VALUE-BASED QUESTION
Read the passage given below and answer the questions that follow:
“The design and use of building materials of houses vary from one ecological region to another. The houses made up of mud, wood and thatch, remain susceptible to damage during heavy rains and floods, and require proper maintenance every year. Most house designs are typically deficient in proper ventilation. Besides, the design of a house includes the animal 6 shed along with its fodder-store within it. This is purposely done to keep the domestic animals and their food properly protected from wild animals. Unmetalled roads and lack of modern communication network create a unique problem. During the rainy season, the settlements remain cut off and pose serious difficulties in providing emergency services. It is also difficult to provide adequate health and educational infrastructure for their large rural population. The problem is particularly serious where proper villagisation has not taken place and houses are scattered over a large area.”
(i) Justify the statement, “The problem is particularly serious where proper villagisation has not taken place and houses are scattered over a large area.”
(ii) Find out the values associated with it.
(i) The passage describes the problems of providing adequate facilities in areas where houses are scattered over a large area. During any disasters or calamities, the houses that are cut-off from the main area would be abandoned and cut-off from the main area. It would be very difficult to do the rescue operations and provide other necessities to them. This can especially happen if the houses in the area are not grouped together.
(ii) The kindness and compassion that the people residing in the area are an important value highlighted in the passage. They are providing both housing and food for the cattle in their homes. They are also keeping the food for the cattle safely and neatly. Thus, their kindness and compassion towards other living beings are depicted in it.
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