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Question Numbers: 91-99
Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by choosing the correct / most appropriate options.
Most of all would agree that it is admirable to be loyal. We approve of loyalty to our friends and loyalty to our country. Loyalty here means a readiness to help people when they are in difficulty, and a constant interest in their well-being. It is very clear when a person is being disloyal - when he lets his parents suffer without showing any concern, or fights in any army against his fellow countrymen. Most of us would disapprove of such people.
However, there often arise situations in which it is harder to decide if a person is being disloyal or not. A clever child may resist his parent’s appeals to stop studying and pick up a job in order to help them financially. He may believe that he will be able to help his parents better in the near future if he continues his studies for a few years longer, whereas, if he stops now, his talent will be wasted. On the other hand, if a boy’s parents are in great poverty, it might be disloyal for him to refuse to help them by going to work. If later in life he is successful, he may regret his disloyalty as a boy.
A more difficult problem sometimes is that of a man’s relationship with the government of his country. A group of people who sincerely love their country and are anxious for its prosperity may disagree with their government because they believe that certain policies or Acts (for example Rowlatt Act) of the government are against the interests of the people. This situation was faced by Indians when they were struggling for freedom. We were immediately called rebels and traitors. Calling us rebels might have been correct, but not traitors. We were truly loyal to the interest of our fellow countrymen. We did not have any selfish and personal interest.
Directions: Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by choosing the correct / most appropriate options.
Most of all would agree that it is admirable to be loyal. We approve of loyalty to our friends and loyalty to our country. Loyalty here means a readiness to help people when they are in difficulty, and a constant interest in their well-being. It is very clear when a person is being disloyal - when he lets his parents suffer without showing any concern, or fights in any army against his fellow countrymen. Most of us would disapprove of such people.
However, there often arise situations in which it is harder to decide if a person is being disloyal or not. A clever child may resist his parent’s appeals to stop studying and pick up a job in order to help them financially. He may believe that he will be able to help his parents better in the near future if he continues his studies for a few years longer, whereas, if he stops now, his talent will be wasted. On the other hand, if a boy’s parents are in great poverty, it might be disloyal for him to refuse to help them by going to work. If later in life he is successful, he may regret his disloyalty as a boy.
A more difficult problem sometimes is that of a man’s relationship with the government of his country. A group of people who sincerely love their country and are anxious for its prosperity may disagree with their government because they believe that certain policies or Acts (for example Rowlatt Act) of the government are against the interests of the people. This situation was faced by Indians when they were struggling for freedom. We were immediately called rebels and traitors. Calling us rebels might have been correct, but not traitors. We were truly loyal to the interest of our fellow countrymen. We did not have any selfish and personal interest.
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