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    Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow.                                                                                     (5) One of the most interesting features about the British Constitution, historically, is that the Constitution was not evolved by logicians. It has grown to what it is through the work of men like you and me-just ordinary people who have adapted the government of the country in order to meet the environment of the age in which they lived and they have always preserved sufficient flexibility to enable that adaptation to be accomplished. Not that it is extremely important, but it seems to me that one of the reasons why our people are alive and flourishing and have avoided many of the troubles that have fallen to less happy nations is because we have never been guided by logic in anything we have done. If you will only do what I have done-study the history of the growth of the constitution from the time of the Civil war until the Hanoverians came to the throne-you will see what a country can do without the aid of logic, but with the aid of common sense. Questions (a)  What does the passage imply about the British constitution? (b) Why have the common people of England adapted the government of their country? (c)   According to the author, why are Britishers alive and flourishing? (d) What has the author learnt from history? (e) How did the Britishers adapt their constitution to meet the environment of the age?  

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    (a) The British Constitution is flexible. (b) The common people of England have adapted the government of their country to meet the environment of their age. (c) According to the author, Britishers are alive and flourishing because they have never been guided by logic in anything they have done. (d) The author has learnt from history that a country can do a lot without the help of logic, but with the help of common sense. (e) The Britishers could adapt their constitution to meet the environment of the age because they have always preserved sufficient flexibility.