Read the following passages carefully. and answer the questions given below each passage:
I had then the false notion that
gymnastics had nothing to do with education. Today, I know that physical
training should have as much place in the curriculum as mental training. I may
mention, however that I was none the worse for abstaining from exercise. That
was because I had read in books about the benefits of long walks in the open
air and having liked the advice. I had formed a habit of taking walks which had.still
remained with me. These walks gave me a fairly hard constitution. The reason of
my dislike for gymnastics was my keen desire to serve as a nurse to my father.
Questions:
(a) What was the false notion of the speaker?
(b) How, according to the speaker, should
physical training be regarded in the curriculum?
(c) What did he do to keep himself physical
by fit and strong?
(d) Why did he dislike gymnastics?
(e) Which word in the passage means the
following:—
(i) Games and Physical exercise.
(ii) Health.
