Question

READ THE PASSAGE CAREFULLY AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS – 5M

Q1. Happiness doesn't mean just to feel good. A review of hundreds of studies have found compelling evidence that happier people have better overall health and live longer than their less happy peers. Anxiety, depression, pessimism and a lack of enjoyment of daily activities have all been found to be associated with higher rates of disease and shorter life spans

2. Having a network of social connections or high levels of social support has been shown to increase our immunity to infection, lower our risk of heart disease and reduce mental decline as we get older. Our emotions affect our long- term wellbeing. Research shows that experiencing positive emotions in a 3-to-1 ratio with negative ones leads to a tipping point beyond which we naturally become more resilient to adversity and better able to achieve things.

3. Harvard School of Public Health examined 200 separate research studies on psychological wellbeing and cardiovascular health. Optimism and positive emotion were found to provide protection against cardiovascular disease, to slow progression of heart disease and reduce risk, by around 50%, of experiencing a cardiovascular event, such as a heart attack.

4. Recent research has shown that an 8-week mindfulness meditation class can lead to structural brain changes including increased grey-matter density in the hippocampus, known to be important for learning and memory, and in structures associated with self-awareness, compassion and introspection-People who are optimistic tend to be happier, healthier and cope better in tough times. Our happiness influences the people we know and the people they know.

5. Western neuroscience has now confirmed what Eastern wisdom has known for a long time. Happiness is a skill we can learn. Happiness, compassion and kindness are the products of skills that can be learned and enhanced through training, thanks to the neuroplasticity of our brains.

6. When we give to others it activates the areas of the brain associated with pleasure, social connection and trust. Altruistic behaviour releases endorphins in the brain and boosts happiness for us as well as the people we help. Studies have shown that giving money away tends to make people happier than spending it on themselves.

7. Most people think that if they become successful, then they'll be happy. But recent discoveries in psychology and neuroscience show that this formula is backward: Happiness fuels success, not the other way around. When we're positive, our brains are more motivated, engaged, creative, energetic, resilient, and productive.

Based on understanding of the passage answer any five questions out of six given below. 1x5=5m
a) What are the main factors that increase higher rate of disease and shorter life span?
b) What was the compelling evidence found in respect of happier people?
c) What were the two things found as protective elements against against cardiovascular disease?
d) What was the confirmation given in respect of happiness by western neuroscience?
e) If you are an optimistic what kind of life do you enjoy as per the passage no 4 ?
f) When we are positive , how does it stimulate our brain as per passage 7?

Answer 1

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Explanation:

The poet asks us not to grieve-because………

A) We know, we have also to die some day or other as leaf , so there is no use to cry over

uncertain life.

B) Some scriptures and traditions tell us that death is a pleasant thing

C) There is no place for sadness and grief in our lives. We are born to be happy.

D) None of these