Unseen Passage for class X

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Unseen Passage (Class X)

 Read the passage and answer the questions that follow:

Politeness has been well defined as benevolence in trifles.  It is the desire to put those whom we meet perfectly at their ease, and save them from every kind of petty discomfort and annoyance.  The limited part of benevolence called politeness requires only an inclination to make them happy temporarily, while they are in our presence, and this can be done without any sacrifice on our part or only with the slight sacrifice of personal comfort.

Politeness is said to be one of the important characteristics of a civilized person.  Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.  It must be implemented in every walk of life.  When we deal with people elder to us we are polite.  But an honest polite person is polite with everyone – people of lower status, workers and even children.  Not only with human but also with animals, we much be polite as they are our helpers.

Politeness is a skill.  Like any other skill, you can master it with practice.  The greatest enemy of politeness is ego.  To be a polite person we have to sacrifice our ego.  It is difficult for an egoist to be polite.  You have to imply politeness in your thinking, speech and actions.  Actions work more than words.  Polite actions will give fine results.  Politeness will reduce your stress and boost you to be productive.  Apart from your present benefits, you protect your future.  Being polite makes you mentally healthy.  In our daily life we come across many incidents with people nearby and ourselves.

Different rules of behavior have to be observed accordingly, based on whether we are in the street or in the drawing room, at home or at school, in the company of friends or of strangers.  This is also to be considered, the great diversity of social etiquette which distinguishes one country from another.

Politeness, besides being a duty that you owe to others, is a valuable possession for ourselves.  It costs nothing, and yet may in many cases bring much profit.  The great advantage of this excellence of conduct was very clearly expressed by Dr.Johnson, when he said that the difference between a well-bred and ill-bred man is that one immediately attracts your liking, the other your dislike.

4.1.  On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer any four of the following questions in about 30-40 words each :                                                                                    (2*4 = 8)

i. Why is politeness called as limited part of benevolence?

ii. List some of the persons we should be polite to.

iii. Why is it difficult for an egoist to be polite?

iv. What are the benefits of being polite?

v. Which rules of behaviour are to be observed?

4.2. On the basis of your reading of the passage, fill in any two of the following blanks with appropriate words/phrases.                                                                                      (1*2 = 2)

i. Politeness is an art of choosing __________________________.

ii. An honest polite person is polite with ____________________.

iii. To others, we _________________________________________.

4.3. Attempt any two of the following. Find out the words that mean the same as under: (1*2 = 2)

i. ‘insignificant’ (Paragraph 1)

ii. ‘manners’ (Paragraph 4)

‘civil’ (Paragraph 5)

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