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1. Read the following text and answer the questions A and B.Beauty is easy to appreciate but difficult to define. As we look around, we discover beauty in pleasurable objects and sights__in nature, in the laughter of children, in the kindness of strangers. But asked to define, we run into difficulties. Does beauty have an independent objective identity? Is it universal, or is it dependent on our sense perceptions? Does it lie in the eye of the beholder?__we ask ourselves. A further difficulty arises when beauty manifests itself not only by its presence, but by its absence as well, as when we are repulsed by ugliness and desire beauty. But then ugliness has as much a place in our lives as beauty, or may be more__as when there is widespread hunger and injustice in a society. Philosophers have told us that beauty is an important part of life, but isn't ugliness apart of life too? And if art has beauty as an important ingredient, can it confine itself only to a projection of beauty? Can art ignore what is not beautiful?Poets and artists have provided an answer by incorporating both into their work. In doing so, they have often tied beauty to truth and justice, so that what is not beautiful assumes a tolerable proportion as something that represents some truth about life. John Keats, the romantic poet, wrote in his celebrated 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' 'Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' by which he means that truth, even if it's not pleasant, becomes beautiful at a higher level. Similarly, what is beautiful forever remains true. Another meaning, in the context of the Grecian Urn an art object-is that truth is a condition of art.A. ?????? Choose the correct answer from the alterative.??????????????????????? 1×5 = 5??????????? (a) What could be the closest meaning for appreciate in the passage???????????? (i) contract?????? (ii) diminish????(iii) humiliate?? (iv) praise??????????? (b) What does the expression 'Beauty is easy to appreciate but difficult to define' mean???????????? (i) approval of beauty is trouble-free whereas its definition is troublesome??????????? (ii) we can appreciate beauty easily but explain it in a difficult way??????????? (iii) appreciation of beauty is necessary but there is no need to define it??????????? (iv) we enjoy beauty but we don't define it??????????? (c) What could be the closest meaning for difficult in the passage???????????? (i) easy ??????????? (ii) simple?????????????????? (iii) arduous???? (iv) soft??????????? (d) A further difficulty arises when beauty manifests itself both by its presence, and by its... According to the passage, which one of the following is the best to fill the gap???????????? (i) company???? (ii) nonappearance(iii) existence?? (iv) expression??????????? (e)? What could be the closest meaning for beauty in the passage???????????? (i) grotesqueness (ii) attractiveness(iii) hideousness? (iv) uglinessB. ??????? Answer the following questions. ???????? 2×5 = 10??????????? (a) Do you think it difficult to define beauty? Give reason in favour of your answer.??????????? (b) Where do you find beauty???????????? (c) What have philosophers told about beauty? Do you support it? What is your view about beauty???????????? (d) How have the poets and artists tied beauty to truth and justice???????????? (e) Who wrote the poem 'Ode on a Grecian Urn'? What do you know about the poet?Answers1. A.??? (a) (iv) praise (b) (i) approval of beauty is trouble-free whereas its definition is troublesome (c) (iii) arduous? (d) (ii) nonappearance (e) (ii) attractivenessB. ??????? (a) Yes, I think it is really difficult to define beauty. I think it so because we do not clarify whether it has an independent objective identity or it is universal, or even it is dependent on our sense perceptions. In spite of this difficulty it moves us with pleasure.?????????????? (b) There is beauty around us. We find it in pleasurable objects and sights__in nature, in the laughter of children. in the kindness of strangers. Even in literature, there is beauty of its own kind.??????????? (c) Philosophers have told us that beauty is an important part of life. Yes, I support them with a slight difference. I think that beauty is important but it is life that cannot ignore ugliness. and if art has beauty as an important ingredient, it cannot be confined only to a projection of beauty. Art can not ignore what is not beautiful.??????????? (d) The poets and artists have tied beauty to truth and justice by incorporating both beauty and ugliness into their work. They have done it so that what is not beautiful assumes a tolerable proportion as something that represents some truth about life.??????????? (e) John Keats wrote the poem 'Ode on Grecian Urn'. He was a romantic poet. in his poem. 'Ode on a Grecian Urn' he wrote `Beauty is truth, truth beauty,' by which be means that truth, even if it's not pleasant, becomes beautiful at a higher level.Beauty is easy to appreciate but difficult to define. As we look around, we discover beauty in pleasurable objects and sights – in nature, in the laughter of children, in the kindness of strangers. But asked to define, we run into difficulties. Does beauty have an independent objective identity? Is it universal, or is it dependent on our sense perceptions? Does it lie in the eye of the beholder? -we ask ourselves. A further difficulty arises when beauty manifests itself not only by its presence, but by its absence as well, as when we are repulsed by ugliness and desire beauty. But then ugliness has as much a place in our lives as beauty, or may be more-as when there is widespread hunger and injustice in a society. Philosophers have told us that beauty is an important part of life, but isn’t ugliness a part of life too? And if art has beauty as an important ingredient, can it confine itself only to a projection of beauty? Can art ignore what is not beautiful?Poets and artists have provided an answer by incorporating both into their work. In doing so, they have often tied beauty to truth and justice, so that what is not beautiful assumes a tolerable proportion as something that represents some truth about life. John Keats, the romantic poet, wrote in his celebrated ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ ‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty,’ by which he means that truth, even if it’s not pleasant, becomes beautiful at a higher level. Similarly, what is beautiful forever remains true. Anothermeaning, in the context of the Grecian Urn-an art object-is that truth is a condition of art.Poetry in every language celebrates beauty and truth. So does art. Here are two poems from two different times that present some enduring ideas about beauty and truth. The poems are by Lord Byron (1788-1824), an English poet of the Romantic tradition, and Emily Dickinson (1830-1886), an American poet who wrote about the human scene, love and death.A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives. 1?5=5(a)?? Which of the following has the closest meaning of the word “pleasurable”?(i) dissatisfaction???????? (ii) pain????????????????? (iii) offend???????????? (iv) delightful(b)?? What is the closest meaning of the word “incorporate”??(i) embody ??(ii) corporation? ?(iii) incorporeal ??(iv) intangible(c)?? ‘Ode on a Grecian Urn’ is written by ——-.(i) Lord Byron????????????? (ii) John Keats????? (iii) Wordsworth (iv) PB Shelly(d)?????????? What does the word ‘tolerable’ mean?(i) not so good????????????????????????????? (ii) bad?????????????????? (iii) moderately good ???????? (iv) tolerant(e)?? Lord Byron is a ——– poet?(i) Revolutionary? (ii) Romantic? (iii) Classical (iv) ModernAnswer the following questions. 2?5=10(a)?? How can we discover beauty in our surroundings?(b)?? How much place does ugliness have in our life?(c)?? What is the name of the poet of “Ode and a Grecian Urn”?(d)?? Do you get any definition of beauty from the poem ‘She Walks in Beauty’?(e)?? What was Byron’s intention?A. Choose the correct answer from the alternatives.Which of the following has the closest meaning of the word "pleasurable"?(i) dissatisfaction(ii) pain(iii) offend(iv) delightfulWhat is the closest meaning of the word "incorporate"?(i) embody(ii) corporation(iii) incorporeal(iv) intangible'Ode on a Grecian Urn' is written by ——.(i) Lord Byron(ii) John Keats(iii) Wordsworth(iv) PB ShelleyWhat does the word 'tolerable' mean?(i) not so good(ii) bad(iii) moderately good (iv) tolerantLord Byron is a —— poet.(i) Revolutionary(ii) Romantic(iii) Classical(iv) ModernB. Answer the following questions.2×5=10How can we discover beauty in our surroundings?How much place does ugliness have in our life?What is the name of the poet of "Ode on a Grecian Urn"?Do you get any definition of beauty from the poem 'She Walks in Beauty'?What was Byron's intention?B. ................
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