Question

2.1. Read the passage given below:

(10x1= 10)

Su' means number and Duko' means single. The game of Sudoku has many similarities with the game of life. Sudoku is a puzzle game designed for a single player, much like a crossword puzzle. The puzzle itself is nothing more than a grid of little boxes called 'cells. They are stacked nine high and nine wide, making 81 cells total.

The roots of the Sudoku puzzle are in Switzerland. Leonhard Euler created 'carré latin' in the

18th century which is similar to a Sudoku puzzle. The first real Sudoku was published in 1979

and was invented by Howard Garns, an American architect. The real world wide popularity

started in Japan in 1986 after it was published and given the name Sudoku by Nikoli. In life, too, you start with a given set of notions and then work from there on. In Sudoku, you need to follow a set of rules to build up the grid, filling each row, column and box with numbers ranging from one to nine, so much like in life where you have to go on your way without hurting anyone else. Respect every number (person), and things would be fine. While playing, you never think of the end (the result); you just keep working on the numbers

and the final result (fruits of action) comes on its own. Extremely difficult puzzles may take

hours. Similarly, to achieve the desired results in life, may also take years. The game of Sudoku and the game of life are best played in calm but in a focused state. Everything has to go together in a Sudoku grid: the rows, columns and squares. Exactly as in life. Your duties towards your family, teachers, society and country, all go on, simultaneously.

In Sudoku, the arrangement of the given numbers is symmetrical. This is instructive in life, on



how to maintain steadfast faith, poise and equanimity despite situations when everything hurns topsy-turvy

There is a subtle difference between the two, as well. Make a mistake and you can erase it and begin all over again in Sudoku. Not so in life. You can learn a lesson through it, and avoid making the same mistake in future.

On the basis of your understanding of the passage, answer ANY TEN from the twelve that follow by choosing the correct option:

(10x1= 10)

(1) A game of Sudoku puzzle has cells.

(a) 80

(c) 82

(b) 81 (d) 83

(ii) Sudoku puzzle gained worldwide popularity first in

(a) Switzerland

(c) Japan

(iii) The first real Sudoku was published in

(a) 1979

18th century

(iv)

(v)

(b) America

(d) India

(b) 1986

(d) 19th century

The game of Sudoku is much to the game of life.

(a)

(c)

different dissimilar

(b) similar

(d) opposite

Which one of the following is false about the Sudoku (a) The game has a grid of little boxes called cells

(b) Its root are in America

puzzle?

(c) A set of rules should be followed to move ahead in the puzzle

(d) The rows columns and squares-all should The number in the boxes range from

(a) one to nine

(c)

one to six

(b)

(d)

(b)

(d)

go together while playing the game​

Answer 1

Answer:

Sudoku is a puzzle game designed for a single player, much like a crossword puzzle. The puzzle is a grid of little boxes called ‘cells.’

The writer has compared the numbers in Sudoku to life by citing similarities between the game’s rules and real life situations.

Similarities between Sudoku and Life: Your duties towards your family, teachers, society and country all go on simultaneously just as the arrangement of the given numbers. This is instructive in life, on how to maintain steadfast faith, poise and equanimity despite odd situations.