NIOS 10th English (Code 202) April 2024 SET-A PART B Answer Key + Tips

NIOS ENGLISH (202) Question Paper 2024 Solve

PART B

SECTION – A

"READING"

Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that follow:

Generally speaking, creative people often believe their purpose in life is to discover and implement the interrelatedness of things, to make order out of disorder. They also see problems where others see none and question the validity of even the most widely accented answers. Creative persons are compulsive problem seekers, not so much because they thrive on problems, but because their senses are attuned to a world that demands to be put together, like a jigsaw puzzle scattered on a table,

Several tests now in use reveal that highly creative people are much more open and receptive to the complexities of experience than are less creative people. The creative temperament has a tendency to break problems down into their most basic elements and then reconstruct them into whole new problems, thereby discovering new relationships and new solutions.

Highly creative people aren't afraid to ask what may seem to be naive or silly questions. They ask questions like, "Why don't spiders get tangled up in their own webs?" and, "Why do dogs turn in circles before lying down?" Such questions may seem childlike, and in a way they are. Children have not yet had their innate creative energies channelled into culturally acceptable directions and can give full rein in their curiosity- the absolute prerequisite for full creative functioning, in both children and adults.

Unlike children, creative people appear to have vast stores of patience to draw upon. Months, years, even decades can be devoted to a single problem.

The home, that encourages inquisitiveness contributes to creative development. The teacher who stresses questions rather than answers and rewards curiosity rather than restricting it is teaching a child to be creative.

To be extremely intelligent is not the same as to be gifted in creative work. The Quiz Kids are often referred to as geniuses. They would undoubtedly score high in memory functions .... But it is doubtful whether they are also fluent in producing ideas. Contrary to popular myths that glorify youth, more creative achievements are likely to occur when people grow older. While memory may factor with age, creativity is ageless.

Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the following questions :

Q17. What is the most striking feature of creative people?

Answer - Creative persons  are compulsive problem seekers, not so much because they thrive on problems, but because their senses are attuned to a world that demands to be put together, like a jigsaw puzzle scattered on a table.

Q18. Who are highly creative people?

Answer - Highly creative people are much more open and receptive to the complexities of experience than are less creative people. Highly creative people aren't afraid to ask what may seem to be naive or silly questions.

Q19. When can a child learn to be creative?

Answer - The home, that encourages inquisitiveness contributes to creative development. The teacher who stresses questions rather than answers and rewards curiosity rather than restricting it is teaching a child to be creative.

Q20. Find a word in the passage that means the following.

(a) Not able to control

(b) Willingness to know

Answer - (a) compulsive
(b) curiosity