At this stage of civilization, when many nations are brought in to close and vital contact for good and evil, it is essential, as never before, that their gross ignorance of one another should be diminished, that they should begin to understand a little of one another’s historical experience and resulting mentality. It is the fault of the English to expect the people of other countries to react as they do, to political and international situations.Our genuine goodwill and good intentions are often brought to nothing because we expect other people to be like us. This would be corrected if we knew the history, not necessarily in detail but in broad outlines, of the social and political conditions which have given to each nation its present character.
Read the above passage carefully and choose the correct answers of the following questions.
1. According to the author of Mentality’ of a nation is mainly a product of it’s _________ *
1 point
present character
international position
history
2. The character of a nation is the result of its ____________. *
1 point
gross ignorance
socio-political conditions
cultural heritage
3. The need for a greater understanding between nations ________. *
1 point
is more today than ever before
will always be there
is no longer there
4. Englishmen like others to react to political situations like _____. *
1 point
each others
themselves
us
5. According to the author his countrymen should ________. *
1 point
read the story of other nations
have a better understanding of other nations
have vital contacts with other nations
Answers
Answer:
- vital contact
- mentality
- historical experience
- international situation
- broad outline the details
1. history
2.socio-political conditions
3.is more today than ever before
4.themselves
5.have a better understanding of other nations
Explanation:
1. It is given in the Eight Line of the passage that the Mentality of Nation is the product of its historical experience.
2. It is given in the Last Line of the passage that the character of nation is mainly because of its social and political conditions.
3. It is given in the Sixth Line of passage that the nations should began to understand each other now more thane ever
4. It is clearly mentioned in the Second Sentence of Passage the English People expect people of other countries to understand like them.
5. The Last Sentence of the Passage speaks about every nation having a better understanding of each others history.