📝 Note Making – Solved Examples (2022–2025)
📍 Year 2025 – Passage
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Students who are very fond of reading books are often labelled by their companions as bookworms. Their criticism generally comes from students who consider themselves better in sports. Students who shine in athletics for in games consider that it is better to spend time and energy in a sports arena than in a classroom or at the reading desk. All the same they do envy their fellows who shine academically. Academic honour has a glamour which is unique. It is not to be denied that playing games is useful activity, because it creates team spirit and also makes the sportsmen healthy and vigorous. That is why games and sports are given so much importance in the curriculum of schools and colleges. But studies should not be neglected and should be giver due importance along with other activities connected with education. Let each type of activity have its own place in our daily routine. Then only will we have students both academically sound and physically fit. We want our educational system to generate this synergy among our youth.
Questions:
(i) On the basis of your reading of the above passage, make notes on it.
(ii) Give a suitable title to it.
Notes
Title: Balanced Education
1. Bookworms vs. Sports Lovers
1.1 Reading lovers labelled bookworms
1.2 Sports stds. feel superior in games
1.3 Sports stds. envy acad. achievers
2. Academic Honour
2.1 Acad. honour has unique glamour
2.2 Socially respected
3. Importance of Games
3.1 Creates team spirit
3.2 Keeps stds. healthy & vigorous
3.3 Given imp. in edu. curriculum
4. Need of Balance
4.1 Studies must not be neglected
4.2 Equal imp. to sports & studies
4.3 Both → complete growth
5. Ideal Goal
5.1 Acad. sound + physically fit youth
5.2 Edu. system should create synergy
Use of Abbreviations:
stds. = students, acad. = academic, imp. = importance, edu. = education
📍 Year 2024 – Passage
Passage:There are some benefits of solar energy. First of all, use of solar energy is good for our environment. Solar panels do not emit harmful greenhouse gases that cause global warming. Solar panels require very little maintenance because there are no moving parts. They are easy to install. Their efficiency remains constant over the years. Our government offers several benefits like subsidy, tax benefits, and other incentives to those people who install solar panels. Another benefit is that the solar energy system can be used in remote areas also. Because of its inexhaustible supply and the potential to reduce our power bills, it is expected to become increasingly attractive as a renewable energy source.
Questions:
1. Give a suitable title.
2. Make notes on it.
Answers / Note-making:
Title: Benefits of Solar Energy
1. Environmental Advantages
1.1 No greenhouse gases
1.2 Eco-friendly, renewable
2. Practical Advantages
2.1 Low maintenance → no moving parts
2.2 Easy installation, constant efficiency
3. Govt. Support & Remote Use
3.1 Subsidy, tax benefits, incentives
3.2 Can be used in remote areas
3.3 Reduce electricity bills
Use of Abbreviations:
Ren. = Renewable, Govt. = Government, Sub. = Subsidy, Eff. = Efficiency
📍 Year 2023 – Passage
Passage: Since time began, the natural broad-leaved mixed forests of the Himalayas have played a crucial role in the life of the people of that region. In fact, the forests are the foundation of the whole economy of the hill villages. Green leaves and grass, for example, provide fodder for the animals whose dung is used as fertilizer. Dry twigs and branches are the only sources of domestic cooking fuel. The forests also provide large supplies of fruits, edible nuts, fibres, and herbs for local consumption. The forest breaks the flow of the seasonal rainfall that lashes the slopes of this mountain range every year during the monsoon. This creates springs and perennial streams which are vital for the mountain people and their animals during the dry summer months. For many years, however, large areas of these rich forest resources have been destroyed. For example, the forests of Tehri Garhwal were exploited to supply timber for the expanding railway network in the plains. The people of Tehri Garhwal in 1930 began a non-cooperation movement called Satyagraha – a form of peaceful resistance – to obtain justice in opposition to the oppressive forest laws.
Questions:
1. On the basis of your reading of the passage make a note on it using abbreviations if needed.
2. Give a suitable title.
Answers / Note-making:
Title: Importance of Himalayan Forests
1. Importance for Local Life
1.1 Fodder for animals → dung as fertilizer
1.2 Cooking fuel → dry twigs & branches
1.3 Fruits, nuts, fibres, herbs for use
2. Environmental Role
2.1 Control rainfall → create springs & streams
2.2 Vital for animals & people in dry months
3. Threats & Resistance
3.1 Timber exploitation → railway expansion
3.2 Tehri Garhwal → 1930 → Satyagraha
3.3 Oppose oppressive forest laws
Use of Abbreviations:
Fod. = Fodder, Gov. = Government, Saty. = Satyagraha
📍 Year 2022 – Passage
Passage: Games and sports are an important part of education. They help in the development of the physique and mind of the student. A sound body possesses a sound mind. If we are weak and sick, we cannot have a fertile brain. Games and sports keep us healthy. They keep us active and make us smart. Mere bookish knowledge would not lead to be blended in a suitable proportion so that the students can have the best of them. They should not only develop the mind but also the body. Both are essential for a wholesome personality. Games and sports have great value in student life. The foundation for a virtuous is laid in school. The sports arena teaches many things to the students and gives them discipline. It develops their sportsman spirit, mental outlook, cheerful nature, and strong physique. All these are important traits of successful life.
Questions:
1. On the basis of your reading of the passage make a note on it using abbreviations if needed.
2. Give a suitable title.
Answers / Note-making:
Title: Importance of Games & Sports
1. Benefits of G&S
1.1 Phys. & Mind dev.
1.2 Healthy, active, smart
1.3 Sound body → Sound mind
2. Role of Bookish Knowledge
2.1 Alone not enough
2.2 Needs balance with physical & mental growth
3. Lessons from Sports
3.1 Discipline
3.2 Sportsman spirit
3.3 Mental outlook, cheerful nature, strong phys.
Use of Abbreviations:
G&S = Games & Sports, Phys. = Physique, Dev. = Development