Question

Read the passages given below and answer the questions that follow:

On a cloudy day, the clouds hide the sun, but the sun is always there. Happiness is like the sun, it is often hidden by the clouds of thoughts, worries and desires. We have to scatter and dissolve them experience happiness.

You don’t have to create happiness. All you have to do is calm down your mind because when there are a quiet mind and inner peace, there is happiness. Happiness is not something far away and unattainable. Happiness does not depend on circumstances, objects or events. It is an inseparable part of our consciousness, of our essence, but hidden and covered from sight, by our thoughts, desires and worries.

 The mind is always in a constant race from one thought to another, from one worry to another. It constantly moves from one object or task to another, never standing still. This restlessness hides the happiness that is within you.

It is like a choppy sea that hides the bottom. When the sea gets calm you can see the bottom. In the same way, when the mind gets quiet you sense the happiness that is within you.

You cannot see a treasure at the bottom of a stormy and muddy lake, though it is there. However, when the wind stops, the water becomes still, and the mud sinks, you can see the treasure. The treasure is there, whether you see it or not. So is happiness. It is always there, only hidden by thoughts, desires and worries.

complete the following statements by choosing the best of the given choices :-

1.in order to experience happiness in life we should

a)look at the shining sun

b)concentrate on our own anxieties
c)calm our mind

d)do something for others welfare

2. the thing that hides or in a happiness is -
a)circumstances
b) unattainable object
c)restlessness
d)quiet mind

fill in the blanks with information from the passage given above

3. the mind is never ...............

find out the meaning of the following expression from the passage given above

4. breaking in short waves of water

Answer 1

ANSWER :
__________

1 ). ( c ). Calm our mind.

2 ). ( c ). Restlessness

3 ). The mind is never.... CONSTANT / QUIET.

4 ). CHOPPY.

Answer 2

The answers are as follows:

1. c) calm our mind

2. c) restlessness

3. standing still

4. choppy

Comprehension

• Comprehensions refer to exercises where we need to understand and comprehend a passage and answer questions from that passage.

• The given passage talks about happiness.

• Comprehensions are effective in improving vocabulary, as synonyms and antonyms form an important part of comprehensions.

• Comprehensions also help us to improve our understanding skills.