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2023-24
Chaptex. 1 FLAMINGo
THE LAST LESSON
awhy hed the bulletin board become a centse ofatention
uing the last taTO years?
MadTae xeasoh was et al tae bád news during ttae ast
Hoyears had appeared fom thi bulletir boasdtself. It
ToAs the SoLATCe ofall badnews-the lost
Lattleshedsaft
Tandthe onders of tae commanding offiers.
2alat had tte nanatox(Erang) couuted on, teter tie
Ans The nartotox fang had counted on tte hustle qd bustle
Atat nas usual when the slhool began, inoder to entex
umnohced. He had thoght taot he Could dependon the
Jcomnoon to get to his desk oitot anybody nghicing
tht he aas te fox the dass.
Lo3 What was the mpod in the dassxoDm waen MHanel qave his
last Foena lesson?
Ansalaen MHamel wasdelivesing his last french lesson, tthe mand
n the clossxom was solemn and Sombxe. When he anneunce
Htagt this Was thes lat hench lesson, evexyore p3eSEnt in ttie
clesszon suddenly aleveloped patiohie felings f the i
aetiue larquoge, and genuiney segretted igiosing hei
aathex ue
Ouhat athundes capthese wexds ere to me"ihich
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 wese the words tht rked and sps i'Sed litle fans?
Ans When Hamel mounted on the chgis and announced
he uns these to teach hi last french lessen thatfosday fanz
was shocked oud sts ps ised. He felt veg g dlibeR
to lean his inatve banguage, and he
develdastavnge fascination for his lauguagesuddeng
&sdhool.
$. What chanqes Cane oves itle fra3 aftes he heal
M- Hanel's announcemet?
bs.When MHoanel announced tiat tis was to be theis
Qast ench clas, aa geimserjous) sealisation dawned
On
Dn Frang
Frans tthet
that he onld hardly wtite his language, and
now he as lbeing depoived of the oppotunity to learn
t. He lt very quity of neglecting hs cases and
esaping ehool. The tiought of losing his teache,M.
Hamel also pained himi
G6:wht was unusual about M- Hamel's dress qnd bebaviouy
o tthe day ef his last french lesson?
day of h lest fench lesson, M-Hamel ws
Ans On tthe
wnexpectanttg kind. He had put on his beaut ful green
led shist and an emboidered black silkap
coct, frille mally wove ony on inspection and poize
ttat he not
days. En his last lesson, Hamel explalned evevyti
he canted to teach them
with unusual atience as if
everyting in
in one qo.
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: Whomn did the autthor Aees Jung meet evey day? hee
ad tth peson come foom & ty ?
ns eve day, tte autthos met a sogpickes your
msAnamed Sahelo . He had cone fo Sanglodesh
sese many StormS. iese stor ms swept away thes
Gelds and homes. hat b ohy he, alongwith his parents,
eft his County
2 what did Saheb fnd sonmetimes in the gsbage2st
?ast
did he do taen2
ns Somehimes, Saheb ound a Kupee o ten pee note. wen
he found a silver coin ina heap of gox boge, he didt
stp sounging He alaays hoped to fndnoe. He had
entixely diffsent meaning f'gasboge.
3 What pomise did tthe authos make with Saheb?hy
aad slhe to feel small?
n Saheb used to sam hese &tthese. Tie autthos adviset
him to go to shool. Bt Saheb Soid tiese dasS no slcol
in tte neighbous heod. At ttiis the auther she wold
Stast a school. But she had nade th` pemise half
jokinglyLatex, Sahes cae to hes to osk if hes selopl
as ready. Th is made the auttiex feel Small.
aat ws Sehelb weag one mooning ? Whese dd he
ts Saheb as weasingtenn's shoes one msning. hey were
ãe di'casded shoes af aich boy.TeYe was a hole in
f the slhoes, and hus tat h boy di'scaxded . Bt
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 foo Saheb wh always walked bore-footed even ttose slh
wese ke a dream-ome-t e

5Whexe did tthe auttios see Saheo one

he doing tthere? morhing? What wae
Ans One witex mos ning, the autthor saw Sahelb standing la
tte fence gate ofthe neighbousheo o, atchig
men playing tennis. He would o ins ide
young
mo one is arvund. The gatekeepex a llowed him to se t
ohen
Swing But te wahs watching
fbeyond his seach.
i6Undes what
lat kind of evironvmet ase tte children foxcadtot
workin tthe glass blouing industy ?
Ans Tieve ave albt go00oo dhild ren osking in tthe glas
Tiey are Apoced to wosk for long hovg
boing industy They
in very act tembesatues. hey ave to wokin dinty
ells itout aiw and light. héy offen lose the
brightness G theis eye.
1. what kind of locality does Mukesh live in ?
Ahs. Mukesh lives in a very dixty locality. The lanes hee
ave stinking and choked oitt jasage The hones inthe
loalit ase no bettex ttan hovels.the walls are
(umbing, doors ae wobbly and thee are ho windos
Humaus animals live tigetthes tthere.
1s What expectetions does the qutos offes fos the dhi ldrey
not weasing fostwear ?
Ans Most of the rg pickers Dam about bae-fosted inte
Stseets. These children are so pex tht the cat afford
fostweas. St tiey tod te author that it ws
T
ttheiu A more abat barefusted.
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Fxpt.No.
Deep Wates
when did Doylas decide to learn swimming?What ophions
ese availa bletu him to swim in? Whichone did he
Tehocse and why?
was ten os eleven years odhen he deuded to
Qeasn sv)ming He could swim in theYakima Rives os tie
yMC:A pool att Yakim . he akima sives Was dargesoys.
Many pessons had dswned in it So, he chee he Y McA.,
Peel. I was considesed safe.
Nhch factoxs led Drouglas to deide in favous of the
yM:CA- poel
h The YM:CA- pool Nas safe. t nas onlyt o to thsee
feet deep at the shallow end. Ttlas nine feet deep
nasnine
at the ctaer. More guer, ttie dsp Lwas gsadual. The Yakima
River ags treachesous, and haddowned many. So, he
TAecidedih favos ef the yMc-A. poul
BI hod anavexsion to the watex wheh I ws in it" Says
Douglas. When did he stast hawing this Oversion and
bs The aversjon stated when Douglas as thsee oos frus
years old. His fatthex had taken lim to tae beach in
alifnia. They were stnding togethes in the sus f. He
had' held his fathes tiglitly, eentie ves knocked him
dousn and swest oves'him. He was busiad in ntes.
Ha breath was 9one. He was fsightened. 1here as
tX
he
j his heast about the eves oesingjoe of
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 Q. What two ttiings did Duuglas isike to do? which oue
did he have to o and wy ?
tns Douglas hated to walk haked inte the pool and sho
his vevy tin legs. econdly, he ias for ful about
malone. So, he sat on the side of the þool to'uwait
Rox oters. Rit he lhad to oo into wate s as cne cannot
loasn sinimming without gping 'into wates.
a's."I was frghtened, but not yet Bightened ovt of my wts"
says Dbuglas-Which qyualities of the speaker are highi';d
bs
AhnsPoolDuglas was frightened when he weut down ito
and abot to' down. e had an aversion to water
he was filled with,teror. He had a semarkable
now he
Gnd now
e_(ptrol. de nsed his mind evenin tthe cnsis Cud
hovght ef astrategy to save himself from being downed.
6."en the ay don I plonned, "aemarks Douglas. wht
plan dd be devise aud how fas dd it suceed?
ths. While qoing down to thie botfom, he made a plon to
Save himself fom being downed. He decided a
to wmake
big jump as hu feet t the buttom. He hoped to move
up to tthe Susfáce ef vates ike a cork. Then he wowl!
e
|lie lat on it, and addle to the edge of the poel,
the
|The plan was only paty successful. He sose to waterGhd
Susface tice. But each time he swallowed
went down.
R - What did Douglg expeneuce as he heit douon to tte
bottom of the pool' fs the fiast tme?
s Going 4oon to the dept ef nive feet was nt qyuick. IH
see med'aKe longet way down: for him, those nine feet were
Imore ie Hoever, he did not ose his piresence of
mind Using istyeth,
his styength, he morde
merde a great
grea jump ypwarts.
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.Chapte 4
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The Kat txap
wby did the þeddler sign himself as (apain Von Stahle?
Nilman son had been sathes nice to the peddlex
and had teated him ith the honous tthat was due toa
Captain he pedd ler, though tas mnistoken identi ,gt
an eppostunity to sajse himself and get a bove tte tty
emtations of the hoxkd. So he signed himself as
Castoin von [talhle
did the
peddlex think ttat tthe wosld nas a
sattap ?
L The peddles considered the nJhole aoxld as a big
Ettap ts sole pse being to et baits fo
people. Tlae jousand riclhes
ches ofthis
of
big
A
baits. ths
l hosld
a are
ae
temptng
but temptng baits.ayone who is tempted
nefaing bit
by then was captired by the rattap whih completely
desed in onhim

-peddlex 2
was la happy to See the gift left 6y the
tru, Cdla was happy to see tbe gift left by the peddlex
as he lrad sespected hes feithn hien la dseto:
setauned
aimin hex house even afkr knlwing his seal identra,
and he, in tuxn, had sho hex tthat he guest shiel h
hohaused, was as bonosable as ttie he ateit
aess of his heaxt bad been a
had seen able to over ome he bat f the rattsap.
rwhiThechnpeddleswa
at sf tae cxofex supised tie zeddlex?Wy?
aways shuhned away whese Ves "he
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 went. No one treated him with kindness, and so hed bock
all hope f being shoLon any klnd cg wasti. But hen
he apprvached the crofters madide cottage, he
Sur pised by tte lortterk warm wel come gehe rous
hospitalita
swhy was the caoftex so talkative and fiendy it
the peddles?
Ana he Cyoftes aS lonely. He lived alone inhis ottage
ithout a wife, a child os some Companion. Since le
sffsed fom acute loneliness, he was extremely
happy hen le he got the peddless company. That is
ybe
he was Ssotalkatie and fnendy coit tie peddler.
b What mede tthe peddlex Ginally chavge hi nye?
'Ans. The peddlex was touched by Gdla's kind treatmeit.
she treated him ike a aptain in splte ¢knoig
his real ideutity. This qwakened the loteut godvess
e his heait beause he wanted to show ala he
iaty efop the honaus she had given him. So, he
Rinally changed hi iays
7Why didt the stsanges tell the ionmaster tthat he was
not ils 0lof ?
Ara When tie ihonmaster mistakes the stsanger fo aptin
Nils olof an old re imental comrade, the stranges
decides not to cos sect him a he hopes to get a coupk
ef kronors from the isDnmaster. So he does nt want
b unde ceive im all ot once.
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Expt.No.
Indigo
did aardbiji
Whyeset efund to
aqsee
ttR
t te
frmers ? platers' offer f a
25
all andbiy hadAsked the indigo platers fr a S o pescent
e
xefind farmersbu
amount of th re fnd Was nerase
Gandhishl Fkved ony 25 pescent.
sill o9reed to thes ofex becanse fos him,tte
f lecs impostonce him,tte
Mose
mstant was the fct thot the
imps plarters had been
fosed to sysendes
ttes sele ef the siglts. o, he
agseed t
2 How was
2.
Champaran ?
Gandhiji able to infhence tie lawyers at
bis sandiji caided( scolded) tthe lewyess for over-charging
the poX peasAnts. he peasants were so peox and
hen tie
sushed, t was ahuman to chare heavy fees frm
them. nandhiji's selfless Sexvice and devothon to
tae caSe sf the peasants put the lawyers to shame.
3How wese Shkla and Gandhiji geceivedin Rajendsa
Psasad's house ?
hnd Tn Patna, Shukla led Gandhji to the house of a
lawyex, kajenda sasad. He was out ef town ut
his servants khew Shukla as a poox peaAt who
pestered Rajendka Rrasad (hels mastes) to help the
indiqo sharecsopers. S he nas alloned to stay tiee
eith hs comþani on. t Gaudaji Jas vot pemited
tD dsaw datex fDm the well lest he sheuld be a
ut oudale and some dsos of watey fom hisbucket
should polute tieie entise
entxe source
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 4-While ont Clenmparan, huw did Gendlji keepa
distone wath on his oslh ta m?
m
Ansa ing es log stoy in Champaan, Gondhiii
is ashtam.
Rong distaneath on his ashkam. He set
eGulax insuctons by mail and asted for finanid
accounts. He e uen wote to the teSidents thct
twas ime to fl in the old \otyine tenches, andA.
a
As. he batt le ofe Champasan is won.' when and iodh.
did Gandhiji'exclaim tths?
tns when everal pmlnent \awyes told Gandhii t
hey were seady to follons him to
exdamed " he batle f (hamparan jeail,Gandhijí
s wn
made this state ment becaise lhe had been able to
hate the lawyers out ep thei stupos, ahd teywee
ready to suppost Gnandhji.
6why did Gandji feel ttiat aking the hamparan ae
tottte Couit was useless ?
Me fet so qs taklng such cases to tthe courts did
nis. He
ltle sood. Whese the peasAnts qre so coushed audehef
ear- scken, (aw cousts pDve useless. The veal
s these peasants was to' be fyee fom fear.
2l Wat
wht made te Lieteant Govex nox dop the case
against Gandhij)?
hahe hietenat Govesns id sp because the lauyes
had told Gandhiji iAt tthey would follow him into jal
the ieutenant Gover nor ws ote tothe Magistsate
him to dop the case against Gandoj
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Wy s tie gsman s vi'st re fesred to as an
iploincd mystesy 2
tthe mids
glishman saised many oynees 2
bts ttiese who wese reskin in

c8ld
ihemal'slaman's name was unfhas
nenni StioS. Ihe
s (oedensals uv were uhConfsmed. Noone
ld ndesstand his speech o evesye wznde sed
ey
hy le
he lhad come to a lm stdio that made amil
ns f Cimple peopk nho had no inteKest in
aglish paety
2 who as 1he Englidh v'sitor tote studias and what
as the puxpose af Gf hs isit ?
i The Gngishman who visited tte studos was Ste hen
Spendex. He was an glish et & 2 tie edtos Se
s a
Bsitsh per'odical'The ncountex'. He u'sited tthe
sthudio to deliuer aspeeh et tthe inviterton sf Mr-lesan
who wGS tthe boss p Gemini Studies. He was nable
to establish a sapport with his dazed audience. No
Cne seally undexstoed te puspose sf his vi'st. fven
hs jdet ty was di'scovered by Asokamitsonyeaxs
later, thato by shees chance.
3
Why did everybudy in te studio tink of ginng tie autiog
3 The auttos'sxob wa to cut ot
hesper cippinqs Qn a
wide vayiety of subjects and stse thiem in files. Mest
People saw him deing th is and cousidered it as useless wusk
doing
as they Rlt he was daing ner to n thing CNexyone
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 tn the studio thouglt of ginng ie quttor some work tode,
did tthe by' in tie makeup de potmet cOme to
the autthor ? why was the auber payng fos cbud
shocting oll the He ? ttouglt t t
An. Tie 'boy' in the mateup depasteut
and he wated to
taleut
he had a gat litesay
enligten ttie auther ho this talent was bins alewed
dapartmet was
to Go uaste and thot the was vey eages te
autties was
banbers ad pevets The
avsid secial nasrations, so he psaye fo csowd
sheotig all tte time to keep te 'soy' busy.
s Who es Subbu's enemy ? Why ?
ts Subbns enemy was tie boy' ot ct tie makeupdepastmet
diected agalnst him
All hs angex and fsttoneye was the cause
cohuinced that Subby hi
Jhe boy was
Subbu's
woes and misesies. This 'boy' was jealous eoitth
rISng stars, his Sucess and his timacy the
boss
b lwhat were tie posittve Gualies e Subbu ttit te
wAites admie?
Waites odnired Subbu as he was a mu)i-fceted
Ak. The
new direhon and denitou to
qenius cand gave
qave a
tedhni calihies ad tetails
Gemini Studios. Subbu khew the
was a gpod actos aud wites.
| flm- making, and dewsted to his
fiendly and comple tely
Pe wasMr-cunl,
Vasan:
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lhapte 7
he htesvew
did Umbento co pr e himself to be called an
! e n i c a n tthan a novelist ?
hd. Despite qieving fime asas novelist, Eco pre fred
associate himsel{ wjtth tthe acade mic conmmunity
lhRGause his hon- fichonal Wosk occupied him fs the
st fty yeare f hus ife. He wste hi fst novel
the age ef aind ffty. He ideti fied himselÇ
nore wth te acade mic community and resosted to
frt'on only when he was not puxsuing
Solme Sehclay Lwosk.
2. lNhy do mst celebxity workere despise being
intervi'ewed ?
bs Cele bxites ke V.S Naipaul, Rudyasd Kiplng, Lewis
Caxzoe and H G des have expre ssedttae i ng
despise ffr itervjews. Jhey Conside nteyvjews immosal
an assault' because ttiey eel isterviews Reave a
sates dspasaging effect on thels ersznalites and
ae anA ehcoachmet sf teis
3hhat as uniqyue and diktnctve cboit Umbesto
eo's academic WAiting style ?
ns, Umbesto Geo's acade mic wohng s pesDnal, infaml
and payful. He flls his seseavch sto ies with all
the tol and es0s So that een his seseaxch
hosk has tte unigjuees of coeative waihig ad
Seodirg: T+ is nof only in fox metive bt alD
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 4. State the reaton fos the huge snccess of the
nevelTbe Name ¢ the ROse'.
trs These is no one' veason for the huge success tthe
hovel'The Nane of the Rose'. Umbest Ew himself
Calls ts succes a mystey tu possible ttat this
Aetective stovy that deled int metapy,e
and medieval hutoay, interested tthe veadess becau
most
te time in hiclhit aS WhitHten was Qater. apPsopvite
decade
netthes a deade eariex nor a
S what did the publisher think op The Name of te
Rose' ?
An Tie tmeriian publhsher of e Name of tte
Rose' leved and ked the'novel but did otexpat
to selll me
nore tthan Bov copies. No ene ges to a
cattedral os studies atin in thmerica 0it waS
seally difhult to sell such aa novel there But
the publshey as proved wsDng as t o to th ree
million copies ef the novelwese sold in America.
G What drawbacks f interviews have been poi nted
oLt by hewi's lassl ? interviews as an 'unwaut
AnsLewis Carsol considexs
intsns'on that s jmmoral and ah oFfence against
his pessDn. He shunned itervies fos feas o¢ being
projected as larges than hfe Hu vehemewt efusal
teviews enaed him to keep his fns as well as
iterviews at Gn
a arm's leng th
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GralngTecea
Geoff ting. not a
did
Sephie ad couked SophicC soy so?
o ,ghe meeing wtth
Dahny Casey to impyess Geoff who was a greot fan
f te fortbal pdig She knewth is ne would'be
greal nterest to he botther. She had also thought
bes brothex nud keep her secret. She did nt went anie,
wbo was 'nosey! to kho aet ths. So hen Gecff
bd Janse, sopaie crsed hin because she kewJansie
oud spsead hes stoy in tie etire re ighboubod.
2anywhyother
did pessoh2
Soplhie like hes brother Gaeoff mose than
ns sdopaie, lhex bsvttier Geoff nas tie ouly perso
alho istened to hex faustasies and log-chenhed
deans. She ooy tsted Geoff to Keepall hex
secsets to himstf
3: How did Sophie's ftex seact when Ghesff told
him abut Ihes meeting witth Danny Coasey ?
hrs Gneoff tod thes fates atont Sophies meetin
ath Deibny Casey, but he dd nst belève it
Suspected t t it was ohe ef Sophies ild stoies.
Pe ias flled ith dsdain and dhd not at to
en(oge hes inQny say. Bo, he Nas ned hes t
keep het self out af an kind of tavuble.
4 What thuughts came to Ssphe's mindas
ind she st by
the canal
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 AnsSuplie conssdevs the Gt olong the canal tto hes
place fos a date, as it Hway fsm the vush oe
the city: As de sit by ttie canal, she s loat in
wosld her dseamsBe lmagines magines Cosey (oning
aleng tte lvey qud hes own exitemet therenter
s which was the oNy oCaion wheu svphie gut
See Dany asey in peson ?
Dany
Ans- The ony ocasion when Sophie goT to see fouths
was heu she had gone to see th¿ fortba
(aey
mateh wit ley famiy Sithing among the specators
he sa Dahy asey fomna dutance.
know of Sophie's dream about her
k Wht do you
casees C
As. Sopies dneams of her fture life r remoed
Lfom her reality. She dreams af ooning a boutiyue,
Gan achess but tthe fact vas that she
Secoming
earmasked fo the biscuit factoy Sopbie dft
Has her
of fastasy and wouts to live
into a mosld class
dkeams by stepping out her middle -
tets