Category: Unseen Passage for Class 6

Camel is called the ship of the desert because it has the ability to survive in the desert without food and water for six to ten days. They are able to withstand the loss of about one third of their body fluid without danger. Its nose, ears and eyes are formed in such a way…

Scientists and doctors keep warning us of the dangerous effects of T.V. on various systems and organs of our body. Watching T.V. continuously for a long time is extremely harmful for the eyes. Everyone on an average watches T.V. for three to four hours daily. Consequently, eye-sight gets weak. Children are the most affected because…

Helen Keller was a popular teacher and a famous author. She became deaf and blind when she was only 19 months old. Her teacher Anne Sullivan taught her to read. She did so by spelling out words on Helen’s palm. Anne also taught Helen to touch a speaker’s lips and understand what was being said.…

Writing a mystery is not an easy task because without suspense, the reader’s curiosity will not be aroused. Agatha Christie is a well-known writer of mystery stories. The plot in each of her stories involves everyday character that we can relate to. This makes her stories more realistic because whatever she writes about can happen…

Water is one of the most precious gifts of nature, but it is unfortunate that we do not understand its worth and over-exploit this resource for our selfish purposes. It is a matter of serious attention that water must be conserved at all costs. We need water for daily use at home and for agriculture.…

There is a myth that there is something magical about computers and those who run them. The legend has got about that computers are ‘electronic brains’ and that programmers are some sort of supermen. The facts are that computers are very stupid and the people who programme them are normal human beings. Anyone who can…

It was Betty’s birthday. She was six, so there was to be a doll’s tea-party and a cake with six candles. And that was why Billykin was wearing a big blue bow. He was a little, fat, roly-poly kitten, and though he was proud of his bow, he found it rather a nuisance. For it…