Question

Read the passage given below :

1. During our growing up years we as children were taught- both at home and

school- to worship the photos and idols of the Gods of our respective

religions. When we grow a little older, we were told to read the holy books like

the Bhagavad Gita, Bible and Quran; we were told that there are a lot of life

lessons to be learnt from these holy books. we were then introduced to stories

from our mythologied which taught us about ethics and morality - what is

good and what is bad. I also learnt to be respectful towards my parents who

made my life comfortable with their hard work, love and care, and my teachers

who guide me to become a good student and a responsible citizen.

2. Much later in life, I realised though we learn much from our respective holy

books, there is a lot to learn from our surroundings. This realisation dawned

upon me when I learnt to enquire and explore. Everything around us - the sun,

the moon, the stars, rain, rivers, stones, rocks, birds, plants and animals- teach

us many valuable life lessons.

3. No wonder that besides the scriptures in many cultures nature is also

worshipped. The message that we get is to save our environment and maintain

ecological balance. People are taught to live in harmony with nature and

recognise that there is God in all aspects of nature.

4. Nature is a great teacher. A river never stops flowing. If it find an obstacle in

its way in the form of a heavy rock, the river water fights to remove it from its

path or finds an alternative path to move ahead. This teaches us to be

progressive in life, and keep the lighting spirit alive.

5. Snakes are worshipped as they eat insects in the field that can hurt our crops,

thus protecting the grains for us. In fact, whatever we worship is our helper

and makes our lives easier for us. There are many such examples in nature,

but we are not ready to learn a lesson. Overcome with greed, we are destroying

nature. As a result we face natural disasters like drought, flood and landslides.

We don't know that nature is angry with us.

6. However, it is never too late to learn. If we learn to respect nature the quality

of our life will improve.

1.1 on the basis of your reading of the passage answer the following:

a) In para 5, the synonym of 'catastrophe' is………….

(i) overcome

(ii) greed

(iii) disaster

(iv) drought

b) In para 3, the antonym of ' discordance' is…………

(i) scriptures

(ii) harmony

(iii) recognise

(iv) discomfort

c) When we worship nature, the message we get is to save our environment and

maintain ecological balance. ( True/ False)

d) The stories from our mythologies taught us about……..

(i) ethics and morality(ii) good and evil

(iii) comfort and luxury

(iv) responsibility​

Answer 1

Answer:

a) iii- disaster.

b) ii- harmony.

c) True.

d) i - ethics and morality.

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Answer 2

Answer:

1.1) a)iii) disasters

b) ii) harmony

c) True

d) i) ethics and morality

Explanation:

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