Unseen Passage- 6 | English Grammar Class 8 PDF Download

6. Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:

1. The so-called modern man is the most restless, unsatisfied and partially mad. Everybody is mad in this world, there is only the difference of degrees. Someone is mad at 5 degrees, the other at 80 degrees and the man who could not face the problems of modern life style becomes fully mad at 100 degrees. We are varied mind set people. The nature of mind is like a loafer, it is not at its centre. When mind settles down, we become silent, we become relaxed and we enjoy the present moment of life.

2. We the modern people have completely exhausted our nervous system by using too much of it. So everybody has become irritable, angry and confused. This is the result of over use of our mind, we are not using body but brain. There is blind race how to collect too much money, how to go on the top, how to be successful in this world. This race ends into defeat. Too many expectations lead to frustration.

3. Just from childhood, parents start encouraging their children to be more ambitious, to be more competitive and to get more marks in the exams. We expect our children to be the best doctors, to be the best engineers and to be the best business men. Nobody likes their children to be a good painter, a good mechanic, a good carpenter, a good artist. This hurts our own ego that our children become painters, carpenters and artists whereas other’s children are doctors and engineers. This ego of parents is not letting children to do their best.

I. On the basis of your reading the above passage, choose the most appropriate option and complete the sentences:

(i) The modern man is______
(a) mostly found happy
(b) is the most restless, unsatisfied
(c) the most reliable and trustworthy

Correct Answer is Option (b)

(ii) Too much exhaustion of our mind makes us______
(a) irritable and dependent on others
(b) irritable, angry and confused
(c) ambitious and socially alienated

Correct Answer is Option (b)

(iii) What hurts the parents?______
(a) When the children disobey their parents
(b) When the children follow professions not of the choice of their parents
(c) When the children spend more time on net

Correct Answer is Option (b)

(iv) Most of the parents expect their children to be ______
(a) the best human beings in every field
(b) the best sports person and athletes
(c) the best doctors, engineers and businessmen

Correct Answer is Option (c)

II. State whether the following statements are true or false:

(i) When mind settles down, we become silent and relaxed ______

True

(ii) Too many expectations lead to success ______

False

III. Fill in the blanks and complete the paragraph:

(a) There is a blind

(i) ______ how to collect too much 

race

(ii) ______ how to go on the

money

(iii) ______ how to be

top

(iv) in this world.

successful

IV. Answer the following questions in brief:

(i) How do parents inspire their children?

Parents start encouraging their children to be more ambitious, to be more competitive and to get more marks in the exams.

(ii) Why do children fail to give their best?

Our own ego that our children have become painter, carpenter and artist and other’s children are doctors and engineers is not letting our children to do their best.

(iii) How do people get exhausted?

We the modern people have completely exhausted our nervous system by using too much of it.