Advertisements
Advertisements
प्रश्न
Answer any four of the following in 30–40 words each :
(a) Describe the irony in Saheb's name.
(b) Why was Gandhiji opposed to C.F. Andrews helping him in Champaran?
(c) Aunt Jennifer's efforts to get rid of her fear proved to be futile. Comment.
(d) What does Stephen Spender want to be done for the children of the school in a slum?
(e) When he was only ten days old, a prediction was made about the future of the Tiger King. What was ironic about it?
(f) What was his father's chief concern about Dr. Sadao?
Advertisements
उत्तर
(a) Saheb's name meant "lord of the universe," and ironically this lord ran about barefoot across the city, searching garbage bins and was abject to extreme poverty.
(b) Gandhi opposed to C.F. Andrew helping him in Champaran because of the following possible reasons
(i) he wanted to mould 'a new free Indian' and wanted them to stand on their own feet.
(ii) he didn't want Indians to take the help of an Englishman in their struggle for freedom. So he taught a lesson in self-reliance.
(c) The trembling hands of Aunt Jennifer because of the weight of the 'wedding ring' shows that she still is a victim of male chauvinism. Even her death won't free her from her ordeal as she will still be wearing the ring that symbolizes her failed marriage.
(d) The poet wants the children to be taken out from the slums they are living in and venture into the outside world. He wants them to be taken where they not only get the opportunity to study from books and to play in the open field. The poet wants freedom for the slum children from the present confines.
(e) The astrologers declared that the death of the prince would come from the tiger. It was terrifying to hear the prince utter the words “Let tigers beware!”. He then decided to kill one hundred tigers, and later received the title of 'Tiger King'. This proves the irony of the prophecy made when he was only ten days old.
(f) Sadao's education was the chief concern of his father. He sent Sadao to America at the age of twenty-two learn medicine and surgery. Sadao came up to his father's expectations. It made his father proud to see his son come back not just as a doctor, but also as a well-knew scientist in Japan.
संबंधित प्रश्न
What were Helen’s memories of Radcliffe?
Briefly explain the following statement from the text.
“You neither travelled to the past nor the future. You were in the present experiencing a different world.”
What are the criteria that Ruskin feels that readers should fulfil to make themselves fit for the company of the Dead?
Certain words in the poem are in capital letters — why?
Discuss the following in pairs or in small groups.
Kumudini Lakhia's life is an inspiring illustration of the emancipation of women.
“I can see clear bridges between my life experiences and my work in dance.” How does Kumudini Lakhia weave episodes from the two realms in her account?
Write words from the poem that describe the following.
- sky ____________
- heart ____________
- hand ____________
- beginning ____________
- surprises ____________
Answer the following question in short.
What was Pundit Shahane’s claim as a scholar?
Write one line about the following with the help of the poem.
wind in the autumn evening
Write one or two sentences about something beautiful, using your own experience or imagination. Then rearrange the words in the sentences in a poetic form. You may write about a beautiful day, a beautiful night, a stream, a crop standing in a field, a graceful bird or animal, etc.
Pick out three examples of interrogation (rhetorical questions) from the poem.
Explain in your own words the point that each one makes.
| Interrogation | Explanation |
| (1) | |
| (2) | |
| (3) |
Write other meaningful words that begin/end with stepmother.
Guess the meaning of the following word.
fragrant
Write the name of the toy against the picture.
Read the line and answer the question.
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying
Why does the poet ask for a windy day?
Read these lines and answer the questions given below.
And welcomes little fishes in
With gently smiling jaws!
- Who welcomes the fish? Why?
- Which line tells you that the crocodile is hungry?
What made the trip a memorable one?
The eggs hatched and the babies flew away.
When did the richest farmer get upset? Why?
How is water produced in Mars?
In this story, what happened to the Earth?
Jaswantgarh is named after the Indian soldier ______.
Recite the poem 'My Robot' with correct intonation.
When do we land on Mars?
What is the main idea of the story?
Like whom did they want to do?
Divya and Rani decided to draw a ________.
Write the word with same meaning.
eraser- ______.
Write about the places where the poet wants us to run.
Who was burning with curiosity?
