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d ustrate the content on that mprobab e th ngs do happen n astrophys cs Passage III The v ager has customar y been very conservat ve n h s att tude and approach. He s re uctant to change h s trad t ona way of th nk ng and do ng th ngs. H s att tude, n many respects, s 'home-made s best'. For nstance, most catt e-farmers n the v ages, prefer to feed the r cows and buffa oes w th a home-m x compr s ng oca o -cakes ke mustard or cottonseed, pu ses, jaggery, sa t, etc. It. takes numerous v s ts, hard-conv nc ng, da y tr a s and exper ments to conv nce the rura catt e farmer that compound feeds, sc ent f ca y formu ated, mprove the y e ds of m k, w thout any ncrementa costs. The age-o d va ues and att tudes towards caste, creed, women, t me and money take t me to change. The v ager
has trad t ona y been a be ever n the ph osophy of 'Karma' or fate. He has found t more conven ent to b ame h s econom c dest tut on, poor v ng cond t ons, and stra tened soc a status on 'bhagya', 'karma' or 'fate'. The secur ty that the v agers f nd n the 'status quo', acts as a d scent ve to change and exper ment, n the short run. Many of these ant quated att tudes, va ue-systems and out ooks are chang ng, due to mproved eve s of awareness and educat on. However, the rate of change s s ugg sh. Att tudes that have foss sed over the centur es, do take t me to change. 9. When will you call a person conservative in his attitude and approach a When he wou d ke to try out every new dea before accept ng t b When he st cks to o d ways of th nk ng and do ng c When he so ves h s prob ems through tr ed out methods d When he mputes mot ves to change-agents 10. What does the phrase home-made is the best, imply a Whatever s be ng pract sed s better than what s new b The best shou d not be d scarded c Change for the sake of change s not good d Peop e shou d go n for Swadesh because t s home-made 11. What is the best method to convince the average Indian villager about the superiority of a new cattlefeed a Home-v s ts b F e d demonstrat on c D scuss on d D str but on of re ated terature 12. Which of the following is not the usual reason offered by an average Indian villager for his poverty a It s h s dest ny b It s because of h s res stance to new deas c It s God's w d It s a resu t of some of h s bad deeds comm tted n th s or the prev ous b rth Passage IV Near y two thousand years have passed s nce a census decreed by Caesar Augustus became part of the greatest story ever to d. Many th ngs have changed n the nterven ng years. The hote ndustry worr es more about overbu d ng than overcrowd ng, and f they had to meet an unexpected nf ux, few nns wou d have a manager to accommodate the weary guests. Now t s the census taker that does the trave ng n the fond hope that a h gh y mob e popu at on w stay put ong enough to get a good samp ng. Methods of gather ng, record ng, and eva uat ng nformat on have presumab y been mproved a great dea . And where then t was the modest purpose of Rome to obta n a s mp e head count as an adequate bas s for evy ng taxes, now batter es of comp cated stat st ca ser es furn shed by Governmenta agenc es and pr vate organ sat ons are eager y scanned and nterpreted by sages and seers to get a c ue to future events. The B b e does not te us how
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