(1) Read the passage carefully and answer the questions that follow .
Mother Teresa was a humanitarian. This means it did things to help out other people. Her
entire life was devoted to helping the poor, the sick, the needy and the helpless. Mother Teresa
was born in Uskub, Ottoman Empire On 26th August 1910. This city is now called Skopje. Her
birth name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. Her father died when she was eight and she was
raised by her mother. She joined the sister of Loreto at the age of 18 to become a missionary in
India. She first had to learn English. So she went to Ireland to learn English at the Loreto Abby.
A year later started her missionary work in Darjeeling, India. She learned the local language,
Bengali and taught at the local School. She soon took her first was as a nun and took the
name," Teresa”. When she was 36 years old, she felt the call from God to help the poor of
India. She received some basic medical training and then set out to help the sick and the
needy. This was not an easy task in 1948 India. She had very little support and, while trying to
feed and help the poorest of the poor, she herself was constantly hungry and even had to beg
for food.
(a) Mother Teresa was called ___________ because her entire life was devoted to
helping the poor, the sick ,the needy and the helpless.
(i) philanthropic (ii) a humanitarian (iii) a sympathizer (iv) merciful
(b) Mother Teresa was born in Uskub, now known was _____________,on 26th
August,_______.
(i) Skopje ,1899 (ii) Basra,1911 (iii) Skopje, 1910 (iv) none of these
(c) She went to Ireland to learn _____________ at the Loreto Abby.
(i) English (ii) Irish (iii)Hindi (iv) Bengali
(d)Agnes Gonxha Bojaxihu changed her name to Teresa when she __________ as a nun.
(i) left Ireland for India (ii)Joined the sisters of Loreto
(iii)took her vows (iv) none of these
(e) Solemnly promise to do something is called ____________.
(i) row (ii) bow (iii) vow
Answers
Answer:
(a) - (ii) humanitarian
(b) - (iii) Skopje, 1910
(c) - (i) English
(d) - (iii) took her vows
(e) - (iii) vow
I am a bit confused in the (e) one.
Hope it helps.
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Answer:
The correct answers to the questions are as follows:
(a) - (ii) a humanitarian
(b) - (iii) Skopje, 1910
(c) - (i) English
(d) - (iii) took her vows
(e) - (iii) vow
Explanation:
From the given passage, we have got to know about how Mother Teresa is a Humanitarian as she devoted her whole life for social cause. She was born in Uskub (now known as Skopje) on 26th August 1910. She had to learn English in order to complete her taking vows as a nun, for which she went to Loreto Abby. She changed her name to Teresa when she took her vows (which is solemnly promising to do something).
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