Science (Hindi Medium) इयत्ता १२ - CBSE Question Bank Solutions

The author has used gentle humour to point out human foibles. Pick out instances of this to show how this serves to make the piece interesting. 

You came across the words, plod, trudge, stagger in the story. These words indicate movement accompanied by weariness. Find five other such words with a similar meaning.

Notice the words in bold in the following sentence.

“The fire boy shovelled charcoal into the maw of the furnace with a great deal of clatter”. This is a phrase that is used in the specific context of an iron plant.

Pick out other such phrases and words from the story that are peculiar to the terminology of ironworks.

A crofter is a person who rents or owns a small farm especially in Scotland. Think of other uncommon terms for ‘a small farmer’ including those in your language.

What did the peasants pay the British landlords as rent? What did the British now want instead and why? What would be the impact of synthetic indigo on the prices of natural indigo?

Why do you think Gandhi considered the Champaran episode to be a turning-point in his life?

What was the attitude of the average Indian in smaller localities towards advocates of ‘home rule’?

How do we know that ordinary people too contributed to the freedom movement?

Discuss the following.

1. “Freedom from fear is more important than legal justice for the poor.”
Do you think that the poor of India are free from fear after Independence? 

Discuss the following.  

The qualities of a good leader.

 List the words used in the text that are related to legal procedures.

For example: deposition

List other words that you know that fall into this category.

Choose an issue that has provoked a controversy like the Bhopal Gas Tragedy or the Narmada Dam Project in which the lives of the poor have been affected.

Suggest a possible settlement.

Mistaken identity led to a discovery of a new one for the rattrap peddler. How did this impact him?

As the host of a talk show, introduce Rajkumar Shukla to the audience by stating any two of his defining qualities. You may begin your answer like this:

Meet Rajkumar Shukla, the man who played a pivotal role in the Champaran Movement. He ______

Adrienne Rich chose to express her silent revolt through her poem, Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers, just as Aunt Jennifer did with her embroidery. Explain.

Rationalize why Keats uses the metaphor ‘an endless fountain of immortal drink’ in his poem, A Thing of Beauty.