Question

Read the passage given below and answer

the questions that follow:

Covid-19 pandemic has no doubt affected all our lives, but

not our resolve to find opportunities in the adversity of the

current situation to overcome it. With increased testing, better

preparedness in health infrastructure and by following

nationwide Covid-19 guidelines, we have been able to keep

the casualty rates low. The lockdown is being lifted in stages;economic activities are being resumed. Health experts are clear

that it isn’t possible to completely eliminate Covid-19 as things

stand. Therefore, it essentially means that we have to live with

the threat of the novel coronavirus by taking all precautions

at an individual level, and collectively take the nation

forward.

During Covid-19, among other sectors, the educational

institutes have been affected the most. Since the safety and

health of our students in the schools, colleges and higher

educational institutes are of paramount importance to all of

us, we had shut down all educational institutes since March.

However, both students and teachers of educational institutes

have not only shown remarkable resilience but have also

quickly shifted to digital platforms and kept the teaching-

learning processes going.The education ministry has taken several steps to make the

digital content available to the students through online

portals, TV channels and commun ity rad io s tations.

Universities such as JNU have conducted a number of webinars

to train teachers across the country in effectively using the

digital platforms. Nearly all the educational institutes have

completed the evaluation process of the previous academic

session and are ready to move to the next academic session.

Full preparations are on in the higher educational institutes

to conduct the coming academic session in online mode.

The admissions for the next session in technical and medical

institutes, however, are based on entrance examinations. There

are two major entrance exams in the country, the JEE and

NEET, in which lakhs of students participate to get admission

into technical and medical institutes. This year, nearly 8.58lakh and 15.97 lakh candidates are planning to write JEE

(Main) and NEET (UG), respectively.

Both JEE and NEET have already been postponed twice due to

the evolving Covid-19 situation. A further deferment of these

exams will only lead to more anxiety and uncertainty among

lakhs of students and their families. It’s unfortunate the

some vested interests are playing with the future of aspiring

students with unreasonable demands to postpone JEE and

NEET. Students spend more than a year to prepare for these

exams, and are eager to appear in them.

(a)On the basis of your reading of the above

passage, make notes on it using headings andsub-headings. Use recognisable abbreviations

wherever necessary. 5
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Answer 1

Answer:

Covid-19 is very dangerous but you follow the rules of covid-19