Question Nos. 1 to 5. Read the passage given and answer the questions that follow.
Our ancestors had great difficulty in getting books. Now our difficulty is what to read. There are books and, but our hours of reading are very few. Therefore, choice becomes essential. We should be very careful about what we read. There are books which poison our lives by suggesting evils. We should keep them at arm's length.
We should read only those books which have stood the test of time. Such books are our great classics like the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. They contain the wisdom of our sages and saints. They have appealed to mankind for generations. Reading such books has an ennobling influence on our mind and character. It gives us spiritual enjoyment. Those books give us instruction with entertainment. They represent our ancient culture. They set before us high ideals to follow. They are our best friends, best guides and the best treasure.
1. An expression in the passage which means good effect is?
(A) Spiritual enjoyment
(B) ennobling influence
(C) high ideals
(D) very careful
2. We should avoid those books which
(A) cost high price
(B) come in paperback
(C) corrupt our lives by suggesting evils
(D) come in more than one volume
3. We should be selective because
(A) there are only cheap books in the market
(B) there is scarcity of books
(C) there is a great number of books available to us
(D) we have large reading hours at hand
4. Classics are important because
(A) they affect our mind in a good way
(B) they teach us something great and also entertain us
(C) they help us in our spiritual growth
(D) all the above
5. The books which have stood the best of time are called
(A) classic
(B) rare books
(C) biographies
(D) great books
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