Read the following passage carefully: 1. Although everybody has a creative spark, the potential is not always fully utilized. How does one recognize those who are developing their creative energies to the fullest? Mad painters and tormented poets are only comic stereotypes of the creative personality. The essential traits of creativity are found among a wide variety of less conspicuous creators, people in all walks of life. Unfortunately, the structure of our social and educational environment does not always promote its growth. 2. Generally speaking, creative people often believe their purpose in life is to discover and implement the interrelatedness of things, to make order out of disorder. They also see problems where others see none and question the validity of even the most widely accepted answers. Creative persons are compulsive problem seekers, not so much because they thrive on problems, but because their senses are attuned to a world that demands to be put together, like a jigsaw puzzle scattered on a table. 3. Several tests now in use reveal that highly creative people are much more open and receptive to the complexities of experience than are less creative people. The creative temperament has a tendency to break problems down into their most basic elements and then reconstruct them into whole new problems, thereby discovering new relationships and new solutions. 4. Highly creative people aren’t afraid to ask what may seem to be naive or silly questions. They ask questions like, "why spiders don’t get tangled up in their own webs?" and "why dogs turn in circles before lying down?". Such questions may seem childlike, and in a way, they are. Children have not yet had their innate creative energies channelled into culturally acceptable directions and can give full rein to their curiosity—the absolute prerequisite for full creative functioning, in both children and adults. 5. Unlike children, creative people appear to have vast stores of patience to draw upon. Months, years, even decades can be devoted to a single problem. 6. The home that encourages inquisitiveness contributes to creative development. The teacher who stresses questions rather than answers and rewards curiosity rather than restricting is teaching a child to be creative. 7. To be extremely intelligent is not the same as to be gifted in creative work. Tire Quiz Kids are often referred to as geniuses. They would undoubtedly score high in memory functions but it is doubtful whether they are also fluent in producing ideas. 8. Contrary to popular myths that glorify youth, more creative achievements are likely to occur when people grow older. While memory may falter with age, creativity is ageless. Choose the most appropriate meaning of the given word from the options provided: (a) The word ‘conspicuous’ means (i) notify (ii) noticeable (iii) missing (iv) conspiracy (b) The word ‘innate’ means (i) fake (ii) inherent (iii) natural and instinctive (iv) obvious (c) The word ‘naive’ means (i) immature (ii) simple and innocent (iii) childish (iv) very mature (d) The word ‘fluent’ means (i) to be able to express oneself articulately (ii) to be able to work efficiently (iii) to be a good orator (iv) to be able to speak well
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(a) Every person possesses a certain creative spark but its potential is not entirely utilized. This is because of some constraints like the bland structure of our social and educational environment which hinders and does not promote the growth of this creativity.
(b) Two traits of creative people include-
(i) Creative people believe their purpose in life is to discover and implement the interrelatedness of things and to make order out of disorder.
(ii) They see problems in the simplest things and question the validity of even the most widely accepted answers.
(c) Creative people ask questions which may apparently seem to be naive and childlike. They have vast sores of patience to devote to a single problem. These are some of the essential prerequisites for full creative functioning in children and adults.
(d) The home that encourages inquisitiveness and the teacher who stresses questions rather than answers and rewards curiosity rather than restricting it promote creativity amongst children.