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Class 12 - English Core

Reading Unseen Passage Test 01

1. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:

There are two problems which cause great worry to our educationist - the problem of religious and moral instruction in a
land of many faiths and the problem arising out of a large variety of languages. Taking up the education of children, we
see that they should be trained to love one another, to be tender to the lower animals, and to observe and think right. The
task of teaching them how to read and write and to count and calculate is important, but it should not make us lose sight
of the primary aim of moulding personality in the right way.
For this, it is necessary to call into aid, culture, tradition, and religion. But in our country we have, in the same school, to
look after boys and girls born in different faiths and belonging to families that live diverse ways of life and follow
different forms of worship associated with different denominations of religion. It will not do to tread the easy path of
evading the difficulty by attending solely to physical culture and intellectual education. We have to evolve a suitable
technique and method for serving the spiritual needs of school children professing different faiths. We would thereby
promote an atmosphere of mutual respect, a fuller understanding, and helpful co-operation among the different
communities in our society. Again we must remain one people and we’ve therefore to give basic training in our schools
to speak and understand more language than one and to appreciate and respect the different religions prevailing in India.
It is not right for us in India to be dissuaded from this by considerations as to overtaking the young mind. What is
necessary must be done. And it is not in fact too great a burden.
Any attempt to do away with or steamroll the differences through governmental coercion and indirect pressure would be
as futile as it would be unwise. Any imposition of a single way of life and form of worship on all children or neglect of a
section of the pupils in this respect or barren secularization will lead to a conflict between school and home life which is
harmful. On the other hand, if we give due recognition to the different prevailing faiths in the educational institutions by
organizing suitable facilities for religious teaching for boys and girls of all communities, this may itself serve as a
broadening influence of great national values.
i. Complete the sentence by choosing an appropriate option.
Besides teaching students how to read and write and to count and calculate, our primary aim should be of
________.
i. giving them vocational training
ii. moulding their personality in the right way
iii. providing them free meal
iv. giving extra focus on their career
ii. Comment on the problems which cause great worry to our educationist as mentioned in paragraph one.
iii. List two ways in dealing with education of children to solve the aforementioned problems.
(Clue: what should be taught to them)
iv. Select the option that conveys the opposite of ‘unsympathetic’, from words used in paragraph one.
i. personality
ii. instruction
iii. sight
iv. tender
v. How can a student’s personality be moulded in the right way?
i. By teaching them to think and do right
ii. By teaching them about culture, tradition, and religion
iii. By teaching them to count and calculate
iv. By teaching them to read and write

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vi. Based on your understanding of paragraph two, list one major problem that we face in schools today that these
had over the fishing nets being used in present times.
vii. How can the spiritual needs of children be met?
viii. Complete the given sentence with an appropriate inference, with respect to the following:
Changes that need to be brought in schools are ________.
ix. What would lead to a conflict between school and home?
i. Government Coercion
ii. Indirect Pressure on young minds
iii. Giving a choice of a single way of life/worship
iv. Barren Secularization
x. Select the most suitable title for the above passage.
i. Religion and Moral Policing
ii. Finding ways of religious and moral education
iii. Problem of religious and moral instruction
iv. Teaching religion in educational institutions
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2. Read the text carefully and answer the questions:
1. Ghost nets aren’t supernatural, but they are legitimately scary. A ghost net is a fishing net that’s been lost or
abandoned in the ocean. They are one particularly appalling part of the global ghost fishing problem, which includes
fishing gear abandoned in the water. Any net or line left in the ocean can pose a threat to marine life. Just because a
net is no longer used by fishers doesn’t mean it stops working. These nets continue to trap everything in their path,
presenting a major problem for the health of our oceans and marine life.
2. Ghost nets entangle sea turtles, dolphins and porpoises, birds, sharks, seals and more, apart from catching fish. The
nets keep animals from moving freely, cause injuries and keep mammals and birds from rising to the surface for air.
Since hundreds of animals can be caught in a single net, this threat is monumental. The ghost nets harm coral reefs
too—breaking corals, exposing them to disease and even blocking the reefs from needed sunlight.
3. Ghost nets are also a major contributor to the ocean plastics’ crisis. Most modern nets are made of nylon or other
plastic compounds that can last for centuries. According to a 2018 study in Scientific Reports, ghost nets make up at
least 46 percent of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Those abandoned fishing lines and nets that do breakdown never
go away; they just become smaller pieces of plastic. Marine animals mistake this microplastic for food and eat it,
which can harm internal organs, keep them from eating and expose them to toxic chemicals.
4. Exorcising ghost nets from our oceans will require commitment, cooperation and innovation. Many groups are
working to remove ghost nets from the sea and are collaborating with local fishers and governments around the world
to identify target areas and remove as many nets as possible. In 2015, a single World Wildlife Fund for Nature
(WWF)-led mission in the Baltic Sea hauled up 268 tons of nets, ropes and other material.
5. To stop these nets from becoming ghosts in the first place, conservation organisations advocate for fishing gear that
can be traced to its owner so anyone dumping nets can be fined and refundable deposits on nets to encourage
returning or recycling rather than littering. Tools like sonar reflectors that can make ghost nets easier to find and
working with small-scale fisheries to develop more sustainable fishing gear and practices are other suggestions. It is
only by attacking this problem from all sides, together with conservation partners, fishers and supporters, can we
banish ghost nets and protect our oceans.
(437 words)
i. Complete the sentence by choosing an appropriate option.
Ghost nets have been named so because they ________.

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A. cause much harm to the marine life
B. are functional though not in use by fishers
C. are not owned by anyone
D. act as a snare for all animals in oceans
ii. Comment on the writer’s reference to the ghost nets in paragraph one, as a health problem for the oceans.
iii. List the two ways being entangled in a ghost net is likely to impact a walrus.
(Clue: Think about the type of animal a walrus is)
iv. Select the option that conveys the opposite of ‘negligible’, from words used in paragraph two.
A. unimpressive
B. monumental
C. exposing
D. threat
v. The writer would agree with the given statements based on paragraph three, EXCEPT:
A. Most ghost nets take a few years to completely disintegrate.
B. Ghost nets contribute to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
C. Most ghost nets provide nutrition to marine animals, upon disintegration.
D. Ghost nets can curtail freedom of marine animals.
vi. Some records share that fishing nets used to be made of common rope using natural fibres, prior to the 1960s.
Based on your understanding of paragraph three, list one major advantage that these had over the fishing nets
being used in present times.
vii. Why is it fair to say that commitment and innovation have to go hand-in-hand to rid the oceans of ghost nets?
viii. Complete the given sentence with an appropriate inference, with respect to the following:
The writer quotes the example of the WWF-led mission in the Baltic Sea (Paragraph 4), in order to........
ix. How can the solutions, suggested in paragraph five, best be described?
A. practical
B. presentable
C. popular
D. prejudiced
x. Select the most suitable title for the above passage.
A. The Scary Side of Ghost Nets
B. Ghost Nets - A Result of Human Dominance
C. Ghost Nets - A Menace to Marine Life
D. D. Ways to Tackle the Problem of Ghost Nets

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Class 12 - English Core

Reading Unseen Passage Test 01

Solution

1. i. (ii) moulding their personality in the right way

ii. There are two problems which cause great worry to our educationist - the problem of religious and moral
instruction in a land of many faiths and the problem arising out of a large variety of languages.
iii. In terms of education of children, they should be
i. trained to love one another,
ii. to be tender to the lower animals, and
iii. to observe and think right. (any two)
iv. (iv) tender
v. (ii) By teaching them about culture, tradition, and religion
vi. Difficult to teach a diversity of students about a particular culture/religion
vii. By promoting an atmosphere of understanding
By building co-operation among diversities
Building up mutual trust and respect
(any two)
viii. Every student must learn more than one language
Appreciate and respect different religions
ix. (iv) Barren Secularization
x. (ii) Finding ways of religious and moral education
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2. i. C. are not owned by anyone
ii. The ghost nets are the reason the marine life is frequently sick. If not addressed, this ‘health issue’ would soon
be chronic.
iii. i. entangle and cause injuries
ii. entangle and prevent resurfacing, leading to death by drowning
iv. B. monumental
v. C. Most ghost nets provide nutrition to marine animals, upon disintegration.
vi. Used to be bio-degradable/ easily disintegrated, as compared to artificial fibre nets that do not disintegrate.
vii. Commitment- This task will require perseverance/a long time to accomplish
Innovation- Creative ideas and strategies would be needed to address this problem
viii. draw attention to the magnitude of the problem
indicate that Governments need to collaborate with such groups for addressing the problem of ghost
nets (Any 1 OR similar)
ix. A. practical
x. C. Ghost Nets - A Menace to Marine Life

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