Bunch Of Question And answer XI English

Q1 Why did Grand Mother hate music?

Ans.She believed it was the monopoly of harlots and beggars, not meant for gentlefolk or respectable people. She preferred silent, pious prayer

Q2.The grandmother had a divine beauty. How does the author bring it out?

Answer:

The grandmother was not pretty but had a divine beauty. She was dressed in spotless white sari. Her silver locks were scattered untidily over her pale, puckered face, and her lips constantly moved in an inaudible prayer. The author describes her “like the winter landscape in the mountains”

Q3.What was the happiest moment of the day for the grandmother?

Answer:

The happiest moment of the day for the grandmother in the city was when she was feeding the sparrows. They perched on her legs, shoulders, and head but she never shooed them away.

Q4.How does the author describe his grandmother?

Answer:

The author describes his grandmother as short, old, fat and slightly bent. To him, she looked the same for twenty years. It was difficult for him to imagine her young and pretty. But he found a

beauty in her old age, like the serene winter landscape

Q5.how did the grandmother celebrate the homecoming of a grandson?

Ans., Grandmother collected the women of the neighborhood,took a broken drum and started beating and singing songs of the homecoming of the warriors.She didn't pray on that day.She was taken ill in the morning.Doctor was called in to treat her.But Grandmother said that her end was near.She said that she did not want to waste her time. She lay peacefully in bed. She started praying and telling her beads. Soon her lips stopped moving,the rosary fell from her fingers, there was peace on her face and she was dead.

Q6.The way in which the sparrows expressed their sorrow when the author’s grandmother died.

Ans

When the the preparation was going

on, hundreds of sparrows sat silently surrounding the dead body of the author’s grandmother.There was no chirruping. The author’s mother threw some crumbs of bread at them. They took no notice of them. As soon as the grandmother’s corpse was taken for funeral rites, they flew away quietly. Thus the sparrows expressed their sorrow

Q7.The three phases of the author’s relationship with his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad.

Answer:

The three phases of the author’s relationship with his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad are: childhood –

In the village grandmother takes care of all the needs of the author, she wakes him up in the morning. She gets him ready for the school. She gives him breakfast to eat. She companies

him to the school.

boyhood –The second phase of their relationship begins when the author joins an English medium School in the City. She does not go with him to school.There is teaching of Western

science and maths.She cannot help him in his studies.

early youth –

She is allergic to music. When she comes to know that author is learning music ,she feels shocked.She thinks it is not meant for decent people and gentlefolk. It is the monopoly of beggars and prostitutes.The common link of friendship was snapped.

Q8.Describe the mental condition of the voyages on 4th and 5th January.

Ans.On January 4, the voyagers felt relieved after 36 hours of continuous pumping out water. They had their first meal after two days. But this relief was short-lived.In the evening black clouds began to build behind them. In the morning situation had become

horrible. They faced a dangerous situation on January 5. Jon asked his father if they were going to die.

Relieved-राहत अनुभव करना

Q9.How does the story suggest optimism helps to “endure the direst stress”?

Answer:

The story suggests that optimism certainly helps to endure the direst stress. The behaviour of the four adults during the crisis bears it out. Larry Vigil and Herb Seigler were two crewmen. As the mighty waves smashed the deck, water entered the ship through

many holes and openings. Right from the evening of January 2, Larry and Herb started pumping out water. They worked continuously, excitedly, on January 4. They remained

cheerful and optimistic while facing extremely dangerous situations. The narrator did not lose his courage, hope or presence of mind while facing problems. He did not worry

about the loss of equipment. He used whatever was available there. His self confidence and practical knowledge helped them to steer out of storm and reach the Ile Amsterdam island. Mary stayed at the wheel for all those crucial hours. She did not lose hope or

courage either.

Q10.What lessons do we learn from such hazardous experiences when we are face to face

with death?

Answer:

Life is not always a bed of roses.

Only those who dare can achieve their goal,those who fear remained confined to the four

wall of their house,can lose everything.

. Adversity is the true test of character. The purity of gold is judged by putting it on fire.The hazardous experiences bring out the best in us. Coward persons die many times before their death. Fear is a negative feeling and leads to inactivity and abject surrender

to circumstances. On the other hand, persons with self confidence, courage,

resourcefulness and presence of mind face all the dangers boldly and overcome all disasters.

Their sharing and caring attitude inspires others also to face the adverse circumstances boldly and tide over them

Q11.Why do you think people undertake such adventurous expeditions in spite of the risks involved?

Answer:

Man is adventurous by nature.

The greater the risk, the more the thrill. The thrill of exploring unknown lands,

discovering wealth and beauty lying hidden in far off lands inspires brave hearts to stake their life of rest and repose.. It is true that sometimes adventures are quite risky and

prove fatal. The failures of some persons do not discourage real lovers of adventure.They draw lessons from the shortcomings and errors of others and make fresh attempts with greater zeal. The success of an adventurous expedition brings name, fame and

wealth. History books are replete with accounts of famous explorers like Columbus,Vasco da Gama, Captain Cook and Captain Scott.

Q12.What did the narrator plan to do? What preparations did he make for it?

Answer:

The narrator planned to go on a round-the-world sea voyage on the same pattern as Captain James Cook had done 200 years earlier. For the past 16 years, he and his wife had spent all their leisure time developing and improving their skills with work – related

to travel on the sea.

Q13.Give a brief description of the narrator’s boat. How had the narrator equipped and tested it?

Answer:

The narrator’s boat was called ‘Wave-walker’. It was a beautiful 23 metre long, 30 ton wooden-hulled ship. It had been professionally built. They had spent months fitting it out

and testing in the roughest weather they could find.

Q14.How did they celebrate the Christmas holidays?

Answer:

They were 3,500 kilometres east of Cape Town on 25 December. The weather was very bad. Still they had a holiday—complete with a Christmas tree. New Year’s Day saw no

improvement in weather.

Q15.Why do you think the narrator calls ,ile Amsterdam ‘the most beautiful island in the world’?

Answer:

Ile Amsterdam was a very small island made of volcanic rock. It had little vegetation and

only 28 inhabitants. However, the island provided them safety from the huge waves of

the sea as well as opportunity to repair the damaged ship

Q16-What were the results of the CT scan?

Answer:

The results of the C.T. scan were quite encouraging. 1700 digital X-ray images in cross-section were created. A gray head appeared on screen. Neck vertebrae were quite clear. The images of hand, ribcage and skull were equally bright. These revealed that nothing had gone seriously wrong with Tut’s body

Q17.Who was Howard Carter? What did he find?

Answer: Howard Carter was the British archaeologist who in 1922 discovered Tut’s tomb after 80 years of unsuccessful search. He found three nested coffins of Tut. He finally reached

the most famous and beautiful mummy of the world.

Q18.Who was Zahi Hawass ? (discovering Tut The Saga Continues?)

Answer

Zahi Hawass was Secretary General of Egypt's Supreme Council of antiquities. He believed that Tut's mummy was in bad condition because of Carter's mishandling. He arranged the first ever CT scan of Tut's mummy for an accurate forensic reconstruction.

Q19.Who was Tut ?

Ans.Tut was a boy king of Egypt. He belonged to a very powerful dynasty which ruled for centuries over Egypt. Young Tutankhaten changed his name to Tutankhamun but he was popularly known as Tut. He ruled over his kingdom for about nine years.His father or grandfather, Amenhotep III, was a very powerful Pharaoh ruler over a period of 40 years.

Q20.Tut’s body was buried along with gilded treasures.

Answer:

The people of ancient Egypt believed in the resurrection of the dead. The kings were extremely rich. So Tut’s body was buried with gilded treasures. Their eternal brilliance was meant to guarantee resurrection. Things of everyday use were also buried with the

king.

Q21.The boy king changed his name from Tutankhaten to Tutankhamun.

Answer:

Tutankhamun means “living image of Amun”. He was a major god in ancient Egypt. King Amenhotep IV who changed his name to Akhenaten smashed the images of Amun and

got his temples closed. Tut oversaw a restoration of the old ways. He changed his name to express his belief in Amun.

Q22.“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.

Q23.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 a catastrophic experience.

Q24.The lack of determinism in quantum theory!”

Ans: According to 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 a lack of determinism.

Q25.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.

Q26.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.

Q27.Who was ARAM?

Ans.Aram was a nine-year-old boy who belonged to the Garoghlanian tribes of Armenians. He was a carefree and joyful kid. He was also honest and timid. His life was surrounded by the freshness and openness of Nature.He was cousin of Mourad.

Q28. Who was Mourad?

Ans.Mourad was a 13 years old boy,who belonged to the Garoghlanian tribes of Armenians.He was considered to be crazy and a direct descendent of Uncle Khosrove. He had a special way with animals and even with people. He domesticated the wild horse of John Byro. He repaired the injured wing of a robin bird; he knew how to deal with a horse, and how to soothe a dog.

 Q29. Character sketch of Khosrove?

Ans.Uncle Khosrov is the uncle of the protagonist Aram. He is notorious for his bad temper. He is highly impatient and sets aside any problem without even listening to the details. When his son reported that their house was on fire, he shouted the same 'It's no harm, pay no attention to it'.

Q30.What traits of the Garoghlanian family are highlighted in this story?

Answer: The Garoghlanian tribe was famous for its honesty and trust.They were proud of their family first, honest next and after that they believed in right and wrong. None of them would take advantage of anybody in the world. They would like to go without food rather than stealing something from someone. No member of the Garoghlanian family could be a thief.They were men of simple faith.They were satisfied with their guests with coffee and tobacco.They knew the art of living.These poor people had no money. Nobody could understand where they ever got money enough to keep them with food in their bellies.

Q31.Did the boys return the horse because they were conscience-stricken or because they were afraid?

Answer:

The boys returned the horse as they were afraid. The narrator had come to know that the horse belong  to farmer John Byro whose surrey had become useless because of his lost horse for a month. He informed Mourad and asked him not to return the horse as he wanted to learn how to ride a horse properly first. But unluckily when they met John Byro on the way, they got afraid. In doing so,they had kept the honour of their tribe at risk.This filled them with a feeling of regret.Therefore they decided to return the horse to John Byro.They put it stealthily in Byro’s barn the next morning.

Q32.Who was John Byro? Why had he come to the narrator’s house?

Answer:

John Byro was a farmer. He was an Assyrian by birth. He had learnt to speak Armenian. He came to tell the narrator's mother that his white horse had been stolen last month.He was a farmer.Perhaps he had settled down somewhere in Armenia ten miles away from the narrator's home. He had come to the narrator’s house to share his woes over the loss of his only horse. His horse was missing for a month.He is the real owner of the beautiful white horse.

Q33.What impression do you form about Khosrove?

Answer: Khosrove was an uncle to Mourad and Aram.  He was an enormous man with a powerful head of black hair. He had the largest moustache in the entire San Joaquin Valley. He was quite furious in temper,a very irritable and impatient fellow who lost his temper quite easily if somebody cried over his loss.He is notorious for his bad temper. He is highly impatient and set aside any problem without even listening to the details. His most repeated words  were. It is no harm; pay no attention to it.” Once uncle Khosrove was getting his moustache trimmed in a barber shop.  His own son Arak ran 8 blocks to the barber shop to inform him that their house is on fire.  Uncle got impatient and roared at his son when the barber reminded him that his house was on fire. Uncle roared at him and stopped him from talking.

Q34-What were the narrator's views about stealing  Or

what distinction does the narrator make between a horse ride and stealing money

Ans. According to the narrator, stealing a horse for a ride  was  something different from stealing money. If you were crazy about horses. It was not stealing at all; it would mean to stealing only if you intended to sell the horse.

Question 35:

How did Mrs Dorling react when the narrator said, I'm Mrs S’s daughter”?

Answer: Mrs Dorling behaved insolently.She pretended that she didn't know narrator or her mother.

Mrs Dorling held her hand on the door as if she wanted to prevent it opening any further. Her face showed no sign of recognition. She kept staring at the narrator without uttering a word.

Question 36:

Why did the narrator feel that she had come to a wrong address?

Answer: When the narrator arrived at Marconi street,Mrs Dorling behaved in an indifferent way.She thought that perhaps the woman was not Mrs Dorling. She had seen her only once,

for a brief interval and that too years ago. Secondly, it was probable that she had rung the wrong bell.

Question 37:

How did the narrator conclude that she was right?

Answer: The woman was wearing the green knitted cardigan of the narrator’s mother.The wooden buttons were rather pale from washing. She saw that the narrator was looking at the cardigan. She half hid herself again behind the door. Her reaction convinced the narrator that she was right.

Question 38: How did the narrator feel when she saw the things in Mrs Dorling house?

Ans. When the narrator was sitting in Mrs Dorling's living room, she felt as if she was in a place she knew and didn't know. She saw the tea pot with golden border, the cutlery box,antique plates and the silver spoons. All these things made the narrator nostalgic. She felt that those things had lost their value because of the loss of her mother.

Question 39

Describe Mrs S, and Mrs Dorling.

Answer:

Mrs S,: The narrator’s mother whose name Mrs S, was a kind-hearted, generous and liberal lady. She is simple Jewish woman who takes pride in her possessions and becomes the victim of war and exploitation. She trusts Mrs Dorling with her belongings.

A loving mother of the narrator and good friend of Mrs Dorling.She was fond of collecting valuable things. She is a middle aged lady. 

Q40. Mrs Dorling

Mrs Dorling was very cunning and clever lady.She was selfish, greedy and money minded lady.She was very insolent and rude lady.She had kept all belonging of the narrator's mother and refused to recognise the narrator.

Q41-Why did the narrator go to Marconi street?

Ans. The Narrator was a young Jewish woman who had to migrate due to war.After a few years of the war,she came back to her hometown to visit 46,Marconi street. This was the

address where mrs Dorling lives.She kept some valuable belonging of narrator's mother.Narrator wanted to get them back.That's why narrator visited Marconi street

number 46.

Q42.Theme of Mothers Day

The drama "Mother's Day" is about the situation of women in their households, namely mothers. The homemaker is devoted to her family and fulfils her duties with sincerity and devotion. But she is never aided, acknowledged, or thanked.

Q43.Message Of Mother's Day

Ans.The play is a protest against the inferior treatment of women in the family and demands that mothers should be seen as equal to their male counterparts while depicting the importance of the role they play in our lives. It forces the women to think and come out of the self-denial of their situation.

Q44.Character sketch of Mrs Fitzgerald?

Ans. Mrs Fitzgerald is Annie Pearson's next door neighbour . She is in her fifties and is a heavily built woman with an authoritative and aggressive Outlook. She is quite an independent sort of woman who smoke cigarette and drinks alcohol. Mrs Fitzgerald is a tarot card reader and also knows  some magic which she has learnt from an eastern country. She has a Sinister streak in her and she believes that husband sons and daughters should give respect to wives and mothers.

Q45.Character sketch of Mrs Pearson?

Ans. Mrs Annie Pearson is the the main character in the Play. She represents a typical wife and a mother  who is ready to do anything for her family. She is very soft, nervous and submissive by nature. She does all the household chores without any complaints but never gets the care and attention she deserves. Quite often she feels bad for being so much neglected but she lacks the essential courage, needed to show some domination over her family members..

Q46. How did Mrs Fitzgerald try to help Mrs Pcarson?

 Ans. Mrs Fitzgerald was the only person behind transforming and emboldening Mrs Pearson. She magically changed her own personality with Mrs Pcarson. While enacting Mrs Pearson, Mrs Fitzgerald acted tough with her husband and children.She made Mrs Pearson realize her own importance in the family. Rather, she inspired Mrs Pearson to stand for her rights and refuse to be ordered about by her family members.

Q47. What advice does Mrs Fitzgerald give Mrs Pearson regarding being the boss in her family?

 Ans.Mrs Fitzgerald encourages Mrs Pearson to be the mistress in her own house. She acquaints Mrs Pearson with her status and rights in the family. She tells her that her husband and children should share her work, the value of her work should be acknowledged by all her family members. Mrs Pearson is made aware of her status in the family. She is told to put her foot down and be the boss of her family. Her family is expected to learn to treat her properly.

Q48. How does the changed Mrs Pearson behave with her daughter Doris? 

Ans. The changed Mrs Pearson talks to her daughter in a cool incisive manner. She has not kept tea ready for her and refuses to iron her yellow dress. She criticizes her boy friend Charlie. 

.Q49 Why does Doris Say, "Mum-what's the matter with you?" 

Ans.Doris, Mrs Pearson's daughter, finds that her tea is not ready. Moreover, Mrs rearson tells her to iron her dress herself. She announces that she might go out to Clarendon for a meal. AlI this is unusual for Doris, and she gets irritated.

Q50.What is Doris' reaction when Mrs Pearson says she will work only forty hours a week?

 Ans. On hearing that Mrs Pearson will work only forty hours a week, Doris cannot believe her ears. She asks her mother where she will go for a weekend. She wonders if all this crazy talk is the result of an accident or a hit on the head.

 Q51. Doris says, "You'll see" to her father. What does she mean? 

Ans. When George asks Doris why she is crying. Doris says this, meaning he will see for himself how Mrs Pearson has changed. She is refusing to work for the family and talking tough to the family members Q7-How does Mrs Pearson express her disapproval of Charlie Spence? 

Ans. Mrs Pearson comments that Charlic Spence has buck teeth and is half-witted. Mrs Pearson feels that had she been there in Doris' place. she would have found someone better.

Q52-George. Doris, and Cyril were all ungrateful.How? 

Ans. George. DorIs. and Cyril were all ungrateful. They did not acknowledge or appreciate the labour and concern of Mrs Pearson. They took her for granted. They even bullied her,never thought that she should get her rightful place of honour in the family.

Q53. How is George Pearson treated at the club? 

 Ans. At the club, George Pearson is always mocked at by the members. He is called Pompy-ompy Pearson because they think him to be slow as well as pompous. 

Q54.Who was Joe Morgan? Why was he waiting for Dr Andrew?

Ans. Joe Morgan was a driller in the mining town of Blaenelly. That night he was waiting for Dr Andrew because he wanted to take him his home to help his wife who was expecting their first child after twenty years of their marriage. Joe and everyone else in the family wanted the things to be smooth.

Q55.What dilemma did Andrew face?

Ans. When Dr Andrew saw the still born baby, he was faced with the dilemma as to whom he should save first. Mrs Morgan's pulse was sinking and the still born baby too needed his attention. He could not decide what he should do. Instinctively he gave the child to the nurse and turned his attention towards the mother.

Q56.What did Andrew do to save the mother?

Ans. Andrew quickly smashed a glass ampule and injected the medicine into the pulse less body of Mrs Susan Morgan. Then he tried his best to revive her heart. When he found that her heart had strengthened, he turned his attention to the lifeless child.

Q57.. What treatment was given by the doctor to resuscitate the child?

Ans. The baby's blanched skin reminded Dr Andrew of a similar case he had seen in Samaritan. He also remembered the treatment given by his senior doctors. Without wasting a moment, he asked the nurse to bring two basins along with hot and cold water. Then like a juggler he plunged the baby in cold and hot water alternatively. Unfortunately this didn't work. Then he pressed the tiny chest of the baby and rubbed it with a towel. This technique worked and the baby

showed the signs of survival. 

Q.58. How did the lifeless baby show the first signs of life?

Ans. At first, the child's chest gave a short convulsive heave. It started gasping deeper and deeper as Andrew pressed the chest. Finally, a bubble of mucus came out of one tiny nostril. The blanched skin slowly began turning pink. Then came the child's cry-a sure sign of life.

Q59.Give the character sketch of Andrew Manson.

 Ans. Andrew Manson was a dedicated doctor who believed in saving the life of his patients. He went beyond the normal expectations from a doctor to save the wife and the baby of Joe Morgan. He used unconventional methods to save the baby's life by immersing him alternatively in steaming and icy waters. He did not give up till he had saved both the mother and the child.

Q60.What kind of king ruled over the state?

 Ans. The king who ruled over the state was just and placid which means fair and mild. He seemed to be interested in the welfare of common people. He showed himself to be justice loving but his sense of justice was quite absurd and awkward. He often lost his temper but pretended to be calm and gentle.

Q61.What funny advice was given by the so-called 'wisest' man?

Ans. When the king's men went in search of the wisest man, they brought the oldest man in the state, considering him to be the wisest. He could not even walk or see. The man opined that the arch was to be blamed as it had banged the crown and it should be hanged.

Q62.How did the king lose his life? 

Ans. As per the king's orders, anyone who fitted the noose should be hanged. All the people were

measured one after the other. Unfortunately no neck fitted in it as it was built very high. The only man who fitted it was the king himself because he was tall enough to reach it. So, he was hanged and thus lost his life.

Q63.How is the father’s helplessness brought out in the poem?

Answer:

The father’s helplessness is brought about by the existing circumstances. Usually a father is the best friend and advisor of the son. However, there is no bond of affinity or relationship between the two. It seems that the two are not on speaking terms even while living under the same roof. The father feels helpless that he can’t share what his son loves.

Q64.What does the speaker say about father-son relationship?

Answer:

Actually, the father-son relationship is non-functional. The father does not understand the aspirations, longings or cravings of the son. They speak like strangers. Their exchanges, if any, are just formal. Otherwise, silence surrounds them.

Question 65.

What do you think is responsible for the distance between father and son?

Answer:

The lack of understanding on the part of the older generation (here, father) is the root of the problem. The father wants the young man to stick to home turf. The son, now a young man, seeks fresh avenues and lives in a world of his own. The father finds it hard to adjust to the growing changes.

Question 66:

How can you infer that the father wishes his son to remain at home with him?

Answer:

The father finds the son’s interests quite different. He is home bound, whereas the son is on the look out for fresh avenues. He aspires for a world of his own. The father wants him to return home even if he undergoes losses by his extravagant ventures. He is willing to make up with him if he agrees to live with him.

Question 67:

What sort of father-son relationship has been depicted in the poem ‘Father to Son?

Answer:

The poem depicts a father-son relationship which exists in name only. The two have been living together in the same house for years. Even then the father does not understand his son. He confesses that he knows nothing of his son. The bond of affection between them lie broken. They have become formal just like strangers. Although the son resembles his father physically, yet he had his own vision, dreams and aspiration. He is not home bound and is not afraid to venture forth. The protective father is willing to forgive him for incurring loss of material wealth provided he returns home. The painful experience of lack of communication fills the father with utter helplessness, anger and grief. His efforts to restore the relationship fail as there is no response from the other side.

Q68.What is the central idea of the poem voice of the rain Class ?

The central idea of the poem The Voice of the Rain is that both rain and poetry hold a significant position on the earth. The poet describes the rain as a powerful force that has the ability to cleanse the earth, soothe our souls, and inspire creativity.

Q69**What are the moral values of the poem The Voice of the Rain?

Through this poem , the poet gives us important message. The rain is a life giving force because it helps the sea by giving life back to its own origin, making it pure and beautifying it at the same time. Rain is issued from the sea and after fulfillment, it duly returns to the sea to replenish it.

Q70**Justify the title ‘The Voice of the Rain’.

Answer:

The whole poem is about the eternal process of rain and its benefits. Through the words of the rain, the poet has tried to bring out the importance of rain for Earth, for plants and for man. As the poet is translating what the rain is speaking through its own language (the sounds it makes when it falls), the whole poem is about the rain talking to the poet. Thus, the title is justified.

Q71How is the cyclic movement of rain brought out in the poem?

Answer:

Rain water rises untouched out of the land and deep sea and gathers in the sky, where it changes form, and then comes down to earth to bathe the dry tiny particles of dust layers and all that lies buried under it. Then it returns to the place of its origin. Science textbooks indicate that water vapours from the rivers and ocean rise up to the sky due to the intense heat. They assume the form of clouds and after condensation drop down as rain. The water flows back through rivers to the seas and oceans.

Q72.What, according to the poet, is involved in the process of growing up?

Ans. The process of growing up involves the realisation of the reality of heaven and hell and that the adult behaviour is not what it seems to be. Above all, he discovers the joys of independent thinking, and decision-making.

Q73.Why does the poet feel that heaven and hell are not real places?

Ans. The poet has begun to exercise his logic. He thinks heaven and hell are not real places because Heaven and Hell are not found in geography books.

Q74.What does the poet observe in the behaviour of adults? Does he approve of It? 

Ans. The poet observes hypocrisy in the behaviour of adults. They do not do what they say. He neither approves nor disapproves of this. The understanding of adult behaviour is part of his growing up.

Q75.What is the poet trying to discover in the poem "Childhood"? What significant occasions has he mentioned?

Ans. In the poem "Childhood", the poet is trying to discover when childhood ends. The realization about Heaven and Hell, about the hypocrisy of adults and of his own independent thinking are the occasions that indicate intellectual growth and the development of his rational and critical faculties.

Q76.Where can the poet find his childhood? is it lost irrevocably?

Ans. Though the poet has lost his childhood irrevocably, it can be seen in an infant. Independent thinking frees the child of adult dependence. His own identity starts to develop.

Q77. Justify the title of the poem "Childhood."

Ans. The title is absolutely justified as the poet describes his impressions of childhood through his wonder, bafflement, doubts and, subsequently, a clear understanding emerges in the end. Childhood is an idyllic state of innocence and honest, blissful ignorance as to the harsh and crude reality of the world. This is the happiest phase of one's life. A child trusts everyone without questioning their intentions. The poet bemoans the loss of this naivete with time and gradually outgrows gullibility Markus Natten uses refrain to bring out the confusion and the loss of simplicity in the mind of the young child. He finally finds out the truth and reconciles with the fact that the loss will not be made good. It is incredibly interesting to note that every child goes through this muddled phase and tries to find the answers.

Q78. Describe the laburnum top.
Ans. The laburnum tree is silent and still. Its leaves are yellowing and seeds have fallen to the ground. It appears yellow in the afternoon light in September.

Q79 Why did the goldfinch enter the thickness of the laburnum tree? Quote the line/ words to support your answer.
Ans. Goldfinch enters to feed her young ones; the line/words which reflect it are ‘the engine of her family’ and ‘she stokes it full’.

Q80. What happened when the goldfinch came to the laburnum tree?
Ans. When the bird arrived, there was suddenly a lot of sound, activity, and chirping. When she went inside to nurse her chicks, the sound of shrill chick cries and fluttering wings made the entire tree seem to shake.

Q81. How is the tree transformed during the bird’s visit? Write the line that shows this transformation.
Ans. The tree is silent, still and empty before and after the bird’s visit. When the bird arrives, there is the sound of chirping, fluttering of wings and the whole tree comes alive. The line is ‘the whole tree trembles and thrills’.

Q82. In the poem ‘Laburnum Top’, what is the bird’s movement compared to?
Ans. The bird’s movement has been compared to that of a lizard. Her movement is smooth and clean like that of a lizard’s movement.

Q83. Why is the image of the engine evoked by the poet in ‘The Laburnum Top’?
Ans. When the goldfinch enters the dense leaf cover of the laburnum tree to feed her chicks, the poet uses the metaphor of an engine to depict the stirrings, sounds, and energy that can be heard.

Q84. What do you notice about the beginning and end of the poem ‘The Laburnum Top’?
Ans. The tree was silent before the goldfinch came. It became silent again after she left.

Q85. What do you like most about the poem?
Ans. The laburnum tree, which is silent and without leaves, is the subject of the poem. When a goldfinch visits to feed her chicks, it suddenly comes to life. The bird leaves, and the tree is once more silent and bare. The poem’s most appealing aspect is the life and energy the bird lends to the tree.

Question 86:

What does the word ‘cardboard’ denote in the poem? Why has this word been used?

Answer:

In the poem, the word ‘cardboard’ stands for the frame that supports and holds the photograph.The photograph shows the poet’s mother as a twelve year old girl with two of her cousins, Betty and Dolly.The word ‘cardboard’ has been used to depict that the photograph is many years old.It shows that life is Transient.

Cardboard-wooden frame/photograph फोटोग्राफ

Denote-संकेत

Preverve- सुरक्षित 

Question 87.

What has the camera captured?

Answer:

The camera has captured the three little girls .One of them is the poetess' mother and her two cousins, Betty and Dolly, Each of them is holding one hand of the mother. The mother was then

just a girl of twelve. All the three girls are smiling through their flying hair.They were there in their

swimming dresses.They are standing in shallow water.The Photograph shows innocent smiling

faces of three girls.

Shallow- छिछला

Question 88:

What has not changed over the years? Does this suggest something to you?

Answer:

The sea has not changed over the years. It is still the same.Its waves are as fresh, shining and tireless as they were years ago. But there is a great change in those who once paddled in it's beach.The changelessness of sea reminds us of the changes in human face with advancing age.The pretty faces and the feet of the three girls are mortal.

still - अब भी

tireless-निरंतर

Question 89:

The poetess’s mother laughed at the snapshot? What did this laugh indicate?

Answer:

This laugh indicated that the poet's mother enjoyed remembering her childhood days. when she

was quite young and free from the tensions and worries of life.The mother was then just a girl of

twelve.She laughed at the way they were dressed up for the beach holiday.The pain is that the lovely days of her childhood will never come back to her.

Question 90:

What is the meaning of the line “Both wry with the laboured ease of loss”.

Answer:

The poetess here brings out a similarity between the face of her mother and her own. Both the

faces had turned wry due to the intense feeling of their great loss. The mother had lost the joys of her childhood; The poetess had lost the laughter of her mother who was now dead. The poet is remembering the laughing face of her mother.

Both now belong to the past. This sense of loss is quite painful to bear the intense

Q91. How can you say that the photograph was taken on a windy day?

Ans. In the photograph the girls are seen smiling through their hair, the wind had made their hair

fly over their faces. This shows that the photograph was taken on a windy day.

Q92. Explain "The sea holiday was her past,mine is her laughter"

Ans. The mother often remembered the joy of her sea holiday.But it was for her a thing of the past,And for the poetess the laughter of her mother was a thing of the past.

Q93. Explain 'Its silence silences'

Ans. The poetess feels the loss of her mother very intensely. Life has no charm left for her.It is

like an empty space where there is nothing but silence.

Question 94:

What do you learn about the poetess’s mother from the photograph?

Answer:

The poetess’s mother was a big girl even at the age of twelve. She had a sweet face and enjoyed swimming as well as wading in sea-water with her cousins. Years later she laughed at the clothes they had put on for the sea holiday.

Q95. When did her mother die ?

Ans.twelve years ago

Q96.How many people were in the photograph?

Ans.three girls

Q97.Who are on both sides of her mother?

Ans. Cousins, Betty and Dolly

Q98.What are the three of them doing in the photograph?

Ans.holding hands and went for paddling

Q99.Who took the photograph of her mother with her cousin?

Ans.Her uncle

Q100.What does 'Terribly Transient Feet' mean in the poem?

Ans.her feet represent the mother, who changed with time while the sea remained the same

Q101.After how many years did her mother laugh on seeing the photograph?

Ans.twenty-three

Q102What is the meaning of the word 'wry'?

Ans. ironic

Q103.How many phases were depicted in the poem by the poet?

Ans. Three

Q104.What Epithet literary device was used in the poem?

Ans.Terribly transient

Q105.Explain"Watched their terribly transient feet-

Ans.Human life is transient in nature. At the time of the sea holiday of the poetess mother she was quite young and beautiful but she is no more today only her memories remain.