Passage

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When I was growing up, my father said something to me I will never forget, "Son when you were born, you cried while the world rejoiced. Live your life in such a way that when you die the world cries while you rejoice". We live in an age when we have forgotten what life is all about. We can easily put a person on the Moon, but we have trouble walking across the street to meet a new neighbour. We can fire a missile across the world with pinpoint accuracy, but we have trouble keeping a date with our children to go to the library. We have e-mail, fax machines and digital phones so that we can stay connected and yet we live in a time where human beings have never been less connected. We have lost touch with our humanity. We have lost touch with our purpose. We have lost sight of the things that matter the most.

Why does the writer derive that we have lost touch with our humanity ?

Because we have landed on the moon

Because we can fire missiles with accuracy

Because science has developed much and made us arrogant

Because people have become indifferent to human values and feelings

✅ Correct Option: 4

The writer concludes we have lost touch with humanity because despite technological advances, people fail to engage meaningfully with each other. This indifference to human values and feelings, not scientific development itself, is the root cause.

Question 1

What does the line, "live your life in such a way that when you die the world cries while you rejoice" indicate about the kind of life that the father wanted his son to live ?

Question 2

Select the correct answer from the options given below and complete the sentence.

The reason for being less connected is that we _____ .

Question 3

When did the father give the precious advice to his son ?

Question 4

According to the passage, what have we forgotten in our life ?

Question 5

Select the correct answer from the options given below and complete the sentence.

"But we have trouble walking across the street to meet a new neighbour," indicates our _____ .

Why does the writer derive that we have lost touch with our humanity ?

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