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

The story has many instances of unexpected reactions from the characters to others’ behaviour. Pick out instances of these surprises.

What made the peddler finally change his ways?

How does the metaphor of the rattrap serve to highlight the human predicament?

Have you ever stopped at a roadside stand? What have you observed there?

The peddler comes out as a person with a subtle sense of humour. How does this serve in lightening the seriousness of the theme of the story and also endear him to us?

Discuss the following in a group of four. The group can deal with the given topic. Present the view of your group to the whole class.

The reader’s sympathy is with the peddler right from the beginning of the story. Why is this so? Is the sympathy justified?

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?

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

Discuss the following in a group of four. The group can deal with the given topic. Present the view of your group to the whole class.

The story also focuses on human loneliness and the need to bond with others.

Discuss the following in a group of four. The group can deal with the given topic. Present the view of your group to the whole class.

Have you known/heard of an episode where a good deed or an act of kindness has changed a person’s view of the world?

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.

Discuss the following in a group of four. The group can deal with the given topic. Present the view of your group to the whole class.

The story is both entertaining and philosophical.

What is the ‘childish longing’ that the poet refers to? Why is it ‘vain’?

Which lines tell us about the insufferable pain that the poet feels at the thought of the plight of the rural poor?

The man selling rattraps is referred to by many terms such as “peddler, stranger”, etc. Pick out all such references to him. What does each of these labels indicate of the context or the attitude of the people around him?

Mjölis is a card game of Sweden.

Name a few indoor games played in your region. ‘Chopar’ could be an example.

Strike out what is not true in the following. 

Rajkumar Shukla was

 Strike out what is not true in the following.

 Rajkumar Shukla was

Why is Rajkumar Shukla described as being ‘resolute’?