LESSON: LIBERTY AND DISCIPLINE
Q.
1. Who wrote the chapter 'Liberty and Disciplines?
Ans. William Slim.
Q.
2. What is discipline?
Ans. It is the training of mind and
character.
Q.
3. What is considered as a restraint on liberty?
Ans. Discipline.
Q.
4. What would happen if everybody did what he wanted?
Ans. There would be complete disorder
in the world.
Q.
5. What happens when the sense of order or discipline fades?
Ans. Its economic life declines.
Q.
6. What would you call the discipline imposed forcibly’?
Ans. It is nothing but dictatorship.
Q.
7. Who saluted the narrator when he was walking on to a parade?
Ans. A private soldier.
Q.
8. For what did the Colonel rebuke the writer?
Ans. For not returning a salute
properly.
Q.
9. For what purpose is totalitarian discipline designed?
Ans. To submerge the individual.
Q.
10. How can a nation overcome an economic or military crisis?
Ans. With the help of discipline
only.
Q.
11. How can an officer build up the leadership of his team?
Ans. He can build up the leadership of
his team on the discipline of understanding only.
Q.
12. What should an officer do to inculcate a sense of discipline in his
subordinates?
Ans. He must display high standards
of discipline in his own life.
Short Q/AA1-
The author defines liberty as freedom
to think what we like, say what we like, work at what we like and go where we
like.
A2- Discipline is restraint (control)
on liberty. It trains people to obey rules and orders. it is necessary in every
field of liberty.
A3- We should keep to the left for
our own safety, for the safety of others, to avoid punishment by law.
A4- Enforced discipline comes from
outside but pure discipline comes from ourselves.
A5- British believe in the liberty to
think, to say, to work and to go where they like.
A6- Because discipline is considered
a restraint on liberty.
A7- because he lives in a complex
society in which everybody is dependent on
others.
A8- The author acknowledged his
salute with an airy wave of the hand.
A9- The Colonel had made the author
march in front of the whole battalion. He
ordered him to practice saluting it
till he knew how to return a salute.
A10- He told him that discipline
begins with the officers.
A11- The leader can built up the
leadership of his team by accepting a higher kind of discipline and
self-discipline.
A12- According to the author, to take
men into your confidence is not new a technique in the last war.
A13- Because it is only discipline
that enables men to live in a community and yet retain individual liberty.
A14- Totalitarian discipline is
deliberately designed to submerge the individual.
A15- The author commended their role
by saying that they knew the importance of their work.
A16- A nation can overcome an
economic or military crises with the help of discipline.
A17- According to the author
democracy me
Ans that responsibility is
decentralized and no one can shirk his share of the strain.
LONG Q/A
A2- According to the author, history
teaches that when discipline in a nation grows weak through idleness, weakness
or groupism. It destroyed the economic life. Its standard of living falls and security
disappears. Either of these two things happen. In that case either some strong
militant power steps in or dictator arises. They impose their own brand of
discipline to control the situation.
A2 Liberty and discipline exist
together. Some people think that discipline is a restraint(control) on liberty.
It trains people to obey rules and orders. Liberty is the birthright of each
and every person .But even then, it is not a personal affair. It is a
compromise. If every man is free to do what he liked, there would be chaos(
lawlessness) everywhere. So discipline is necessary in every field of society.
We can have discipline without liberty, but we cannot have liberty without
discipline.
A3- Indiscipline leads to confusion.
It creates corruption, lawlessness and disorder. In short indiscipline eats
into the roots of our moral, social and national life.
A4- An officer must first realize his
own responsibility. Only then his instructions have an effect on his subordinates.
A5- Discipline is, in fact, the
foundation of all freedom. It makes man truly free. It enables man to live in
the society and yet retain individual liberty. It brings order in the society.
Page 33 vocabulary Ex-1
Ans- 1. Select 6. smile widely
2. a holy lecture 7. method
3. bent of mind 8. insulting
4. inevitable 9. Courage to start
5. know to be correct 10. A difficult
situation
Ex-2 Form Adjectives
1. ornamental 6. Tasty
2. delightful 7. Curious
3. businesslike 8. Memorable
4. useful 9. Witty
5. crafty 10. defective
Page 34 Grammar Ex-1 Determiner
1. an
2. Many 4.their
3. Every 5. its
Ex-2 Narration
1. The teacher will say that Gita is
performing on the stage.
2. She said that if she had been
rich, she would have helped him.
3. She rebuked Tom by saying that she
was so ashamed of him.
4. The lawyer asked Bob if he still
denied the charges.
5. The principal said that virtue is
its own reward.
Ex-3 Use as noun and verb-
Face-noun- I like her face.
Verb- I faced many difficult
situations.
Lock-noun- I bought a new lock.
Verb- Lock the room.
Delight-noun- Her singing is a
delight.
Verb- her presence delighted me.
Water-noun- Please give me a glass of
water.
Verb- I watered the plants.
Consent –noun- I gave my consent for
the new proposal.
Verb- I consented to his proposal.
Compete the sentences below.
Write
NO MORE THAN ONE WORD for each
Answer.
When you 1 ___________ where you want to go it
is 2 __________.
When you keep to the left while on the road,
it is 3 ____________.
Reasons to keep to the left own advantage, 4
_______ for others, confidence in others and fear of 5 _______.
We have a 6 _______ inclination to avoid
discipline. But, discipline is 7 _______.
Discipline enables 8 _______to live in a 9
_______ and yet retain 10 _________ liberty.
READING
(PASSAGE)
One morning, long ago, as a brand new
second-lieutenant, I was walking on to a parade. A private soldier passed me
and saluted. I acknowledged his salute with an airy wave of the hand. Suddenly
behind me, a voice rasped out my name. I spun around and there was my Colonel, for
whom I had a most wholesome respect, and with him Regimental Sergeant Major, of
whom also I stood in the same awe. “I see”, said the Colonel, “you don’t know
how to return a salute. Sergeant Major, plant your staff in the ground and let
Mr. Slim practise saluting it until he does know how to return a salute!” So to
and fro I marched in sight of the whole battalion, saluting the Sergeant
Major’s cane (I could cheerfully have murdered the Colonel, the Sergeant Major
and my grinning fellows–subalterns). At the end of ten minutes, the Colonel
called me up to him. All he said was: “Now remember, discipline begins with the
officers!”
Questions
1 – 10
Do the following statements
agree with the writer in the Reading Passage?
Write Yes, if the statement is correct.
Write No, if the statement is
incorrect.
Write Not Given, if the statement is
not given.
1 The narrator was a Brigadier.
2 The narrator’s name was Mr. Sim.
3 The entire brigade applauded for Mr
Sim’s behavior.
4 The narrator was punished to run
across the ground for one hour.
5 The Colonel finally said,
“Discipline begins with the officers!”
6 Sergeant Major panted a tree in the
ground.
7 The Sergeant Major saluted his
cane.
8 The grinning fellows were jealous
of the narrator.
9 Mr. Sim kept saluting the Colonel
for twenty minutes.
10 The lieutenant respected his
Colonel.
WRITING
I why do we impose
discipline on ourselves? Support your
Answer with an example.
