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Answer in about 100 - 120 words.

How, according to Nehru, is the present different from the past?

The present, according to Nehru, is different from the past in many ways, despite being similar at the grassroots level. He says that the fact that the people of the past lived in completely different environmental and living conditions is itself one of the biggest factors of difference between the two.


Besides, the cultural advancements, knowledge of science and of truth, the political and economic implications and the laws of the land were different in the past compared to what they are today, and this is what makes the two distinctly different. The past is like a window, and brings many gifts to us. In the olden days, people had made themselves learn to have unquestioning faith on people and matters, which is unlike today, when morals, curiosity and science have taken the better of faith. In fact, our minds have become a little dark and disillusioned, and there is plenty of uncertainty and doubt among us today.


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Using Suffixes: Nouns can be formed using suffixes.

Example:


Oblige is a verb by adding the suffix-tion, the word becomes obligation.


The word brutal is an adjective. when the suffix-ity is added we get the noun form brutality.


Form nouns by adding ' - tion' or '-ity' to each of the following words.


ambiguous, celebrate, compatible, ethnic, frugal, assume, declare, depreciate, fumigate,


exaggerate

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Replace each of the words in italics with the appropriate word.


a) The members welcomed the chairman respectfully.


b) In olden days, students in the Gurukula system had implicit faith in what their teachers said.


c) On witnessing the dance drama, the foreigner got a peek at Indian culture.


d) Kohli's trip to the U.S. turned out to be a disenchanted one.


e) The award-winning short story was on betrayal and revenge.

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Answer in about 100 - 120 words.

While it is important to understand the past, it is more important to value the future. Why?

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Answer in about 100 - 120 words.

"Actions justify thoughts." Elaborate.