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प्रश्न
"My right to swing my fist ends, where your nose begins." Elucidate with reference to, ‘On the Rule of the Road’.
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उत्तर
Rights are not completely individual affairs. In order to enjoy one’s rights, one has to respect the rights of others too. The lady in Petrograd had the right to walk on the pavement. The right to move stops when the other person’s right to drive starts. A person may have a walking stick and roll it too. But his right just stops where the other person’s nose begins. No one has the right to violate the rights of others. The right, one exercise, must not affect or erode the rights of others. One should not think of one’s own rights but also the rights of others.
A.G.Gardiner beautifully illustrates this idea by emphasizing the metaphor of traffic rules. Rules of the road are in fact rules of politeness and unselfishness. One may have absolute freedom in the choice, of food, religion, fashionable dress, upkeep of hair, funny hairstyle, etc. But one must be conscious of the rights of others. So, the statement “my right to swing my fist ends, where your nose begins” fits well with the central theme of the essay ‘ On the Rule of the Road’.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Who did the narrator meet at the outskirts of Verona?
Why did the driver not approve of the narrator buying fruits from the boys?
What were the various jobs undertaken by the little boys?
Why does the author advise removing cream from the milk?
Does the author like drinking tea with sugar? Give reasons.
Discuss how the essay reveals the factual points and the author’s personal opinions on the preparation of tea.
Based on your understanding of the text, complete the chart given below by choosing the appropriate words or phrases given in brackets.
Golden Rules of Tea Preparation
(add sugar, shaken, milk, infused properly, strainers, without cream, taken to the kettle, small quantities, China or earthenware, stirred, warmed)
| Tea should be made in ______in a teapot. |
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| The teapot should be made of ______ |
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| The pot should be ______beforehand. |
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| The pot should not have ______ |
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| While pouring water the teapot should be ______ |
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| The tea leaves should be ______ |
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| After making tea, it should be ______or the pot should be ______ |
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| The milk for the tea should be ______ |
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| The author does not like to ______to tea. |
How was the unattended trolley put to use?
Who encouraged them and how?
What happened in the grand finale?
Detail the statistics Dr. Barnard has provided in his speech.
How did the boy who played the mechanic lose his eyesight?
Why does Dr. Barnard describe the blind boy as a ‘walking horror’?
“These two children had given me a profound lesson …” Elucidate.
Describe the ‘Grand Prix’ at Cape Town’s Red Cross Children’s Hospital.
Life is unjust and cruel to certain people. Do they all resign themselves to their fate? Can you think of some who have fought their disabilities heroically and remained a stellar example for others? (for e.g. the astrophysicist Stephen Hawking, a paraplegic). Give an account of one such person and his/her struggle to live a fruitful life.
Why was the original zest fading away?
What did Tenzing and Edmund Hillary gift to the Gods of lofty Summit? How did they do it?
What did the photograph portray?
How did the firm snow at the higher regions fill them with hope?
Describe the stool that the narrator’s family had.
Why did the family find it difficult to make a chair?
What was grandmother’s suggestion of wood? Why?
What does the ‘rule of the road’ mean?
Define ‘liberty’ as perceived by the author.
What does the traffic policeman symbolize?
‘Curtailment of private liberty is done to establish social order’ – Do you agree?
