CBSE Class 12 English Elective Compartment Question Paper Solved 2018

CBSE Class 12 English Elective Compartment Question Paper Solved 2018. Students can download the last year question papers using the link below. Free download of examination question papers with solutions. Last 10 year question papers should be practised to get better marks in examinations.

1. Read the passage given below : 

1. By the time Michael Phelps, the world famous swimmer, finished at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympics, having come out of retirement, he had bagged five gold medals. This was one short of the six overall medals India has won in 70 years since independence.

2. But put the swimmer’s four Olympics together, since Athens 2004, and he has 28 medals, including 23 gold. India has 23 medals in total since 1948.

3. This comparison was cited often after India bagged a disappointing two medals in Rio, a slide since London 2012 when it won – by its standards, a record – six medals.

4. When seen in comparison to India’s overall size and population, we have the lowest number of medals per capita. India has never played the football world cup, has won a single individual gold medal at the Olympics and has had only a handful of people ranked No. 1 in their sport. The country’s only worthwhile success has come in a sport played by just a dozen nations.

5. If we take into account the country’s sporting achievements since independence, the successes seem limited considering all disciplines except cricket – Olympic sports and others like chess, squash, racing etc. In many, participation has not been credit-worthy. Gymnast Dipa Karmarkar, who finished fourth in the vault at Rio, and Dipika Pallikal, who got into the top 10 ranking in women’s squash in 2012, were significant achievements for Indian sportswomen. Yet – and cruelly so – they were no big achievements in the world of sport.

6. But why is India so poor in sports ? Football is a craze in Bengal, Goa and Kerala, then why is the Indian football team ranked no. 97 in the World ? Over the years, experts and fans have offered several reasons to explain our lack of success : hereditary characteristics, poverty (therefore lack of nutrition), social divisions and an absence of sporting culture. Hereditary characteristics are used to explain why we do well in sports that do not require high athletic ability, speed and strength. Like cricket, billiards, chess, archery, shooting and tennis doubles (as opposed to singles which requires the entire court to be covered). But the Chinese, Koreans and Japanese share relatively the same height and physicality as Indians – China won 27 gold medals in Rio. If poverty were the reason, then it becomes difficult to explain the success of nations like Jamaica (11 medals in Rio, for example, and Usain Bolt), Ethiopia (8) and Kenya (14) in athletics. Lack of sporting culture may be one reason. For generations, Indians have felt the need to focus on academics as their ticket to a better life. Many schools and colleges do not have sports programmes, grounds or facilities. Politics, administration and corruption are a few obstacles responsible for robbing aspiring athletes of success in their fields. Scandals, scams and abuse of power have weakened several associations.

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