Question

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.



Read the questions given below and write the option you consider the most appropriate in your answer sheet.



Q1: What, according to Laxman, is the challenge in creating a good cartoon?
(i) waiting for the right thought (ii) browsing newspapers to emerge. and television.
(iii) getting the right kind of (iv) good drawing and sketching training. skills.

Q2: Which of these words BEST describes this passage?
(i) humorous (ii) technical
(iii) challenging (iv) informative

Q3: Of the many qualities that cartoonists should have, which of the following is not referred to directly but can be inferred from the passage?
(i) knowledge of current (ii) knowledge of educational technologies. institutions.
(iii) knowledge of news and (iv) knowledge of different current affairs. languages.



Q4: According to the passage, which group of people is of the opinion that one cannot learn to make a cartoon in institutions?
(i) many struggling writers. (ii) highly creative artists.
(iii) well-respected cartoonist. (iv) all newspaper editors.

Q5: “Don’t take it for granted that you will become a cartoonist.” Choose the option that is closest in meaning to the sentence.
(i) Don’t assume that you will (ii) Don’t hope that you will become a cartoonist. become a cartoonist.
(iii) Don’t believe that you will (iv) Don’t imagine that you will become a cartoonist. become a cartoonist.​

Answer 1

Answer:

Hitler Youth, German Hitlerjugend, organization set up by Adolf Hitler in 1933 for educating and training male youth in Nazi principles. Under the leadership of Baldur von Schirach, head of all German youth programs, the Hitler Youth included by 1935 almost 60 percent of German boys.

Answer 2

Answer:

What, according to Uday Shanker, are the benefits one may get from a cartoon institute?