Read the passage carefully and answer the question 1 and 2.
Communication of ideas is at the centre of civilization. It needs written records. Most of our records in the modern age are on paper. Though writing was invented very early, paper is a more modern invention.
For long in history, people exchanged ideas through speaking and listening. Then there came the art of writing. But to record thoughts in writing was difficult. Writing materials were not available. People used the surface of stone, metal, wood, bark, leaves etc. for writing. Those things were not easy to carry. Then for ages, people looked for easy writing materials. Finally, paper was invented in China in 105 AD.
Before the paper age, knowledge was very restricted. Can you think of that time? There were very few books in the world. May be, they were written on stone or on heavy wood plunks or on metal sheets. Suppose, one page was a heavy stone block. So think of a hundred page book! In our age, you can carry the entire world of knowledge in digital from in your laptop bag. You can even carry a huge volume of paper encyclopedia. But who could produce and carry tons of heavy stone books and documents in those paperless days? In fact, paper has made publication and the spread of knowledge and information easy. So you can see how paper has changed our life.
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1. Choose the correct answer to each question from the alternatives given and write the corresponding number of the answers in your answer script.
(a) The word ÔcommunicationÕ means@
(i) civilization
(ii) realization
(iii) contact
(iv) globalization
(b) Though writing was invented very early, paper is a more ¾ invention.
(i) primitive
(ii) recent
(iii) ancient
(iv) greater
(c) Our life has been changed ¾ by the invention of paper.
(i) gradually
(ii) greatly
(iii) slowly
(iv) by stages
(d) What was difficult before the invention of paper?
(i) to express thoughts in writing
(ii) to exchange thoughts in writing
(iii) to preserve thoughts in writing
(iv) to communicate thoughts in writing
(e) What is the third step of exchanging ideas?
(i) Reading
(ii) speaking
(iii) listening
(iv) writing
(f) Which one was an ancient writing material?
(i) Metal sheet
(ii) paper
(iii) computer
(iv) laptop
(g) In the past, knowledge was very ¾
(i) Free
(ii) open
(iii) limited
(iv) available
2. Answer the following questions from your reading of the above text.
(a) Why was it difficult to record thoughts in writing in the past?
(b) What did people use for writing before paper page?
(c) Why did people look for easy writing materials ?
(d) ÔCommunicationÕ of ideas is the centre of civilization. Do you support it? Explain why your answer is ÔyesÕ or ÔnoÕ?
Answers
1.
(a) (iii) contact
(b) (ii) recent
(c) (ii) greatly
(d) (iii) to preserve thoughts in writings
(e) (iv) writing
(f) (i) metal sheet
(g) (iii) limited
2.
(a) It was difficult to record thoughts in writing in the past because there were no easy writing materials.
(b) Before paper age, people used surface of stone, metal, wood, bark, leaves etc. for writing.
(c) People looked for easy writing materials so that they could be carried easily.
(d) Yes, Human civilization is a continuous process. Since its inception, numerous people of the world contributed to it by communicating their ideas to each other and by passing their ideas from generation to generation. Every generation promotes or advances it. So, communication of ideas plays a pivotal role in civilization.
