amazement; his head sways in admiration. In short, he
becomes the pictures of wondering reverence. A true master of the art of flattery can make
flattery like genuine praise. His arrows never miss their target. He can ingratiate himself into
the favour of the sternest of bosses and the coldest of women.)
Not everybody can excel at flattery. Like any other art, flattery also requires certain basin
qualities. A glib orator with tremendous reserves of patience and ability to dissemble is sure
to be successful flatterer. You may try to avoid him; you may snub him; you may hurl insults
at him. But his perseverance will not leave him. By remaining polite even in the face of
grave provocation, he succeeds in breaking resistance. He tries to oblige people close to you
He feigns love for your hobbies and interests. He never misses an opportunity to show
praise on your new acquisitions. Not a single attribute of yours is left unpraised by him.
(a) What does a stenographer become in order to please his boss?
(b) What is used by a true master in the art of flattery?
(c) What is the merits of flattery?
(d) What basic qualities does flattery require?
(e) What do you mean by flattery?
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Answer:
Answer from the given passage -
(a) What does a stenographer become in order to please his boss?
Ans. In order to please his boss, a stenographer becomes the pictures of wondering reverence. To flatter his boss, he goes into raptures over every sentence dictated by him.
(b) What is used by a true master in the art of flattery?
Ans. A true master of the art of flattery can make flattery like genuine praise. His arrows never miss their target. He can ingratiate himself into the favour of the sternest of bosses and the coldest of women.
(c) What is the merits of flattery?
Ans. The merits of flattery are subtle and suggestive.
(d) What basic qualities does flattery require?
Ans. Tremendous reserves of patience and ability to dissemble are some qualities that flattery requires.
(e) What do you mean by flattery?
ans. Flattery is an art, and like every art, it can be mastered only by those who have not only inborn talent for it but are also willing to put in unceasing and patient labour.
Explanation:
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