Question

A good book may be the best of friends. It is the same today that it always was and it will never change. It is the most patient and cheerful of companion. It does not turn its back upon us in times of adversity or distress. It always receives us with the same kindness, amusing and instructing us in youth and comforting and consoling us in age. A good book is often the best urn of a life enshrining the best thoughts of which that life was capable for. The world of a man’s life is, for the most part, but the world of his thoughts. Thus, the best books are treasuries of good words and golden thoughts which are remembered and cherished, and become our abiding companions and comforters. Books possess an essence of immortality. They are by far the most lasting products of human effort. Temples crumble into ruin, pictures and statues decay, but books survive. Books introduce us into the best society; they bring us into the presence of the greatest minds that have ever lived. We hear what they said and did, we see them as if they were really alive, we are participants in their thoughts, we sympathize with them, enjoy with them, grieve with them, their experiences become ours and we feel as if we were, in a measure, actors with them in the scenes in which they describe.

Now read the questions given below and write the option you consider the most appropriate :

i). The author regards a good book as

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(a) the best of enemies.

(b) the best of friends.

(c) worst companions.

(d) wastage of time.

Clear selection

ii). A good book is a very patient and

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(a) cheerful companion.

(b) bad friend.

(c) criticising mate.

(d) none of the above

Clear selection

iii). A good book is often the best urn because

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(a) it contains no ideas.

(b) it does not enlighten

(c) it reflects only positivity.

(d) it contains valuable thoughts.

iv). Books are the most lasting

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(a) friends.

(b) products of human effort.

(c) enemies

(d) none of the above.

v). Temples are destroyed but

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(a) books are burnt.

(b) books get damaged.

(c) books survive.

(d) books are lost.

Clear selection

vi). Books never die and so they are______________.

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a) mortal

(b) immortal

(c) lasting

(d) amusing

vii).Time spares nothing like temples and statues but books _____________

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(a) live

(b) ruin

(c) enjoy

(d) decay

viii) Books are beneficial as they bring us into the presence of the greatest minds,

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(a) we hear what they said

(b) we participate in their thoughts

(c) we sympathize with them

(d) all of the above

ix)The antonym of Prosperity from the passage is -

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(a) crumble

(b) ruin

(c) adversity

(d) decay

x) The synonym of ‘associates’ from the passage is -

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(a) friends

(b) companions

(c) participants

(d) comforters​

Answer 1

Explanation:

i.the best of friends

ii.none of the above

iii.book are the most lausting

Answer 2

Answer:

1-b

2-a

3-d

4-b

5-c

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