Read the passage given below :
If we would see our dream of Panchayat Raj, i.e., true democracy realized, we would regard the humblest and lowest Indian as being the ruler of India with the tallest in the land. This presupposes that all are pure, or will become pure if they are not. And purity must go hand-inhand with wisdom. No one would then harbour any distinction between community and community, caste and out-caste.' Everybody would regard all as equal with oneself and hold them together in the silken net of love. No one would regard another as untouchable. We would hold as equal the toiling labourer and the rich capitalist. Everybody would know how to earn an honest living by the sweat of one's brow, and make no distinction between intellectual and physical labour. To hasten this consummation, we would voluntarily turn ourselves into scavengers. No one who has wisdom will ever touch opium, liquor or any intoxicants. Everybody would observe Swadeshi as the rule of my life and regard every woman, not being his wife, as his mother, sister or daughter according to her age, not to have lust for her in his heart. He would be ready to lay down his life when occasion demands it, and would never want to take another's life. If he is a Sikh, in terms of the commandments of the Gurus, he would have the heroic courage to stand single-handed and alone without yielding an inch of ground against the 'one laid' and a quarter' enjoined by them. Needless to say, such a son of India would not want to be told what his duty in the present hour is.
(A) Answer the following questions in your answer sheet in about 30-40 words
(a) Mention any two advantages of democracy.
(b) How will Panchayat Raj contribute towards ensuring status of equality in society and eradicating untouchability ?
(c) What does 'swadeshi' as the rule of life demand ?
(d) What do the commandments of Sikh Gurus command ?
(B) Find from the passage word which mean the same as :
(a) to keep feelings against someone in mind.
(b) intelligence
(c) hardworking
(d) to do quickly
Answers
(A)
(a) There, as no distinction between community and caste and there is no place for untouchability.
(b) Panchayat Raj is a true democracy. Through it we would regard the humblest and lowest Indians as being the ruler. It regards everyone equal, thus this ideology will help eradicate untouchability.
(c) It regards every woman, not being his wife, as his mother, sister or daughter according to her age, and never keep lust for her in his heart.
(d) It commands that if a person is a Sikh, he would have the heroic courage to stand singlehanded and alone without yielding an inch of ground against the
'one lakh and a quarter' enjoined by them.
(B)
(a) harbour.
(b) wisdom
(c) toiling
(d) hasten.