Question

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow: 1. A bookshop is not something you find in every gali or muhalla these days. Books, which were once a staple diet for youngsters in their formative years, are fading out of their list of engagements. 2. Television is much blamed for this calamitous situation, which is producing square faced people and a bookless society. Furthermore, today’s children are under pressure to be smart and popular, to succeed on a social level. Parties, dancing, dating and hanging out at places like Nirula’s, Wimpy’s, and PVR complex begin early. 3. But a visit to the capital’s leading bookstores presents quite a contrasting picture of the youngster’s reading habits. These bookshops claim that they are doing a healthy business and have many regular buyers from this age group. 4. Though works of Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen, Mark Twain no longer get with the teenagers, bestsellers from Daniel Steele, Sidney Sheldon, Jeffery Archer are in the list of all reading teens. Self help books such as those on personality development or relationship management are also picked up by most. 5. For parents of children below ten, volumes of Panchtantra stories, Amar Chitra Katha and other bed time stories are worthy purchases as they teach the child what is wrong in their own special way. Reading aloud works of great men to the children, not only forms a warm bond between parents and teenagers but also attracts young minds to the world of books which gives them a chance to explore the sea of life. Choose the best of the given choices: (1×5=5) i) The ground reality, as seen in the leading bookstores shows --- a) That children do not like to read books b) That youngsters still like to read books c) That the sale of books has risen dramatically d) None of the above. ii) ‘Staple’ in paragraph 1 means--- a) Principal b) Steady c) Attractive d) Necessary iii) Which social pressures keep the children away from books? a) Television and partying b) Friends and films c) Computer and sports d) All of the above Answer the following(in a sentence): iv) What kind of books are popular among teenagers now? v) What role can parents play to inculcate reading habits in their children?

Answer 1

Answer: i) c  ii) principal  iii) d  iv) books for personality development  and relationship management    v) reading aloud the works of great men which   attracts children aswellas teenagers .they might lead to a warm bond among thei parents which would invite them to the sea of knowledge and books.

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Answer 2

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which kind of books are read by teenagers