INDEX

Cue Cards:
1. A street market in your city.
2. An important decision you made with help of someone.
3. Describe a family business.
4. Describe a famous person that you are interests in.
5. Describe a good law in your country.
6. Describe a healthy lifestyle you know.
7. Describe a memorable story.
8. Describe a party you attended or joined.
9. Describe a person who helps to protect the environment.
10. Describe a person whom you have never met but heard a lot
about him and would like to meet.
11. Describe a place in other country.
12. Describe a plant in your country.
13. Describe a quiet place.
14. Describe a time when you enjoyed a free time.
15. Describe a time when you had to change your plan/ change
your mind.
16. Describe a time when you were cheated.
17. Describe a website which helped you to do something /
website you visit often/ use regularly.
18. Describe about a faraway place that you would like to visit.
19. Describe an advertisement you remember.
20. Describe an important invention which changed our life.
21. Describe an interesting part of your country.
22. Describe an outdoor sport that you haven’t done yet and like to
do in the future.
23. Describe an unusual vacation you had.
24. Describe your favourite weather.
25. Describe your idea of a perfect home of dream home.
26. Designs of building you visited and liked/ talk about a building.
27. Food that people eat on special events.
28. Historical period you want to know more about.
 29. Talk about a singer or musical band you enjoy listening to.
30. Talk about a thing you complained about.
31. Describe an occasion when the vehicle you were travelling
broke down.
32. Talk about a time when you received money as a gift.

General Question Topics:

1. History
2. Patience
3. Robots
4. Space Travel
5. Plants
6. Time Management
7. Photos
8. Hats
9. Dreams
10. Music
11. Colours
12. Perfume
13. Garbage
14. Public Holiday
15. Punctuality
16. Social Network
17. Art
18. Chocolate
19. Hometown
20. Activity Near Water
21. Home/ Accommodation
22. Politeness
23. Socializing
24. People’s Age
25. Museum
A street market in your city.
 Shopping is one of the most fascinating activity especially women are
always ready for this.
 I think shopping is a great past time activity and people can shop from
different places such as malls, roadside or street market.
 But, here I would like to talk about lal darwaja street market.
 This is located in center of Ahmedabad.
 It is a big street market.
 It consumes 8 to 10 km area of the city.
 It is 5 km away from my house, so I usually go for shopping there.
 In this market all things are available such as basic needs of daily and even
books, clothes, trendy jewelry and many more
 In this market not only vendors visit but also many foreigners come for
shopping
 In this street market even there is on well-known historical place known as
siddhi saiyad mosque
 This place is liked by many people in my city, as the people also go to this
place for shopping they can buy some non-branded clothes which are
available at reasonable prices still they look to be in vogue.
 Students also go for second hand books which are available at reasonable
rates.
 2 years ago I visited this place for first time with my friends, I bought a new
bag for me.
 It is very stylish and cheaper compared to market rate.
 In the night time the market totally gets converted into street food.
 The street food is very delicious and I visit on special occasion for eating
new varieties of dishes with my kith and kins.
 Whenever, I buy some things in the market I feel satisfied with prices and
quality.
An important decision you made with
help of someone.
 Decision making is a crucial process which comes in everyone’s life.
 We have to think twice before taking any decision whether it is for short
term or long one. Someone decision making is a brain nagging situation
when it is for lone term or for life time.
 In such, decision making process it is advisable to take the help of the
elderly people or the experienced ones.
 Here, I would like to narrate a time when I took an important decision
with the help of my elder brother and it changed my life.
 After the completion of my 12th exam I was on the cross roads on what
to do further for a full-fledged career.
 Many people my kith and kens poured and with lots of advices which
created pain in my neck at that moment my cousin brother who is a
mechanical engineer came to my rescue.
 All my relatives and parents advised me to go for a vocational courses
rather than bachelor degree as it did not provide jobs.
 My brother advised me to take up a degree in the choice of your field as
it will provide a long term investment in educational career.
 He further informed that if I took up engineering in information
technology I can migrate to a foreign country for my master’s in future.
There are ample of job opportunities in this field at abroad.
 Today, after completing my engineering I am getting many job offers
from renowned companies so I feel that the decision which I made with
the help of my elder brother was really fruitful.
Describe a family business.
 I come here from a city called Ahmedabad, in Gujarat state.
 Gujarat is known as a business hub and most of the people of Gujarat
are businessman.
 Thought I belong to Ahmedabad I would like to talk about Surat where a
famous rich sweet shop is located, the name of the sweet shop is
“24’carat mithai magic”.
 This sweet shop is located at the central point named ‘Adajan’ and
throughout the day people throng this place to taste upon its verities.
 This shop is run by two brothers who are basically from Rajasthan.
 Initially, they started a small shop of sweet in Rajasthan to bring
uniqueness in the world of sweets, so they started putting original gold
plates on the sweets.
 They got it certified from the Indian standard of Bureau, whether it is
sustainable or not.
 After getting the certificate they started preparing it.
 They are having branches across the country. People love eating their
sweets even though it is costly.
 The sweets are sold at 9000/- per kg. As Surat has always been known as
‘Food Paradise’. So this mithai magic shop loves inventing or reinventing
the sweets.
 They have earned their name in ‘The Limca Book of Records’ because of
their unique concept.
 Once I also got a chance to visit and taste their sweets as it was so good,
I would like to eat it again and again.
 This concept of gold plating was launched on 12th August 2018 during
rakhsha-bandhan time.
 The shop owner says the gold work on sweets is good for health, which
is the main reason people are buying it.
Describe a famous person that you are
interested in.
 There are people working around the clock in the world who are
pursuing their dreams but very few get to the point where they can taste
the success and fame.
 I admire people with great determination and sense of ethics in them.
So here I would like to talk about MARK ZUCKERBERG.
 A best entrepreneur of his generation and a role model that every kid
looks up to.
 He is a college dropout and had a great determination in his IT field. He
has also created various online sites before FACEBOOK.
 FACEBOOK was a small idea which erupted in his mind in Stanford
university dome rooms.
 He was in his final years of college and had to submit a project.
 He is a very simple person and has some simple ethics and belief in life.
 At early age, he found his fit in the stream of computer and made many
programs and game.
 I like him most because of his focused mind and magnificent technology
use.
 Facebook has more than 200 million subscribers all around and has
connected the people from all the different direction.
 He had a vision and determination to complete his day dreaming into
realities.
 So I admire him for his hard work and time management skills.
Describe a good law in your country.
 India is a vast and developing country.
 Laws are said to be the basic principle of a society.
 All people need to abide by some rules & regulations for a smooth
running country.
 There are numerous laws such as; ban on smoking in any public places,
ban on using any plastic bags, the law against cutting trees and many
more.
 Here I would like to talk about wearing a helmet while riding any two-
wheelers.
 I came to know about this law 3 years ago, when I was watching TV with
my kith & kens at that time I saw the advertisement of giving awareness
about traffic rules & regulations.
 Advertisement showed about helmet law which is compulsory for
motor-bike riders and cyclist to wear.
 Wearing a helmet has helped in reducing any death due to accidents.
 There was a report that came few years back that the people were dying
due to accidents because they were not wearing a helmet while driving.
 This law affects each and every person who lives on this earth.
 Even government started to make helmet with certain criteria.
 Initially I thought maybe this is also like many other laws, but I would say
that this law which is enforced and remarkable.
 Moreover, the number of policemen has increased, they catch anyone
who violate the law and punish them.
 There are many benefits to wear helmet like protect our head which is
the major part of our body, prevents collision with flying insects, riding
in rainy season, helps in controlling sun burn, protects our eyes from the
air and dust in our atmosphere.
 If I get a chance to bring in more awareness about it among children and
teenagers. Because these days children are very small to learn how to
drive and their security must be considered.
Describe a healthy lifestyle you know.
 In today’s world people are leading a sedentary life style it has become
important to be health conscious.
 In order to remain healthy just exercising is not enough, we also need to
take a proper diet.
 I have implemented the same in my regular routine.
 If a person eats food at odd time and does exercise in the morning and
evening will not be able to remain fit.
 Food having at odd time brings many health issues like; acidity, heart
buns, constipation and so on.
 It is necessary to take three course meals on time including of all the
basic nutrients or it should be a balanced diet.
 I go regularly to the nearest garden at 6 o’clock in the morning and do
brisk walking, and also stretching exercise than moreover return home
and love to have heavy breakfast before leaving for my work.
 Even at my work office after having my lunch, I do activity for some
hours to release my stress & to give some workout.
 I think that if everybody does routine exercise or activities and take of
healthy diet can lead a healthy lifestyle.
Describe a memorable story.
 When we revive childhood memories it’s always a nostalgic movement
of hearing the stories from our parents and grandparents.
 Today CD’s, Books and many more things are still incomparable to the
stories said by our grandparents.
 When I was a child I lived in a joint family and grew up by listening the
fairy tale and mythological stories from my grandmother.
 The story which I have heard and liked the most was “The King of
Midas”.
 The king was of Athens city and he was said to be greedy person.
 Every night, he would count all the gold coins and gold items. And he
always uses to pray God to get it double.
 One great day god appeared and asked him to wish something.
 He reverted by saying, “Lord I want all the things in my palace to be
converted into gold just by my one touch”.
 God heard and blessed him with his wish.
 In the next morning, he went to his royal garden and picked up a flower,
which suddenly converted into Gold.
 He was on cloud nine after seeing that his wish was fulfilled and now he
wanted all his things to be converted into Gold.
 After a movement his daughter came running towards him and he
unknowingly touched her. She was now converted in a gold statue.
 King saw and started weeping and praying God to bring her back as she
was her beloved daughter.
 God arrived. And told him to sprinkle some water from the river on her,
king did the same.
 After sprinkling the river water she slowly converted herself into a
human.
 The king learned that greediness can lead us to great sacrifices and
losses.
Describe a party you attended or joined
 As I am not a part animal I attend few parties.
 I see to that the parties are for extending professional relationship or for
socializing.
 I attempted to attend this one as it was last year of my college.
 The party which I attended was thrown by juniors to seniors and it was a
farewell party.
 When I started my college I was very shy and introvert by nature.
 I rarely spoke with my fellow classmates.
 I stood away from elections and selections of the college.
 But in the first year of my college I met a friend name ruby.
 She was a great sports person and actively participated on all college
activities.
 She was the one who made me extrovert by nature.
 By the time I completed my first year I was in contact with almost all the
students from the first year till the fourth year.
 When I reached my last year a party was thrown by the juniors.
 It was a farewell party and the party included DJ dance several
competition speeches by our faculty members and accompanied by a
dinner at the end.
 The whole arrangements of the party was done by the juniors students
 It was kept in the community hall of our college
 The speeches given by our faculty members and our principal related to
our future career.
 Later on all together played games like housie and passing the parcel.
 The best part of the party was dance by the amateur dancer.
 Really it was hilarious.
 Just putting the feet down gave us total enjoyment.
 Anyhow ending the journey by interchanging the mobile numbers and
addresses.
 We all promised to keep in touch with each other.
 Till today I consider that party as the best time of my life.
 No vulgarity only innocence and playful enjoyment with our peer groups.
Describe a person who helps to protect
the environment.
 Environmental problem is the most debatable issue of today.
 This problem arises because of man-made creations.
 Some of the problems are pollution, deforestation and global warming.
 To some extend we can save our environment by planting more and
more trees.
 In this materialistic world it is very hard to find such a philanthropist who
has rendered his whole life for saving the environment.
 He is no other then Mr Chandresh Shekhar. He belongs to my family.
 Every morning, he starts his walk with many saplings in hand.
 Where-ever he finds less numbers of plants in barren land he
immediately plants the saplings.
 He has planted almost more than thousand plants across the city.
 He even has received many awards for saving the environment.
 He has a personality which loves to protect the environment by
spreading the awareness regarding discarding the plastic items and send
them to recyclable centres.
 With the help of his volunteers he goes to remote and village areas and
collects plastic bags and provides them paper bags or cloths bags.
 This is how he does such marvellous jobs without any selfishness for the
society and the nation.
 As per my opinion, if every person dedicatedly works toward the
environment our planet can be amore safer place to live.
Describe a person whom you have
never met but heard a lot about him
and would like to meet.
 We come across many people in our life. Some of them we meet, some
are those about whom we watch on television and internet.
 Here I am going to talk about a person whom I have seen on television &
internet, and always keen to know about him.
 He is none other than “Mr Amitabh Bachchan”, known as Big-B in the
film industry.
 I have grown up watching all his films. He is not only a versatile actor but
a great human being.
 He has achieved this standard by his hard-work, dedication towards his
field and having patience in all situations.
 In the initial period many of his films were a major flop but he did not
give up. He tried to work out on his weakness and flows.
 He started his own company named ‘ABCL’. And also made a movie
under its banner but did not work and got into debts, but he took over
‘KBC’ and recovered all the money.
 He is so knowledgeable that many of his literature work ns poem have
been printed and published.
 His all family members are cine artists.
 During his life he has donated a lot to the poor and needy people. He
has acted in more than 100 films.
 Amitabh Bachchan has come for various show promotions in my city but
I didn’t get a chance to meet him.
 It’s my wish to meet him and have an autograph from him.
Describe a place in other country.
 My future plan is to settle in Australia, so I am preparing for my IELTS
examination.
 If I get good bands or scores, I would certainly fly to Australia.
 Before that long term approach, I would like to work in Australia for
short period.
 As it helps me to get accustomed with the circumstances, life-style and
other conditions. Even I get to know more about the job opportunities in
Australia.
 One my friend is residing in Australia since last 15 years. She had told me
about the opportunity available particularly in my field.
 As my experience related to my field is less. I need to do odd jobs or blue
collar jobs.
 This types of jobs are easily available like working in food outlets, gift
article shops, pizza delivery, motel jobs, sells assistance and so on.
 This experience will help me a lot when I settled down in Australia.
 Such exposure towards jobs will teach me the value of money,
independent life, getting rid of home sidedness habit of cooking and
self-confidence. So I am longing to go to this country for a short period
to get adjusted with the circumstances and to have some quality time
with my friends before settling there.
Describe a plant in your country.
 Plants, flowers and animals are the part of our environment.
 We need all this things to survive on the earth.
 Nowadays plants and trees are cut down for the sake of modernization,
so the greenery is getting standstill in the urban areas.
 There is a need to save the trees as it is said to be the source of rain.
 I love gardening but there is lake of places for it as I live in an apartment.
 I have small balcony which I have converted into a mini garden.
 I had planted many plants like; Jasmine, Rose, Merry Gold, Aloe-vera,
Kari-leaves and Basil.
 Here I would; like to talk about the Basil plant which is also known as
Tulsi and it is found in many Indian homes.
 The Tulsi plant is said to have such a medicinal value in the history of
India.
 Tulsi is mostly kept in courtyard where it is worshiped every morning
and evening.
 Generally, people light up an earth lamp in front of the Tulsi plant, to
evade the negative energy from entering the house.
 During winter time, people add Tulsi leaves to tea of aroma as well as
relief from bronchitis.
 This plant need to be taken much care as chances are of getting affected
by small insects like; wasp, ants and grasshoppers.
 I love this plant because their leaves give a sweet smell and even it is
offered to God.
Describe a quiet place.
 It is very hard to locate a quit place in our city.
 Nowadays, people always look for a quiet place to get relaxation and
mental peace.
 In my city, only the early morning hours are said to be little bit peaceful.
 Here I would like to talk about, a place where I love to visit and to get
some relaxation from my day to day busy schedule.
 It’s in one of the famous places named as ‘The Kochrub Ashram’. This is
located on the banks of river Sabarmati.
 The ashram is said to be the residence of Kasturba bai, the wife of
Mahatma Gandhi.
 Whenever I visit this place, I come across many different people from
different cast and creeds mediating under the same roof.
 It is also a tourist place and very famous for its serenity and simplicity.
 Even during the summer times, due to the shades of trees we feel cool
and calm in the ashram.
 In the ashram we can still find some unique things used by Kasturba bai
and Mahatma Gandhi, which is displayed like a museum piece.
 There are 2 to 3 library rooms where I can read and acknowledge myself
about the history of the ashram and the lifestyle of Mahatma Gandhi
and Kasturba bai.
 The best thing about the ashram is that I can relax and get some peace
of mind, individually or with my friends and family.
 So I love to visit this place very offend and I would also like to visit many
more times in the future.
Describe a time when you enjoyed a
free time.
 In this modern life people are occupied with their monotones lifestyle,
where crave for a free time from a child to a grown a person is over
burden with the work of routine.
 Most of them are multitasking people, for a city based individual to get a
free time is a blessing for them.
 Here I would like to speak about a time when I took a leave from my
regular activities as my friend had come down from Bangalore.
 We were meeting after a gap of 3 years. So, I decided to be with him for
the whole day.
 I had made a list of planning and started with the homemade breakfast
at my home.
 Then after we set off to visit the heritage places of Ahmedabad city.
 Then we thought of visiting some of the renowned mall of Ahmedabad.
We visited alpha one, Himalaya mall and central mall.
 At some places we just did window shopping in some of the malls when
there where heavy discounts and reasonable prices we did shopping.
 Later on we both got hungry and dying and I went famous restaurants
with my friend was found of Punjabi food.
 It was getting near about 4:30 after lunch so we thought of go to the
riverfront by late evening we reached Sabarmati riverfront.
 My friend see the illuminations there he was happy by the development
of riverfront.
 Then after there was still time available so we watch the last show
movie at wide angle multiplex. By the time we came out of the show it
was almost midnight.
 After we were going to manekchock street food. And we ate many
delicious dish and my friend was enjoy that type of food.
 After, around 2 A.M we reached at my house and we were sleeping on
the bed.
Describe a time when you had to
change your plan /change your mind.
 I am habituated of planning my activities very scrupulously.
 But things do not work as per our planning, many a times we need to
change the plans due to some personal problems.
 Here I would like to talk about a time when the weather forced me and
my family to change our plans.
 Last year during the summer vacation, I and my family decided to go on
a trip to Mount Abu.
 We had already packed our bags and took all the necessary things like
food, medicines and drinking water.
 We had booked travels’ for our family and just we started our journey at
night.
 Mount Abu is located on the border of Rajasthan.
 When we set off for the journey at that time on the middle of the way,
wind started gushing and it started raining cats and dogs.
 Even near to the narrow way the landslides happened. We got a call
from the travel agent that to cancel the trip towards Abu as it is
hazardous.
 We were quite confused on what to do. All of sudden an idea strike in
my mind that we should take a U-turn and have some fun in any of the
nearest water park.
 Then there we enjoyed the whole day with adventures water rides and
had a good lunch near the pool side.
 There after we went to a museum which was near to the water park.
 Till late night we all family members rejoiced and reached home at the
next morning.
 It was really a fun and not only me but all members of my family enjoyed
it.
 So many a time even changes in plan brings happiness.
Describe a time when you were
cheated.
 In our life we come across many up’s and down’s but we cannot forget
the time or the period of being cheated.
 Here I’m going to speech about an incident which happened in my life of
being not told the whole truth by my mother.
 Two years back, I had been on an educational trip with, my faculties and
fellow classmates. This educational trip was accompanies by research
work also included in our curriculum.
 As I was tired by the journey, I forgot to make a call at home after
reaching to Bangalore.
 On second day, when I tried to call my mom she didn’t answer my call.
Even none of the family member received my phone call.
 I was in an agony and thought what on earth would have happen to my
family members.
 Finally my mother picked up my call and said that, ‘my cousin had met
with and accident and was hospitalized.’
 I asked my mother, if there is any need to return home? But she replied
that there is no need to return back home.
 I was very close to my cousin, as we are of same age. And I was quite
nervous thinking about him.
 After reaching back home from my trip, I found my cousin brother on a
wheelchair. Seeing this incident, I felt cheated.
 I got annoyed on my mother for not telling me the whole truth.
 She further clarified me that she did not want to spoil my educational
trip and my academic career. And she also explained that as there were
many family members and friends to take care of him and provide the
necessary things.
 So there was no need to call me back and break my research work.
 Finally, I understood the reason of the white lies she told to me. And it
was seen as a small cheating for my better future.
Describe a website which helped you to
do something /website you visit often /
use regularly.
 In this technological era there won’t be anyone who would not be
surfing the net on regular basis.
 There are many websites which help us to know about many things and
even can explore our knowledge.
 Here, I am going to talk about a website which is not only a website but
even a search engine.
 The website is www.google.com. The first time I used it was to complete
my science project given by my teacher in class 8.
 Firstly I was guide puzzled when I got it but letter on when my friend
told me about this Google. I got relax.
 Through Google not only I got articles for my project but even I got some
pictures.
 In Google the language was very easy to be understood by small child.
Thane after whenever I had a simple doubt the first thing I look was
surfing the internet and asking Google for answer.
 Till today Google has always given me a perfect answer and even help
me a lot during my decision making.
 Google given as information related to everything from a needle to huge
machinery.
 It helps a person even to learn a new language and a path towards
unknown sites.
 This site has been helping not only me every single individual in the
world to surf and in-depth knowledge about it.
Describe about a faraway place that you
would like to visit.
 Today, people love to travel a remote place to be away from hustle &
bustle of the city life.
 The monotonous life of people does not allow them to travel very often.
 If I talk about myself I await for such a time to travel towards a
destination which rejuvenates me and releases my stress of regular days.
 One such place is said to be the Polo Forest. It is located near Vijaynagar.
 Generally I use to make 2 days trip to this place so that I can spend some
time in the forest as well as visit Idar & Mahudi temple.’
 We all can enjoy tracking and camping in the forest.
 Polo forest is surrounded by lush green trees which are almost 100 years
old.
 We can also see the ancient structures and the old carving works in a
Jain temple located near the polo forest.
 Generally people come here for capturing the photographs or for any
photo shoots.
 Visited the Jain temple and even captured the photographs of the old
architectural work.
 Then after, I went towards the Harnav Dam-side which is known for its
waterfalls.
 The site of the dam, during the evening hours is really picturesque.
 Even I visited some of the monuments inside the Vijaynagar forest.
 There are not many hotels and restaurants, there are only few food cots
are available as forest departments want to make it pollution free.
 I generally visit the polo forest with my friends or family by our own car
but jeep transportation is also available but we make it before evening.
 Though it is a 150 km away from my city. Still I love to visit it. Often
because it helps me to be in the vicinity of greenery.
 It gives me relief from the scorching heat of my city.
Describe an important invention which
has changed our life.
 Inventions are very much necessary as life on earth becomes smother for
us.
 Inventions are mainly done by great thinkers who thought and acted
different from others.
 Many great scientists have done a lot of inventions which have changed the
life of human beings.
 Once such invention is television.
 Television has brought the world closer. We can know about the thing
which is happening around us through TV.
 Television program Entertain every age group .Television has innumerable
Satellites so people has choice for their program.
 Today it’s a boom for the elderly members and very young child in families
where they enjoy the program when are left alone.
 TV has a lot to bring down the stress of life.
 Many people turn it has idiot box but it is helpful for uneducated people in
rural areas to get updated about the modern trend.
 People love watching television as it entertains, amuse and sometimes drag
us to the world of imagination.
 So this is one of the important inventions which brought a tremendous
change not only in the life of common men but put people in to a better
stander of leaning.
Describe an interesting part of your
country.
 As it well-known to the world that India is known for its history and
historical places.
 There are many places in India like; consisting of monuments, museums,
archaeological parks, centuries, national parks, back waters and many
more.
 As I belong to Ahmedabad located in Gujarat state, which is on the
western side of India.
 Gujarat is known for its Asiatic lions, black bugs in Kutch, excavations at
Lothal and Dholavira and many more.
 But here I would like to talk about the Gir-National Park which is very
famous and as I am an animal lover, my hard-core desire got
accomplished when I visited it last week.
 Gir-national park is the only place in the world were one can spot the
majestic Asiatic lions.
 No where can you see the lions at the nearest distance.
 This national park is spread across the area up to 1412 sq.
 The park boasts off the largest dry deciduous in the western India.
 The park is the home for around 300 spices of birds and variety of other
animals.
 Here we could learn and see the behaviour of their ferocious animals.
 We can also enjoy the side seen in the park through a jeep which is
provided by the forest department.
 I and my friend had a close look of 7 to 8 lions, which had come down to
drink water in the pond.
 The forest offices could guide us towards the area of lions by the foot
prints of paws on the land.
Describe an occasion when the vehicle
you were travelling in broke down.
 Travelling by our own vehicle has become very common due to
unavailability of public transportation.
 Private vehicle help us to use our own routes and reach on time.
 So, it’s common among commuters to at least get stuck up in such a
situation.
 Here I would like to narrate one situation where my vehicle broke up.
 It’s quite a hilarious incident.
 One fine day I was travelling to my examination centre and the roads
were new to me.
 I was travelling to this route for the first time.
 While, in the mid-way, though I have serviced my vehicle but still
suddenly it gave a jerk and my vehicle stopped suddenly.
 Actually the mistake was of mine, I took a short cut.
 The roads through which I was travelling had a lot of pot holes.
 As I was travelling all alone and the pocket road were also deserted.
 Though it was morning time, I was bit scared and puzzled on what to do.
 Later, I started waiving to all passing vehicles.
 Then one gentleman stopped his bike and helped me to reach to the
nearest garage.
 The reason was some dust had entered into carbonator.
 So after cleaning it vehicle got started.
 I thanked that gentleman and we both started our journey further after
biding a good bye.
Describe an outdoor sport that you
haven’t done yet and like to do in the
future.
 There are many outdoor activities which I haven’t done yet such as
bungee jumping, paragliding, mountain tracking, and so on.
 But here I would like to talk about an outdoor activity which I would like
to do in my near future.
 This activity is paragliding.
 I am very fascinated by this activity.
 It is an adventure sport.
 I came to know about it from my younger cousin brother who had tried
it in Manali in Himachal Pradesh.
 The town is located at an altitude of about 5500ft to 6000ft above the
sea level which make it ideal for paragliding trips.
 It is recreational and adventurous sport of flying.
 It I very intriguing activity and dangerous too but all the safety is
maintained by the instructor.
 It has a very good set up.
 No special skills or equipment’s are needed.
 You just need a medical certificate that you are not suffering from any
height problem.
 All other equipment’s are provided by them.
 Mostly youngsters try this activity.
 The flying time in this activity is approximately 2500 per person.
 They take all the safety precautions and so no accidents have been
reported so far.
 I would definitely try this activity when I’ll go for any trip.
 I am really excited for that day to come.
Describe an unusual vacation you had.
 Here I would like to talk about an unusual vacation where my parents
decided to send me on an outdoor camp during my vacation after my
12th standard.
 This was the first time I was travelling with my parents with the group of
unknown people and trainer.
 The outdoor campaign included tracking, mounting, climbing, ropeway,
river crossing, river rafting and bonfire.
 The camp was held inside the jungle of mussoorie hill station.
 Though we were provided a resort to stay but most of our adventurous
activities were within the jungle.
 During the campaign, I make friendship with few of them and become
too close to them.
 While walking in the jungle we were sorted up in group. My group was
the adventurous one and little mischievous too.
 So made a plan to walk through another path.
 One of my friend has found a mysterious place in jungle which has a
haunted house and nearer to the river.
 The area was actually habituated by the tribal people.
 Our curiousness made us walk towards it and later on we found some
arrows coming from directions towards us.
 It was actually send by the tribal people sitting on the tree tops.
 They were very scary they come and surrounded us from all sides.
 They had sphere and arrows in hands
 We felt as if they would kill us and it is the last day on the earth but for
our surprise they wanted the food packets which we were carry.
 When we offered them the food packets and soft drinks they were quite
happy.
 Lastly we had a bonfire late night as a part of their rituals.
 We ate the fruits offered by them and even they showed their
 So it was quite and unusual vacation.
Describe your favourite weather.
 Weather is the change in atmospheric condition.
 Nowadays we find change in weather due to global warming.
 Across my country people go throw different weather even though the
seasons are same.
 The weather in summer is hot and cool during winter.
 It is quite pleasant during spring and autumn.
 I love spring season weather which is faced at the end of March till the
beginning of April.
 This weather gives me relief from the chilly cold of winter.
 We can see the flowers bloomed everywhere.
 Especially the Gulmor flowers are which blossoms and in spring even
there is a great festival called Holi.
 It is the festival of colours.
 And even during this time the crops are ready for harvesting.
 Farmers are very happy and they enjoy harvesting festivals like Lori,
Vishu, Bihu and so on.
 I love this pleasant weather of spring season as the climate is moderate
neither to hot nor to cold.
 It is the best time for picnic or a long drive.
 We can relish upon the delicious sweets of holi like pethas and gujias.
 Spring is one of my favourite season and the pleasant weather of it puts
me in an energetic mood and enlighten my lifestyle.
Describe your idea of a perfect home or
dream house.
 As home is a favorite corner of each and every person.
 Additionally everybody wants to decorate it according their desire.
 Presently I am living in a 2 BHK home which is very well furnished but I am
having my own fantasy for dream home.
 Firstly, I want my home in the central part of the city from when I can get
basic facilities like hospital, school, railway station and many more.
 Secondly, as I am very down to earth personality so I don’t want very
massive house.
 I want 5 BHK home with a very simple interior and well-furnished home.
 Additionally, on the entrance of my home I would like to have bit parking
place and small garden.
 Moreover, my hall should not contain so many things even there should be
a very basic things like; sofa set, table, 52 inches TV and some paintings.
 Furthermore, my room should have luminous and well-furnished designs
 As I am very fond of cooking , so I love to have modular kitchen with attach
garden where I can grow organic vegetables and at the back side of my
house there should be a swimming pool where I can swim to keep myself as
fit as fiddle.
Design of building you visited and
liked/Talk about a building.
 In this modern era, exciting new innovations has brought sky scrapers
and fresh new approaches to building design.
 There are numerous building at my home town like GNFC tower, Patang
hotel and many more.
 Here, I would like to talk about The Ahmedabad one shopping mall.
 It is the multi –storing building. It has 6 floors. With wide range of stores.
 It is located in city center of Ahmadabad.
 It is 10 km away from my house. The mall was construction in Alp abate
‘L’ shape.
 This building has two purposes like shopping and entertainment.
 Beside the mall, there is Hyatt regency which is five start hotel in such
location.
 In the mall not only the local citizens, but also foreigners visit it for
shopping purpose.
 The two underground floors are reserve for the parking purpose.
 The ground floor is the super market and the other floors are the stores
were people can buy international and national branded things.
 On the 5th floor there is a food court and even a multiplex. Were
everyone can enjoy and relax from their day to day schedule.
 On the Last floor there is a banquet hall, in which many international
meeting, parties and many other things are meant to be arranged.
 Overall, this is an advanced building that I have ever seen and I always
go for shopping to this place with all my friends and family.
Food that people eat on special events
 India is a diverse country.
 In my home country there are varieties of food.
 For example; in India people from north to south and east to west.
 People get together to be a part of their festive seasons.
 People of all age and cast, celebrates their own function and tradition
thus there is a variety of food and customs which are made by people
and followed by them.
 And the main thing is that it is costume made and people get together to
make food and eat.
 To site an example, the northern people have lots of festival and
different traditions that they follow.
 There are more than 200 festivals in India and people love to have small
parties and make new social gatherings.
 Here I would like to talk about a Gujarati dish which is call “undhiyu”. It
is a delicious recipe made by many Indian people when any festival or
marriage functions are organized and there are varieties of vegetables
mixed in this dish.
 All vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes are prepared, people get
together and small hangouts are made and people go to each other
houses taking there specialty and sweets like jalebi, gulab jambun and
many more.
 All this food is custom made with old recipes and special cooks are
appointed who knows the exact quantity and quality of making the
dishes.
 The whole family gets together around the born-fire and enjoys eating
their meal.
Historical period you want to know
more about.
 History is a boring subject but it is the prime duty of every citizen to
know about our history.
 My country India is the land of history and historical places there are
many things to learn from it. Like the ancient culture. The great warriors,
post-independence period small provinces and states and many more.
 But, it has always been my passion or eagerness to know and learn in-
depth about the past civilization from where evolved.
 Thus, I would like to discuss about Indus valley civilization. This is also
known Harappan culture.
 Indus valley civilization was known as Bronze Age civilization. It lasted
from 3300 BC TO 1300 BC.
 Along with ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia three other civilizations also
developed in the west and south Asia.
 The people who flourished near to the Indus River when known by
Aryans. The Indus valley civilization taught us many things like building
of small canals, sewage system agriculture, cattle rearing and making
vessel from muds so pottery industry also developed.
 The people of this civilization excavated bronze and started making
difference thing out of it.
 Generally they made handicraft items, toys and even hand carved
materials. Today also some of the toys and the items like hand modelled,
terra cotta figures are seen in museums indicating those cultures.
 Even during this civilization flourish they started making weapons for the
purpose of agriculture and hunting.
 After Harappan culture came this stone age which is known as Neolithic
period and historical period but I find glad in knowing more and telling
others about the inception of our civilization.
Talk about a singer or musical band you
enjoy listening to.
 There won’t be anyone in this world that would not live music.
 Music obviously helps a person to come out of the stress.
 It relieves person and rejuvenate them to kick start their work.
 I too love to listen to music to relieve my stress.
 My favourite singer is Arijit Singh and he is a renowned singer known for
his melodies voice.
 Arijit Singh has sung for many of the Bollywood movies.
 His songs have been a hot favourite among young teens and even the
elder’s love for his soothing feeling.
 Though the lyrics are written by lyric writers but Arijit Singh has the
magic those make it melodious by his voice.
 Whenever his concert is held the tickets are sold like hot cake which
shows that why he is known as a singer with golden voice.
 He is humble and has a down to earth personality.
 Everyone loves Arijit Singh for his songs and mingling nature.
 I’m eagerly waiting to attend his upcoming concert which is going to be
held in Ahmedabad.
Talk about a thing you complained
about something. (But finally got a
good result)
 I am a person who does not love to complain or nag behind something
but when something goes wrong in my society or neighbourhood area, I
believe it is my moral duty to complain in order to calm down the
situation.
 Here I would like to talk about a time when I complained about
something which went wrong and so got the result.
 On every Wednesday, I use to go for shopping at big bazar as it provides
heavy discount on that particular day.
 During this time on every products heavy discount is given and card
members can do bulk shopping.
 It so happened 2 weeks later when I was shopping at big bazar there was
a huge rush in the shop and only 3 cash counter were working.
 Other all were vacant without the staff. Not only me other shoppers
were also undergoing this problems of standing in the queue for more
than 3 hours.
 It was a petty for the senior citizens I knew that big bazar was owned by
future group and they also had an office at the back of the mall.
 Immediately after my shopping I went to the office and registered
complain about this.
 In the initial stage the office staff did not land ears to my work, but after
I gave a written complain they accepted it.
 The very next week again on Wednesday when I went for shopping i was
quite amazed to see the change not only all counters were working but
even they had started a counter for senior citizens.
Describe an occasion when the vehicle
you were travelling in broke down.
 Travelling by our own vehicle has become very common due to
unavailability of public transportation.
 Private vehicle help us to use our own routes and reach on time.
 So, it’s common among commuters to at least get stuck up in such a
situation.
 Here I would like to narrate one situation where my vehicle broke up.
 It’s quite a hilarious incident.
 One fine day I was travelling to my examination centre and the roads
were new to me.
 I was travelling to this route for the first time.
 While, in the mid-way, though I have serviced my vehicle but still
suddenly it gave a jerk and my vehicle stopped suddenly.
 Actually the mistake was of mine, I took a short cut.
 The roads through which I was travelling had a lot of pot holes.
 As I was travelling all alone and the pocket road were also deserted.
 Though it was morning time, I was bit scared and puzzled on what to do.
 Later, I started waiving to all passing vehicles.
 Then one gentleman stopped his bike and helped me to reach to the
nearest garage.
 The reason was some dust had entered into carbonator.
 So after cleaning it vehicle got started.
 I thanked that gentleman and we both started our journey further after
biding a good bye.
Talk about a time when you received
money as a gift.
 Everybody loves to receive the gift as it is said to be the token of love.
 Gift is given during some occasions like marriages, birthdays and some
special occasions and to extend the relationships.
 It is a tradition nowadays to even gift money as the giver believes that
person can buy anything of their choice by the gifted amount.
 Today I would like to talk about an occasions when I received money as a
gift.
 It was my 21st birthday and every year my aunt used to send me some
gift.
 My aunt lives in USA and this time she sent me money via money
transfer and asked me to purchase a thing of my choice.
 She rang up and said that as I am a grown up person I would be having
different choices so you can utilise this money for purchasing the same.
 I felt my aunt’s decision was wise and I was thankful to her for sending
money.
 I was eagerly waiting to have a laptop but did not mention it to my
parents as they were running in shortage of money.
 So I bought a dell laptop from that money and send the picture on
what’s app with thanking note to my aunt.
 Overall it was a red latter day for me.
 GENERAL QUESTIONS
HISTORY
1. Do you know a history related to your hometown?
A: My city Ahmedabad was built by “Ahmed Shah”. There is a story linked with it;
one fine day King Ahmed was strolling on the banks of river Sabarmati and he
noticed a heroic act of rabbit. He saw that a dog was chasing a rabbit, after sometime
the rabbit drank the water of river Sabarmati and chased the dog. The dog flee from
that place the King Ahmed thought, there is some magical power in this water, so he
decided to build a city in the river banks of Sabarmati which later on named after him
as “Ahmedabad”.

2. Do you like to lean about history?

A: No, I do not like to learn about history. It is a boring subject but it is moral duty of
every citizen to be equipped with the knowledge about the countries past history and
freedom fighters.

3. What historical events do you find most interesting?

A: Historical events like 15th August our Independence day, 26th January our republic
and 2nd October the Gandhi Jayanti, this are most interesting as it reminds us about
the people who fought for freedom of the country, development in various field such
as; agriculture, space, industrial and research can be known apart from that we get a
chance to pay the homage to the martyrs and honor their families.

4. Do you think history is important?

A: Yes history is important and it is included in our academic syllabus so as to make
children aware about the historical places, our civilization and great freedom fighters
and heroic of great personalities.

5. Do you like to watch program on TV related to history?

A: Yes, I do like to watch program about history because in my childhood I got
textual information which was quite boring but today I can visualize it through
satellite channels like discovery, history, national geography and etc.

6. Do you think you can learn history from friends or on TV programs?

A: We can learn better from TV programs as it provides in-depth information about
our anecdotes and civilization from friends who are interested in history subject and
doing masters in it.

7. Can you name the person from history who you would like to learn more about?
 A: I would like to learn more about Gandhiji because he was the person who believed
in non-violence and helped my country to get freedom. He went to many places for
meeting and always believed in simple living. He struggled a lot for Indian
independence, He is known for his leadership, quality, non-violence independent
movement and Dandi March movement. He lived for the country and did many things
for country. These are the reasons why I like to learn more about him.

8. Why would you like to learn more about him/her?

A: I would like to learn more about Gandhiji because he had good personality. He
rendered his life for nation and never looked back nor had any selfish interest. So, I
want to follow his footsteps and show the materialistic world that still humanity
exists.

PATIENCE

9. Is it important to be patient?
A: Yes it is very important to be patient because if we are impatient there are chances
that our work gets spoiled or we may enter into small disputes by remaining patient.
The work can be done smoothly and relationships can be maintained.

10. Is it easy to be patient? Why?

A: No, it is easy to be patient all the time because it is a human nature that when we
are in critical condition or something wrong is going on in front of us, we become
arrogant, restless and show our anger however we need to keep control in such
situation also.

11. How can people be patient?

A: It is very necessary to be patient in this competitive world where nothing can be
achieved easily. For remaining patient a person need to have the power of
perseverance by meditating doing yoga which helps us to calm our mind.

12. When do people need to be patient?

A: People need to be patient when they are waiting for someone or something. Many
a times we are at a shopping mall and we need to stand in a queue at the billing
counter at that time high level of patient is needed. Secondly when we are waiting for
welcoming our guest and they are late due to some personal problems. In such cases
we need to be patient considering the circumstances and the relationship.
 ROBOTS

13. Do you like robots?

A: Yes, I would like to have robots because they are helping humans in easing our
work. Robots are very helpful in handling of heavy machineries and increasing of
production/output.

14. What kind of robots would you like to have?

A: I would like to have a robot which helps me in my work and also my mother in her
household chores like cleaning the nook on corner of the house.

15. Will robots change society significantly?

A: No, robots cannot change the society though most of the works today are
performed by robots and it is managed by humans.

SPACE TRAVEL

16. Do you want to travel by outer space?

A: No, I would not love to travel outer space because there many things unknown to
me in my own planet which I would like to explore.

17. What would you do if you had that opportunity?

A: Obviously, I will live to provide the opportunity to my family because they are
excited more than me about a space travel.

18. Do you like to travel by air?

A: Yes, I would like to travel by air but yet I have not got that opportunity. I am
waiting for the day to travel by air to a foreign land.

PLANTS

19. Do you like to keep plants at home?

A: Yes, I love to keep plants at my home as it enhances the beauty. I generally keep
them in the mud-pots and water it on regular bases. It is the only way of greenery in
our area.

20. What plants did you grow when you were young?
A: When I was very young my teacher asked me to plant the seeds of marigold flower
as a part of science practical and that was the first plant which I saw growing with my
own eyes.
21. Do you know anything about growing plant?
A: Yes, I am not very expert in growing plants but I know that we should water the
plans, put some manure and allow some sunlight near to it so that it can grow, and
precautions should be taken from insects.

22. Do Indian people give plants as a gift?

A: Not much do I know about it but as per the Feng-shui people gift bamboo plants
which brings luck and prosperity.

TIME MANAGEMENT

23. Are you ever late for anything?

A: No, I generally try to be on time but due to some circumstances or weather
conditions I sometimes get late.

24. What excuses do you use when you are late?

A: I do not like to give false excuses but whenever I get late I apologies and also
explain the reason for being late.

25. What excuses do people have when they are late?

A: Generally, people give excuses of traffic jams, professional deadlines and
breakdown of vehicles or some personal problems.

26. Are you good at organizing time?

A: Yes, I am good at organizing time; I keep reminders and make notes. But when I
am loaded with work I firstly give priority to the important one.

27. How do you usually organize time?

A: I organize time by setting some reminders and also set my notes.

PHOTOS

28. Do you like to take photographs? Why?

A: Yes, I love taking photographs but as I cannot carry a camera often I capture it in
my mobile. These special moments I can recall in my free times and revive the
memories.

29. Do you prefer to take photos yourself or taken by others?

A: I generally love to take photos by myself but when a big group is there than I
 would love to be taken by others to ensure that all are included.

30. How did you become interested in photography?

A: I became interested towards photography because of my uncle who is a
professional photographer and even owns a studio.

31. How often do you take photography?

A: I take photographs whenever I am at a picturesque place or during some special
moments.

HATS

32. Do you like to wear hats?

A: Yes, I like to wear hats especially when I am on holidays or during festive time.

33. What kind of hats do you like to wear?

A: I like to wear hats which are funky trendy and comfortable and suits my
personality.

34. Is wearing hats popular in your country?

A: No, wearing hat is not popular in my country it is the tradition of western culture
but here it is gone on a festival called “Uttrayan”.

DREAMS

35. What are dreams?

A: Dreams are something which we see in our sub conscious mind. It has relation
with our day to day activities.

36. Do you believe in superstitious dreams?

A: I am not super stresses. So I do not believe in dreams but yes some people say
morning dreams always turnout into reality.

37. What was the strangest dream you ever had?

A: The strangest dream ever had been going to exam without the exam hall ticket.

38. What do you usually dream about?

A: As I am planning for foreign education, my dreams are always leaded towards
foreign countries.
 MUSIC

39. Do you often listen to music?

A: Yes, but not often as I got busy schedule I listen to music while retaining to bed.

40. When do you listen to music?

A: Most often listen to music for more hours and weekends by caring out my
household chores listen to music relax me and even act as stress buster.

41. How much time do you spend on music?

A: I spend maximum 1 to 2 hours every day listening to music it helps me to get
sounds sleep.

42. What is your favorite kind of music?

A: My favorite type of music is classical/pop and something that southing my ears.

43. Have you ever been to a concert?

A: Yes, I have been to a concert once it was held in ‘Rajpath Club’ and performed by
“Atif Aslam”. He had come to perform to raise charity for the earthquake victims.

44. When did you start listen music?

A: I started listen to music when I was 10 years old, before I love the rhythms and
when I started understand the lyrics it became my hot favorite.

45. How do you feel when you listen to music?

A: I feel energetic and free from the burden and tension and give relaxation to my
mind and body.

46. Have you ever learned any instruments?

A: No, I have not learned any musical instrument but I want to learn keyboard in
future.

47. What kind of music is popular in your country?

A: As my country India is a diversify country and so all kinds of music are popular in
India. Some people like to listen to folk music, classical music and some even love to
bland both Indian and classical music.
 COLORS

48. What colors do you like?

A: I love almost all colors but my most favorite color is white. This means peace.

49. Which is the most popular color in your country?

A: The most popular color in my country is hard to define as people have their own
choice but red happens to be hot favorite and auspicious color which is used in
worship God.

50. Do colors affect your mood?

A: Yes, colors do affect my mood when I see bright colors I feel energetic and light
color make me calm.

51. How many colors ae there in a rainbow?

A: There are 7 colors in a rainbow; violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red.

52. What is the difference between men’s and women’s preference on colors?
A: As there are no gender differences nowadays, so men and women like to wear all
kinds on colors.

PERFUME

53. Do you use perfumes?

A: Yes, I do use perfume because it helps me to stay away from the body odor and I
feel fresh throughout the day.

54. What kind of perfumes do you like?

A: I like the perfume which has a mild fragrance and that which does not irritate
others and one of my favorite is ‘Blue Lady’.

55. When are perfumes mostly used?

A: Perfume is generally used more during the summer time due to perspiration.
Therefore it helps us to remain pleasant throughout the day.
56. Do you give perfume as a gift?
A: Yes, I do gift perfume to my family and friends on different special occasions like;
birthdays or anniversaries and only if their found of it.

GARBAGE

57. Why do some people throw garbage on the streets?

A: The people who do not believe in cleanness and lest concern about the
environment they throw garbage on the street. These people consider that it is a duty
of government to clean the surroundings.

58. What do you do with garbage when you are on the street?
A: Whenever I am on the street and if I have a waste material with me I would like to
dispose it in the trash or dustbin.

59. How do you feel when you see people throw garbage on the street?
A: I feel bad when I see people throwing garbage on the road, many times I try to
make people aware about the importance of cleanness and even ask them to dispose it
properly.

60. Do you think your city is clean? If yes, why?

A: Yes, my city is quite clean today compare to the past after the promotion of
cleanness camps. Also now it is compulsory to dispose garbage in two separate bins;
green for dry dust and blue for wet one. This rules are been stickily followed by the
civilians.

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

61. How many public holidays do you have in your country?

A: India is a diversified country which follows different religions and has many
festive holidays as per the regions and culture. But the main three public holidays are;
15th of August which is our independence day, 26th of January which is republic day
and 2nd of October which is said to be the birthdate of Mahatma Gandhi.
62. Do you think people need more public holidays?
A: No, I do not think more public holidays are needed as per one Indian calendar
every month there is on or two public holidays and more public holiday can somehow
harm the economy of the country.

63. How do you usually spend your holidays?

A: I like to spend my holidays with my kith and kins. We plan up short trips,
shopping and many more.

64. Which holiday is your favorite?

A: My favorite holiday is the one during the Uttrayan as it is my favorite festival and
I love flying the kites.

PUNCTUALITY

65. Do you believe in punctuality?

A: Yes, I do believe in punctuality because if the work is pending it get messed up at
end of the day or if you are not on time you may lose a contract, a friendship or even
sometimes relationships.

66. Do you think everyone should wear a watch?

A: No, it is not necessary to wear a watch to be on time because there are other gadgets
available like cellphones, palmtop to make you aware about the time.

67. In your country is it important to be on time for the meetings or classes?

A: Yes, it is off course necessary to be on time by being late will miss important
lecture or appointments. So, it is truly said “Time once gone never comes back”

68. How do you feel when others are late?

A: If a person is late very often I consider it to be a bad habit and would not
appreciate it but if it is once or twice could be a genuine problem.

69. Why are some people always late?

A: There are some people who burn the midnight lamp and so they get late and they
do not believe in time management.

70. What will you do if you are waiting for someone and the person is going to be
late?
 A: It is quite obvious that I will complete my important work within the time of
waiting or else I will do some socialization work.

71. Do you think people these days are as punctual as they were in the past?
A: Yes, today also people believe in punctuality but sometimes due to some personal
reason, heavy traffic or weather condition despite wanting to be punctual they reach
late.

SOCIAL NETWORK

72. What kind of social networking websites do you like to use?

A: These days with the coming up of many apps people are less using social
networking sites. So, I only use websites that is Facebook rarely. Mostly I remain in
contact through WhatsApp, W-Chat, Instagram or Snapchat which can be accessible
in my mobile phone.

73. Are you a social person?

A: I am not a social person but I do have a good social circle of friends with whom I
chat once or twice in a week.

74. What kind of people do you like to be friends with on those websites?
A: Through those websites I like to be friends with known people like my childhood
friends, school mates, college mates and many more.

75. Is it easy to find real friends on social networking websites?

A: No, it is not easy to find real friends on social networking. These days as people
give fake ids and fake information and many a times unknowingly we get into crime.

76. What kind of chatting apps or software do Indian people like to use?
A: Indian people like to use chatting apps like; WhatsApp, WeChat, Snapchat, Hike,
Messenger, Viber and many more.

ART

77. Do you like Art?

A: Yes, I do like art but I am not so passionate about it. I was part of my curriculum
in school days. I do admire the art and artistic work of others.

78. Do you think art classes are necessary? Why?

 A: Art classes are not so mandatory but as a subject it helps pupils to bring out their
hidden creativity. Later, on as per their interest they on take it as a profession.

79. How do you think art classes’ effect on children’s development?

A: An Art class helps a child to sketch up their imagination on canvas. It is a formal
way of communication. It helps to put up their emotions and feelings by art.

80. What kind of paintings do Indian people like?

A: Indian people like different kind of paintings; it is all upon their choice. Some
people like fabric painting, traditional art, modern art or oil paintings.

81. What can you learn from western paintings?

A: There is not much difference between our traditional and western paintings.
Traditional paintings portray our art and culture while western paintings depicts
lifestyle, culture, tradition and their perspective towards art and craft.

82. What benefits can you get from painting as a hobby?

A: If painting is one’s hobby it helps to bring out their talent and creativity, acts as a
stress buster, can pass social messages and can even add up to their income.

CHOCOLATE

83. How often do you eat chocolates?

A: Though I am a sweet toothed person I eat chocolate just once or twice in a month.
I stay away from it as I fear diabetic.

84. Which is your favorite flavor in chocolate?

A: I love Dark/Light flavor in chocolate.

85. Is chocolate expensive in India?

A: No, chocolates are not so expensive but only the branded one and foreign made are
little expensive.

86. When was the first time you ate chocolate?

A: I do not remember exactly but I started eating from my childhood days, when I got
teeth in my mouth.
87. Is chocolate popular in India?
A: Yes, chocolates are so popular that nowadays youngsters share it to express their
love and even chocolate day is celebrated all around the world.

HOMETOWN

88. Do you live in a city side or country side or suburban area?

A: I live in city area called Ahmedabad which is located in the Gujarat state. My city
Ahmedabad is developing at a great extent in almost all the sphere like; education,
transportation, medical and recreation. Even many projects are in pipeline.

89. Describe your hometown?

A: My hometown, Ahmedabad is located on the western side of Gujarat State. In the
past it was known as Manchester of cotton textile industry. Today also it is a business
hub as Ahmedabad has seen tremendous development within a short span of time in
the recent years and in almost all sectors.

90. How long have you been living in this city? What changes you noticed?
A: I am born and bought up in Ahmedabad. Compare to the past lot of changes has
happen during the recent years. In the field of transportation train journey have
become faster and comfortable, it takes less to reach our destination. In addition the
buses are run on CNGs so pollution is reduced, bus routes cover all the corners of the
city and it is a boon to the daily customers.

91. What are the worth seeing places of your home town?
A: My city Ahmedabad is known for his history and historical places. The historical
places of Ahmedabad are; Siddi-Saiyyad Mosque, Step-well of Adalaj, Shaking
Minar, Wall city of Raipur, Gandhi Ashram and some of the entertainment zones are;
Kakaria Lake, Sabarmati Riverfront, Iscon Temple and Akshardham.

92. Which is the favorite part of your hometown?

A: The favorite part of my hometown is ‘Manek-Chok’ which is located in the core
part of the city. This place is having the hustle & bustle in the morning as well in the
night. During the day hours it is having jewelry and cloth market, and by the evening
it gets converted into food market. Though it is an open food market it is declared
hygienic by AMC. People throng this place to gorge upon variety of savories.

93. Is there anything that you dislike about your hometown?

A: My hometown is having a cosmopolitan culture and as it is populated it is having
 problems of conjunction and pollution which I dislike the most. Measures are taken to
reduce the pollution and bring back greenery.

ACTIVITY NEAR WATER

94. Which activity would you do if were having some leisure time at the beach near
the oceans?
A: If I had to spend leisure time at the beach, I would do the following activities like;
sun bathing, making sand castle, play volleyball on the beach or just stroll on the
beach.

95. Why do some people like water sports?

A: Some people like water sport as their hobbies including scuba-diving, under sea
walk, surfing, boating and marine research. Many people like to do adventures water
sport as they do not have any water phobia or fear to take any life risk. People living
in cities do not have any ocean nearby so they specially visit the sea arears to enjoy
with their kith and kins.

96. Do you think government should spend money in developing facilities for water
sports?
A: Yes, government should equally spend money in developing facilities of water
sports. It is necessary to spend money on water activities, so that people of our
country can enjoy it and it is also a tourist attraction which simultaneously helps in
the economy. Even it helps the citizens and students to develop or career.

97. Do you think that human activities are posing a threat to the ocean of the
world?
A: Human Activities like the throw away culture, immersion of idols, letting out
chemical waste by industries and many more, are posing a threat to the oceans and the
marine life.

98. What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of travelling on the
ocean?
A: The advantages of traveling on the ocean are we gain knowledge about the life of
under water, sea creatures and can enjoy in the floating hotel. We can enjoy the cruise
and the natural beauty from the deck. But the disadvantage are it takes too much time
threat of natural calamities like tsunami and cyclone, high tides even tough for the
people with nausea.
99. Do you think it is important for children to learn how to swim?
A: Yes, it is important for children to learn how to swim as it helps in maintaining the
body as they get a chance to overcome water phobia, it also helps strengthening their
muscles, but need to learn under a professional trainee.

100. Do you think it is important to learn about ocean and why?

A: Yes, it is necessary as oceans are the part of our planet and 3/4 of our planet is
covered by sea. We get many useful things from sea like edible salt, pearls of oysters
and many more, it also helps in importing and exporting of heavy machineries corals
from the sea.

101. Do you think environment problems can affect the ocean?

A: Yes, defiantly it affects the environment such as; over population, pollution, water
pollution happens due to dumping of garbage in ocean, industrialization leads to the
chemical waste directly lead into the ocean water, idol immersion during religious
festivals pollutes the water spelling of oils from refineries. These all leads to water
pollution and even the nearby areas of sea are polluted due to litter spread around it.

HOME/ACCOMODATION

102. Do you live in a house or a flat? Or what kind of accommodation do you

live in?
A: I live in a house which has 3 floors with all basic amenities nearby and it is my
own house.

103. Describe your home?

A: my house has 3 bedrooms and a single hall with kitchen, it has 2 balconies were
one is attached with the master bedroom and other one is adjacent into the kitchen.
My house is well furnished, ventilated and quite spacious.

104. Which is your favorite room from your house?

A: My favorite room is the living room which is specious and ventilated. All my
family members sit together and have one time meal. I love this room because I and
my family spend most of the time in this room.

105. What have you done in your room to make it look better?
A: I keep my room spic and span. The wall painted with the colors of my choice it is
decorated with floral curtains and wall hangings which enhances the beauty of my
 room. Even it is having wooden flooring.

106. Whom do you live with?

A: I live in a nuclear family which consists of mother, father and my older brother.

107. Do you plan to live in the same house?

A: Presently, as I am planning to settle abroad I need to leave my home but when I
make a comeback I would certainly live in the same house.

108. Are the transportation facilities towards your home very good?
A: Yes, off course transportation facilities are very good and near to my area. Bus
station and railway station are at the stone throw distance from my house and airport
is just 20 kilometers away from my house.

POLITENESS

109. How do you show politeness?

A: I show politeness in my behavior, gestures and hospitality.

110. Do you think politeness is important?

A: Yes, politeness is very important, if we ourselves are polite in our action and
speech than we get a good feedback from others. A polite person can handle every
situation.

111. Can you give me some examples of how people show politeness in your
country?
A: There is various way of showing politeness like respecting the elder people,
offering them seat, helping a blind man or a handicap while crossing the road,
Counselling a weeping child and welcoming guests with open arms.

112. Are there any differences between urban and rural people showing
politeness?
A: In urban areas people lead a fast life so do not get a chance to interact with their
neighbors while in village the life is slow they get time and so get a chance to interact
and socialize so it seems that rural people are more polite. But politeness developed in
one’s character and upbringing so I don’t find any difference in politeness of urban
and rural areas.

113. What is politeness?

 A: Politeness means talking softly and having mild communication; politeness is
greeting elder members and giving them company. Politeness is in small gestures
which makes others comfortable and happy.

SOCIALIZAING

114. How do people do socializing?

A: People do socializing by joining the club, taking pleasure trip with family and
friends, being a part of social group or community meeting, throwing a party or
dinning with my kith and kins.

115. When people have family gatherings in your country do they usually go to
a restaurant or eat at home?
A: During the family gathering, caterers are been called up to prepared homemade
food for the guests and if the guests are interested to eat outside than they will be
taken to some good restaurant or hotel.

116. In your country how the restaurant bill is usually paid, when a group of
people eat in a restaurant?
A: Most of the time the hosting the party, foots the bill and if is a group of friends
they share the bill.

117. Why is it necessary? Why has socializing become necessary?

A: In this competitive world people are running a race to achieve their dream and
forget interacting and socializing. So, socializing becomes important as it is a stress
buster, gives relief from monotonous life receives family bonding and even improves
overall health.

118. Are you less or more patience when you are angry?
A: To be frank I am not at all patience when I am angry as most of my anger burst out
during bad experiences or any trouble.
PEOPLE’s AGES

119. What do you think is the most important age in person’s life? Why?
A: According to me, the most important age is 18 years; it is the beginning of
adulthood. A youth receives all the legal rites like right to vote attaining a driving
license, making independent decision about career and life.

120. Are birthdays are important in Indian culture?

A: Yes, birthdays are important in our culture. Everyone celebrates it in their own
 ways. First birthday of a child is very important, on birthday’s people throw parties
where kith and kins are invited or eat out with family or friends.

121. Which birthdays are important in Indian culture?

A: The most important as per Indian culture is the first birthday of the child when he
or she turns into 1 year. Birthdays of 16 & 18 years, 16 th birthday is considered
As sweet teen age and 18th birthday is considered to become an adult.

122. What age in life is the most difficult age?

A: Everybody’s views would change about the difficult situation as per their age. Life
is full of ups and downs. And we need to face all the challenges. A child living in
poverty will have to face difficulties from childhood. For teenager the adult period
will be difficult as they have to undergo physical as well as hormonal changes. Some
old people face difficulties as they remain isolated and also suffered from minor
ailments.

MUSEUM

123. Are there many museums in your city?

A: No, there are very few museums but all of them have its own specification. There
is one Ahmedabad museum and kite museum near to town hall while Mahatma
Gandhi museum is inside Sabarmati ashram. Ahmedabad museum portrays the life
style and culture of ancient civilization.

124. Do you think museums are useful for visitors to your home town?
A: Yes, museums are very useful for visitors as it is the first step to know about the
lifestyle, culture, food habits and tradition can be revived from such museums. Entry
to the museum is generally free as it is maintained by government.

125. Who often visits a museum?

A: I do not visit a museum it is generally visited by the people who are curious to
study the past history. Students of archeology or even those who go during the
educational trip.

126. Did you go to any museum when you were a child?

A: When I was a child I went with my family on a trip to Rajasthan, there I got a
chance to visit “Maharana Pratap’s Museum”. This museum portrays the life of
Maharana Pratap like arms and weapon used during that period of the King and
Queen, even a replica of his horse Chetak is also placed. A room consists of all the
vessels, materials and the ornaments used during that period. Visiting to this museum
 helped me to learn about the great warrior.

127. Is it suitable for museums to sell things to the visitors?

A: Things within the museum are very valuable and it is for the coming generation to
study about the past. They are very unique and precious, so are not for sell.

128. Do you think museums are important?

A: Museums tells us about the past history and culture of that particular city or state.
Museums are of different types like cultural museum, handicraft museum, artifacts
museum or museum that portray a particular king or a particular leader.