Question

Q1. Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:

With the next round of the Commonwealth Games coming up this year, sports fans are

already speculating about the likely winners from India. While chances appear bright in some

sporting activities, in others the picture appears dismal. Chances of India throwing up a few

surprises is always discussed among sports lovers. Most game watchers predict that while

India can add more to its medals tally in the shooting events, the chances of improving her

status in the swimming category appear slim, despite the potential of creating good swimmers

in this country.

2. One sport in the country with tremendous potential but pathetic performance is swimming.

The country is flooded with talented swimmers and coaches whose potential is not fully

utilised due to red-tapism and bureaucratic hurdles. In spite of being a country full of rivers

and canals, swimming has failed to capture the imagination of Indians at large. The

Government, on its part, has done very little to boost the sport.

3. All those persons, who are interested in swimming, realise that bad quality of water is one

rampant problem with almost 90% of swimming pools. As for schools, it requires exorbitant

sums of money and the schools cannot afford it. A handful of the privileged few, who enjoy

this luxury, fall in the category of the elite. These are out of reach of the common man.

4. Where do the Indians stand today in comparison with international swimmers? The history

of swimming in India has not been too bright. International winners have excellent facilities

in terms of coaching, nutrition, tactics, positive attitude and hard work. Paucity of high

calibre international coaches is one setback Indians have suffered in all the arenas of sport.

Thanks to the petty gains and trivial politics, the good ones are dropped like a hot potato and

the blue-eyed ones taken over for participating in international matches. Except for the

metros, the country is deprived of good Olympic-size swimming pools.

5. The government and sports organisations will have to make serious efforts to transform the

future of Indian sports. Till then, it is a long, long wait.
Q1 On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following questions: (5)

(a)What do sports fans predict about India’s chances in the Commonwealth Games this year?

(b) What factors make for India’s potential in swimming? What are the drawbacks?

(c) What problem do interested swimmers face in India?

(d) What is India’s tally in the international swimming arena?

( e) What are the advantages that International swimmers have over Indian swimmers?

Q2 Choose the most appropriate option from the ones given below: (5)

(a) One sport of our country that has tremendous potential as per the passage is:

(i) Kho-Kho

(ii) swimming

(iii) wrestling

(iv) javelin

(b) International winners have excellent facilities. They have:

(i) trained coaches

(ii) nutritional supplements

(iii) the right tactics and hard work

(iv) all of the above

(iv) all of the above

(c) India has the potential of creating good …………….. in the country.

(d) Give the synonym of ‘inundated’. (para 2)

( e) Thanks to………………….. the good ones are dropped like a hot potato and the blue-

eyed ones taken over for participating in international matches:

(i) Bad policies

(ii) Unfair selection methods

(iii) No trials at the District and State level

(iv) Poor coaching facilities

(v) Petty gains and trivial politics​

Answer 1

1(a) Sports fans are already speculating about the likely winners from India in the chances of Commonwealth Games this year.

(b)

(c) All those persons ,who are interested in swimming,realise the bad quality of water is one rampant problem with almost 90 percent of swimming pools.

(d)

2(a) swimming

(b) all of the above

(c) swimmers

(d)overflow

(e) petty gains and trivial politics

Answer 2

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