1. Rights and duties are two sides of the same coin. One can’t exist without
the other. Duties without rights are mere slavery. Similarly, rights without
duties amount to lawlessness. In any civilized society, rights and duties
must go side by side.
2. But in today’s world, everybody talks much about his rights. There is a
great hue and cry if our rights are infringed. But nobody seems to bother
much about his duties. That is why there is a great unrest in our present
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day life. Actually duties come first and rights afterwards. Many a time,
one man’s right is another man’s duty and vice versa. For example, every
man has the right to have an undisturbed sleep. So it becomes the duty of
his neighbor not to tune his radio at too high a pitch. If we want to enjoy
our rights, we should act in such a way that the rights of others are not
trespassed. It can happen only if we take due account of our duties also.
In short, rights and duties are complementary things and not
contradictory.
3. It is difficult to agree on which rights should be guaranteed to a citizen.
For example, does a child have the right to be educated in his/her mother
tongue? Some enthusiasts may say, “Certainly.” But others may say that
while everyone must have a right to education, the government should not
be forced to spend money to employ special teachers for the language of
every group and community. Take another example, Does every adult
have a right to job? Some will say, “Yes.” Others will disagree and say
that this is a privilege, not a right. They say that in these days of
population explosion, it is not possible for any government to ensure full
employment.
4. There can be disagreement on such controversial issues, but there can be
no disagreement on such things as the freedom of speech, freedom of
religion, freedom from want and freedom from fear. Every nation worth
the name must ensure these rights for her citizens.
Q. 1 Choose the correct option to answer each of the following
questions:-
1. Which of the following statements is correct?
(a) Rights and duties are complementary.
(b)Rights and duties are contradictory.
(c) Rights come before duties.
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(d)Our rights are the duties of our neighbor.
2. What is difficult to agree on?
(a) Whether a citizen should have any rights.
(b)Whether a citizen should do his or her duty.
(c) Whether rights and duties should go side by side.
(d) Which rights should be guaranteed to a citizen.
3. A civilized person cares:-
(a) more for his rights than for his duties.
(b) more for his duties than his rights.
(c) more for his own rights than the rights of his neighbor.
(d) more for his domestic duties than his official duties.
4. Give the synonym of ‘tresspass’
(a) encroach
(b)surpass
(c) overtake
(d)disagree
5. What is meant by ‘vice versa’?
(a) et cetera
(b)for example
(c) in the opposite way to what just has been said.
(d)in the way that has been agreed to by all.
6. What is opposite of ‘controversial’?
(a) peaceful
(b)unanimous
(c)sympathetic
(d)righteous.
(7) Why rights and duties are called two sides of the same coin? One of the
following options is Not correct. Select the incorrect option.
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(a) because one can’t exist without the other.
(b) duties without rights are mere slavery.
(c) rights without duties lead to lawlessness
(d) there is no relationship between rights and duties.
(8) Why is there a great unrest in our present day life?
(a) Everybody talks much about his rights.
(b) Nobody seems to bother much about his duties.
(c) Both a and b options are correct
(d) Both a and b options are incorrect.
(9) What do you think comes first- rights or duties?
(a) rights
(b) duties
(c) both right and duties come first.
(d ) neither rights nor duties comes first.
(10)Find from the passage the synonym of ‘encroached’. Correct option is
(a) privilege
(b) trespassed
(c) enthusiasts
(d) complementary
Answers
Answer:
a,b,c,d,b,c,d,a,d,a,
1. (a) Rights and duties are complementary.
Since rights and duties cannot exist without each other, they are complementary.
2. (d) Which rights should be guaranteed to a citizen.
People disagree on what qualifies as rights, and what one might think is a right, another might this is a privilege.
3. (c) more for his duties than his rights.
Duties should come before rights because it ensures a civilized society.
4. (a) encroach
Trespass means to enter someone else's land or property without permission, and is a synonym for encroach.
5. (c) in the opposite way to what has been said.
Vice versa means that the same logic also applies in the opposite way.
6. (b) unanimous
Controversial means something that is heavily debated and has a public disagreement, and its opposite is unanimous.
7. (d) there is no relationship between rights and duties.
This statement is false because rights and duties cannot exist without each other.
8. (c) Both a and b options are correct.
People prioritize duties over rights, which leads to unrest in society.
9. (b) duties
Duties come first because one man's right is ultimately another man's duty and the former cannot exist without the latter.
10. (b) trespassed
Encroach means to intrude on someone's property, and is a synonym of trespass.
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