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    JD's Private Tutorials provides tutoring for the CBSE 10th class exam. A passage discusses how music is a widely practiced art form that transcends cultural barriers. It notes that nature has given most people some musical ability. It also says that music has the power to deeply impact emotions. The passage argues that while the desire to perform is natural, singing requires extensive training. It says that nowadays many pursue professional singing without proper training, relying on shortcuts. The mindset of a student, who should focus on learning from mistakes under a teacher's guidance, is different from a performer's mindset of covering errors.

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    JD's Private Tutorials provides tutoring for the CBSE 10th class exam. A passage discusses how music is a widely practiced art form that transcends cultural barriers. It notes that nature has given most people some musical ability. It also says that music has the power to deeply impact emotions. The passage argues that while the desire to perform is natural, singing requires extensive training. It says that nowadays many pursue professional singing without proper training, relying on shortcuts. The mindset of a student, who should focus on learning from mistakes under a teacher's guidance, is different from a performer's mindset of covering errors.

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    JD's Private Tutorials provides tutoring for the CBSE 10th class exam. A passage discusses how music is a widely practiced art form that transcends cultural barriers. It notes that nature has given most people some musical ability. It also says that music has the power to deeply impact emotions. The passage argues that while the desire to perform is natural, singing requires extensive training. It says that nowadays many pursue professional singing without proper training, relying on shortcuts. The mindset of a student, who should focus on learning from mistakes under a teacher's guidance, is different from a performer's mindset of covering errors.

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    JD’s PRIVATE TUTORIALS

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    CBSE : 10 Discursive and Factual Passage Date :

    Q1) Discursive Passage:


    Read the passage and answer:
    Music is perhaps the most popular and widely practised form of Fine Arts, transcending all kinds of cultural
    and linguistic barriers. Any form of fine art is difficult to master and almost impossible to perfect and music is
    no exception.Nature, it is learnt, has blessed almost two-thirds of the human race with musical ability of some
    sort. Music has the power to bring out the deepest emotions. It can make one cry or bring a smile on one's
    face. In fact it is a magic medicine and many seek refuge in it when they are depressed or stressed. It is this
    intimacy that makes us listen to music or even hum or sing sometimes. This singing, or realistically speaking,
    expressing one's emotion musically sometimes takes a serious turn. This desire to show musical expression in
    public then becomes a serious business profession. And from here the musical journey begins.
    This desire to sing before an audience is innocent and beautiful and indeed it is perfectly alright to have such
    a genuine desire. But it is also important to understand that singing is an intricate art- a highly refined one at
    that, which requires systematic, prolonged and strict training, to be acceptable. This is an aspect we forget in
    our keen desire to reach the stage and perform. It is almost like preparing a formal meal for some specially
    invited guests, without even having learnt and trained in the basics of cooking. This is why we have more noise
    and less music nowadays.
    These days almost everyone sings and it does not stop here. Most of us want to become professional singers.
    Result: a complete disregard for and ignorance of the training part, as the need is never felt to go through one
    and the urge to get to the stage and perform overcomes even a little desire to learn, if any. If at all, somewhere
    along the way one feels the need to gain some knowledge and training, it leads to hurried shortcuts and half -
    hearted attempts, best described as 'Crash Courses'
    It is observed that those who have attained the so called partial success, suddenly feel that they lack the
    required knowledge and are not learned enough. But it is too late by then. It should be understood here that
    the stage or a performance brings in a different mindset within the artist. It is always recommended and rightly
    said, that while on stage, cover the mistakes and weaknesses if any, and get along. But the contrary is true
    when it comes to acquiring knowledge and during the learning process. While under training, the student is
    expected to make mistakes but then rectify those mistakes under the supervision and guidance of the teacher.
    Therefore, it is good to make mistakes and then be corrected during the process of learning as this
    subsequently makes one flawless and educated. This is a different mindset. And these two mindsets discussed
    above, (those of a performer and that of a student) cannot co-exist.
    On the basis of your reading of the passage, answer ANY TEN of the following questions:
    I) What is the most popular form of fine arts?
    (a) fine arts (b) literature (c) drawing pictures (d) music
    ii) Music can make one:
    (a) angry (b) depressed (b) smile (d) both (a) and (b)
    iii. People seek refuge in music when they are:
    (a) very happy (b) depressed (c) angry (d) all of the above
    iv. The mindset of a student of music should be to:
    (a) never make mistakes (b) make mistakes and rectify them
    (c) make mistakes and never rectify them (d) none of these
    v. Most of us:
    (a) avoid becoming professional singers (b) avoid shortcuts
    (c) are ignorant of training of music (d) all of these
    vi. 'Crash Courses' provide training:
    (a) in a hurried shortcut way (b) with half-hearted attempts

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    (c) both (a) and (b) (d) neither (a) nor (b)
    vii. When one is performing on stage, one should always:
    (a) cover one's mistakes and feel comfortable
    (b) cover one's weaknesses and feel nervous
    (c) show one's weaknesses
    (d) None of these
    viii. It's often seen that people with partial success in the profession of music, suddenly feel that they:
    (a) have completely gained the required knowledge (b) lack the required knowledge
    (c) both (a) and (b) (d) neither (a) nor (b)
    ix. 'Transcending' in para 1 means_
    (a) drown under (b) rising above (c) surrender (d) fail
    x. ‘Partial' in para 5 means
    (a) good (b) complete (c) incomplete (d) total
    xi. In para 2, the antonym of 'cursed' is
    ( a) blessed (b) depressed (c) stressed (d) deepest
    xii. In para 5, the word opposite of 'full of mistakes' is
    (a) partial (b) weaknesses (c) Flawless (d) educated

    Q2) Factual Passage:


    Read the passage and answer:
    (1) Keep your watch accurate. For some people, moving up the time on their watch will help them get up
    earlier. For others, they will remember that the time on the watch is wrong and will disregard it altogether. It
    may be helpful to set your watch just two minutes ahead instead of five or ten.
    (2) Keep a clock, phone, computer or anything that displays time in each room of your house. One of the easiest
    ways to run late is simply by not realising that the time is passing as quickly as it is.
    (3) Set all your clocks and watches to the same time. Don’t be an optimist. Things usually take longer than what
    you’d expect, even without major delays. If you have a dinner appointement at 7:30 p.m., don’t think you can
    work till 7 p.m., then take a bath, dress and reach on time. Realistically, calculate the time you will take at each
    step and then add 10 minutes more to allow for unexpected delays, or you cannot get to your job in time.
    (4) Wake up when you are supposed to wake up. Don’t hit the snooze button, keep on lying in bed, and watch
    TV at the very start of your day. Maybe try even setting your clock 10 minutes earlier than you need. If you
    have difficulty with this, move your alarm clock to somewhere away from your bed; that way, you have to get
    up to turn it off. Commit yourself to being 15 minutes early for everything. If you have to reach your place of
    work at 8:00, don’t even tell yourself this. Just tell yourself (and everyone else who listens- but don’t annoy
    them or make them think that they are late or early!) “I have to be at work at 7.45”. If you do this, you willl be
    on time even with little unforeseen delays. You will be on time even with a traffic jam.
    Question 1.1
    Complete the following statements using words/phrases from the passage. Attempt any eight. [1 × 8 = 8]
    (a) Some people believe that if ….. it will help them be earlier.
    (b) Many others know ….. they disregard it altogether.
    (c) Keep …… in each room.
    (d) One of the things that can be done is …… of five or ten minutes.
    (e) Many a time we do not realise that ……
    (f) Instead of pressing the snooze button ……
    (g) If you have difficulty in getting up …….
    (h) It is a good habit to ……. somewhere away from your bed.
    (i) It is good to commit yourself …… for every thing.

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