UPPSC 2021 General Studies-II Solved Paper

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Read the following passage carefully and answer the following questions that follow:
When I go into a stranger's personal library, I wander round the bookshelves to learn what sort of person the stranger is and when he comes in, I feel that I know the key to his mind and the range of his interests. A house without books is a characterless house, no matter how rich its owner is. The rich decoration of the drawing room and bedroom and the luxurious bathrooms tells us that the man is wealthy but the books tell you whether he has got a mind as well. It is not a question of money that we do not buy good books or maintain a library of good books. I repeat that the books are the cheapest and the best part of the equipment of a few dollars. Nearly all the best literature in the world is at your command at two dollars a volume. For 100 dollars you can get a library of fifty books. Even if you do not read them yourself, they are a priceless investment for your children. What delight is there like the revelation of books -  the sudden impact of a master-spirit, the sense of a window flung open to the universe" it is the adventure of the mind, the joy of which does not pass away, that gives the adventure of life itself beauty and fragrance.
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