Question

1. Read the given passage:

Subject: English

1. Cricket in South Asia is a carnivalesque, festive game. It carries not merely the baggage of competition and achievement, but is also a participatory cultural event that invokes images of religious festivals, convivial social gatherings, picnics and theatre. It is now gradually becoming a substitute for war, a means of redeeming self-esteem and expressing xenophobia, and a depot of weird conspiracy theories. No country now loses a game because the other side is better, a country loses only because its cricketers and cricket administrators are under-patriotic, corrupt, greedy or self-centered.

2. Unfortunately for ultra nationalists and fortunately for the rest, cricket is one game in which the best training, organization and preparation do not yield corresponding results. It is a subversive game that rebels against the productivity principle on which is built the world of globalised capitalism. Luck plays a major role in the final outcome of a match or series. In this espect, cricket is unlike football, tennis or chess. The grandeur of cricket and the cliched reference to its glorious uncertainties come from a cultivated ignorance of this inner contradiction in the game. Cricketers and their fans to say nothing of the experts- have to earn to live with the unpredictability without getting overly judgmental or paranoiac. All games have some built in uncertainties; only cricket has turned the gracious acceptance of this into a measure of character.

5. Let us not forget that in cricket the 22 players involved are never on the field at the same ime. Consequently, one team may play in full sunshine, while the other may have to play under an overcast sky when the ball begins to swing. One team may bat on a green top, the other on a vearing pitch. You can never truly equalize the outer conditions for the two teams. So a cricketer not merely plays against the opposition, but also against his own fate. That is one eason why it is a typically Indian or, if you prefer, South Asian game.

4. This is a cultural region that recognizes the role of destiny in human affairs. All cricketers are

superstitious because of the nature of their job. Only South Asians are not embarrassed about and have unashamedly built ritualized ways of dealing with destiny as a normal part of cricketer's life. If you want a game where the investment of money, hard training and ruthles professionalism will pay predictable results, and the results will be a pure reflection of skill an alent, you should choose another game.

Based on the understanding of your passage, answer the question by choosing the correcs

option:

a) The meaning of the first sentence is

i. that cricket is seasonal like festivals

ii. that during cricket matches carnivals are organized

iii. that a cricket match is a cultural event like a festival or a carnival iv. that cricket is not a game but a carnival




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Answer 1

Explanation:

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Answer 2

Answer:

ii. that durung cricket matches carnivals are organized

Explanation:

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