Happiness is considered important in life. Why is it difficult to define? What factors are important in achieving happiness? Everyone likes to be happy and people always love those who are happy. However, there is no specific definition for happiness. The reason may be that the factors providing happiness vary from person to person. In my opinion, the factors that provide happiness are sound health, good financial position and satisfactory social...

More and more people are relying on cars as their preferable mode of transport. What are the problems associated with this over dependence? What can be done to control this? (Look for ‘effects’ and ‘solutions’)   Recent years have witnessed an increasing trend to use cars for travel. There is no doubt in the fact that this dependence has many  inevitable consequences. First of all, more cars mean more pollution. These...

Many of the world countries are suffering seriously from population explosion. What are the reasons? What effect does it have on society? (Here you have to give ‘reasons’ and ‘effects’)   The increasing population has caused serious problems in every sphere. There was a time when population was considered to be an asset. However, this boon turned out to be a bane after the population grew more than a limit. The...

What Qualities, in Your Opinion, make a book a “Best Seller”? A ‘best seller’ is a book whose copies are sold in thousands. There is an inner urge in the reading public to buy such a book. The general reading public are normally averse to spending money on books. As a result, most of the books just gather dust in the shelves; they do not sell at all unless the sales...

Work is the only Route to Happiness. Discuss. The ideal put forward to young people has, traditionally, been `mens sana in corpore sano’, and this implies a proper balance between work and play. Yet to achieve happiness, that coveted but elusive state of total fulfillment, requires more. It is true that mankind in general, though with exceptions, has a built-in instinct for work. The vast gulf separating humanity from its physical...

Can Telling lies ever be Justified?   The old admonition to children, ‘speak the truth and shame the devil’, runs contrary to what is called the schoolboy’s eleventh commandment; ‘tell a lie, and stick to it’. The one adage advocates honesty at whatever personal cost. When charged with some illicit tree-felling, the young George Washington is said to have said ‘I cannot tell a lie’. Those who advocate moral rectitude always...

What Changes would you like to see in Today’s Society?   The term society has no general application. Every country differs from every other, however subtly, so answers must relate to a particular country. This answer relates to England, not even the whole of Britain. Perhaps the first point to acknowledge is that in comparison with many other countries, England has an overwhelming number of good features. Yet there are several...

Those who have no Knowledge of the Past are Condemned to Repeat it. Is Knowledge of History Important?   Historical knowledge is not only important. it is a crucial requirement in all who carry any kind of responsibility, whether in social, industrial, political or international affairs. In all these spheres, a knowledge of the past enables countries and individuals to sidestep old problem and to avoid the mistakes of the past....