Question

literature. As somebody said, "education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distin-
Read the passage carefully:
1. Why don't Indian people go to libraries anymore? The reason is that even though India has a population of
approximately 100 crores, only 50 per cent are literate and only 30 per cent educated. So, out of 100 hardly 5
people visil libraries and make use of facilities.
2. Mugl of the erudite class lives in the metros or smaller cities and towns. Life in the smaller towns and cities is
slower than the metros and at the end of the day, they get time to fulfill their hobbies. But only a fragment of
the educated class can afford to pursue a hobby. People cannot afford to lose themselves in the fantastic world of
books due to monetary constraints. Often those who are interested in reading do not have the financial backup,
whereas people who are rich enough to buy all the luxuries of the world do not consider books a money-spinning
3. People do not mind spending thousands of rupees on clothes but think twice before buying a book. People nc
longer have the space, time and energy in their lives to read.
4. Another aspect, which needs to be highlighted in this context, is the inception of satellite television. It is large
responsible for the decline in reading habits, especially among the youth.
Today we are addicted to the television. As a result, children instead of going through big bulky books for pleas
or purpose prefer watching their favourite T.V. channel. And those who do read do not necessarily read
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It is a fact that a major setback to the libraries all over the world has come due to the Internet. Nobody
ume and patience to go to the libraries. Instead, they prefer accessing online e-book services, which save ti
Another fact, which fails to draw people towards the library, is that a number of them are funded by
Government, which are always short of resources to update the books and facilities and as a result, fail to
he reader with the latest and handy information.
on the basis of your reading of the above extract, answer the following questions in 30-40 words
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I. why do fewer people in India go to library.
2.How does money constraint become a deterrent to use of liberies.
3.what is largely responsible for the decline of the reading habits specially amoung the youth.
4.how are internet and state government responsible for major setbacks to all libraries. ​

Answer 1

Answer:

1. most of the Indian people go to libraries because they have a hobby of reading books and they want to get more knowledge from books when they read books as they can get deep knowledge and that time they can get information about different subjects.

3.there are increasing number of people who are no give interest to library because of the internet and they can get any kind of information from internet within few time.