Question

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1. Right from Childhood a human being starts enjoying the pleasure of reading. As a chte
Searns the ways of life through reading and writing. He is thrilled by going through new winte
things and learning through them. Any new lesson that comes his way excites tas emotions by
Eiving his te mand freshness of knowledge Ametle poem about an animal a wide prose about
the toys and a little sentence about society he lives in give him strange pleasure.
2. The pleasure ane derives from reading is indeed recreatives as well as instructive. The mental
effects of reading create a strange sense of pleasure. Reading provides an ecstasy and
intellectual exertion Reading of novels or interesting terature makes a person forget the
womes and cares of we. The reading of a newspaper, a periodical, journal etc. which is light
reading gives the reader knowledge about human we around and solves his curiosity for
knowledge about the world. Newspaper and journals give information about the events taking
place in the world and happenings in the state and the locality a person lives in. The newspaper
also publishes important news and views in the field of economics, politics and science
Reading of newspaper is indispensable for even a little educated citizen in modern society.
3. The reading of novels is the most popular pastime of a large number of people. The attraction
of the novel lies in its ability to create interest, to sustain it and take the reader to the heights
of imagination and luxurious fiction. All fictions are somewhat connected with life and give in
words the pictures drawn from real life or imagination. As such, of all forms of literature novels
are the most popular and interesting. They portray pen pictures from our real life and society
and present the character of the people we see around or wish to see. A novel inspires the
interest and intention of a reader because in it scenes rapidly shift and change and there are
unexpected turns of events giving shocks and shakes to the mind.
A On the basis of your reading of the above passage, answer the following questions briefly.
a. How does the child learn the ways of his life?
b. What are the two salient feature of reading?
c. How does the reading of a novel inculcate the interest of a reader?
B. Find words from the passage which mean the following.
i Excited with joy
il Essential​

Answer 1

The answers are:

• A child learns the ways of life by reading and writing.
• The two salient features of reading are that reading create a strange sense of pleasure. Secondly, reading provides an ecstasy and  intellectual exertion.
• A novel inspires the  interest and intention of a reader because in it scenes rapidly shift and change and there are  unexpected turns of events giving shocks and shakes to the mind.
• Excited by joy - thrilling
• Essential - indispensable

Answer 2

through reading and writing