The Choices we make on a Daily Basis Passage Answers

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The Choices we make on a Daily Basis Passage Answers

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The choices we make on a daily basis—wearing a seatbelt, lifting heavy objects correctly or purposely staying out of any dangerous situation—can either ensure our safety or bring about potentially harmful circumstances. You and I need to make a decision that we are going to get our lives in order.

Exercising self-control, self-discipline and establishing boundaries and borders in our lives are some of the most important things we can do. A life without discipline is one that’s filled with carelessness.
We can think it’s kind of exciting to live life on the edge. We like the image of “Yeah! That’s me! Living on the edge! Woo-hoo!” It’s become a popular way to look at life. But if you see, even highways have lines, which provide margins for our safety while we’re driving. If we go over one side, we’ll go into the ditch. If we cross over the line in the middle, we could get killed. And we like those lines because they help to keep us safe. Sometimes we don’t even realize how lines help to keep us safe.

I’m not proud of this, but for the first 20 years of my life at work, I ignored my limits. I felt horrible, physically, most of the time. I used to tell myself “I know I have limits and that I’ve reached them, but I’m going to ignore them and see if or how long I can get by with it.” I ran to doctors, trying to make myself feel better through pills, vitamins, natural stuff and anything I could get my hands on. Some of the doctors would tell me, “It’s just stress.” That just made me mad. I thought stress meant you don’t like what you do or can’t handle life, and I love what I do. But I kept pushing myself, travelling, doing speaking engagements and so on— simply exhausting myself

Finally, I understood I was living an unsustainable life and needed to make some changes in my outlook and lifestyle. You and I don’t have to be like everyone else or keep up with anyone else. Each of us needs to be exactly the way we are, and we don’t have to apologize for it. We’re not all alike and we need to find a comfort zone in which we can enjoy our lives instead of making ourselves sick with an overload of stress and pressure.

Source: CBSE Sample Paper 2020-21


The Choices We Make on a Daily Basis Passage Answers

On the basis of your understanding of the passage, answer ANY TEN questions from the twelve that follow. (1×10=10)

i. The reason why living on the edge has become popular, is because of the

a) constant need for something different.
b) population is much younger.
c) exhausting effort to make changes.
d) a strong tendency to stay within our limits.

Answer: a) constant need for something different.

Hint: living on the edge meaning – khatron se khelna

ii. Choose the option that best captures the central idea of the passage from the given quotes.

Class 10 English Sample Paper

a) Option (1)
b) Option (2)
c) Option (3)
d) Option (4)

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Answer: d) Option (4)

iii. Which of the characteristics are apt about the writer in the following context: “I know I have limits and that I’ve reached them, but I’m going to ignore them and see if or how long I can get by with it.”?

  1. negligent
  2. indecisive
  3. spontaneous
  4. reckless
  5. purposeless
  6. patient
    a) 2 and 5
    b) 3 and 6
    c) 1 and 4
    d) 2 and 3

Answer: c) 1 and 4 negligent and reckless

iv. Which of the following will be the most appropriate title for the passage?

a) Much too soon
b) Enough is enough
c) How much is too much?
d) Have enough to do?

Answer: c) How much is too much?

v. The phrase “potentially harmful circumstances” refers to circumstances that can

(a) certainly be dangerous.
(b) be fairly dangerous.
(c) be possibly dangerous.
(d) seldom be dangerous.

Answer: (c) be possibly dangerous.

Hint: A situation can be called Potentially harmful if it has the capacity to cause harm if mishandled or managed unproperly

vi. Select the option that makes the correct use of “unsustainable”, as used in the passage, to fill in the blank space.

a) In the long run, the ____ officials followed emergency procedures.
b) Emergency procedures were ____ by the officials.
c) Officials reported a set of _____ events during the emergency.
d) Officials admit that the emergency system is _____in the longer run.

Answer: d) Officials admit that the emergency system is _____in the longer run

vii. The author attempts to ________ the readers through this write-up.

a) rebuke
b) question
c) offers aid to
d) offer advice to

Answer: d) offer advice to

viii. The author uses colloquial words such as “yeah” and “Woo-hoo!”. Which of the following is NOT a colloquial word?

a) hooked
c) stuff
d) stress

Answer: d) stress

ix. What does the author mean when he says, “to get our lives in order”?

a) To resume our lives.
b) To organize our lives.
c) To rebuild our lives.
d) To control our lives.

Answer: b) To organize our lives.

x. Choose the option that correctly states the two meanings of ‘outlook’, as used in the passage.

  1. A person’s evaluation of life
  2. A person’s experiences in life
  3. A person’s point of view toward life
  4. A person’s regrets in life
  5. A person’s general attitude to life

a) (1) and (4)
b) (2) and (3)
c) (3) and (5)
d) (4) and (5)

Answer: c) (3) and (5)

xi. The author explains the importance of discipline and boundaries in our lives using the example of

a) road accidents.
b) traffic rules.
c) lines on the highway.
d) safe driving.

Answer: c) lines on the highway

xii. What is the message conveyed in the last paragraph of the passage?

a) Love what you do.
b) Love yourself to love others.
c) Be the best version of yourself.
d) Be yourself.

Answer: d) Be yourself.

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