77. Reading Skills Comprehension: Human Efforts

Human Efforts

Read the passage carefully and answers the following Questions:-

 Books are by far the most lasting products of human effort. Temples crumble into ruin, pictures and statues decay, but books survive. Books do not destroy the great thoughts which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their author’s mind. These thoughts speak to use through the printed page. The only effect of time has been to throw out of currency the bad products. Nothing in a literature which is not good can live for long. Good books have always helped man to various spheres of life. No wonder that the world keeps its books with great care.

1. Of the products of human effort, books are the most ……….

 (A) permanent            (B) important

 (C) enjoyable              (D) useful

2. Time does not destroy books because they contain—

(A) subject matter        (B) useful matter for education

(C) high ideals              (D) great ideas

3. “To throw out of currency” means—

(A) forget                     (B) destroy

(C) put out of use       (D) extinguish

4. The world keeps its books with care because

(A) they train us                        (B) they help us in various fields

(C) they make us successful    (D) they bring great ideas to us

ANSWERS

1.(D)

2. (D)

3. (C)

4. (B)

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