Question

2. Read the passages given below.
Fear of failure is an attitude problem. All of us postpone things. We procrastinate. We
rationalize. We make excuses. We foolishly believe that to be creative and to have a
positive attitude and to simply do things, we have to have all kinds of preconditions.
You can find several excuses for waiting to be more creative. But scratch the surface of
these smooth and logical rationalizations, and if you're honest, you'll see the face of a
litle demon, the fear of failure, hiding there.
Zig Ziglar reminds us that this is nothing but an attitude problem: "The future can be
depressing or magnificent- it is not correlated to the present or the past, past failures or
successes. It is only our attitude towards these failures or successes which determines our
future." You can change yourself by changing your attitude without fear of error.
Problems cause stress and stress reduce our effectiveness. So it is very logical that once
we solve our problems, we should be able to increase our efficiency and effectiveness.
Incidentally, we can't eliminate problems unless we opt for the final exitthe very
thought of this itself is stressful!
What causes our problems? Well, roughly speaking one-third of our problems are there
because we are alive and kicking; another one-third of our problems are created by
ourselves, and the remaining one-third of our problems exist because of greed and ego.
There is always a silver lining in any gloomy situation, provided you starve the problems
and feed the opportunities. For every problem, there could be several solutions, and
solutions point towards opportunities.
Apply the MISER concept to solve problems. MISER where M stands for Merge, I for
Improve, S for Simplify, E for Eliminate and R for Reduce. MISER is an excellent
conceptual sieve that helps in reducing many problems to a very few ones.
On the basis of your understanding of the passage, answer ANY TEN questions fromn
the twelve that follow.
Most people procrastinate because:
a. they are not creative
b. they adopt a wrong attitude
. they are too lazy to do anything
d. they wait for a better opportunity
ii Our future is determined by:
a. past failure
b. success in the present
C. efforts in future
d. attitude towards past failures or success
ii. Our effectiveness gets reduced as:
a. problems multiply
b. depressing time is painful
C. stress is caused by problems
d. problems dishearten us
iv. We can't eliminate problems because:
a. we are alive and kicking
b. we are inactive
C.we are afraid of final exit
d. we postpone actions
V.The best way to tackle a problem is:
a. to defer it for sometime
b. to seek the help of a friend
cto think of an easy solution
d. to begin at once
vi The word 'procrastinate' in para 1 means:
a. obtain with difficulty
b. natural tendency to do something bad
c. delay or postpone action
d. start a court case
vii. In MISER M stands for:
a. Merge

b. Miser
C. Magnificient
d. Many
vii. How should we be able to increase our efficiency and effectiveness?
a. by reducing attitude
b. by solving our problem
C. by postponing our problem
d. by removing our greed
ix.
_concept is apply to solve problems.
a. Miser
b. Attitude
C. Success
d. Zigzag
x Synonyms of gloomy in the last para:
a. bright
b. happyy
C. dark
d. reduce
xi Antonyms of simplify in the last para:
a. unravel
b. clarify
C. untangle
d. complicate
xii. Full form of MISER:
a. Merge Improve Simplify Eliminate Reduce
b. Merge Improve Signify Eliminate Reduce
c. Merge 1Improve Simplify Eliminate Reuse
d. Miser Improve Simplify Eliminate Reduce​

Answer 1

Answer:

ii: d

xii : d

x : a

ix : b

viii: a

vii: a

ii : d

iii : c

iv : d

vi: c

Explanation:

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Answer 2

The answers are as follows:

i) Option b

ii) Option d

iii) Option c

iv) Option c

v) Option d

vi) Option  c

vii) Option a

viii) Option b

ix) Option b

x) Option c

xi) Option d

xii) Option a

Comprehensions

• Comprehensions refer to exercises with unseen passages where we need to comprehend the text and answer questions from that passage.

• Comprehension is a basic skill taught in Grammar. It helps improve the understanding power of students.

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