Question

Q4)(A)Read the following passage and do the activities: (10 Marks)
We instinctively turn to outdoor activities and nature as a way of relaxing and enhancing our
well-being. Nature soothes and nurtures. Nature fulfils and motivates Nature whispers and
commands. Are you listening? When I do, it leaves me in complete awe. We have a hibiscus
plant in our garden. Every fortnight a flower blooms on it-big, bright and tender. Through the day it
smiles with the sun and dances with the wind, but as evening approaches, it starts wilting The
morning after, it withers completely and by evening it falls and becomes one with the earth again
The flower comes to life only for a day, yet it does so in full splendour. What if we too lived our life,
however short, to its fullest? We went to a rocky beach and saw the spread of the majestic ocean
and the rocks alongside, carved, sculpted and shaped by the water. Water is so soft, rock so hard,
yet, as the water flows over it every day, for years, the rock gives in. It takes the shape that the water
commands. Our problems are so colossal and we are so small, yet if we persist. We saw small bits
of grass peeping through the small cracks in a concrete pavement. It left us thinking:
however impossible things may look, there is always an opening.​

Answer 1

Explanation:

The answer of this question is 40