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SECTION A READING
 
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1. Read the passage given below carefully and answer the questions that follow.
 
1.In ancient cultures, sky-watching played an important role in navigation, agriculture, religion, and even entertainment. Those who observed the heavens connected stars to form patterns that is related to the heroes, gods and legends of their culture – known today as constellations. Most cultures named constellations and attached cultural meaning to their patterns. Native Americans, for instance, often used constellations to teach moral lessons. Today, the Western world acknowledges the constellations that originated in Mesopotamia more than 5,000 years ago. Babylonian, Egyptian and Greek astronomers also made contributions during the classical ages of their cultures.
 
2.Out of 88 constellations officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union,48 were identified in ancient times with just the naked eyes. The remaining 40 were added in more recent centuries. Each constellation has its own border ensuring that each star would be restricted to one constellation only.
 
3.Constellations change over time as the stars in them move through space. The dipper part of the Big Dipper in the constellations Ursa Major (Great Bear) appeared much squarer in the past. With the dipper’s bowl starting to elongate 100,000 years from now, it will look more like a soup bowl with a handle.
 
A.Based on your reading of the passage given above, answer the following questions.
 
a.The astronomers of which other ancient cultures, apart from the Mesopotamians, made important contributions to astronomy?
 
b.In which sphere did sky-watching help the people of ancient cultures?
 
B. Complete the following sentences appropriately.
 
a. Forty eight constellations officially recognized by the International Astronomical
 
Union were ___________________________________________________
 
b. Constellations change ________________________________________
 
c. Ancient sky-watchers gave us constellations by connecting stars in patterns relatedto their _____________________________________________________
 
C. State whether the following statements are true or false.
 
a. The dipper part of the Small Dipper in the constellations Ursa Major appeared much squarer in the past. _______
 
b. Total 87 constellations were officially recognized by the International Astronomical Union________
 
c. Dipper bowl will look more like a soup bowl with a handle._________
 
d. Native Americans often used constellations to teach moral lessons._______
 
Read the passage given below carefully and answer the questions that follow.
 
1. The so-called modern man is the most restless, unsatisfied and partially mad. Everybody is mad in this world, there is only the difference of degrees. Someone is mad at 5 degrees, the other at 80 degrees and the man who could not face the problems of modern life style becomes fully mad at 100 degrees. We are varied mind set people. The nature of mind is like a loafer, it is not at its centre. When mind settles down, we become silent, we become relaxed and we enjoy the present moment of life.
 
2.We the modern people have completely exhausted our nervous system by using too much of it. So everybody has become irritable, angry and confused. This is the result of over use of our mind, we are not using body but brain. There is blind race how to collect too much money, how to go on the top, how to be successful in this world. This race ends into defeat. Too many expectations lead to frustration.
 
3.Just from childhood, parents start encouraging their children to be more ambitious, to be more competitive and to get more marks in the exams. We expect our children to be the best doctors, to be the best engineers and to be the best business men. Nobody likes their children to be a good painter, a good mechanic, a good carpenter, a good artist. This hurts our own ego that our children become painters, carpenters and artists whereas other’s children are doctors and engineers. This ego of parents is not letting children to do their best.
 
A.On the basis of your reading the above passage, choose the most appropriate option and complete the sentences.
 
i)The modern man is _________
 
a) mostly found happy b) is the most restless ,unsatisfied c) the most reliable and trustworthy
 
ii)Too much exhaustion of our mind makes us ___________
 
a)irritable and dependent on others b) irritable ,angry and confused c)ambitious and socially alienated
 
iii)What hurts the parents?_________
 
a)When the children disobey their parents b) When the children follow professions not of the choice of their parents c) When the children spend more time on net.
 
iv) Most of the parents expect their children to be ________
 
a)the best human beings in every field b) the best sports person and athletes c) the best doctors, engineers and businessmen
 
B. State whether the following statements are true or false.
 
a.When mind settles down, we become silent and relaxed_______
 
b. Too many expectations lead to success __________
 
C. Fill in the blanks and complete the paragraph.
 
a.There is a blind i) ______ how to collect too much ii) _______ ,how to go on the
 
iii) ________ how to be iv)_________ in this world.
 
D.Answer the following questions in brief
 
a.How do parents inspire their children?
 
b.Why do children fail to give their best?
 
c.How do people get exhausted?
 


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