Question

Read the passage carefully and tick the most appropriate choice:

1. As I came into close contact with the children at the farm, I saw that it was not through books that one could impact training of the spirit. Just as physical training was to be imparted through physical exercise, and intellectual through intellectual exercise, even so the training of the spirit was possible only through the exercise of the spirit. And the exercise of the spirit entirely depended on the life and character of the teacher. The teacher had always to be mindful of his ps and qs whether he was in the midst of his boys or not.

2. It is possible for a teacher situated miles away to affect the spirit of the pupils by his way of living. It would not be ideal for me, if I were a liar, to teach boys to tell the truth. A cowardly teacher would never succeed in making his boys valiant, and a stranger to self-restraint could never teach his pupils the value of self restraint. I saw, therefore, that I must be an eternal object- lesson to the boys and girls living with me. They thus became my teachers, and I learnt I must be good and live straight, if only for their sakes.

--An extract from ‘My Experiments with Truth’ by Mahatma Gandhi.


1. The exercise of the spirit depended upon

a. physical exercise
b. the children themselves
c. the behaviour of the teacher at all times
d. the behaviour of the teacher in the presence of the children

2. The phrase ‘mindful of his ps and qs’ refers as

a. the students’ behaviour
b. the teacher’s knowledge of the alphabet
c. the students’ mental ability
d. the teacher’s manners

3. Gandhiji felt that his students became his teachers because

a. they taught him many lessons
b. his students where his role models
c. his students were indifferent to his behaviour
d. he had to be a good role model for them

4. According to Gandhiji a teacher

a. must be in close proximity to influence a child
b. has practically no impact on a child
c. can influence a child even from a distance
d. cannot teach without a book

5. Books could not impart training of the spirit

a. Gandhiji learnt this from books
b. Gandhiji was advised on this
c. Gandhiji understood this after interacting with children at farm
d. Gandhiji realised this after discussing with the children

Answer 1

Answer:

1. The behaviour of the teacher in the presence of children.

2 . The teachers manners.

3. They taught him many lessons.

4.Can influence a child even from distance.

5 . Gandhi jio understood this after interacting with children at farm.

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