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6. What is NOT true about our forefathers?

(a) They lived a selfless life.
(b) They had the spirit of sacrifice.

(c) They ignored the evils of Indian society.
(d) They dreamed of making India the best country.
7. Choose the option that CORRECTLY matches the paragraph titles with paragraph
number.

Paragraph Number Title
1. (i) Living in joint families

2. (ii) Disadvantages of nuclear family

3. (iii) Comparison between forefathers and us

4. (iv) Pursuit of happiness

5. (v) Indian culture vs Western culture

6. (vi) Simple lives of forefathers

7. (vii) Values instilled through joint family system

(a) 1-iv, 2-vi, 3-ii, 4-i, 5-vii, 6-v, 7-iii

(b) 1-ii, 2-iv, 3-iii, 4-vii, 5-i, 6-v, 7-vi
(c) 1-v, 2-iv, 3-vii, 4-i, 5-ii, 6-iii, 7-vi
(d) 1-iv, 2-vi, 3-i, 4-ii, 5-vii, 6-iii, 7-v

8. In para 6, what does the sentence ‘Our life philosophy has turned out to be completely
Machiavellian’ mean, according to you?
(a) It means we use all means and measures needed to achieve our selfish goals.

(b) It means that we are all career oriented.
(c) It means that our only goal is to get what others have.
(d) It means that we work together to fulfill our desires.

9. Find a word from the passage which means ‘only’. (para 1)
10. Find a word from the passage which means the opposite of ‘aggravated’. (para 3)

11. How is older generation different from the present one?
12. How is our forefather’s vision for the country different from the present generation?

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