They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,
Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with
the mania of owning things
i. Who does ‘they’ refer to in the given stanza?
a) human beings
b) sinners
c) animals
d) ancestors
ii. What kind of attitude do ‘they’ display towards their circumstances?
a) self-satisfied and self-contained
b) selfish and smug
c) whiny and bothersome
d) irritable and discontent
iii. The word ‘demented’ DOES NOT have a meaning similar to-
a) unhinged
b) deranged
c) disbalanced
d) sane
iv. The phrase ‘mania of owning things’ refers to-
a) materialistic aspirations of accumulating wealth
b) the craze of hoarding things
c) the habit of collecting coins
d) the act of engaging in nefarious act
v. The poet feels ‘sick’ of people who-
a) find animals to be a nuisance
b) grumble about their misfortunes
c) incite violence on the basis of different faiths in the name of their duty to god
d) commit sins and then repent for their actions half-heartedly
Answers
Answer:
They do not sweat and whine about their condition,
They do not lie awake in the dark and weep for their sins,
They do not make me sick discussing their duty to God,
Not one is dissatisfied, not one is demented with
the mania of owning things
i. Who does ‘they’ refer to in the given stanza?
a) human beings
b) sinners
c) animals
d) ancestors
ii. What kind of attitude do ‘they’ display towards their circumstances?
a) self-satisfied and self-contained
b) selfish and smug
c) whiny and bothersome
d) irritable and discontent
iii. The word ‘demented’ DOES NOT have a meaning similar to-
a) unhinged
b) deranged
c) disbalanced
d) sane
iv. The phrase ‘mania of owning things’ refers to-
a) materialistic aspirations of accumulating wealth
b) the craze of hoarding things
c) the habit of collecting coins
d) the act of engaging in nefarious act
v. The poet feels ‘sick’ of people who-
a) find animals to be a nuisance
b) grumble about their misfortunes
c) incite violence on the basis of different faiths in the name of their duty to god
d) commit sins and then repent for their actions half-heartedly
Explanation:
Question : Prove that√5 is irrational.
Answer :
Let us assume that √5 is a rational number.
Sp it t can be expressed in the form p/q where p,q are co-prime integers and q≠0
⇒√5=p/q
On squaring both the sides we get,
⇒5=p²/q²
⇒5q²=p² —————–(i)
p²/5= q²
So 5 divides p
p is a multiple of 5
⇒p=5m
⇒p²=25m² ————-(ii)
From equations (i) and (ii), we get,
5q²=25m²
⇒q²=5m²
⇒q² is a multiple of 5
⇒q is a multiple of 5
Hence, p,q have a common factor 5. This contradicts our assumption that they are co-primes. Therefore, p/q is not a rational number
√5 is an irrational number
Hence proved