Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
1. With the next round of the Commonwealth Games coming up this year, sports fans are already
speculating about the likely winners from India. While chances appear bright in some sporting
activities, in others the picture appears dismal. Chances of India throwing up a few surprises is
always discussed among sports lovers. Most game watchers predict that while India can add more to
its medals tally in the shooting events, the chances of improving her status in the swimming category
appear slim, despite the potential of creating good swimmers in this country.
2. One sport in the country with tremendous potential but pathetic performance is swimming. The
country is flooded with talented swimmers and coaches whose potential is not fully utilised due to
red-tapism and bureaucratic hurdles. In spite of being a country full of rivers and canals, swimming
has failed to capture the imagination of Indians at large. The Government, on its part, has done very
little to boost the sport.
3. All those persons, who are interested in swimming, realise that bad quality of water is one rampant
problem with almost 90% of swimming pools. As for schools, it requires exorbitant sums of money
and the schools cannot afford it. A handful of the privileged few, who enjoy this luxury, fall in the
category of the elite. These are out of reach of the common man.
4. Where do the Indians stand today in comparison with international swimmers? The history of
swimming in India has not been too bright. International winners have excellent facilities in terms of
coaching, nutrition, tactics, positive attitude and hard work. Paucity of high calibre international
coaches is onesetback Indians have suffered in all the arenas of sport. Thanks to the petty gains and
trivial politics, the good ones are dropped like a hot potato and the blue-eyed ones taken over for
participating in international matches. Except for the metros, the country is deprived of good
Olympic-size swimming pools.
5. The government and sports organisations will have to make serious efforts to transform the future
of Indian sports. Till then, it is a long, long wait.
Read the given questions and write the answer in about 30-40 words: [8]
(a) What do sports fans predict about India’s chances in the Commonwealth Games this year?
(b) What factors make for India’s potential in swimming? What are the drawbacks?
(c) What problem do interested swimmers face in India?
(d) What is India’s tally in the international swimming arena?
On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following: [4]
(a) One sport of our country that has tremendous potential is per the passage is:
(i) Kho-Kho
(ii) Swimming
(iii) Wrestling
(iv) Javelin
(b) International winners have excellent facilities. They have: trained coaches
(ii) Nutritional supplements
(iii) The right tactics and hard work
(iv) All of the above
(c) India has the potential of creating good …………….. in the country.
(d) Give the synonym of ‘inundated’. (Para 2)
Answers
Explanation:
a) Most game watchers predict that while India can add more to its medals tally in the shooting event, the chances of improving her status in swimming category is slim, despite the potential of creating good swimmers in country.
b) One sport in the country with tremendous potential but pathetic performance is swimming. The country is flooded with talented swimmers and coaches whose potential is not fully utilised due to red-tapism and bureaucratic hurdles. In spite of being a country full of rivers and canals, swimming has failed to capture the imagination of Indians at large. The Government, on its part, has done very little to boost the sport.
c) bad quality of water
huge sum of money ,which can't be affordable
Except for the metros, the country is deprived of good olympic-size swimming pools.
d) Paucity of high calibre international coaches is onesetback Indians have suffered in all the arenas of sport.
a) swimming
b) All the above
c) swimmers
d)overwhelm
Hope it helps !! :)
swimming arena?
On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer the following: [4]