Question

Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:

The supreme triumph for man , the vast marvel is to be alive . For man as flower and beast and bird , the supreme triumph is to be most vividly ,most perfectly alive. Whatever the unborn and the dead may know , they cannot know the beauty , the marvel of being alive in the flesh . The dead may look after the afterwards. But the magnificent here  and now of life in the flesh is ours, and ours alone and ours only for a time . We ought to dance with rapture , that we should be alive and in the flesh ,and part of the living ,incarnate cosmos. I am part of the sun as my eye is the part of me . That I am part of the earth  my feet below know the perfectly ,and my blood is part of the sea. My soul knows that  I am a part of   the human race , my soul is an inorganic part of the great human soul , as my spirit is a part of my nation . In my own very self , I am part  of my family. There is nothing of me that is alone and absolute except my mind ,and we shall find that the mind has no existence by itself , it is only the glitter of the sun on the surface of the waters.       

1 By triumph the author means :

a.) sin

b.) loss

c.) sorrow

c.) victory

2. When the dead look after the afterwards , the living should look at life :

a.) forever

for some months

for only a short while

in the past

3.By rapture, the author means an emotion involving great :

trepidation

thrill

fear

joy

4. By the last line ‘It ………………… waters’ , the author means that the mind is only 

a mirage

an illusion

magic

a reflection

5. The tone of this passage is :

social

moral 

reflective

philosophical

6. The most suitable title for this passage would be :

The Surface of the Waters

My Mind

The Human Race

Alive and Kicking.           

        

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Answer 1

Answer:

ans. 1 = victory

Only 1 ans.