CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

CLASS 9

THE SNAKE AND THE MIRROR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
WHAT WAS THE IMPORTANT POINT OF THIS LESSON?
A
NEVER BE ARROGANT AND PROUD.
B
ALWAYS BE PROUD.
C
ALWAYS BE ARROGANT.
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Confidence inspires others and will help you get the job done; arrogance turns everyone off. At work, confidence can get you hired; arrogance can get you fired. Arrogance feeds ignorance. You become over-confident or ignore what you don’t know.

Detailed explanation-2: -proud, arrogant, haughty, lordly, insolent, overbearing, supercilious, disdainful mean showing scorn for inferiors. proud may suggest an assumed superiority or loftiness. too proud to take charity. arrogant implies a claiming for oneself of more consideration or importance than is warranted.

Detailed explanation-3: -Excessive pride diminishes self-awareness. Like an arrogant leader who’s always exaggerating his achievements to denigrate his rivals. Excessive pride is an exaggerated appreciation of oneself by devaluating others-we turn other people into our competitors.

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