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English M.A. 02
1. Read the passage carefully. Although everybody has a creative spark, the potential is not always fully utilised. He does one recognise those who are developing their creative energies to the fullest? My painters and tormented poets are only comic stereotypes of the creative personality. The essential traits of creativity are found among a wide variety of less conspicuous creators, people in all walks of life. Unfortunately, the structure of our social and educational environment does not always promote its growth. Generally speaking, creative people often believe their purpose in life is to discover and implement the interrelatedness of things, to make order out of disorder. They also see problems where others see none and question the validity of even the most widely accepted answers. Creative persons are compulsive problem seekers not so much because they thrive on problems, but because their senses are attuned to a world that demands to be put together, like a jigsaw puzzle scattered on a table. Several tests now in use reveal that highly creative people are much more open and receptive to the complexities of experience than are less creative people. The creative temperament has a tendency to break problems down into their most basic elements and then reconstruct them into whole new problems, thereby discovering new relationships and new solutions. Highly creative people aren’t afraid to ask what may seem to be naive, or silly questions. They ask questions like, “why don’t spiders get tangled up in their own webs?” and, “why do dogs turn in circles before lying down?” Such questions may seem childlike, and in a way they are. Children have not yet had their innate creative energies channelled into culturally acceptable directions and can give full rein to their curiosity- the absolute prerequisite for full creative functioning, in both children and adults. Unlike children, creative people appear to have vast stores of patience to draw upon. Months, years, even decades can be devoted to a single problem. The home that encourages inquisitiveness contributes to creative development. The teacher who stresses questions rather than answers and rewards curiosity rather than restricting it is teaching a child to be creative. A. Answer the following questions briefly: (i) Where are the essential traits of creativity found?
(ii) What does creative people believe?
(iii) What is the most essential prerequisites for full creative functioning? (iv) How can creativity be promoted among children at home?
B. Find words in the passage which convey similar meaning of the following words by choosing the correct option:
(i) put into practice _________________. (a) implement (b) utilize (c) stereotype (d) rein (ii) curious ______________. (a) creative (b) inquisitive (c) absolute (d) attuned (iii) quality of mind ____________. (a) creative (b) inquisitive (c) receptive (d) temperament (iv) type cast ________________. (a) stereotype (b) inquisitive (c) creator (d) conspicuous​

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