MUHAMMAD IMRAN GOVT.

COLLEGE OF COMMERCE, MAILSI

Short Answers of Questions (First Year)

Text Book I (Just Exercises)
Q 1: Why did Norma consider the tone and attitude of Mr. Steward Offensive?

Ans: when Mr. Steward insisted on having some time, Norma disliked it and considered the tone and attitude of Mr.
Steward Offensive.

Q 2: Why did Arthur disagree with his wife?

Ans: Arthur disagrees with his wife because he did not like to hurt anyone at any cost.

Q 3: Why did Norma persuade her husband to agree with her?

Ans: Norma persuaded her husband to agree with her because she wanted to get $ 50,000 to improve their life style.

Q 4: What were the reasons Norma gave to her husband to accept the offer?

Ans: She said that they would not really kill someone. They were doing it for a research purpose. But in return they
would get $ 50,000. They would make a trip to Europe and build a cottage on the island.

Q 5: Why did Mr. Steward continue persuading Norma?

Ans: Mr. Steward continued persuading Norma because he wanted her to do that experiment.

Q 6: what was the message Norma received on pushing the button?

Ans: She received message from Linox Hospital that a crowd had pushed Arthur in front of the train.

Q 7: what is the significance of Arthur’s life insurance policy?

Ans: His life insurance policy is very significant because it is that money which Norma receives after her husband’s
death.

Q 8: Did Norma remain normal on hearing the news of the accident of her husband?

Ans: No, she became much confused and she could not seem to breathe.

Q 9: Why did not the old man follow the advice of the doctor?

Ans: The old man did not follow the advice because he thought that if he followed, he would have to leave every
type of work and he will become lazy.

Q 10: What had the doctors told the old man?

Ans: The doctors had asked him not to do work. They asked him not to walk even. They asked him to take rest and
enjoy the remaining days with his family.

Q 11: Where did the old man take his son?

Ans: The old man took his son on the top of the mountain.

Q 12: Had the son ever been there before?

Ans: With the exception of the last three years, he had been over that point many times.

Q 13: What were the names of the vegetables the old man grew on his farm?

Ans: The old man grew potatoes, yams, and tomatoes on his farm.

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Q 14: Why did the old man take the steep path?

Ans: The old man took the steep path to check his physical fitness.

Q 15: Why did the son at the age of six cried?

Ans: When writer was six years old his father made him a wooden plough. While playing with it, he lost it in
furrow. Therefore, he cried at the loss.

Q 16: What were the feelings of the old man at the age of seventy?

Ans: Even at the age of seventy, the old man showed his love for soil and farming. He remembered his bygone days.

Q 17: Why had the old man painted his secret garden?

Ans: He grew vegetables there, because he wanted to return to the places he had loved. He wanted to taste things
grown in a new land.

Q 18: Why did Harry want to go back to Earth?

Ans: Harry found the Matian’s climate unfavorable and dangerous. Therefore, he wanted to go back to Earth.

Q 19: Why did he want to stay?

Ans: Finding no way to Earth, he along with his family was bound to live there.

Q 20: What was the climate they faced?

Ans: They faced very hard climate on the Mars. The wind was hot and high. There was fog at night. The summer
baked everything there.

Q 21: What was the condition of the Bittering family on hearing the news of war on Earth?

Ans: They were all extremely shocked, even Laura began to weep.

Q 22: What did they want to grow?

Ans: They wanted to grow there vegetables and fruits of Earth.

Q 23: What was the condition of their house?

Ans: The wind had burned their house. All the boards of the house warped out of shape.

Q 24: What was the advice Harry gave to the people?

Ans: Harry advised the people to build a rocket to go back to Earth. The Martian climate and vegetation was not
suitable for them.

Q 25: How much dangerous a Martian virus can be?

Ans: A Martian virus can destroy them. It may change their appearance and surroundings.

Q 26: What was the type when the boy tried to snatch the purse of the woman?

Ans: It was about eleven’O clock at night when the boy tried to snatch the purse of the woman.

Q 27: What did happen to the boy when he tried to snatch the purse?

Ans: The boy gave the purse a tug. Its strap broke. The boy lost his balance. He fell on his back and his legs flew up.

Q 28: What was the reaction of the woman?

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Ans: She simply turned round and kicked the boy. Then she picked him up by the front of his shirt and dragged him
behind her.

Q 29: What was the conduct of the people who the incident?

Ans: By that time two or three people passed stopped turned to look and some stood watching.

Q 30: How did the boy look physically?

Ans: He was about fourteen or fifteen years old. He was frail and willow wild. He was wearing tennis shoes and
blue jeans.

Q 31: What was the condition of the boy when the woman gave him few jerks?

Ans: When the woman gave him few jerks he became helpless and did not struggle any more to get himself free.

Q 32: Why did the woman ask the boy to wash his face?

Ans: The woman wanted to make him a good boy. She wanted to make him understand the difference between right
and the wrong. Therefore, she asked him to wash his face.

Q 33: Why did not the boy run from the house of the woman?

Ans: He did not trust the woman not to trust him and he did not want to be mistrusted now. Therefore he did not run
from the house of the woman.

Q 34: Why did not the woman watch the boy while preparing the dish?

Ans: The woman wanted to show that she trusted him. Therefore, she did not watch him while preparing the dish.

Q 35: what was the nature of the woman’s job?

Ans: The woman worked in a hotel beauty shop that stayed open late.

Q 36: Why did George give the pocket book to his employer?

Ans: George did not know how to read the pocket book. Therefore, he gave it to his employer.

Q 37: What did make Hubert shameful?

Ans: He was called a lier. This made him shameful.

Q 38: Why did he keep claiming his innocence before his death?

Ans: He was innocent. He could not tolerate the humiliation of being called a thief and a liar. Therefore, he kept
claiming his innocence before his death.

Q 39: What was the subject discussed at the club?

Ans: The subject discussed at the club was of opportunity and determination.

Q 40: What did Terbut think of Jorkens arguments?

Ans: Terbut did not agree to Jorken’s argument. He thought that it was not right to say that only determination was
needed to get success.

Q 41: What was the view point of the parents of Gorgious ?

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Ans: His parents thought that a man could not get success only due to his determination. Opportunity was required
for success.

Q 42: What was the condition of the parents on the arrival of the doctor?

Ans: They were all very nervous.

Q 43: What was the behavior of the child with the doctor?

Ans: The child did not cooperate with doctor instead of it. She resisted violently at his attempt to examine the throat.

Q 44: She had a fever for three days. Hadn’t she?

Ans: Yes, she had a fever for three days.

Q 45: Did the girl change her expression when the doctor said, ‘Does your throat hurt you’?

Ans: No, she did not change her expression

Q 46: Why did the doctor call the sick girl by her first name?

Ans: The doctor called the sick girl by her name to make her trust him.

Q 47: Did the sick girl promptly respond to the instruction of the doctor?

Ans: The sick girl did not respond to the instruction of the doctor.

Q 48: Why did the parents rebuke her?

Ans: The girl attacked him and threw his glasses away. Therefore, the parents rebuked her for such rudeness.

Q 49: What was the threat the doctor gave to the child for not showing her throat?

Ans: The doctor threatened her that he would examine her throat using force.

Q 50: Why did she break the wooden blade?

Ans: She was stubborn by nature. She did not want doctor to examine her throat. Therefore, when the doctor tried to
do so, she broke the wooden blade.

Q 52: What was the condition of the tonsils of the sick girl?

Ans: Her both tonsils were covered with membrane. She had diphtheria.

Q 53: What was the advice given by Nushirvan to his people?

Ans: Nushirvan advised his people to be just and kind to others and to nip the evil in the bud.

Q 54: What was the remedy suggested by the physicians for the disease of the king?

Ans: The physicians suggested that the disease of the king can be cured by means of bile of a person clothe with
certain quality.

Q 55: Why did the boy look to the sky and smile?

Ans: When the boy found his parents, the Qazi and the king injustice, he looked to the sky and smiled. In this way
he prayed to God Almighty for his life.

Q 56: What should be the role of a Qazi?

Ans: The Qazi should only fear God and he should do justice in any case.

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Q 57: Why did the king weep?

Ans: The king felt ashamed of his selfish behavior. Therefore, he could not control his tears.

Q 59: How did the king recover?

Ans: The king feared from God and he released the boy. God Almighty liked his good deed and gave him health.

Q 60: What is clump of tears?

Ans: Clump of tears means a group of growing trees.

Q 61: What was struck in the camel’s throat?

Ans: A melon was stuck in its throat.

Q 62: What did the quack pretend to cure?

Ans: The quack pretended to cure goiter.

Q 63: What did the quack do with the old woman?

Ans: He tied up the woman’s throat and struck the swollen part with much force.

Q 64: What was the result of the cure?

Ans: The old woman instantly died.

Q 65: What was the punishment inflicted upon the quack by the villagers?

Ans: They compelled him to dig a grave for old woman. After it they beat him and let him go.

Q 66: For whom did the quack dig the grave?

Ans: The quack dug the grave for the old woman.

Q 67: What did the quack do in the next village?

Ans: In the next village, he again got ready to cure an old man of his goiter. But he asked the villagers not to force to
dig his grave if the old man died.

Q 68: Why did not the villagers let the old man cured?

Ans: When the quack talked about the grave of the old man, they did not allow him to cure old man.

Q 68: Why did the quack come back to the camel-man?

Ans: The quack came back to the camel-men to learn the right way to cure goitre.

Q 69: What is locust?

Ans: A locust is a winged migratory insect similar to the grasshopper that destroys crops and vegetables.

Q 70: Why did the farmers throw wet leaves on fire?

Ans: They threw wet leaves on fire to make it acrid and black.

Q 71: What was the desire of every farmer?

Ans: Every farmer had a desire to see his farm free and safe from the locusts.

Q 72: Did Margaret know what to do to keep the locusts away?

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Ans: No, she did not know what to do to keep the locusts away.

Q 73: What was the condition of trees?

Ans: All the trees were queer and still, clotted with insects, their boughs weighed to the ground.

Q 74: How did old Stephen treat the stray locust which he found in his pocket?

Ans: He split down it with his thumbnail.

Q 75: Are the hoppers different from locusts?

Ans: When the main swarms (the locusts) lay eggs. Hoppers are born.

Q 76: Did Margret lose heart on the loss of crops?

Ans: No, Margret did not lose heart on the loss of crops.

Q 77: Why are the locusts compared with bad weather?

Ans: Margret thought that the locusts would be like a bad weather. Like a bad weather they could appear at any
moment.

Q 78: Why did the men eat their supper with good appetites?

Ans: Due to day long struggle and fighting against the locust they were much tired and they were feeling hungry.
Therefore, they ate their supper with good eppitite.

Q 79: What was the cause of Negroes discontentment?

Ans: The Negroes were hated and hated and ignored in the society. They were treated as slaves and could not enjoy
their life independently. This was the cause of Negroes discontentment.

Q 80: What are the qualities of the veterans of creative suffering?

Ans: They are brave men they think that the unread suffering is redemptive. They fought for their rights.

Q 81: what is the dream of Martin Luther King Jr.?

Ans: He dreamt that one day, people would realized that all men are equal. Then they would live like brothers.

Q 82: What should be the faith of Negroes?

Ans: Their faith should be that unread suffering is redemptive.

Q 83: What was the necessity of pleading the case of Negroes freedom?

Ans: Negroes were leading a slavish life. They were being ignored and treated badly. Therefore, it was necessary to
plead the case of Negroes freedom.

Q 84: What should be criterion of judgment for a person?

Ans: A person should not be judged by the colour of his skin but by the content of his character.

Q 85: Do the Negroes enjoy liberty in all the parts of their country?

Ans: No, Negroes do not enjoy liberty in all the parts of their country.

Q 86: From which part of the country the Negroes gathered there?

Ans: The Negroes gathered there from all parts of country including Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia,
Louisiana, and the Northern cities.
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Q 87: Write down the meaning of the song.

Ans: My country is a sweet land of liberty. I sing for this land where my father’s died. It is a land of the pilgrims
pride and let the freedom ring from every side of it.

Q 88: What is the effect of the repetition of the words?

Ans: The repetition of words has deep effect on human mind. It helps to understand and learn the subject matter
being described.

Q 89: How much did she save for Christmas?

Ans: She saved one Dollar and eighty-seven cents for Christmas.

Q 90: Why did she feel pride in the beauty of her hair?

Ans: She had beautiful brown hair. It reached below her knee. It almost made itself into a dress for her. That’s why
she felt pride in the beauty of her hair.

Q 91: Why did she sell her hair?

Ans: she wanted to buy a beautiful gift for Jim but she had not enough money to buy a good gift. Therefore, she sold
her hair.

Q 92: Why did Jim sell the gold watch?

Ans: Jim also wanted to buy a gift for Della but he had no money. Therefore, he sold the gold watch.

Q 93: Why did they want to present the gifts?

Ans: Della and Jim had great love for each other and could not think of celebrating Christmas without presenting the
gifts. Therefore, they wanted to present the gifts.

Q 94: Why did she felt sad on losing her hair?

Ans: Della had deep love for her hair. Therefore, she felt sad on losing her hair.

Q 94: Why did not Jim welcome her when he stepped in?

Ans: Jim could not welcome her because he was stunned to see Della without her long beautiful hair. He had bought
combs for her hair. But her hair had gone.

Q 95: What did he bring out from his coat?

Ans: He brought out beautiful and costly combs from his coat.

Q 96: How beautiful was the gold watch chain?

Ans: It was very simply made. Its value was in its rich and pure material. It was very valuable.

Q 97: What was the wisdom in selling the most valuable thing?

Ans: Both the lovers wanted to give a gift to each other. But both did not have any money to buy gifts. They sold
their valuable things to buy gifts for each other.

Q 98: What was alias Abuls full name?

Ans: His full name was Mulvi Abdul Barkat.

Q 99: What was his turban known as and where it originally come from?

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Ans: His turban was known as Mashadi Lungi and it originally came from Mashad in Iran.

Q 100: What did he always carry with him?

Ans: He always carried a walking stick, a sort of scepter with decorative bands of brass and guilt.

Q 101: Describe Maulvi’s appearance

Ans: Maulvi Abdul had slightly bulging eyes. On his fingers he wore silver rings with large turquoise stones.

Q 102: How did much the Maulvi collect on every Eid?

Ans: Maulvi collected 150 to 200 rupees on every Eid.

Q 103: How much was distributed among the needy and the poor?

Ans: He distributed 40 to 50 rupees among the needy and poor.

Q 104: What was the name of his eldest daughter?

Ans: The name of his eldest daughter was Mehrun.

Q 105: What was the name of the member of the District Board where the Maulvi lived?

Ans: His name was Chaudhry Fatehded.

Q 106: What was the name of his wife?

Ans: The name of his wife was Zaibunnisa.

Q 107: write the names of other two daughters who are mentioned in the story.

Ans: Their name is Zabda and Shamsun.

Q 108: What was the color of the overcoat of young man?

Ans: Its color was brown.

Q 109: What was his appearance?

Ans: He had sleek shining hair, side burns and thin moustaches. He had a rose in the button hole of his overcoat, a
silk scarf around his neck, a flat hat on his head and a stick in his hand.

Q 110: Why did people come out on the Mall?

Ans: As the evening advanced the cold became more intense. It was a cold that induced people to seek comfort in
pleasure. Therefore, they came out on the Mall to amuse themselves.

Q 111: What were the people wearing who came on the Mall?

Ans: Most of them were wearing overcoats which were of every kind from the astrakhan to the rough military khaki.

Q 112: Why was the cat shivering?

Ans: The cat was shivering with cold.

Q 113: Why did the driver of the truck speed away after the accident?

Ans: If the driver was caught, he would have been beaten and handed over the police. Therefore, he sped away after
the accident.

Q 114: Who took the young man after accident to the hospital?

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Ans: The passersby loaded the young man in a car and took him to a nearby hospital.

Q 115: What was playing in one of the restaurants?

Ans: An Orchestra was playing in one of the restaurants.

Q116: At what point of journey in his dream did the author hear the throbbing sound of wings?

Ans: He heard the throbbing sound of wings when he could see nothing on the Earth.

Q 117: What time of the year was it?

Ans: It was about a fortnight after Christmas.

Q 118: What does the author like about Christmas?

Ans: The author likes about Christmas is that it makes everybody good.

Q 119: Write down the good deeds the author has admitted are a great joy on Christmas.

Ans: Near Christmas people become good. He himself did some noble deeds at Christmas. These deeds of charity
caused him a great joy.

Q 120: Why noble deeds are always a great joy for the author?

Ans: The noble deeds give spiritual happiness. They benefit humans. They please God also. Therefore, the writer
enjoys doing such deeds.