Question

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.

It starts with a passion for a particular interest, then comes the conviction that it is imperative to realise it. Count the cost in years of effort, financial investments and sacrifice. Then if it is still burning in your blood and you are ready to commit yourself to the task, plunge. It could be in any field sports, science, arts, business, or design. The road may be uphill most of the way and often you are buoyed up only by the knowledge that you are doing what you love best and are doing the right thing. When stamina is running out, the prospect of success will keep you on track.

(i) Complete the analogy with a suitable word from the extract.

enthusiasm : passion : : belief : ______

(ii) Choose the correct option to complete the following sentence appropriately.

The author says that a realistic assessment of effort, investment and sacrifice is crucial for preventing ______.

1. the need for external support network
2. an early abandonment of the dream
3. initial excitement from fading over time
4. others from questioning one’s commitment

(iii) Complete the following with the correct option from those given in the brackets.

The word ‘plunge’ as used in the extract indicates a ______ (complete/gradual) involvement in a task.

(iv) Complete the sentence with an appropriate reason.

The author’s emphasis on ‘when you are doing what you love best and are doing the right thing’ works as a form of intrinsic motivation because ______.

(v) Mention one motivating factor besides ‘prospect of success’, that might keep a person on track, despite running out of stamina.

Answer 1

(i) enthusiasm : passion : : belief : conviction

(ii) The author says that a realistic assessment of effort, investment and sacrifice is crucial for preventing an early abandonment of the dream.

(iii) The word ‘plunge’ as used in the extract indicates a complete involvement in a task.

(iv) The author’s emphasis on ‘when you are doing what you love best and are doing the right thing’ works as a form of intrinsic motivation because it provides inner satisfaction and motivation to continue because the person is pursuing something they genuinely love and believe is right.

(v) The knowledge that one is doing what one loves best and is doing the right thing.