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Culture is not merely learning. It is discrimination, understanding of life. Liberal education aims at producing moral gifts as well as intellectual, sweetness of temper as much as sanity of outlook. Into the art of living, the cultured man carries a certain grace, a certain refinement, a certain distinction which redeems him from the sterile futility of aimless struggle. Culture is not a pose of intellect or a code of convention, but an attitude of life which finds nothing human, alien, common or unclean.
An education that brings up a young man in entire indifference to the misery and poverty surrounding him, to the general stringency of life, to the dumb pangs of torture bodies and the lives submerged in the shadows, is essentially a failure. If we do not realize the solidarity of the human community, nor have human relation with those whom the world passes by as the lowly and the lost, we are not cultured.
Which of the following statements best expresses the theme of the passage?
A)
Culture lends grace and sanity to man.
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B)
Culture and education are complimentary to each other.
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Culture is not merely learning. It is discrimination, understanding of life. Liberal education aims at producing moral gifts as well as intellectual, sweetness of temper as much as sanity of outlook. Into the art of living, the cultured man carries a certain grace, a certain refinement, a certain distinction which redeems him from the sterile futility of aimless struggle. Culture is not a pose of intellect or a code of convention, but an attitude of life which finds nothing human, alien, common or unclean.
An education that brings up a young man in entire indifference to the misery and poverty surrounding him, to the general stringency of life, to the dumb pangs of torture bodies and the lives submerged in the shadows, is essentially a failure. If we do not realize the solidarity of the human community, nor have human relation with those whom the world passes by as the lowly and the lost, we are not cultured.
According to the author, the function of liberal education is to
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Culture is not merely learning. It is discrimination, understanding of life. Liberal education aims at producing moral gifts as well as intellectual, sweetness of temper as much as sanity of outlook. Into the art of living, the cultured man carries a certain grace, a certain refinement, a certain distinction which redeems him from the sterile futility of aimless struggle. Culture is not a pose of intellect or a code of convention, but an attitude of life which finds nothing human, alien, common or unclean.
An education that brings up a young man in entire indifference to the misery and poverty surrounding him, to the general stringency of life, to the dumb pangs of torture bodies and the lives submerged in the shadows, is essentially a failure. If we do not realize the solidarity of the human community, nor have human relation with those whom the world passes by as the lowly and the lost, we are not cultured.
Consider the following;
i. Brotherhood of man
ii. Understanding of pain and suffering
iii. Better human relations
iv. Sweetness of temper
Which of the above expressions describe proper education?
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Culture is not merely learning. It is discrimination, understanding of life. Liberal education aims at producing moral gifts as well as intellectual, sweetness of temper as much as sanity of outlook. Into the art of living, the cultured man carries a certain grace, a certain refinement, a certain distinction which redeems him from the sterile futility of aimless struggle. Culture is not a pose of intellect or a code of convention, but an attitude of life which finds nothing human, alien, common or unclean.
An education that brings up a young man in entire indifference to the misery and poverty surrounding him, to the general stringency of life, to the dumb pangs of torture bodies and the lives submerged in the shadows, is essentially a failure. If we do not realize the solidarity of the human community, nor have human relation with those whom the world passes by as the lowly and the lost, we are not cultured.
Culture redeems a person from the sterile futility of aimless struggle because
Direction: Read the given passage carefully and answer the questions that follow.
Culture is not merely learning. It is discrimination, understanding of life. Liberal education aims at producing moral gifts as well as intellectual, sweetness of temper as much as sanity of outlook. Into the art of living, the cultured man carries a certain grace, a certain refinement, a certain distinction which redeems him from the sterile futility of aimless struggle. Culture is not a pose of intellect or a code of convention, but an attitude of life which finds nothing human, alien, common or unclean.
An education that brings up a young man in entire indifference to the misery and poverty surrounding him, to the general stringency of life, to the dumb pangs of torture bodies and the lives submerged in the shadows, is essentially a failure. If we do not realize the solidarity of the human community, nor have human relation with those whom the world passes by as the lowly and the lost, we are not cultured.
Education is sometime a failure. Which of the following is the most likely reason for this?
Given below is a sentence in four parts. One of the parts contains a grammatical error. Find the part. No effort has been made at all (i)/ to cash on (ii)/ the refurbished (iii)/image of Indian football, (iv)
Arrange P Q R S to give the correct sequence of the book review given below.
P: A beautiful poor girl is discovered by a film producer and she rises to stardom. But she doesn't fall as the title would suggest. Instead she simply fades out choosing to do so. The fairy-tale ends on a poignant note although the drift is quite predictable. The present and the future hinge on the past which again is a story not unfamiliar.
Q: But as the writer promises in the preface the reader does not miss it the fluent narrative engaging his attention. It is the author's attempt to be different which remains the only take-away and that accounts for the mixed feeling.
R: The Meteor rags-to-riches story - that of an actress - gives mixed feeling. Before going into the why of it a bit about the plot.
S: Along the way the story holds a mirror to the seamy side of cinema and the idols with all their warts. It is interesting how the author weaves in the life of real celluloid icons. So the 'heroine' - incidentally none of the characters except one have names.
Given below is the body of a letter to the Editor of a newspaper, with four blanks. Fill in those blanks with the correct options to make it sensible.
Dear Sir,
With reference to the report I (Sunday, July 25), it is a matter of shame that in India, which is home to the largest number of hungry people in the world, II to waste. Despite millions of the country's children starving, little is done to prevent food grain from rotting in the open.
However, criticising the government will not solve the problem. People on III food is donated to poor families or NGOs who will send the food to those who are in need of it.
We must also realise that colossal wastage of food is a significant contributor to global warming. Before the government passes IV storage capacity.
Rocky M
Panjim, Goa
P: 'Spare a thought before you waste'
Q: the National Food Security Bill in Parliament, it must take effective measures to increase the food grain
R: an individual level should ensure that no food is wasted at home and leftover
S: a quantity of wheat equivalent to the entire production of Australia goes
Given below are two statements followed by three conclusions. You are to decide which of the given conclusion(s) logically follow(s) the given statements.
This question consists of a short written conversation between two persons, a part of which has been omitted. Choose the option which correctly completes the conversation. "Two of the boys are really very hard working" "But_____ are idlers"
Given below is a sentence with two blanks. Read the sentence carefully and fill in the blanks by choosing the most suitable words from the options given to make it perfect. The impact of Western culture on India was the impact of a ______ society, of a modern consciousness on a ______ society wedded to medieval habits of thought.