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Read the following passages and answer the questions given at the end of each :
Most of the people who appear most often in history books are great conquerors and generals. Strangely enough, the people who really helped civilization forward are often never mentioned at all. We do not know who made the first boat or calculated the length of the year. But we know all about our killers and destroyers. We raise statues to them simply because they fought bravely. But even animals fight. So do the savages. To fight is not to be civilized. Moreover, there are other ways of settling quarrels among men and nations. So really civilized people have been those who have brought peace and happiness to mankind. They have been prophets, saints, doctors, inventors and discoverers. They have been truly great since instead of inflicting pain and hardships on humanity, they have healed their wounds. Instead of killing, they have saved human lives. They really deserve our admiration and respect.
Questions :
(a) What sort of people generally appear in history books?
(b) If the kind of people really helped civilization forward?
(c) For whom do we raise statues?
(d) What is common between men and animals?
(e) Find words from the passage having the same meaning as
(i) Find out by working with numbers (ii) Mankind
Answers :
(a) Great conquerors and generals appear in history books.
(b) Philosophers and inventors have helped the civilization forward.
(C) We raise statues for those who killed people in battles.
(d) Both men and animals light to settle their quarrels.
(e) (i)calculate
(ii) humanity.
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