Question

Read the passage given below and answer the following questions :
You send the ball rumbling down the lane. It smacks the ten pins. Strike! Bowling is a good physical exercise and a lot of fun but it didn't start out as exercise or even as a game. Instead, indoor bowling began as a religious ceremony. Around 300 A.D., monks in German monasteries wanted people to attend church. So they invented a special ceremony using everyday items. Men, at that time, carried large bottle-shaped clubs for protection. In Germany, this club was called a kegel. When a man entered the church, he stood his kegel at the far end of a long hall. His kegel, the monks told him, represented the devil. A man had to roll a round rock along the hallway and knock the "devil" down. If he succeeded, the man was free of sin. But if he missed, the man would have to try harder. Soon this ceremony moved beyond the monastery walls. As more people played, extra kegels were added to make the game harder. By 500 A. D. the game had lost most of its religious meaning. Players bowled wherever they could in long hallways of private homes, in meeting halls, even in schools. But no one played the same game. Playing distances, ball weights, and the number of kegels varied from place to place. Finally, in 1500, Martin Luther, a famous religious leader and a group of other bowling enthusiasts made some rules. However, with time, the game changed a lot. Wooden bowling balls with holes drilled in them were introduced in 1900. A weight limit of 7.5 kg was instituted and hard rubber balls were manufactured after four years. 1960 saw balls made of plastic and urethane. In the modern bowling game, players prefer resin balls. But however modern the game might become, it still remembers its German roots. Even today, bowlers are called keglers. So, grab your ball and let's go kegling.
Answer the following questions :
(a) How did bowling start as ?
(b) What is meant by kegel ?
(c) According to the monks, what did kegel represent ?
(d) How could man make free himself of his sins ?
(e) Why did the game lose its religious meaning by 500 A. D. ?
(f) What change happened in this game in 1500 ?
(g) What changes were made in the balls in 1900 ?
(h) Trace a word from the the passage which means, 'A formal event performed on a special occasion'.

Answer 1

(a) Bowling didn’t start as an exercise or even as a game. Instead, indoor bowling began as a religious ceremony.
(b) Men at that time carried large bottle-shaped clubs for protection. In German, that club was called a kegel.
(c) According to the monks, a kegel represented the devil.
(d) A man had to roll a round rock along the hallway and knock the “devil” down. If he succeeded, the man was free from sins.
(e) By 500 AD, the game which was a religious ceremony, moved beyond the monastery walls. Players bowled wherever they could-in long hallways of private homes, in meeting halls, even in schools.
(f) In 1500, Martin Luther and a group of other bowling enthusiasts made some rules for the game.
(g) Wooden bowling balls with holes drilled in them were introduced in 1900. A weight limit of 7.5 kg was instituted and hard rubber balls were manufactured after four years.
(h) ‘Ceremony.’

Answer 2

Answer:

not a good question so I have not a answer