Child Welfare Centers Read the following passages and answer the questions given at the end of each: The health of the citizens is the responsibility of the state. For this purpose, the state sets up health services, health centres, hospitals, maternity and child welfare centres. But all this has only a curative value. Diseases are located and cured.… Read More »
TELESCOPE Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: A telescope is the main tool of the modem astronomer to study stars and other celestial objects. Telescopes are the arrangement of lenses and mirrors which make objects look closer than they really are. However, even with the biggest telescope, a star looks like only a… Read More »
IMPRESSION Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: The initial impression created by your appearance is immediately confirmed or contradicted by your voice and words. Words are the media to convey your thoughts, feelings and mind. They are the instruments with which you establish effective contact with people. To begin with, people are affected… Read More »
THE RAIN Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: The rain is caused by the sun which evaporates water from seas, lakes, rivers and soil. This evaporated water or water vapours form clouds which condense into water droplets or ice. As the air rises higher, more and more water vapours turn into water and… Read More »
Tolerance Read the following passages and answer the questions given at the end of each: Each one of us must realize that the only future for India and her people is one of tolerance and cooperation which have been the basis of our culture from ages past. We have laid down in our constitution that India is a… Read More »
Enormous Increase in Population Why is this enormous increase in population taking place? Is it really due to the spread of the knowledge and the practice of what is coming to be called Death control. You have heard of birth control. Death control is something rather different. Death control recognizes the work of the doctors and the nurses… Read More »
Responsibility of the State Read the Passage carefully and answer the following Questions:- The health of the citizens is the responsibility of the state. For this purpose, the state sets up health services, health centres, hospitals, maternity and child welfare centres. But all this has only a curative value. Diseases are located and cured. But the public is… Read More »
POPULATION Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: Earth’s population will be forced to colonise two planets within 50 years if natural resources continue to be exploited at the current rate, according to a report out this week. A study by World Wildlife Fund, released on Tuesday, warns that the human race is plundering the… Read More »
SACRIFICE Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: Indeed, parents struggle hard throughout their lives to make the lives of their children comfortable by providing them with all the amenities of life, so that they may build up their careers and live happily. When the parents grow old, they need love and care of… Read More »
CERAMICS Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: Ceramics have a number of uses right from making the walls of the houses or insulating cables on overhead power lines to mending broken teeth. Ceramics are divided into two groups. In the first group, which includes pottery and bricks are materials that are moulded into their… Read More »
Giant Read the Passage carefully and answer the following Questions:- So he crept downstairs and opened the front door quite softly, and went out into the garden. But when the children saw him, they were so frightened that they all ran away, and the garden became winter again. Only the little boy did not run, for his eyes,… Read More »
Cultural Activities Our cultural activities give refinement to our tastes and show us the path that leads to our systematic mental and moral development. Our tendencies and inclinations also find in them an outlet for a healthy and progressive expression. “A hobby is a favourite subject or occupation that is not one’s main business.” In this age of… Read More »
The Song of Birds The song of many birds seems beautiful to us. That is why it is called song, for it reminds us of human song. We do not know birds themselves consider their song beautiful, although we to believe that they do. What birds feel we will never know because they have no means of telling… Read More »
School Phobia Read the Passage Carefully and Answers the Following Questions:- There are more and more cases of students who are refusing to go to school due to various reasons. These range from peer pressure to disinterest in studies or even inability to cover up studies in case of prolonged illness, “said psychiatrist Samir Parikh, who interacts with… Read More »
Nightangle Read the following passages and answer the questions given at the end of each: The song of many birds seems beautiful to us. That is why it is called song, for it reminds us of human song. We do not know birds themselves consider their song beautiful, although we like to believe that they do. What birds… Read More »