Note Making and Summarising (Reading Comprehension)

Note Making Format
(Title)
Notes. Format example-
1.
1.1 (sub-points)
1.2
1.3
2.
2.1
2.2
2.3
3.
3.1
3.2
3.2.1 (sub-sub points)
3.2.2
4.
4.1
4.2
Key to Abbreviations
1
2
3
4
5
Summary
Summary
(Heading)
–Body–
Points to remember- Note making and summarising

• Select only the relevant data and include only the essential phrases from the passage.
• Try to use a minimum amount of words. Complete sentences would not be accepted as notes. Thus,
the usage of full sentences must be avoided.
• Only really important examples need to be included.
• Eliminate the use of auxiliary verbs, prepositions etc.
• It is necessary to give a suitable title to notes and maintain proper indentation.
• It is mandatory to make at least four headings and subheadings.
• The summary should be brief and should be made using notes prepared. It is important that one
keeps in mind the word limit of the summary and strictly adheres to the notes.
• It is mandatory to include at least four abbreviations in your notes. Add a full stop after each
abbreviation to make it clear for the reader. They should be common and easily identifiable. For
example- “carbs.” for carbohydrates
• It is necessary to prepare a key to abbreviations (minimum four) and enclose it within a box.
• The presentation of this writing skill is of utmost importance.
NOTE MAKING EXAMPLE
Read the passage and answer the questions given below:
1. There is a clear dichotomy between Jayashankar Prasad’s daily life and the one that found
expression in his literature. In his literary formulations, Prasad advocated an escape- from
personality ideals and categorically stated: “An artist‟s art, and not his person, is the touchstone to
assess his work . . . it is only after losing his personality that he emerges in his art as an artist”.
2. In Prasad‟s works – his poems, short stories, novels, dramas etc. – what emerges is life as
shaped in the writer’s inner self by his emotions, fancies, dreams, reveries . . . His writings are a
record not of outer reality, but of the artist’s inner world. As such, of a proper appreciation and
understanding of his works more emphasis needs to be placed on the working of his mind, than the
events of his dayto-day life.
3. Prasad was born in a renowned family of Varanasi. His grand-father Shiv RatanSahu, a dealer in
high quality perfumed tobacco (snuff). Besides being an astute businessman, he was endowed with
a marked cultural taste. His home was the meeting place of the local poets, singers, artists, scholars
and men of religion. Prasad‟s father Devi Prasad Sahu carried forward this high tradition of family.
Prasad, therefore, had a chance to study the various phases of human nature in the light of the
business traditions, artistic taste and religious background of his family.
4. When the business had somewhat recovered, Prasad planned the publication of a literary journal.
Prasad started the “Indu”. The inaugural number appeared in July 1909. By this time Prasad’s
notions of literature had crystallized into a credo. In the first issue of Indu, he proclaimed, “Literature
has no fixed aim; it is not a slave to rules; it is a free and all-embracing genius, gives birth to genuine
literature which is subservient to none. Whatever in the world is true and beautiful is its subject
matter. By dealing with the True and Beautiful it establishes the one and affects the full flowering of
the others. Its force can be measured by the degree of pleasure it gives to the reader‟s mind as also
by the criticism which is free of all prejudice”. The words sound like the manifesto of romanticism in
literature.
5. Even while recognizing the social relevance of literature, Prasad insisted, “The poet is a creator . .
. he is not conditioned by his milieu; rather it is he who moulds it and gives it a new shape; he
conjures up a new world of beauty where the reader for the time being, becomes oblivious of the
outer world and passes his time in an eternal spring garden where golden lotuses blossom and the
air is thick and pollen”. Thus, the chief aim of literature according to Prasad is to give joy to the
reader and to create a state of bliss in him. Later under the impact of Shiv Advaitism, this faith of
Prasad got further strengthened.
(Extract from ‘Jayashankar Prasad- His mind and Art’ by Dr. Nagendra)
(a) On the basis of your understanding of the above passage, make notes on it using
headings and subheadings. Use recognizable abbreviations (wherever necessary-minimum
four) and a format you consider suitable. Also supply an appropriate title to it. (5)
(b) Write a summary of the passage in about 80 words. (3)
Solution 3:
Suggested Notes as per CBSE
Jayashankar Prasad- His life
1. His exprsn. in lit.
1.1 an escape
1.2 lose your personality
1.3 record of writer’s inner world
1.4 more emphsz. on mind than body
2. Personal life
2.1 renowned fam. of Varanasi
2.2 home- meeting place of the local poets, singers
2.3 grand-father- an astute businessman
2.4 had a chance to study phases of human nature
3. Started the “Indu”
3.1 in July 1909
3.2 proclaimed
a) lit. has no fixed aim
b) is free and all embracing genius
c) gives birth to genuine lit.
4. Social relevance of lit.
4.1 poet is a creator
4.2 moulds it
4.3 conjures up a new world of beauty
4.4 becomes oblivious of the outer world
5. Chief aim of lit.
5.1 give joy to the reader
5.2 create a state of bliss
Key to Abbreviations
Abbreviations Words
lit. literature
emphsz. emphasize
exprsn. expression
fam. family
Summary
Jayashankar Prasad- His life
Jayshankar Prasad found expression in literature and created an escape only after losing his
personality. His writings are a record of the writer’s inner world with more emphasis on mind than
body. He was from a renowned family of Varanasi where home-meetings of poets and singers would
take place. His grandfather was an astute businessman and therefore Prasad had a chance to study
phases of human nature. In July 1909, he started ‘Indu’, in which he proclaimed that literature has no
fixed aim, is free and all embracing genius and gives birth to genuine literature. He recognised the
social relevance of literature as the poet is the creator who mould it, conjures up a new world and
becomes oblivious to the outer world. The chief aim of literature is to give joy to the reader and
create a state of bliss.

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Read the passage and answer the questions given below:

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