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Read the passage and answer the questions that follow by choosing the answers from the given options.                            (5) 1. Television has revolutionised the life of every man, woman and child around the globe. This medium of mass entertainment has an iron grip on the imagination as well as thinking faculties of people. Viewing television saves time, money and the bother of travelling to far off places in search of objects that arouse your curiosity. Sitting comfortably in your home in an armchair, you can watch the performance of any man, bird or beast on land, in air or in water. It is indeed a matter of great regret that this messiah of awareness is sometimes labelled the 'idiot box'. Studies have indicated that television increases the general vocabulary and helps to broaden views. Arid yes, the images provided by the television do not have an indelible impression on our minds-they in fact serve as a stimulus to increase our imagination. It goes without saying that the impact of audio visual memory is everlasting. No doubt that the television is also accused of producing 'couch potatoes'-but again, it is not the television that compels any individual to sit in front of it for hours-it is the individual's own mind that does so. The role of television in modern society is a very vital one-being a medium of education and entertainment Questions (a) How does the author portray TV? (i) As a medium that breeds mediocrity and stupidity (ii) As a medium of armchair entertainment (iii) As a medium that plays a vital role (iv) As a powerful medium of entertainment and information   (b)  TV is sometimes called an 'idiot box' because (i) it is watched by idiots (ii) it is condemned by idiots (iii) it retards original thinking and creativity (iv) all its programmes are stupid   (c) ''They in fact serve as a stimulus'' (line 8). Here 'they' refers to (i) studies (ii) images (iii) view (iv) TV channels   (d) It is the individual's own mind that "does" so. What do individuals do? (i) Become couch potatoes (ii) Compel others to sit in front of the TV (iii) Sit in front of the TV (iv) Accuse the TV of making them couch potatoes   (e) The word 'indelible' (line 8) means. (i) Temporary (ii) Dangerous (iii) Good (iv) Permanent  

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(a) (iv) As a powerful medium of entertainment and information (b) (iii) it retards original thinking and creativity (c) (ii) images (d) (iii) Sit in front of the TV (e) (iv) Permanent