C10/ Chapter # 3 : Secret of Happiness | Long Questions

Chapter # 3 : Secret of Happiness | Long Questions 

1. Describe, in your own words, how the professor changed the total attitude of the student.

Ans. The student was totally unsuccessful in his studies.  His professor told the class that and average man fails because he does not learn to control and consolidate his powers. The professor gave the example of the burning glass. The student realized the cause of his own failures. Thus his attitude towards life changed totally.

2. Write a small paragraph on 'The Proper Use of Human Energy'. 

Ans.  Every human being has an immense source of energy. But sadly,  an average man uses only 20 per cent of his mental power. The rest of it remains unused. If human beings learn to use their unused powers, they can face and master all circumstances. Thus through the proper use of human energy, complete peace can be attained. 

3. Relate the incident of North Woods in your words.

Ans. Once the author was staying in a lonely cabin in the North Woods. The night was very dark. The author heard some noises outside his cabin. He thought there were gangsters with machine guns abd pistols. But the author conquered his fear and flung the door open.  He found there only a little chipmunk that at once ran off in to the darkness.

4. Write, in brief,  the message given by Mr Kagawa.

Ans. Mr Kagawa said that we must have faith in God. We must have faith that God is always with us and cares for us. Such faith can give us real peace of mind and freedom from fear. Nothing can destroy such peace.

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