CHEATING Cheating in the examination is a major defect of our educational system. The cheating has become so common that students consider it their birthright to use unfair means in the examination. The root cause of this evil lies in our schools. Short-cuts have replaced hard labour. Guides and notes are encouraged in place of textbooks. In all… Read More »
HUMAN EFFORT Books are, by far, the most lasting product of human effort. Temples crumble into ruin, pictures and statues decay, but books survive. Time does not destroy the great thoughts which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their authors’ minds. These thoughts speak to us through the printed page. The only effect of… Read More »
SCREAMED Read the Passage Carefully and Answers the Following Questions:- Phool Chand was cutting a branch of a tree in his field. While he was sawing it, a man passed by that field. The man stopped and said, “0 men! If you continue sawing that branch like this, you will fall down with it.” He said so because… Read More »
Vidyasagar Vidyasagar was a very generous and charitable man. From his earliest years, he helped the poor and needy to the utmost of his power. As a boy at school he often gave some of the little food, he had, to eat to another boy who had none. If one of his schoolfellows fell ill, little Ishwar would… Read More »
PASSAGE – 7 Read the passage carefully and answer the questions which are given below:- There are three main groups of oil, animal, vegetable and mineral. Great quantities of animal oil come from whales, these enormous creatures of the sea which are the largest remaining animals in the world. To protect the whale from the cold of Arctic… Read More »
Good Manners Good manners are not inherited. And they don’t come naturally to intelligent people. They have to be learnt and practised. They are based upon the concept of consideration for others. They are easy to acquire and there is nothing more profitable. Good manners are a necessary complement in every walk of life, especially in business. Organisations… Read More »
Walking For a student, walking is preferable to all exercises. The advantage of this mode of exercise is that it is simple. The apparatus is all at hand. You need not wait for the importation of machinery. It is in the open air that the lungs can at once receive the pure air of heaven and the eyes… Read More »
Fuel Read the Passage and Answers the Following Questions:- Fuel is a material that is burned in order to get heat and light and also to generate power. The Process of burning is a chemical reaction. A material combines with oxygen from the air and gives off energy. The energy is given off in the form of heat… Read More »
A Great Book The test of a great book is whether we want to read it only once or more than once. Any really great book we want to read the second time even more than we wanted to read it the first time and every additional time that we read it, we find new meanings and new… Read More »
Language Language is a wonderful gift given to man. No animal possesses this gift, but they have their own way of expressing themselves. When a rabbit sees an enemy, it runs away into its hole. Its tail, which is white, bobs up and down as it runs. The other rabbits see it and they run too. They know… Read More »
PASSAGE-3 Read the passage and answer the following questions Coconut is the most important nut in the world. Not only it is one of the biggest of all nuts but almost all parts of the tree are useful to the man. It is an elegant palm tree growing up to a height of a hundred feet. The flesh… Read More »
PASSAGE-1 Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions Plants need sunlight and water to make their own food. You can do an experiment to test if this is true. Place a bucket over a patch of green grass. After a few days, lift the bucket. You will see that the grass is not as green anymore.… Read More »
Foreign Cultures Read the Passage carefully and answer the following Questions:- Culture is not only a matter or ideas; it finds its expression through conduct and behaviour in society. Contact with foreign cultures — Mughal and European— have not seriously affected the basic culture of our society. We still hold our hands in greeting and touch the feet… Read More »
Voice against Violence Read the Passage carefully and answer the following Questions:- Communal riots started in Bengal. Gandhiji raised his voice against violence. Then came the news of bloody riots from Noakhali in East Bengal and from Bihar. Bitter sorrow filled Gandhiji’s heart. Peace was restored in Bihar only when Gandhiji went on partial fast. Now he proceeded… Read More »
Indian Plains Read the Passage carefully and answer the following Questions:- One of the most handsome trees of the Indian plains is the Arjun. It is tall, soaring towards the sky, with a supporting trunk and horizontal branches. The foliage is neither too dark a green nor very dense. This tree has an airy feel. Some trees are… Read More »