Arts (English Medium) कक्षा १२ - CBSE Question Bank Solutions

Ageing is a natural process; have you ever thought what our elderly parents expect from us?

What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels?

Why are the young trees described as ‘sprinting’?

Why has the poet brought in the image of the merry children ‘spilling out of their homes’?

Why has the mother been compared to the ‘late winter’s moon’?

What do the parting words of the poet and her smile signify?

Notice these expressions in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.

1. looking for
2. slog their daylight hours
3. roof over his head
4. perpetual state of poverty
5. dark hutments
6. imposed the baggage on the child

What is Saheb looking for in the garbage dumps? Where is he and where has he come from?

What explanations does the author offer for the children not wearing footwear?

Is Saheb happy working at the tea-stall? Explain.

What could be some of the reasons for the migration of people from villages to cities?

Would you agree that promises made to poor children are rarely kept? Why do you think this happens in the incidents narrated in the text?

What forces conspire to keep the workers in the bangle industry of Firozabad in poverty?

How, in your opinion, can Mukesh realise his dream?

Mention the hazards of working in the glass bangles industry.

Why should child labour be eliminated and how?

What makes the city of Firozabad famous?

How is Mukesh’s attitude to his situation different from that of his family?

The beauty of the glass bangles of Firozabad contrasts with the misery of people who produce them.

This paradox is also found in some other situations, for example, those who work in gold and diamond mines, or carpet weaving factories, and the products of their labour, the lives of construction workers, and the buildings they build.

• Look around and find examples of such paradoxes.
• Write a paragraph of about 200 to 250 words on any one of them. You can start by making notes.

Here is an example of how one such paragraph may begin:

You never see the poor in this town. By day, they toil, working cranes and earthmovers, squirrelling deep into the hot sand to lay the foundations of chrome. By night they are banished to bleak labour camps at the outskirts of the city...

Have you ever visited or seen an elementary school in a slum?  What does it look like?