Question

Q.1 Summarize the passage into about one-third of its length in your own words. (10 Marks)

We do not judge a cricketer so much by the runs he gets as by the way he gets them. “In

literature as in finance,” says Washington Irving, “much paper and much poverty may co-exist.”

And in cricket too many runs and much dullness may be associated. If cricket is menaced with

creeping paralysis, it is because it is losing the spirit of joyous adventure and becoming a mere

instrument for compiling tables of averages. There are dull, mechanic fellows who turn out runs

with as little emotion as a machine turns out pins. There is no colour, no enthusiasm, and no

character in their play. Cricket is not an adventure to them; it is a business. It was so with

Shrewsbury. His technical perfection was astonishing; but the soul of the game was wanting in

him. There was no sunshine in his play, no swift surprise or splendid unselfishness. And without

these things, without gaiety, daring, and the spirit of sacrifice cricket is a dead thing.​

Answer 1

Answer:

just remove 3-4 paragraphs and it will be 30 percent

Answer 2

Answer:

making an intelligent summary of a long passage reducing it to one third of it's length in a lucid but exhaustive style enabling the reader to grasp an idea is called dash