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Once upon a time there was a wise old man who lived in a small village. He was known throughout the land for his wisdom and his ability to solve any problem that came his way. One day, a young man came to the wise old man and said, "I have a problem. I have been wronged by someone and I want revenge. What should I do?" The wise old man replied, "Before you seek revenge, you should ask yourself if it is worth it. Revenge may make you feel better in the short term but it will not bring you true happiness." The young man thought about this for a moment and then asked, "But what if I don't seek revenge? Won't people think that I am weak?" The wise old man replied, "True strength comes from within. It takes more courage to forgive than it does to seek revenge. If you can find it in your heart to forgive those who have wronged you. you will find true happiness." The young man thought about this for a moment and then thanked the wise old man for his advice. He left the village feeling much better than he had before.
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1. Where did the wise man live? (a) Palace (b) Village (c) town (d) city 2.What does 'wronged' mean? (a) ill-treated (b) angered (c)loved (d) made happy 3. What did the old man tell him to do? (a) He told the man to meditate. (b) he told the man to get revenge (c) He told the man to forgive the other person (d) he told the man to find ways to feel strong 4. From where does true strength come?(a) From meditation (b) from Yoga (c) from within (d) from exercise 5. Did the man thank the old man for his help? (a) Yes (b) No (c) Maybe (d) Not stated in the passage 6. What lesson do we learn from the story? 7. What was the quality of old man that led to his fame? 8. Why was the young man seeking revenge? 9. How can one find true happiness? 10. Give a suitable title to the story. Answer
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A sparrow is a small bird which is found throughout the world. There are many different species of sparrows. Sparrows are only about four to six inches in length. Many people appreciate their beautiful song. Sparrows prefer to build their nests in low places-usually on the ground, clumps of grass, low trees and low bushes. In cities they build their nests in building nooks or holes. They rarely build their nests in high places. They build their nests out of twigs, grasses and plant fibres. Their nests are usually small and well-built structures. Female sparrows lay four to six eggs at a time. The eggs are white with reddish brown spots. They hatch between eleven to fourteen days. Both the male and female parents care for the young. Insects are fed to the young after hatching. The large feet of the sparrows are used for scratching seeds. Adult sparrows mainly eat seeds. Sparrows can be found almost everywhere, where there are humans. Many people throughout the world enjoy these delightful birds. The sparrows are some of the few birds that engage in dust bathing. Sparrows first scratch a hole in the ground with their feet, then lie in it and fling dirt or sand over their bodies with flicks of their winds. They also bathe in water, or in dry or melting snow. Water bathing is similar to dust bathing, with the sparrow standing in shallow water and flicking water over its back with its wings, also ducking its head under the water. Both activities are social, with up to a hundred birds participating at once, and is followed by preening and sometimes group singing. |
(a) The chief food for the adult sparrow is _________ (b) Sparrows live wherever _________ (c) The word, ‘species’ means_________ (d) Sparrows in high places_________ (e) _________ take care of the young sparrows. (f) Sparrows take bathe in _________ (g) Bathing for the sparrows is a _________ (h) Bathing is followed by_________ and_________ (i) meaning of preening. Answer
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1. Karnataka Education Department's decision to conduct board exams for classes 5 and 8 has trigged a fresh controversy in the state. This created panic among crons of parents and students. The question whether or not students of classes 5 and 8 in Karnataka can be made to write board exams is being debated. Students, parents and teachers are waiting for some clarity to emerge. 2. On March 12, the Supreme Court set aside the interim order of a division bench of the High Court of Karnataka, which has given the state government a green signal to conduct board exams for the summative assessment of students of classes 5th and 8th. However, the Supreme Court stopped the exams of these classes. 3. The Supreme Court considered this idea in violation of the provisions contained in section 30 of the RTE ACT, which states that no child is required to pass any board exam till completion of elementary education that is class 1 to 8. 4. The controversy's roots are in 2020-21 and 2021-2022 academic years when schools were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After the pandemic, the government launched 'Kalika Chetarike - a programme to address gaps in learning caused by the lockdown. To determine the programme's success, the Karnataka state examinations and Assessment Board introduced an exam for classes 5 and 8 in 2022-23. 5. The registered unaided Private School Management Associations challenged this in High Court. They questioned the method of assessment without framing rules according to the Right to Education Act 2009, as amended in 2019. The court declined to accept the government's contention that it did not fame the rules as the year-end assessment process came under the provisions of the Karnataka Education Act for the state syllabus. The Associations then moved to the Supreme Court.
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(1) The Karnataka Education Department has decided to conduct exams for (a) 5th (b) 8th (c) Both 'a' and 'b' (d) none (2) On the basis of your reading of the passage, find the incorrect statement. (a) The Supreme Court Stopped the board exams of classes 5th and 8th (b) According to RTE Act, no child is required to pass any board exams till completion of elementary education. (c) The RTE Act was amended in 2019. (d) In 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 the school were closed due to Brain tumor pandemic. (3) On the basis of the passage, study the two statements, I and II given below: (i) The lockdown was imposed in 2020-2021 and 2021-22 (ii) The Karnataka State Examinations and Assessment Board introduced exams for classes 5th and 8th in 2022-23. Choose the correct option: (a) I is true II is false (b) II is true I is false (c) Both I and II are true (d) Both I and II are false (4) Complete the following sentence by choosing the most appropriate option. The idea of conducting the board exams for classes 5th and 8th was challenged by. 5) Who suffered a lot due to the idea of conducting board exams for the students of classes 5th and 8th (a) parents, teachers and students (b) parents and students (c) chairmen and teachers (d) All of these (6) Find the synonym of dispute" from the para 5 of the text. (7) What was the purpose of launching the programme 'Kalika Chetarike? (8) Complete the following sentence. The interim order of the Karnataka High Court was in favour of ...... (9) Find the antonym of 'failure' from para 4. (10) What does the section 30 of the Right to Education Act state? Answer1. (c) Both 'a' and 'b'2. (d) In 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 the school were closed due to Brain tumor pandemic. 3. (c) Both I and II are true 4. (c) The Registered Unaided Private schools Managements Associations 5. (b) parents and students 6. Contention 7. Kalika Chetarike - a programme to address gaps in learning caused by the lockdown. 8. conducting board exams for classes 5 and 8 9. Success 10. Ans. It states that no child is required to pass any board exam till completion of elementary education. |
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1. A recent survey has brought back focus on teenage smoking. According to the survey 80% of smokers form the habit when they are minors. It is estimated that one out of five teenage smokers smoke about 10 cigarettes everyday. What is more, teenage smokers are no longer satisfied with nicotine and are increasingly taking to deadly contraband like marijuana and cannabis. 2. Initially, smoking starts from curiosity but soon becomes a habit. Oblivious of the fatal dangers involved, nascent smokers ignore even the statutory warning inscribed on the pack. 3. Forming the habit of smoking in an early age is often attributed to a whole lot of psychological reasons but the problem is also precipitated by the glamorous representation of smoking by stars on the silver screen, linking it with style. 4. Peer pressure is another big reason for minors taking up smoking. Besides, locally manufactured tax free cigarettes also push them towards this habit. These cigarettes are particularly popular among the youth, as they are available at a significantly lower price than the legally manufactured cigarettes. According to a FICCI report on these cigarettes, the government suffers huge revenue loss annually due to them, while youths fall victim to smoking. While in the short term smokers get sick due to common ailments, in the long run their lungs get badly affected. Diseases such oral cancer are associated with tobacco use in any form. 5. Smokers can quit smoking by monitoring some of their food habits. Food rich in vitamin C reduces the urge to smoke. Also milk, celery, carrot, fruits and vegetables when taken before smoking, compel the smoker to quit the habit. |
Questions: (1) Why have teenagers started consuming contraband and have not remained satisfied with nicotine consumption only ? (a) It is cheaper than the cigarettes. (b) It does not have harmful impact on health. (c) People consuming contraband are not looked down upon by the society. (d) Not mentioned in the passage. (ii) Why are locally manufactured cigarettes sold at a lower price ? (a) Because they are popular. (b) No tax is levied on these cigarettes. (c) The manufacturers of these cigarettes intend to capture a bigger market share. (d) They have a limited market and therefore cannot be sold at a higher price. (iii) Which of the following is false in context of the passage? (a) Most of the smokers start smoking at an early age. (b) Smoking leads to psychological diseases leading to a weak memory. (c) People drawn to smoking are charmed by big stars showing smoking on the screen. (d) Smoking affects lungs if the habit is not got rid of at an early stage. (iv) Which of the following has been mentioned about the FICCI report in the passage ? (a) Tax free cigarettes help keep a vigil on frequent smokers as they are sold at few shops only (b) More and more people indulge in smoking as tax free cigarettes remain available at a reduced price. (c) Tax free cigarettes cause a huge revenue loss to the government. (d) Only (b) and (c). (v) Which of the following food items do not help smokers get rid of smoking ? (a) Vegetables (b) Fruits (c) Celery (d) Chocolate, (vi) Who ignores the statutory warming inscribed on the pack of cigarettes ? (vii) Find the word which is most nearly the same in meaning as the word 'annually. (viii) Find the word which is most nearly the same in meaning as the word 'nascent'. (ix) According to the passage the smokers can quit smoking by........ (x) Initially, smoking starts from curiosity but soon becomes a habit. is another big reason for minors taking up smoking. Answer(i) (d) Not mentioned in the passage.(ii) (b) No tax is levied on these cigarettes. (iii) (b) Smoking leads to psychological diseases leading to a weak memory. (iv) (c) Tax free cigarettes cause a huge revenue loss to the government. (v) (d) Chocolate. (vi) Nascent smokers ignore the statutory warning inscribed on the pack of cigarettes. (vi) yearly (viii) growing (ix) monitoring some of their food habits. (x) peer pressure |
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2 But in today's world, everybody talks much about his rights. There is a great hue and cry Bur rights are infringed. But nobody seems to bother much about his dution. That is why there is a great unrest in our present-day life. Actually duties come first, and rights afterwards Many a time, one man's right is another man's duty and vice versa. For example, every man has the right to have an undisturbed sleep. So it becomes the duty of his neighbour not to tune his radio at too high a pitch. If we want to enjoy our rights, we should act such a way that the rights of others are not trespassed. It can happen only if we take dus account of our duties also. In short, rights and duties are complementary things and na contradictory. 3. It is difficult to agree on which rights should be guaranteed to a citizen. For example, does a child have the right to be educated in his/her mother tongue ? Some enthusiasts may say, "Certainly. But others may say that while everyone must have a right to education the govemment should not be forced to spend money to employ special teachers for the language of every group and community. Take another example. Does every adult have right to job 7 Some will say, "Yes." Others will disagree and say that this is a privilege, na a right. They say that in these days of population explosion, it is not possible for any government to ensure full employment 4 There can be disagreement on such controversial issues, but there can be no disagreement on such things as the freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom from want and freedom from fear. Every nation worth the name must ensure these rights for her citizens |
(b) Rights and duties are contradictory. (c) Rights come before duties. (d) Our rights are the duties of our neighbour. 2. What is difficult to agree on? (a) Whether a citizen should have any rights. (b) Whether a citizen should do his or her duty. (c) Whether rights and duties should go side by side. (d) Which rights should be guaranteed to a citizen. (a) more for his rights than his duties. (b) more for his duties than his rights. (c) more for his own rights than the rights of his neighbour. (d) more for his domestic duties than his official duties. 4. Give the synonym of Trespass (a) encroach. (b) surpass (c) overtake. (d) disagree. 5. What is meant by vice versa'? (a) et cetra, of cetra. (b) for example. (c) in the opposite way to what just has been said. (d) in the way that has been agreed to by all 6. Why are rights and duties called two sides of the same coin ? 7. Why is there a great unrest in our present-day life ? 8. What do you think comes first rights or duties ? 9. Give one example from the passage to show that one man's right is another man's duty. 10. What is the opposite of 'controversial ? 1. (a) Rights and duties are complementary. 2. (d) Which rights should be guaranteed to a citizen. 3. (b) more for his duties than his rights. 4. (a) encroach. 5. (c) in the opposite way to what just has been said. 6. Rights and duties are called two sides of the same coin because one can't exist without the other. Duties without rights are mere slavery. Rights without duties lead to lawlessness. 7. Everybody talks much about his rights. But nobody seems to bother much about his duties. That is why there is a great unrest in our present-day life. 8. Our duties certainly come first. 9. Every man has the right to have an undisturbed sleep. So it becomes the duty of his neighbour not to tune his radio at too high a pitch. 10. unanimous. |
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justifies hierarchy , othering, and a patriarchal mindset must be shunned totally. Seeking the right to choose her own identity, Ms Divya Modi Tongya, had petitioned the Delhi High Court that she be allowed to revert to her maiden name after her divorce comes through. 2. She landed in court after running into a barrier in the form of a government notification which said a married woman who wants to use her maiden name after divorce must either furnish divorce papers or a no objection certificate from her husband. The Delhi high Court has sought the Union government’s response by May 28, the next date of hearing. In her plea Ms Modi Tongya states that the notification is “ gender biased” and creates unnecessary restrictions for women who seek to exercise their constitutional right to choose their name- in her case a change of surname – by violating Articles 14, 19, and 21. The very idea of an NOC is objectionable, divorce proceedings or not, and reflective of a deep-seated misogyny that wants to control an individual’s preference . Ms Modi Tongya should be able to choose whichever surname she is comfortable with and not have to fight for it. 3. Women have often complained of harassment when they have taken the path less trodden. For instance, women who have decided not to opt for their husband’s surname after marriage face a barrage of unnecessary questions and a mountain of paperwork while, say, opening a bank account ,or during a child’s admission in school, or applying for a passport . 4. A society that is already battling caste-based hierarchies should not add to the discrimination by giving an upper hand to anyone in a relationship, but to work towards safer spaces without gender bias , difference and humiliation. 5. In India, the most populous country in the world, stark gender disparities persists, both politically and socially. Women do most of the unpaid work at home, and often edged out of the labour force for various reasons. What a girl or a woman can – and cannot- do, is often laid down by the men in the family; sometimes women too acquiesce to such indignities in the name of tradition. The United Nations has said that the greatest human rights challenge in the world right now is achieving gender equality and empowering women and girls. Paying lip service to rhetoric that women are equal without effecting change on the ground with legislative backing and strong social frame-works defeats the purpose. |
(a) The women of India (b) Ms Divya Modi Tongya (c) The United Nations (d) Union Government (ii) According to the passage the Indian society is largely ------- (a) Patriarchal (b) matriarchal (c) platonic (d) Both ‘A’ and ‘B’ (iii On the basis of the passage, study the two statements, I and II given below: (I) Men’s views are preferred to that of women’s (II) Women do most of the unpaid work at home. Choose the correct option: (a) I is true II is false (b) II is true I is false (c) Both I and II are true (d) Both I and II are false (iv) According to the notification a married woman can change her surname ……. (a ) Whenever she wants (b ) Her husband’s consent is necessary (c ) She cannot change her surname (d ) None of the above (v) According to the passage, who decides the do’s and don’ts for women? (a ) The men in the family (b ) The women in the family ( c) The children in the family (d ) The Union government (vi) Find the word from para 2 which means ‘ hatred or prejudice against women’. (vii ) Find the antonym of ‘ honour’. (para 4) (viii ) Complete the following sentence: The union government notification violates the Articles (ix ) What is the greatest human rights challenge? (x ) Who has to face a bombardment of unnecessary questions? |
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