Question

2. Read the passage given below.

What is immediately needed today is the establishment of a World Government or an International Federation

of mankind. It is the utmost necessity of the world today, and all those persons who wish to see all human

beings happy and prosperous naturally feel it keenly. Of course, at times we feel that many of the problems of

our political, social, linguistic and cultural life would come to an end if there was one Government all over the

world. Travellers, businessmen, seekers of knowledge and teachers of righteousness know very well that great

impediments and obstructions are faced by them when they pass from one country to another, exchange

goods, get information, and make an efforts to spread their good gospel among their fellow-men. In the past,

religious sects divided one set of people against another, colour of skin or shape of the body set one against

the other.

But today when philosophical light has exploded the darkness that was created by religious differences, and

when scientific knowledge has falsified the superstitions, they have enabled human beings of all religious

views and of all races and colours to come in frequent contact with one another. It is the governments of

various countries that keep people of one country apart from, those of another. They create artificial barriers,

unnatural distinctions, unhealthy isolation, unnecessary fears and dangers in the minds of common men who

by their nature want to live in friendship with their fellow-men. But all these evils would cease to exist if there

were one Government all over the world.

On the basis of your understanding of the passage, answer ANY TEN questions from the twelve that

follow (1x10=10)

i. What divides people of a country against another?

(a) Different religions

(b) Different language

(c) Different social and political systems of different people

(d) Government of various countries

ii What is the urgent need of the world today?

(a) The establishment of an international economic order.

(b) The establishment of a world government.

(c) The creation of a cultural international social order.

(d) The raising of an international spiritual army.


iii. What is the world Government expected to do?

(a) it will arrange for interplanetary contacts (b) it will end all wars for all time to come

(c) it will bring about a moral regeneration of mankind (d) it will kill the evil spirit in man


iv. Choose the word which is SIMILAR in meaning as the word "righteousness" as used in the passage.

(a) rectitude (b) religiosity (c) requirement (d) scrupulousness


v. Which of the following problems has not been mentioned in the passage as likely to be solved with the

establishment of world Government?

(a) Social Problems (b) Political Problems (c) Cultural Problems (d) Economic Problems


vi. Choose the word which is most OPPOSITE in meaning of the word 'impediments' as used in the passage.

(a) handicaps (b) furtherance (c) providence (d) hindrances


vii. The most appropriate title of the above passage may be ...........

(a) The evils of the world order. (b) The man can make his destiny.

(c) The need of world Government. (d) The role of Religion in the Modern Times.


viii. What was the factor, according to the passage, that set one man against another?

(a) Material prosperity of certain people in the midst of grinding poverty.

(b) Superior physical strength of some persons.

(c) Colour of skin or shape of the body.

(d) Some people being educated and other illiterate.


ix. The theory of racial superiority stands falsified today by ........

(a) knowledge derived from scientific advances.

(b) the ascendancy of people who were here to fore considered of inferior racial stock.

(c) the achievements of the so called backward countries in every field of life.

(d) the precedence given to the physical powers of different races.


x. In the past religious sects .............

(a) united the people with one another. (b) interfered in political affairs.

(c) did a good job by way of spreading message of love and peace. (d) divided one set of people from another.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Qi: (d)government of various countries

Qii: (b) The establishment of a world government.

Qiv: (a) rectitude

Qv: (d) Economic Problems

Qvi: (d)hindrances

Qvii: (c) The need of world Government.

Qviii: (c) Colour of skin or shape of the body

Qxi: (a) knowledge derived from scientific advances.

Qx: (d) divided one set of people from another.​

Explanation:

Answer 2

I) different religion

2) the establishment of a world government

3) it will bring about a moral generation of mankind.

4) religiosity.

5) economic problems.

6) furtherance.

7) the need of world government.

8) color of skin or shape of the body.

9) the achievements of the so called backward countries in every field of life.

10) divided one set of people from another