Question

Read the passage given below:
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 to read holy books like The Bhagwad 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 mythologies 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 and love and care, and my teachers who guided me to become a good student and a responsible citizen. Much later in life, I realised that 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. 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. Nature is a great teacher. A river never stops owing. If it finds 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 ghting spirit alive. Snakes are worshipped as they eat insects in the eld that can hurt our crops, thus protecting the grains for us. In fact, whatever we worship is our helper and makes our lives easy 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, ood and landslides. We don't know that nature is angry with us. However, it is never too late to learn. If we learn to respect nature the quality of our life will improve.
2.1 Answer briey the following questions:
(a) What are we taught in our childhood and growing up years?
(b) Why should we respect our parents and teachers?
(c) What message do we get when we worship nature?
(d) How does a river face an obstacle that comes in its way?
2.2 Choose meanings of the words given below with the help of options that follow:
(e) guided
(i) answered
(ii) advised
(iii) fought
(iv) polished
(f) explore
(i) search
(ii) frequent
(iii) describe
(iv) request
(g) valuable
(i) proper
(ii) desirable
(iii) available
(iv) useful
(h) harmony
(i) beauty
(ii) friendship
(iii) discomfort
(iv) honesty

Answer 1

Answer:

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Answer 2

2.1 Answer briefly the following questions:

(a) What are we taught in our childhood and growing up years?

• From the above paragraph, it can be stated that - When we were children we were introduced to holy books and scriptures to maintain our ethics, these books help us to maintain a sense of belonging and boost our mental health.  The Bhagwad Gita, Bible, and Quran; are the books that will guide us and help us to know our surroundings.

(b) Why should we respect our parents and teachers?

• From the above paragraph, it can be stated that -   We were introduced to mythologies and ancient stories to know what is right or wrong, it helps in proper judgment between good and bad. Parents and teachers are our gurus, blessings from them are equal to God.

(c) What message do we get when we worship nature?

• From the above paragraph, it can be stated that -  Nature gives us everything for survival, we often perform religious ceremonies in front of temples, religious books are theoretical but nature gives us practical exposure.

(d) How does a river face an obstacle that comes in its way?-

• From the above paragraph, it can be stated that -  A river never stops owing. If it finds an obstacle in its way in the form of 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 fighting spirit alive.

2.2 Choose meanings of the words given below with the help of options that follow:

• (e) guided - Advised
• (f) explore- search
• (g) valuable- desirable
• (h) harmony- beauty