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Class 12 English A Voyage Chapter 17 The Last Ride Together Questions and Answers

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The Last Ride Together Class 12th Question Answer

Word Power

A. In the text, there occurs a word “conceive.” In spelling out such words, there is always a confusion between the use of’ei’ and ‘ie’. Fill ‘ei’ or ‘ie’ in the blank spaces in the following words:
1. rec — — ve
2. rel — —ve
3. th — — sm
4. perc — —ve
5. rel — — f
6. cone — —t
7. bel — — ve
8. dec — — ve
9. h — — st
10. ath — — st
11. panth — —sm.

To ascertain the correct use, keep in mind the formula ‘the lice’, that is, use ‘ei’ after ‘th’, ‘ie’ after T and ‘ei’ after ‘c’ when there is a confusion.
Answer:

rec e i ve
rel i e ve
th e i sm
perc e i ve
rel i e f
cone e i t
bel i e ve
dec e i ve
th e i st
ath e i st
panth e i sm.

B. In the text, there occurs a number of words which are contrasted to each other, but they are used together, joined by a conjunction. Some of them are:

Life and death in the balance, the petty done, the undone vast, in pride and thankfulness, joy and fear, hand and brain, in words and deeds, life forever old yet new, changed not in kind but in degree, the instant made eternity.

Use the above expressions in your sentences to make the meaning clear.
Answer:

Life and death in the balance—He lived his life and death in the balance.
The petty done—There was great difference between the petty done and the rest.
The undone vast—I was surprised at the undone vast lot of the work.
In pride and thankfulness—He maintains a balance between his pride and thankfulness.
Joy and fear—He had a mixed experience of joy and fear.
Hand and brain—We are developing our skills in hand and brain.
In words and deeds—Netaji was perfect in words and deeds.
Life forever old yet new—Tagore lived a life forever old yet new.
Changed not in kind but in degree—We changed not in kind but in degree.
The instant made eternity—This change was the instant made eternity for me.

Comprehension

A. Answer the following questions in one sentence each:

Question 1.
Why does the speaker bless his mistress?
Answer:
The speaker blesses his mistress for her company.

Question 2.
What two things does the speaker claim from his beloved? .
Answer:
The speaker claims for cherishing the memory of his beloved’s love and a last ride together.

Question 3.
What sort of benediction does the speaker feel to have possessed in the company of his mistress?
Answer:
The speaker feels a heavenly bliss in the company of his mistress.

Question 4.
How does the speaker compare his soul with a scroll?
Answer:
As, his soul had grown wrinkled and disfigured with grief, so the poet compares it with a scroll.

Question 5.
How are the brave deeds of a soldier rewarded by the world?
Answer:
The brave deeds of a soldier are rewarded by the world only with a burial in the Westminster Abbey, a place where only the great and the heroic passengers are buried and a flag is hoisted over his memorial.

Question 6.
What does the poet express in his verses?
Answer:
In his verses, the poet expresses the view that sublime ideals and beautiful things are best and men should try to achieve them.

Question 7.
Why do people prefer a living beauty to a sculptor?
Answer:
People prefer a living beauty to a sculptor because life is always greater than art.

B. Answer the following questions in about 60 words each:

Question 1.
What thoughts pass through the speaker’s mind when he and his beloved were riding together? (M.P. Board 2012)
Answer:
The speaker expresses the heavenly bliss which he experiences for a short while in the company of his beloved during the ride. The lady bent towards him and placed her head on his shoulders. Her body was in dose contact with his own. The lover thinks that the world may end that very night and so the moment of his bliss may become eternal. In that case, he would always be with his beloved and enjoy eternal happiness in life after death.

Question 2.
How does the speaker find his fulfilment in the present when he says, “I hoped she would love me; here we ride?”
Answer:
Here the lover, as he rode by the side of his beloved, mused on the sorry lot of humanity in this world. He is not alone to face failure. All men make efforts but not all succeed. As he rode by the side of his beloved, he felt as if his spirit was soaring high. The entire landscape seemed to him to wear a different look. The fields through which they passed and the cities they came across seemed to him to be bathed in divine glory. His own joy transfigured and illuminated the entire region which passed them, on both sides, in an opposite direction, as they rode forward. The poet here puts his ideals that aspirations of – man are never realised. Not all succeed. However, he at least has the consolation of riding with his beloved. Others are denied.even this much of consolation.

Question 3.
How does the statement “Who knows what’s fit for us?” reveal the speaker’s faith in fate?
Answer:
Having established the point that in this world none succeeds despite his best efforts, the lover says that it is not easy to determine what is good for man. It cannot definitely be stated that success in this life is good for man. The lover is the mouthpiece of Browning and he expresses the view of the poet that success in this life means failure in the life to come. Had he been destined to get the love of his beloved and enjoy supreme bliss in his life, he would have nothing left to hope for in the life to come.

Question 4.
Why does the speaker consider the earth a favoured place in comparison to heaven?
Answer:
Heaven is nothing but the realization of our highest hopes and aspirations. It is life at its best. Man has always looked upwards and imagined that heaven lies somewhere in the sky but for the lover, if one enjoys the company of his beloved, it is the earth which is heaven. It provides him heavenly bliss.

Question 5.
Explain the significance of the expression, “this glory-garland round my soul” in reference to the ride.
Answer:
Man on earth can’t get all his desires fulfilled. Everyone makes efforts but not all succeed. Had he reached his goal in this world and had gained the garland of victory by winning the love of his beloved, he would have had nothing to look forward in the life to come. If he had achieved the supreme happiness in this world, if he had obtained the love of his beloved, here, no hopes of any reward in other world would have been left for him.

C. Answer the following questions in about 75-100 words each:

Question 1.
The speaker considers his fate better than that of others. Why and how?
Answer:
In this poem, a lover is made to reflect on human life. He realises that all in this world work hard to achieve their objectives but all of them do not succeed. All effort and struggle result in failure. Man can never achieve his ambitions. Despite lifelong work, man can achieve very little. Actual achievement is small in comparison with much that remains undone. Aspirations of man are never realized. In the same way, in this poem, the lover aspires for his beloved’s love but fails. However, he thinks himself to be a little better in the sense that he gets a chance to enjoy a lastride together with his beloved. He experiences heavenly bliss in her company. Others are denied even such momentary bliss.

Question 2.
The speaker in the poem says to the poet “(you) Sing, riding’s a joy! For me, I ride”. How does this statement contrast the fate of the two?
Answer:
The lover illustrates his point by referring to the fate of the poet. The poem no doubt is more skillful than other artist? but his reward too meagre. His life is also a failure. In his poetry, he expresses the view that sublime ideals and beautiful things are best and men should try to achieve them. All this is a great achievement for a poet but he dies in poverty even in the prime of his life.

He never achieves his own sublime ideals in life. The poet can only sing that riding with one’s beloved is a source of great pleasure but he does never actually enjoy this pleasure. The lover considers himself more lucky in this respect for he is actually enjoying a ride with his beloved.

Question 3.
To the man of music, the speaker says “I gave my youth; but we ride, in fine.” How does he prove his achievement greater than that of the man of music?
Answer:
While comparing his fate with that of other artists like a man of music, the lover finds himself in a better position. The musician is also an unsuccessful artist. He devotes all his life to his art. He grows old in composing sweet tunes but the only praise that he gets even from his friends is that he composed a music of high order but then Fashion and taste in music change and his achievements become outdated and rejected. Similarly, the lover, in this poem devoted his youth, the prime of his life, in courting his beloved but now he has been rejected but he has his reward to enjoy the pleasure of the last ride in his beloved’s company. The musician does never enjoy this supreme felicity.

Question 4.
How will you explain the phrase “instant made eternity” in the context of the speaker’s concept?
Answer:
It is difficult to say what is good and what is not good for man in this world. Achievement of perfect happiness in this world means that one would have no hopes left for life in the other world. Failure in this world is essential for success and achievement in the life to come. He has failed in this life but this is a blessing in disguise. It means that he would be successful in the life to come. He can now hope for happiness in the other world.

Because he did not get his beloved here, he is sure to enjoy the bliss of her love in the life after death. Now for him, “both Heaven and she are beyond this ride.” Failure in this world is the best. Further, so hopes the lover, “the instant may become eternity” and they may ride together for ever and ever. Who knows that the world may end that very moment? In that case, they will be together in the other world and will be together for ever.

Question 5.
Discuss The Last Ride Together as a dramatic monologue. (M.P. Board 2010/16)
Answer:
The Last Ride Together is a dramatic monologue and it shows Browning at his best in the handling of this poetic form. It has also been called a dramatic lyric because it is not an expression of his own personal emotions but that of an imagined character.

It is spoken by a lover who loved his lady over a long period of time, and who, after making him wait for so long, finally, rejected him and turned to another lover. The lover then prayed to her to grant two requests of his. First, that she should remember his love of her, and second, that she should come with him for a last ride together. To his great joy, the lady consented.

Question 6.
What degree of optimism is revealed in the poem? Does the poet believe in God’s will? Give examples.
Answer:
The poem is characterised by Browning’s philosophy of optimism. Failure to achieve the ideal should not discourage a man.
“Why, all men strive, and who succeeds?” and
“All labour, yet no less .
I’ Bear up beneath their unsuccess.
Not only that; the lover argues that as he might have been still more unlucky, he should be satisfied with his present fate:
She might have hated, who can tell!
Where had I been now if the worst befell!
And here we are riding, she and I.”
Browning teaches the gospel of hope through the lips of the lover who anticipates union with his beloved in heaven.

D.Explain the following expressions:

Question 1.
One day more am I deified
Answer:
Here, the poet feels overwhelmed that he had got a day to enjoy heavenly bliss. Like a j god, the lover has all Browning’s robust optimism.

Question 2.
Till flesh must fade for heaven was here!’
Answer:
While enjoying the ride together, the lover feels ecstatic joy in the company of his beloved. In such a moment, the man will feel that his physical self is melted away and he has got free of the limitation of flesh.

Question 3.
Now heaven and she are beyond this ride
Answer:
Here, a preference for the earth to heaven has been expressed if one gets heavenly bliss on the earth itself.

Question 4.
‘What heart alike conceived and dared?’
Answer:
Here the lover while musing over human let in this world rays that conception and execution never go together.

Question 5.
There’s many a crown for who can reach?
Answer:
Here, the lover says that man aspires for the best but fails to get what he desires. Success doesn’t come to all.

E. Explain with context the following verses:

Question 1.
Hush! If you saw some western cloud
All billowy-bosomed, over-bowed
By many benedictions…Sun’s
And moon’s and evening star’s at once…
Answer:
These lines express in a highly imaginative manner, the intense joy and delight which the lover experienced when his beloved leaned, against him for.a moment. The.lover had a moment of ecstasy. He felt a heavenly bliss. The only snag was that it ended too soon. He compares his delightful experience to that of a man, who sees a cloud looking radiant on account of the lights of the setting sun, the rising moon, and the eventing star falling upon it simultaneously, and whose intense passion for the cloud draws it close to him till he feels that heaven has descended upon him. Indeed, like that man, the lover felt that his I body had melted away and that his spirit was enjoying a celestial glory.

Question 2.
What hand and brain went ever paired?
What heart alike conceived and dared?
What act proved all its thought had been?
What will but felt the fleshy screen?
Answer:
The lover says that nobody can translate all his thoughts into actions. Nobody can give a practical shape to all his plans and schemes. A man may have big projects in mind but he cannot implement them in full. Thought and deed are never identical. In other words, no thought or intellectual conception can ever be fully carried out. No matter, how strong our determination may be, we shall yet be impeded by the limitations of the body. Even a man possessing an iron will feels the limitations of his physical energy which cannot meet the large demands made upon it by his determination.

Question 3.
What if we still ride on, we two
With life for ever old yet new,
Changed not in kind but in degree,
The instant made eternity.
Answer:
In these lines, the lover expresses the fantastic hope that his ride with his mistress may continue for ever, in which case he will be enjoying the happiness which heaven alone can afford. The duration of the ride will then be stretched to eternity and their life, though not changed into a life in heaven, will be transformed into an everlasting bliss. Thus, he will attain heaven on earth itself if the ride can continue for ever. If the duration of the ride becomes endless, the lover Will imagine himself to be in paradise and will enjoy a heavenly bliss though he will actually be on earth. (Thus the poem ends with a mystical fancy).

Speaking Activity

A.In, the fifth stanza there occurs the expression “Look at the end of work,” which means that the joy of sublimation lies in the fulfillment of hope. On the other side, there is the proposition, “It is better to travel hopefully than to reach the destination.”

Discuss and explain both the propositions in the class and then hold a debate, some of the students supporting the first while others favouring the second propositions.
Answer:
Do it by arranging the debate in class.

B.Read the poem aloud in the class and then invite students to speak over the,philosophical value. Note down the important aspects of Browning’s philosophy of life as emerged out of the deliberations.
Answer:
Do it yourself.

Writing Activity

A. Discuss the poetic value of the poem ‘The Last Ride Together’, with your classmates and +hen prepare a written appraisal of the poem on the following points:

As a dramatic monologue. The speaker as a mouth piece of the poet.
Philosophy of love contained in the poem.
A new dimension to the concept of eternity and fulfillment.
Diction examples of Browning’s typical self-coined phrases, ambiguity of expression etc.

Answer:
Apparently, the steadfast love of a man has been rejected by the lady. She does not return his feelings. The lover does not blame her but merely claims the memory of having hopefully loved her and requests her to have one last ride with him. He is overjoyed when she consents.

The ride now begins. He feels that his soul has been freed from sadness and is fluttering freshly in the wind. Past hopes of love and happiness matter no more. There was no point in thinking of what might have been if he had acted or spoken in some other manner. For all one knows, his beloved might then have even hated him; now she is only indifferent to him. At least, he has the chance to ride with her.

The lover goes on to reflect about the lot of human beings in general. There is always a wide gap between aspiration and accomplishment. As he rides, he feels as if his soul has gained a new insight. So many men work hard but still have to face failure. He had hoped that the lady would love him, while his achievement is only a last ride with her. But because it is a universal feature of human life, that is seldom fully realised in action. Even the poet and the sculptor fail in achieving their ideals of beauty. The lover is comparatively more successful; he is at least enjoying his beloved’s company on a last ride and feeling an ecstatic moment.

One cannot be sure of what is right or good for man in this world. If his pursuit in love had been successful and he had achieved perfect happiness on earth, there would have been nothing to look forward to in heaven. His failure, thus, is a blessing in disguise. He can now die with the hope of fulfillment in the next life. He considers that heaven and his beloved are the ideals which lie beyond the ride.
The poem ends on a striking and bold fancy of the lover. He suddenly reflects on the possibility of the ride continuing forever, so that the moment may be transformed into eternity. The poem ends on a climax of optimism.

Think It Over

A. Ponder over the proposition “Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the moral and aesthetic values ” and then make your classmates, aware of your thoughts.
Answer:
Do it yourself.

B. Think over the following aspects of the poem. Take assistance from your teacher.

(i) Browning’s attitude to love.
(ii) Browning’s attitude to life.
(iii)Browning’s concept of God, fate and eternity.
(iv) Browning’s concept of fulfillment and sublimation.
Answer:
Do yourself. You may consult criticism on Browning as a poet.

Things to Do

Ask your teacher to provide you other Dramatic Monologues by Browning like ‘Fra Lippo Lippi’, ‘Andrea Del Sarto’and Prospice. Read them and comment on them.
Answer:
Do it yourself.

The Last Ride Together by Robert Browning Introduction

It is a poem of the sublimation of unrequited love in a state of the noblest resignation to the decree of fate. It depicts the emotions of a last ride, permitted to the speaker by his beloved.

The Last Ride Together Summary in English

Apparently, the steadfast love of a man has been rejected by the lady. She does not return his feelings. The lover does not blame her but merely claims the memory of having hopefully loved her and requests her to have one last ride with him. He is overjoyed when she consents.

The Last Ride Together Summary in Hindi

इस कविता में स्पष्ट रूप से एक व्यक्ति का सच्चा प्यार एक औरत द्वारा नकार दिया जाता है। वह उसकी भावना की कुछ . कद्र नहीं करती। प्रेमी उसे कोई दोष नहीं देता बल्कि सिर्फ उसकी याद का दावा करता है, जब उसने उसे भरपूर प्यार किया और उससे एक बार अपने साथ सवारी करने का अनुरोध करता है। वह बहुत खुश हो जाता है जब वह अपनी सहमती दे देती यात्रा शुरू होती है। उसे लगता है कि वह सभी उदासियों से मुक्त हो चुका है और ताजी हवा में उड रहा है। बीते समय की उम्मीदें या प्यार का अब कोई अर्थ नहीं रह जाता। इस बात में कोई तथ्य नहीं कि वह किसी और तरीके से पेश आता

तो क्या होता। वह जानता है कि उसकी प्रेमिका उस समय उससे नफरत करती थी पर अब वह सिर्फ उससे भिन्न सोचती है। कम से कम, वह उसके साथ एक बार सफर करने का मौका पा लेता है। प्रेमी मनुष्य के सामान्य भाग्य की विवेचना करता है। उम्मीद और प्राप्ति के बीच काफी बड़ा अंतर होता है। जब वह सवारी कर रहा है तो सोचता है क्या उसकी आत्मा नई ऊँचाई पा सकी है। बहुत-से लोग कठिन मेहनत करते हैं, फिर भी उन्हें असफलता का मुँह देखना पड़ता है। उसे उम्मीद थी कि औरत उसे प्यार करेगी जबकि वह सिर्फ उसके साथ अन्तिम बार ही एक साथ होने का अवसर पा सका। परंतु इससे उसे ज़रा भी निराशा नहीं हुई क्योंकि यह मानव जीवन की शाश्वत सच्चाई है कि शायद ही कभी उसे सफलता मिलेगी। यहाँ तक कि कवि या मूर्तिकार भी अपने कला के सौंदर्य का आदर्श नहीं पा सकते। प्रेमी उनकी अपेक्षा ज्यादा भाग्यवान है कि उसे कम-से-कम अपनी प्रेमिका का क्षणिक साथ तो मिला जो उसके लिए चरम आनंद का क्षण है।

कोई नहीं कह सकता कि इस संसार में मनुष्य के लिए क्या सही है और क्या अच्छा है। यदि उसकी खोज पूरी हुई है और उसे उसकी प्रेमिका का साथ मिल गया है तो उसने चरम सुख पा लिया है। धरती पर ही फिर उसे किसी और स्वर्ग के खोज की क्या ज़रूरत है। इस तरह उसकी असफलता ही उसके लिए छिपा वरदान है। अब वह इस उम्मीद के साथ मर सकता है कि अगले जन्म में उसे सफलता अवश्य मिलेगी। वह सोचता है कि स्वर्ग और उसकी प्रेमिका उसके आदर्शों की प्राप्ति है जो उस यात्रा से परे है। कविता प्रेमी की बुलन्द कल्पना के साथ समाप्त होती है। वह अचानक सोचता है कि यह यात्रा निरंतर चलती रहे और अमर हो जाए। कविता का अंत आशावाद के चरम बिंदु पर होता है।

The Last Ride Together Word Meaning

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The Last Ride Together Important Pronunciations
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The Last Ride Together Stanzas for Comprehension

1. Read the following stanzas and answer the questions:
My whole heart rises up to bless
Your name in pride and thankfulness!
Take back the hope you gave, … I claim
…Only a memory of the same,
. ..And this beside, f you will not blame,
Your leave for one more last ride with me. (Page 126)

Questions:
(i) the poet’s heart rises up to bless the beloved’s name in …..
(ii) What does the poet claim?
(iii) Find a word which means the same as ‘accuse’.
(iv) What does the poet wish for from his beloved?
Answers:
(i) Pride and thankfulness.
(ii) The memory of the love.
(iii) ‘Blame’ is similar in meaning to ‘accuse’.
(iv) He asks his beloved to allow her company in the last ride with him.

2. There’s many a crown for who can reach,
Ten lines, a statesman’s life in each!
The flag stuck on a heap of bones.
A soldier’s doing! what atones? .
They scratch his name on the Abbey-stones.
My riding is better, by their leave. (Page 128)

Questions:
(i) What does the poet mean by ‘crown’ here?
(ii) ……………… his name on the Abbey-stones.
(iii) Find a word similar in meaning to ‘pillar on grave’.
(iv) How does the poet find himself better than those?
Answers:
(i) Reward for achievement.
(ii) They scratch.
(iii) ‘Abbey stones’ has similar meaning to ‘pillar on grave’.
(iv) The poet finds himself better in the sense that he has got the heavenly bliss in the company of his beloved for a moment.

3. And you, great sculptor so,… you gave
A score of years to Art, her slave,
And that’s your Venus, whence we turn
To yonder girl that fords the burn!
You acquiesce, and shall I repine?
What, man of music, you grown grey
With notes and nothing else to say,
Is this your sole praise from a friend,
‘Greatly his opera’s, strains intend,
‘Put in music we know how fashions end!’
I gave my youth, but we ride, in fine. (Page 128)

Questions:
(i) What does a sculptor do?
(ii) we know how fashion ends.
(iii) Find a word opposite in meaning to’rejoice’.
(iv) What does the poet convey here?
Answers:
(i) A sculptor devotes all his time in beautifying his statue or creating a beautiful lady.
(ii) Put in music.
(iii) ‘Repine’ is opposite to ‘rejoice’.
(iv) The poet conveys that even great artists do labour for the whole life but get nothing as a result.

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Class 12 English The Spectrum Chapter 14 India: Vision 2020 Questions and Answers

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India: Vision 2020 Class 12th Question Answer

Word Power

(A) बायें स्तम्भ के मूल शब्दों को दायें स्तम्भ के अर्थ से मिलाइए :
Answer:

fact – as in manufacture-to do, make
manu – as in manufacture-hand
equ – as in equilibrium-equal, even
fer – as in transfer-to carry, bring
am – as in amateur-love

(B) नीचे दिये गये कथनों के लिए कोष्ठक में दिये गये सही शब्दों को भरिये :
Answer:

Autocracy – an absolute government.
Bureaucracy – government by officials.
Democracy – government by the representatives of the people.
Dictatorship – government of an absolute ruler.
Republic – a state governed by representatives and usually a president.
Monarchy – a state ruled by a king or queen.
Anarchy – the absence of government in a country.

Comprehension

निम्नलिखित प्रश्नों के उत्तर दीजिए :

Question 1.
What makes the author believe that India is ready for action now? [2014]
लेखक को किस बात से विश्वास हो जाता है कि भारत अब कार्यवाही के लिए तैयार है?
Answer:
The author believes because a large part of our population is young and raring for change. The missed opportunities are history for them.
लेखक को विश्वास है क्योंकि हमारी जनसंख्या का एक बड़ा भाग नौजवान है और परिवर्तन के लिए तत्पर है। खोये हुए अवसर उनके लिए इतिहास बन चुके हैं।

Question 2.
Why did the private sector in post-independence India suffer from lack of self-confidence?
स्वातन्त्रयोत्तर काल में भारत में निजी क्षेत्र में आत्मविश्वास का अभाव क्यों रहा?
Answer:
In post-independence India, industry was controlled by the government. People required licenses and permits to launch new projects. As a result, Indian companies could not compete with the best in the world, and this led to a lack of self-confidence in private sector.

स्वातन्त्रयोत्तर भारत में उद्योगों पर सरकार का नियन्त्रण था। नये प्रोजेक्ट शुरू करने के लिए लोगों को लाइसेंस और अनुमति की जरूरत होती थी। परिणामस्वरूप भारतीय कम्पनियाँ विश्व की सर्वोत्तम कम्पनियों से मुकाबला नहीं कर सकी, और इस सबसे निजी क्षेत्र में आत्मविश्वास का अभाव हो गया।

Question 3.
Describe the modern day achievements of Indians [2009, 10, 13]
भारतीयों की आधुनिक उपलब्धियों के विषय में वर्णन कीजिए।
Answer:
The modern day achievements of Indians include our own missiles, our I.T. companies, our agriculture production, our pharmaceutical industries, our technological advancements, our highly qualified professionals, etc.

भारतीयों की आधुनिक उपलब्धियों में शामिल हैं हमारी अपनी मिसाइलें, हमारी आई टी कम्पनियाँ, हमारा कृषि उत्पादन, हमारी दवा कम्पनियाँ, हमारी तकनीकी उन्नति, हमारे उच्च शिक्षित पेशेवर लोग आदि।

Question 4.
What is the contribution of satellite communication in increasing awareness?
जागरूकता बढ़ाने में सेटेलाइट संचार का क्या योगदान है?
Answer:
Satellite communication has given boost to explosive growth in television which in turn has exposed people to the realities existing elsewhere in the world.

सेटेलाइट संचार ने टेलीविजन के जबर्दस्त विकास को बढ़ावा दिया है जिससे लोग दुनिया भर में व्याप्त वास्तविकताओं से रूबरू हुए हैं।

Question 5.
What are the impediments in India’s development?
भारत के विकास में क्या बाधाएँ हैं?
Answer:
Pervasive corruption, mindless bureaucracy and greedy politicians are some of the impediments in India’s development.
चहुँ ओर व्याप्त भ्रष्टाचार, संवेदनहीन नौकरशाही व लालची राजनीतिज्ञ विकास के मार्ग में आने वाली कुछ बाधाएँ हैं।

Question 6.
What place does agriculture occupy in Vision 2020? [2012, 17]
परिदृश्य 2020 में कृषि का क्या स्थान है?
Answer:
Agriculture would have become very remunerative to farmers with the success of the Second Green Revolution. India will have surplus food products to export to the world.

द्वितीय हरित क्रान्ति की सफलता के पश्चात् किसानों के लिए कृषि बहुत बड़ी आय का साधन हो जायेगी। भारत के पास दुनिया में निर्यात हेतु खाद्य पदार्थ बहुतायत मात्रा में उपलब्ध होंगे।

Question 7.
What role would Indian industry play in the coming years?
आने वाले वर्षों में भारतीय उद्योग की क्या भूमिका होगी?।
Answer:
In the coming years, agro-processing industries, chemical industries etc. will play a major role.
आने वाले वर्षों में कृषि से सम्बन्धित उद्योग, कैमिकल उद्योग आदि बड़ी भूमिका अदा करेंगे।

Question 8.
In which area will India become a global leader? [2010, 16]
किस क्षेत्र में भारत विश्व में एक ताकत बन जायेगा?
Answer:
India will become a global leader in the services sector, providing excellent services within the country and outside.
भारत सेवा के क्षेत्र में देश के भीतर व बाहर श्रेष्ठ सेवाएँ देकर विश्व में एक ताकत बन जायेगा।

Question 9.
How can good infrastructure contribute to development?
अच्छे संसाधन किस प्रकार विकास में योगदान दे सकते हैं?
Answer:
Through speedy growth of roads, railways, telecommunications and electricity, good infrastructure can contribute to development.
सड़कों, रेलवे, दूरसंचार तथा विद्युत के त्वरित विकास के माध्यम से अच्छे संसाधन विकास में योगदान दे सकते हैं।

Question 10.
How can we realise the vision?
हम किस प्रकार परिदृश्य को प्राप्त कर सकते हैं?
Answer:
We can realise the vision only when we achieve the target set for it. This will not happen spontaneously, nor can be left to the government, planners, scientists or economists alone. Everyone has a role to play, each and every person in India.

हम इस परिदृश्य को प्राप्त कर सकते हैं तब जब हम इसका लक्ष्य निर्धारित करें। यह अचानक नहीं होगा, न ही ये सरकार पर छोड़ा जा सकता है, न योजना बनाने वालों पर, न वैज्ञानिकों पर और न अर्थशास्त्रियों पर। भारत में प्रत्येक व्यक्ति को इसमें अपनी हिस्सेदारी सुनिश्चित करनी पड़ेगी।

Question 11.
How can we imitate the examples of Japan and Germany?
हम जापान व जर्मनी के उदाहरण का किस प्रकार अनुसरण कर सकते हैं?
Answer:
We can imitate the examples of Japan and Germany by looking at the miracles achieved by them through great determination and effort. We must work hard at whatever we are doing.

समर्पण भाव व प्रयासों के साथ जापान व जर्मनी ने जो चमत्कार सफलतापूर्वक हासिल किये, उनका अवलोकन कर हम उनका अनुसरण कर सकते हैं। हम जो भी करें, उसे कठिन परिश्रम के साथ करना चाहिए।

Question 12.
How has the Indian I.T. industry grown?
भारतीय आई टी उद्योग किस प्रकार बढ़ा है?
Answer:
Indian I.T. industry has grown from virtually nothing to an industry which is winning India much global recognition. This industry has grown largely on its own, without too much government assistance.

भारतीय आई टी उद्योग शून्य से उस स्तर तक पहुँच गया जहाँ भारत की पहचान विश्व में होने लगी। यह उद्योग ज्यादातर अपने बलबूते पर ही विकसित हुआ है, जिसमें सरकारी सहायता ज्यादा नहीं है।

Question 13.
How can we help in the establishment of a stable framework of government?
सरकार के स्थायी ढाँचे को स्थापित करने में हम किस प्रकार सहायता कर सकते
Answer:
We can formulate policies for people. We should learn to facilitate without attempting to control it. We should also learn how to work with people. In this way we can help in the establishment of a stable framework of government.

हम जनता के लिए नीतियाँ तैयार कर सकते हैं। हमें नियन्त्रण करने का प्रयास करने के बजाय सुविधायें मुहैया करना सीखना चाहिए। हमें यह भी सीखना चाहिए कि लोगों के साथ रहकर किस प्रकार कार्य किया जा सकता है। इस प्रकार हम सरकार के स्थायी ढाँचे को स्थापित करने में सहायता कर सकते हैं।

Question 14.
Make a list of civic duties as suggested by Dr. Kalam. [2009, 14, 15, 18]
डॉ. कलाम द्वारा सुझाये गये नागरिक कर्तव्यों की सूची बनाइए।
Answer:
The duties are as follows :

Participate, enthusiastically and creatively, in civic programs in your school and neighborhood.
उत्साहपूर्वक, रचनात्मक रूप से अपने विद्यालय व पड़ोस में होने वाले नागरिक कार्यक्रमों में भाग लीजिए।
Clean up a local park.
एक स्थानीय पार्क को स्वच्छ बनाइए।
Plant trees.
वृक्ष रोपें।
Help underprivileged children.
निर्धन, असहाय बच्चों की सहायता करें।
Keep your school campus clean. कर्तव्य निम्नवत् हैं
अपने स्कूल प्रांगण को स्वच्छ रखें।

Question 15.
How has Singapore become one of the cleanliest cities in the world?
किस प्रकार सिंगापुर विश्व के सबसे स्वच्छ शहरों में से एक बन गया है?
Answer:
Singapore has become one of the cleanliest cities in the world due to programs started by the government and willingly assisted by its citizens.

सरकार द्वारा शुरू किये गये कार्यक्रमों व नागरिकों द्वारा स्वेच्छा से मदद किये जाने के कारण सिंगापुर विश्व के सबसे स्वच्छ शहरों में से एक बन गया है।

Question 16.
What does Dr. Kalam mean by having an indomitable spirit? [2009]
अजेय भावना रखने से डॉ. कलाम का क्या तात्पर्य है?
Answer:
By indomitable spirit, Dr. Kalam means to continue trying to do something despite difficulties and regardless of any setbacks we may face along the way.

अजेय भावना से डॉ. कलाम का तात्पर्य है कठिनाइयों के बावजूद किसी कार्य को करते रहना और इस बात की तनिक भी चिन्ता न करना कि मार्ग में कितनी असफलताओं का हमें सामना करना पड़ सकता है।

Question 17.
What effect could the ‘Ignited mind’ working with indomitable spirit produce?
उत्साही दिमाग अजेय भावना के साथ क्या प्रभाव उत्पन्न कर सकता है?
Answer:
The ‘Ignited mind’ working with indomitable spirit can produce wonders. The ignited mind gives new ideas and the indomitable spirit makes . it happen.

उत्साही दिमाग अजेय भावना के साथ रहे तो आश्चर्यजनक परिणाम दे सकता है। उत्साही दिमाग नये विचार देता है और अजेय भावना इसे सच बनाती है।

Language Practice

1. निम्नलिखित वाक्यों में Noun clauses underline करो-
Answer:

I heard that he was ill.
Tell me where she has gone.
He asked why I was late.
That she is still alive is a consolation.
Whether they can start tomorrow seems uncertain.

2. निम्न वाक्यों को complex sentences में बदलो:
Answer:

He expects that he will get a prize.
Raju pleaded that he was ignorant of the law.
I know that he is trustworthy.
He admitted that he was guilty.
The reason why he failed will never be known.

3. निम्न वाक्यों को रिक्त स्थानों को relative pronoun अथवा adverbs से भरिए:
Answer:

This is the station where I met her.
Do you know the girl whom I danced with.
Do you know the girl who danced with me.
2nd October is the day when we celebrate Gandhi Jayanti.
The horror film was the reason why she could not sleep last nigh
Greengrocer is a shop where you can buy vegetables.

4. निम्नलिखित वार्तालाप में सही relative pronoun भरिए:
Answer:

Shahbaz : I am looking for someone who buys stamps.
Samarth : I have got a lot of friends who collect them why?
Shahbaz : I want to sell a few old ones which may be valuable.
Samarth : Mr. Gupta is the only dealer I know who gives good prices.
Shahbaz : Look, here is my collection, Samarth: These black ones are the first stamps which were ever printed.
Shahbaz : A friend who saw them wanted to buy those.
Samarth : Well, don’t sell them yet. You have got one or two which may make you rich.

Listening time

निम्नलिखित प्रश्नों के उत्तर दीजिए :

1. When was our state formed?
Answer:
Our state was formed on 1st November, 1956.

2. Which are our neighboring states?
Answer:
Our neighboring states are Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, U. P., Chhattisgarh.

3. How many towns are there in the state?
Answer:
There are 394 towns in the state.

4. Which cities have benches of High Court?
Answer:
Gwalior and Indore have benches of High court.

5. Which is the main occupation in our State?
Answer:
Agriculture is the main occupation in our state.

India : Vision 2020 Summary

– A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

प्रस्तुत अध्याय में भारत के 2020 के परिदृश्य के लिए कमर कस कर तैयार रहने का आह्वान किया गया है। हमसे अपेक्षा की गयी है कि हम खोये हुए अवसरों को भूलकर भविष्य को दृष्टिगत रखें। आज के समय में भारतीय कम्पनियाँ और भारतीय उद्योग विश्व के सर्वोत्तम उद्योग से प्रतिस्पर्धा में हैं। तकनीक के क्षेत्र में हमने नये मुकाम हासिल किए हैं। – वास्तव में 2020 तक जो कुछ प्राप्त करने का हमारा लक्ष्य है, उनमें प्रमुख हैं- भारत को विकसित देश बनाना, पाँच सबसे बड़ी आर्थिक शक्तियों में से एक बनाना, बहुतायत में खाद्यान्न उत्पादन, अपने संसाधनों के बलबूते देश को मशीन के उत्पादन का केन्द्र बनाना, सड़क, रेलवे, दूरसंचार व विद्युतीकरण की त्वरित उन्नति से विकास को गति देना, स्वास्थ्य व शिक्षा को जन-जन तक पहुँचाना आदि। हम इस सपने को पूर्ण करने में निम्न प्रकार से सहायक हो सकते हैं उद्यमी बनकर, नित नयी खोज करके, कार्य उचित तरीके से करने की कला सीखकर, अपने नागरिक के कर्तव्यों का सही प्रकार से निर्वहन करके आदि। यह सब कुछ हासिल करने के लिए हमें कुछ शपथ लेनी होगी, तभी यह सपना सच होगा। हमें अपनी शिक्षा व सौंपा गया कार्य समर्पण भाव से करना होगा, हमें दस निरक्षरों को साक्षर बनाना होगा, हमें दस पौधे रोपने होंगे, सुदूरवर्ती क्षेत्रों में घूमकर कम से कम पाँच लोगों को सामाजिक बुराइयों से बचाना होगा, दीन-दुखियों का दर्द कम करना होगा, धर्म, जाति व भाषा के आधार पर अन्तर नहीं करना होगा, ईमानदार बनना होगा, जागरूक नागरिक बनना होगा, विकलांगों का जिस्म बनना होगा, देश की सफलता पर जश्न मनाना होगा।

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The Fun They Had Question Answer Class 12 English The Spectrum Workbook Chapter 17 MP Board

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Class 12 English The Spectrum Workbook Chapter 17 The Fun They Had Questions and Answers

The Fun They Had Class 12th Question Answer

Word Power

A. Here are some prefixes/roots. Relate them with the words given in the box.
between, circle, to live, to turn, foot, one, within, year
Answer:

vivo-as in survive—to live
podos-as in podium—foot
kyklos-as in unicycle—circle
annus-as in anniversary—year
verlo -or versus as in universe—to turn
unus-as in university—one
inter-as in interstate—between
intra-as in intrapsychic—within

B. Match the following rooms/places with their meanings:

‘A’ – ‘B’

1. attic – (a) open as you come into a house.
2. loft – (b) covered area before an entrance-door.
3. cellar – (c) large cupboard (big enough to walk into) for storing food.
4. basement – (d) room in the roof space of a house (could be lived in)
5. hall – (e) space in the roof of a house usually used only [or a storage.
6. porch – (f) paved area between house and garden for sitting and eating etc.
7. pantry or larder – (g) room below ground level, no windows,used for storage.
8. terrace or patio – (h) room below ground level, windows for living and working,
Answer:
1. – (d), 2. -b, (e), 3. – (g), 4. – (h), 5. – (a), 6. -. (b), 7. -e (c), 8. -. (f)

Comprehension

A. Choose the correct alternative.

Question 1.
The story ‘The fun they Had’ can be best described as:
(a) a funny story
(b) a fairy tale
(c) science fiction
(d) an event from history.
Answer:
(c) science fiction

Question 2.
Who told Margie that there was a time when all stories were printed on paper?
(a) Tommy
(b) the County inspector
(c) her grandfather
(d) her grandfather’s grandfather.
Answer:
(a) Tommy

Question 3.
Which of the following statements does not apply to Margie’s teacher:
(a) It was large. black and ugly
(b) It calculated the marks instantly
(c) It had tinny, robotic voice
(d) It taught at regular hours.
Answer:
(c) It had tinny, robotic voice

B. Fill in the blanks:

(i) Margie was doing badly in her tests. (history/geography)
(ii) The sector of Tommy’s teacher had blanked out completely. (history/geography)
(iii) Tommy claimed that his was as smart as a teacher. (father/grandfather)
(iv) Margie’s schoolroom was right next to her (bedroom/play pen)
(v) Tommy was …… than Margie. (younger/older)
Answer:
(i) geography
(ii) history
(iii) father.
(iv) bedroom
(v) older.

Language Practice

A. Say what each speaker did. Use the following verbs before a ‘to infinitive clause’.
decide. offer, promise. threaten

Question 1.
Sallm : I’ll put the shelves up room. I promise.
Answer:
I promise to put the shelves up room.

Question 2.
Yaqub: O. K. I’ll buy both the dresses.
Answer:
I decide to buy both the dresses

Question 3.
Sameeria: I’ll cook the meal if you like.
Answer:
I offer to cook the meal.

Question 4.
Shakil : If you don’t control that dog, Jameel, I’ll shoot It.
Answer:
If you don’t control that dog, I threaten to shoot it.

B. Rewrite the following sentences using non-finite clauses:

Question 1.
She was sorry that she had missed the meeting.
Answer:
She was sorry for missing the meeting.

Question 2.
I hope that I’ll this novel by tomorrow.
Answer:
I hope to finish this novel by tomorrow.

Question 3.
Ruby promised that she would give me the book.
Answer:
Ruby promised me to give the book.

Question 4.
RashId was hurt when he learnt that Shahnawaz had not done his home work.
Answer:
Knowing that Shahnawaz had not done his home work, Rasbid was hurt.

Question 5.
Anand will be surprised when he sees you.
Answer:
Anand will be surprised to sec you.

C. Combine the following pair of sentences using non- finite clause beginning with a participle (-ing/-ed)

Question 1.
(a) The girl was injured in the accident.
(b) The girl was taken to hospital.
Answer:
Being injured in the accident, the girl was taken to hospital.

Question 2.
(a) The car broke down.
(b) The car was taking us to the air port.
Answer:
The car taking us to the air port broke down.

Question 3.
(a) At the end of the street there is a path.
(b) The path leads to the river.
Answer:
The path at the end of the street leads to the river.

Question 4.
(a) The king was armed with his sword, bow and arrow.
(b) The king reached the forest.
Answer:
The king armed with his sword, bow and arrow reached the forest,

Question 5.
(a) He looked over his shoulder.
(b) He saw the police chasing him.
Answer:
Looking over his shoulder, be saw the police chasing him.

D. Combine the following pair of sentences in such a way that sentence
(b) is changed Into a non-finite clame.

Question 1.
(a) Priyanka loves coffee.
(b) Priyanka drinks hot coffee.
Answer:
Priyanka loves drinking bot coffee.

Question 2.
(a) Ruby believes in something.
(b) She works hard.
Answer:
Ruby believes in working hard.

Question 3.
(a) She denied.
(b) She stole my wallet.
Answer:
She denied to have stolen my wallet.

Question 4.
(a) I am looking forward to.
(b) I attend your wedding tomorrow.
Answer:
I am looking forward to attend your wedding tomorrow.

Question 5.
(a) She poured me a drink.
(b) She spill most of it on the table.
Answer:
She poured me a drink spilling most of it on the table.

Question 6.
(a) Rakhee just stood there.
(b) She felt completely lost.
Answer:
Rakhee just stood there feeling completely lost.

Speaking Time

Here some incomplete statements are said with a rising tom., followed by a falling tone to show completion of statements. You have to mark both parts of the statements.
Answer:
Students should do themselves.

Reading Time

Read the following passage carefully:

1. How can you best improve your English depends on where you live and particularly on whether or not you live in an English speaking community. If you hear English spoken everyday and mix freely wish English speaking people, that is on the whole an advantage. On the other hand, it is often confusing to have the whole language poured over you at once. Ideally, a step.by step course should accompany or lead up this experience. It will also help a great deal if you can easily get the son of English books in which you are interested.

2. To read a lot is essential. h is stupid not to venture outside the examination set book or the textbooks you have chosen for intensive study. Read as many books you find, with the idea of listing and learning as many new words as possible. Choose what is likely to interest you and be sure in advance that it Is nor zoo hardy You should no: have to be constantly looking up new words here and there, but as a general policy, try to push ahead, guessing what words mean from the context. It is extensive and not intensive reading that normally helps you to get Interested in extra-reading and thereby improve your English.

You should enjoy the feeling which extensive reading gives of having some command of the language. As you read you will become more and more familiar with words and sentence patterns you already know, understanding them better as you meet them in more and more context some of which may deffer slightly from others.

3. Some people say that we cannot learn or speak a language better with the help of a book. To believe this is to believe that the spoken language and the written language are quite different things. This is not so. There is a very great deal of link between the two. In learning the patterns and vocabulary of the written form we are learning to a considerable extent those of the spoken form too. We are, In fact learning the language and not merely one form of the language.

Now answer the questions given below :

Question 1.
Find out the words from the passage which convey the same meanings as the words given below.
Answer:

go with – accompany
necessary – essential
deep – intensive
wide – extensive
only – merely

Question 2.
On what does the improvement of your English depend ? (2009,10,11)
Answer:
The improvement of our English depends on where we live and particularly or not we live in an English speaking community. It is not possible that the whole language is poured on us at once. Ideally, a step by step course should accompany or lead up this experience. We should read a lot of books in English. In this way we can improve our English.

Question 3.
What will help you to improve your English at the beginning ? (2012)
Answer:
If we hear English spoken every day and mix freely with English speaking people, it will help us to improve our English at the beginning.

Question 4.
How does reading help you in improving English ?
Answer:
Reading helps us in improving English in the way that we learn many new words.

Question 5.
The author discusses two types of reading. What are they ?
Answer:
They are extensive and intensive reading.

Question 6.
What do you understand by ‘intensive reading’ ?
Answer:
By intensive reading we understand that we try to understand the full meaning of the matter we read, knowing the correct meaning of each and every word.

Question 7.
How are spoken and written language two different things ? (2009)
Answer:
The writer says that they are not two different things. There is a very great deal of link between the two. In learning the patterns and vocabulary of the written form, we are learning those of the spoken form to a considerable extent too.

Question 8.
Give a suitable title to the passage.
Answer:
How to Improve Learning English Best ?

Writing Time

Question 1.
By taking ideas from the visual (given in the book) together with your own ideas write an article on ‘Global Warming—a Global Threat’ in 200 words.
Answer:

Global Warming—a Global Threat

Today man has done great progress in several fields. Science has given a great power in the hands of man. Man has created many things for his comfort and luxury. His houses, his roads, his communication, his transport facilities and many things has made his life easier and happier. We can see big factories, big machines, railways, ships and other things working twenty four hours in the service of man.

Yet, if we think deeply we see that the same things have posed a great threat to his own existence. All these things have become possible by the increased use of energy. And energy is produced by burning fuel. This burning has made our globe warmer and warmer, thus presenting a great problem.

Over the last decade the carbon dioxide content in the atmosphere has been slowly but surely rising and it may not be long before our whole atmosphere is almost totally enveloped by this death-knell of the gas, carbon-dioxide. Due to the high content of carbon-dioxide in the air the global warming has also been on a steady rise. One of the major reasons for this rise in carbon-dioxide level has been due to vehicular smoke and smoke emitted by the factories, mills and other industries. If effective and concrete steps are not taken up immediately to improve this present situation, it will not be long before this problem assumes unmanageable proportions.

The snow of the mountains is melting, the rivers have become polluted, the air is also polluted. There is less rainfall and the level of underground water has gone deep. This problem should be dealt with seriousness because future of the whole human race is at stake. In the ultimate analysis, the problem of rise in the carbon-dioxide level in the air has posed a great threat to the existence of life on earth.

Question 2.
Watch the visual input (given in the book) very carefully and write an article in 200 words on ‘Water pollution’.
Answer:

Water Pollution

Water is life. All know how much essential pure water is for us. In the olden days life was simple. All the necessary things for life were easily available. There was sufficient rainfall. Our water resources over flowed. The rivers flowed throughout the year, our wells were full of water. The streams and brooks were always running. But with the progress of man in the field of science, several problems arose and the life started becoming difficult.

Due to rise of carbon-dioxide content in the air, the problem of global warming started. The excess use of energy made the availability of water scarce. Due to shortage in rainfall the flow of water in the rivers reduced. Other sources of water too became less and less. Small streams and rivers dried up completely. The problem became serious with throwing of refuse and other material in the rivers. The wastage of the industries has posed a major problem. All our rivers have become contaminated.

Their water is unusable not only for drinking but in other purposes also. The big rivers like Ganga and Yamuna have been converted into gutters. The water polluted cannot be made clean again by any process. The same case is of the lakes and ponds. People carelessly make the water dirty by throwing refuse, washing clothes and bathing the animals.

The pollution of water has threatened the existence of the life man. All concerned should be aware of the seriousness of the situation and do whatever possible to keep water clean and pure.

Question 3.
Write an article on importance of ‘Rain Water Harvesting’ based on the visual input (given in the book).
Answer:

Rain Water Harvesting

In earlier times, there was plenty of water available in the rivers, lakes and wells. But with the progress in the field of technology, there is great advancement in life. In big cities, big buildings, roads and other constructions have started. In villages too this trend has developed. Due to global warming and incessant falling of trees there is a shortage of rainfall almost everywhere.

Our rivers and streams have dried. Due to building of houses and roads built by cement and other causes, the level of underground water has gone very deep. As such a great problem of drinking water has risen. It has become a difficult task for many people to get sufficient water.

To solve this problem the technique of rain water harvesting has been developed. In this technique, there is an attempt to allow water to go deep down earth. For this a hole is dug deep. In it pieces of brick, stones and large pebbles of sand are buried. It works as a filter. The rain water collected on the roofs of the houses is brought through pipes and left in these holes thus, allowing water to get absorbed in it.

The aim is to raise the under ground water level. This technique has also been developed near the small streams and brooks. The results have shown an improvement. Hence, its adoption by the citizens is urged. Govt, provides technical help and also gives some economic help in order to promote it. It is the duty of the people to pay attention to this plan.

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Our Casuarina Tree Question Answer Class 12 English A Voyage Chapter 5 MP Board

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Class 12 English A Voyage Chapter 5 Our Casuarina Tree Questions and Answers

In this article, we will share MP Board Class 12th English Solutions Chapter 5 Our Casuarina Tree Pdf, These solutions are solved subject experts from the latest edition books.

Our Casuarina Tree Class 12th Question Answer

Word Power

A. In the poem the word ‘lay’ is used in the sense of a ‘short narrative poem’. It is used in other contexts as verb and as noun. Given below are some words which in the poem are used in the sense given against them. Find their other uses:
rest — feel soothed
spring — grow
hail — welcome, greet
break on — strike, touch
trunk — body of a tree
consecrate — sanctify
Answer:

The other uses of the given words are as follows:
Rest — remaining substance
Hail — a shower of frozen rain
Trunk — a big box
Spring — a season
Break on — to interrupt
Consecrate — dedicate to the service of God.

B. Find the words for the following expressions in the poem:

1. Highest point of a tree, mountain, etc.
2. Associated with the place and circumstances of one’s place of birth.
3. A state of fainting or sub-consciousness.
4. Related to long and highest tradition in history.
5. A song or poem expressing grief over something sad.
6. A song sung at the burial of a dead person.
7. Time when it is growing dark.
8. A bodily state of hypnotism or magic-spell.
Answer:

summit
native clime
slumbered
classic
eerie speech
dirge
darkling
trance.

C. Match the words in column A with their meanings in column B.

‘A’ – ‘B’

(i) gallant – (a) top of a slope or hill
(ii) clusters – (b) splendour
(iii) casement – (c) young ones of animals and human beings
(iv) crest – (d) rounded pebbles on sea-shore
(v) offspring – (e) state of being quite forgotten
(vi) enmassed – (f) congealed
(vii) magnificence – (g) brave
(viii) shingle – (h) window
(ix) sublime – (i) shake involuntarily for fear or cold.
(X) tremble – (j) of the highest kind
(xi) oblivion – (k) bunches
Answer
(i) (g), (ii) (k),(iii) (h), (iv) (a),(v) (c),(vi) (f), (vii) (b),(viii) (d),(ix) (j),(x) (i),(xi) (e).

Comprehension

A. in the poem, there occur words or phrases that have a contextual meaning, other than their literal meaning. Far example the term ‘Oblivion s curse’ which in the present context means: ‘All things in the world are cursed to be forgotten with the passage of time, hut the memory of something may be eternalized in the works of art, like poetry sculpture, architecture, painting and music. Given below are some phrases from the poem. Explain in what sense they occur here:

Question 1.
The giant wears the scarf.
Answer:
The huge tree keeps up its glory and dignity.

Question 2.
The water-lilies spring, link snow enmassed.
Answer:
The white coloured tiny lily flowers appear Like congealed snow.

Question 3.
Dirge-like murmur.
Answer:
It signifies that the tree shares sad moments of the poetess and mourn along with her.

Question 4.
sea breaking on a shingle beach.
Answer:
It signifies that the tree is also in deep grief over the sad demise of the poet’s brother.

Question 5.
earth lay tranced in adreamless swoon.
Answer:
The earth is in a state of magic spell quite unaffected by the dreams of human beings.

Question 6.
numbered with deathless trees.
Answer:
The poetess wishes for the long life of the tree.

B. Answer the following questions in 60 words each:

Question 1.
How is the creeper climbing up the tree?
Answer:
The poetess describes the trees in a very realistic manner. The creeper is compared with a python winding round and round, On its rugged trunk, there are deep sears up to the summit.

Question 2.
How does the giant-tree wear the scarf?
Answer:
The giant-tree is standing in the house garden of the poetess. It stands like a giant. It grows very high up in the sky Its branches appear to be like scarfs at the top sitting in a gallant way. With its scarfs the poet means to say that it keeps up its dignity and high position because no other tree is as high as this one.

Question 3.
What does the poetess see when she opens her window in winter-morn?
Answer:
The tree gives delight to the poetess in many ways. When she opens her window in the winter she finds a gray baboon sitting like a statue over the crest of the tree. It watches the sunrise. On its lower boughs the little creatures leap and play while the cuckoos sing a welcome note for the day. The day becomes joyous for her.

Question 4.
Who exhales a dirge-like murmur and for what reason?
Answer:
The poetess personifies the big tree. She says that the tree was very much attached with the happenings in her family. When the poetess loses her brother and sister, she feels the tree is in a long mournful dirge-like murmur. The tree seems to share her sorrow.

Question 5.
Explain ‘Unknown, yet well known to the eye of faith’ with reference to the poem. (M.P. Board 2012)
Answer:
Here the poetess says that it is quite unreal to see a tree mourning or weeping. No one has ever seen it crying or wailing, but she says that it is still well-known fact for one’s faith. If one can believe, one can feel it to be real.

Question 6.
How does the poetess propose to sanctify her association with the tree and why?
Answer:
The poetess proposes to sanctify her association with the tree by composing songs in its honour. She wants to write sacred verses for it. The tree has become a very important part of her life. She feels herself closely associated and attached with the tree for it has been beloved to her brother and sister who are no more.

Question 7.
How does the poetess bless the tree?
Ans.
The poetess feels sad when she thinks that the tree would die one day. It would be a great loss for her and also for a number of other creatures who were comforted under its shrfde. So, she makes a wish for its long life. She wishes that her verses may change the destiny of the tree, though she knows that it is a faint hope. No one can change the cycle of nature, still she hopes for the long life of the tree. She wants that tree’s memory should never fade.

C. Answer the following questions in about 75 words each:

Question 1.
How does the poetess compare the creeper to a huge python? What characteristic of the tree has been highlighted by it?
Answer:
‘Our Casuarina Tree’ is a fine specimen of an ode in which the poetess highlights a tree and her emotional attachment with it. Humanising the tree, the poetess bestows all sorts of magnificence and grandeur to the tree. She compares it with a python-a big species of snake known for its huge size and dazzling spotted body. She says that the tree bears all similarities of the python. A creeper grows around its trunk, making deep scars over it and goes to its summit. It seems to be embracing the sky.

Question 2.
What does the poetess see when she opens her casement at dawn?
Answer:
The poetess describes the tree very minutely. The tree is magnificent and gives comfort to a lot of living beings. The poetess whenever in the dawn opens her casement, she feels great delight to see the tree cool and restive. During winter, she usually finds a gray baboon sitting like a statue alone at the top of the tree. It watches the sunrise with great concentration. In the lower boughs, she finds little creatures leaping and playing while far and near the songs of the cuckoos make a welcome note for the rising day.

Question 3.
For what reasons is the Casuarina tree dear to the poetess? (M.P. Board 2011)
Answer:
The Casuarina tree is dear to the poetess for many reasons. The first is its magnificence. It is tall and grand to look at. It is dazzling like a python. Its generosity is unique. It gives something to all-shade, cool breeze, and repose. One feels relaxed here.

The other reason that makes the tree dear to her is that the poetess has spent all her childhood under its shade. She has played there with her brother and sister who are no more alive. So, the tree is an integral part of her life for creating memories of her life. The tree reminds her of the happy time spent by her with her siblings.

Question 4.
How intense and heart-felt is the tree’s mourning for Abju and Aru?
Answer:
The poetess has humanised the tree. She makes lamentation and it mourns the death of her brother and sister. The tree shares her lamentation with its dirge-like murmur which the poetess seems to hear. She also feels the tree waiting like sea breaking on a shingle- beach. Though such an outburst is quite unnatural but the poetess wants to highlight the human features of the tree which seem to be so connected with the human affection.

Question 5.
The last stanza expresses the affection and kinship of the poetess with the tree. How does she express it?
Answer:
She is emotional in this stanza. The tree has great significance for the poetess. She says that it is more than her life itself. So, she bears all her high feeling of love, respect and importance. She dignifies it in all the possible ways, for it possesses many of her childhood memories. She used to play under its shade with her brother and sister who are no more alive. She, in the last stanza, reveals all her love and affection for the tree through her wishes for the long life of the tree. She wishes to immortalise the tree through her verses in which she would pen down her emotion.

Question 6.
What according to the poetess are the great curses of mortal existence?
Answer:
Our Casuarina Tree is a poem which blends all aspects of human life. The poet has humanised the existence of the tree. She has made the tree feel the pains and sufferings also. Through the tree the poetess reveals the realities of human life. Human life feels delights but also suffers pains. ‘Human Curses’ can include fear, hope, death and time are the curses of a mortal existence. No one can escape them. Everyone who is born has to undergo many testing times and situations. Everyone is destined to die and perish. So, no one can be happy for the rest of his life. Any moment can bring pain. We must be ready to meet all these curses.

Question 7.
The theme of the poem is a sense of awe, respect, affection and personal affinity towards the Casuarina tree for the reason that beneath it she had played with her brother and sister who are no more in the world?’ Explain the theme of the poem in the light of the statement.
Answer:
The theme of the poem ‘Our Casuarina Tree’ is an exposition of the poetess’s love, respect, affection, and personal affinity towards the tree. The reason behind it is that she has spent her childhood around the tree. She has played there with her brother and sister who are no more. She has grown under the tree. Many memories are attached with the tree. She has seen the tree sharing all the family situation. The tree is made to feel the loss of the brother and sister of the poetess. The poetess highlights the tree’s role in her life. She immortalises the tree through her verses. She also wishes for its long life and protection from oblivion’s curse.

Question 8.
Bring out the similes occurring in the poem. Explain them.
Answer:
Our Casuarina Tree is- an ode. It abounds in the use of similies. The tree has been humanised. The poetess uses a number of live similes in the poem, some of them are given here:

Like a huge python—highlights the hugeness and grandeur of the tree.
Like snow enmassed—white lily flowers look like congealed snow.
Like the sea breaking—the tree’s vastness and gravity compared with that of the sea.

Question 9.
How has the Casuarina tree been personified in the poem? (M.P. Board 2016)
Answer:
‘Our Casuarina Tree’ is a poem written to express the feeling of the poetess. It is not
merely the description of a tree but it is a tribute to the tree. The poetess presonifies the tree. She bestows all human feelings to the tree. The generous attitude of the tree is great. The tree comforts all. It also shares the joys and sorrows of the human beings. The poetess feels the tree shedding tears and lamenting at the death of her brother and sister. The tree is also destined to die like human being. Thus, it has been personified. It is not – unaffected from human curses as well.
Or
‘The poem is an Ode in form and elegy in spirit and tone.’ Explain with illustrations. Ans. ‘Our Casuarina Tree’ is a poem which highlights the tree’s contribution in the life of the poetess. It is an effort of the poetess to immortalise the tree through her verses. The tree is an inevitable part of her life. So, she is all respectful and highly dedicated to the tree which is more than her life. On the other hand, the poetess also remembers her brother and sister who died at a very early age. Here the poetess laments their death and also makes the tree feel and mourn it. She also talks about death, which is sure to come. Thus, this poem is an ode in form but an elegy in spirit.

D. Explain the following and add critical notes where necessary:

Question 1.
Like a huge python, winding round and round
The rugged trunk, indented deep with sears,
Up to its very summit near the stars,
A treeper climbs.
Answer:
The given lines describes the big and mighty casuarina tree. This oak-like tree grew in the garden of the poetess. She mentions the might and grandeur of the tree. The ‘rugged trunk’ and ‘deep sears’ shows the life of the tree. The tree shares all the good childhood memories of the poetess. The creeper winding its trunk shows how easily the tree has accepted the creeper. The poetess through her mention ‘summit near the stars’ shows how worthy the tree is to her. The tree has reached the position of stars not only in height but also in worth.

Question 2.
O sweet companions, loved with love intense,
For your sakes shall the tree be ever dear,
Blent with your images, it shall arise
In memory, till the hot tears blind mine eyes!
Answer:
In these lines, the poetess mentions the other great causes of why the tree is so close to her heart. She remembers her siblings, who are no more. She dedicate her love to the tree as the tree reminds her of happy bygone days that she spent with her brother and sister. The tree not only reminds her of her play-mates but also becomes the part of poetess in paying homage to them.

Question 3.
What is that dirge-like murmur that I hear
Like the sea breaking on a shingle-beach?
It is the tree’s lament, an eerie speech .
That haply to the unknown land may reach.
Answer:
This stanza humanises the tree and the poetess takes the tree one step further in becoming the part of her family. The stanza focuses on the sorrow that has been fallen ort the poetess due to the death of her siblings, the tree itself jeels the sorrow and laments with a ‘dirge-like murmur’. The poetess makes the tree the medium to express her sadness for the departed souls in the unknown land. The tree .being the intricate part of the household shares the same emotions as that of poetess.

Speaking Activity

The poem ‘Our Casuarina Tree has an eleven line stanza form in imitation of the one used by John , Keats in ‘To Autumn’. Look at Keats’ ode in the textbook and discuss in groups:

Question 1.
How is the stanza form similar?
Answer:
Our Casuarina Tree of Toru Dutt and Ode to Autumn by John Keats have 11 line stanzas with a slight difference.

Question 2.
How does the rhyming scheme of the poem differ from Keats’ Ode? Present your views in class after discussion.
Answer:
The rhyme scheme of both the poems differs a bit. In ‘Our Casuarina Tree’ and Ode to Autumn’ the rhyme scheme is abba while it is abab in Keats’s.

Writing Activity

In his short narrative poem, ‘Nutting’, Wordsworth records an experience of his childish act of disturbing the quiet life of a young tree by ‘dragging to earth both branch and bough’. When he turned round he felt a sense of pain’, when he beheld the mute tree. In this mood of thoughtful agony, he advises his sister, Dorothy:
”Then, dearest Maiden, move along these shades
In gentleness of heart; with gentle hand
Touch-for there is a spirit in the woods”.
You also must have had an experience to realize that there is a life and spirit in the words.

Convey your impressions in a letter to your younger brother on the following points:

Trees as best friends and companions to man.
Trees share our pains and joys and give comfort.
Aged trees look like our teachers and guides.
We can learn charity and benevolence from trees.
You have felt the presence of a Supreme Power in and around trees.
How can we be intimate with them?
Our duty towards them—to be kind, compassionate, respectful and affectionate as we are to our kith and kin.

Answer:
K-265
Laxmibai Enclave Gwalior
My Dear Anu
Today is ‘Environment Day’. I would like to draw your attention to some of my feelings. You know trees are our best friends. They have emotions too. They protect us from many dangers. They help us in many ways. They support our life. They keep air cool.

They save us from flood. They help our land in growing more crops. We learn many lessons of our life from trees. Trees are the most generous creations of God. They give us shade, fruits, flowers, medicines, leaves, wood, and many more that are of great value for us. They do not take anything in return from us. I feel we, also have some duties towards them. We must protect them. We must plant more and more trees. We must be active to make efforts for their safety. I hope you will understand my feelings and will also do your best for saving the trees.
Yours
Ravikatit.

B. Discuss and analyze the poem ‘Our Casuarina Tree’ among your classmates and record conclusions in notes-form on the following points:

Question 1.
Whether the poem is an ode or an elegy or a blend of both? How?
Answer:
The poem is an ode with a touch of elegiac note. The poetess has a very high opinion about the tree. She describes it with all her noble feelings. She bestows all honour and dignity to the tree. The stanza form is regular with a rhyme scheme abba. But the humanization of the tree which laments and share sorrow gives elegy tone.

Question 2.
What human feelings are depicted in the poem?
Answer:
A feeling of close association with someone very near and dear has been depicted in the poem and forms the central idea.

Question 3.
How has the poetess humanised the Casuarina tree?
Answer:
The poetess humanises the Casuarina tree by showing it in mourning. When the poetess lost her brother and sister, when they were quite at their early age, the poetess says that she heard dirge-like mourning from the tree.

Question 4.
Pictorial quality.
Answer:
The poem abounds in charming pictorial quality which beautifies the poem. In the very first stanza, the image of python and the growth of creeper attract one to its beauty. The scene in winter also delights us. In each stanza, we have such images which heighten the quality of poem which adds more emotion to the poem.

Question 5.
How does the poetess blend imagery from eastern and western contexts? Take the help of the information given below:

Ode	Elegy
An ode is an address to some noble thoughts or ideas or abstraction or deity. It is lyrical and dignified in form and exalted in thought. The stanza form is, generally, regular. Langauge and style are refined.	An elegy is a song of mourning on the death of some relative, friend or benefactor. There is in it scope for philosophical speculations on death and immortality. Dominant emotion is grief.

Answer:
The poetess blends the imagery from eastern and western context beautifully. The tree gives delight in both the contexts. While describing the Casuarina tree, the poetess has in her mind the banyan tree which grew in her house garden in Bengal.

Think It Over

After the study of the poem ‘Our Casuarina Tree’ the following points emerge for our consideration:

Trees have life. They have birth, growth and death as we have.
They have sensations and feelings. They also have pain and pleasures as we have.
They are our friends. They laugh, weep and sympathise with us. They give us shelter, fresh
Air, dry wood, food, oil and medicines. They bring rain and increase the lertility of our fields.
Since ages, they have been a source of aesthetic and spiritual joy to men, and so have been adored as dwellings of gods. The relation between trees and men is reciprocal. Now think over your duties towards trees’ and share your views with your classmates.

Answer:
As trees are an integral part of our life, we have a lot in our store to do for them, We should plant more and more trees. We should protect them from cutting for commercial purposes. We should explore new avenues for the growth of trees.

Things to Do

Indo-Anglian literature (popularly known as Indian Writing in English) is the name given to the literature composed in English by Indian writers. The first Indian writers in English were Kashi Prasad Ghose (1809-1873) and Michael Madhusudan Dutta (1827-1873). Since then hundreds of writers have contributed to the enrichment of this branch of literature. Given below are some well-known men of letters, who wrote in English and received universal recognition. Their important prose or poetic works are also given against them.

1. Toru Dutt — A Sheaf Gleaned in French Fields
2. Rabindranath Tagore – Gitanjali, for which he was awarded Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913
3. Sri Aurobindo – The Life Divine
4. Sarojini Naidu –

The Golden Threshold
The Bird of Time
The Broken Wing (all collections of poems)

5. Mahatma Gandhi – The Story of My Experiments with Truth
6. Jawaharlal Nehru – The Discovery of India
7. Mulk Raj Anand – Untouchable (novel), Coolie (novel)
8. R.K. Narayan –

Swami and Friends
The Guide
Malgudi Days

9. Anita Desai — Voices in the City
10. Khushwant Singh — Train to Pakistan
11. Nirad C. Chaudhan — APassagetoEngland
12. Nissim Ezekiel — A Time to Change
13. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan — Indian Philosophy

Read some of these works to enrich your vision.
Answer:
Do yourself.

Our Casuarina Tree by Toru Dutt Introduction

The poem is anode with a touch of elegiac node. The process humanises the Casuarine tress. She very high opinion for the tree. She describes it with all her noble feelings. She stows all honour and digity to the tree.

Our Casuarina Tree Summary in English

This poem is a description of a Casuarina tree. Here, Casuarina tree is used for a big banyan tree which grew in the house garden of the poet. The creeper grew like a huge python winding round and round the tree. The tree grew very high. No other tree could grow near it. The birds and bees overflew around it with their sweet songs. Men used to repose under its shade. The poet was also delighted to rest here.

It looked very attractive during winter. The cuckoos used to hail the day from its boughs. It was very beautiful and vast. Its magnificence laid in the fact that the poet had several memories of her childhood under the tree. The memory of her dear one is also attached with it. It recalled the death of her brother and sister who died prematurely. The tree had shared all her mourning.

The tree has a classical value. At all times, one feels a trance like situation to her. The poet has hopour and love for the tree and it is for her dearer than life. She feels sad at the thought that the tree may perish one day. She wishes if she could save it. But no one can do it because it is a natural process and the tree will meet its end one day. Nothing is immortal-neither men nor trees. But still the poetess wishes that the tree will overcome all the curse of natural life and be always protected because of poetess’ love. The tree will remain alive in her poem.

Our Casuarina Tree Summary in Hindi

यह कविता एक कैसूरिना पेड़ का वर्णन है। यहाँ कैसूरिना वृक्ष एक विशाल बरगद के बारे में कहा गया है जो कवयित्री के घरेलू बगीचे में उग आया था। इसके साथ लगा हुआ आरोही पौधा एक विशाल अजगर की तरह गोल-गोल घूमते हुए बढ़ा। यह पेड़ काफी बड़ा हो गया। दूसरा कोई पेड़ इसके आसपास नहीं उग सका । पक्षी एवं मधुमक्खियाँ इसके ऊपर मंडराते थे और अपने मधुर गीत गाते थे। लोग इसके नीचे छाया में आराम करते थे। कवयित्री भी यहाँ आराम करके आनन्द महसूस करती थी।

यह जाड़े के दिनों में काफ़ी आकर्षक लगता था। कोयल इसके झुरमुट से दिन का स्वागत करती। यह काफ़ी सुन्दर और विशाल था। इसका सौन्दर्य इस तथ्य में भी था कि कवयित्री के बचपन की बहुत-सी यादें इसके साथ जुड़ी थीं। उसके प्रिय की याद भी इसके साथ जुड़ी थी। यह उसके भाई और बहन के असामयिक मृत्यु की ओर इशारा करती है। पेड़ ने भी उनके दुखों को भोगा था।

इसका पौराणिक महत्त्व भी है। हर बार लोग यहाँ योगमुद्रा को महसूस करते हैं। कवयित्री इसके प्रति इज्ज़त और प्यार की भावना रखती है और यह उसके लिए जीवन से भी अधिक प्रिय है। उसे इस सोच से दुख होता है कि एक दिन यह पेड़ समाप्त हो जाएगा। वह कामना करती है कि वह इसे बचा सके। लेकिन कोई भी इसे बचा नहीं सकता क्योंकि यह एक प्राकृतिक प्रक्रिया है और पेड़ का एक दिन अन्त होना ही है। कुछ भी अमर नहीं है-न मनुष्य न पेड़। परन्तु कवयित्री यह कामना करती है कि यह पेड़ हर तरह के शाप से बचा रहेगा और कवयित्री के असीमित प्यार से और उसकी कविता में हमेशा के लिए अमर हो जाएगा।

Our Casuarina Tree Word Meanings

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Our Casuarina Tree Important Pronunciations

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Our Casuarina Tree Stanzas for Comprehension

Read the following stanzas carefully and answer the questions that follow them:

1. But gallantly
The giant wears the scarf and flowers are hung
In crimson clusters all the boughs among.
Whereon all day are gathered bird and bee;
And oft at nights the garden over flows
With one sweet song that seems to have no close,
Sung darkling from our tree, while men repose. (Page 30)

Questions:

(i) Who does the ‘giant’ refer to?
(ii) In ………….. are gathered birds and bee.
(iii) What overflows the garden in nights?
(iv) Find a word which means the same as ‘collected’.
Answers:
(i) Casuarina tree is referred as the ‘giant’.
(ii) Crimson clusters.
(iii) The sweet songs of the birds and bees overflow the garden at nights.
(iv) Gathered means the same as collected.

2. But not because of its magnificence
Dear is the Casuarina to my soul;
Beneath it we have played; though years may roll,
O sweet companions, loved with love intense.
For your sakes, shall the tree be ever dear.
Blent with your images, it shall arise
In memory, till the hot tears blind mine eyes! (Page 31)

Questions:
(i) Why is the Casuarina tree dear to the poetess?
(ii) What did the poetess do under the tree?
(iii) Which memory is attached with the tree?
(iv) Find a word similar in meaning to ‘friends’.
Answers:
(i) Casuarina tree is very dear to the poetess because it is magnificent and is attached
with her childhood memories.
(ii) She played with her brother and sister under the tree.
(iii) The memory of her lost brother and sister is attached with the tree.
(iv) ‘Companions’ is similar in meaning to ‘friends’.

3. Therefore, I fain would consecrate a lay
Unto thy honour, Tree, beloved of those
Who now in blessed sleep for aye repose
Dearer than life to me, alas, were they! (Page 32)

Questions:
(i) What is beloved to the poetess?
(ii) What is dearer than life to the poetess?
(iii) What does the poetess want to do? Why?
(iv) Find a word from the stanza opposite in meaning to ‘dishonour’.
Answers:
(i) Casuarina tree is beloved to the poetess.
(ii) The brother and sister of the poetess are dearer than life to the poetess.
(iii) The poetess wants to write verses to immortalise the tree as her tribute to it and also pay homage and love to her dead siblings.
(iv) ‘Honour’ has opposite meaning to dishonour.

4. Mayst thou be numbered when my days are
done With deathless trees-like those in Borrowdale,
Under whose awful branches lingered pale
“Fear, trembling Hope, arid Death, the skeleton,
And Time the shadow” and though weak the verse
That would thy beauty fain, oh, fain rehearse,
May Love defend tree from Oblivion’s curse. (Page 32)

Questions:
(i) worries the poetess.
(ii) What are ‘human curses’?
(iii) What does the poetess wish?
(iv) Give a word opposite in meaning to ‘stable’.
Answers:
(i) Oblivion’s curse.
(ii) ‘Human Curses’ can include fear, hope, death and time.
(iii) The poetess wishes for the long life of the tree and tree becomes immortal like those in Borrowdale and her verse and love will always protect the tree from the curse.
(iv) Trembling.

MP Board Class 12th English A Voyage Textbook (Fiction and Drama)

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Class 12 English The Spectrum Chapter 13 Forest and River Questions and Answers

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Forest and River Class 12th Question Answer

Comprehension

निम्नलिखित प्रश्नों के उत्तर दीजिए-

Question 1.
Why does the forest envy the river? [2009, 18]
जंगल नदी से ईर्ष्या क्यों रखता है?
Answer:
The forest envies the freedom of movement that the river enjoys and regrets its own destiny of remaining chained to one place.
जंगल नदी को प्राप्त घूमने की आजादी से ईर्ष्या रखता है और एक स्थान पर बँधकर रहने की अपनी तकदीर पर तश्चाताप करता है।

Question 2.
What is the kingdom of water?
जल का साम्राज्य क्या है?
Answer:
The sea is the kingdom of water. जल का साम्राज्य समुद्र में है।

Question 3.
What is the forest’s complaint about its life? [2009]
अपने जीवन के विषय में जंगल की क्या शिकायत है?
Answer:
The forest regrets its own destiny of remaining chained to one place. It complains that it grows old in silence and die.
जंगल एक स्थान पर बँधकर रहने के अपने भाग्य पर पश्चाताप व्यक्त करता है। उसे शिकायत है कि वह इसी प्रकार शान्त रहकर बूढ़ा हो जायेगा और मर जायेगा।

Question 4.
How does the river praise the forest? [2012]
नदी जंगल की प्रशंसा किस प्रकार करती है?
Answer:
The river praises the majestic seclusion that the forest enjoys. It praises the calm and rest gifted to the forest.
नदी जंगल को प्राप्त भव्य एकाकीपन की प्रशंसा करती है। वह जंगल को प्राप्त शान्ति व विश्राम की भी प्रशंसा करती है।

Question 5.
Why does the river consider its journey meaningless? [2009]
नदी अपनी यात्रा को व्यर्थ क्यों मानती है?
Answer:
The river considers its journey meaningless because it always runs and runs and never has a moment of calm and rest.
नदी अपनी यात्रा को व्यर्थ मानती है क्योंकि यह सदैव चलती और चलती रहती है और कभी भी शान्ति व विश्राम का क्षण प्राप्त नहीं कर पाती।

Question 6.
In what way does the dialogue between the river and the forest reflect the dilemma of a passer-by?
नदी व जंगल के मध्य का वार्तालाप किस प्रकार पास से गुजरने वाले एक व्यक्ति की दुविधा को दर्शाता है?
Answer:
The dialogue between the river and the forest beautifully reflects the dilemma of a passerby. He is not able to decide as to which course of life he should choose. The freedom of movement that the river enjoys on the majestic seclusion, calm and rest that the forest enjoys.

नदी व जंगल के मध्य का वार्तालाप पास से गुजरने वाले व्यक्ति की दुविधा को खूबसूरती से दर्शाता है। वह यह निर्णय लेने की स्थिति में नहीं है कि उसे जीवन में कौन-सा मार्गदर्शन अपनाना चाहिए-नदी द्वारा उठायी जाने वाली स्वतन्त्रता का आनन्द अथवा जंगल द्वारा उठाये जाने वाले एकाकीपन, शान्ति एवं विश्राम का आनन्द।

Forest And River Summary

– Jalaluddin Runi

यह प्राकृतिक नियम है कि दूसरों का जीवन व दूसरों की स्थितियाँ हमें स्वयं से बेहतर लगती हैं। जंगल, नदी द्वारा आनन्द उठायी जा रही स्वतन्त्रता से प्रतिद्वन्द्विता महसूस करता है और अपने भाग्य पर पश्चाताप करता है कि वह एक ही स्थान पर बँधे रहने के लिए विवश है। दूसरी तरफ नदी यह महसूस करती है कि जंगल द्वारा उठाया जा रहा एकाकीपन का आनन्द उसकी निरन्तर बहने वाली स्वतन्त्रता से बेहतर है। उसे महसूस होता है कि उसकी यात्रा व्यर्थ है। नदी चाहती है कि जंगल को प्राप्त शान्ति एवं विश्राम उसे भी सुलभ हो सके। इस प्रकार नदी एवं जंगल एक दूसरे की स्थितियों की तुलना करते हैं और अपनी स्थिति से दूसरे की स्थिति बेहतर मानते हैं। यह प्रश्न मनुष्य के हृदय में भी उठता है कि उसे किस प्रकार का जीवन जीना चाहिए जंगल का या नदी का?

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The Value of Man Question Answer Class 12 English The Spectrum Chapter 12 MP Board

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Class 12 English The Spectrum Chapter 12 The Value of Man Questions and Answers

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The Value of Man Class 12th Question Answer

Word Power

(A) दिये गये अनुच्छेद में verb के सही रूप से रिक्त स्थान भरो।
Answer:
was convicted, defended, sentenced, be released, was acquitted.

(B) दी गई क्रियाओं को तीन भागों-crime, law, enforcing agencies और punishment में विभाजित करो।
Answer:
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Comprehension

निम्नलिखित प्रश्नों के उत्तर दीजिए-

Question 1.
What was Ghasi’s complaint to the panchayat? [2009, 13, 15]
पंचायत के पास घासी की क्या शिकायत थी?
Answer:
Ghasi’s complaint to the panchayat was that his ass has been stolen by a man. He informed the panchs that when he went to untie the ass, he was thrashed.

पंचायत के पास घासी ने शिकायत की कि उसके गधे को एक आदमी ने चुरा लिया है। उसने पंचों को सूचित किया कि जब वह गधे को खोलने गया, तो उसकी पिटाई की गयी।

Question 2.
Why did Ghasi not buy a bicycle?
घासी ने साइकिल क्यों नहीं खरीदी?
Answer:
Ghasi did not purchase the bicycle because he had never ridden on. He also feared that if he started riding a bicycle in this old age, he may break his hands.

घासी ने साइकिल नहीं खरीदी क्योंकि उसने कभी भी साइकिल नहीं चलाई थी। उसे यह भय भी था कि यदि वह बुढ़ापे में साइकिल चलाना शुरू करेगा तो उसके हाथ-पैर टूट सकते हैं।

Question 3.
How did Ghasi lose his ass?
घासी ने अपना गधा किस प्रकार खोया?
Answer:
Ghasi had tied his ass in the Mukhiyaji’s guava tree. When he went there the next morning, he was baffled to find there was no trace of it.

घासी ने अपने गधे को मुखियाजी के अमरूद के वृक्ष से बाँध दिया था। जब वह अगली सुबह वहाँ गया तो उसे वहाँ न देखकर परेशान हो गया।

Question 4.
How did Mohan respond to his father’s request to go and look for the ass?
गधे की खोजने की अपने पिता की विनती पर मोहन की क्या प्रतिक्रिया थी?
Answer:
Mohan responded angrily. He told his father that he cannot be turned into an ass having given up his studies.
मोहन ने नाराज होकर जवाब दिया। उसने अपने पिता से कहा कि पढ़ाई छोड़कर वह गधे में स्वयं नहीं बदल सकता।

Question 5.
Where did Ghasi find the ass? घासी को गधा कहाँ मिला?
Answer:
Ghasi found the ass at Kanchhedi’s place.
घासी को गधा कन्छेदी के घर पर मिला।

Question 6.
How did Kanchhedi treat Ghasi when he tried to untie the ass?
गधे को खोलने का प्रयास करने पर कन्छेदी ने घासी के साथ कैसा व्यवहार किया?
Answer:
When Ghasi tried to untie the ass, Kanchhedi gave him a rude thrashing.
जब घासी गधे को खोलने गया तो कन्छेदी ने बेंत से उसकी पिटाई की।

Question 7.
Why did Kanchhedi say he beat up Ghasi? [2018]
कन्छेदी के अनुसार उसने घासी की पिटाई क्यों की?
Answer:
According to Kanchhedi, Ghasi tried to untie his ass, so he gave Ghasi a thrashing.
कन्छेदी के अनुसार, घासी द्वारा [कन्छेदी का] गधा खोलने का प्रयास करने पर उसने घासी की पिटाई की।

Question 8.
How did Masterji justify that he could identify asses?
मास्टर जी ने इस बात को किस प्रकार सही ठहराया कि वह गधों को पहचान सकते
Answer:
Masterji could justify this because he was an expert in tending herds of asses all day at school.
मास्टर जी इस बात को सही ठहरा सके क्योंकि वह स्कूल में पूरे दिन गधों के झुण्ड की देखभाल करने में निपुण थे।

Question 9.
Why did Ghasi curse Masterji? [2011]
घासी ने मास्टर जी को श्राप क्यों दिया?
Answer:
Ghasi cursed Masterji because he was telling a lie.
घासी ने मास्टर जी को श्राप दिया क्योंकि वह झूठ बोल रहे थे।

Question 10.
What did Mohan imply when he commented on the shine of Masterji’s dress?
जब मोहन ने मास्टर जी के वस्त्रों पर व्यंग्य कसा तब उसका अर्थ क्या था?
Answer:
Mohan implied that Masterji had taken bribe.
मोहन का मतलब था कि मास्टर जी ने रिश्वत ली है।

Question 11.
Describe in your own words how Ghasi cursed Netaji.
अपने शब्दों में घासी द्वारा नेताजी को दिए गये श्राप का वर्णन कीजिए।
Answer:
Ghasi cursed Netaji by asking God to turn him into a leper.
घासी ने ईश्वर से नेताजी को कोढ़ी में बदलने की प्रार्थना करते हुए श्राप दिया।

Question 12.
Why did Netaji present Ghasi’s ass from grazing in his orchard after the elections?
चुनाव के पश्चात् नेताजी ने घासी के गधे को अपने बाड़े में चरने से क्यों रोक दिया?
Answer:
Netaji prevented Ghasi’s ass from grazing in his orchard after his defeat in the elections.
नेताजी ने चुनाव में हार के पश्चात् घासी के गधे को अपने बाड़े में चरने से रोक दिया।

Question 13.
Why did Ghasi resort to call the Sun god as his witness?
घासी ने सूर्य देवता से अपनी ओर से गवाही देने के लिए क्यों कहा?
Answer:
Ghasi was disappointed to see the role of Masterji and Netaji who changed their colour. Thus he resorted to call the Sun god as his witness in frustration.

मास्टर जी और नेताजी का रंग बदलने का रोल देखकर घासी निराश हो गया। इसलिए हताशा में उसने सूर्य देवता से अपनी ओर से गवाही देने के लिए कहा।

Question 14.
Why did Mohan name his ass Truck Saab’? [2010, 12]
मोहन ने अपने गधे को ‘ट्रक साब’ नाम क्यों दिया?
Answer:
Mohan named his ass ‘Truck Saab’ as he could take a truck load of clothes and run like a motorcar.
मोहन ने अपने गधे को ‘ट्रक साब’ नाम दिया क्योंकि वह एक ट्रक के वजन के बराबर कपड़े ढो सकता था और मोटरकार की तरह दौड़ सकता था।

Question 15.
Why was Masterji enraged at Mohan’s suggestion of interpreting the ass’s language?
मोहन द्वारा गधे की भाषा को समझाने का सुझाव देने पर मास्टर जी क्यों नाराज हो गये?
Answer:
Masterji felt insulted. So he was enraged at Mohan’s suggestion.
मास्टर जी ने अपमानित महसूस किया। अत: वह मोहन के सुझाव पर नाराज हो गये।

Question 16.
What did Mohan suggest to be the mode of deposition of ‘Truck Saab’?
‘ट्रक साब’ से गवाही दिलाने के तरीके पर मोहन का क्या सुझाव था?
Answer:
Mohan suggested that “Truck Saab’ will stand witness to anybody, who puts the garland of cloth around his neck.
मोहन ने सुझाव दिया कि ‘ट्रक साब’ उस व्यक्ति के साक्षी हो जायेंगे जो उसकी गर्दन पर कपड़े की माला पहना देगा।

Question 17.
What happened when Kanchhedi attempted to garland the ass?
जब कन्छेदी ने गधे को माला पहनाने का प्रयास किया तब क्या हुआ?
Answer:
When Kanchhedi attempted to garland the ass, he repeatedly tried it but in vain. Finally, the ass gave him a kick and Kanchhedi started wailing bitterly on the dias.

जब कन्छेदी ने गधे को माला पहनाने का प्रयास किया, तब उसने व्यर्थ में बार-बार कोशिश की। अन्ततः गधे ने उसे लात मार दी और कन्छेदी तख्त पर जोर-जोर से रोने लगा।

Question 18.
Why did the people clap when Mohan garlanded the ass?
मोहन के गधे को माला पहनाने पर लोगों ने तालियाँ क्यों बजायीं?
Answer:
People started clapping because they had got the right answer.
लोगों ने ताली बजायी क्योंकि उन्हें सही उत्तर मिल गया था।

Question 19.
Why did the Sarpanch say he considered an ass more reliable than a man? [2017]
सरपंच ने क्यों कहा कि वह मनुष्य की तुलना में गधे को ज्यादा भरोसेमन्द मानते हैं?
Answer:
The Sarpanch said this because his logic was that a man can lie whereas an ass can never do so.
सरपंच ने यह कहा क्योंकि उनका तर्क था कि मनुष्य झूठ बोल सकता है जबकि गधा झूठ नहीं बोल सकता।

Language Practice

1. Simple और Compound Sentence चुनो।
Answer:
1. Simple Sentences
(A) She is not a fool.
(B) His silence proves his guilt.

2. Compound Sentences –
(A) The sun was setting in the west and the moon was just rising.
(B) You must not be late or you will be punished.
(c) Rajesh got up and walked away.

2. उपयुक्त Conjunctions से रिक्त स्थान भरो।
Answer:

I would like to come but I don’t have time.
He has not written nor has he called me.
The sun had set yet it was still light outside.
Sami read the book but did not understand.
I opened the door and looked out.

3. निम्नलिखित वाक्यों को दिये गये coordinating conjunctions से जोड़िए:
Answer:

Urmila wants both money and fame.
I like coffee but I don’t like tea.
I was tired, so I went to sleep.
Raju is rich yet he is not happy.
He is neither sane nor brilliant.
Both my grandfather and my father worked in the steel plant.
I went shopping but my wife went to her classes.

The Value Of Man Summary

– Govind Jha

यह एक अत्यन्त रोचक कहानी है जिसे एकांकी के माध्यम से प्रस्तुत किया गया है। कहानी में शिकायकर्ता घासीराम है। मोहन उसका लड़का है और अपराधी कन्छेदी है। नेताजी और मास्टर जी को गवाह के रूप में पेश किया गया है। कहानी घासीराम के गधे को चुराने को लेकर है। घासीराम ने गधे चुराने की घटना को पंचायत के सामने रखा और उससे न्याय की गुहार लगायी। पंचों के सामने न्याय तक पहुँचना इसलिए कठिन हो गया क्योंकि मास्टर जी और नेताजी जैसे गवाह भी घासीराम के खिलाफ हो गये। घासीराम को न्याय मिलने की आशा समाप्त हो गयी और वह पंचायत छोड़कर जाने लगा। किन्तु तभी घासीराम के पुत्र द्वारा एक गधे को पेश करने से सारा माहौल बदल गया। यह सिद्ध हो गया कि कन्छेदी अपराधी है और मास्टर जी व नेताजी ने झूठी गवाही दी है। अन्त में यह सिद्ध हो जाता है कि विशेष परिस्थितियों में गधे की कीमत मनुष्य से अधिक होती है। वर्तमान समय पर यह कहानी एक गहरा व्यंग्य है, जो हमें यह शिक्षा भी देती है कि मनुष्य तो झूठ बोल सकता है किन्तु एक जानवर कभी झूठ नहीं बोल सकता।

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Class 12 English The Spectrum Chapter 11 The Rightful Inheritors of the Earth Questions and Answers

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The Rightful Inheritors of the Earth Class 12th Question Answer

Word Power

पशु और पक्षियों की एक सूची दी गई है। क्या आप उनकी ध्वनियों का मिलान कर सकते हैं।
Answer:
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Comprehension

निम्नलिखित प्रश्नों के उत्तर दीजिए
Question 1.
What made the author feel secure and why? [2009, 15]
लेखक को किस बात से महसूस हुआ कि वह सुरक्षित हैं और क्यों?
Answer:
When the author became the owner of a tiny little piece of the wide earth, he felt secure. He felt so because it was compulsory for him to have a piece of earth to live.

जब लेखक इस विशाल पृथ्वी के एक छोटे से टुकड़े का मालिक बन गया तब वह सुरक्षित महसूस करने लगा। वह ऐसा महसूस इसलिए करने लगा क्योंकि उसे जीने के लिए पृथ्वी पर एक जगह की नितान्त आवश्यकता थी।

Question 2.
Who were the first visitors to the farm? [2017]
फार्म हाउस पर सर्वप्रथम आने वालों में कौन लोग थे?
Answer:
The first visitors to the farm were birds and butterflies. The birds were of a wide variety.
फार्म हाउस पर सर्वप्रथम आने वालों में चिड़ियाँ और तितलियाँ थी। चिड़ियाँ अनेक प्रकार की थीं।

Question 3.
Write two ways in which the crows irritated the author. [2011, 14]
वह दो बातें बताइए जिनसे कौओं को लेकर लेखक नाराज हुआ।
Answer:
The two ways in which the crows irritated the author were first, their loud and rough sound; and second, their habit to fly quickly or suddenly downward.
पहली, उनकी तेज व कर्कश आवाज और दूसरी, उनकी अचानक नीचे उड़ जाने की आदत।

Question 4.
What similarities did the hawks share with the crows?
बाज और कौओं में क्या समानताएँ थीं?
Answer:
The hawks perched on the coconut trees like crows. They also flew quickly or suddenly downward. Their intentions were the same.
बाज भी कौओं की तरह नारियल के पेड़ों पर बैठते थे। वे भी कौओं की तरह बहुत तेजी से ऊपर-नीचे उड़ते थे। उनका उद्देश्य भी कौओं की तरह ही था।

Question 5.
What was the majestic creature that the author encountered?
लेखक का सामना किस विशाल जीव से हुआ?
Answer:
The majestic creature that the author encountered was a fierce creature without hands or legs or wings. It was a cobra.
लेखक का सामना जिस विशाल जीव से हुआ वह एक भयानक जीव था जिसके हाथ, पैर व पंख नहीं थे। वह कोबरा सर्प था।

Question 6.
How did the author react to his wife’s complaint that the fruits were being consumed by birds and mammals?
पत्नी की इस शिकायत पर कि चिड़िया व अन्य जीव फलों को खा जाते हैं, लेखक ‘ने किस प्रकार की प्रतिक्रिया दी.?
Answer:
The author said that fruits, roots, grass, grain, flowers, water, air, warmth and light have been created by God. He told his wife that birds, beasts and insects too are entitled to the produce of the earth.

लेखक ने कहा कि फल, घास, अनाज, फूल, पानी, हवा, गर्मी व प्रकाश ईश्वर ने बनाए हैं। उसने अपनी पत्नी से कहा कि चिड़िया, जानवर व कीड़े-मकोड़े भी धरती की उपज को खाने के हकदार हैं।

Question 7.
How did the author justify the killing of rats? लेखक ने चूहों को मारने को किस प्रकार उचित ठहराया?
Answer:
The author justified the killing of rats as they destroy nine hundred coconuts every month, the sole means of our livelihood.
लेखक ने चूहों के मारने को उचित ठहराया क्योंकि वे हर माह नौ सौ नारियल नष्ट कर देते थे, जोकि उनकी जीविका के एकमात्र साधन थे।

Question 8.
What were the consequences of poisoning the rats in and around the house?
घर के अन्दर और बाहर चूहों को जहर देने के क्या परिणाम हुए?
Answer:
In four days two hundred rats died. Dead rats rotted in the attic. Death was everywhere. The stench spread all over the house.
चार दिन में दो सौ चूहे मर गये। मरे चूहे घर के कमरों में सड़ने लगे। चारों ओर मृत्यु ही मृत्यु थी। घर के चारों ओर बदबू फैल गयी।

Question 9.
Why did the poisoning not stop tender coconuts to fall?
जहर देने के बावजूद कोमल नारियलों का गिरना बन्द क्यों नहीं हुआ?
Answer:
The tender coconuts continued to fall due to bats. After dusk, huge bats came in swarms and clung to tender coconuts. They bit the tender flask and had their fill of coconut water. They ate the kernels and flew away.

कोमल नारियल चमगादड़ों के कारण गिरते रहे। शाम के बाद चमगादड़ के झण्ड आकर कोमल नारियल पर बैठ जाते थे। वे नारियल को खाते थे, व उसका पानी पी जाते थे। वे नारियल के अन्दर का भाग खाकर भाग जाते थे।

Question 10.
How did the author react to his wife’s suggestion of buying a gun?
अपनी पत्नी के बन्दूक खरीदने के सुझाव पर लेखक ने किस प्रकार की प्रतिक्रिया दी?
Answer:
The author rejected the idea. He said that the gun was a symbol of cruelty. It was the child of sin. He wished that man should never have invented it.

लेखक ने विचार नकार दिया। उसने कहा कि बन्दूक क्रूरता की प्रतीक है। यह तो पाप का उद्गम है। उसने कल्पना की कि मनुष्य को इसकी खोज कभी करनी ही नहीं चाहिए थी।

Question 11.
What was the cousin’s remedy for ridding the farm of bats?
चमगादड़ों की फसल से मुक्ति हेतु चचेरे भाई का क्या सुझाव था?
Answer:
The cousin had a different remedy. He was of the opinion that within a ten-mile circumference, nearly three thousand coconuts are being destroyed every day. There is no point in shooting the bats at that spot, he said. He informed that at least three thousand bats hang on the two trees of banyan. If they are shot at, they will be finished if not in one day, in two or three days.

चचेरे भाई के पास एक अलग उपाय था। उसने सुझाव दिया कि दस मील की परिधि में लगभग तीन हजार नारियल प्रतिदिन नष्ट किये जा रहे हैं। उसने कहा कि ऐसे स्थान पर चमगादड़ों को गोली मारने से कोई लाभ नहीं है। उसने बताया कि बरगद के पेड़ पर तीन हजार चमगादड़ बैठते हैं। यदि उन्हें मारा जाये तो एक दिन में न सही दो-तीन दिन में ये खत्म हो जायेंगे।

Question 12.
How were the bats saved?
चमगादड़ किस प्रकार बचाये जा सके?
Answer:
The bats were saved by a hundred people armed with lethal weapons swing around the temple.
मन्दिर के चारों तरफ रहने वाले हथियारों से लैस लोगों के द्वारा चमगादड़ों को बचाया जा सका।

Question 13.
What conclusion did the author derive after the incident at the islet?
टापू पर घटना के पश्चात् लेखक ने क्या निष्कर्ष निकाला?
Answer:
After the incident at the is let, the author drew the conclusion that all living beings are the rightful inheritors of the earth.
टापू पर घटना के पश्चात् लेखक ने निष्कर्ष निकाला कि सभी जीवित जीव-जन्तु पृथ्वी के सही अर्थों के उत्तराधिकारी हैं।

Language Practice.

(A) जोड़ी मिलाओ।
Answer:

Petrol prices have been increased.
This jacket was made in Hong Kong.
Competition ! 5000 prizes to be won.
Five people were killed in the rally.
The telephone has been disconnected.
It appears the phone bill had not been paid.
Further information will be sent to candidates.
Before the storm, everyone was told to stay inside their homes:
Smoking is not permitted anywhere on this station.
The old town theatre is currently being rebuilt.

(B) Verb की सही Passive form का प्रयोग करते हुए कोष्ठक में दिए गये Verb से रिक्त स्थानों की पूर्ति करो
Answer:

Application forms should be returned by 12 December.
Further particulars may be obtained from the senior tutor.
Only candidates with the relevant experience can be considered.
You would be expected to take part in some sports.
This post will be funded initially for three years.
Names of two referees should be given.
Interviews will be held in early January.
Applications should be made in this form only.
Teachers might be offered accommodation in college.

Where was the book left?
When was the bridge constructed?
By whom was it designed?
In which month was it completed?
How was it destroyed?
At what time the mail is delivered?

[D] निम्न वाक्यों को Passive voice में बदलिए :
Answer:

The room is cleaned every day.
All flights were canceled because of fog.
This road is not used very often.
I was accused of stealing money.
How a language is learned?
We were advised not to go alone.

The Rightful Inheritors Of The Earth Summary

– Vaikom Muhammad Basheer

यह अध्याय पृथ्वी पर मनुष्य एवं जानवरों के सह-अस्तित्व पर प्रकाश डालता है। अध्याय में लेखक ने अत्यन्त प्रभावशाली ढंग से इस बात को सिद्ध करने का प्रयास किया है कि. मनुष्य ने धरती को अपनी जागीर समझ लिया है। कहानी के माध्यम से लेखक ने यह समझाने का प्रयत्न किया है कि जानवर भी मनुष्य की भाँति जीने के हकदार हैं। यह दुर्भाग्य है कि हम उन्हें अपने जीवन में दखलअंदाजी करने का दोषी ठहराते हैं। यदि जानवर हमारे बाग-बगीचों अथवा अन्यत्र उग आये पेड़ों अथवा फलों को खाकर अपना गुजारा करते हैं तो इसमें क्या गलत है। आखिर ईश्वर ने उन्हें भी जीने का अधिकार दिया है। लेखक इस बात से बेहद दु:खी हैं कि हम अपने क्षुद्र स्वार्थों हेतु जानवरों को मारने का प्रयत्न करते हैं-कभी दवाइयों के द्वारा, कभी हथियारों के द्वारा। मरे हुए जानवरों को देखकर हमारा हृदय द्रवित भी नहीं होता। अत: लेखक इस अध्याय में जानवरों को अपना जीवन जीने देने की पुरजोर वकालत करता है और हम सभी से उन्हें न तो मारने और न निकाल देने की अपील करता है। लेखक का तर्क है कि जानवर भी हमारे समान इस धरती के बराबर के उत्तराधिकारी

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In the Country Question Answer Class 12 English The Spectrum Workbook Chapter 7 MP Board

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Class 12 English The Spectrum Workbook Chapter 7 In the Country Questions and Answers

In the Country Class 12th Question Answer

Word Power

A. Make sentences after suffixing ‘-less’ in the following words:
care, doubt, self, help, home, hope
Answer:

Mohan is a careless person.
Our future is doubtless.
A saint is a self-less man.
He is helpless in this matter.
The flood left many people homeless.
Your talk is hopeless.

B. Match the synonyms of the following words
1. shun – (a) moan
2. starve – (b) gaze
3. misery – (c) famish
4. groan – (d) avoid
5. stare – (e) woe
Answer:
1.- (d), 2.- (c), 3.- (e). 4.- (a), 5.- (b).

Comprehension

A. Choose the correct alternative :

Question 1.
“This life Is sweetest”. Which Life does the poet refer to?
(i) Life in the Cities
(ii) Life in great places
(iii) Life in the country
(iv) Life at borne.
Answer
(iii) Life in the country

Question 2.
“No doubt it is a selfish thing”. What Is a selfish thing?
(i) To fly from struggles
(ii) To fly from green trees
(iii) To fly from wolfish eye
(iv) To fly from human misery.
Answer:
(iv) To fly from human misery.

Question 3.
What is meant by ‘wolfish eye’?
(i) Power
(ii) Hunger
(iii) Cheerfulness
(iv) Groan or sigh.
Answer:
(ii) Hunger

Question 4.
Mark out the rhyming pairs:
(i) great-feet
(ii) eye.sigh
(iii) sad-win
(iv) food care.
Answer:
4. (ii) eye-sigh.

B. Complete the following expressions choosing the correct word:

1. White with (nursery/suffering/care)
2. Power to help by (money/shelter/deed)
3. Few men (in need/great places)
4. Hand that is (full/empty/cheerful)
Answer:

misery
deed
in need
empty.

C. Some verbal phrases have been used in the poem. Choose their correct meaning from the bracket:

1. To fly from ………. (run away from/take off)
2. Cursed with ………. (blessed with/suffering from)
Answer:

run away from
suffering from.

Speaking Time

A. Put the accent marks in the following sentences and read them aloud.

Have you ‘heard the ‘latest ‘news ?
Did anyone ‘remember to ‘lock the ‘door ?
‘Where are you ‘going on ‘Monday ?
He ‘doesn’t ‘want to ‘come ‘here.
‘Oh, I ‘haven’t ‘got an ‘idea.
You ‘ought to ‘know ‘the ‘place by now.
He used to ‘come on ‘Sundays.

B. Put the accent marks in the following pairs of examples.

1.a. The ‘cheque he gave me was not post-dated
b. He gave me a ‘post-dated cheque.

2. a. I ‘always go second class.
b. Buy me a ‘second class ticket.

3. a. Your friend is ‘waiting ‘outside
b. He lives in the ‘outside ‘room.

Reading Time
Read the following poem carefully :

Risks

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out for another is to risk involvement.
To expose feeling is to risk exposing your true self.
To place ideas and dreams before a crowd is to risk being called naive.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To live is to risk dying.
To hope is to risk despair.
To try is to risk failure.
But risk must be taken, because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.
The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing.
They may avoid suffering and sorrow, but they cannot learn, feel, change, grow, love, live.
Chained by their certitude, they are slaves; they have forfeited their freedom.
Only a person who risks is truly free. —— Janet Rand

Now answer the questions given below :

Question 1.
Find out the words from the poem for the following expressions :

to show something hidden – expose
a thing that can be dangerous – risk
lacking experience of life or knowledge – naive
a feeling of being certain – certitude
to have something taken away from you because you have done something wrong – forfeit

Question 2.
What risk do we face when we laugh ? (2009)
Answer:
When we laugh we risk appearing a fool.

Question 3.
When do we risk exposing our true self ?
Answer:
We risk exposing our true self, when we expose our feelings.

Question 4.
Why must we take risk ? (2009)
Answer:
We must take risk because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

Question 5.
What does the poet say about the person who does not take risk in his life ?
Answer:
The person who does not take risk in his life is nothing and becomes nothing.

Question 6.
What things will such a person miss ?
Answer:
Such a person will miss learning, feeling, changing, growing, loving and living. ‘

Question 7.
Who is truly free and how ? Explain in your own words.
Answer:
A truly free person is he who risks. No risk no gain goes the saying. If we want to achieve something we must be ready to pay its price.

Question 8.
How can you say that the persons who do not risk are slaves ?
Answer:
The persons who do not risk are slaves because they are chained by their certitude.

Question 9.
Write the central idea of the poem in about 80 words. (2014)
Answer:
‘No risk, no gain’ goes the saying. ‘Man does not live by bread alone’, says the Bible. Needs of man are many and of various types. Their fulfillment requires hard work. And there are many hazards, obstacles and risks. Nature puts challenges and obstacles before him. And in this way his ability is developed. There is risk in every field of life. A man who fears taking risks gets nothing. His life becomes useless. He becomes nothing. The greatest risk in life is not to take any risk.

Writing Time

Question 1.
You have witnessed an accident. Write a report for a newspaper in 100 words about the accident using the following details :
Where, when and how did the accident happen ?
People, vehicle involved, loss of life and property, The scene of the accident, details of casualties deaths, injured, hospitalized. Concede with the negligence of the commuters, suggestions to the government and people.
Answer:
Gwalior 5 Aug. 20 From our staff reporter Mohan. A very fatal accident took place on Gwalior-Agra road at 12 noon. It was a serious and sudden collision between a lorry and a maruti car. The maruti car was running at a break-neck speed. It was coming from Morena while the lorry containing 40 passengers took a sudden turn from the bus stop to Delhi. The maruti car struck directly in the mouth of the lorry.

The driver breathed his last on the spot. The four other passengers laid serious injuries on their bodies. The passengers sitting in the lorry got a heavy jerk and some of them bruises on their bodies. The victims were taken to the hospital. The police came and registered a case. It was a shocking accident. To prevent such type of accidents government should take certain measures such as arranging for traffic police on important crossings of highways, improving the condition of roads etc. We should also be careful in driving our vehicles to avoid a mishappening.

Question 2.
Write a newspaper report to be published in a newspaper giving the detailed account of the inauguration ceremony of the annual function held in your school, using the following details.
Name of the event, occasion, date ‘, time, place.
Chief guest, guest(s) of honour and chairman of the function, welcome address, floral welcome, speeches by the guests, vote of thanks.
Answer:
“Inauguration, ceremony of the Annual Day of the School.’ From the correspondent Mahesh Sharma. Annual function of the Dewas Public School, Dewas was celebrated on 24th Feb., 20… in the school auditorium from 2 to 8 pm.

Mohan Kumar Mehta, the M.L.A. of the area inaugurated the event. He was the chief guest. In his speech he exhorted students to become good citizens. The chairman of the function was the Collector, Dewas. Several other dignetories were the honourable guests.

Earlier the Principal and the Secretaries of the Students Union honoured them by garlanding. One of the lecturers presented the progress report of the school. The Principal also declared the list of the programmes (cultural, literary and games) to be held during next two days. The function ended with the thanks giving speech by the Principal and the recitation of the National Anthem.

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Class 12 English A Voyage Chapter 9 After Apple-Picking Questions and Answers

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After Apple-Picking Class 12th Question Answer

Word Power

A.There are instances of compounding in the poem. Compounding is a process of word formation, in which two constituent words normally are hound together to form a single word. The first member of a compound word is a modifier whereas the second member acts as an independent unit or head word. For example,
Apple picking (noun) = apple (noun) + picking (noun) – Apple picking is a sort of harvesting. Two-pointed (adj.) = Two (adj.) + pointed (adj.) – I have a two-pointed stick. However, the grammatical category of a compound word is determined by the second member. Coin three new compound words from the same head words as above.
Answer:

Multi-vitamin
Multi-purpose
Multi-dimensional.

B. There are certain phrasal verbs used in the poem: done with, drowse off, look through. Look up a dictionary and find out their meanings and use them in sentences of your Own.
Answer:

Done with-tired of-I was done with the meeting.
Drowse off-feel sleepy-He was drowsing off due to tiredness.
Look through-observe thoroughly-I looked through all the facts to get the clue.

C. In the 21st line of the poem, the poet has used an expression, ‘My instep arch not only keeps the ache’. Here, the words, ‘arch’, and ‘ache’have been used as nouns, meaning ‘the curved part of the bottom of the foot’ and ‘pain’ respectively. But they can also be used as other parts of speech (grammatical category).
Arch (adj.): Brazil is the arch (chief) rival of Argentina in football.
Ache (verb): My body aches (suffer pain) after a day-long hard work.
Choose some more words from the poem which can be used as different parts of speech.
Answer:
Sleep, sight, end, ache, sound, load, touch, heap, matter, trouble.

Comprehension

A. Answer the following questions in one sentence each:

Question 1.
Why does the poet say that he is done with apple-picking?
Answer:
The poet say that he is done with apple-picking because he has spent sleepless nights.

Question 2.
What meaning is conveyed through the expression, ‘instep arch keep the ache’?
Answer:
While picking up the apples, the poet’s curved part of foot began aching.

Question 3.
What does the poet see in his dreams?
Answer:
The. poet sees magnified apples appearing and disappearing in his dreams.

Question 4.
Which phrase in the poem suggest that the poet has had bumper harvest?
Answer:
The Line T am overtired of the great harvest I myself desired’ suggests that the poet had bumper harvest.

Question 5.
What helps the poet in balancing his weight on the ladder-round?
Ans.
The instep arch helps the poet in balancing his weight on the ladder-round.

Question 6.
What is the meaning of fleck of russet’?
Answer:
It means a very small area of reddish brown colour of apples.

B. Answer in about 40-60 words each:

Question 1.
Why can’t the poet rub strangeness from his sight?
Answer:
The poet is overtired of apple-picking still there are a lot to pick. He has gone sleepless for many nights. He is drowsing off with the essence of the apples. Whatever he saw from the pane of his window, the fact is far more different. So, he is amazed.

Question 2.
What is implied by the phrase, ‘just some human sleep’?
Answer:
Here, the expression ‘just for human sleep’ implies that human being is to have a little rest after working for a certain period continuously. It is this need of his body system which refreshes to enable him to work again with energy. So, he works in the day and sleeps at night. Here, as he is overtired, he wishes just for human sleep.

Question 3.
What does the repeated reference to ‘sleep’ in the poem imply?
Answer:
In this poem, the poet gives his reflections on boredom and drudgery in the aftermath of the task of picking apple. He has got overtired. He is feeling drowsy, as he is sleepless. Again and again, he talks of ‘sleep’ for he needs it the most. ‘Sleep’ is here used as a rejuvenating factor in a man’s life.

Question 4.
‘for I have had too much
of apple-picking: I am overtired
of the great harvest I myself desired.
Explain the above lines.
Answer:
The poet here mentions his tiring task of apple-picking. Since he himself desired for a great harvest, he has got one. But the excess harvest has brought excess work for him.

Question 5.
‘For all
That struck the earth,
No matter if not bruised or spiked with stubble,
Went surely to the cider apple heap As of no worth.
What worth is the poet referring to?
Answer:
The poet here talks of the use of apple. He takes all care for the safety of apple but as he is very much tired, he simply thinks to make a heap of it. Apple is of much more importance. Its worth can’t be damaged with a crack or bruise on it.

C. Answer in about 75 words each:

Question 1.
Give the central Idea of the poem. (M.P. Board 2009)
Answer:
After Apple-Picking is a well-known poem on man’s encounter with the natural world, probing dilemma of his existence. Here the poet gives reflections on boredom and drudgery in the aftermath of the task of picking apples. The overtired apple-picker fails to enjoy his life amid the pristine natural beauty. The poem is trapped in the utilitarian ways of modem civilization. Its central theme is that modem civilization marked by the culture of excessive work for increasing material gain leads to no end.

Question 2.
Justify the title of the poem, After Apple-Picking.
Answer:
After Apple-Picking is a suitable title for this poem. In this poem, the poet gives his i feelings for the overstrained civilization and way of modem life. Through the work of apple-picking, he explains his ideas. Apple symbolises a fruit of high worth from every point of view. The poet has a bumper harvest of apple and while picking it up gets , overtired. Every situation reflects the poet’s view and all through apple. Use of ‘after’ symbolises far greater aspect of life which shows that after picking up the apple, his job will be done. What would happen after that, will the poet sleep for now or for ever.

Question 3.
The poet has achieved a bumper crop at the cost of considerable physical and mental exhaustion. Elaborate.
Answer:
See ‘Summary in English’ of this chapter.

Speaking Activity

A. You may be quite familiar with the saying, ‘An apple a day keeps the doctor away’. Conduct a discussion in the class, highlighting the following points.

important seasonal fruits.
their nutritional and medicinal value.
food items made from them.

Answer:
Do it yourself.

Writing Activity

A. Have you ever witnessed the scene of a peasant hand-picking cotton-balls or oranges in a farm with great care? Write a paragraph describing the scene of cotton-ball picking.
Answer:
Do it yourself.

Think it Over

A. Man is indebted to Nature for its bounty. But Nature is being recklessly exploited. What are the repercussions that you visualise?
Answer:
Man is a part of Nature. Our life depends upon it thoroughly. Nature nourishes human
life with all its assets like water, plants, air, .and environment. There is an intricate relationship between man and Nature. If Nature gets any sort of damage to its system, it affects human life but man himself damages it. Nature is exploited recklessly.

Man destroys forests causing a lot of problems to his own life. Global warming, scanty rain, flood, etc are the result of it. Man can cut or damage Nature but he can’t control the disaster caused by it. So, he must be conscious about it. He must be sensible towards it, otherwise Man and Earth will be things of past.

Things to Do

A. Collect some poems mentioning fruits. Using internet, also prepare the profile of the poets, who have composed those poems.
Answer:
Do it yourself.

B. When an animal sleeps through the winter months, it is said to undergo hibernation. The woodchuck, referred to in this poem, has gone into long winter hibernation. Find out which other animals hibernate during winter. Look for information about their habitat.
Answer:
Do it yourself.

C. William Wordsworth has been a great Nature poet of the 19th century. Go through his poem, ‘Lines Written a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey’. Find out the differences between Wordsworth and Frost in their approach towards Nature.
Answer:
Do it yourself. Take help from your teacher.

D. Consider the harvest aspect of the poem. ‘After Apple-Picking’. Compare it to that of Ode to Autumn’ by John Keats, included for studies here in this book.
Answer:
Do it yourself.

After Apple-Picking by Robert Frost Introduction

The poet gives his reflections on boredom and drudgery in the aftermath of the task of picking apples. The apple picker has got exhausted. He is unable to enjoy his life amid the pristine beauty of nature.

After Apple-Picking Summary in English

The poet feels tired of apple picking. Two-three apples are still left. He is getting sleepy. The essence of apple makes him intoxicated. A sense of strangeness is still hovering over his mind. He can’t rub it off from his sight. He is getting uncomfortable. In the morning, he skimmed the apple in a long narrow container. The hoary grass melted away. The magnified apples appear and disappear. The reddish apples look clear. The poet feels pain. There is a pressure on fun of load of the apple-picking.

He is overtired of the great harvest, he himself desired. There are still ten thousand fruits to be touched. He tries to hold the fruit in his hand, not to drop it bn the ground, or to let it crack. He makes a heap of the fruits. It is of no importance here to think what troublesome sleep the poet had and what discomfort he suffers. He here talks of an animal called woodchuck who enjoys long sleep. The poet wishes if he were like that.

After Apple-Picking Summary in Hindi

कवि सेब चुनने के कारण थकान महसूस करता है। दो-तीन सेब अभी भी बचे हैं। उसे नींद आ रही है। सेब की सुगंध उसे मदहोश कर रही है। एक विचित्रता का अहसास उसके दिमाग में चक्कर काट रहा है। वह इसे अपनी नज़रों से ओझल नहीं कर सकता। वह बेचैन हो रहा है। सुबह के समय उसने सेब को एक लम्बे संकीर्ण बर्तन में निचोड़ा। बर्फ से ढकी घास पिघल गई। स्वच्छ आकर्षक सेब नज़रों के सामने आ-जा रहे हैं। लाल सेब साफ दिखते हैं। कवि दर्द महसूस करता है। सेब चुनने के काम का दबाव है।

वह उतने फलों से थकान महसूस करता है जितना उसने स्वयं चाहे थे। अभी भी दस हज़ार फल पड़े हैं। वह फलों को हाथ में लेने की कोशिश करता है। न तो ज़मीन पर गिरने देता है, न उसे फटने देता है। वह फलों का ढेर बनाता है। इस बात का कोई महत्त्व नहीं कि कवि कितनी बेचैन नींद सोया और वह किन परेशानियों से गुज़रा। वह यहाँ वुडचक जानवर की बात करता है जो लम्बी नींद सोता है। कवि उस जैसा होने की इच्छा करता है।

After Apple-Picking Word Meaning

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After Apple-Picking Important Pronunciations

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After Apple-Picking Stanzas for Comprehension

Read the following stanzas and answer the questions that follow:

1. My long two-pointed ladder’s sticking through a tree
Toward heaven still,
And there’s a barrel that I didn’t fill
Beside it, and there may be two or threes
Apples I didn’t pick upon some bough.
But I am done with apple-picking now.
Essence of Winter sleep is on the night,
The scent of apples: I am drowsing off.
I cannot rub the strangeness from my sight
I got from looking through a pane of glass (Page 67)

Questions:
(i) What action of the poet does the first line refer to?
(ii) ……….. of winter sleep is on the night.
(iii) Find a word which means the same as ‘sleepy’.
(iv) What can the poet not rub from his sight?
Answers:
(i) The act of ‘Apple-picking’ is referred to in the first line.
(ii) Essence.
(iii) ‘Drowsing’ means the same as ‘sleepy’.
(iv) The poet cannot rub strangeness from his sight.

2. Of load on load of apples coming in.
For I have had too much
Of apple-picking: I am overtired
Of the great harvest I myself desired.
There were ten thousand fruit to touch. (Page 68)

Questions:
(i) What does the first line refer to?
(ii) ………….. : I am overtired.
(iii) What did the poet desire?
(iv) Find a word that means same as ‘wished’.
Answers:
(i) The first line it refers to the piling of apples.
(ii) Of apple-picking
(iii) The poet desired for so much harvest, that there were ten thousand to touch.
(iv) Desired’ means same as ‘wished’.

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The English Language Class 12th Question Answer

Word Power

Match the following and find out what the jokes are:

‘A’ – ‘B’

1. What did the big chimney say to the little chimney? – (a) because it’s got a tender behind.
2. What did one lift say to the other lift? – (b) a nervous wreck.
3. What did the south wind say to the north wind? – (c) He wanted to draw a curtain.
4. Why did the man take his pencil to bed? – (d) I think I am going down with something.
5. Why is history the sweetest lesson? – (e) Let’s play draughts.
6. Why can’t a steam engine sit down? – (f) You are too young to smoke.
7. What’s pale and trembles at the bottom of the sea? – (g) Because it’s full of dates.
Answer:
1. – (f), 2. -. (d), 3. -. (e), 4. – (c), 5. – (g), 6. – (a), 7. -(b).

Comprehension

Write down the words from the poem which mean:
Answer:

a utensil – copper
a dress – jumper
an insect – cricket
a snake – adder
a journey – trip

Speaking Time

Read out these sentences twice. Listen carefully and mark each sentence with the correct stress and intonation.
Answer:

Don’t ‘ask ‘foolish ‘questions?
Did you ‘have a ‘good’ holiday?
What a ‘brilliant ‘idea!
‘That’s the ‘one I ‘meant.
‘When will they ‘return ?
Do you ‘mind if I ‘open the ‘window ?
You must ‘learn how to ’do it.
‘Put it ‘back when you’ve ‘finished.
You ought to be ‘more ‘careful.
Don’t ‘disturb the ‘baby.

Reading Time

Read following poem carefully :

Words

Some words are happy and some words are sad.
Some words are scented and others smell bad.

Some words are open and some words are sly.
Some words are slimy and others are dry.

Some words are cold and some words are hot.
Some words are tender and others are not.

Some words are honest but other words cheat.
Some words are bitter and others are sweet.

Some words move quickly, some words are slow.
Some words are shrinking, while some others grow.

Some words are remembered, some words forgot.
Some words we use little and some quite a lot. —Carl Sandburg

Now answer the questions given below :

Question 1.
Find out the words from the passage for the following meanings :
Answer:

muddy – sling
soft – tender
spiteful – hot
diminishing – slow

Question 2.
Give a few examples of words that are ‘happy’ and words that are ‘sad’.
Answer:
happy – sad
enjoy, bright, sunny, strenous – gloomy, depression

Question 3.
How will you distinguish between ‘open’ and ‘sly’ words ?
Answer:
Open words are those that are used by a simple and honest man. Sly words are used by cunning and cheating persons.

Question 4.
What does the poet mean by ‘honest’ and ‘cheat’ ?
Answer:
By honest words he means words that have single and straight meaning. By cheat words he means those which have double meaning.

Question 5.
How can words move quickly or slowly ? Give a few examples.
Answer:
A talkative man’s words move quickly. An ignorant and simple person’s words move slowly.

Question 6.
Give a few examples of ‘shrinking’ and ‘growing’ words.
Answer:
Examples of ‘shrinking’ words—grief, defeat.
Examples of ‘growing’ words—sunshine, victory.

Question 7.
Do you agree with the poet’s classification of words.
Answer:
Yes, we do agree.

Question 8.
Summarise the poem in about 80 words.
Answer:
The poet has classified the words in several groups. Sad, scented and bad smelling words. Words are open, sly, slimy and dry. They are also cold, hot, tender and hard. There are also honest, cheat, bitter and sweet words. You will find some words moving quickly, some slow. Shrinking and growing words are also there. Some words we remember some we forget. Some are used a lot and some little.

Writing Time

Question 1.
Write a speech on the importance of English in everyday life.
Answer:
Dr. Rajendra Prasad, our first President has said, “The English language is an advanced and flexible language.” In spite of the irregularities in grammar, spelling and pronunciation, English is one of the most effective instruments of expression. It is a language which is rich, subtle and capable of expressing minute shades of meaning. There is no language in the world which has a richer vocabulary than English. It is said that every year ten thousand words are added to the English dictionary.

Great poets, dramatists, novelists and critics have enriched the English language beyond measure. It throps with new life. Besides this it is used in every field of study, science, technology, medicine and other daily useful arts.

Another fact which makes English a necessity is that it possesses the unrivaled position being a world language, not merely of trade and commerce but for social intercourse and diplomacy. It also gives us the key to modem scientific knowledge and learning.Pearl Buck has said that Indians have put to good use the benefits of English. Their pronunciation of English is pure, exquisite.

Question 2.
Write an article on the Importance of Co-curricular Activities in shaping the personality of students.
Answer:
In a school, several co-curricular activities are arranged. It is very important for students to take part in these activities, as they help in shaping and developing their personality and ability. Mere study of the subjects taught in the school is not sufficient. They merely give bookish knowledge. Activities like essay-competition, debates and discussions, science and arts exhibitions etc.

support the minds of the students. It is said that reading makes a full man, writing an exact man and conference a ready man. If one has great knowledge, but he cannot express it, then he will not get any appreciation from the public. What talent you possess comes out in these activities. Further it increases the knowledge you have got from books. It also helps to gain practical knowledge.

Your personality is shaped and appreciated. Even if you are not one of those who speaks or expresses his knowledge in the activities, if you attend these activities as listeners or spectators you are benefited by it. Other extra-curricular activities too teach the students. Hence it is necessary to participate in these activities.

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