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Passage

Once Buddha was walking from one town to another town with a few of his followers. This was in the initial days. While they were traveling, they happened to pass a lake. They stopped there and Buddha told one of his disciples, “I am thirsty. Do get me some water from that lake there.”

The disciple walked up to the lake. When he reached it, he noticed that some people were washing clothes in the water and, right at that moment, a bullock cart started crossing through the lake. As a result, the water became very muddy, very turbid . The disciple thought, How can I give this muddy water to Buddha to drink! So he came back and told Buddha, “The water in there is very muddy. I don՚t think it is fit to drink.”

After about half an hour, again Buddha asked the same disciple to go back to the lake and get him some water to drink. The disciple obediently went back to the lake. This time he found that the lake had absolutely clear water in it. The mud had settled down and the water above it looked fit to be had. So he collected some water in a pot and brought it to Buddha.

Buddha looked at the water, and then he looked up at the disciple and said, “See what you did to make the water clean. You let it be … and the mud settled down on its own and you got clear water … Your mind is also like that. When it is disturbed, just let it be. Give it a little time. It will settle down on its own. You don ′ t have to put in any effort to calm it down. It will happen. It is effortless .”

Question 1 (1 of 5 Based on Passage)

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Choose the word which is the most similar in meaning to the word printed in bold used in the passage: Turbid

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

Clean

b.

Polluted

c.

Clear

d.

Crystalline

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Question 2 (2 of 5 Based on Passage)

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In the above passage what did Buddha emphasized on?

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

Buddha said whenever we are in trouble we should fight with others as it will relax our mind.

b.

Buddha said that one should concentrate on his own work and should not care for other people.

c.

He said whenever you are stressed out just give yourself some time and the things will get settle eventually.

d.

He said that we should not drink muddy and polluted water.

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Question 3 (3 of 5 Based on Passage)

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According to the above passage which of the points are true with respect to when Buddha asked his disciple to get him water to drink.

1 When the Disciple went for the first time he saw that the water was too muddy and polluted to drink.

2 The disciple did not go and he made up the story that the water was muddy and unclear.

3 Someone on the lake told the disciple that the water was poisoned and it was dangerous to drink.

Choices

Choice (4)Response

a.

Only 1

b.

Only 3

c.

All of the above

d.

Question does not provide sufficient data or is vague

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