QUE : Read the passage given below carefully and answer the questions. (2 marks*5 questions)

I and life are part of the same circle. Sometimes we feel that there is life – there is a circle but I am not in it, I am lost. The feelings that I am lost during the wanderings of life are themselves the greatest discovery – the most valuable achievement. This feeling is a game changer. In our studies, career, relationships, love, marriage, we sometimes suddenly feel that this is not for me – this is not me. Such a slow sound comes from deep within. The first symptom of such a mental illness is that countless things are happening around us and we are Nothing touches us from within. There can be three reasons why we set out to go somewhere and do not reach it, we do not know the direction, the direction is wrong or we have strayed from the direction. At such a moment we believe that we are lost. But today, here in my mind, there is no such feeling or intention of being lost due to going the wrong way or being misguided. In my mind, today – here is such a state of man that after preparation, struggle and achievement When someone is on the verge of reaching the peak of success, power, prosperity, they feel that they should not be here, they do not want all this. I have made mistakes, I have lost myself, this feeling is a rare and precious moment. A place and moment that they have imagined, longed for and dreamed of comes to them and they feel that they do not want this – for this reason I am not gone, I am lost, this is the unique moment in the life of a creator and seeker when he feels lost even in his own city and continent. At such a moment, in order to find something precious and to find himself, the perception and acceptance of being lost is indispensable. There are two ways to get lost; getting lost in searching for something or getting lost in finding something.

4.1 What does the author describe in the prose as the loss of self?

Answer: In the above prose, the author describes a mental illness or feeling that comes in the wanderings of life, in which a person feels that he is not made for what he is doing, external things do not touch him and he feels that he has lost what he wants to achieve. The author describes this feeling as the loss of self.

4.2 What mental illness does the author describe in this prose?

Answer: In this prose, the author describes such a mental illness, in which a person feels deep down in his heart that all these things are not for him, regarding various aspects of his life like studies, marriage, career, love, relationships, etc. He himself had set out to go somewhere else, but he has made mistakes by not reaching his destination. He does not care about the things around him at all.

4.3 What is the nature of employment in India?

Answer: The author describes a situation here, in which a person wanders a lot in his life and reaches somewhere, but at one moment he suddenly feels that he has taken the wrong path and made mistakes. But the confusion in the author’s mind is that in his mind this situation is not a feeling of being lost due to losing the way or wandering, but he considers it a rare and precious conviction.

4.4 What does the author consider a rare and precious moment? What should be done at such a moment?

Answer: When a person, after his struggle and achievement, achieves the peaks of success and prosperity, or achieves what he expected, longed for or saw in his dream, but then he realizes that he did not reach there, did not want all this, and that he is lost, then the author considers this realization a rare and precious moment. At this moment, it is inevitable for the person to accept the conviction that he is lost.

4.5 What is the basic meaning of this prose?

Answer: The basic meaning of the author’s prose is that when a person achieves something in life after struggle or hard work, reaches the peak of success and achievements, but suddenly he feels that he did not want all these things and did not want to go on this path, then he feels that he has lost himself in the dream world he has created, searching for something precious and finding himself. This is a description of a rare and priceless moment, and thus the feeling of being lost remains a unique moment for any seeker or creator.