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2. Model for precis writing : There are numerous forms of psyshological ugliness.There is an ugliness of stupidity,for example of awareness.Un ugliness alsoof greed,of lasciviousness,of avarice.All these deadly sins,indeed,have their own peculiar negation of beauty.On the pretty faces of those especially who are trying to have a continous good time ,one sees very often a kind of bored sullenness that ruins all their charm.(Aldous Huxley).    Q1.Enumerate the forms of psychological ugliness in a single sense.   Ans: Stupidity unawareness ,lust and avarice are the forms of psychological ugliness.Q2: What is the effect of these deadly sins?  Ans:All these deadly sins negate the beauty of the pretty faces Q3:What one sees on the faces of those who want to have a continuous good time ? Ans: One sees a kind of bored sullennes on the faces of those who want to have a continuous good time .   Q4: What does the sullennes do with their faces ? Ans: This bored sullennes r...

Precis Writing

3.Model Precis Writing : Tolerance is a very dull virtue .It is boring.Unlike love,it has always had a bad press .It is negative..It merely means putting up with people,being able to stand things.No one has ever written an ode to tolerance,or raised a statue to her.This is the sound state of mind which we are looking for.This is the quality which will be most needed after the war .This is the only force which will enable different races and classes and interests to settle down together to the work of re,construction .(E.M .Foster)  Q1.What is meant by tolerance?   Ans.It means to put up with people and to stand things Q2.Which quality will be most needed after the war?  Ans.Tolerance will be most needed after the war. Q3.What is the sound state of mind?  Ans. Tolerance is the sound state of mind . Q4.How will tolerance contribute to the work of reconstruction ?  Ans. Tolerance will enable different races , classes, and interests to settle down together for the w...

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5.Precis Writing: There are certain things that our age needs and certain things that it should avoid .It needs compassion and a wish that mankind should be happy,it needs the desire for knowledge and the  determination to eschew pleasant myths ,it needs above all  courageous hope and the impulse to creativeness .The things that it must avoid and that have brought it to the brink of catastrophe are cruelty,envy greed,competitiveness,search for irrational subjective certainty,and what Freudians call the death wish.(Bertrand Russell)  Q1. What are the things that our age needs?   Ans. Our age needs compassion ,fellow.feelings,desire for knowledge and determination to abstain form pleasant myths .It also needs courageous hope and desire for creativity.  Q2.What are the things ,our age must avoid? Ans. It must avoid cruelty,envy,greed,competitiveness and irrational and blind certainity. Q3. Which are the things that have brought our age to the brink of catastrophe? ...

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7.Model Precis.Writing: The chief causes of large .scale violation : love for power.compition,hate and fear. Love of power will have no national outlet when all serios military force is concentrated in the international army.Competition will be effectively regulated by law, and mitigated by government control.Fear - in the acute form, in which we know it will disappear when war is no longer to be expected .There remains hate and malevolence.This has a deep hold on human nature .(Bertrand Russell) Q1.What are the chief causes of violence?  Ans.Love of power,competition,hate and fear are the chief causes of violence.  Q2.How can love of power be controlled?  Ans. It can be controlled by concentrating all the military force in the internation army.  Q3.How can competition be regulated? Ans.It can be regulated by law and government control .Q 4.How can fear be mitigated? Ans. Fear will automatically be mitigated when war is no longer expected. Q5. Title:   Chief cau...