Science (English Medium) इयत्ता ११ - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for English Core

This play, written in the 1950s, is a humorous and satirical depiction of the status of the mother in the family.
Do you think it caricatures these issues or do you think that the problems it raises are genuine? How does the play resolve the issues? Do you agree with the resolution?

If you were to write about these issues today what are some of the incidents, examples and problems that you would think of as relevant?

Is drama a good medium for conveying a social message? Discuss.

Read the play out in parts. Enact the play on a suitable occasion.

Discuss in groups plays or films with a strong message of social reform that you have watched.

What impressions of Shahid do you gather from the piece?

How do Shahid and the writer react to the knowledge that Shahid is going to die?

Look up the dictionary for the meaning of the word ‘diaspora’. What do you understand of the Indian diaspora from this piece?

“I have done something; oh, God! I've done something real at last.” Why does Andrew say this? What does it mean?

There lies a great difference between text book medicine and the world of practising physician. Discuss.

Do you know of any incident when someone has been brought back to life from the brink of death through medical help. Discuss medical procedures such as organ transplant and organ regeneration that are used to save human life.

Narrate 'The Tale of Melon City' in your own words.

What impression would you form of a state where the King was 'just and placid'?

How, according to you, can peace and liberty be maintained in a state?

Suggest a few instances in the poem which highlight humour and irony.

‘The Tale of Melon City’ has been narrated in a verse form. This is a unique style which lends extra charm to an ancient tale. Find similar examples in your language. Share them in the class.

What, according to Russell, is the importance of love in life?

Notice the different senses of the word ‘take’.

1. to take to something: to begin to do something as a habit

2. to take ill: to suddenly become ill

Locate these phrases in the text and notice the way they are used.

The word ‘hobble’ means to walk with difficulty because the legs and feet are in bad condition.

Tick the words in the box below that also refer to a manner of walking.
 

Explain the use of the adjective in the following phrase:
Shaggy monsters