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DO NOT STUDY TOO LONG
Do not study too long at once. So long as the mind works with ease, it may be allowed to continue working but if we find it moves slowly and extra trouble is needed to keep the attention fixed, it is far better to break off and take a walk or have some other recreation, than to go on plodding until one feels wholly exhausted. To continue to force the mind to work is likely to lead to an injurious result and may end in a nervous breakdown from which recovery is slow and troublesome.
1. While making the observation “Do not study too long”, the author suggests that
(a) excess of everything is bad.
(b) reading continuously for long hours is tiring.
(c) the mind is delicate and it should not be taxed too much.
(d) doing mental work beyond a certain limit may cause serious injury to the man.
2. The underlying tone of the passage is that
(a) man should work within limits.
(b) man is delicate and should be handled carefully.
(c) an injury to the mind is more difficult to cure than an injury to any other part of the body.
(d) the mind controls the entire physical system and should be kept in a perfect state.
3. A man feels that he is exhausted when
(a) he finds his mind working slowly
(b) he has a headache
(c) his thought process is clouded
(d) he finds it difficult to concentrate
4. The writer suggests that the main cause of the nervous breakdown is
(a) life of anxiety and worry
(b) too much work and little diversion
(c) excessive mental work leading to exhaustion
(d) a strenuous life
 ANSWERS
1. (d)
2. (c)
3. (d)
4. (c)
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