Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
"It was only when I began to learn that my boyhood freedom was an illusion, when I discovered as a young man that my freedom had already been taken from me, that I began to hunger for it. At first as a student, I wanted freedom only for myself, the transitory freedom of being able to stay out at night, read what I pleased and go where I chose. Later, as a young man in Johannesburg, I yearned for the basic and honourable freedoms..."
Q. The speaker says, 'at first as a student I wanted freedom only for myself.' Why do you think he only thought about himself?
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
"It was only when I began to learn that my boyhood freedom was an illusion, when I discovered as a young man that my freedom had already been taken from me, that I began to hunger for it. At first as a student, I wanted freedom only for myself, the transitory freedom of being able to stay out at night, read what I pleased and go where I chose. Later, as a young man in Johannesburg, I yearned for the basic and honourable freedoms..."
Q. Why do you think the speaker mentions some freedoms as 'transitory'?
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Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
"It was only when I began to learn that my boyhood freedom was an illusion, when I discovered as a young man that my freedom had already been taken from me, that I began to hunger for it. At first as a student, I wanted freedom only for myself, the transitory freedoms of being able to stay out at night, read what I pleased and go where I chose. Later, as a young man in Johannesburg, I yearned for the basic and honourable freedoms..."
Q. The title that best suits this extract is:
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
"It was only when I began to learn that my boyhood freedom was an illusion, when I discovered as a young man that my freedom had already been taken from me, that I began to hunger for it. At first as a student, I wanted freedom only for myself, the transitory freedoms of being able to stay out at night, read what I pleased and go where I chose. Later, as a young man in Johannesburg, I yearned for the basic and honourable freedoms..."
Q. Choose the option that best fits the usage of the word 'illusion' as used in the extract.
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
"It was only when I began to learn that my boyhood freedom was an illusion, when I discovered as a young man that my freedom had already been taken from me, that I began to hunger for it. At first as a student, I wanted freedom only for myself, the transitory freedoms of being able to stay out at night, read what I pleased and go where I chose. Later, as a young man in Johannesburg, I yearned for the basic and honourable freedoms..."
Q. A part of the extract has been paraphrased. Choose the option that includes the most appropriate solution to the blanks in the given paraphrase of the extract.
The speaker's belief about freedom, since childhood proved false. It was not until the speaker grew up to be a young man when it (i) ______on him that he was (ii)_______of freedom. Then he began (iii)_________ it.
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
"We, who were outlaws not so long ago, have today been given the rare privilege to be host to the nations of the world on our own soil. We thank all of our distinguished international guests for having come to take possession with the people of our country of what is, after all, a common victory for justice, for peace, for human dignity."
Q. How do you think the speaker feels? Choose the option that best fits his state of mind.
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
"We, who were outlaws not so long ago, have today been given the rare privilege to be host to the nations of the world on our own soil. We thank all of our distinguished international guests for having come to take possession with the people of our country of what is, after all, a common victory for justice, for peace, for human dignity."
Q. It is a victory for 'human dignity'. Pick the option that lists the correct answer for what 'human dignity' would include.
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
"We, who were outlaws not so long ago, have today been given the rare privilege to be host to the nations of the world on our own soil. We thank all of our distinguished international guests for having come to take possession with the people of our country of what is, after all, a common victory for justice, for peace, for human dignity."
Q. The guests at the spectacular ceremony are being called distinguished because :
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
"We, who were outlaws not so long ago, have today been given the rare privilege to be host to the nations of the world on our own soil. We thank all of our distinguished international guests for having come to take possession with the people of our country of what is, after all, a common victory for justice, for peace, for human dignity."
Q. Why does the speaker say that it is a 'rare privilege'?
He says this as they have
Direction: Read the following paragraph and choose the correct options to answer any four questions given below :
"We, who were outlaws not so long ago, have today been given the rare privilege to be host to the nations of the world on our own soil. We thank all of our distinguished international guests for having come to take possession with the people of our country of what is, after all, a common victory for justice, for peace, for human dignity."
Q. Pick the option that showcases the usage of 'host' as in the extract.
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