Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow:

Friendship has been universally accepted as one of the sweetest relationships on earth. It offers security against the difficulties of life and is a source of great emotional satisfaction. It makes life sweet and gives meaning to it.

Like all other relationships, friendship is also governed by certain rules and boundaries to be kept. The first of which is if you want a friend, you should be a friend. Friendship is a matter of mutual love, respect and trustworthiness. Love alone can breed love. Nobody is going to love you unless you return similar sentiments of love. You cannot accept respect unless you respect others. If you are not trustworthy as a friend, you cannot expect others to be trustworthy.

Secondly, it is important to keep in constant contact with your friends. Continuous sharing of feelings with friends increases the depth of the relationship. On the other hand, if there are long intervals between our meeting, friendship might fade away.

Friendship does not mean that we blindly agree to whatever a friend says or stand by him even if he is wrong. Values are supreme and ought not to be forsaken under any circumstances, If ever one has to make a choice between friendship and truth or honesty, though the choice may be painful, there should be no hesitation in making the choice.

Finally covering up the faults of a person is also not friendship. However, we cannot be harsh while criticising a friend.