Question

Music is perhaps the most popular and widely practised form of Fine Arts, transcending all kinds of cultural and linguistic barriers. Any form of fine art is difficult to master and almost impossible to perfect and music is no exception.
Nature, it is learnt, has blessed almost two-thirds of the human race with musical ability of some sort. Music has the power to bring out the deepest emotions. It can make one cry or bring a smile on one's face. In fact it is a magic medicine and many seek refuge in it when they are depressed or stressed. It is this intimacy that makes us listen to music or even hum or sing sometimes. This singing, or realistically speaking, expressing one's emotion musically sometimes takes a serious turn. This desire to show musical expression in public then becomes a serious business profession. And from here the musical journey begins.
This desire to sing before an audience is innocent and beautiful and indeed it is perfectly alright to have such a genuine desire. But it is also important to understand that singing is an intricate art- a highly refined one at that, which requires systematic, prolonged and strict training, to be acceptable. This is an aspect we forget in our keen desire to reach the stage and perform. It is almost like preparing a formal meal for some specially invited guests, without even having learnt and trained in the basics of cooking. This is why we have more noise and less music nowadays.
These days almost everyone sings and it does not stop here. Most of us want to become professional singers. Result: a complete disregard for and ignorance of the training part, as the need is never felt to go through one and the urge to get to the stage and perform overcomes even a little desire to learn, if any. If at all, somewhere along the way one feels the need to gain some knowledge and training, it leads to hurried shortcuts and half-hearted attempts, best described as 'Crash Courses'
It is observed that those who have attained the so called partial success, suddenly feel that they lack the required knowledge and are not learned enough. But it is too late by then. It should be understood here that the stage or a performance brings in a different mindset within the artist. It is always recommended and rightly said, that while on stage, cover the mistakes and weaknesses if any, and get along. But the contrary is true when it comes to acquiring knowledge and during the learning process. While under training, the student is expected to make mistakes but then rectify those mistakes under the supervision and guidance of the teacher. Therefore, it is good to make mistakes and then be corrected during the process of learning as this subsequently makes one flawless and educated. This is a different mindset. And these two mindsets discussed above, (those of a performer and that of a student) cannot co-exist.
On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer ANY TEN of the following questions:
I) What is the most popular form of fine arts?
(a) fine arts
(b) literature
(c) drawing pictures
(d) music
ii) Music can make one:
(a) angry
(b) depressed
(b) smile
(d) both (a) and (b)
iii. People seek refuge in music when they are:
(a) very happy
(b) depressed
(c) angry
(d) all of the above
iv. The mindset of a student of music should be to:
(a) never make mistakes
(b) make mistakes and rectify them
(c) make mistakes and never rectify them
(d) none of these
v. Most of us:
(a) avoid becoming professional singers
(b) avoid shortcuts
(c) are ignorant of training of music
(d) all of these
vi. 'Crash Courses' provide training:
(a) in a hurried shortcut way
(b) with half-hearted attempts
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) neither (a) nor (b)
vii. When one is performing on stage, one should always:
(a) cover one's mistakes and feel comfortable
(b) cover one's weaknesses and feel nervous
(c) show one's weaknesses
(d) None of these
viii. It's often seen that people with partial success in the profession of music, suddenly feel that they:
(a) have completely gained the required knowledge
(b) lack the required knowledge
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) neither (a) nor (b)
ix. 'Transcending' in para 1 means_
(a) drown under
(b) rising above
(c) surrender
(d) fail
x. ‘Partial' in para 5 means
(a) good
(b) complete
(c) incomplete
(d) total
xi. In para 2, the antonym of 'cursed' is
( a) blessed
(b) depressed
(c) stressed
(d) deepest
xii. In para 5, the word opposite of 'full of mistakes' is
(a) partial
(b) weaknesses
(c) Flawless
(d) educated

Answer 1

Answer:

1-c

2-b

3-c

4-d

5-d

6-a

7-d

8-c

9-b

10-b

11-c

12-d

plz put me as brainlest

Answer 2

Answer:

question 1 - c) Music

question 2- b) Smile

question 3 - b) depressed

question 4 - b) make mistakes and rectify them

question 5 - c) are ignorent of training of music

question 6 - c) both a) and b)

question 7 - a) cover mistakes and feel comfortable

question 8 - b) lack the required knowledge

question 9- b) raising above

question 10 - c) incomplete

question 11 - a) blessed

question 12 - c) flawless