among the intelligentsia and an institution of higher learning to impart

modern education to the new generation. The two projects in his mind were
closely interlinked; for without an enlightened public opinion adequate
support for the educational institution could not be ensured and, obversely,
without modern education the new generation would never outgrow its
elders' prejudices and misconceptions. Syed Ahmad addressed himself to the
periodical first. He had tentatively proposed it in a letter, dated 22 April
1870, to Mehdi Ali as the organ of an association which he wanted organized
before his return to India for "the uplift and reform of the Muslim", but with
which his connection was not to be divulged. He had a block prepared in
England for the title page of the periodical, which was to be called
the Tahzib-ul-Akhlaq in Urdu and the Mohammedan Social Reformer in
English.
Questions:
(i)
What
was
the
strategy
against
Muslim
backwardness?
(ii)
Why
were
the
two
projects
interlinked
in
his
mind?
(iii) What was Syed Ahmed's proposal about the periodical?
(iv) When did he propose the establishment of the periodical?
(v)
Suggest
a
suitable
title
for
the
passage.
(vi) Make a precis of the above passage.
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19. YEAR 2013 (GROUP I)

Read the following passage and answer the questions given at the
end. (Your own constructed answers will fetch you better marks.)
Teaching more even than most other professions, has been transformed
during the last hundred years from a small, highly skilled profession
concerned with a minority of the population, to a large and important branch
of the public service. The profession has a great and honorable tradition
extending from the dawn of history until recent times, but any teacher in the
modern world who allows himself to be inspired by the ideals of his
predecessors is likely to be made sharply aware that it is not his function to
teach what he thinks, but instill such beliefs and prejudices as are thought
useful by his employers. In former days, a teacher was expected to be a man
of exceptional knowledge or wisdom to whose words men would do well to
attend. In antiquity, teachers were not an organized profession and no
control was exercised over what they taught. It is true they were often
punished afterwards for their subversive doctrines. Socrates was put to
death and Plato is said to have been thrown into prison, but such incidents
did not interfere with the spread of their doctrines.
Questions:
(i) What changes have occured in the profession of teaching during the last
hundred years?
(ii) What were the teachers supposed to be in golden days?
(iii) What is the function of a teacher nowadays?
(iv) Write a note on the rewards that a teacher gets nowadays.

(v) Suggest a suitable title for the passage.

(vi) Make a precis of the above passage.
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20. YEAR 2013 (GROUP II)