Question

Ourancestorshadgreatdifficultyingettingbooks.Now,ourdifficultyiswhattoread.

Therearebooksandbooksbutourhoursofreadingareveryfew.Therefore,the

choicebecomesessential.Weshouldbeverycarefulaboutwhatweread.Thereare

bookswhichpoisonourlivesbysuggestingevils.Weshouldkeepthematarm's

length.

Weshouldreadonlythosebookswhichhavestoodthetestoftime.Suchbooksare

ourgreatclassicsliketheRamayanaandtheMahabaratha.Theycontainthewisdom

ofsagesandsaints.Theyhaveappealedtothemankindfromgenerationto

generation.Readingofsuchbookshasennoblinginfluenceonourmindandcharacter.

Itgivesusspiritualenjoyment.Thesebooksgiveusinstructionwithentertainment.

Theyrepresentourancientculture.Theysetbeforeushighidealstofollow.Theyare

ourbestfriends,bestguidesandthebesttreasure.

Onthebasisofyourreadingoftheabovepassage,answerthefollowing
questions:

Choose the best answer:

1.Weshouldbeselectiveinreadingbooksbecause

(a)thereisagreatnumberofbooksavailableforus

(b)thereisscarcityofbooks

(c)thereareonlybadbooksinthemarket

(d)noneoftheabove2.Weshouldavoidthosebookswhich

(a)costhighprice

(b)comeinpaperback

(c)corruptourlivesbysuggestingevils

(d)comeinmorethanonevolume

3.Thebookswhichhavestoodthetestoftimearecalled_______.

(a)greatbooks (b)rarebooks

(c)biographies

(d)classics

4.Whatis/arespecialquality/qualitiesofclassics?

(a)theyaffectourmindinagoodway

(b)theyteachussomethinggreatandalsoentertainus

(c)theyhelpusinourspiritualgrowth

(d)alloftheabove

5.Anexpressioninthepassagewhichmeans‘goodeffect’is

(a)spiritualenjoyment

(b)ennoblinginfluence

(c)highideals

(d)verycareful

6.Nametheclassicbookwhichismentionedinthepassage.

(a)Ramayana

(b)Valayapathy (c)Purananooru (d)Kundalakesi

7.Theoppositeof“ennoble”is__________.

(a)noble

(b)demean

(c)holy

(d)raise

8.Frameasentenceusingtheword“ancient”​

Answer 1

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