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RC Passage
Something strange haunts the cultural landscape of America. Movie makers and television producers have Become the most powerful, though perhaps not the most careful historians. It seems fair to say more people are getting their history or what they think is history, from the movies these days than from the standard history books. The phenomenon is probably unavoidable, yet, if the history as presented by the movies turns out to be a muddy blur of fantasy and fact, the consequences cannot be good. In the 16th Century, Francis Bacon said that history makes men wise. It follows that bad history, trivialized history, history distorted and sensationalised, can make them foolish. There is indeed something disconcerting about the tendency of today’s movies-as-history to construct multi coloured and sound-tracked edifices of entertainment on the slender foundations of what appear to be actual events.
CDS RC: Passage-28
Question 1 |
1. Movie makers can manipulate the actual events of history.
2. The quality of standard history books has deteriorated.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1 only | |
2 only | |
Both 1 and 2 | |
Neither 1 nor 2 |
Question 2 |
both powerful and careful | |
powerful but not sticklers for accuracy | |
neither powerful nor careful | |
forced to stick to facts |
Question 3 |
history aided by technological support makes men wise | |
history as a plain and actual record of events makes men wise | |
asentimentalised account of events is good history asit gives pleasure | |
good history cannot dispense with the help offered by movies |
Question 4 |
The author is all admiration for the movie makers and television producers of America | |
The author regrets that movie makers and television producers of America do not have good stories | |
The author does not find fault with trivialized or distorted history | |
The author does not really approve of the rather disturbing trend of today to rely on movie makers and television producers to describe history |
Question 5 |
- Movies are responsible for the children in America to neglect their academic schedules.
- Children in America are losing respect for their parents because of the influence of the technological advances depicated in the movies and television programmes.
1 only | |
2 only | |
Both 1 and 2 | |
Neither 1 nor 2 Both of them are incorrect. |
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