Though many youngsters are contributing to their respective nations in
different ways, there are some disturbing incidents in the recent past in
Andhra Pradesh which involve youth. In places like
In
Lack of
education among the parents, the quarrels among them, lack of awareness about
the importance of discipline in life, economic factors, cultural and social
factors are some other reasons for poor character levels among some youth. For
instance due to poverty some youth dropout from the educational institutes and
get involved in anti social activities including theft.
The successive governments have been taking several steps for the over
all well-being of youth but the targeted people hardly get benefitted from such
welfare programmes due to many reasons. One of them is lack of awareness among
the youth about the schemes being implemented by the government. The other
causes are heavy competition, misappropriation of funds by the officials and
politicians, etc.
The youth
clubs are good for the society but they should involve more productive
activities. For instance, there is a need to create awareness in the society
about many aspects of life such as the importance of voting, value of a
disciplined life, importance of non-violence, truthfulness, educating the
masses about law, and many such issues which play an important role in their
day to day life.
Thus the
youth of any nation should cultivate all those habits which contribute to the
over all well being of the people of respective nations. Such an attitude would
help them in becoming role models for the future citizens of any nation. The
youth is the most energetic and the future of any nation depends on them hence
they should act in a responsible manner. Swami vivekananda,
Mahatma Gandhi, Obama, Gautham Budha,Sachin
tendulkar, Muralitharan,
etc are some of the great inspirers for today's youth as these men achieved
great heights in their respective lives by cultivating a certain set of
qualities.
COMPREHENSION
1. Answer the following questions in your own words as far as possible.
a. What are the most important reasons
for violent attitudes among the youth?
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b. Are the engineering students a good example of youth? If no,
why?
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c. According to the text, do parents spend enough
time with their children?
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d. What issues should youth be aware about?
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e. What should the youth of any nation cultivate?
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2. There are many reasons that are responsible for the violent attitude among the youth. Tick
the ones mentioned in the text.
r The increase
in the number of television channels from abroad and
r Drugs;
r Alcohol;
r Friends;
r Developments
in communication technology;
r The quarrels
among them;
r Easy
availability of weapons;
r Poverty;
r Lack of
education among the parents;
r Divorce;
r Economic
factors, cultural and social factors.
3. Decide if these statements are true or false. Then, justify your
answer.
a. All the youth benefit from the welfare programmes that the government
launches at the national level.
Truer Falser
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b. The youth clubs are useless in the society.
Truer Falser
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4. Match the following words with their definitions.
Word |
|
Definition |
1) Rampage |
a) A suggestion. |
|
2) Successive |
b) Violent and usually
wild behaviour. |
|
3) Excessive |
c) Too much. |
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4) Proposal |
d) Happening one after
the other without any break. |
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5) Vigilance |
e) More careful
attention, especially in order to notice possible danger |
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6) Cultivate |
f) To try to develop
and improve something. |
5. What do the underlined in the
text refer to?
- They
(paragraph 1) :…….……….…………
- They
(paragraph 2) :…….……….…………