Two shorts questions along with answer

from textbook and supplementary

(Textbook)
1.What is the short theme of chapter The Last Lesson?
The theme of the story ‘The Last Lesson’ is linguistic
chauvinism of the proud conquerors and the pain that is
inflicted on the people of a territory by them by taking
away the right to study or speak their own language
and thus make them aliens in their own land of birth.
2.What does The Last Lesson signify?
The story ‘The Last Lesson’ highlights the human
tendency that there is plenty of time to do things; hence,
man keeps postponing the lessons of life, oblivious to
the fact that life is subject to change. The last French
lesson taught by M. Hamel symbolizes the loss of
language and the loss of freedom for France.
3.What is significance of Lost Spring?
The title of the chapter ‘Lost Spring’ is a metaphor used
for loss of childhood of millions of child-laborers in India.
Spring is symbolic of joy, happiness, beauty, and hope.
Childhood can be called the spring of a man’s life.21-
Oct-2021
4.What is Mukeskh’s dream in Lost Spring?
Mukesh is a child labourer who Works in a glass bangle
making factory that is situated in Firozabad. Though
Mukesh belongs to a poor family which is engaged in
bangle making, he dreams of becoming a motor
mechanic when he grows up.
.5.Why was Douglas afraid of water? At the age
of three or four, when at a beach in California with his
father, he was knocked down and buried under water by
a wave. He felt breathless and very scared. This is when
he first developed a great aversion to water
6.How did Douglas hope to come out?
He landed inside the pool in a sitting position swallowed
water and went at once to the bottom of the YMCA pool
on the one down he planned that once his feet would hit
down he would make a big jump to come out.
7.Who was the rattrap seller short answer?
The peddler was a very poor man who earned his living
by selling rattraps he made himself from the materials
he got by begging.
8.What is the theme of the story rattrap?
The theme of the story is that most human beings are
prone to fall into the trap of material benefit. However
every human being has an essential goodness that can
be awakened through understanding and love. A human
being has the tendency to redeem himself from
9.What was the Indigo problem?
At Champaran, the British landlords forced all the
tenants to plant 15 per cent of their holding with indigo
and then surrender the entire harvest as rent. This
increased the misery
10.What is the main message of Indigo?
The message conveyed by the story is that it is not
impossible to conquer and win over the powerful. If the
people get together and fight against injustice, no
power in the world can stop them from achieving what
they desire.
11.Why is Pancakes related to Gemini Studios?
Pancakes refer to the popular brand of makeup
material. Truckloads of the makeup of this brand were
bought at Gemini studio in Madras. This makeup brand
was used by most of the actors and actresses to change
their looks. this brand was most preferred by the actors
and actresses
12.Why did Stephen visit Gemini studio?
Why did Stephen Spender visit Gemini Studios? Ans.
Stephen Spender was an anti-Communist like the people
at Gemini Studios. He had been invited to talk about his
journey into Communism
13.What are some of the positive views on interviews?
The positive views on interviews are that it is a medium
of communication and a source of truth and
information. Some even look at it as an art. These days
we know about the celebrities and others through their
interviews.
14.Why do most celebrity writers despise being
interviewed?
Most celebrity writers despise being interviewed
because they look at interviews as an unwarranted
intrusion into their lives. They feel that it diminishes
them. They feel that they are wounded by interviews
and lose a part of themselves. They consider interviews
immoral and a crime, and an unwanted and unwelcome
interruption in their personal life
15.Why did Sophie enjoy living in a world of dreams
describe some of her dreams?
Sophie dreamt of opening a boutique or becoming an
actress or a fashion designer. She thought that she
would be offered the position of a manager and that
she would work there till the time she saves enough
money for her boutique.
16.How is Geoff different from Sophie?
Moreover, he was hardworking and practical who
prefered to live in reality rather than fantasies. On the
other hand, sophie was outspoken and day dreamer, she
had various dreams and fantasies which was far away
from her reach and was equally not possible to be
fulfilled.
(Supplementary)
17.Why did Sam say that Charlie was
unhappy?
Sam said that Charlie is unhappy with his life
due to which he got this experience and called
Charley’s experience as “waking dream wish
fulfilment” and declared it a mere “Temporary
refuge” from the tensions of the real world. But
after some time, he finds himself entangled in
this imaginary world.
18.What was the third level according to
Charley?
Charley says that the rooms on the third level
were smaller than that of the second level.
There were fewer ticket windows and train
gates and the information booth in the centre
was wood and old looking. There were open-
flame gaslights and brass spittoons on the
floor.
19.Why did the Maharaja decide to get
married?
The Maharaja had killed seventy tigers, and
thus the tiger population became extinct in the
forests of his kingdom. It was then that he
decided to get married to a girl in a royal
family in a state which had a lar
20.What aspects of the Maharaja’s nature and
conduct does the wait for the hundredth tiger
reveal?
Ans. The wait for the hundredth tiger reveals
the royal rage, obstinacy and firm
determination of the Maharaja. He refused to
leave the forest until the tiger was found. Many
officers lost their jobs because of his anger.
Even the dewan was asked to resign his post.
This shows that the Maharaja was insensitive
towards his employees.
21.Why is the title Journey to the End of the
Earth quite justified?
The journey being to the extreme south of the
the earth, was really towards the end of it.
Another meaning of this title is more
significant as the warnings that Antarctica
gives are shocking and much concerning the
humanity and the millions of other species on
the earth.
22.What is the message of the journey to the
end of the Earth?
Tishani Doshi says that humans, especially
students/youth must visit Antarctica to
understand how was earth formed, what is
happening to it at the present, and what
consequences we might have to face in the
future if we don’t stop polluting our natural
resources.
23.How can you say that Sadao’s father was
very serious about his son s study?
The father of Sadao took his son’s future
seriously. He never made jokes or played
games with him. The education of his son was
his father’s first priority. Sadao was therefore
sent to America at the age of twenty-two to
learn everything there was to know about
surgery and medicine.
24.What is the theme of the enemy story?
‘The Enemy’ gives the message that humanism
transcends all man- made prejudices and
barriers. Dr. Sadao upholds the ethics of
medical profession in treating an enemy. The
story is a great lesson of peace, love, sympathy,
fellow feeling and humanism.
25.Why does no one kiss Derry?
No one except Derry’s mother kisses him. She
too kisses him on the other side of the face. E
was always humiliated by people talking about
his face which was half burnt, so he didn’t
expect anyone to love him or kiss him. He has
developed a negative attitude and says he
does not care ‘ “if nobody ever kissed” him.
26.How did Mr Lamb motivate Derry?
Lamb inspires Derry by telling him not to focus
on the shortcomings of life and his handicap
and instead he should try to enjoy the blessings
of life. He tells him to be thankful to God for
two arms, two legs, two eyes and ears, a
tongue and a brain and advises him to be
friendly with everyone around him.
27.What type of child was Bama?
Bama was an innocent child who was spending
her childhood in a village. She used to walk
back home When school was over, she had to
do walking to reach home. Furthermore, the
normal duration of the walk was ten minutes.
However, she made her walk for a duration of
half an hour to one hour.
28.What is the theme of the memories of
childhood?
Memories of Childhood is about the hardships
and atrocities faced by the marginalized
section of our society. It talks about the
injustices faced by them, irrespective of their
age, and the burden of belonging to lower
classes ridden on the shoulders of children.
Two long questions along with answer each
from textbook and supplementary
1.What incident did Douglas face at the pool?
What was its effect on his life?
Douglas wanted to learn swimming at
Y.M.C.A. pool and for this purpose, he went to
the pool and waited for others. After some
minutes, a big bruiser of a boy came there,
probably eighteen years old, and threw
Douglas into the pool just for fun. But Douglas
did not know how to swim by that time. He
went to the bottom of the pool and during the
way, made a strategy to hit and jump and
swim to the edge. But everytime, his efforts
failed. No one was there to save his life, he
screamed but it was for no use. Finally, he
surrendered, and became drowsy and
unconscious. Then hardly, someone saved his
life from drowning. That incident affected his
life for a long time, He never went back to pool,
never went for fishing and cannoeing and then
later by inner inspiration, he learned swimming
and for clearing residual doubts, struggled a lot
of various risky locations and then he became
an expert swimmer.
2.What kind of indications do we get while
visiting Antarctica to save Earth?
Tishani Doshi’s entire experience of visiting
Antarctica was nothing short of a revelation. It
made her wonder about the “beauty of
balance in play on our planet”. She hopes the
new generation will understand their planet
better and save it from annihilation. The
planet’s ecosystem and its balance that took
millions of years to form can be soon
destroyed. Scientists warn that a further
depletion in the ozone layer will affect the
activities of the phytoplankton. The lives of the
marine animals and birds of the region will be
affected. But the school students’ visit to the
Antarctica may make human beings handle
their planet in a better way.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I am over helmed in all humblenees and
greatfulness to acknowledge my depth to all
those who have help me to put this ideas, well
above the level of simplicity and into
something concrete.
I would like to express my special thanks of
gratitude to my English teacher Mr. S. N.
Hansdah who gave me the opportunity to do
this beautiful project. Any attempt at any level
can't be satisfactorily completed without the
support and guidance of my teacher and
friends.
I am really thanks to them.
Prity Pramanik
J. N. V. Purulia

Content
1.Notice writing
2.Invetation
3.Letter to the Editor
4.Application for job
5.Report writing
6.Artical writing
7. (02) Short type question along with
answer from all the chapters of textbook
and supplementary .
8.Long question along with answer each
from textbook and supplementary.
9.extract of poem having six questions
each.
Project work
Subject-English Core
Class-XII

Presented By -Prity Pramanik

Class-XII Section –‘A'
Roll-26
Guided By -Surya Narayan
Hansdha PGT English
School -J. N. V. Purulia(W.B.)