Question

(SECTION-A READING 12 MARKS)
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1. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
1. Sfucation is the beginning of empowerment. It is a key to happy and satisfactory life for the special
children, who are cruelly segregated from the society. In India, there are around 35 million disabled
children but less than one per cent have access to education. The most pressing need is to bestow the
precious gift of education on them and let them be the bearers of torch towards the path of progress.
2 Special children, without education, are a burden on their families as well as society. The crude
discrimination between normal and abnormal children leads to severe psychological disorders, giving birth
to frustration which we all know, is not healthy for any progressing nation. Several NGOs are working
towards the upliftment and betterment of such children, but again a grave problem that is faced by the
volunteers is lack of motivation in such children and even their families. Those who are from the well-to-
do families may not find themselves in this menace, but those belonging to the lower economic section
feel that the effort to obtain education is simply wastage of time and energy not to say anything about
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3. Another factor which is hindering the path of education for such children is the lack of opportunities or
facilities anailable in schools. Even if the parents do send such children to school, the schools themselves
are sadly lacking the facilities to cater to their needs. The government has started the 'Integrated System
of Education that enables the disabled to study with normal children in normal circumstances with few
facilities for them. Yet again we find psychological barriers amongst impaired children that they cast
themselves in a hard mould. Special schools have also been established by the government and NGOs to
meer specific needs of such children but their number is pitiably low as compared to the normal schools.
4. There is an urgent need to strike at the roots of this neglect to enable the disabled.
1.1. On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer any four of the following questions in about
30-40 words each:
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(a) Who are special children?
(b) Why is education important for special children"?
(c) Why should the discrimination between normal and special' children be avoided?
(d) What is the hindrance on the path of education for special children?
(e) What is the difference in mentality between the rich and the poor in educating special children?
2 O fhe basis of our reading of the passage, fill in any two blanks with appropriate words or​

Answer 1

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