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Unit 6: Comprehension from Unseen Passages

Choose the correct option: Notes
1. Mahatma Gandhi stresses that
(i) the only education worth the name is through the medium of English, though it might not
make our youth the builder of a great nation
(ii) higher education should not be received through a foreign language
(iii) every nation teaches its youth through the native language
(iv) the use of the native language can unite the nation
2. The second sentence of Mahatma Gandhi’s comment means that
(i) the masses canacquire knowledge only through a language they understand
(ii) youth should be instructed in a language understood by the common people
(iii) youth should live in close contact with the masses
(iv) the language used in education can bring youth closer to, or separate it from the general
body of the nation
3. Of what nature is the immeasurable loss sustained by the nation?
(i) the years wasted by thousands of young men in mastering a foreign language
(ii) progressive weakening of the confidence and energy of youth and its isolation from the life
of the country
(iii) the strengthening of foreign rule through the spell of a foreign language on educated India
(iv) the neglect of Indian languages and the consequent failure to perfect them for precise
expression of scientific ideas
4. Imposition of a foreign medium upon the youth
(i) has made the youth hate the British empire
(ii) has made the youth carefree
(iii) has brought the youth close to the masses
(iv) has shortened the lives of the pupils and sapped the energy of the nation
5. Gandhiji says
(i) that foreign medium should be done away with
(ii) that foreign medium can be retained only for technical education
(iii) that only the educated Indians should study in foreign medium
(iv) that foreign medium should be used only for official purpose
6. According to the passage,
(i) mastering a foreign language invites the resentment of common masses
(ii) foreign medium is too difficult to understand
(iii) foreign medium is very expensive for a poor country like India to afford
(iv) young men are obliged to waste years in mastering a foreign language and this leads to the
neglect of their mother tongue
7. By vernacular, Gandhiji meant
(i) a language understood by the masses of the country
(ii) the language native to a country as opposed to a language that is foreign
(iii) Hindi or Hindustani, for it is the national language of India
(iv) the great languages that have grown out of Pali spoken in particular regions

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