Tuesday, February 11, 2025

A Roadside Stand 12th Eng Question And Answer, Vocabulary, Poetic devices

Poem-5 

A ROADSIDE STAND by Robert Frost

    

Annotations

1- Shed = small building, storage (गोदाम),

2- Sped- went with full speed(तेज़ी से

3- Pathetically- pitiably-दयालुता

4-Dole- small charitable gift/ alms(हिस्सा),

5-Pled =  requested (अपील की)

 6- Polished traffic- rich people in cars धनी लोग

7- Marred- spoiled-(बिगाड़ा हुआ)

8- Quarts- containers-टोकरी

9- Crooked neck- bent neck-टेढ़ी गर्दन

10- Squash- a kind of gourd-कद्दू

11- Mean - miserly-कंजूस

12- Crossly- angrily-गुस्से में

13- Expand- spread-विस्तार

14- Kin- relatives सगे संबंधी

15- Warts = growths, bumps (मस्से)

16-  Gathered- assembled-इकट्ठा करना

17- Beneficent - generous-दयालुता

18- Beast - animals-जानवर

19- Enforce - compel/imposing

(लागू करना),


20- Calculated - planned-योजना बद्ध

21- Soothe - comfort-(शांत करना),

22- Longing - desire-इच्छा जाहिर करना

23- Lurks- lies hidden-दुबकना

24- Squeal- cry-आवाज

25- Plow up- turn over- मोड़ना

26- Requisite - desired-(आवश्यक),

27-Sane- sensible -(समझदार)

28- Pitiful- sympathetic, sad (दयनीय),

29- The flower of cities - the economy of cities अमीर/धनी लोग

30- Out of sorts- feeling annoyed गुस्से में

 31- Make our being expand - make our life easier-जीवन आसान बनाना

32- Are to be bought out- they will be paid for their land and settle in villages- घर मुहैया करवाना

 

33- Beneficent beast of prey - cruel hearted people who pretends to be good-शिकारी जानवर),

34- Swarms over their lives - overshadowed them-जीवन पर मंडराना 

35- Soothe them out of their wits- fool them without letting them come to know.बेवकूफ बनाना

36-Edges- Verge/ Corner-किनारे

37-Withering- fading-(मुरझाना),

38-Mercifully- kindly-(दयालुता से),





Poem-5 

A ROADSIDE STAND by Robert Frost

                   

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Textual Question answer

Q1.What is the message of the poem a Roadside Stand?

Ans.This beautiful piece by Robert Frost sends a strong message about the society we live in. He highlights the existing disparities in wealth and lifestyle and the woes of the less fortunate. He signifies the intricate characteristics of the poor section of society and their inability to strive for a better future despite their struggle and work and how this is a sentimental topic. He also emphasizes the need for equity in terms of monetary resource distribution.


Q1.रोडसाइड स्टैंड कविता का संदेश क्या है?


उत्तर. रॉबर्ट फ्रॉस्ट की यह खूबसूरत रचना उस समाज के बारे में एक मजबूत संदेश भेजती है जिसमें हम रहते हैं। वह धन और जीवनशैली में मौजूदा असमानताओं और कम भाग्यशाली लोगों की परेशानियों पर प्रकाश डालता है। वह समाज के गरीब वर्ग की जटिल विशेषताओं और उनके संघर्ष और काम के बावजूद बेहतर भविष्य के लिए प्रयास करने में असमर्थता का प्रतीक है और यह एक भावनात्मक विषय है। वह मौद्रिक संसाधन वितरण के मामले में समानता की आवश्यकता पर भी जोर देते हैं।

Question 2.

Why do the people who run the roadside stand wait for the squeal of brakes so eagerly? 

Answer:

The “squealing of brakes” means that a car has stopped at their roadside stand. It raises their hopes that the city-folk have stopped there to buy something from their roadside stand and some city money will come into their hands.


Q.सड़क किनारे खड़े होकर दौड़ने वाले लोग ब्रेक की आवाज़ का इतनी बेसब्री से इंतज़ार क्यों करते हैं?

उत्तर:"ब्रेक की आवाज़" का मतलब है कि एक कार उनके सड़क किनारे स्टैंड पर रुकी है। इससे उनकी उम्मीदें जगी हैं कि शहर के लोग सड़क किनारे अपनी दुकान पर कुछ खरीदने के लिए वहां रुके हैं और शहर का कुछ पैसा उनके हाथ में आएगा।

Question 3.

Why does Robert Frost sympathize with the rural poor?

 Answer:

Robert Frost feels an unbearable agony at the plight of the rural poor who are ignored and neglected by the rich politicians. The Government and the party in power are indifferent to their welfare. They fool them by making false promises and then fully exploit them to suit their own selfish interests.


Q.रॉबर्ट फ्रॉस्ट ग्रामीण गरीबों के प्रति सहानुभूति क्यों रखते हैं? उत्तर:

Ans.

रॉबर्ट फ्रॉस्ट को ग्रामीण गरीबों की दुर्दशा पर असहनीय पीड़ा महसूस होती है, जिन्हें अमीर राजनेताओं द्वारा नजरअंदाज किया जाता है। सरकार और सत्ता में बैठी पार्टी उनके कल्याण के प्रति उदासीन है। वे झूठे वादे करके उन्हें बेवकूफ बनाते हैं और फिर अपने स्वार्थ के लिए उनका पूरा शोषण करते हैं।

Question 4.

What was the plea of the folk who had put up the roadside stand? 

Answer:

The folk who had put up the roadside stand pleaded to the city dwellers to stop and buy their wares so as to enable them to earn some extra money for a decent living. They wanted that the rich people who passed from there in their cars should stop there and buy some goods from them. The money that these folks would earn from the rich people would help them to lead a better life.


Q.सड़क किनारे ठेला लगाने वाले लोगों की क्या थी गुहार?

उत्तर:जिन लोगों ने सड़क के किनारे ठेला लगाया था, उन्होंने शहरवासियों से आग्रह किया कि वे रुकें और उनका सामान खरीदें ताकि वे सभ्य जीवन जीने के लिए कुछ अतिरिक्त पैसे कमा सकें। वे चाहते थे कि जो अमीर लोग अपनी कारों से वहां से गुजरें वे वहीं रुकें और उनसे कुछ सामान खरीदें. ये लोग अमीर लोगों से जो पैसा कमाएंगे उससे उन्हें बेहतर जीवन जीने में मदद मिलेगी।

Question 5.

What is the ‘childish longing’ of the folk who had put up the roadside stand? Why is it ‘in vain’? 

Answer:

The ‘childish longing’, the poet refers to, is the dreams and desires of the rural folk who have a child-like longing for a better life that they hope to live with the help from the city dwellers. Their longing is in vain because the city folk are not willing to help them and so their ‘childish longings’ are not likely to be fulfilled.


प्रश्न 5.सड़क किनारे ठेला लगाने वालों की 'बचकानी चाहत' क्या है? यह 'व्यर्थ' क्यों है?


उत्तर: कवि 'बचकाना लालसा' का जिक्र कर रहा है, जो ग्रामीण लोगों के सपने और इच्छाएं हैं, जिनके पास बेहतर जीवन के लिए बच्चों जैसी लालसा है जिसे वे शहरवासियों की मदद से जीने की उम्मीद करते हैं। उनकी लालसा व्यर्थ है क्योंकि शहर के लोग उनकी मदद करने को तैयार नहीं हैं और इसलिए उनकी 'बचकाना लालसा' पूरी होने की संभावना नहीं है।

Question 6.

Why didn’t the ‘polished traffic’ stop at the roadside stand? Answer:

The ‘polished traffic’ conveniently overlook the roadside stand and do not stop there as their mind is focussed only on their destination. Moreover, they were critical of the poor decor of the stand, its artless interior and paint.


प्रश्न 6.सड़क किनारे स्टैंड पर 'पॉलिश्ड ट्रैफिक' क्यों नहीं रुका? 


उत्तर: पॉलिश ट्रैफिक' आसानी से सड़क किनारे लगे स्टैंड को नज़रअंदाज कर देते हैं और वहां नहीं रुकते क्योंकि उनका दिमाग केवल अपने गंतव्य पर केंद्रित होता है। इसके अलावा, वे स्टैंड की ख़राब साज-सज्जा, इसके कलाहीन इंटीरियर और पेंट के भी आलोचक थे।

Question 7.

What news in the poem ‘A Roadside Stand’ is making its round in the village? 

Answer:

The news making its round is about the resettlement of the poor, rural people who will be resettled in the villages, next to the theatre and the store. They would be close to the cities and will not have to worry about themselves any more.

Q.एक सड़क किनारे खड़ा' कविता में कौन सी खबर गाँव में घूम रही है?


उत्तर: जो खबरें चल रही हैं वे गरीब, ग्रामीण लोगों के पुनर्वास के बारे में हैं जिन्हें थिएटर और स्टोर के बगल के गांवों में बसाया जाएगा। वे शहरों के नजदीक होंगे और उन्हें अब अपनी चिंता नहीं करनी पड़ेगी।


Question 8.

Why do people at the roadside stand ask for city money? 

Answer:

The rural people running the roadside stand are poor and deprived, unlike the people of the city. They thus ask for city money so that they too can lead a life of happiness and prosperity. This much-needed city money can give them the life that had been promised to them by the party in power.


प्रश्न 8.सड़क किनारे खड़े लोग शहर का पैसा क्यों मांगते हैं?


उत्तर:

सड़क किनारे दुकान चलाने वाले ग्रामीण लोग शहर के लोगों के विपरीत गरीब और वंचित हैं। वे इस प्रकार शहर से धन मांगते हैं ताकि वे भी सुख और समृद्धि का जीवन जी सकें। शहर का यह बेहद ज़रूरी पैसा उन्हें वह जीवन दे सकता है जिसका वादा सत्ता में बैठी पार्टी ने उनसे किया था।

Question 9.

The city folk who drove through the countryside hardly paid any heed to the roadside stand or to the people who ran it. If at all they did, it was to complain, which lines bring this out? What was their complaint about?

Answer:

Lines which bring this are :

“The polished traffic passed with a mind ahead, or if ever aside a moment, then out of sorts; At having the landscape marred with the artless paint; Of signs that with N turned wrong and S turned wrong…” Their complaint was that the wrongly made signs had spoiled the natural beauty.


प्रश्न 9.शहरी लोग जो ग्रामीण इलाकों से होकर गुजरते थे, उन्होंने सड़क के किनारे खड़े स्टैंड या इसे चलाने वाले लोगों पर शायद ही कोई ध्यान दिया हो। यदि उन्होंने ऐसा किया भी था, तो यह शिकायत करने के लिए था कि कौन सी पंक्तियाँ इसे सामने लाती हैं? उनकी शिकायत किस बारे में थी?


इसे लाने वाली पंक्तियाँ हैं:


"पॉलिश किया गया ट्रैफ़िक आगे की सोच के साथ गुजरता है, या यदि कभी एक पल के लिए भी अलग हो जाता है, तो बेतरतीब ढंग से; परिदृश्य को कलाहीन पेंट से खराब कर देता है; संकेतों के साथ कि एन के साथ गलत हो गया और गलत हो गया..." उनकी शिकायत थी कि गलत तरीके से बनाए गए चिन्हों ने प्राकृतिक सौंदर्य को खराब कर दिया है।


Question 10.

The government and other social service agencies appear to help the poor rural people, but actually do them no good. Pick out the words and phrases that the poet uses to show their double standards.

Answer:

The words/phrases expressing their double standards are :

*pitiful kin

*mercifully gathered

*they won’t have to think for *themselves anymore


Q11.Where was a little new shed situated ?

Answer:

Out of the little old house in front at the edge of the road, was the place where ‘a little new shed’ was situated.


Q11.एक छोटा सा नया शेड कहाँ स्थित था?

उत्तर:सामने सड़क के किनारे छोटे से पुराने घर के बाहर, वह जगह थी जहाँ 'एक छोटा सा नया शेड' स्थित था।

Q12.What is the demand of the roadside stand ?

Answer:

The roadside stand pleaded not for a dole of bread but demands for some of the money, some cash which supports cities from sinking and withering faint.


Q12.सड़क किनारे स्टैंड की मांग क्या है?

उत्तर:सड़क के किनारे खड़ा व्यक्ति एक रोटी की गुहार नहीं लगाता, बल्कि कुछ पैसों की मांग करता है, कुछ नकदी जो शहरों को डूबने और मुरझाने से बचाती है।


Q13.What attitude does the polished traffic show ?

Answer:

The polished traffic passes with a mind ahead and does of pay little bit attention towards the roadside stands.

Q13.बढ़ा हुआ ट्रैफ़िक क्या रवैया दिखाता है?

उत्तर:पॉलिश किया हुआ यातायात आगे की सोच के साथ गुजरता है और सड़क के किनारे खड़े स्टैंडों की ओर थोड़ा ध्यान देता है।

Q14.What is the complaint of the poet ?

Answer:

The complaint of the poet is about the city’s money which he also wants to feel in hand and to expand their life’s standard.

प्रश्न 14.कवि की शिकायत क्या है?

उत्तर:कवि की शिकायत शहर के पैसे को लेकर है जिसे वह अपने हाथ में लेना भी चाहता है और अपना जीवन स्तर भी बढ़ाना चाहता है।

Q15.What is sold by the roadside stand sellers ?

Answer:

They sell wild berries in wooden quarts and crook necked golden squash with silver warts.

Poetic devices 

TRANSFERRED EPITHET: ➢Polished traffic ➢Selfish cars ➢PERSONIFICATION: 

➢1)A roadside stand that too pathetically pled

 ➢METAPHOR: ➢Trusting Sorrow ➢OXYMORON & ALLITERATION: ➢'Greedy good-doers' and 'beneficent beasts' of prey

Poem 5 – A Roadside Stand Poetic Devices

Literary Devices
1. Metaphor: Trusting Sorrow
2. Oxymoron & Alliteration: ‘Greedy good-doers’ and ‘beneficent beasts’ of prey.
3. Personification: 1) A roadside stand that too pathetically pled
4. Transferred Epithet: (a) Polished traffic (b) Selfish cars


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Keeping Quiet 12th Eng Question And answer, Vocabulary,

CBSE

Poem-2

KEEPING QUIET BY PABLO 

NERUDA

      

INTRODUCTION.

The poem “Keeping Quiet” written by Pablo Neruda discusses the need of maintaining peace and silence. He stresses upon being quiet and harmless to the human beings, animals and environment. He suggests that in order to maintain peace and harmony, it is required to stop and introspect ourselves.

The poet urges everyone to count to twelve and pause their activities, creating a universal stillness. This moment of quietness, free from the rush and noise of daily life, allows for self- reflection and a deeper understanding of our actions and their impacts.

This poem emphasizes the importance of self- introspection and silence. Furthermore, these two can transform the life of an individual. Moreover, they can also transform the face of the earth. The poet says that self-introspection and silence do not take much time to look within.With this poem, the poet wants us to understand the power of silence and how we can achieve peace and harmony with silence. It is an anti-war poem that asks humanity to stop violence and harming other humans or animals, which could be achieved through self-introspection.


 Q1- What will counting up to twelve and keeping still help us to achieve?     Or

What does the poet want us to do in poem "Keeping Quiet"?


Ans.  Counting up to twelve takes very short time.It helps to introspect and review our activities.It is generally observed that most of the ills and troubles of the world are caused by our rush  and inactivity.Meditation will help to restart our activities afresh in a better manner.Keeping quiet will help  them to become good human being on this earth.


Q2-Do you think the poet advocates total inactivity with death?

Ans.Stillness should not be confused with total inactivity.

Total inactivity brings death. The poet refuses to associate inactivity with death.During meditation we, hear the voice of conscience in moments of silence

It will help us to understand ourselves.Stillness means stopping our harmful activities.


Q3.What is the sadness that the poet,Pablo Neruda refers to in the poem' Keeping Quiet'?

Ans. The sadness that Pablo Neruda is worried about in his poem is the sadness of isolation that has made the man self centred, greedy  and uncaring. Man is the creator of all disasters.He is always threatening himself with death because of his thoughts and actions.This is the tragedy of life.


Q4-. What are the different kinds of wars mentioned in the poem? What is Neruda's attitude towards these wars?

Ans. The poet is against the wars of all kinds. He wants total stoppage of wars.There are three types of war mentioned in poem.

First Green wars against the environment, second wars with poisonous gases, 3rd wars with fire must be stopped at once.


Q5- What is the exotic moment the poet Pablo neruda wishes for?

        Or

Why does one feel  "a sudden strangeness" on counting up to twelve and keeping quiet?


Ans.It will be a very exciting and beautiful moment.

when everyone keeps quiet. There will be no rush for a second. The machines must stop for a moment. That moment will be fascinating for all of us. All of us shall enjoy the sudden strangeness of the moment together.


Q6.Justify the title ‘Keeping Quiet’.

Ans: The title of the poem is quite appropriate and logical. It suggests the necessity of quiet introspection. The people of the world are overactive and always on the move. Their activities have caused untold troubles and sufferings. Keeping quiet will help them to become good human beings. It will save them from many harmful and violent activities.Men never understand themselves. Nor are they ever sure of their actions. They face another tragedy. Due to their own actions, they are threatening themselves with death

The poet refuses to associate with death or deal with it.


Q.7. Why does the poet feel that we should not be so single-minded"?


Ans. People are generally single-minded. They want to focus on only one thing. They want to keep their lives going. They are ever busy in their pursuit. The poet wishes that they would not be so much absorbed with always remaining on the move. They must have some respite or rest. They too need peace or silence.


Q.8 What symbol from Nature does the poet invoke to say that there can be life under apparent stillness?


Ans. The poet doesn't want us to confuse 'stillness' with 'total inactivity. There can be life under apparent stillness. The post invokes the earth as a living symbol to prove his point. "When everything seems dead... later proves to be alive. The earth near attains total inactivity. Nature remains at work even under apparent stillness and it keeps the earth alive.


Q9. What does the poet want the fisherman, the salt gatherer and war makers to do?

 Ans. The poet hopes that the fishermen will not kill whales. The salt gatherer will cease his work and will get time to look at his bleeding hands. He wants that the war makers should come out in their

best clothes and walk hand in hand with their brothers under the shady trees.



Annotations

1-Exotic- unusual, exciting

2-inactivity- doing nothing

3-Truck with- associated with

4- Interrupt- disturb

5- Threatening- causing a threat

6- strangeness- unusual, surprising


MCQs

Q1- What does the title of the poem suggest?

Ans.Maintenance of silence


Q2- What does the poem speak about?

Ans.The necessity to introspect , understand and have feelings of brotherhood.


Q3- What does counting upto 12 signify and how will it help?

Ans.Hours of the day.

months of a year.it will help to create peace and harmony.


Q4- What is poet's pen name?

Ans.Pablo Neruda.


Q5Why does the poet ask people not to speak?

Ans.Because it creates barriers or obstacles in the form of misunderstanding amongst people



Q6.What is the rhyming scheme used in the poem?

Ans.Free verse


Q7- How will keeping quiet protect our environment?

Ans.By creating peace and brotherhood feelings


Q8- What does number 12 represent?

Ans.hours of the day and months of a year


Q9- What does the poem Keeping Quiet teach us?

Ans.To be peaceful , thoughtful and have feelings of brotherhood


Q10- Not move our arms' what does this expression refer to?

Ans.sitting still without any movement


Q11- What does the earth symbolise?

Ans.Perseverance and new beginning from seemingly stillness


Q12- What is always alive even when everything seems to be dead or still?

Ans.Earth and nature are always alive


Q13- Why is the moment of silence called Exotic?

Ans.Because of perfect peace and harmony


Q14- What is the poet expecting from fishermen?

Ans.To think and stop harming the fish.


Q15- While gathering salt, what will happen to the man if he keep silent for a moment?

Ans.he will think of the harm the salt is doing to his hands..




POEM -3

KEEPING QUIET BY Pablo Neruda 

       


1-Still = motionless, quiet (स्थिर), 

2-Exotic = unusual, strange (विचित्र), 

3-Rush = hurry, haste (जल्दबाज़ी), 

4-Engines = machines, motors (इंजन), 5-Together = united, collectively (साथ में),

6-Strangeness = unfamiliarity, oddity (अजीबता)

7-Fishermen = anglers, catchers (मछुआरे), 

8-Prepare = ready, arrange (तैयार करना), 9-Survivors = remainers, endure (उत्तरजीवी), 10-Shade = shadow, shelter (छाया), 11-Confused = unclear, mixed-up (भ्रमित), 12-Inactivity = idleness, stillness (निष्क्रियता),

13-Single-minded = focused, determined (एकाग्र), 

14-Sadness = sorrow, unhappiness (दुःख), 15-Interrupt = disturb, halt (विघ्नित करना), 16-Teach = educate, instruct (सिखाना), 

17-Alive = living, breathing (जीवित), 

18-Quiet = silent, still (शांत)

19-For once - single one एक बार



POETIC DEVICES


Stanza 1


1-Assonance: Use of vowel sound 'o' and 'e' (Now we will count to twelve, not move our arms so much)


use of vowel 'o' (victory with no survivors, would put on clean clothes and walk about with their brothers)



2-Anaphora: Two consecutive lines starting with the word 'Let's'

 let's not speak in any language,

 let's stop for one second,



3-Personification- for once on the face of the earth,perhaps the Earth can teach us


4-Pun- A pun is a figure of speech that plays with words that have multiple meanings, or that plays with words that sound similar but meaning different 


arms having two meanings-weapons and body limb



5- 'Alliteration - The repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighbouring words or syllables.

  • Now we will count to twelve 

  • and we will all keep still

  • we would all be together 

  • in a sudden strangeness 

  • would look at his hurt hands

6-Repetition-without rush, without engines

Repetition: use of 'war'


7-enjambment: and for once could perhaps a huge silence........of threatening ourselves with death.


8-Antithesis - It is a figure of speech that places two completely contrasting ideas or clauses next to one another.


Now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still.


• as when everything seems dead and later proves to be alive.


9-Symbolism - The use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense.

Now we will count to twelve (The number twelve symbolises twelve hours of the day or twelve months of the year).


Keeping Quiet 


Questions and answers, introduction 


https://englishscholarhubclgautam.blogspot.com/2024/07/keeping-quiet-12th-eng-core-questions.html



Keeping Quiet - Extracts

https://englishscholarhubclgautam.blogspot.com/2024/04/12-eng-flamingo-poem-3-keeping-quiet-by.html



By CL GAUTAM


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