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8 Q:Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it. Our civilization is decadent and our language-so the argument runs-must inevitably share in the general collapse. It follows that any struggle against the abuse of language is a sentimental archaism, like preferring candles to electric light or hansom cabs to aeroplanes. Underneath this lies the half-conscious belief that language is natural growth and not an instrument which we shape for our own purposes.
Now it is clear that the decline of a language must ultimately have political and economic causes it is not due simply to the bad influence of this or that individual writer. But an effect can become a cause, reinforcing the original cause and producing the same effect in an intensified form, and so on indefinitely. A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts. The point is that the process is reversible. Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble. If one gets rid of these habits, one can think more clearly, and to think clearly is a necessary first step towards political regeneration: so that the fight against bad English is not frivolous and is not the exclusive concern of professional writers..
The author believes that –
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5d7f85d3caf8002cd7ff878aNow it is clear that the decline of a language must ultimately have political and economic causes it is not due simply to the bad influence of this or that individual writer. But an effect can become a cause, reinforcing the original cause and producing the same effect in an intensified form, and so on indefinitely. A man may take to drink because he feels himself to be a failure, and then fail all the more completely because he drinks. It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts. The point is that the process is reversible. Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take the necessary trouble. If one gets rid of these habits, one can think more clearly, and to think clearly is a necessary first step towards political regeneration: so that the fight against bad English is not frivolous and is not the exclusive concern of professional writers..
- 1It’s now too late to do anything about the problemfalse
- 2Language is a natural growth and cannot be shaped for our won purposefalse
- 3The decline in the language can be stoppedtrue
- 4The process of an increasingly bad language cannot be stoppedfalse
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Answer : 3. "The decline in the language can be stopped"
Q:Fill in the blanks with the correct tense of the verb from the given options:
Mohan_____ rather tired today.
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5e6a4ba1bb5e0741068634b9- 1seemstrue
- 2is seemingfalse
- 3is seemfalse
- 4do seems thefalse
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Answer : 1. "seems "
Q: How did the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 help farmers? 7140 05b5cc642e4d2b4197774bb5d
5b5cc642e4d2b4197774bb5d- 1It took government payments to railroads and gave them to farmers.false
- 2It gave farmers shares in the largest railroad companies.false
- 3It prevented railroads from charging farmers more than other customers.true
- 4It forced railroads to build lines to the largest farming areas.false
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Answer : 3. "It prevented railroads from charging farmers more than other customers."
Explanation :
Answer: C) It prevented railroads from charging farmers more than other customers. Explanation: In 1887 Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act, making the railroads the first industry subject to Federal regulation. Congress passed the law largely in response to public demand that railroad operations be regulated. Railroads discriminated in the prices they charged to passengers and shippers in different localities by providing rebates to large shippers or buyers. These practices were especially harmful to American farmers, who lacked the shipment volume necessary to obtain more favorable rates.
Q: I met him in the way.
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5f461279ea56f913fe5e7557- 1at the wayfalse
- 2during the wayfalse
- 3on the waytrue
- 4No improvementfalse
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Answer : 3. "on the way "
Q: 'जो वचन से न बताया जा सके' वाक्यांश के लिए उपयुक्त शब्द है
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5e661684188352234be83da0- 1अनिर्वचनीयtrue
- 2वचनीयfalse
- 3अवचनीयfalse
- 4बेवचनीयfalse
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Answer : 1. "अनिर्वचनीय "
Q: चौपाई के चारों चरणों में कितनी मात्राएँ होती है?
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5f0bf03b6d435560094244e4- 113false
- 214false
- 316true
- 417false
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Answer : 3. "16"
Q: काठी नृत्य भारत के किस राज्य से संबंधित है?
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5ee0bb1a8c4c964f73d95be4- 1उत्तर प्रदेशfalse
- 2पश्चिम बंगालtrue
- 3गुजरातfalse
- 4राजस्थानfalse
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Answer : 2. "पश्चिम बंगाल"
Q: महाजनपद के गाँव का प्रधान क्या कहलाता था?
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5f0beb186d43556009422131- 1मुखियाfalse
- 2जिला अधिकारीfalse
- 3ग्राम-प्रमुखtrue
- 4इनमें से कोई नहींfalse
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