Read the following passages carefully and answer the following questions.
Man is the wisest of all animals by virtue of only one thing -his extraordinary power of thinking and emoting. Stripped of this power, he will be no better species than other multitude animals. Except knowledge, all other animals have the same basic necessities as man has- food, shelter and clothing. The third, of course, is naturally provided to animals in the form of long hair and fur to enable them to face adverse weather conditions. Man's basic necessities are four in number - food ,shelter, clothing and education .As the modern world is completely propelled by knowledge acquired by all means, education to all has become the focus attention of attention all over the world. Those countries which cannot provide it equitably, to all their citizens, are considered backward however affluent and resourceful they may be materially .Illiteracy is identified as the root cause of most number of social evils.
Answer the following questions:-
a) How is man different from other animals?
b) What is the root cause of all social evils ?
c)Which countries are considered backward?
d) Find out from the passage the word which means 'great in number'.
e) Pick out from the passage the word which is opposite of 'Favourable'.
Answers
Answer:
A) Humans and animals both eat, sleep, think, and communicate. ... Some people think that the main differences between humans other animal species is our ability of complex reasoning, our use of complex language, our ability to solve difficult problems, and introspection (this means describing your own thoughts and feelings).
b) Poverty
Poverty is the root cause of all the social evils in India
C) Here are the 10 countries with the lowest human development indexes:
Niger (0.354)
Central African Republic (0.367)
South Sudan (0.388)
Chad (0.404)
Burun
Answer:
Answer a) Man is different from other animals because of his extraordinary power of thinking and emoting.
b) Illiteracy is the root cause of all social evils.
c) Those countries which cannot provide equitably, to all their citizens, are considered backward.
d) Multitude
e) Adverse