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

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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:

1. summit
2. native clime
3. slumbered
4. classic
5. eerie speech
6. dirge
7. darkling
8. 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

Our Casuarina Tree Important Pronunciations

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.

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

In this article, we will share MP Board Class 12th English Solutions Chapter 12 The Value of Man Pdf, These solutions are solved subject experts from the latest edition books.

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:

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।

MP Board Class 12th English Solutions

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• A Friend Who Came From The Sky Class 12 Questions And Answers
• A Father’s Letter Class 12 Questions And Answers
• Wonderful World Class 12 Questions And Answers
• Ten Natural Laws of Success Class 12 Questions And Answers
• The Face on the Wall Class 12 Questions And Answers
• In the Country Class 12 Questions And Answers
• Ends and Means Class 12 Questions And Answers
• I’m Joe’s Brain Class 12 Questions And Answers
• The Hill-Top Temple Class 12 Questions And Answers
• The Rightful Inheritors of the Earth Class 12 Questions And Answers
• The Value of Man Class 12 Questions And Answers
• Forest and River Class 12 Questions And Answers
• India: Vision 2020 Class 12 Questions And Answers
• The Eyes are not Here Class 12 Questions And Answers
• The English Language Class 12 Questions And Answers
• The Fun They Had Class 12 Questions And Answers
• India through a Traveller’s Eyes Class 12 Questions And Answers

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

In this article, we will share MP Board Class 12th English Solutions Chapter 11 The Rightful Inheritors of the Earth Pdf, These solutions are solved subject experts from the latest edition books.

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:

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.

(C) कोष्ठक में दिये गये शब्दों का प्रयोग करते हुए निम्न वाक्यों को प्रश्न में बदलिए :
Answer:

• 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

MP Board Class 12th English Solutions

The Spectrum Textbook General English Class 12th Solutions

• Teach Me to Listen, Lord Class 12 Questions And Answers
• A Friend Who Came From The Sky Class 12 Questions And Answers
• A Father’s Letter Class 12 Questions And Answers
• Wonderful World Class 12 Questions And Answers
• Ten Natural Laws of Success Class 12 Questions And Answers
• The Face on the Wall Class 12 Questions And Answers
• In the Country Class 12 Questions And Answers
• Ends and Means Class 12 Questions And Answers
• I’m Joe’s Brain Class 12 Questions And Answers
• The Hill-Top Temple Class 12 Questions And Answers
• The Rightful Inheritors of the Earth Class 12 Questions And Answers
• The Value of Man Class 12 Questions And Answers
• Forest and River Class 12 Questions And Answers
• India: Vision 2020 Class 12 Questions And Answers
• The Eyes are not Here Class 12 Questions And Answers
• The English Language Class 12 Questions And Answers
• The Fun They Had Class 12 Questions And Answers
• India through a Traveller’s Eyes Class 12 Questions And Answers

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:

1. Mohan is a careless person.
2. Our future is doubtless.
3. A saint is a self-less man.
4. He is helpless in this matter.
5. The flood left many people homeless.
6. 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:

1. misery
2. deed
3. in need
4. 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:

1. run away from
2. suffering from.

Speaking Time

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

1. Have you ‘heard the ‘latest ‘news ?
2. Did anyone ‘remember to ‘lock the ‘door ?
3. ‘Where are you ‘going on ‘Monday ?
4. He ‘doesn’t ‘want to ‘come ‘here.
5. ‘Oh, I ‘haven’t ‘got an ‘idea.
6. You ‘ought to ‘know ‘the ‘place by now.
7. 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 :

1. to show something hidden – expose
2. a thing that can be dangerous – risk
3. lacking experience of life or knowledge – naive
4. a feeling of being certain – certitude
5. 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

In this article, we will share MP Board Class 12th English Solutions Chapter 9 After Apple-Picking Pdf, These solutions are solved subject experts from the latest edition books.

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

After Apple-Picking Important Pronunciations

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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The Face on the Wall Class 12th Question Answer

Word Power

A. Consult a dictionary to And out the full forms of the following abbreviations :
Answer:

• A.I.D.S.—Acquired immuno deficiency syndrome
• P.M.—Prime Minister
• M.P.—Member of Parliament
• etc.—(etcetra) and the same
• i.e.—(id est) that is
• e.g.—(exempli gratia) for example
• P.T.O.—Please Turn Over
• N.B.—(Note Bena) Please note

B. Choose the correct spelling (British English). Consult a standard dictionary.
Answer:

1. medieval
2. hygienic
3. illogical
4. etiquette
5. aesthetic.
6. condescend
7. elegant
8. trivialities.

Comprehension

A. Read the story carefully. Each of the places in the left column is related to an event in the right column. Match the columns.

Place – Event

1. between Spezzia to Pisa – (a) the narrator saw the man in a taxi
2. Boulogne – (b) the man boarded a train
3. Charing Cross – (c) the man embarked a boat
4. Folkstone – (d) the narrator disembarked from the boat
5. Great Ormond Street – (e) the address on the card stated
6. Piccadilly – (f) the millionaire had a car accident
7. Pittsburg – (g) the narrator lived
Answer:
1 – (f), 2.- (d), 3.- (b), 4.- (c), 5.- (g), 6.- (a), 7.- (e).

B. Each of the persons in the left column is related to an activity in the right column.

Match the columns :

Person- Activity

1. Dabney – (a) reminded the narrator to tell the thirdjAing
2. Ormond Wall – (b) had brought the little man with an anxious white face
3. Rudson-Wayte – (c) owned the place where the talk was going on
4. Spanton – (d) died in a car accident
Answer:
1. – (c), 2.- (d), 3.- (b), 4.- (a).

Language Practice

A. Answer the following questions and arrange your answers in the form of a paragraph.

(i) When do you get up in the morning ?
Answer:
I get up in the morning at 6 O’clock.

(ii) What time do you eat breakfast every morning ?
Answer:
I take breakfast at 8 am.

(iii) What time do you go to school ?
Answer:
I go to school at 10 am.

(iv) What time do you begin work ?
Answer:
I begin work at 10.30 am.

(v) What time do you have lunch ?
Answer:
I have lunch at 1.30 pm.

(vi) What time do you finish your work ?
Answer:
I finish my work at 5 pm.

(vii) What time do you come home every evening ?
Answer:
I come home at 5.30 pm.

(viii) What time do you have dinner ?
Answer:
I have dinner at 7.30 pm.

(ix) How much time do you devote to computer ?
Answer:
I devote 2 hours to computer.

(x) What time do you go to bed ?
Answer:
I go to bed at 10.30 pm.

Paragraph form—I usually get up in the morning at about 6 O’clock. After taking and reading the morning newspaper I take breakfast at 8 am. Then I study and do my home work. I go to school at 10 am and reach there at 10.30. Lunch time is 1.30 to 2 pm. At 5 pm my periods are over. Then I come back home at 5.30 pm. After watching some T.V. programmes or playing, I take my dinner at 7.30 pm. Then I sit down at the computer table for two hours. Then I study again and do my home work. I go to bed at about 10.30 pm.

B. Finish the paragraph given in the book using the simple present tense. Here is some more information for you to include :

(i) the journey/take/two hours
(ii) coffee/tea/serve/passengers in the air
(ii) a bus/meet/aeroplane/at the airport.
(iv) the bus/take/the passengers into Delhi
(v) a return ticket/cost/Rs. 5000/-
Answer:
Every day, a Boeing leaves Hyderabad for Delhi. It leaves Hyderabad at 20.05. The journey takes two hours. Coffee/tea is served to the passengers in the air. A bus meets the aeroplane at the airport. The bus takes the passengers into Delhi. A return ticket costs Rs. 5000/-

C. Complete the sentences by putting the verbs in brackets into the simple present or the present continuous tense.

1. My mother normally …… at home, but she …… this month in Simla. She …… in a summer school there, (work, spend, teach)
2. A: Look, it again. B : Yes, it most days at this time of year. (rain)
3. Goodnight, I …… to bed. I always to bed early during the week, (go)
4. Most days, John to work, but since it …… today he …… his car to work. So Mary her shopping at the local shop instead of the supermarket where she usually (cycle, rain, take, do, go)
5. A : Where are the children ? B : They …… in the garden. They …… home from school at about four and usually…… straight out to play with their friends, (play, get, go)
6. A : What work …… ? B : He …… French and German; but he English as well, (your Father do) (teach)
7. We usually …… the news on TV at seven O’ clock, but tonight we, …… that new soap opera, (watch)
Answer:

1. works, is spending, is teaching
2. is raining, rains
3. am going, go
4. cycles, is raining, is taking, does
5. are’ playing, go, get
6. i does your father do; teaches, teaches
7. watch, are watching.

D. Put verbs in the correct tense and insert “since” or “for”.

Question 1.
I (write) ten letters …… breakfast.
Answer:
I have written ten letters since breakfast.

Question 2.
I (not see) him …… more than a week.
Answer:
I have not seen him for more than a week.

Question 3.
“How long you (wait) ?” It …… half an hour.
Answer:
How long have you been waiting ? It is since half an hour.

Question 4.
That boy (not wash) his face …… some time.
Answer:
That boy has not washed his face for some time.

Question 5.
They (build) that bridge …… several months, but they (not finish) it yet.
Answer:
They have been building that bridge for several months, but they have not finished it yet.

Reading Time

Read the following passage carefully :

While out driving with my children one day, I noticed a woman statuling beside her car. I pulled up behind her and discovered that not only was a tyre flat, but she wasn ’t sure how to change it. / offered to fix it, and we were soon both on our way.

After a few hours, I decided to head home when I noticed steam rising from my bonnet. I pulled into a restaurant car park and found a hole in the radiator. A truck had just driven in, and driver asked me what the problem was, I explained, adding that my brother, Brad, was a mechanic and that I’d call him. When he found out Brad lived an hour away, he took my kids into the restaurant and brought them supper, refusing payment. Then he took us to his relative’s house nearby.

Not only did the man wait for Brad to arrive, but they drove off together to have a look at the car. After it was fixed, I thanked the man for his overwhelming generosity. “It’s no trouble,” he said. ‘7 happened to be ‘ driving down the highway a few hours ago and saw you helping a lady with her car troubles. What goes around comes around.”

Now answer the questions given below :

Question 1.
Find out the phrasal verbs from the passage which convey following meanings :
Answer:

• to stop—pulled up
• to enter a station and stop—pulled into
• to get some information—found out
• to leave—on our way
• to drive quickly—drove off

Question 2.
Where did the author stop ? And what did he observe there ?
Answer:
He stopped near the car of a woman. There he observed that not only was a tyre flat but she wasn’t sure how to change it.

Question 3.
What did the author see in his bonnet ?
Answer:
He noticed steam rising from his bonnet. Later he found a hole in the radiator.

Question 4.
Who took the kids into the restaurant ? (2013)
Answer:
The truck driver took the kids into the restaurant.

Question 5.
Who went to have a look at the car ?
Answer:
The truck driver and author’s brother Brad went to have a look at the car.

Question 6.
What did the truck driver say after checking the car ? (2014)
Answer:
The truck driver asked him what the problem was.

Question 7.
What do you understand by “what goes around comes around ?”
Answer:
We understand that he who helps other gets help in return.

Question 8.
Why did the author thank the truck driver ?
Answer:
The driver took his kids to a restaurant, brought them supper, refusing payment. He also took them to his relative’s house nearby and also went to the car with his brother. The author thanked him for his overwhelming generosity.

Question 9.
Give a suitable title to the passage.
Answer:
As you sow so shall you reap.

Writing Time

Question 1.
Write a paragraph in about 80 words on ‘Role of Computers in every day life.
Answer:
Now-a-days computers have become popular in many fields. They have become part and parcel of our lives. Computers are being used in banks, offices, factories, and shops. It has become our daily necessity. We can call our age the computer age.

We can learn many things on internet. Video games are popular with children. Through the computer we can send our letters and other communication through e-mail. In printing books and other material it is very useful. We can say computers have become very essential now-a-days.

Question 2.
Write a paragraph on ‘Importance of trees’ in 80 words.
Answer:
Trees are very important for us. They give us fruits to eat and firewood to bum. We build houses and make furniture with their wood. Trees support the life of living beings. They give us oxygen to breathe. They absorb the carbon dioxide which we exhale. They produce starch for our food. Trees cause rainfall. Hot days are cooled by trees. They check the surface soil of the earth from being washed away by rains. Trees also help to prevent sudden floods.

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Class 12 English A Voyage Chapter 13 On His Being Arrived at the Age of Twenty-three Questions and Answers

In this article, we will share MP Board Class 12th English Solutions Chapter 13 On His Being Arrived at the Age of Twenty-three Pdf, These solutions are solved subject experts from the latest edition books.

On His Being Arrived at the Age of Twenty-three Class 12th Question Answer

Word Power

A. Give words opposite in meaning to the words mentioned below
subtle, youth, hasting, deceive, mean,
Answer:

• subtle – obvious
• youth – old age
• hasting – delaying
• deceive – believe
• mean – dignified
• inward – outward
• appear – disappear
• perhaps – certainly

B. Mark the use of word, ‘strictest’ in the poem. It is an adjective in the superlative degree. The other two forms in the positive and comparative degrees are: ‘strict’ and ‘stricter’, Give the forms of the following adjectives in the comparative and superlative degrees. late, soon, slow, mean, high, much.
Answer:

C. Match the words in column ‘A with those in column ‘B’.

Column ‘A’	Column’B’
(i) renaissance (ii) taskmaster (iii) deceive (iv) subtle (v) blossom (vi) ripeness	(1)  dupe (2) reawakening (3) maturity (4) one who entrusts work to be done by others (5) not obvious and so difficult to notice (6) flower which has not opened its petals

Answer:
(1) 2, (ii) 4, (iii) 1, (iv) 5, (v) 6, (vi) 3.

D. Look up a dictionary and match tile words wit h their meanings. Also use them in sentences of
your own to bring out the difference in their meanings.

• faith – a set of beliefs
• credo – trust in somebody’s ability or knowledge
• belief – a set of beliefs or religious principles
• motto – a set of beliefs shared by a group or organisation
• creed – confidence that something or somebody is true
• dogma –  a sentence or phrase, expressing the aims and beliefs of a person or institution.

For example:

• faith – (trust in somebody’s ability or knowledge): People had faith in what Mahatma Gandhi did for the nation.
• credo –  (a set of beliefs): Every religion follows a credo.
• belief – (confidence that something or somebody is true): I have full belief in you.
• motto –  (a sentence or phrase expressing the aims and beliefs of a person or institution): What is your motto in life? .
• creed – (a set of beliefs shared by a group or organisation): There are people of many creeds in India.
• dogma – (a set of beliefs or religious principles): I have firm belief in the dogmas of the church.

comprehension

A. Answer the following questions in one sentence:

Question 1
Why does the poet call time, the subtle thief of youth?
Answer:
The poet call time, the subtle thief of youth because time has taken away his twenty-three years without notice.

Question 2.
‘But my late spring no bud or blossom sheweth’.
(a) What does ‘spring’ refer to?
(b) How is it late?
Answer:
(a) ‘Spring’ refers to maturity. Maturity that poet has not gained with age.
(b) It is late as he has not seen bud or blossom. There is no sign of maturity that is visible.

Question 3.
All is, if I have grace to use it so,
As ever in my Taskmaster’s eye.
(a) What has grace been spoken of in the above lines?
(b) Who is the Taskmaster?
Answer:
(a) Grace is the extra time that the poet wishes to have to compensate his loss.
(b) God is the Taskmaster.

B. Answer the following questions in about 60 words:

Question 1.
What has time stolen from the poet?
Answer:
In this poem, the poet makes a complain blaming Time that it has stolen the prime part of his life. The twenty-three years of his life passed away so hastily that the poet failed to mature himself. His career could not be perfect. Although his appearance is now mature, he still requires time for the maturity of his career. There is a lack of inner maturity.

Question 2.
What deceives the truth? (M.P. Board 2009)
Answer:
Here, the poet refers that now he is mature in age. His appearance can deceive one about his inner maturity which is still unripe. Time did not give him an opportunity to attain the ripeness of his poetic talent. He has lost his career. His appearance is deceiving.

Question 3.
What will be in the strictest measure?
Answer:
As this poem is devotional in tone, the poet says that whatever one gets or does, it is the ruling of God. God distributes everything to everyone in the strictest measure. For him, there is no distinction between high or low. He observes everything equally and allots everyone equally.

Question 4.
How does the poet console himself?
Answer:
The poet here feels sorry for he could not make his career properly. His talent is still unripe. Time has stolen the twenty-three years of his life without notice. It has deceived him. However, the poet consoles himself with the plea that whatever he has achieved was the wish of God. God gives anything to anyone without any reservation. God being the Taskmaster controls everything.

Question 5.
What passes by in a hurry in the poet’s life?
Answer:
Here, the poet feels himself at a great loss. He thinks that he has lost the twenty-three years of his life without any concrete achievement. It has passed so hastily that he could not notice the bud or blossom. Now, he has attained maturity of age but he still needs time for attaining the maturity in his career.

Question 6.
What is approaching the poet fast?
Answer:
The poet here reveals a secret of his life. He says that he is now grown up. The state of manhood is approaching fast to him. He has lost his youth the formative period of his life. However, as he is sorry for the loss of youth very rapidly, he feels approaching of manhood at the same time.

Question 7.
Explain the line, “That some more timely happy spirits endueth”.
Answer:
As the poet is sorry for not attaining maturity’ in his career, he requires some more time for it. He feels that his career, that is, the poetic talent is still unripe. Time has passed so hastily that he could not notice the passing of his youth. In this line, he expresses his desire for some more timely happy spirits. He wants some grace time to compensate the lost years and work ahead for his poetic maturity.

C. Answer the following question in about 75 words:

Question 1.
Briefly describe Milton’s feelings on his having arrived at the age of twenty-three.
(MP. Board 2011)
Answer:
On His Having Arrived at the age of Twenty-three is poet’s reflections on his late maturing. He has attained the age of twenty-three. He takes it as a loss of his life. He feels that it has approached in such a manner that he could not notice it. The prime of his life is lost. He couldn’t mind his career. He couldn’t achieve the height of the poetic talent. He feels being cheated or deceived by the time which has taken away his ripening period without notice. The poet is not at all happy but one thing gives him relief is that it was the will of God.

Question 2.
Give the central idea of the poem.
Answer:
Blaming Time for stealing his youth, the poet says that it has taken away his twenty-three years without notice. It has passed away so fast that he couldn’t mend his career properly. He couldn’t find time to mature himself. His appearance has become mature but he still requires time to get inner maturity. Whatever time he has got, it was the will of God. Whatever one does, what one achieves, when one lives one’s life everything is the wish of God. No one can overrule the ruling of God who is the Taskmaster of the world. No one is spared from His eye.

Question 3.
Critically analyse the poem.
Answer:
The poem On His Having Arrived at the Age of Twenty-three is a devotional sonnet written in an autobiographical tone. It contains Milton’s reflections of late maturing. The dominating passion of his life is to justify the ways of God to man and write in praise of God. Here, he blames Time for stealing away his youth without repairing his poetic talent .He uses the sonnet form of poetry to produce a personal utterance that combines dignity of lone, flexibility of movement and mastery of structure.

Question 4.
Analyse the poem as a Petrarchan Sonnet.
Answer:
Sonnet is a short poem of fourteen lines expressing a single thought or emotion at a time. It owes its popularisation to the 14th century Italian poet Franesco Petrarch who used this poetic form to express his love for his idealised lady love, laura. John Milton uses the original Italian (Petrarchan) form to express his devotion to God or sublime feelings.

In this form, the poem Is divided into two parts the octave (a stanza of eight lines) and the sestet (a stanza of six lines). The first part makes a statement or puts up a question while the second part illustrates or serves the answer to it. On Being Arrived at the Age of Twenty-three is a devotional sonnet in Petrarchan form. It is a striking example of the Renaissance ethos and Reformation zeal. It is an assertion of faith and a wish to be guided by the divine will.

Speaking Activity

A. Read aloud the poem in groups, observing the stress-pattern. short syllable followed by a long syllable. Consult an English pronunciation dichonary.
Answer:
Do yourself.

B. ‘Practtsing one’s faith is one’s private affair’. Give arguments for or against the motion.
Answer:
Do yourself.

A. Write a letter to your friend, narrating one such even! when your act of faith made you successful in the long run.
Answer:
163. Shivaji Park
Gwalior (M.P.)
Date: 19 Jan. 20xx
Dear Rahul,
As I was very busy last week, I couldn’t reply to your letter. Now I am free and wish to share my experience which is absolutely unbelievable. I was seriously ill. The fever was not coming down. No medicine was working. The doctors were very anxious. They advised to take me to the City Hospital. Next morning, I had to appear for the Maths Olympiad. My father was upset. But my grandmother wasn’t. She had firm belief in God, specially in Lord Hanuman. She began chanting Hanuman Chalis.a. For the whole night, she did My fever began to come down. It finally became normaL Next day, I appeared for my test comfortably. I was amazed how the faith of my grandmother worked so well. Everyone was surprised. I thank God to the core of my heart, He is really the Almighty.
Yours,
Rohit.

B. Expand the idea contained in the statement, ‘Faith mares the mountains’.
Answer:
‘Faith moves the mountains’ is a very old saying. ft is still hue. ‘Faith’ means confidence. If one is confident of one’s capabilities, one can do wonders. it gives courage and a wish to do any type of work. One can win over all difficulties, Sometimes, it happens that one does even an impossible task. So, one must not lose confidence. Nothing is impossible if one has the determination to do. Determination along with the self-motivation helps in attaining the impossible thing but the hard work is required.

Think it Over

A. Faith is the key to success. Think of other qualities which contribute to the development of a successful and happy human personality.
Answer:
Do yourself.

B. Every religion insists on faith. How does it make a person noble and sublime?
Answer:
Do yourself.

Things to Do

A. Prepare a list of John Milton’s important works.
Answer:
Do yourself. Yet may consult your school library

B. Have you read any other 14-line poem in a different rhynze-sclieme? Do you know other sonneteers like Thomas Wyatt, John Donne, William Wordsworth and W.B. Yeats and so on? Read some of their sonnets; examine the rhyme-schemes and themes.
Answer:
Do yourself.

On His Being Arrived at the Age of Twenty-three Summary in English

Blaming Time for stealing his youth, the poet says that it has taken away his twenty-three years without notice. It has passed away so fast that he couldn’t mend his career properly. He couldn’t find time to mature himself. His appearance has become mature but he still requires time to get inner maturity. Whatever time he has got, it was the will of God. Whatever one does, what one achieves, when one lives one’s life everything is the wish of God. No one can overrule the ruling of God who is the Taskmaster of the world. No one is spared from His eye.

On His Being Arrived at the Age of Twenty-three Summary in Hindi

समय पर अपनी जवानी चुराने का आरोप लगाते हुए कवि कहता है कि इसने उसके तेईस वर्ष बिना सूचना के ले लिए। यह इतनी तेज़ी से बीत गया कि उसे सही ढंग से अपना गुण सँवारने का समय ही नहीं मिला। वह अपनी परिपक्वता के लिए समय नहीं निकाल पाया। उसका शरीर (हाव-भाव) परिपक्व हो गया है, परंतु अभी भी उसकी आंतरिक परिपक्वता के लिए समय की ज़रूरत है। समय ने उसे धोखा दिया है। लेकिन कवि अपने को यह सोचकर सांत्वना देता है कि जो भी उसने पाया है, यह ईश्वर की इच्छा है। जो भी कोई करता है, जो भी कोई पाता है और कब तक कोई जीता है-सब ईश्वर की इच्छा है। कोई भी ईश्वर, जो दुनिया का मालिक है, के आदेश को नकार नहीं सकता। कुछ भी उसकी आँखों से बचा नहीं है।

On His Being Arrived at the Age of Twenty-three Word Meaning

On His Being Arrived at the Age of Twenty-three Important Pronunciations

On His Being Arrived at the Age of Twenty-three Stanzas for Comprehension

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

1. How soon hath Time, the subtle thief of youth,
Stolen on his wing my three and twentieth year!
My hastign day fly on with full career,
But my late spring no bud or blossom sheweth. (Page 93)

Questions: (M.P. Board 2010)

(i) What has time stolen from the poet?
(ii) Find out the words from the extract which have the same meaning as the words given below:
(a) something not noticeable or obvious.
(b) flower which has not yet opened its petals.
(iii) Give the superlative degree of the word ‘soon’.
Answers:
(i) The time has stolen youth from the poet in the form of twenty-three years.
(ii) (a) subtle
(b) bud.
(iii) ‘Soonest’ is the superlative degree of the word ‘soon’.

2. Yet be it less-or more, or soon or slow,
It shall be still in strictest measure even
To that same lot however mean or high,
Toward which time leads me and the will of Heaven.
All is, if I have grace to use it so,
As ever in my Taskmaster’s eye. (Page 93)

Questions:
(i) Who is referred to as ‘Heaven’ in the fourth line?
(ii) ……………measure even to that same lot.
(iii) What does the poet wish for?
(iv) Give a word which has the meaning same as ‘balance’.
Answers:
(i) God is referred to as’Heaven’in the fourth line.
(ii) It shall be still in strictest.
(iii) The poet wishes for the grace period to mind his ways and measure his career.
(iv) ‘Measure’ has the same meaning as ‘balance’.

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The Eyes are not Here Class 12th Question Answer

Word Power

A. Arrange the following objects on small to large scale.
hillock, hill, mountain, stream, brook, river, pond, lake, puddle, forest,wood, copse, cove, gulf, bay, road, lane, footpath
Answer:

Small		targe	Larger
1.	hillock	hill	mountain
2.	brook	stream	river
3.	puddle	pond	lake
4.	copse	wood	forest
5.	cove	bay	gulf
6.	footpath	lane	road

B. Match the following:

1. herbs in the kitchen – (a) scented
2. old socks – (b) sweet-smelling
3. rotten eggs – (c) aromatic
4. roses – (d) smelly
5. freshly baked chapaties – (e) evil-smelling
6. a costly soap – (f) fragrant
Ans.
1. – (c), 2. – (d), 3. – (e), 4. -(f) ,5. – (b), 6. – (a).

Comprehension

A. Choose the correct option.

Question 1.
The girl boarded the train at
(a) Dehradun
(b) Mussoorie
(c) Rohana
(d) Saharanpur.
Answer:
(c) Rohana

Question 2.
The girl alighted at……
(a) Dehradun
(b) Mussoorie
(c) Rohana
(d) Saharanpur.
Answer:
(d) Saharanpur

Question 3.
‘October Is the best time to go to Mussoorle.’ Which of the following facts does not support the statement:
(a) Most of the tourists have left
(b) The roads are quiet and almost deserted
(c) The hills are covered with wild dahlias
(d) Hardly any animals are left in nearby forests.
Answer:
(d) Hardly any animals are left in nearby forests.

Question 4.
The girl called the author gallant because :
(a) She liked the way he referred to her face
(b) She felt that he was a serious person
(c) She felt apprehensive
(d) She felt troubled and lonely.
Answer:
(a) She liked the way he referred to her face

Question 5.
Which of the following things about the girl puzzled the author even after she had left the train.
(a) The sound of her voice
(b) her laughter
(c) her hair
(d) the perfume she wore.
Answer:
(c) her hair

B. Arrange the events in the order they happen in the story. Write the sequence number in the given box :
Answer:

1. The girl got down at Saharanpur. [4]
2. The author tried to prevent the girl from knowing he was blind. [3]
3. The author came to know that the girl was also blind. [5]
4. The girl did not see the author who was sitting in a comer. [2]
5. The author was going to Dehradun by train. [1]

Language Practice

A. Rewrite the following sentences with adverb clauses. Use the connectives given in the brackets making necessary changes.

Question 1.
He works hard to pass in the examination. (so … that)
Answer:
He works hard so that he may pass in the examination.

Question 2.
She is too tired to walk. (so…that)
Answer:
She is so tired that she cannot walk.

Question 3.
At the sun set they returned home. (when)
Answer:
When the sun set they returned home.

Question 4.
In spite of hard work he would not get through the examination. (though)
Answer:
Though he worked hard, he could not get through the examination.

Question 5.
On seeing the principal, the students entered the class, (as soon as)
Answer:
As soon as the students saw the principal, they entered the class.

Question 6.
He couldn’t attend the meeting on account of illness. (because)
Answer:
He couldn’t attend the meeting because he was ill.

Question 7.
Without your help, I would have failed in the examination. (if)
Answer:
If you had not helped me, I would have failed in the examination.

Question 8.
Being very tired, she lay down. (as)
Answer:
As she was tired, she lay down.

Question 9.
Don’t leave the place without my permission. (unless)
Answer:
Don’t leave unless I permit you.

Question 10.
I went to the station in a taxi for fear of being late. (lest should)
Answer:
I went to the station lest I should be late.

B. Fill in the blanks with appropriate word or phrase to complete the sentence.

Question 1.
Volkswagen cars are cheap …… they last a long time.
(a) because
(b) in order that
(c) although
(d) after.
Answer:
(a) because

Question 2.
You should give the iron time to heat up ………. you iron your clothes.
(a) because
(b) so that
(c) before
(d) until.
Answer:
(c) before

Question 3.
You need proper shoes to go hiking in the mountain ………. the ground is rough and hard.
(a) because
(b) so that
(c) even though
(d) before.
Answer:
(a) because

Question 4.
Hockey players wear lots of protective clothing …… they don’t get hurt.
(a) because
(b) in order that
(c) though
(d) after.
Answer:
(b) in order that

Question 5.
You will have to pay higher insurance …… you buy a sports car.
(a) if
(b) so that
(c) although
(d) before.
Answer:
(a) if

Question 6
the dolphin lives in the sea, it is not a fish, it is a mammal.
(a) whether
(b) so that
(c) although
(d) before.
Answer:
(c) although

Question 7.
You may get malaria …… you are bitten by a mosquito.
(a) so that
(b) if
(c) though
(d) before.
Answer:
(b) if

C. Combine each of the following pair of sentences using an adverb clause :

Question 1.
(a) You save money.
(b) You will be able to go to college.
Answer:
If you save money, you will be able to go to college.

Question 2.
(a) Preeti has a master’s degree.
(b) She works as store keeper.
Answer:
Although Preeti has a master’s degree, she works as a store keeper.

Question 3.
(a) She took a computer course.
(b) She wanted to get a better job.
Answer:
She took a computer course because she wanted to get a better job.

Question 4.
(a) I did not call her.
(b) I am shy.
Answer:
I did not call her as I am shy.

Question 5.
(a) The fruit is harvested.
(b) It is sold at the market.
Answer:
After the fruit is harvested, it is sold at the market.

Question 6.
(a) There are computers.
(b) There is Microsoft software.
Answer:
Where there are computers, there is Microsoft software

D. Fill in the correct form of the verb and rewrite the sentences :

Question 1.
If she (come) to college we’ll talk to her.
Answer:
If she comes to college, we’ll talk to her.

Question 2.
I (take) Ruby to Kanpur, if I visit Lucknow.
Answer:
I shall take Ruby to Kanpur, if I visit Lucknow.

Question 3.
If she (have) money, she will buy a book.
Answer:
If she has money, she will buy a book.

Question 4.
If they (take) rain coats, they would not have got wet.
Answer:
If they had taken rain coats, they would not have got wet.

Question 5.
Had I known she was ill, I (visit) her in the hospital.
Answer:
Had I known she was ill, I would have visited her in the hospital.

Question 6.
If you stopped smoking, you (be) much healthier.
Answer:
If you stopped smoking, you would be much healthier.

E. Change the order of the words or group of words to make correct sentences.

Question 1.
1. to sleep
2. we’re tired
3. if 4. we’ll go.
Answer:
If we’re tired, we’ll go to sleep.

Question 2.
1. you had written
2. if
3. to me, I
4. a taxi for you
5. would have arranged.
Answer:
If you had written to me, I would have arranged a taxi for you.

Question 3.
1. the truth
2.I met him
3. if
4. I would tell
5. him.
Answer:
If I met him, I would tell him the truth.

Speaking Time

Read carefully and mark the stress on the words where necessary. Consult your teacher.
(Note: Parts of speech)
किसी sentence में कुछ शब्द, अन्य शब्दों की अपेक्षा ज्यादा सूचना प्रदान करते हैं। इनमें Nouns, Main Verbs, Adjective, Adverbs a demonstrative pronouns होते हैं। इन्हें बोलते समय stress डाला जाता है | Articles, prepositions तथा helping verbs की सामान्यतया stress नहीं किया जाता।)
Answer:

• ‘English has ‘prepositions but not ‘post ‘positions.
• When you’ve ‘bought the ‘book, I’ll be ‘able to ‘borrow it.
• Try to ‘touch the ‘tiger’s ‘tail.
• I ‘watched him ‘teaching ‘children.
• We’re ‘obliged to ‘adjust the ‘arrangements.
• We’ve ‘enough ‘food to ‘feed’ forty.
• ‘Tomorrow is my ‘thirty-third’ birthday.
• ‘Leather ‘shoes ‘last ‘longer.
• ‘Put some ‘salt in the ‘stew.
• The ‘bees ‘buzzed ’round the ‘hives.
• ‘Drive ‘cautiously and you’ll ‘get a ‘remission on your ‘insurance.
• ‘Measure the ‘degree of ‘corrosion.
• I ‘hear it’s ‘hot and ‘humid in ‘Chennai.
• We ‘measure by the ‘metric ‘system.
• Ten ‘nines ‘are ‘ninety.

Reading Time

Read the following passage carefully :

The United State Army has discovered by repeated tests that even young men—men toughened by years of army training—can march better and hold up longer if they throw down their packs and rest ten minutes of every hour. So the army forces them to do just that.

Your heart is just as smart as the U. S. Army. Your heart pumps enough blood through your body every day to fill a railway tank car. It exerts enough energy every twenty-four hours to shovel twenty tons of coal onto a platform three feet high. It does this incredible amount of work for fifty, seventy, or may be ninety years. How can it stand it ? Dr. Walter B. Cannon of the Harvard Medical School explained it to me. He said,

“Most people have the idea that the heart is working all the time. As a matter of fact, there is a definite rest period after each contraction. When beating at a moderate rate of seventy pulses per minute, the heart is actually working only nine hours out of the twenty-four. In the aggregate, its rest periods total a full fifteen hours per day.”

During World War II, Winston Churchill in his late sixties and early seventies, was able to work sixteen hours a day, year after year, directing the war effort of the British Empire. A phenomenal record. His secret ? He worked in bed each morning until eleven o’clock, reading reports, dictating orders, making telephone calls, and holding important conferences. After lunch he went to bed again and slept for an hour. In the evening he went to bed once more and slept for two hours before having dinner at eight. He didn’t cure fatigue. He didn’t have to cure it. He prevented it. Because he rested frequently, he was able to work on fresh and fit until long past midnight.

Now answer the questions given below :

Question 1.
Find out the words from the passage which convey following meanings :
Answer:
to make something stronger – toughen
staying within limits – moderate
the part of a large machine that digs/moves earth – shovel
that can not be believed incredible very great or impressive – phenomenal.

Question 2.
What has the United State Army discovered ? (2009)
Answer:
The United State Army has discovered that even young men—men toughened by years of army-training—can march better and hold up longer if they throw down their packs and rest ten minutes of every hour.

Question 3.
Why does the author say, ‘your heart is just as smart as the U. S. Army’ ? (2011, 15)
Answer:
He says, “Your heart is just as smart as the U. S. Army” because the job in the U. S. Army is very hard and so is the job of heart. We think heart is a delicate thing, but it is not so. It pumps enough blood through our body every day to fill a railway tank car. It exerts enough energy every 24 hours to shovel 20 tons of coal on a plat form 3 feet high and so it is compared with the U. S. Army.

Question 4.
Does the heart work all the time ? (2015)
Answer:
No, it does not.

Question 5.
How much does the heart work in a day ?
Ans.
It works only nine hours in a day.

Question 6.
When does the heart get rest ? How much does it rest in a day ? (2011)
Answer:
When beating at a moderate rate of seventy pulses per minute it rests for 15 hours in a day.

Question 7.
What was the secret of Winston Churchill’s working sixteen hours daily ?
Answer:
The secret of Winston Churchill’s working sixteen hours daily was that he took frequent rests.

Question 8.
Why did he not need to cure his fatigue ?
Answer:
He did not need to cure his fatigue because he prevented fatigue.

Question 9.
Give a suitable title to the passage.
Answer:
Don’t Cure Fatigue : Prevent It.

Writing Time

Question 1.
Your friend is worried about the coming examination. Send an e-mail to him giving moral support for success in the examination.
Answer:
From : ketan @hotmail.com
To : mahesh@yahoo.com.
Subject: Regarding Examinations
Dear Mahesh,
I think you are O.K. there. I have received your letter and noted the contents. I am sorry to note that you are worried about your examination. Why is it so? You should not have a negative attitude. You have studied well. Though due to changes in the course are facing certain problems, but I think losing courage won’t do. Get the help of your friends and your teacher. I think you will get success. Haven’t you read the poem.

Count your garden by the flowers
Never by the leaves that fall.

Have a positive attitude and you will be successful. I stand by you.
Don’t worry.
Rest on meeting.
Truly yours
Ketan.

Question 2.
Send an e-mail to your father congratulating him on his birthday.
Answer:
From : rajul2@yahoo.com
To : rameshchand@hotmail.com
Subject : Congratulations Respected Father,
High Regards. I hope you are doing well there. I am very glad today. It is great day for me. Happy Birthday. Many happy returns of the day. You are a luminous star for the family. You have supported us in every respect despite many difficulties. I am proud of you. Whatever I am today, it is because of you. Thanks for all you have done for us: hope you will have nice days now.
Asking your blessings Your loving son Raju.

Question 3.
Your friend has sent a book on your birthday. Send an e-mail thanking him for the gift.
Answer:
With the help of above two questions, students should do it themselves.

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