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 RANGA'S MARRIAGE  Q.Comment on the influence of English—the language and the way of life— on Indian life as reflected in the story. What is the narrator’s attitude to English? Answer : The narrator says that over the last ten years the English language has made inroads into the Indian countryside. Now there are many who know English. During the holidays, one comes across them on every street, talking in English. They bring in English words even while talking in Kannada. The narrator considers it disgraceful. He illustrates his point of view by giving an example. A bundle of firewood was bought at Rama Rao’s house. Rama Rao’s son asked the woman how much he should give her. When she said, “Four pice”, the boy told her that he did not have any “change” and asked her to come the next day. The poor woman did not understand the English word “change” and went away muttering to herself. Thus the use of English language before a native Kannada speaker caused confusion.    ...

 FATHER TO SON Q. Does the poem talk of exclusively personal experience or is it fairly universal? Answer: The poem describes the relationship between a father and his son. The poem is autobiographical in nature. Though it starts on a personal note yet the poem deals with a universal phenomenon—the growing generation gap and lack of communication.   Q. How is the father’s helplessness brought out in the poem? Answer : The father’s helplessness is shown in the poem. Usually a father is the best friend and advisor of the son. However, the poem describes a situation where both the father and the son lack communication and don't open up in front of each other because of the gap they have in between them. It seems that the two are not on speaking terms even after living under the same roof. The father feels helpless that he doesn't know what his son loves.   Q. Identify the phrases and lines that indicate distance between father and son. Answer : The phrases/li...

MY IMPRESSION ON ASSAM Q. How much time has the writer spent in Assam? Ans : The writer has spent four months in Assam.   Q. Where did the writer visit soon after his arrival in Assam? Ans : The writer visited Kaziranga Game Reserve soon after his arrival in Assam.   Q. Where did the writer not see a single rhino? Ans : The writer didn't see a single rhino in the game reserves of East Africa.   Q. Where did the writer hear the ancient melodious death chant? Ans : In a Kabul village the writer heard the ancient melodious death chant.   Q. What do today's school boys prefer? Ans : The school boys of today prefer jazz music from Hollywood.   Q. What do the Thangkhuls do in their houses? Ans : The Thangkhuls spendidly decorate their houses.   Q. Name the tribe that is expert in making village gates? Ans : The Angamis are experts in making village gates.   Q. Who was Mr. Raymond Martimer? Ans : Mr. Raymo...

  শান্তি (PEACE) 11. শান্তি কি? Ans :   সাধাৰণতে যুদ্ধৰ অনুপস্থিতিকে শান্তি আখ্যা দিয়া হয় । কিন্তু এই সংজ্ঞাটো এটা সম্পূৰ্ণ শুদ্ধ সংজ্ঞা নহয়। বহল অৰ্থত শান্তি বুলিলে সমাজত চলি থকা সকলো সংঘাত আৰু সমাজৰ গাঠনিত নিহিত হৈ থকা এই সংঘাতৰ উৎস সমূহক অৱসান ঘটোৱাকে বুজায়। 2. শান্তি প্ৰতিষ্ঠা কৰিবলৈ আমি হিংসাৰ আশ্ৰয় ল ’ ব পাৰোনে? যুক্তি দিয়া। Ans : কিছু সংখ্যকলোকে যুক্তি দিয়ে যদিও হিংসা অশুদ্ধ শক্তি তথাপিও শান্তি প্ৰতিষ্ঠাৰ আৰম্ভণি হিচাপে ইয়াৰ প্ৰয়োজন হয় । তেওঁলোকৰ মতে শক্তি প্ৰয়োগৰ দ্বাৰাহে অত্যাচাৰী শাসকক জনসাধাৰণক উৎপীড়ন কৰাৰ পৰা ৰক্ষা কৰিব পাৰি । সেইদৰে নিপীড়িতলোকসকলৰ মুক্তিৰ সংগ্ৰামত হিংসাত্মক কাৰ্যৰ আশ্ৰয় হ ’ লেও তেওঁলোকে তাক যুক্তিসংগত আখ্যা দিব বিচাৰে ।    তাৰ বিপৰীতে শান্তি বালী সকলে শান্তি কেই আটাইতকৈ মূল্যবান বুলি গণ্য কৰে । তেওঁলোকে আনকি ন্যায়সংগত উদ্দেশ্যেত উপনীত হ ’ বলৈ হিংসাৰ আশ্ৰয় লোৱাৰ বিৰোধিতা কৰি এক নৈতিক স্থিতি গ্ৰহণ কৰে । তেওঁলোকে উৎপীড়নৰ বিৰুদ্ধে সংগ্ৰামৰ পোষকতা কৰে কিন্ত...

  VOICE OF THE RAIN Q. There are two voices in the poem. Who do they belong to? Which lines indicate this? Answer : The two voices in the poem are the voice of the poet and the voice of the rain.        The lines that indicate the voice of the poet and the rain are, “And who art thou? Said I to the soft-falling shower,” and the lines that indicate the voice of the rain are, “I am the Poem of Earth, said the voice of the rain”.   Q. What does the phrase ‘strange to tell’ mean? Answer : The phrase “strange to tell” means that it is quite strange for the poet to believe that the rain gives an answer to the poet’s query.     Q.There is a parallel drawn between rain   and music. Which words indicate this? Explain the similarity between the two.   Answer : The following words/phrases indicate the parallel between rain and music: ‘Poem of Earth’, ‘Eternal I rise impalpable out of land and the bottomless sea’ ‘For son...

  ALBERT EINSTEIN AT SCHOOL Q. What should education be all about according to Einstein? Ans : According to Einstein, education should be based not on facts but on ideas and one could only get facts from books not the ideas. So, he didn't take any interest in history. He was interested in mathematics and science.   Q. What did Elsa think of Einstein? Ans : Elsa, Einstein's cousin was sure that Einstein could pass his examination very easily as according to her many students who are more stupid than Einstein had passed their examinations. She thought, to be successful in examination one simply needs to repeat what s/he had learnt in school.   Q. How did Einstein decide to get rid of his school? Ans : Einstein was not interested in history and he often was scolded by his history teacher for not being attentive in class. One day Einstein decided to get rid of his boring school by producing a medical certificate where the doctor would certify that he had a nerv...

  MY IMPRESSIONS OF ASSAM Q. How much time has the writer spent in Assam? Ans : The writer has spent four months in Assam.   Q. Where did the writer visit soon after his arrival in Assam? Ans : The writer visited Kaziranga Game Reserve soon after his arrival in Assam.   Q. Where did the writer not see a single rhino? Ans : The writer didn't see a single rhino in the game reserves of East Africa.   Q. Where did the writer hear the ancient melodious death chant? Ans : In a Kabul village the writer heard the ancient melodious death chant.   Q. What do today's school boys prefer? Ans : The school boys of today prefer jazz music from Hollywood.   Q. What do the Thangkhuls do in their houses? Ans : The Thangkhuls spendidly decorate their houses.   Q. Name the tribe that is expert in making village gates. Ans : The Angamis are experts in making village gates.   Q. Who was Mr. Raymond Martimer? Ans : Mr. R...

  Childhood                         Q. Name the poet of the poem 'Childhood'? Ans : Markus Natten is the poet of the poem 'Childhood'.   Q. What did the poet realise about hell and heaven? Ans : The poet realised that both hell and heaven are imaginary places. When he was a child he thought that both hell and heaven are found in geography. As he grew up, he realised that those places could not be found in geography. In reality both the places do not exist.   Q. What according to the poem is involved in the process of growing up? Ans : According to the poem, the process of growing up involves the attainment of maturity and loss of innocence and simplicity. A child loses the innocence of his childhood and turns into a logical, rational, individualistic and hypocrite person. When he grows up he is able to build his own thinking faculty and no long...