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In the following passage, there are blanks, each of which has been numbered. Choose the correct option from the options suggested below in order to complete the passage meaningfully.
‘Indian culture' is the Mother of all cultures, be it the art of living or, apparently the rich knowledge of Science and Music. All the regions and religions of the world have their own culture with many customs, traditions and ________ (P) qualities. It is a culture of love, respect, honouring others, and ________ (Q) one's own ego so that the inner nature, which is naturally pure and modest, will shine forth.
Respect and _________ (R) for elders is a keystone of Indian culture. This genuine acknowledgement of seniority is demonstrated through endearing customs, like, not sitting while they are standing, even serving their food first. We find that youngsters never use the proper names of their elders. In respect, we touch the feet of all elders, holy men and women in recognition of their great ________ (S) and attainment. A student touches the feet of his teacher. Purity in mind, body, speech, thought, word and deed is vitally important for us. The concept of Zero and the primordial sound of 'Om' was given by India.
We should never use harsh, angered and indecent language and keep our bodies healthy and clean. Giving things with the left hand to others is considered a_______ (T) insult. One must not sniff flowers picked for offering to the Deities. It is very important for a cultured Indian to apologize immediately if one touches someone with his shoes or sandals. The same applies inadvertently if you bump into each other. Thus our Culture is unique and irreplaceable and places the responsibility of preservation on the current generation. Thus, a nation's culture resides in the hearts and souls of its people.
1. Choose the correct option for (P)
(1) Honest
(2) Spiritual
(3) Outdated
(4) Inclined
(5) Refined
2. Choose the correct option for (Q)
(1) Changing
(2) Predicting
(3) Boasting
(4) Humbling
(5) Puzzling
3. Choose the correct option for (R)
(1) Reference
(2) Presence
(3) Reverence
(4) Contempt
(5) Diligence
4. Choose the correct option for (S)
(1) pride
(2) humility
(3) superiority
(4) position
(5) confidence
5. Choose the correct option for (T)
(1) subtle
(2) stubborn
(3) cuddle
(4) Quick
(5) solid
Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
“You will be nearer to heaven playing football than studying the Bhagwad Gita.” This advice of Swami Vivekananda to a frail young boy who had come to him to study Vedanta has led many to presume that Swami meant football can teach more than the study of the Bhagwad Gita. Swamiji was actually talking about the need to be bodily strong even to pursue spiritual education.
In his memoir, ‘What I Talk about When I Talk about Running’, Japanese writer Haruki Murakami too says that he took to running to develop the tenacity and resilience needed for long hours of writing. In the process, Murakami became a prolific marathoner too. It is this need for physical resilience and strength that Swami Vivekananda was talking about. Spiritual study is like a marathon. It is like a FIFA World Cup. A series of them. One needs a high level of body fitness and mental balance to reach the goal.
The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar mirrored the Bhagwad Gita in many ways. Victory and defeat, hope and despair, happiness and sorrow, selflessness, devotion, karma and jnana, the great universality of mankind – all was on display on the field. Inspiring captains like Lionel Messi of Argentina and Luka Modric of Croatia exemplify Gita’s shlok 3:21: Whatever a great person does, that other people also do, imitate; whatever they establish as the standard, that other people follow.
Rising high on scoring goals, sinking low on giving them away, teams swayed to the cadence of the great dvandva, duality, of life. Kylian Mbappe’s unrelenting remorse after losing the final was in stark contrast to Lionel Messi’s all-accepting smile when Mbappe scored 2 goals in 97 seconds to level the score at a time when Argentina was quite sure to win. Messi was a picture of equanimity even as his dream of winning the World Cup was being tossed about on the unpredictable waves of change.
Krishna says in verse 2:38: Having made pleasure and pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat the same, engage in battle for the sake of battle; thus you shall not incur sin. The advice is clear. It is equanimity that ensures success. Equanimity in the face of all situations is the secret method of keeping the mind ever open and ever ready to take the right action. In the Gita Shlok 2:48, Krishn advises: Perform action, O’ Dhananjay, abandoning attachment, being steadfast in yog and balanced in success and failure. Evenness of mind is called yoga.
No game is played to lose. Krishna is simply driving home that it is the more equanimous and the more balanced ones who win the day. Equanimity is not possible when the mind gets clouded by duality. This duality of vision – seeing victory and defeat, happiness and sorrow, faith and doubt at the same time – shatters the single-pointedness of vision needed to ensure success. And then, when it comes to the crunch of deciding the winner through penalty kicks like it did in the hard-fought final between Argentina and France, it is the calmer, more balanced minds that zero in on the goal and take home the trophy. To Kylian Mbappe and the French team, one can quote the famous Gita verse 2:47: Your right is to your work only and never to its fruits; let not the fruit of action be your motive, nor let your attachment be to inaction.
6. The perspective behind choosing football over the spiritual study of Swami Vivekananda implies that
(1) Football gives more learning than any spiritual study.
(2) For young people, the most important work must be physical.
(3) Physical strength is the most important attribute of life.
(4) Strong body is required to have spiritual learning.
(5) Good health is the key to having more wealth and success.
7. Being a writer, why Haruki Murakami became interested in taking part in a marathon?
(1) He wants to write about running in his memoir.
(2) He wants to become a successful marathoner.
(3) Physical strength is needed to focus and determination to write.
(4) He wants to be famous as a sportsperson.
(5) He was very good at running and liked to run daily.
8. In what manner the football world cup does not reciprocate to the Bhagwad Gita according to the passage?
(1) Devotion towards the work.
(2) Believing in the work done.
(3) Belief on the god.
(4) Always being happy.
(5) Working for the team.
9. What, according to Bhagwad Gita, is the secret to success, which is also depicted in the world cup?
(1) Capacity to keep calm even in difficult situations.
(2) Following the works of great people and doing what they do.
(3) Lose patience only when you see that your dream cannot happen.
(4) Always keep yourself happy even in tough situations.
(5) Engage your mind in thinking of the strategies to win.
10. How, according to the passage, can equanimity be attained?
(1) By engaging the mind in the results of what we do.
(2) By thinking of being happy and winning the battle.
(3) By keeping the mind open and ready to take the right action.
(4) By thinking of all the consequences at the same time.
(5) By disintegrating a vision of focusing on one point.
Answers:-
Q.1 (5)
Q.2 (4)
Q.3 (3)
Q.4 (2)
Q.5 (1)
Q.6 (4)
Q.7 (3)
Q.8 (4)
Q.9 (1)
Q.10 (3)
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