Question

. Read the passage carefully.
1) Why is team spirit so important? Remember we all heard a story of a person breaking
thin stick easily but failing to break a dozen thin sticks were bundled together. This is the
simplest example of the power of unity and power of standing together. If all the people in a
group fight for the same cause then that group becomes a team. That is the basic difference
between a team and a group. A group is a collection of people without a goal, where, as a
team is a coordinated, cooperative work of people for achieving a specific goal. If a team has
to win and achieve its goal and objective, all members of the team must cooperate with each
other. Having 11 great players in a hockey or a cricket team will not guarantee victory unless
there is cooperation.
2) Many of you would have seen the movie 'Chak De! India' where the Indian women's hockey.
team initially performs poorly because team players were playing for themselves and not for
India. The coach was struggling to make them understand the importance of playing together as
a team. When he succeeds, the entire ball game changed. They won the gold medal defeating
the rest of the world class teams only because they changed their mindset.
3) A good team player cooperates with the rest of the team mates. He or she does not get
jealous of others. They encourage others to give their best and trains the weak team mates to.
better their performance. Such a member of the team feels happy if someone else is praised -
or achieves something good. A good team player is a good loser too. Star performers know
how to take a defeat. It is also called sportsman spirit. While it is good to excel individually,
it is important to learn how to work together in a team and cooperate with others
4) Do you know that in the future when you go for a job interview, the panel wants to find out
whether you can work along with everybody else in the organisation? It is an important quality
which every individual must have.
2.1. Answer the questions given below.

2.2. Pick out words from the passage that mean the same as:
(1x4=4)
(a) act or work together effectively.(para 1)
(b) formal promise or assurance (para 1)
(c) at the beginning (para 2)
(d) very good at doing something (para 3)​

Answer 1

Just fetch the words from the passage yourself it will make our lives easier and you smarter