HSC Arts इयत्ता ११ - Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education Question Bank Solutions

‘Nature can nurture’. Describe how this process happens.

When humanity fails to live in harmony with Nature, its effects are felt around the world. Why and how?

Write a letter to the Councillor of your Ward, explaining why a park is necessary in your locality.

Now, read the descriptions given under Column A and match them with their correct (-ist words) describing specialists in the various fields of medicine given under column B.

Read the following statements. Now, listen to the talk on the importance of humour and laughter for good physical and mental health. You may listen to the text again if required, to help you choose the correct option

Humour and laughter are used in a variety of therapeutic situations. Therapeutic humour has the power to motivate and lessen stress and pain. Laughter improves one’s sense of well being. The benefits of a good “belly laugh” are being discovered by empirical research. You can feel relaxed and good after laughing at a funny movie, television program, or humorous event.

It seems generally accepted that our bodies respond in a positive way to a hearty laugh. It is reported that laughter, like exercise, can reduce stress, improve tolerance to pain, and alter bodily functions such as blood pressure, heart rate, muscle activity, and stomach acidity. In business, managers are learning the advantages of using humour. Happier, healthier employees work better. Humour improves employee creativity, so employees are sometimes trained how to introduce humour into their personal/professional life.

A number of hospitals and related institutions have created humour rooms. The humour room is stocked with books, comics, funny posters, audiotapes, and videos. Humour is a therapeutic tool that demands energy for its creation, yet its rich rewards include a closer therapeutic bond through shared laughter. The best humour comes from what is going on “at the moment.” Therefore one can plan to use humour yet rely on spontaneous opportunities to employ it. Humour is something positive that should bring mutually shared enjoyment and pleasure. Above all, humour is called a way of living not a part of living.

i) Humour has the power to motivate and ______stress and pain.

1. improve
2. intensify
3. intensify
4. increase

ii) It seems generally ______that our bodies respond in a positive way to a hearty laugh.

1. accepted
2. denied
3. improved
4. confused

iii) The _________ is stocked with books, comics, funny posters, audiotapes, and videos.

1. waiting room
2. humour room
3. ICU
4. reception

iv) One can plan to use humour yet rely on __________ opportunities to employ it.

1. late
2. better
3. future
4. spontaneous

v) Humour is called a way of _________, not a part of living.

1. living
2. playing
3. nourishing
4. developing

Complete the following dialogue between a doctor and a patient with ten sets of utterances for the following situation in which a person goes to a doctor for treatment. The doctor wishes to give him/ her an injection. The person is scared. The doctor convinces the patient and administers the injection. Now, in pairs, enact the dialogue in the classroom.

Based on your understanding of the play, explain how a mistaken understanding of events can lead to confusion. How has the author used this unexpected combination of events in the situation to create humour?

Have you ever found yourself in such a situation? Discuss in groups and act out such a situation.

Many of us have unused, old but valuable items at home. If we wish to get rid of them, we can sell them at an auction. Items like paintings, jewels, household articles, vehicles, even houses can be auctioned.

The flowchart below will help you understand how an auction is conducted.

Describe the activity that was going on in the sale-room at King Street.

What can you say about the author’s attitude when he high-handedly participated in the auction?

Why was the author sure he would not be caught?

What made the author ignore his friend’s warning?

How had the author managed the auction without getting involved in the deal?

What came as a shock to the author?

What did the falling of the hammer indicate?

What made the friend laugh heartily?

What kind of excuses did the narrator think he could make?

Why did the friend desert the narrator, a second time?

How does the narrator describe the man who approached him?