32. Reading Skills Comprehension: Luck

Read the Passage carefully and answers the following Questions:-

LUCK

(N.D.A. 1993)

 It is not luck but labour that makes men. Luck, says an American writer, is ever waiting for something to turn up; labour with keen eyes and strong will always turn up something. Luck lies in bed and wishes the postman would bring him news of a legacy; labour turns out at six and with busy pen and ringing hammer lays the foundation of competence. Luck whines, labour watches. Luck relies on chance, labour on the character. Luck slips downwards to self-indulgence; labour strides upwards and aspires to independence. The conviction, therefore, is extending that diligence is the mother of good luck; in other words, that a man’s success in life will be proportionate to his efforts, to his industry, to his attention to small things.

1. Which of the following statements sums up the meaning of the passage?

(a) Luck often ends in defeat but labour produces luck.

(b) Luck is self-indulgent but labour is selfless.

 (c) Luck waits and complains without working while labour achieves success although it complains.

 (d) Luck waits without exertion but labour exerts without waiting.

 2. “labour turns out at six and with a busy pen and ringing hammer lays the foundation of competence”. This statement means

 (a) the labourer lays the foundation of the building.

(b) there is no worker who works so hard as the labourer who begins his day at six in the morning.

(c) hard work of all kinds makes people efficient.

 (d) the writer and the labourer are the true eyes of society.

3. Which of the following words in the passage indicate that the writer does not ultimately reject the element of luck?

(a) “luck  is ever waiting”

(b) “luck   the postman would bring him news”

(c) luck whines”

(d) “Diligence is the mother of good luck”

4. Which of the following statements is true about the passage?

(a) Success depends only on hard work.

(b) Success is exactly proportionate to hard work.

(c) Luck is necessary for success.

 (d) The expectation of good luck always meets with disappointment.

ANSWERS:-

1. (a)

2.(b)

3. (d)

4. (b)

Download the above Passage in PDF (Printable)

Need our help or have some question