Question

During our growing up years, we as children have been taught-both at home and also school to worship
the photos and idols of the Gods of our respective religions. When we grew a little oldes, we were told to read holy
books like the Bhagwad Gita, the Bible and the Quran, we were told that there are a lot of life lessons to be learnt from
these holy books. We were then introduced to stories from our mythologies which have taught us about ethics and
morality what is good and what is bad. I also learnt to be respectful towards my parents who have made my life
comfortable with their hard work and love and care, and my teachers who have guided me to become a good student
and also a responsible citizen
(2) Much later in life. I realised that though we have learnt much from our holy books, there is a lot to learn from
our surroundings. This realisation dawned upon me when I learnt to enquire and to explore. Everything around us-
the sun the moon, the stars, rain, rivers, stones, rocks, birds, plants and animals teach us many valuable life lessons.
(3) No wonder that besides the scriptures in many cultures, nature is also actively worshipped. The message that
we get is to save our environment and to maintain ecological balance. People are taught to live in harmony with nature
and recognise that there is God in all aspects of nature.
(4) Nature is a great teacher. A river never stops flowing. If it finds an obstacle in its way in the form of a heavy
rock, the river water fights to remove it from its path or finds an alternative path to move ahead. This teaches us to be
progressive in life, and to keep the fighting spirit alive,
(5) Snakes are worshipped as they eat insects in the held that can hurt our crops, thus protecting the grains for us.
In fact, whatever we worship is our helper and makes our lives easy for us. There are many such examples in nature, but
we are not ready to learn a lesson yet. Overcome with greed, we are destroying the nature. As a result, we face natural
disasters like drought food and landslides. We don't know that nature is angry with us
However, it is never too late to learn. If we learn to respect nature, the quality of our life will definitely improve.
(Outside Delhi, 2018 (Modified)
On the basis of your reading of the above extract, answer the following: (ANY TEN) (1 x 10 = 10)
c) When we are children we are taught to
(c) nature
(d) water
(vi) According to the author, where do we learn
(a) go to school everyday
more than our holy books?
(b) help your parents
(a) parents (b) grandparents
(c) study regularly
(c) surroundings (d) family
(d) to worship the photos and idols of the (vii) What message do we get from the scriptures?
Gods of our respective religions
(a) to save our environment and maintain
What do we leam from the holy books?
ecological balance
(a) life lessons (b) good manners
(b) to respect our parents
(c) about nature (d) about our past
(c) to be kind
(i) Why should we respect our parents?
(d) to be virtuous
(a) They teach us good values.
(viii) What does the river teach us?
(b) They work hard to make our life
(a) to be progressive in life
comfortable.
(b) to face the obstacles
(c) It is our duty.
(c) to never give up
(d) All of these
(d) to face the challenges
(iv) The narrator learnt that we learn a lot
(ix) The synonym of 'advised' is
from our surroundings when he learnt to
(a) ethics
(b) respective
(c) guided (d) morality
(a) ask questions
(x) The synonym of 'search' in para 2 is
(b) enquire and explore
(c) analyse the scripture
(a) dawned (b) enquire
(d) decipher the scriptures
(c) valuable
(d) explore
many
cultures besides scriptures, (xi) The word which means the same as' valuable'
is also worshipped.
is
(b) planets
(a) proper
(b) desirable
(c) available
(d) useful
(xii) The word which means the same as 'harmony
is
() In
(a) Idols
(a) beauty
(c) discomfort
(b) friendship
(d) honesty​

Answer 1

Answer:

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