READING 40 MARKS 1. READ THE PASSAGE CAREFULLY AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT FOLLOW: What writers struggle to express through numerous newspaper columns, the cartoon manages in a pointed one-liner. Little wonder then, that the first thing most of us like to see when we pickup a newspaper is the cartoon. Simple though it may seem, making a cartoon is an art that requires a combination of hard work, training and a good sense of humour. Cartoonists say that the cartoons that make us laugh the most are in fact the cartoons that are hardest to make. Even celebrated cartoonists like R.K.Laxman admit that making a cartoon is not a piece of cake. Laxman says he has to wait for over six hours, which includes spending a lot of time scanning newspapers and television channels before any idea strikes him.So how does one become a cartoonist? Which of us has the talent to make it? How can we master the rib-tickling strokes and the witty one-liners? How can we make people smile or laugh? There are few colleges or schools for cartoonists. Most cartoonists come from art colleges, while some learn the craft on their own. Most established cartoonists are of the view that no institute can teach you to make a cartoon. “You can pick up the craft, you may learn to sketch and draw in institutes, but no one can teach anyone how to make a good cartoon,” says Uday Shanker, a cartoonist with Navbharat Times. While basics, like drawing and sketching can be learnt in an art college, and are important skills, these alone, do not make a good cartoonist. Because it’s a question of one’s creativity and sense of humour; two qualities one simply may not have. The advice established cartoonists give is that just because you can sketch, don’t take it for granted that you will become a cartoonist. 1. WHAT ACCORDING TO LAXMAN, IS THE CHALLENGE IN CREATING GOOD CARTOON? *
WAITING FOR THE RIGHT THOUGHT
BROWSING NEWSPAPER AND TELEVISION
GETTING THE RIGHT KIND OF SKILLS
2. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING WORDS BEST DESCRIBE THE PASSAGE? *
HUMOROUS
INFORMATIVE
CHALLENGING
3. OF THE MANY QUALITIES THAT CARTOONISTS SHOULD HAVE, WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT REFERRED TO DIRECTLY BUT CAN BE INFERRED FROM THE PASSAGE? *
1 point
KNOWLEDGE OF CURRENT INSTITUTIONS
KNOWLEDGE OF NEWS AND LANGUAGES
KNOWLEDGE OF DIFFERENT CURRENT AFFAIRS
4. ACCORDING TO THE PASSAGE,WHICH GROUP OF PEOPLE IS OF THE OPINION THAT ONE CAN'T LEARN TO MAKE CARTOONS IN INSTITUTIONS? *
MANY STRUGGLING WRITERS
WELL RESPECTED CARTOONISTS
ALL NEWSPAPER EDITORS
5. DON'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED THAT YOU WILL BECOME A CARTOONIST..... CHOOSE THE OPTION THAT IS CLOSEST IN MEANING TO THE SENTENCE. *
DON'T ASSUME THAT YOU WILL BECOME A CARTOONIST
DON'T HOPE THAT YOU WILL BECOME A CARTOONIST
DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BECOME A CARTOONIST
6. GIVE THE MEANING OF THE PHRASE-PIECE OF CAKE *
1 point
SOMETHING DIFFICULT TO ACCOMPLISH
SOMETHING EASY TO ACCOMPLISH
COMPREHEND
7. GIVE THE ANTONYM OF THE WORD-RIB TICKLING *
1 point
FUNNY
VEXATIOUS
AMUSING
8. GIVE THE MEANING OF THE WORD- SCANNING *
1 point
IGNORE
NEGLECT
SCRUTINIZE
9. WHAT IS THE ANTONYM OF THE WORD-WITTY *
1 point
MONOTONOUS
CLEVER
WISE
10 WHICH TWO CARTOONISTS HAVE BEEN MENTIONED IN THE PASSAGE? *
K. SHANKAR, O. V. VIJAYAN
K SHANKAR, ABU ABRAHAM
R K LAXMAN, UDAY SHANKAR
Answers
Answer:
(a) (i) According to Laxman, waiting for the right thought to emerge is the challenge in creating a good cartoon.
The answer can be found in the lines 'Even celebrated cartoonists like R.K.Laxman admit that making a cartoon is not a piece of cake. Laxman says he has to wait for over six hours, which includes spending a lot of time scanning newspapers and television channels before any idea strikes him.'
(b) (iv) The given passage is informative.
Cambridge English Dictionary defines 'informative' as 'providing useful knowledge or ideas.'
(c) (iii) Of the many qualities that cartoonists should have, knowledge of news and current affairs is not referred to directly but can be inferred from the passage.
The answer can be found in the lines 'Laxman says he has to wait for over six hours, which includes spending a lot of time scanning newspapers and television channels before any idea strikes him.'
(d) (iii) According to the passage, well-respected cartoonists are of the opinion that one cannot learn to make a cartoon in institutions.
The answer can be found in the lines 'Most established cartoonists are of the view that no institute can teach you to make a cartoon. "You can pick up the craft, you may learn to sketch and draw in institutes, but no one can teach anyone how to make a good cartoon," says Uday Shanker, a cartoonist with Navbharat Times.'
(e) (iii) 'Don't believe that you will become a cartoonist' is closest in meaning to the sentence 'Don't take it for granted that you will become a cartoonist.'
Cambridge English Dictionary defines the phrase 'take something for granted' as 'to believe something to be the truth without even thinking about it.'
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Answer:
don't hope that you will become a cartoonsist . become a cortoonist