SOLVED EXAMPLE OF NOTE-MAKING
[Link] the passage carefully:
Well-being is not just the absence of disease or illness. It is a complex combination of a
person’s physical, mental, emotional and social health factors. Well-being is strongly
linked to happiness and life satisfaction. In short, it could be described as how one feels
about oneself and one’s life. Every aspect of one’s life influences the state of one’s well-
being. Researchers’ investigations have found the following factors which enhance a
person’s well-being : network of close friends, enjoyable and fulfilling career, enough
money, regular exercise, nutritious diet, sufficient sleep, fun hobbies and leisure
pursuits, healthy self-esteem, optimistic outlook and so on.
2. The factors that influence one’s well-being are interrelated. For example, a job
provides not just money but purpose, goals, friendships and a sense of belonging. Some
factors also make up for the lack of others; for example, a good marriage can
compensate for a lack of friendship, while religious beliefs may help a person to accept
physical illness. Money is linked to well-being, because having enough money improves
living conditions and increases social status. But various international studies have
shown that it is the quality of our personal relationships, not the size of our bank
balance, which has the greatest effect on our state of well-being. Believing that money
is the key to happiness can also harm a person’s well-being.
3. Understanding the well-being of the population is very important. Measuring well-
being, however, in a population is difficult because the interpretation of well-being is so
subjective — how one feels about people’s lives largely depends on the way one sees it.
Like the saying goes: ‘one person’s problem is another person’s challenge.’
4. Keeping track of a population’s well-being helps governments to decide on particular
policies. It also acts as an indicator for various population trends. For example, knowing
the average weekly income of a population helps to set the ‘poverty line’, which may
then influence decisions on social welfare reforms. Well-being can be achieved through
a variety of means. Some are as follows : developing and maintaining strong
relationships with family and friends, making regular time available for social contact,
trying to find work that is enjoyable and rewarding, rather than just working for the best
pay, eating healthy, nutritious foods, doing regular physical activity, involving oneself in
activities that interest the people, joining in local organisations or clubs that appeal,
setting achievable goals and working towards them and trying to be optimistic and
enjoying each day.
(a) On the basis of your reading of the above passage, make notes on it using
recognizable abbreviations (minimum four), wherever necessary. Use a format
you consider suitable. Give it a suitable title also. (5)
(b) Write a summary of the above passage in about 80 words. (3)
WELL-BEING
1. Definition of well-being
1.1 absence of disease & illness
1.2 combination of physical, emotional & health factors
1.3 strongly linked to happiness & satisfaction
2. factors which improve well-being
2.1 network of close friends
2.2 enjoyable, fulfilling career
2.3 enough money, good health
2.4 religious beliefs
3. Importance of understanding people’s well-being
3.1 helps government frame good policies
3.2 helps determine poverty line
3.3 helps take appropriate action
4. How best achieved
4.1 having strong relationship with family & friends.
4.2 enjoyable, rewarding work
4.3 involvement in interesting activities
4.4 nutritious food & good health
Abbreviations Words
WB Well being
Imp. Importance
govt. government
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Summary
Well- being not just refers to absence of disease and illness, rather it is a combination of
physical, emotional and health factors. Well being is strongly linked to happiness and
satisfaction. The factors that improve well being include a network of close friends,
enjoyable and fulfilling career, money, good health and religious beliefs. It is important
to understand people’s well being to frame government policies which would further
help to determine the poverty line and take appropriate action. Well-being is best
achieved by having strong relationships with family and friends, doing enjoyable and
rewarding work, involvement in interesting activities and eating nutritious food for good
health.