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SECTION-A (READING)
(20 marks)
1. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow. (8 marks)
CLAUSTROPHOBIA
(1) Claustrophobia is an anxiety disorder in which someone has an intense and irrational fear of confined
or enclosed spaces. This means that a person who suffers from it finds being in a
airplane, for example, a really frightening experience.
(2) Symptoms of claustrophobia may include excessive sweating, accelerated heart rate,
hyperventilation, and nausea. Sometimes, sufferers might also feel faint, shake uncontrollably,
and suffer a genuine fear of actual harm or illness even though in reality, there is none.
(3) How do you know if you are a sufferer? Do you always look for emergency exits when you enter
unfamiliar places? Do you stay near doors ready to escape? Or do you find closed-up spaces like a
room without a window or having all doors shuts, particularly disturbing? Maybe, just maybe, you
are suffering from claustrophobia.
(4) What can cause claustrophobia? This irrational fear of enclosed spaces can develop from either a
traumatic childhood experience, like being trapped in a small space during a childhood game, or
from other unpleasant experiences later on in life involving confined spaces, such as being stuck in
an elevator
(5) Unfortunately, there is no cure for claustrophobia. However, a sufferer can take charge of his life
by undergoing treatment that can help them control their fear. Treatment for claustrophobia can
include behaviour therapy, exposure therapy, drugs, or a combination of several treatments.
(6) When one applies behaviour therapy, one must point and recognize one's reactions to the things
that trigger the anxiety in the first place. Then, through visualization and positive thinking, one
must learn to disassociate the feelings of danger with the confined space.
(7) in exposure therapy, the individual is flooded with the situation over and over again until the
anxiety attack passes. The sufferer is taught to visualize and relax even before he is introduced to
the trigger situation. This is in the hope that the sufferer would eventually be immune to it.
(8) Doctors can also prescribe medications to help treat claustrophobia. This includes
anti-depressants and beta-blockers, which help to relieve the heart pounding often associated
with anxiety attacks.
1.1 Attempt any eight of the following questions on the basis of the passage you have read.
(1 x 8 = 8 marks)
Bravia 9 Quick Revision Tests
(a) What do you understand by claustrophobia?
(b) What are the symptoms of claustrophobia?
(c) Name two things a claustrophobic does when he is in unfamiliar surroundings.
(d) According to the passage, how does one get affected by claustrophobia?
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Answer 1

(a) Claustrophobia is an anxiety disorder in which someone has an intense and irrational fear of confined

or enclosed spaces.

(b) Symptoms of claustrophobia may include excessive sweating, accelerated heart rate,

hyperventilation, shake uncontrollably and nausea.

Answer 2

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