Question

Fill in the blanks u(1)Anything printed and bound in book size can be called a book, but the quality or mind distinguishes the value of it.

(2)What is a book? This is how Anatole France describes it: “A series of little printed signs- essentially only that. It is for the reader to supply himself the forms and colors and sentiments to which these signs correspond. It will depend on him whether the book be dull or brilliant, hot with passion or cold as ice. Or if you prefer to put it otherwise, each word in a book is a magic finger that sets a fiber of our brain vibrating like harp string and so evokes a note from the sounding board of our soul. No matter how skillful, how inspired the artist’s hand, the sound it makes depends on the quality of the strings within ourselves.” Until recently books were the preserve of a small section- the urban upper classes. Some, even today, make it a point to call themselves intellectuals. It would be a pity if books were made only for intellectuals and not for housewives, farmers, factory workers, artisans and so on. In India there are first-generation learners, whose parents might have been illiterate. This poses special challenges to our authors and to those who are entrusted with the task of disseminating knowledge. We need much more research in the use of language and the development of techniques by which knowledge can be transferred to these people without transmission loss.

(3)Publishers should initiate campaigns to persuade people that a good book makes a beautiful present and that reading a good book can be the most relaxing as well as absorbing of pastimes. Publishers should aim at books of quality no less than at quantitative expansion and production and sale. Unless one is constantly exposed to the best, one cannot develop a taste for the good.sing the most appropriate modal verb given below
i. “It will depend on him whether the book be dull or brilliant..” this implies that:
(a)the author decides whether the book is going to be dull or brilliant
(b)the binding of the book decides its value
(c)whether a book is dull or brilliant is decided by the reader
(d)the book writes its own fate
ii. Anatole France describes a book as:
(a)A series of little printed signs
(b)A hardbound object
(c)A virtual aid
(d)A communication device
iii. What makes a book magical?
(a)The fairy tales
(b)The Sci-fi stories
(c)The words in the book
(d)The binding of the book
iv.“ depends on the quality of the strings within ourselves” the author here is referring to:
(a)emotional content of the book
(b)the quality of the author’s words
(c)the quality of reader’s mind and soul
(d)None of these
v. To transfer knowledge to first generation learners, we require
(a)more research in the use of language
(b)development in knowledge transfer techniques
(c)proper education system
(d)Both (a) and (b)
vi. Find the correct usage of the word “preserve” in the following sentences. 1.The club is an exclusively male preserve. 2.The preserve money I kept aside has been stolen. 3.The civil service became the preserve of the educated middle class. 4.It preserves to know that he has been working.
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) 3 and 4
(d) 1 and 3
vii. The most appropriate sub-heading of paragraph 3 of the passage is:
(a)Role of publishers to Initiate Reading
(b)Publishers in Books Business
(c)Publishers Love to Read
(d)Read a Book Become a Publisher
viii. Antonym of “intellectual” is
(a) meritorious
(b) dunce
(c) brainy
(d) psychological
ix. Which literary device is used in this line “ cold as ice”?
(a) Imagery
(b) Hyperbole
(c) Personification
(d) Simile
x. Which word in the last para has the similar meaning as 'coax'?
(a)Campaign
(b) persuade
(c) exposed
(d) initiate

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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