reading comprehension 4

 Work is worship and unless we treat it as such, neither we nor our country will progress. There is nothing to be ashamed of doing work. Some people feel that it is below their dignity to do certain jobs. It is said that a foreign diplomat once visited Abraham Lincoln when he was president of America. As the visitor went in, he found the great president polishing his shoes. Shocked at what he saw, the diplomat asked him whether he himself polished his shoes. President Lincoln asked, "why, who, polishes yours"? The great Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar carried the Luggage of a snobbish young man when the latter was looking around for a porter to carry the light luggage he had. Mahatma Gandhi too teaches us about dignity of work. Let us follow the examples of great people and realise that labour is dignifying and should be equated with worship 

   Question a. According to the passage whose example should we follow ? (i)  our own  (ii)  others (iii) great people  b. Supply one word from the passage for 'Praying to God'. . c.  Why was the foreign diplomat shocked ? d.  Who carried the luggage of the young man? e.  What  Work is worship and unless we treat it as such, neither we nor our country will progress. There is nothing to be ashamed of doing work. Some people feel that it is below their dignity to do certain jobs. It is said that a foreign diplomat once visited Abraham Lincoln when he was president of America. As the visitor went in, he found the great president polishing his shoes. Shocked at what he saw, the diplomat asked him whether he himself polished his shoes. President Lincoln asked, "why, who, polishes yours"? The great Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar carried the Luggage of a snobbish young man when the latter was looking around for a porter to carry the light luggage he had. Mahatma Gandhi too teaches us about dignity of work. Let us follow the examples of great people and realise that labour is dignifying and should be equated with worship 

   Question a. According to the passage whose example should we follow ?

(i)  our own  (ii)  others (iii) great people 


b. Supply one word from the passage for 'Praying to God'.

.

c.  Why was the foreign diplomat shocked ?


d.  Who carried the luggage of the young man?


e.  What does Mahatma Gandhi teach us  ?  

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