1. Read the given passage and answer the questions that follow (any ten )
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1. The kingdom of books is as best as the universe, there is no corner of it which is left unexplored.
We make use of books for the dissemination of the useful ideas, for popularising the frits of our
research in various fields of knowledge and for spreading our progressive views on matters which
are of vital concem of our fellow beings.
2. In fact, no single product of human labour has been as helpful to the advancement of civilisation as
books which are written in all languages of the world and which are decoratively placed in
bookshelves in our homes and tastefully displayed in bookstalls and libraries. If Keats works of
ancient poets like Homer were realms of gold from which he derived much joy as well as inspiration,
to the modern lover of books the labours of all geniuses, including those of Keats, ire mines of
inestimable intellectual wealth.
3. More than five centuries ago, our ancestors used rocks, pillars and parchment with a view to record
and perpetuate their most important thoughts and achievements in the language they then understood.
Now a days the book producing machinery gives to the work of evert great scientific thinker, poet or
philosopher the character of permanence, reproduces in attractive forms; old and rare manuscripts and
caters to the different tastes of millions of people for whom books reading is an ex remely pleasant
intellectual exercise.
4. Moreover, the high percentage of literacy, the growth of libraries in towns and villages and the
tendency of intellectuals to have their own private collection of useful books, have given birth to a
number of big publishing houses with branches in many parts of the world and publication numbering
thousands.
5. In recent years, paperbacks have begun to reveal their attraction for the reading public and although
they have not completely thrown into neglect the hard-cover market, they have appealed to people
who would not have thought of buying books not so vert long ago. These paperbacks are generally
prints of popular fiction of established classics or translations from foreign world which are in
constant demand at all bookstalls.
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