67. Reading Skills Comprehension: Debates

Debates

Debates

Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions:-

It may be argued, however, that public debates achieve their object, not by the conversion of the leaders on either side, but by the conversion of their open-minded followers. Among people of real convictions. these open-minded followers are known as wobblers, and a wobbler who has yielded to an argument is known to the party he has left as a turncoat. How suspicious people are of the politicians who have listened to reason and so deserted their party for another. Yet, if we believe in controversy, we should honour the wobbler and the turncoat above all others. They are people who put reason above prejudice and have the honesty to admit that they have been beaten by arguments better than their own. They are men who are not afraid of their own past and are glad to feel that what they say in 1999 is different from the nonsense they talked in 1993. Their opponents do not feel like this, however.

Questions:

1. How do public debates achieve their goals?

 (a) by the conversation of the leaders

 (b) by the conversation of the political parties

(c) by the conversation of the

 (d) by the conversation of the officer’s followers of the leaders

2. Which people are known as wobblers?

(a) true and faithful followers

(b) open-minded followers

(c) leaders of opposition parties

(d) leaders of ruling parties

3. How is a wobbler known to the party?

(a) turncoat

(b) foolish

(c) faithful member

(d) active member

4. Which people are not afraid of their own past?

(a) faithful followers

(b) turncoats

 (c) leaders of opposition

(d) leader in power

5. Why should we honour the wobbler and the turncoat?

 (a) they are dishonest 

(b) they are active in politics

(c) they have the honesty to admit the fact

(d) they are very rich

6. What do you know about a turncoat?

(a) a person who is adamant to his opinion

 (b) a person who gets convinced by a better idea

(c) a foolish fellow

(d) a corrupt fellow

 Answers :

1.(c),           2. (b).

3.(a),           4. (b),

5. (c).           6. (b).

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