11th Eng The Adventure Questions And answers NCERT Based

Ch-5 The Adventures 

The Adventure NCERT 

Q1. “You neither traveled to the past nor the future. You were in the present experiencing a different world.”
Ans: Prof. Gaitonde was able to experience two worlds at one time. The one is where he is now and the other where he spent two days. The separation took place at the Battle of Panipat. He made the transition to the other world because at the time of his collision with the truck he was thinking about the theory of catastrophe and its role in war.

Q2.आपने न तो अतीत की यात्रा की और न ही भविष्य की। आप वर्तमान में एक अलग दुनिया का अनुभव कर रहे थे।" व्याख्या करना। Ans.प्रो. गायतोंडे एक समय में दो दुनियाओं का अनुभव करने में सक्षम थे। एक वह जहां वह अभी हैं और दूसरा जहां उन्होंने दो दिन बिताए थे। अलगाव पानीपत की लड़ाई में हुआ। उसने दूसरी दुनिया में परिवर्तन किया क्योंकि ट्रक से टक्कर के समय वह तबाही के सिद्धांत और युद्ध में इसकी भूमिका के बारे में सोच रहा था।

Q2. “You have passed through a fantastic experience: or more correctly, a catastrophic experience.”
Ans: This statement was said by Rajendra to Professor Gaitonde. When he was hit by the truck, he was thinking about Catastrophe theory and its role in the war. He was unconscious in the hospital for the next two days but he was in an alternate world having a real-life experience of many things which were not true in the real world where he actually lives. He noticed that the scenario was different and facts about history were different. So, he had passed a catastrophic experience.

Q2. "आप एक शानदार अनुभव से गुज़रे हैं: या अधिक सही ढंग से, एक विनाशकारी अनुभव से।"

उत्तर: यह कथन राजेंद्र ने प्रोफेसर गायतोंडे से कहा था। जब वह ट्रक से टकराया, तो वह आपदा सिद्धांत और युद्ध में इसकी भूमिका के बारे में सोच रहा था। वह अगले दो दिनों तक अस्पताल में बेहोश रहे लेकिन वह एक वैकल्पिक दुनिया में थे और उन्हें कई चीजों का वास्तविक अनुभव था जो वास्तविक दुनिया में सच नहीं थे जहां वह वास्तव में रहते हैं। उन्होंने देखा कि परिदृश्य अलग था और इतिहास के तथ्य अलग थे। तो, वह एक भयावह अनुभव से गुज़रा था।

Q3. Gangadharpant could not help comparing the country he knew what he was witnessing around him.
Ans: Gangadharpant Gaitonde had witnessed different facts of history which were the decline of Marathas and British rule. But here in a different world, the reality was different. Marathas had won the Battle of Panipat and there was no slavery under the white man. India was free and here people had self-respect. When he compared two different facts of the same country, he liked this different version of India more.

Q3. गंगाधरपंत उस देश की तुलना करने से खुद को नहीं रोक सके जिसे वह अपने आस-पास देख रहे थे।

उत्तर: गंगाधरपंत गायतोंडे ने इतिहास के विभिन्न तथ्य देखे थे जो मराठों और ब्रिटिश शासन के पतन थे। लेकिन यहां एक अलग दुनिया में हकीकत कुछ और थी। मराठों ने पानीपत की लड़ाई जीत ली थी और गोरे लोगों के अधीन कोई गुलामी नहीं थी। भारत आज़ाद था और यहां लोगों में स्वाभिमान था. जब उन्होंने एक ही देश के दो अलग-अलग तथ्यों की तुलना की तो उन्हें भारत का यह अलग-अलग संस्करण अधिक पसंद आया।

Q4. “The lack of determinism in quantum theory!”
Ans: According to the quantum theory, light consists of tiny particles of energy that behave like waves. But these particles are not determined or fixed. No one knows in which direction a particular atom or its part will travel. This is lack of determinism.

Ans.क्वांटम सिद्धांत के अनुसार, प्रकाश में ऊर्जा के छोटे-छोटे कण होते हैं जो तरंगों की तरह व्यवहार करते हैं। लेकिन ये कण निर्धारित या स्थिर नहीं हैं। कोई नहीं जानता कि कोई विशेष परमाणु या उसका भाग किस दिशा में यात्रा करेगा। यह नियतिवाद का अभाव है

Q5. “You need some interaction to cause a transition.”
Ans: Professor Gaitonde before the collision with the truck was thinking about catastrophe theory and its role in the war. He was wondering what might happen if the result was different in the Battle of Panipat. When he hit the truck, the neurons in his brain made the transition. This was explained by Rajendra to the professor when he failed to understand why only he made the transition.

Q5. "परिवर्तन के लिए आपको कुछ सहभागिता की आवश्यकता है।"

उत्तर: ट्रक से टक्कर से पहले प्रोफेसर गायतोंडे आपदा सिद्धांत और युद्ध में इसकी भूमिका के बारे में सोच रहे थे। वह सोच रहा था कि अगर पानीपत की लड़ाई में परिणाम अलग रहा तो क्या होगा। जब वह ट्रक से टकराया, तो उसके मस्तिष्क में न्यूरॉन्स ने परिवर्तन किया। यह बात राजेंद्र ने प्रोफेसर को तब बताई जब वह यह समझने में असफल रहे कि केवल उन्होंने ही यह परिवर्तन क्यों किया।

Talking about the Text

Q1. Discuss the following statements in groups of two pairs, each pair in a group taking opposite points of view.

(i) A single event may change the course of the history of a nation.
Ans:
For: A single event may change the course of the history of a nation. In the case of the Battle of Panipat, when Marathas won the war. The course of history changed and it led to a different shape of India. British rule ended and India soon became a democratic nation. People no longer were slaves under the white man. India was self-dependent and had self-respect.

Against: It is a matter of perspective that a single event may change the course of the history of a nation. As explained by Rajendra in the chapter, it is a catastrophic phenomenon that the Battle of Panipat had two courses of history in different worlds. Similarly, there may be different worlds having a different history of the same nation.

Q1. निम्नलिखित कथनों पर दो जोड़ियों के समूह में चर्चा करें, समूह में प्रत्येक जोड़ा विपरीत दृष्टिकोण रखता है।               (i) एक अकेली घटना किसी राष्ट्र के इतिहास की दिशा बदल सकती है।                                                              For: एक अकेली घटना किसी राष्ट्र के इतिहास की दिशा बदल सकती है। पानीपत की लड़ाई के मामले में, जब मराठों ने युद्ध जीत लिया। इतिहास की धारा बदल गई और इससे भारत का एक अलग स्वरूप सामने आया। ब्रिटिश शासन समाप्त हो गया और भारत जल्द ही एक लोकतांत्रिक राष्ट्र बन गया। लोग अब गोरे आदमी के अधीन गुलाम नहीं थे। भारत आत्मनिर्भर था, स्वाभिमानी था।                            Against विपक्ष: यह परिप्रेक्ष्य का विषय है कि एक घटना किसी राष्ट्र के इतिहास की दिशा बदल सकती है। जैसा कि अध्याय में राजेंद्र द्वारा समझाया गया है, यह एक विनाशकारी घटना है कि पानीपत की लड़ाई में अलग-अलग दुनिया में इतिहास के दो पाठ्यक्रम थे। इसी तरह, एक ही राष्ट्र का अलग-अलग इतिहास रखने वाली अलग-अलग दुनियाएँ हो सकती हैं।

Q2. Who was Professor Gaitonde? What was his plan in Bombay?
Ans. Professor Gaitonde, also known as Gangadharpant, was a historian. He had penned five volumes on history. Yet, he was still conducting research. He was travelling to Bombay. He intended to visit a large library and review the history books there to learn how the current situation came to be.

Q3. What was Gangadharpant’s experience on the way to Bombay?
Ans. Gangadharpant took the Jijamata express to get from Pune to Mumbai. His objective was to study some history books at the library. At Sarhad station, an Anglo-Indian checked the permits. The British Raj was established there. On the train, he was joined by a man named Khan Sahib. He observed that the city was very dissimilar from what he had imagined it to be.

Q4. What had Professor Gaitonde not expected in Bombay?
Ans. Although Professor Gaitonde had anticipated many surprises, he had not anticipated to witness the dominance of the East India Company in Bombay. According to history texts, the corporation was dissolved after 1857. But it seemed to be still be alive and flourishing in Bombay. He discovered a distinct array of shops, retail stores, and large bank structures than in England.

Q5. What for did Professor Gaitonde enter the Forbes building? What was his experience there?
Ans. The professor met his son, Vinaya Gaines, at the Forbes building. The front desk agent looked through the staff directory and telephone book. That name didn’t belong to anyone. It was a significant setback. He believed that everything up to this point had been sudden and unexpected, so the blow of his son’s absence wasn’t entirely unexpected.

Q7. What did the professor do in the Town Hall library?
Ans. The professor requested the history books he himself had written. The circumstances up till Aurangzeb’s death remained unchanged. The modification had been made in the prior volume. He read the account of the Panipat Battle. The Maratha army under the command of Sadashiv Rao Bhau and his nephew Vishwas Rao destroyed Abdali. Hence, there was a power struggle. It confirmed the Marathas’ dominance. The British company was downsized to a few influential enclaves close to Mumbai. The Marathas built their institutions for scientific research. They agreed to have English experts help them.

Q8. What is the professor’s opinion that was the cause of expanding British influence in India?
Ans. Professor Gangadhar was happy to find that the white men could not have increased their influence if the Marathas had not permitted them to remain in Bombay for commercial purposes. The 1908 deal stated that the lease would end in 2001.

Q9. What did the professor wish to find out in history books?
Ans. He was looking for an answer to how the Marathas had won the Battle of Panipat. In Bakhars, a history book, he discovered a clue. A bullet that missed Vishwasrao’s ear caused him to narrowly avoid death. The Maratha army’s spirit was raised by this, and they fought gallantly.

Q10. What two things did the professor put into his pockets at the Town Hall?
Ans. He slid the book, “Bakhar,” into his left pocket and placed some notes in his right pocket.

Q11. What bitter experience did the professor have at the meeting in Azad Maidan?
Ans. A lecture was in process when the professor reached Azad Maidan. When he noticed that the presidential chair was empty, he quickly sat on it. The crowd objected. They claimed the chair had symbolic meaning. The professor was violently escorted from the dais as soon as he started speaking to the audience.

Q12. How did Bakhar’s account of the Battle of Panipat differ from what other history books said?
Ans. In every history book the Maratha army was stated to have lost the battle. A bullet struck Vishwasrao, causing him to fall. As a result, t he army’s morale was damaged. The professor’s own copy of the Bakhar did not say that. According to the report, Vishwas Rao narrowly avoided being hit as the bullet missed his ear. The professor was delighted to learn the truth.

Q13. How did Rajendra rationalise the professor’s experience?
Ans. Rajendra made an effort to use two scientific theories to explain the professor’s experience. The professor had just gone through a terrible ordeal. The Abdali force was evenly matched with the Maratha army. Hence, a lot rested on the leadership and troop morale. The killing of Vishwas Rao turned out to be the decisive moment. They became discouraged and lost their will to win. But, Bakhar’s page offered a different perspective. According to the report, Vishwas Rao was not hit by the bullet, which helped the soldiers’ morale. The professor was thinking of this aspect when he was hit by the truck.

Q14. How did Rajendra try to explain the mystery of reality?
Ans. Normally, our senses allow us to directly experience reality. However, what we see is not entirely accurate. The professor, said Rajendra, had made a transition from one world that he knew to another that could have been. Alternative realities exist in addition to the reality that the observer can experience. When the professor fell unconscious after being struck by a truck, he also had a physical experience of another world.

Q15. ‘But why did I make the transition?’ What explanation did Rajendra give to the professor?
Ans. Rajendra surmised that some sort of contact must have brought about the transformation. Perhaps the catastrophic theory and its application to wars were on the professor’s mind at the moment of the collision. The professor acknowledged that he had been considering the direction history might have taken at the time if the Marathas had prevailed in the Battle of Panipat.

Thinking about Language

1. In which language do you think Gangadharpant and Khan Sahib talked to each other? Which language did Gangadharpant use to talk to the English receptionist?
Ans: Gangadharpant and Khan Sahib talked to each other in the Hindi language. On the other hand, Gangadharpant talked to the English receptionist in the English language.

2. In which language do you think Bhausahebanchi Bakhar was written?
Ans: It was written in the Marathi language.

3. There is mention of three communities in the story: the Marathas, the Mughals, the Anglo-Indians. Which language do you think they used within their communities and while speaking to the other group?
Ans: The Muslims used to speak Urdu, the Marathas used to speak the Marathi and Anglo-Indians used to speak in English within their communities.

4. Do you think that the ruled always adopt the language of the ruler?
Ans: Yes, the ruled always adopted the language of the ruler.

Working with Words
I. Tick the item that is closest in meaning to the following phrases.
1. to take issue with
(i) to accept
(ii) to discuss
(iii) to disagree
(iv) to add
Ans. (iii) to disagree

2. to give vent to
(i) to express
(ii) to emphasise
(iii) suppress
(iv) dismiss
Ans. (i) to express

3. to stand on one’s feet
(i) to be physically strong
(ii) to be independent
(iii) to stand erect
(iv) to be successful
Ans. (ii) to be independent

4. to be wound up
(i) to become active
(ii) to stop operating
(iii) to be transformed
(iv) to be destroyed
Ans. (ii) To stop operating

5. to meet one’s match
(i) to meet a partner who has similar tastes
(ii) to meet an opponent
(iii) to meet someone who is equally able as oneself
(iv) to meet defeat
Ans. (iii) To meet someone who is equally able as oneself

II. Distinguish between the following pairs of sentences.
1. (i) He was visibly moved.
(ii) He was visually impaired.
2. (i) Green and black stripes were used alternately.
(ii) Green stripes could be used or alternatively black ones.
3. (i) The team played the two matches successfully.
(ii) The team played two matches successively.
4. (i) The librarian spoke respectfully to the learned scholar.
(ii) You will find the historian and the scientist in the archaeology and natural science sections of the museum respectively.
Ans:
1. (i) clearly
(ii) defective eyesight
2. (i) one after the other
(ii) in place of
3. (i) with success
(ii) one after the other
4. (i) dignity
(ii) same order

Understanding the Text
I. Tick the statements that are true.
1. The story is an account of real events.
2. The story hinges on a particular historical event.
3. Rajendra Deshpande was a historian.
4. The places mentioned in the story are all imaginary.
5. The story tries to relate history to science.

Ans:
1. False
2. True
3. False
4. False
5. True