Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow by selecting the most appropriate options:
Your attitudes are the perspectives from which you view life. Some people seem to have a good attitude towards most things. Some people seem to have a bad attitude towards everything. But when you look closer, you will find that most of us have a combination of attitudes, some good, some not so good.
Whatever attitude we have towards anything will affect how we feel about it, which in turn determines whether or not we will do well. So our right attitudes play a very important part in helping us become successful.
In fact, as we can see, a good attitude is essential for achievement of any kind ! We so often hear of someone who is said to have a “bad attitude”. The term is often applied to young people, especially to teenagers whose frequently get into trouble, but we often hear it about adults, too. The implication is always that the individual in question is not going to make it if he doesn’t change his attitude.
I would agree, without a good attitude it is not possible to see the opportunities ahead and set one’s sights to reach them. But even more important is the fact that in order to possess the kind of feelings which work for us, we’ve got to have the right attitude to start with.
But where do we get our attitudes from ? Are we born with them or do they just appear out of nowhere? Our attitudes are no accident. They don’t just happen. Our attitudes are created and influenced entirely by our beliefs.
QUESTION:
1. The term “bad attitude” is used for young people because they :
(A) defy all kinds of authority
(B) behave irresponsibly
(C) often get into difficulty
(D) are unpredictable
2. Right attitudes are absolutely essential to
(A) succeed in life
(B) win the goodwill of our peers and superiors
(C) have harmonious relations with others
(D) promote our mental well-being
3. Which one of the following statements is correct?
(A) We are born with our attitudes
(B) Our attitudes are influenced by our parents only
(C) Our attitudes are created and controlled by our beliefs
(D) Our attitudes are the results of our personal experience
4. A/An ________ attitude is absolutely necessary for attainment of any kind.
(A) virtuous
(B) cheerful
(C) optimistic
(D) good
(Source: CTET SEP-15 Paper-I)
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