Question

8. PASSAGE
Read the passage carefully
(12 marks)
1. In India, we seem to specialise in ruining great institutions. Nothing illustrates this better than the destruction of Air
India, established in 1948 as a joint sector corporation between the government and Tata Airlines
2. Five years later, the government decided to nationalise the aviation business through the 'backdoor' as the legendary TRD
Tata complained to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. Nonetheless the government looked to IRD for advice and
appointed him Chairman of the international airline, a post he retained until he was turfed out by Morarji Desat in 1978
3. Those were Air India's glory days, with Tata writing regular notes to the airline management on everything from
refreshments to the hairdos of the air hostesses.
Tata was the custodian of Bobby Kooka's mascot, which was designed in 1946, the gracious, hospitable, ever smiling
Maharaiah, a job he took seriously. I've travelledon Air India frequently and experienced deterioration over the years.
5.
In the past, there have been calls for privatising Air India, but these encountered stiff resistance. Now the government is
contemplating strategic disinvestment which seems well timed given the civil aviation boom in India.

(II)Write the meaning of the given words/phrases as used in paragraph
1.turfed out
2.gracious
3.encountered
4.contemplating​

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