Summary Writing (No.4) for Class-XII, WBCHSE

Write a summary in about 100 words of the passage given below:   10

            As daylight can be seen through very small holes, so little things will illustrate a person’s character. Indeed character consists in little acts, well and honourably performed in our daily life. One of the marked tests of character is the manner in which we conduct ourselves towards others. A graceful behaviour towards superiors, inferiors and equals is a constant source of pleasure. It pleases others because it indicates respect for their personality; but it gives tenfold pleasure to ourselves. Every man may, to a great extent, be a self-educator in good behaviour, as in everything else. He can be civil and kind, if he wills, though he may not have a penny in his purse. Even a kind look will give pleasure and confer happiness. Gentleness in society is like a silent influence of light which gives colour to all nature. It is more powerful than the application of force and more fruitful than that. (About 156 words)

Answer:   Little acts of a man show his character. So he should exercise good manners towards others. His graceful behaviour gives constant pleasure to everyone, including himself. Polite behaviour costs nothing, but its influence is great. It bears a powerful impact on society. It is more powerful and fruitful than the application of force. (About 53 words)

Summary Writing (No.3) for Class-XII, WBCHSE

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Self-reliance is the pilgrim’s best stuff, the worker’s best tool. It is the master-key that unlocks all the difficulties of life. ‘Help yourself and heaven will help you’ is a maxim which receives daily confirmation. He who begins with crutches will generally end with crutches. Help from within always strengthens, but help from without invariably enfeebles the recipient. It is not in the sheltered garden, but on the rugged Alpine cliff, where the storms beat most violently, that the toughest plants are reared. It is not by the use of corks, bladders and lifebuoys that you can best learn to swim but by plunging courageously into the waves and buffeting them.

To wait until some charitable man passes by – to stand with arms folded, sighing for a ‘helping hand’, is not the part of any manly mind. The habit of depending upon others should be vigorously resisted, since it tends to weaken the intellectual faculties and paralyse the judgement. The struggle against adverse circumstances has, on the contrary, a bracing and strengthening effect, like that of the pure mountain air on an enfeebled frame. (About 185 words)

Answer:    Self-reliance is the best way to fight against the difficulties of life. It is the key to a successful life. It strengthens a man while dependence on others makes him weak. God helps those who help themselves. So, one should attempt to fight alone against adverse circumstances. His struggle will make him strong. The habit of praying for charity and depending on others only weakens a man and his intellectual faculties. (About 71 words)

Summary Writing (No.2) for Class-XII, WBCHSE

Write a summary in about 100 words of the passage given below:   10 

The test of a great book is whether we want to read it only once or more than once. We want to read a really good book the second time even more than we wanted to read it the first time; and every additional time that we read it, we find new meanings and new beauties in it. A book that a person of education and good taste does not care to read more than once is very probably not worth much. But we cannot consider the judgement of a single individual as final. We may doubt such a judgement. But there is no doubt possible with regard to the judgement of generations. Even if we cannot at once perceive anything good in a book, which has been admired and praised for hundreds of years, we may be sure that by trying, by studying it carefully, we shall at last be able to feel the reason of this admiration and praise. The best of all libraries for a poor man would be a library entirely composed of such great works only, books which have passed the test of time.  (190 words)

Answer:   The worth of a book lies in its appeal to the readers. A great book may fail to inspire a single person but not the generations. The merit of a classic book may not be assessed at a first reading, but a careful subsequent reading reveals its greatness. It expresses new meanings and new charms with every additional reading. A man’s library should consist of such great books.  (About 68 words)

Summary Writing (No.1) for Class-XII, WBCHSE

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      The world is like a looking glass; if you smile, it smiles, if you frown, it frowns back. If you look at it through a red glass, all seems red and rosy; if through a blue, all blue; if through a smoked one, all dull and dingy. Always try then to look at the bright side of things. There are some persons whose smile, whose voice, whose very presence seems like a ray of sunshine that brightens the whole room. Greet everybody with a bright smile, kind words and a pleasant welcome. It is not enough to love those who are near and dear to us. We must show that we do that. While enjoying the blessings of life, we cannot expect to have no sorrows or anxieties. Life, indeed, a tragedy at times, and comedy very often, but as a rule it is what we choose to make it. (150 words)

Answer:   The world reflects the attitude of a man. It is as he makes it for himself. Life is no doubt a mixture of both joy and sorrow. But he must make the best of it by having optimistic attitude towards life. He must always try to look at the brighter side of things and love all.  (About 56 words)