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Summary
Ideas that have helped Mankind is an important essay written by the famous scientist and thinker (विचारक), Bertrand Russell. In this essay he describes the Ideas and inventions (खोज) that helped in human development. Long ago (बहुत पहले) humans lived in forests and caves (गुफा). They were afraid (भयभीत) of wild (जंगली) animals. They had to move from place to place in search of food (भोजन की तलाश में). Their number was small. Russell says that humans and animals suffer from calamities (आपदाओं से पीड़ित होना). Humans remember the causes of their sufferings (पीड़ा) and want to get rid of it in future. According to Russell, the ideas that helped mankind can be broadly divided into two categories (श्रेणियाँ), The first category of ideas is related to knowledge and technique (तकनीक). The second category of ideas is concerned with morals (आचार-विचार से संबंधित) and politics (राजनीति). The inventions of fire and agriculture (कृषि) were a great step in man’s development. All these ideas made us developed. We can say that no development was possible without these ideas.
MCQ Questions
1. We are able to get variety of enjoyment due to
(A) our intelligence
(B) our richness
(C) our physical strength
(D) None of these
2. We are more friendly
(A) within the herd
(B) outside the herd
(C) everywhere
(D) nowhere
3. After language the second most important thing which helped mankind was
(A) gold
(B) silver
(C) fire
(D) None of these
4. The taming of domestic animals made life
(A) pleasanter
(B) fearful
(C) harmful
(D) None of these
5. ‘Ideas That Have Helped Mankind’ has been written by
(A) G. Greer
(B) D.L. Sayers
(C) H.E. Bates
(D) Bertrand Russell
6. Bertrand Russell died in
(A) 1940
(B) 1950
(C) 1960
(D) 1970
7. Russell was awarded Nobel Prize for
(A) philosophy
(B) literature
(C) medicine
(D) economics
8. The most indubitable respect in which ideas have helped mankind is
(A) more knowledge
(B) numbers
(C) happiness
(D) less numbers
9. Survival for homo sapiens primarily was
(A) a problem
(B) never a problem
(C) both of them
(D) None of these
10. Birds die of hunger in large numbers
(A) during summer
(B) during rainy season
(C) during winter
(D) None of these
11. During summer birds
(A) remember this catastrophe
(B) forget this catastrophe
(C) fear from this
(D) None of these
12. Every human death loy starvation is preceded by a long period of
(A) sorrow
(B) anxiety
(C) happiness
(D) None of these
13. Human beings suffer more due to their
(A) ignorance
(B) intelligence
(C) reluctance
(D) None of these
14. Animals get pleasure from
(A) music
(B) football
(C) science
(D) None of these
15. Bertrand Russell has written the lesson
(A) The Artist
(B) Ideas That Have Helped Mankind
(C) I Have a Dream
(D) A Pinch of Snuff
16. Bertrand Russell was a philosopher and a
(A) historian
(B) scientist
(C) mathematician
(D) geologist
17. The invention of ……… was more important than the domestication of animals.
(A) car
(B) fire
(C) agriculture
(D) None of these
18. Civilization taught us
(A) to be unlawful
(B) to be rude or cruel
(C) to be more friendly towards others
(D) None of these
19. ……….. was also a commentator on a large variety of topics.
(A) Martin Luther King, Jr.
(B) Bertrand Russell
(C) Mahatma Gandhi
(D) Dr. Zakir Hussain
20. In ……. the last step was never taken.
(A) India
(B) Germany
(C) China
(D) France
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