Q.45: Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions :

It is an admitted fact that union or cooperation is strength, disunion is weakness. A united family, a united community, a united society, a united nation is strong; but those who are disunited or split up into fractions or groups, are all weak. Take the case of a football or hockey members of the team play together and cooperate with one another, they will form a strong team. But if each member plays his own game, they will surely be defeated, however, strong the individual players may be the same is true of an army. To win a battle, an army must work as one man. Napoleon's motto was “Divide and Conquer”. He tried to split up the armies fighting against him. Then he would overcome them one by one. Divided they were weak. A united team, a united army, a united nation is strong. "United we stand; divided we fall.”

Questions :

(i) What is the factor that assures strength ?

(ii) What was Napoleon's motto ?

(iii) What happens if each member of a football team plays his own game ?

(iv) “United we stand; (complete the sentence)

(a) divided we fall (b) disunited (c) form a strong team

(v) Find out a word from the passage which is same in meaning as overcome.

Answer:

(i) Union and cooperation assures strength
(a) take the case of a football
(b) take the case of the hockey team

(ii) Napoleons motto was to divide and conquer.

(iii) If each member of the team plays his own game, they will surely be defeated

(iv) (a) divided we fall

(v) defeat