Assignment 7 (page 37)

A.part

5. A person is very good in negotiation. He should go for-

a. MBA,FINANCE b. Human resource c. IT d.Operational management

ans. b. human resource

C..Answer any three of the following. (3x2=6m)

1.What makes MBA Finance an ideal choice ?

Ans. with the Indian economy growing and becoming more global in nature, there is undying need for finanace
experts to manage the growth.Hence MBA in finance offers a highly challenging job environment and a very
stimulating career.

2. who all should go for MBA,Marketing?

All those who are interested in front end activity, and are interested in brand management and sales management
,one should go for MBA, Marketing.

3.What role do interpersonal relations play in an organization?

Ans. They are helpful in striking a balance ,maintaining cordial relation, work environment, etc.

4.what are the benefits of dual specialization?

They help the students to get knowledge of two different fields during the course tenure.

D FIND WORDS FROM THE ----------------

3. Friendly para 4

Ans. cordial

ASSIGNMENT 5 (PAGE 49 )

A 3. student starts stammering suddenly.It means he is being-----

a. Beaten in school

b. Harassed

c. bullied

d. behavioral issues

ans. c bullied

4. School authorities have to be particular about

a. keeping a watch on the playfield

b. safety and security

c. have proper disaster management in place

d. to mark attendance

ans. b. safety and security

5.Collabarative intervention is required from

a. school and parents

b. school and councilors

c. school and teachers

d. none of the above

ans. a. school and parents

ANSWER ANY THREE OF THE FOLLOWING (3X2=6 M)

1. What was revealed in fire safety drill in schools?

Ans. It was revealed that schools were ill prepared to deal with fire accidents. Around 1600 schools were found to
be illprepared.

2. What challenge do schools face in today’s scenario?

Ans. The challenge before school is to watch over every child as well as prevent accidents due to external factors.

3. What are the two challenges faced by councilors today?

Ans. A councilor has to make students understand his learning goals. There are personal and behavioral issues and
personal adjustments.

4. How are students drawn into drug abuse and what makes situation alarnming?

Ans. As a recreational activity, because good number of students have fallen prey to it.

d. Find word in the ------

dependable ( para 4)

ASSIGNMENT 1 PAGE 57

A. 5. Schools ensure that children do HW by

1. giving prizes to best H.W. in class

2. by adding marks in internal assessment

3. giving Hw based on curriculum

4 .All of the above

Ans. d. All of the above

ANSWER ANY THREE OF THE FOLLOWING(3X2=6)

1.WHAT EXCUSES ARE MADE BY CHILDREN FOR NOT DOING hw?

Ans. It’s break time and they are just bored so, they don’t want to do Hw.

2. What attractive gifts are offered by pwarents to make children do the HW?

Ans. Ice creams in the evening and trips to amusement parks.

3. Give two examples of type of HW. Given by schools?

Ans. To form gist of writings of authors like prem chand,to make models.

4.How have H. Hw classes become a life saver?

Ans. They help students to do the hw, they look for information on the internet and lead them to right
website,they help them to prepare models.

D. Find words in the passage--------------------------

Necessary (para 8)

Ans. imperative

Page 17, passage 2

1.As dusk falls, the neon signs of the jewellery shops in Bowbazar come alive. But the lights have no
effect on the face of Mahadeo Yadav, who is perched on the footrest of his rickshaw that is parked by
the road, staring ahead blankly. He is sitting on his haunches, hugging his knees to keep himself warm in
the biting cold, so withered and lifeless as if he had been dead for days without anyone noticing.

2.Who would, after all, notice a rickshaw-puller parked by the road to check whether he is breathing or
not. Yet when the same rickshaw-puller goes about his work, playing a human horse, he becomes the
most-noticed man in Calcutta. He makes a great subject for photographs, writers and filmmakers. He is
the icon of poor Calcutta. 3.Many a renowned actor has pulled the rickshaw in films set in the city.

Calcutta is said to have about 6,000 rickshaw-pullers running on its roads, confined mostly to the old
neighbourhoods. They have some things in common, apart from their poverty. Nearly all of them hail
from Bihar. All of them wear the lungi to work, perhaps for better mobility. And almost all of them are
elderly: I am yet to see a young man hand-pulling a rickshaw. It can be a heart-rending sight to watch a
man almost as old as your father panting his way through the roads and streets of old Calcutta, clad in
just a vest and a lungi and often barefooted.
4. Mahadeo Yadav, the rickshaw-puller, is in fact my father’s age. He is seventy, and has been pulling a
rickshaw — it’s been the same rickshaw — in and around Bowbazar for fifty years. For him fifty years,
half a century, is not a landmark but merely the time that has lapsed ever since he came to Calcutta
from Gaya in Bihar to earn a living.

5.He lives all alone in Calcutta, in a lodge inside a nearby lane, paying a monthly rent of fifty rupees. He
is out with his rickshaw between three in the afternoon and ten in the night, sometimes earning sixty or
seventy rupees a day and sometimes nothing. Every month, without fail, he sends Rs. 300 to his wife
back home, and once every year, visits her. ‘I will pull rickshaw as long as I can,’ he tells me, ‘this is my
only source of livelihood.’

‘But you are already seventy. Are you able to manage?’

‘These days I tire easily. Sometimes my feet hurt, sometimes my back hurts. But do I have a choice?’

6.He answers all my questions without looking at me even once, but continuing to stare ahead blankly,
his arms folded around his knees. I take a good look at his rickshaw. The two — the rickshaw and the
rickshaw-puller — make quite a pair.

I am a little nervous entering Coffee House because I have no idea what to expect in a place so
romanticised as this. I imagine myself being surrounded by groups of bearded men and gorgeous
women, cigarettes between their fingers, and being sneered at for knowing nothing of Nietzsche or
Foucault. For that matter, I’ve read very little of Tagore — and now I see a larger-than-life portrait of a
young Tagore, wearing a black beard, looming over the tables in the high-ceilinged hall.

7.Coffee House, however, turns out to be more of a lovers’ hangout.

Young men and women, just into college, like to linger here because they pay next to nothing for killing
time in the hallowed premises — the most expensive dish on the menu, baked fish, comes for fifty-five
rupees. A cup of coffee costs eight.

Older people drop by too every now and then, not just for the cheap food but also the experience.
Coffee House, after all, is also a museum of memories. The curators are the waiters who still wear Raj-
era white uniforms, which include a cummerbund and turban.

8.One such waiter comes over with a glass of water. I try to initiate a conversation with him but he is not
interested. All I get to know is that he is from Bihar and has been working here since — quite predictably
— a long time ago. He is impatient to take my order. I ask for Mughlai Paratha.

Seated at the table next to mine is a young couple. The woman is gazing lovingly into the man’s eyes.
Books are placed on their table: not Nietzsche or Foucault, but textbooks.

9.At another adjacent table is another couple. If their body language is anything to go by, the man is
trying to persuade the woman into something. Eavesdropping is not a possibility here because of the
noise; Coffee House is noisier than a college canteen.
I look around. I want to witness, first-hand, an adda of the intellectual kind in progress. But even at
tables that have large groups, I only detect banter and not heated debates. People are talking, laughing,
smoking and eating.

Maybe this is how adda sessions look from a distance, who knows. I have not seen Sunil Gangopadhyay
or Mrinal Sen warming the chairs in Coffee House to be able to tell the difference.

10.Park Street’s energy comes from food. Every eatery here is legendary, and finding a table in the most
popular ones is always a challenge. A manager in suit and tie, standing at the door, will take down your
name and phone number and ask you to wait.

11.People who make the mistake of wandering away during the waiting period often return to find their
name already called out by the suited manager, who now gives preference to those who had chosen to
hang in there. When he finally invites you in after the long wait, you are so overcome by gratitude that
you already like the food.

Bengalis are discerning eaters. The dishes come under scrutiny as soon as they are laid on the table and
a serious discussion ensues: Isn’t the mutton excellent? Don’t you think they should have added some
more mustard to the fish? Isn’t the chicken curry a little bland unlike what we ate the last time?

Every Bengali dining out is a food critic. Their opinion may not make it to the papers, but it certainly
reaches the ears of people next table.

But it is not very often that I get into these restaurants when I come to Park Street. I usually begin with
the Oxford Bookstore, where I spend about an hour. Then I walk down the length of the street and cross
over to the opposite side and get into Music World. There I am invariably looking for a Bengali song I
would have heard on one of the FM channels and taken a fancy to.

A part

3. Bengalis turn out to discerning eaters because;

a. They are Fussy eaters

b. They are Good food critics

c. They do lot of discussions on food

d. Are overcome by gratitude to see the food

ans. b –they are good food critics

4.Coffee house turns out to be favorite haunts

a. Food is cheap here b. The experience is worth remembering

c. It’s lovers hangout

d. Waiters wear raj era uniforms

ans. b experience is worth remembering.

5.Why was writer a little disappointed by the coffee house

a. The food was not upto his liking

b. He didn’t find any famous personality sitting over there.

c.A loud banter was going on

d.There was no intellectual kind of debate in progress.

Ans. d. there was no intellectual kind of debat

ANSWER ANY THREE OF THE FOLLOWING. (3X2=6M)

1. What makes the narrator hesitate while entering the coffee house?

Ans. He is not sure of what to expect over there. place so romanticised as this. He imagines myself being
surrounded by groups of bearded men and gorgeous women, cigarettes between their fingers, and
being sneered at for knowing nothing of Nietzsche or Foucault.

Q2.Why is it risky to leave after getting yourself registered at the eatery at park street?

Ans. Your seat might be gone . People who make the mistake of wandering away during the waiting
period often return to find their name already called out by the suited manager, who now gives
preference to those who had chosen to hang in there.

Q3. How does writer like to spend his time at park street?

Ans. He usually begin with the Oxford Bookstore, where he spends about an hour. Then he walks down
the length of the street and cross over to the opposite side and gets into Music World. There he is
invariably looking for a Bengali song he would have heard on one of the FM channels and taken a fancy
to.

Q4. Describe the scene at coffe house?

Ans. Coffee House, is more of a lovers’ hangout.Young men and women, just into college, like to linger
here because they pay next to nothing for killing time in the hallowed premises. People are talking,
laughing, smoking and eating.
Older people drop by too every now and then, not just for the cheap food but also the experience.
Coffee House, after all, is also a museum of memories.

D find word in the ------------------

Having good taste or judgement (para 11)

Ans. Discerning

PASSAGE 1 , TYPEIII, PAGE 18 20 MARKS

1. I must have been about seven when my father left Porbandar for Rajkot to become a member of the
Rajasthanik Court. There I was put into a primary school, and I can well recollect those days, including
the names and other particulars of the teachers who taught me. As at Porbandar, so here, there is hardly
anything to note about my studies. I could have been only a mediocre student. From this school I went to
the suburban school and thence to the high school, having already reached my twelfth year. I do not
remember having ever told a lie, during this short period, either to my teachers or to my school-mates. I
used to be very shy and avoided all company. My books and my lessons were my sole companions. To
be at school at the stroke of the hour and to run back home as soon as the school closed–that was my
daily habit. I literally ran back, because I could not bear to talk to anybody. I was even afraid lest anyone
should poke fun at me.
2. There is an incident which occurred at the examination during my first year at the high school and
which is worth recording. Mr. Giles, the Educational Inspector, had come on a visit of inspection. He had
set us five words to write as a spelling exercise. One of the words was 'kettle'. I had mis-spelt it. The
teacher tried to prompt me with the point of his boot, but I would not be prompted. It was beyond me to
see that he wanted me to copy the spelling from my neighbour's slate, for I had thought that the teacher
was there to supervise us against copying. The result was that all the boys, except myself, were found to
have spelt every word correctly. Only I had been stupid. The teacher tried later to bring this stupidity
home to me. but without effect. I never could learn the art of 'copying'.
3. Yet the incident did not in the least diminish my respect for my teacher. I was by nature blind to the
faults of elders. Later I came to know of many other failings of this teacher, but my regard for him
remained the same. For I had learnt to carry out the orders of elders, not to scan their actions.
Two other incidents belonging to the same period have always clung to my memory. As a rule I had a
distaste for any reading beyond my school books. The daily lessons had to be done, because I disliked
being taken to task by my teacher as much as I disliked deceiving him. Therefore I would do the lessons,
but often without my mind in them. Thus when even the lessons could not be done properly, there was of
course no question of any extra reading. But somehow my eyes fell on a book purchased by my father. It
was Shravana Pitribhakti Nataka (a play about Sharavana's devotion to his parents). I read it with intense
interest. There came to our place about the same time itinerant showmen. One of the pictures I was
shown was of Shravana carrying, by means of slings fitted for his shoulders, his blind parents on a
pilgrimage. The book and the picture left an indelible impression on my mind. 'Here is an example for you
to copy,' I said to myself. The agonized lament of the parents over Shravana's death is still fresh in my
memory. The melting tune moved me deeply, and I played it on a concertina which my father had
purchased for me.
4. There was a similar incident connected with another play. Just about this time, I had secured my
father's permission to see a play performed by a certain dramatic company. This play-Harishchandra -
captured my heart. I could never be tired of seeing it. But how often should I be permitted to go? It
haunted me and I must have acted Harishchandra to myself times without number. 'Why should not all be
truthful like Harishchandra?' was the question I asked myself day and night. To follow truth and to go
through all the ordeals Harishchandra went through was the one ideal it inspired in me. I literally believed
in the story of Harishchandra. The thought of it all often made me weep. My commonsense tells me today
that Harishchandra could not have been a historical character. Still both Harishchandra and Shravana are
living realities for me, and I am sure I should be moved as before if I were to read those plays again
today.

5. Much as I wish that I had not to write this chapter, I know that I shall have to swallow many such bitter
draughts in the course of this narrative. And I cannot do otherwise, if I claim to be a worshipper of Truth. It
is my painful duty to have to record here my marriage at the age of thirteen. As I see the youngsters of
the same age about me who are under my care, and think of my own marriage, I am inclined to pity
myself and to congratulate them on having escaped my lot. I can see no moral argument in support of
such a preposterously early marriage.
6. Let the reader make no mistake. I was married, not betrothed. For in Kathiawad there are two distinct
rites – betrothal and marriage. Betrothal is a preliminary promise on the part of the parents of the boy and
the girl to join them in marriage, and it is not inviolable. The death of the boy entails no widowhood on the
girl. It is an agreement purely between the parents, and the children have no concern with it. Often they
are not even informed of it. It appears that I was betrothed thrice, though without my knowledge. I was
told that two girls chosen for me had died in turn, and therefore I infer that I was betrothed three times. I
have a faint recollection, however, that the third betrothal took place in my seventh year. But I do not
recollect having been informed about it. In the present chapter I am talking about my marriage, of which I
have the clearest recollection.
7. It will be remembered that we were three brothers. The first was already married. The elders decided to
marry my second brother, who was two or three years my senior, a cousin, possibly a year older, and me,
all at the same time. In doing so there was no thought of our welfare, much less our wishes. It was purely
a question of their own convenience and economy.
8 Marriage among Hindus is no simple matter. The parents of the bride and the bridegroom often bring
themselves to ruin over it. They waste their substance, they waste their time. Months are taken up over
the preparations – in making clothes and ornaments and in preparing budgets for dinners. Each tries to
outdo the other in the number and variety of courses to be prepared. Women, whether they have a voice
or no, sing themselves hoarse, even get ill, and disturb the peace of their neighbours. These in their turn
quietly put up with all the turmoil and bustle, all the dirt and filth, representing the remains of the feasts,
because they know that a time will come when they also will be behaving in the same manner. 
9. It would be better, thought my elders, to have all this bother over at one and the same time. Less
expense and greater eclat. For money could be freely spent if it had only to be spent once instead of
thrice. My father and my uncle were both old, and we were the last children they had to marry. It is likely
that they wanted to have the last best time of their lives. In view of all these considerations, a triple
wedding was decided upon, and as I have said before, months were taken up in preparation for it.

A. 3. What is betrothal ?

a. it is a preliminary promise on the part of parents.

b. agreement preliminary on the part of parents.

c. preliminary promise on the part of parents to get their children married

d. none of the above

ans. c

4. Neighbors do not object to marriage festivities as-

a. they don’t care at all

b. they also want to have best time of their life

c. one day they also have to get their children married

d. they also have to go through all this at the time of marriage in their house

ans. d

5.what does marriage in hindus involve?

a. lot of money and substances

b. lot of time and efforts

c. feasting and merry making

d. all of the above

ans. d.

ANSWER ANY THREE OF THE FOLLOWING.(3X2=6)

1.why did narrator’s father leave him?

Ans. the narrator must have been about seven when his father left Porbandar for Rajkot to become a
member of the Rajasthanik Court.

2.Did the copying incident change narrator’s attitude towards their teacher?

Ans. The incident did not in the least diminish his respect for his teacher.He was by nature blind to the
faults of elders. Later he came to know of many other failings of this teacher, but his regard for the
teacher remained the same. For he had learnt to carry out the orders of elders, not to scan their actions.

3.What made the parents marry all the three brothers at the same time?

The elders decided to marry narrator’s second brother, who was two or three years his senior, a cousin,
possibly a year older, and the narrator , all at the same time. In doing so there was no thought of their
welfare, much less wishes. It was purely a question of their own convenience and economy.wanted to
save money.

4.How are marriages solemnized in hindu families?

Ans. Marriage among Hindus is no simple matter. The parents of the bride and the bridegroom often bring
themselves to ruin over it. They waste their substance, they waste their time. Months are taken up over
the preparations – in making clothes and ornaments and in preparing budgets for dinners. Each tries to
outdo the other in the number and variety of courses to be prepared. Women, whether they have a voice
or no, sing themselves hoarse, even get ill, and disturb the peace of their neighbours.

D. FIND WORD IN THE PASSAGE----

3. To express regret (para 4)

Ans. lament

Read the passage carefully:

1. There is a minor celebrity hood that comes with occasionally appearing on Arnab's show. In the oddest of
places, strangers will walk up to me and ask, 'Don't I Know you from somewhere? ' There was a time when I would
seriously consider the possibility, but I've come to realise that many people are really at home only in front of their
TV watching Arnab, and in that sense I am an old acquaintance.

2. I had little inkling of this fate when I first started appearing on television to defend Open magazine's decision to
publish the Radia tapes After that memorable television encounter where Barkha Dutt and Manu Joseph replayed
the same conversation 20 times over, I was left to fend for the magazine on other channels. Initially, I agreed to
continue appearing on Arnab's channel because the magazine's publisher insisted this was good publicity; it was
only later that I saw some journalistic sense in doing so.

3. I say this despite harbouring no illusions about the nature of the show. It is a performance with Arnab as the
director and the main character, and an audience swept along by the drama of what transpires. The form is
defined by Arnab, the substance born out of the audience. This is an audience that comprises the section of middle
class which is comfortable watching news on television in English. It is socially liberal, hence the anger against ghar
wapasi or those opposing Valentine's Day, but it is xenophobic in its nationalism, hence the noise about Pakistan or
Greenpeace. If NDTV was the product of the scions of a particular elite telling the rest of the English- speaking class
what to think, Times Now gives voice to what this class actually thinks, which is why this Prime Time clash was
never much of contest.

4. In this theatre, journalists like me have a prescribed role: to endorse Arnab's opinion. Journalists perceived to
be affiliated with a political party can't carry this off with any conviction. Those who remain are likely to endorse
Arnab only when they genuinely agree with him, forcing the channel to cherry pick. I know I won't be asked to
appear on a show about offloading a Greenpeace activist, because I'd then be at odds with Arnab.

5. What does this role offer those who accept it? The increased visibility lends their work greater value at a time
personal branding is increasingly defining value in journalism. But I also see it as an opportunity to point out to a
largely apathetic country that in 1984, Kamal Nath was at the head of a mob that burned two Sikhs to death a few
100 metres from Parliament. Or voice my apprehensions about Narendra Modi to a mass audience at a time the
country seemed besotted with him. This is possible because Arnab's sole interest is his play, he is not a participant
in the games most other anchors play out in Delhi. Interestingly, the roles come with no strings attached. No one's
ever asked me not to be critical of Arnab, as I have been, or Samir Jain, as I continue to be.
6.While this may explain why journalists appear on the show, it does not quite explain why others do so. The cast
for a good Indian drama is never limited to a hero and a few others in supporting roles, it needs villains and court
jesters. The roles are reserved for spokespersons of the various political parties, who have figured it is better to add
to the uproar than be castigated in their absence. This leaves the villains. The show is never meant to arrive at a
conclusion, it begins with one. The issue at stake and Arnab’s predetermined stance determine who they will be.
Take the recent case where Vrinda Grover et al have taken strong objection to how they were treated on the show. I
agree with their outrage but they were never participating in a debate, they were playing villains in a scripted drama.
7.Of course, the metaphor of the theatre, like all metaphors, is only partially true, because this audience is not
passive. The show is also a trial with a predetermined verdict. Arnab is the judge, the audience the jury. Those
viewers of the show who take me for an acquaintance often offer me this non sequitur, “I never watch Arnab, but
you must really tell him to let others speak.” It is clear they do not mean this seriously. They are also posturing. Like
any good jury, they have to pretend they were not in with the judge on the predetermined verdict. They have to
pretend they do not enjoy the punishment that is meted out every night in keeping with this verdict.

On the basis of your understanding of the passage answer the following questions with the help of the given
options : [1X4=4]

(a) Who is Arnab?

i. TV news anchor ii. Editor of a magazine

iii. Bollywood Hero iv. None of the above

Ans. TV news anchor

(b) The writer appeared on television to defend the following magazine:

i. Caravan ii. Open iii. Outlook iv. Frontline

Ans. Open Magazine

(c) In Arnab's show, Arnab is the –

i. Director ii. Villain

iii. Court Jester iv. All of the above

Ans. Director

(d) What did the 'Open' magazine publish

i. Watergate tapes ii. Snoopgate tapes

iii. Radia tapes iv. Cablegate tapes

Ans. Radia Tapes

II. Answer the following questions briefly: [1x6=6]

(a) What did the writer realize about the TV watching habit of his countrymen?

Ans. People are at home in front of their TV, watching Arnab.

(b) Why did the writer continue appearing on Arnab's Channel?

Ans. Because the magazines' publishers insisted this was good publicity.

(c) Which section of society watches Arnab's show ? –

Ans. Section of middle class which is comfortable watching news on television in English.

(d) Who is 'xenophobic' in its nationalism ?

Ans. Middle class is 'xenophobic' in its nationalism.

(e) Why do people appear on Arnab's show?

Ans. Increased visibility lend their work greater value.

f) what advice does the writer wants to give to Arnab?

Ans.The writer wants to advice him to let others speak also, as this audience is not passive.

III. ANSWER ANY THREE OF THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS (3X2=6M)

Q1.What are the components of a good drama?

Ans. A good drama requires not only the heroes, heroines but also the court jesters and villains.

Q2.Which section is comfortable watching Arnab’s show and why?

Ans. Middle class because it is socially liberal and xenophobic.

Q3. What role do journalist play who come on Arnab’s show? What happens if thy cannot do so?

Ans. They are supposed to endorse the views of Arnab. If they are associated with any political party then they
cannot do so forcing the channel to cherry pick.

Q4.What are the merits of Arnab’s show?

Ans. The show is never meant to arrive at a conclusion, it begins with one. Secondly the issue at stake and Arnab’s
pre determined stance determine who the villian will be.Thirdly Arnab is the judge, the audience and the jury.

(IV.) Find words from the passage which mean the same as: [1x3=3]

(i) An erroneous mental representation. (para 3)

(ii) A descendant or heir (para 3)

III. Jury decision (para 7

Ans. (i) illusions) (ii) scions iii. verdict

A SIGHT FOR SORE EYES

Read the passage carefully:

1. For lasting and clear eyesight, eyes need care in the form of preventive measures, a continuous life-long
exercise. Eyes don't just see, they do the talking. This is why of all our senses the most precious is eyesight. Eyes
need care in the form of prevention, and knowing some preventive methods in eye care can make your eyes look
bright and healthy and leave you with excellent eyesight.

2. How do we keep eyes bright and healthy? Eat good helpings of vegetables, fruits, omega-3 fatty acids, beta
carotenes with vitamins A, C and E, enjoy good sleep and avoid direct sunlight. Therefore, good habits and good
general health care does play a major role in eye care. Eyes are windows to the human body; while you look out
through this window, we, the eye doctors, can look in to find conditions such as glaucoma, abnormal blood
pressures, diabetes, heart diseases and other health concerns much before you notice its adverse impact, and help
you take preventive measures.

3. It is never too early to begin eye checkups. Throw a torchlight from different directions and look for fixation in
newborns and, if in doubt, take the baby to an eye specialist. By the time a child is four, it is imperative to have a
check up every year to look for squint, signs of opacity brought in by cataracts and minus or plus powers to decide
whether or not glasses are needed. Ultraviolet- protective sunglasses from childhood can help protect eyes from
the harmful UV rays. Once in the teens, contact lenses can be worn in place of glasses, but never sleep with them
on as they reduce the supply of air and blood to the cornea and can damage eyes. When in 20s, you can get rid of
glasses with lasers, Lasik or permanent contact lenses.

4. An emerging and alarming trend is the Computer Eye Syndrome, which appears to be catching on in early adult
life. We cannot escape the use of computers but, sadly, our eyes are not designed to cope with these screens.
Continuous staring at the monitors reduces blinking, causes strain to the eyes and can lead to dry eyes as well.
Therefore, it is always better to take a break of 10 minutes every hour and look at distant objects such as the
landscapes or even television.

5. Glaucoma or raised pressure in eyes and diabetic retinopathy are silent killers of eyesight. Therefore, checking
eyes once every six months is essential. If afflicted with diabetes, diet, exercise and drugs are to be remembered in
that order to keep the doctor away.

6. Around the age of 40, more or less everybody requires reading glasses, a condition known as presbyopia. But
now you can get rid of these glasses as well, with lasers called INTRACOR and SUPRACOR. One can develop
cataract- defined as the loss of transparency in the natural lens of the eye - at any age, but it usually strikes in old
age. It's treated by replacing the opaque lens with an artificial lens called the intraocular lens. The latest in -21-
cataract removal techniques is called femtosecond laser assisted cataract surgery, which is blade-free, hands-free
and makes the operation precise, safe and accurate.

7. That said, eye care is, inevitably, a continuous exercise through life Eyes don't just see, they do the talk-
ing. This is why of all our senses the most precious is eyesight. Eyes need care in the form of
prevention, and knowing some preventive methods in eye care can make your eyes look
bright and healthy and leave you with excellent eyesight.
An emerging and alarming trend is the Computer Eye Syndrome, which appears to be
catching on in early adult life. We cannot escape the use of computers but, sadly, our eyes
are not designed to cope with these screens.
Continuous staring at the monitors reduces blinking, causes strain to the eyes and can lead
to dry eyes as well. Therefore, it is always better to take a break of about 10 minutes every
hour and look at distant objects such as the landscape or even television. Glaucoma or
raised pressure in eyes and diabetic retinopathy are silent killers of eyesight. Therefore,
checking eyes once every six months is essential. If afflicted with diabetes, diet, exercise
and drugs are to be remembered in that order to keep the doctor away. Around the age of
40, more or less everybody requires reading glasses, a condition known as presbyopia.
But now you can get rid of these glasses as well with lasers called INTRACOR and
SUPRACOR. One can develop cataract-defined as the loss of transparency in the natural lens
of the eye-at any age, but it usually strikes in old age. It's treated by replacing the opaque
lens with an artificial lens called the intraocular lens. The latest in cataract removal
techniques is called femtosecond laser assisted cataract surgery, which is blade-free,
handsfree and makes the operation precise, safe and accurate. That said, eye care is,
inevitably, a continuous exercise through life.
- Dr Kasu Prasad Reddy On the basis of your understanding of the passage answer the following questions with the
help of the given options : [1X4=4]

a. We keep our eyes bright and healthy by:

(i) playing in the sun

(ii) wearing spectacles

(iii) rubbing our eyes frequently

(iv) eating good helping of vegetables and fruits

Ans. eating good helping of vegetables and fruits

b. By examining the eyes, the doctors can detect health conditions like :

(i) fractures (ii) sinus (iii) glaucoma (iv) transilitis

Ans. Glaucoma

c. Eye checkups should begin :

(i) at the time of birth

(ii) at school

(iii) only when a person complaints

(iv) when a person is above 50 years of age.

Ans. at the time of birth

d. We should not wear contact lenses for long hours, as they might harm the:

(i) Retina (ii) Cornea (iii) Tear Glands (iv) None of the above
Ans. Cornea

II. Answer the following questions briefly: [1x6=6]

(A) State any two ways in which we can keep our eyes bright and healthy.

Ans. a. by eating vegetables and fruits. b. by taking TAKING Omega 3 and fatty acids. c. eating Vitamins A,C, E-

(b) What measure should be adopted to protect eyes from harmful UV Rays?

Ans. Wearing UV protection sunglasses is the best way to protect eyes from UV RAYS.

(c) Which problem is caused by Excessive Computer usage ?

Ans. Computer Eye Syndrome

(d) What is 'presbyopia' ?

Ans. Around the age of 40 almost everyone requires reading glasses this condition is known as 'presbyopia'.

(e) What are 'INTRACOR' and 'SUPRACOR'?

Ans. Lasers

(j) What is 'Cataract'? How is it caused?

Ans. 'Cataract' is the loss of transparency in the natural lens of the eye. It is caused with advancing age.

ANSWER ANY THREE QUESTIONS. (3X2=6)

1. Why is eye care said to be a continuous exercise ?

Ans. Eyes don't just see, they do the talk-ing. This is why of all our senses the most precious
is eyesight. Eyes need care in the form of prevention, and knowing some preventive
methods in eye care can make your eyes look bright and healthy and leave you with
excellent eyesight.

2. What is computer eye syndrome?

Ans. Continuous staring at the monitors reduces blinking, causes strain to the eyes and can
lead to dry eyes as well. This is called computer eye syndrome.

3. Two diseases are said to be silent killers of eye-sight.What are they?

Ans. Diabetic retinopathy and Glaucoma or raised pressure in eyes.

4. List some of the merits of Femto second laser surgery?

Ans. It is blade-free, hands free and makes the operation precise, safe and accurate.

III) Find words from the passage which means the same as : [1x2=2] a.

Grievously affected especially by disease (Para 5)

b. By necessity (Para 7)

C. Very dear (para 7)

Ans. a) afflicted ib) inevitably c. Precious

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2 new assignments

Read the following passage ;

1.Protests erupted in Sabarimala temple in Kerala’s Pathanamthitta on Tuesday after a woman reached near the 18

holy steps of the hilltop shrine and agitators heckled her over her age. The woman, later identified as Lalitha ,

claimed she is older than 50 years of age but protesters said she was lying. She was forced to show her Aadhaar card

to prove her age and police said she is 52 years old. Her attempt to get inside the shrine was foiled and she was

shifted to a police camp. The protesters later apologised to her and lead her to hilltop temple for a darshan. A

cameraperson of Amrita TV was also injured in the protest. While considering the recent verdict of the apex court

invalidating the legal restrictions on the entry of women between the ages of 10 and 50 years into Sabarimala

temple, it must be borne in mind that this ban was enforced strictly after the Kerala high court verdict in 1991. There

have been many earlier instances of women of all ages entering the Sabarimala temple complex to offer prayers and

perform rituals such as the annaprasan of their children. The affidavit given by the Kerala government/Travancore

Devaswom Board stands testimony to this.

2.The main argument against women of menstruating age entering Sabarimala advanced before the Supreme Court

during its hearing and repeated by those who are agitating against the verdict even today is based on the “impurity”

of women during menstruation. The deity in Sabarimala – Lord Ayyappa – is in the “Naishtik Brahmachari” form;

he abhors the presence of women of “impurity” and would like no disturbance to his brahmacharya. Male devotees

on their pilgrimage are also enjoined by custom to practice severe penance including abstinence for 41 days before

ascending the 18 steps of Sabarimala to offer their prayers.

3. There are no authentic historical records about the origin of the Sabarimala temple including the installation of the

idol of Lord Ayyappa in the Naishtik Brahmachari form and the customs, practices and rituals with which the

pilgrimage started. However, there is historical evidence to establish that customs and rituals of the Sabarimala

pilgrimage have been undergoing changes from time to time in response to changing circumstances. Besides the fact

that women of all ages entered the temple before the high court injunction, the following facts are widely known.

For instance, the kodiyettam (flag-hoisting ceremony) and padipooja (worship of the holy 18 steps) were not in

vogue earlier. No poojas were offered to Malikappuraththamma in the earlier days, but they are offered at present.

Many Sabarimala pilgrims still remember the customary practice of breaking fresh coconut while ascending the

sacred 18 steps which has now been given up. “The most celebrated breach” of the taboo against entry of women of

all ages into the Sabarimala is that of the queen of the Travancore royal family.

4. Elaborate arguments centering round the customary practice being enforced on the basis of the Kerala High Court

verdict of 1991 with reference to Articles 13, 14, 15, 17 and 25 of the Constitution of India were advanced before

the apex court by a galaxy of legal luminaries. Most of them representing several Hindu organisations and

institutions such as the Nair Service Society, the Pandalam Royal family, which claims to have special rights and

privileges in respect of Sabarimala, and the high priests of Sabarimala vehemently opposed entry of women of all

ages. After considering the arguments advanced for and against, the Apex Court with the dissenting voice of the

only woman judge on the bench repudiated the Kerala High Court verdict of 1991 and upheld the right of women of

all ages to enter into Sabarimala temple for offering prayers.

Shorn of the main assertions of the advocates of customary practices and rituals associated with Sabarimala and

legal niceties, the crux of the matter is faith versus the law. Arguing that faith has no rationale and its validity or

relevance cannot be tested against man-made laws, it has been argued for a long time in different contexts that faith

is supreme in human affairs.

Going through the Supreme Court verdict given by the Chief Justice and three of his brother judges, it is amply clear

that they have once and for all repudiated the supremacy of faith over the Constitution. On the underlying basic

principle that the Constitution of India is supreme, the Chief Justice and his companion judges in different words

unequivocally upheld that even in matters of religious faith, Governments, religious and other institutions and the

people of India are bound by the constitution of the country. This historic verdict supersedes all other laws of the

land and customary practices and beliefs and traditions of different religions/faith which are contrary to it. Thus, on

the one hand, it proclaims the triumph of women’s rights towards equality with men and on the other it establishes

the supremacy of Constitutional morality over customary laws, rituals and traditions. The far reaching socio-

economic and political consequences of this historic verdict will unfold themselves as the country moves forward.

Choose the correct answer; (1x5=5m)

1. The affidavit submitted in the court stands testimony to the fact that –

i. women were never allowed to enter the temple.

ii. earlier there were no restrictions on women of any age group.

iii.ban on women was enforced after Kerala court verdict.

iv. this ban is only on women between the age group of 10-50 years

2. The only women judge present in the court

i.supported the verdict

ii. disagreed with the judgement

iii. was neutral

iv. none of the above

ans. ii disagreed with the judgemen

3. Why do devotees go to sabrimala temple

i. to pray

ii. to do penance

iii. To perform annaprasana of their children

iv. I and iii

ans. iv. I and iii

4.Allowing women to enter Sabrimala will prove

i. men and women are equal

ii. women also have right to pray

iii. supremacy of Constitutional morality over customary laws, rituals .

iv. None of the above

ans iii

5. which is the most remembered entry of woman in Sabrimala

i.That of women after historic verdict

ii.by the royal family

iii. by the queen of Travancore

iv. That of Lalitha

ans. iii by the queen of travancore

Answer the following questions . (1x6=6m)

1.Why was the woman stopped from entering Sabrimala temple?

Ans. She was thought to be less than fifty years of age ,that’s why she was stopped from entering the temple.

2. Why did the protestors relent later on?

Ans. when her aadhar card proved her age to be more than 52,the protestors had to relent.

3. What all practices are followed by devotees before entering The temple.

Ans. severe penance, abstinence for 41 days

4. How many steps one has to climb to reach the main temple.

Ans. 18 steps

5. How did the pilgrimage to Sabrimala start?

Ans. There are no records to prove when exactly the pilgrimage started or about the rituals to be followed.

Answer any three of the following questions (3x2=6m)

1. Elucidate on the two purposes are achieved by supreme court verdict?

Ans. Triumph of women’s right to equality and supremacy of constitutional morality over customary laws ,rituals,
and traditions.

2. What special priviledges are given to royal family?

Ans. They have special rights to pray and their women are allowed to enter the temple and pray.

3.What is the main issue behind Sabrimala controversy?

Ans.Alongwith the customary practices and rituals associated with Sabarimala and legal niceties, the crux of the

matter is faith versus the law. Arguing that faith has no rationale and its validity or relevance cannot be tested
against man-made laws, it has been argued for a long time in different contexts that faith is supreme in human

affairs.

4.How will the sabrimala verdict affect the country in coming years?

Ans. It will have far reaching socio –economic and political consequences in the coming years.

Find words in the passage which mean the same as- (1X3=3M)

Deprived of (para 2)

Social etiquette (PARA 2)

CLIMBING UP (_PARA 3)

ANs. Shorn of, NICETIES, ASCENDING