MP Board Class 12th English The Spectrum Workbook Solutions Chapter 12 The Value of Man

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Word Power

A. Given below are some crimes. Complete the following table. Consult a dictionary if necessary.
Answer:

Crime	Criminal	Verb	Definition
terrorism	terrorist	terrorize	using violence for a political end.
blackmail	blackmailer	blackmail	obtaining money by threatening to harm someone.
forgery	forger	forge	someone who makes forged copies.
assault	assaulter	assault	attacking someone violently.
pick pocketing	pickpocket	pickpocket	a thief who steals things out of pocket, bags, esp. in a crowd.
mugging	mug	mug	attacking a person and stealing their money.

B. Differentiate between the meanings of the given pairs or groups.
Answer:

Adept = expert fastest; Adopt = take to an idea or custom किसी विचार को अपना बना लेना; Adapt = make suitable अपने योग्य बनाना ।
Birth = process of being born जन्म; Berth = Sleeping place in a train etc. सोने की सीट।
Beneficial = helpful सहायता; Beneficient = helping people and doing good acts सहायता करने वाला।
Liar = one who tells lies झूठ बोलने वाला; Lawyer = person who practices law वकाल; Lyer = a stringed musical instrument एक तार वाला वाद्य यंत्र।
Loose = free, not tied up ढीला; Lose = to come to be without हानि होना, खो देना।

Comprehension

A. Choose the correct option.

Question 1.
Glass did not purchase a bicycle because:
(a) he thought that purchasing an ass was profitable
(b) a bicycle was costlier than an ass
(c) the villagers would appreciate the ass more
(d) he was afraid he might fall and break his Limbs.
Answer:
(d) he was afraid he might fall and break his Limbs.

Question 2.
Mohan regretted the decision of his father to buy an ass because:
(a) he had to give up his studies for tending the animal
(b) he was young and wanted a bike instead
(C) he did not want to upset Netaji as the ass grazed in his orchard
(d) he did not like to be ridiculed as the owner of an ass.
Answer:
(a) he had to give up his studies for tending the animal

Question 3.
Who was the final witness?
(a) Netaji
(b) Kanchhcdi
(c) Masteiji
(d) The ass.
Answer:
(d) The ass

Question 4.
Ghasi round his ass tethered at:
(a) Kanchhedi’s place
(b) Netaji’s orchard
(c) Masterji’s school
(d) Mukhiya’s house.
Answer:
(a) Kanchhedi’s place

Question 5.
The panchayat was held:
(a) under a banyan tree
(b) near an orchard
(c) at the Sarpanch’s house
(d) at the school.
Answer:
(a) under a banyan tree

B. Fill in the blanks:

(i) The character in the play who wears spectacles is ………….. (SarpanchlMaserji)
(ii) ….. is addressed to as ‘tenderer of asses’.(Ghasi/Masterji)
(iii) The name of Netaji is ……… in the play. (Kanchhedílundisclosed)
(iv) Masterji was named as a witness by …………. (Kanchhedi 1G ha si)
(v) …………. was asked to give first aid to Kanchhedi. (Marte RJ i/Mukhiya)
Answer:
(i) Sarpanch.
(ii) Masterji
(iii) undisclosed.
(iv) Kanchhedi,
(v) Mukhiya.

Language Practice

A. Change the order of words or group of words to make a correct sentence.

Question 1.
1. otherwise you, 2. work, 3. will fail, 4. hard
Answer:
Work hard otherwise you will fail.

Question 2.
1. and, 2. the sunset. 3. ii, 4. grew dark.
Answer:
The sunset and it grew dark.

Question 3.
1. the teacher, 2. the student went, 3. as well as, 4. to the police.
Answer:
The teacher as well as the student went to the police.

Question 4.
1. handed over, 2. the thief was, 3. to the police, 4. not only eaten but also.
Answer:
The thief was not only beaten but also handed over to the police.

Question 5.
1. both smart, 2. she, 3. and honest, 4. is.
Answer:
She is both smart and honest.

Question 6.
1. missed, 2. he ran fast, 3. but, 4. the bus.
Answer:
He ran fast but missed the bus.

B. Combine the following pairs of sentences using the coordinating conjunctions given in the box.
otherwise, or, therefore, neither…nor, either…or, not only…but also, both…and, as well as

Question 1.
(a) Hurry up.
(b) You will miss the show.
Answer:
Hurry up or you will miss the show.

Question 2.
(a) He is ill.
(b) He cannot go to the office.
Answer:
He is ill therefore he cannot go to the office.

Question 3.
(a) I took meat.
(b) I took eggs.
Answer:
I took both meat and eggs.

Question 4.
(a) He teased her.
(b) She slapped across his face.
Answer:
He teased her therefore she slapped across his face.

Question 5.
(a) We dropped in on you yesterday.
(b) You were not at home.
Answer:
We dropped in on you yesterday but you were not at home.

Question 6.
(a) Bagdiram works in a shop.
(b) He studies in a school.
Answer:
Bagram not only works in a shop but also studies in a school.

Speaking Time

Split the following words into syllables.

Answer:

Monosyllable	Bisy Habit	Trisyllabic	Polysyllabic
awe	tem + per	im + port + ant	Plan + et + ar +ium
call	mis + ery	ob + serv + atory
awl	hu + man	hap + pi + ness
cow	pen + cil	lab + ora + tory
	ca + pable	mathe + mat + ics
	win + dow

Reading Time

Read the following passage carefully :

Education is a sub-system of the wider social system. Although it functions autonomously, it has linkage with the economic, political, religious, and other sub-systems which exert a powerful influence on the goals of the educational sub-systems.

Education can rarely free itself from social and cultural norms and has to relate itself to the needs of society. Due to globalization and modernization, our society is passing through momentous changes in its value system. Values of yesteryear have taken a backseat and materialism, corruption, dishonesty and other negative values have come to the fore.

At this junction, all formal and informal agencies of education like family, school, and community should realize the explosiveness of the situation. It is rightly said values cannot be taught, they are caught. All the agencies should become role models if we want our youth to be on the right path.

The absence of a congenial and loving atmosphere and quarrels among parents are the major hurdles in this direction. In a nutshell, the family has ceased to be an institution for providing cultural, aesthetic, and moral education.

On the other hand, formal education is squeezed between memory and mechanization. The teacher has become a businessman doing private tuition instead of institutional teaching. Race for degrees and jobs has deteriorated the situation further.

The National Policy of Education (1986) has shown concern in this regard when it says, “The growing concern over the erosion of essential values and an increasing cynicism in society has brought to focus the need for re-adjustment in the curriculum in order to make education a forceful tool for the cultivation of social and moral values.”

The whole system of education needs complete overhauling. If at all, we the citizens are desirous of thwarting deterioration in values, teaching at all levels must emphasize moral education and character building. Intellect without wisdom can be suicidal.

Now answer the questions given below :

Question 1.
Find out the words from the passage for the following expressions :
Answer:

appreciation of beauty in nature – aesthetic
pleasant – congenial
to press something firmly – squeeze
lack of faith in the goodness of things and people – cynicism
to prevent somebody from doing what he wants to do – thwart

Question 2.
What are the things education is linked with? (2012,14)
Answer:
Education is linked with economic, political, religious, and other systems.

Question 3.
Why is our society passing through changes in its value system?
Answer:
Due to globalization and modernization, our society is passing through momentous changes in the value system.

Question 4.
What is the saying about the values?
Answer:
The saying is valued cannot be taught, they are caught.

Question 5.
What are the major obstacles to establishing human values?
Answer:
The major obstacles are that the family has ceased to be an institution for providing cultural, aesthetic, and moral education.

Question 6.
What change do we observe in the teacher’s attitude these days?
Answer:
The teacher has become a businessman doing private tuition instead of institutional teaching.

Question 7.
What has happened to formal education?
Answer:
Formal education is squeezed between memory and mechanism.

Question 8.
Do you agree that the whole system of education needs complete overhauling? Answer in your own words.
Answer:
Yes, we agree that the whole system of education needs complete overhauling because the essential values have been eroded and cynicism has increased in society.

Question 9.
Give a suitable title to the passage.
Answer:
Need for Overhauling of Education System.

Writing Time

Question 1.
Write a letter to M/s Deepali Stationery Mart, New Market, Ratlam asking them to send their rates and terms of supply of stationery items.
Answer:
Office of the Principal, Govt. Higher Secondary School,
Manik Chowk, Ratlam (M. P.)
Ref. No. 73
To,
M/s Deepali Stationery Mart,
New Market,
Ratlam (M. P.)
Date: 10 Feb., 20…

Subject—Rates of Stationery Items.
Our office needs some stationery to be purchased.
Hence, I request you kindly to send us the rates and terms of supply of these articles. A list of requirements is attached herewith.

Your reply must reach us within three days.

Sd.—Mohan Senger
Principal
Govt. H. S. School
Manik Chowk
Ratlam.

Question 2.
Write a letter to the collector of your district about the lack of facilities and malfunctioning of the government hospital of your area.
Answer:
113, Main Road (Opposite Kila)
Sendhwa (M. P.)
Dt. 17 June, 20…
To,
The Collector,
Dist. Barwani Barwani (M. P.)
Sir,
I would like to draw your kind attention to the lack of facilities and malfunctioning of the government hospital, Sendhwa, and request you to take suitable action so that people may be able to get medical facilities properly.

The hospital has only one doctor and two nurses. They cannot serve the patients because their number is too many. They cannot give proper attention. The X-ray department is also malfunctioning, it seldom operates properly. There is no facility for sonography. The patients have to go to private clinics and they are too expensive. The wards are not properly cleaned and the dirty smell persists everywhere.
I hope you will kindly look into the matter soon.

Yours faithfully,
Rajesh Vohra