Read the following passage carefully and briefly answer the questions that follow :
An old society undergoing massive changes is bound to encounter obstacles and setbacks. The
turmoil that India is currently undergoing has some positive aspects : its people are demanding changes and
pointing towards the new goals that society should set for itself. The country's achievements in food self-
sufficiency, science and technology and industrialisation cannot be lightly dismissed. It is good that problems
of environmental degradation, ecological damage and imbalances, alternative sources of energy are now being
debated with a degree of passion the country had not experienced before. This shows a living concern for the
future. The most hopeful signals are that the common citizens of the country are no longer willing to be taken
for granted, or taken for a ride. This makes India an exciting country to live in and in which to share society's
new concerns. Contemporary Indian Society is undergoing a trauma of change and is confronting a series of
dilemmas and paradoxes. They hurt, but they are unavoidable. It is necessary for society to view the
problems of all categories of its people with empathy, find solutions to the problems of economic disparities
and injustice, launch a programme of enlarging mass consciousness, promote a true sense of history as
against subservience to myth, and initiate processes of participatory decision-making. While some aspects of
tradition will survive because of their vitality and usefulness, many of the scaly prejudices of the part will have
to be eradicated and structures of exploitation and tyranny demolished. The road ahead is long, the process
may be painful, but each one of us _ every citizen of India _ has a stake in the future.
(a) What are the positive aspects of the present turmoil in India?
(b) Name some of the achievements made by the nation?
(c) What does the author praise the Indian citizen for?
(d) What is necessary for a society to grow?
(e) Which traditional aspects need to be abolished?
(0) Write the meaning of the following:
(1)
Trauma
(ii)
Demolish
(iii)
Tyranny
Answers
Answer:
a) its people are demanding changes and
pointing towards the new goals that society should set for itself
b) The country's achievements in food self-
sufficiency, science and technology and industrialisation cannot be lightly dismissed
c) common citizens of the country are no longer willing to be taken
for granted, or taken for a ride
d) It is necessary for society to view the
problems of all categories of its people with empathy, find solutions to the problems of economic disparities
and injustice, launch a programme of enlarging mass consciousness, promote a true sense of history as
against subservience to myth, and initiate processes of participatory decision-making
e) While some aspects of
tradition will survive because of their vitality and usefulness, many of the scaly prejudices of the part will have
to be eradicated and structures of exploitation and tyranny demolished
(1)trauma means an emotional response to a deeply distressing or disturbing event
(2)overwhelmingly defeat
(3)an act or the pattern of harsh, cruel, and unfair control over other people.