Question

Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow them: (10 marks)

Today, change is inevitable in all spheres of life and we are required to face the challenges of the changes to

achieve our goals and objectives. The change in our attitudes and mindset towards the youth who constitute

more than fifty per cent of our population is a must.

Unfortunately, this high potential and vibrant resource has not been effectively and productively utilised,

resulting in generation gaps which are unbridgeable. It is our onerous duty to bring them in the mainstream in

the task of national development and reconstruction to take the nation to resplendence and glory in the new

millennium. The building of the nation is possible only through the process of all-round development and

harnessing of the energies of our youth.

H.G. Wells has truly said, "Men are born but citizens are made. A child takes to itself what is brought to it." The

invasion of Western culture and the existing system of education could be blamed for the failure of the

youngsters to turn into talented individuals. It is inborn virtue conditioned with sustained cultural feedback

with moral and ethical values that make one a statesman.

Our new generation should feel inspired by great luminaries, such as, Mahatma Gandhi, Lokmanya Tilak,

Rabindranath Tagore, Swami Vivekananda and others who this country is proud to have produced.

In the present scenario of criminalisation of politics, increasing violence and widespread erosion of cultural

and social values dividing the country in the name of religion and caste, raising narrow walls of disintegration

and drifting us apart, the youth should be saved from choosing a wrong path. We know that today's

youngsters are the nation's future.

It is most important to develop in them the spirit of nationality and love for the country and, thus, give a new

dimension to the national growth.

The youth of today can prove to be no less patriotic, productive and value oriented than their predecessors,

given the required impetus, opportunities and confidence in their ability. With this goes the 'Freedom of

thought and Experience'.

Questions

1. How can we achieve our goals and objectives?

2. Why should we change our attitudes and mindset towards the youth?

3. Have we utilised the power of the youth properly?

4. How is the building of the nation possible?

5. What are the values that make a statesman?

6. How and whom can our new generation get inspiration from?

7. What is wrong with the present scenario in the country?

8. How can the youth of today match with their predecessors?

9. Find the words which means the same as; ‘moving aimlessly’

10. Give a suitable title to the passage.

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Answer 1

Answer:

1st. we are required to face the challenges of the changes to achieve our goals and objectives.

4th. the building of the nation

is possible only through the process of all-round development and harnessing of the energies of your youth.

5th. moral and ethical values that make a statesman

6th. our new generation should feel inspired by great luminaries, such as, Mahatma Gandhi , Lokmanya Tilak.

Answer 2

Explanation:

1. We are required to face the challenges of the changes to achieve our goals and objectives.
2. It is our onerous duty to bring them in the mainstream in the task of national development and reconstruction to take the nation to resplendence and glory in the new millennium.
3. No,this high potential and vibrant resource has not been effectively and productively utilised.
4. The building of the nation is possible only through the process of all-round development and harnessing of the energies of our youth.
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