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EK Exercise ::2 ¥, , Read the following passage carefully and on the basis of your reading answer the questions given, below it:, , There is an enemy beneath our feet—an enemy the more deadly for his complete impartiality., He recognizes no national boundaries, no political parties. Everyone in the world is threatened by him., The enemy is the Earth itself. When an earthquake comes, the whole world trembles. The power of a, quake is greater than anything man himself can produce. But today scientists are diverting more of their, efforts into finding some way of combating earthquakes, and it is possible that at sometime in the, near future, mankind will have discovered a means of protecting itself. An earthquake strikes without, warning. When it does, its power is in immense., , QUESTIONS :, , (a) Give a suitable title to the above passage., (b) Explain the bold letters portions., , (c) Give a summary of the passage., , (d) Who is the greatest enemy of mankind?, (ec) What are the scientists doing now-a-days?, ANSWERS :, , K Exercise ::3 J, , Read the following passage carefully and on the basis of your reading answer the questions given, below it :, , It has been truly said that men are everywhere what their mothers make them, and every woman, is a mother actual, potential or otherwise. The material instinct is the most universal of instincts, and, as such, it can be exploited for the shaping of the destiny of mankind. Mothers and wives should not be, deprived of their immemorial birth-right of acquiring knowledge. It is they who are the nation builders., Napoleon, Shivaji and many other brave men were what their mothers made them. If we educate our, women, the nation will take care of itself, for itis today as it was yesterday, and will be to the end of human, life that the hand that rocks the cradle is the power that rules the world., , QUESTIONS :, , (a) Suggest a suitable title to the above passage., (b) Explain the portion in bold letters., , (c) Give the summary of the above passage., , 304 ] English Class—XII, , (d) Who are the nation builders?, (e) When will the nation take care of itself?