2ND
PUC ENGLISH WORKBOOK ANSWERS STREAMS PASSAGES FOR COMPREHENSION
UNIT -2
READING
READ
THE PASSAGES GIVEN BELOW AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS SET ON THEM.
A. PASSAGES
1. HOSPITALS – THEN AND NOW
1)
What did the ancient Greeks use as a resting place for the sick?
Ans: The ancient Greeks
used the temples of their Gods of healing as resting places for the sick.
2)
Why did the Romans realize the need for hospitals?
Ans: The Romans were always
at war and their soldiers needed care and treatment.
3)
When did the church hospitals begin?
Ans: The church hospitals
began in the 4th century.
4)
Rich citizens in Britain founded hospitals because they
a)
wished to serve the public.
b)
wanted to make money.
c)
wanted business.
Ans: a) wished to serve the
public.
5)
Name the first training college for nurses.
Ans:
St. Thomas’s Hospital in England.
6)
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words/phrases:
|
ERA |
PLACE
FOR THE SICK |
|
________________________ |
Temples
of gods of healing |
|
4th century |
________________________ |
|
17th century |
________________________ |
|
19th century |
________________________ |
Ans:
|
ERA |
PLACE FOR THE SICK |
|
Ancient |
Temples of gods of
healing |
|
4th century |
Church hospitals |
|
17th century |
Public hospitals |
|
19th century |
Modern-day hospitals |
7)
Find synonyms from the passage for the following words:
a) Understand [para 2]
b) Established [para 4]
c) Dispensary [para 8].
Ans: a) realise
b) founded
c) pharmacy
8)
Find antonyms from the passage for the following words:
a) Layman [para 5]
b) Private [para 7]
Ans:
a) expert
b) public
2.
THE MOTH AND THE STAR
ANSWER
THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN A PHRASE OR A SENTENCE EACH.
1) A young and impressionable moth once
set his heart on a
a) bridge b) star c) tree
Ans: b) Star
2) What advice did the mother give the moth?
Ans: The mother advised the moth to hang
around lamps so as to get somewhere instead of setting the heart on a star.
3) What did the moth do every evening?
Ans: The moth started flying towards the star
every evening.
4) How did the moth return home every
morning?
Ans: Every morning the moth returned home
worn out (very tired).
5) How far was the star from the earth?
Ans: The star was four and one-third light
years or twenty-five trillion miles away.
6) What did the moth do after leaving his
father’s house?
Ans: The moth kept trying to reach the star.
7) What feeling gave the moth a deep and
lasting pleasure?
Ans: The feeling that he had really reached
the star gave the moth a deep and lasting pleasure.
8) The idiom “To set one’s heart” means
a) desire a thing without joy
b) desire a thing with joy
c) desire a thing unknowingly
Ans: b) desire a thing with joy.
9)
Find the antonym for ‘Dawn’ in the passage.
Ans: Dusk.
10)
Give the noun form of ‘deep’.
Ans: Depth.
3.
MANKIND IS ONE FAMILY
ANSWER
THE FOLLOWING IN A WORD OR A SENTENCE EACH.
1) Why do many millions of people die
young?
Ans: Many millions of people die young because they do not have enough to
eat.
2) What kind of people rule the earth?
Ans: People who are out of touch with the
young world rule the earth.
3) What do the rulers think is more
important?
Ans: The rulers think it is more important to
make guns and bombs and make people fight with one another.
4) What are the basic things the rulers are
supposed to provide to the people?
Ans: The rulers are supposed to provide the
basic things such as food and water, schools and hospitals.
5) A parent should know how to end the
sufferings of his children by
a) planning the size of his family
b) earning plenty of money
c) employing them in some occupation.
Ans: a) Planning the size of his family.
6) What should you make plain to the rulers?
Ans: We should make it plain to the rulers
that the division of the world into rich and poor must end.
7) According to the speaker, the many
billions spent on armaments must be spent to
a) make guns
b) fight with each other
c) develop the world
Ans: c) develop the world.
8) Add a prefix to the word ‘willing’ to make
its antonym.
Ans: unwilling.
9) The rulers wish to (possess/possession)
bombs and guns.
Ans: possess.
10) How should mankind be?
Ans: Mankind should be one family in which
each of us has a duty to help others.
The following passages can be used for further reading practice.
Students may be encouraged to frame questions on them.
THE
FOLLOWING PASSAGES CAN BE USED FOR FURTHER READING PRACTICE. STUDENTS MAY BE
ENCOURAGED TO FRAME QUESTIONS ON THEM.
1.
CATCH THE RAIN WHERE IT FALLS
ANSWER
THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN A WORD, A PHRASE OR A SENTENCE EACH.
1) What was the rationale behind the
construction of tanks by our forefathers?
Ans: The rationale behind the construction of tanks was to collect rain
water as and when and where it fell.
2) How have these water bodies served us?
Ans: These water bodies have served us for
water supply, recharging underground water and as habitats for plants, fishes,
frogs and birds.
3) The water bodies have been turned
into reservoirs of wastes by
a) scientists
b) industrialists
c) bad planning and management
d) municipalities
Ans: c) bad planning and management.
4) How are our tanks misused?
Ans: Our tanks have been misused by dumping
garbage, waste materials, discharge of sewage, effluents and also by draining
them for all kinds of constructions.
5) What do you think are the reasons for the
fall in the underground water level?
Ans: Adequate steps have not been taken to
maintain and increase the underground water resources especially rainwater
harvesting.
6) The famous Dharmambudhi tank of Bangalore
has been drained to make way for
Ans: The Majestic bus stand.
7) What does a study by the Indian Institute of Science show about the
tanks of Bangalore?
Ans: 40% of the water bodies have been lost in the last 25 years and another
40% polluted by sewage.
8) Where is the Kanteerava stadium built in
Bangalore?
Ans: The Kanteerava stadium is built where
the Sampangi Tank had been.
9) 40% of the tanks in Bangalore have been
drained to construct only the commercial complexes. True/False
Ans: False.
10) Add a prefix to the word ‘construction’
to make its antonym.
Ans: Deconstruction.
11) Tanks have been used for discharge of
municipal sewage and industrial (effluents/affluents)
Ans: effluents.
12) Find antonyms from the passage for the
following words:
a) demand
b) drop
c) found
Ans: a) supply b) catch c)
lost
13) Which of the following is not responsible
for turning water bodies into reservoirs of waste?
a) dumping of garbage
b) dumping of waste construction materials
c) converting the land into housing sites
d) discharge of municipal sewage and industrial effluents.
Ans: c) converting the land into housing
sites
2.
ALTERNATIVE FUEL
ANSWER
THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN A WORD, A PHRASE OR A SENTENCE EACH.
1) Environmentalists are against the use
of fuels to power vehicles.
Ans: Fossil.
2) What has emerged as an alternative fuel to
power vehicles?
Ans: Bio-diesel has emerged as an alternative
fuel to power vehicles.
3) What is the additional benefit of bio-diesel?
Ans: Bio-diesel has the additional benefit of solving disposal problem.
4) What is bio-diesel made of?
Ans: Bio-diesel is made of used vegetable
oil.
5) What fuel was used to run the Veggie van?
Ans: Bio-diesel was used to run the Veggie
van.
6) What distance did the Veggie van cover?
Ans: The Veggie van covered more than 16000
kms across the United States.
7) From where was the vegetable oil used to
run the Veggie van obtained?
The vegetable oil used to run the Veggie van
was obtained from various restaurants in America.
8) How did the experiment of using vegetable
oils for running vehicles start?
Ans: The experiment of using vegetable oils
for running vehicles started as a college project by two students Joshna and
Kaia.
9) What was the result of the college project
experiment?
Ans: The college project experiment
eventually ended in a massive public awareness program.
10) From where did the students get the idea
of using vegetable oil as fuel?
Ans: The idea of using vegetable oil as fuel
first occurred to them when they visited a traditional farm in southern Germany
where vehicles fuelled by vegetable oil were in use.
11) From which plant did the farmers in
Germany obtain the additive to diesel?
Ans: The farmers obtained the additive from
the canola plants.
12) What types of vegetable oils can be used
as fuel?
Ans: Any vegetable oil, such as used cooking
oil, methanol or clear alcohol can be used as fuel.
13) Add a prefix to the word ‘recognized’ to
make its antonym.
Ans: Derecognized/ unrecognized.
14) Bio-diesel has emerged as an (alternate/alternative) fuel.
Ans: alternative.
15) What are the advantages of using
bio-diesel in diesel engines?
Ans: Bio-diesel not only requires zero
modifications to the engine, the fuel also works either by itself or blended
with petroleum diesel.
16) What is recognized as an official
alternative fuel in the U.S.?
Ans: Bio-diesel is recognized as an official
alternative fuel in the U.S.
17) Find synonyms from the passage for the
following words:
i) huge ii) mix iii) innovative
Ans: i) massive ii) blend iii) novel.
3.
REMEMBERING GANDHI’S SIMPLICITY
ANSWER
THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN A WORD, A PHRASE OR A SENTENCE EACH.
1) Who was Gandhi’s secretary?
Ans: Pyarelal.
2) What is the cause of poverty, according to
Gandhiji?
Ans: According to Gandhiji, greed is the
cause of poverty.
3) How can we realize the fewness of things’
that we require?
Ans: We can realize the ‘fewness of things’
that we require if we examine our own accumulative instincts.
4) What is the central problem of today’s
society?
Ans: The opposition between need and greed is
the central problem of today’s society.
5) What is the comment in the movie Wall
Street’ about greed?
Ans: ‘Greed is good’.
6) ……………..builds itself on the necessity of
greed.
Ans: Modern consumerist society.
7) What are the different terms used for
greed in modern times?
Ans: Terms like competition, merit, profit,
margins, etc., are some of the terms used for greed in modern times.
8) What is the result of our obsession with
variety and difference in our personal lives?
Ans: Our obsession with variety and
difference in our personal lives has led to a situation where we do not like to
eat the same food items every day.
9) Our obsession with variety and difference
in our (personnel/personal) lives has led to a situation where we do
not like to eat the same food items every day.
Ans: Personal.
10) Why do we not like to eat the same food
items every day?
Ans: Because of our obsession with variety
and difference in our personal lives, we do not like to eat the same food items
every day.
11) Which item does the writer mention as a
victim of our obsession for variety?
Ans: Idli.
12) What has become passe and boring today?
Ans: Selling of just idlis without any
variety in it.
13) What are the different forms in which
idli is sold at restaurants today?
Ans: Today, idli is sold at restaurants in
such forms as fried idlis, idli Manchurian, idli masala and so on.
14) What reflects our daily desire for
variety?
Ans: In the menu cards of restaurants.
15) How can we understand the difference
between need and greed?
Ans: We can understand the difference between
need and greed through the notion of simplicity.
16) One way to understand the
(deference/difference) between need and greed is through the notion of
simplicity.
Ans: Difference.
17) How did Gandhi embody simplicity?
Ans: Gandhi embodied simplicity in many ways
such as his dress, his commitment to a few principles such as truth and
non-violence, his controlled food habits, his spartan living quarters and his
ashrams.
18) Find antonyms from the passage for the
following words:
i) accept ii) ancient iii) complexity.
Ans: i)
reject ii) modern iii) simplicity.
19) Find synonyms from the passage for the
following words:
i) modem ii) illustrate iii) intuition.
Ans: i) contemporary ii) exemplify iii)
instinct.
