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SECTION-A
(Reading - 20 Marks)
1. Read the following passage carefully :
The reformer must know that what moves people is the authentic life, not mere writing. The newspapers and journals that Lokmanya Tilak and Gandhiji ran, the books they wrote, sold little, but had enormous effect. Their writing was known to reflect, or be just an extension of, their exemplary lives. It was the authenticity of their lives which lent weight to their message, to their example. All knew that their lives were an integral whole- they were not moral in public life and lax in private, nor vice versa; they were not full of pious thought and sacred resolutions within the walls of a temple and cheats outside.
A writer who is merely entertaining his readers, even one who is merely informing them, can do what he wants with the rest of his life. But the writer who sets out to use his pen to reform public life cannot afford such dualities. Here is the testimony of one great man- Gandhiji- about the influence of another, Lok-manya Tilak; "I believe that an editor who has anything worth saying and who commands a clientele cannot be easily hushed. He has delivered his finished message as soon as he is put under duress. The Lokmanya spoke more eloquently from the Mandalay fortress than through the columns of the printed Kesari. His influence was multiplied thousand fold by his imprisonment and his speech and pen had acquired much greater power after he was discharged than before his imprisonment. By his death, he was editing his paper without pen and speech through the sacred resolution of the people to realise his life's dream.
He could not possibily have done more if he were today in the flesh preaching his views. Critics like me would perhaps be still finding fault with this expression of his or that. Today his message rules millions of hearts which are determined to raise permanent living memorial by the fulfillment of his ambition in their lives."
(a) In the content of the passage, a reformer becomes effective if :
(i) he is a journalist with an objective viewpoint.
(ii) he is an author with an excellent style of writing
(iii) he is an effective political leader of the masses
(iv) he is a person with consistency in his writings and life style.
(b) Lokmanya Tilak's messages were most effective :
(i) when he delivered them through his editorials.
(ii) after his death
(iii) before his imprisonment
(iv) when he became a reformer
(c) Which of the following is the result of Lokmanya Tilak's exemplary life ?
(i) The news papers edited by him did not incur monetary loss.
(ii) The books written by him were useful.
(iii) People resolved to fulfill his life's dreams.
(iv) He was put in jail in Mandalay.
(d) Which of the following is the general tendency of critics according to this passage ?
(i) To find fault with one or the other expression of a writer.
(ii) To praise only those writers whom they know.
(iii) To condemn one and all reformer writers
(iv) To suggest new ideas to the public
(e) Which of the following types of writers can be moral in their personal life and lax in public life ?
(i) Those who want to reform people.
(ii) Those who want to entertain people.
(iii) Those who have large number of followers.
(iv) Those who lead an authentic life.
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