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The author of the chapter, Vikram Seth compares the fifty or sixty flutes tied to the pole of the flute seller, to the quills of a porcupine. 4 Name five kinds of flutes. Ans. The reed neh, the recorder, the Japanese shakuhachi, the deep bansuri of Hindustani classical music and the breathy flutes of South ‘America are some kinds of flutes. Il. Answer each question in a short paragraph. 1 What difference does the author note between the flute seller and the other hawkers? Als. When the author saw the flute seller, he noticed a difference between him and the other hawkers. The other hawkers shouted to call people to buy their products bur the flute seller was not shouting to sell his flutes, Instend, he played the flutes occasionally ina slow and meditative manner to make people notice its melodious sound and get tempted to buy ic. ‘Whats the belief at Pashupatinath about the end of Kaliyug? Ac Pashupatinath, there is a small shrine on the bank of Bagmati river which was half inside the river. The belief is that when the complete temple would come ‘out of the river, the goddess inside the temple will escape and the evil period of Kaliyug will end on the Earth. Ans, 3 The author has drawn powerful images and pictures. Pick out three examples each of (i) the atmosphere of ‘febrile confusion’ outside the temple of Pashupatinath (for example, some people trying to get the priest's attention are elbowed aside...) (i) the things he sees (iii) the sounds he hears Aus. (i) Many worshippers trying to get the priest's attention were pushing their way to the front. On the main gate, some Westerners were struggling for permission to enter as only Hindus were allowed to enter the temple.Ans. + Afight broke out between two monkeys. One was chasing the other who jumped onto a shivalinga, then ran screaming around the temples and down to the holy Bagmati river. (ii) He saw that the Baudhnath stupa had an immense white dome, which was ringed by a road. Small shops were there on the outer edge where felt bags, Tibetan prints and silver jewellery could be bought. There were no crowds, On the busiest streets of Kathmandu, he saw fruit sellers, flute sellers, hawkers of postcards, shops selling ‘Western cosmetics, film rolls, chocolates, copper utensils, Nepalese antiques, e (ii) The sounds he heard were film songs that were played in the radios, ear horns, bicycle bells and vendors shouting out their wares. He also listened to flute mi Ul. Answer the following questions in not more than 100-150 words each, 1 Compare and contrast the atmosphere in and around the Baudhnath shrine with the Pashupatinath temple. Ans. When the author visited the Baudhnath shrine and the Pashupatinath temple, he found a difference in and around both the temples. While the Pashupatinath temple was noisy and confusing, the atmosphere around the Baudhnath stupa was quiet and peaceful. Ac the Pashupatinath temple, there was a large crowd rushing towards the entrance of the temple. People were pushing each other to get the priests attention, At the same time, Westerners dressed in saffron clothes were trying to enter the temple and some monkeys were fighting with each other. Around the temple, there was the holy river Bagmati where a corpse was being cremated. A washerwoman was, washing clothes and children were bathing. In contrast, the Baudhnath Stupa was completely quiet. There was no crowd around it. There was a sense of stillness and serenity around the Buddhist shrine. 2 How does the author describe Kathmandu’s busiest streets? ‘The author has described Kathmandu in a very clear and detailed way. He has described the commercial centres, the temples and all that which is a part of the holy town, Along Kathmandu’s narrowest and busiest streets, there were small shrines and flower-adorned deities. Apart from these, there were fruit sellers, fluce sellers, hawkers of postcards, shops selling Western cosmetics, film rolls, chocolates, copper utensils, Nepalese antiques, etc. Ans. ‘The author heard film songs that were played in the radios, sounds of car horns and bicycle bells and vendors shouting out their products. He also saw a flute seller with many flutes. He was playing a flute meditatively and was nor shouting our his wares. He contrasts the melodious music produced by the flue seller with the shouting of the hawkers. 3 “To hear any flute is to be drawn into the commonality ofall mankind.” Why does the author say this? 4 For the author, to hear any flute is to be drawn into Tee mnaley ofall mankind, Music is a commonality for the mankind. Music draws everyone's attention and where all the things are considered equal. The one who knows and understands music, is very much sure about the way it brings all together. It doesn’t matter how this, music is produced but every instrument has the same way of commonality. ‘The author considers flute music to be the most universal and most particular of all music. There is no culture that does not have its flute. The Japanese have their Shakuhachi, the Indians have the bans, the South Americans have the breathy flute and the Chinese have the high-pitched flutes. Each kind of flute has a specific difference. In spite of their differences, every flute produces music with the help of the human breath. Similarly, in spite of the differences in caste, culture, religion and region, all human beings are the same, with the same living breath running through all of them. Thinking about Language I. Read the following sentences carefully to understand the meaning of the italicised phrases. Then match the phrasal verbs in Column Awith their meanings in Column B. () Acommunal war broke out when the princess was abducted by the neighbouring prince. (i) The cockpit broke off from the plane during te plane crash. (ill) The car broke down on the way and we were left stranded in the jungle. (iv) The dacoit broke away from the police as they took him to court. (v) The brothers broke up after the death of the father. (vi) The thief broke into our house when we wer® away,ao = pao (a) to come en ‘due to forco (ii) \could not resist the to open the! ee » rom ley eae oa, i) Hardork ond are the main keys emigre oe aye | ate ie womens J0) ere temonenes UM fh nian imagmaon i praak into _{( Stop working (0) exhaustion gs 0 2G, GO 6) (0, 6), (0) WL. 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An arrogant lion was wandering through the jungle meditation, imagine : imagination, dislocate ; one day. He asked the tiger, “Who is stronger than dislocation, associate : association, dedicate you?” “You, O lion!” replied the tiger. “Who is more dedication fierce than a leopard?” asked the lion. “You, sir,” w o lied the | 2 Now fil in the blanks with suitable words from aaa the ones that you have formed. He marched upto an elephant and asked the same , - question. The elephant picked him up in his trunk, () Mass ean the swung him in the air and threw him down. “Look,” ——— . said the lion, “There is no need to get mad just (i) Ramesh is unable to tackle the situation as he because you don’t know the answer.” lacks =A NERExtract Based Questions | Read the following passage carctully and answer the 4 1 I consider what route I should take back home. If Twere propelled by enthusiasm for travel per se, I would go by bus and train to Patna, then sail up the Ganges past Banaras to Allahabad, then up the Yamuna, past Agra 10 Delhi. But I am too exhausted and homesick: today is the last day of August. Go home, I tell myself: move directly towards home. Lenter a Nepal Airlines office and buy a ticket for tomorrow's flight Took at the flute seller standing in a corner of the square near the hotel. (i) Who is ‘T referred in the above extract? (a) A priest (b) A tourist (c) Author (@) Shopkeeper ) State whether the following statement is TRUE or FALSE The author loves to travel but is very exhausted and homesick at the moment. (iii) The phrase ‘sail up the Ganges’ means (a) to downstream through a river. (6) to upstream through a river. (c) to cross the river. (4) None of the above (iv) Select the option that correctly captures the usage of the word ‘exhausted’ in the passage. (a) The exhausted timetable did not appeal to the students. (b) Where did you keep the exhausted papers? (c) The exhausted theory of relativity has many uses today. (d) Shweta felt exhausted after working non-stop for 8 hours. (v) Which square does the speaker refer to? ) (c) Author (ii) TRUE (b) tolupstream through a river. (d) The sentence given in option (d) uses ‘exhausted’ properly. (v) The square near his hotel in Kathmandu is being referred to by the speaker. (ir 2 Kathmandu is vivid, mercenary, religious, with small shrines to flower-adorned deities along the narrowest and busiest streets; with fruit sellers, flute sellers, hawkers of postcards; shops selling Western cosmetics, film rolls and questions that follow. Ans. chocolate; or copper utensils and Nepat,, ‘Gntiques. Film songs blare out from the °° | tiaids, car horns sound, bicycle bells ting | sy com ow questioning a mote | vendors shout out their wares. *, {i) The statement that is TRUE 05 per the ayy | txtract about Kathmandu is (a) a religious place. (b) a peaceful place to attain selt-« {c) is famous as per the commer {4 Both (a) and (©) (ii) The tone of the speaker in the above extra, (a) Nostalgic (6) Amusement (c) Sarcastic (d) Intense (iii) Which word does ‘mercenary’ NOT correspond to? (a) Grasping (0) Acquisitive (c) Materialistic (4) Altruistic (iv) The phrase ‘shout out their ware’ means (v) State at least three adjectives that the auth, uses to describe Kathmandu, (i (@) Both (a) and (©) Gi) (@) Nostalgic i) (d) Altruistic advertising (W) ‘Vivid’, ‘mercenary’, ‘religious’ are three ajecng, that the author uses to describe Kathmandu, Above is Asmall shrine half protrudes from the stone platform on the river bank. When it emerges fully, the goddess inside will escape, and the evil period of the Kaliyug will end on earth. () Where is the small shrine situated? (a) Inside the temple (b) Near temple (c) On the bank of river Bagmati (@) None of the above Find a word from the extract which means ‘thrust forward’, (a) Bend (b) Bow down: (c) Protrude (d) Emerges Where does holy Bagmati river flow? (a) Just below the Pashupatinath temple (b) In the middle of the temple (c) A little away from the temple (@) Itis not there Which word in the extract is an antonym ‘capture’? (ii) (iii) (iv)“uy {ing to the legned, w «9 Aecorting fo Re Lesmed, when wit Kriyyg end? . (a) A Tibetan shopkeeper (q On the bank of river Bagmati (i) Why does the author want to return home? 6 Oo Protrude (a) Feeting homesick U0 {Jot below the Pashupatinath temple hea Goo {€) Does not like the place wo (according the legend, Kal he (a) Very bored "Ug will en ‘festone platform emerges front ye nd When (ii) Why does he go to Nepal Airlines office? from the river bank. : ce us (0) To get job and the goddess inside it escapes, (0) To buy a ticket too exhausted and homesick: (©) To inquire about fights put Tam sick; today () To meet a frien sie move Srey tore ea (Wat witb hcomonyn of -xhauted Repal Airlines office and buy a ticket Pe (*) When did author return to India from Nepalt tomorrow's flight, Aus. (i) (6) Author Vikram S {p Who is ‘in this extract? (@) Feeling homesick (a) A priest ) A tourist (iii) (b) To buy a ticket te author Vikram Seth (iv) ergetc (©) The author returned to India on September 1. Short Answer (SA) Type Questions | 1 whyare the devotees so much ea jertoent were selling felt bags, Tibetan prints and silver thePashupatinath templeg ‘enter Feveay Se se aaa Fi sus The devotees were so much eager to enter Da tbe i disturb the quiet and peaceful atmos, shere of the Pashupatinath temple in order to get the priest's Buddhist shine " atenion. They wanted the priest fo give shen oferngs to the God and hence were pushing, 5 bowing and shoving each other. Explain the statement "Kathmandu is vivid, mercenary, religious .... wT For the author Kathmandu is lively, commercial a8 well as religious, People from all over the world visit the tourist destination. Apart from the two most 4s Only Hindu worshippers were allowed to enter the A holy Hindu and Buddhist temples, there are small Pashupatinath temple. A group of Westerners temples with flower-adorned gods for people to vanted to enter the temple. 2 Why did the policeman stop the Westerners 4" from entering the temple? pray. In addition, the busy streets are full of street They wore saffron clothes to get permission to enter hawkers shouting to sell theit products. | the temple, but the policeman was not convinced 6 . | 01 ‘ing the temple. What alternative route does the author think and stopped the Westerners from entering the templ SrreLaaa ioe aes nace 5 What does the author see near the Ans. The author liked to travel, So, initially he thought of __ Pashupatinath temple? taking a longer route to go back home. For this, ‘% The author saw the holy river Bagmati flowing near | alternative route, the author would have had to take ‘hePashupatinath temple. By the riverside, people the bus and then a erain to Patna, He would then 1 ere indulged in various activities. A corpse was sail up the Gangs to Allahabad and at last, sail up ing cremated while a washerwoman was washing the Yamuna to Delhi ‘lothes and the children were bathing. The old ‘icrings of dried flowers was also being dropped in ver, In the chapter ‘Kathmandu’ what do you mean by "The flute seller occasionally makes asale, but in a curiously offhanded way as if it 4 What did the Tibetan immigrants do near the were incidental to his enterprise"? “udhnath stupa? Did their activity disturb Ans. Music has been described as serene and sober by the 1, “atmosphere? jy osphere? author. He knows that music is much important II shops on than the sale ofa fute forthe flute seller. The flute dette immigrant pe They seller keeps on playing his flute and he is so road aroun EXAM PRACTICE~ Allnane English Language and Literature Class 9}, ee a NE engrossed in ir that when he makes a sale, it appears to be a minor thing to him. 8 What was the author's reaction to the flute seller? Ans, When the author heard the flute seller playing the flute, he was mesmerised by its sound. He was so enchanted by the melodious tune of the flute that he could not move from the square. It made him notice the small things that he had previously not seen or noticed. 9 How does the author pass his time in Kathmandu? ‘Ans, The author spent his time in Kathmandu by vsti the famous temples and market places of Kathmande He observed his surroundings and the lives of the people in the town, He also ate the local stret food, read some comics and magazines and was completely mesmerised by the music of the flute in the town, Long Answer (\A) Type Questions 1 What idea do you get about the author from the extract “Kathmandu”? Write a descriptive paragraph on him in 100-120 words. Ans, The extract ‘Kathmandu’, taken from Vikram Seth’s travelogue, ‘Heavenly Lake’, brings forth certain traits of his personality. As a traveller, Seth displays a keen sense of observation, and as a person with a fine aesthetic sense, his ability to capture the vivid details is commendable. The pictures of the temples of Kathmandu and its crowded streets became alive with his vivid descriptions. Though indirectly, he also appears to be a lover of serenity and tranquility when he terms the stupa as ‘haven of quietness’. He also shows his concern as an environmentalist who does not approve of the polluting activities carried ‘on the banks of the Bagmati River. Vikram Seth's fondness for travelling is obvious by the fact that although being tired, he still contemplates taking 2 longer route back home to Delhi. His fondness for music is brought forth when we find him so enchanted by the music of the flue that he has to force himself to leave the square where the flute is being played by the seller. Like a typical traveller, he indulges himself with the eatables he finds available in the bazaar of Kathmandu. Thus, the author emerges as 2 man with a profound fondness for travelling, love for music, a keen sense of observation, reflective mind and an ability to portray places and people realistically.Self Assessment Extract Based Question Read the following extract carel iat follow. t 9 fully and answer the questions that follow. ic always doe: no culture that doe: 1s this to me: it is at 's not have its TL find it diffi t difficult to te; {ind it difficult to tear myself away from the squa c (i) Why does thi \¢ author find i ‘ Strain ind it difficult to move Gon eee c) Impact of flute music in ; (a) Enjoy (ii) What does the author comment about flute? (theyre (a) Soothing music : (c) Very irritating sound Which word in the passage can be linked with ‘special’? (b) Common (a) Universal __ (©) Particular (d) Difficult (iv) What does flute music do to the author? (v) Which is motive force behind the music of a flute? ost universal sound (b) Contains m nt to listen to flute (d) Does not wat Short Answer (SA) Type Questions 2 Why do the Westerners quarrel with the policeman at the pashupatinath temple? athmandu according to the author. rket of Kathmandu? 3 Give a short description of Ki 4 What are the things that the author bought from the local ma 5 Name the flutes as described by the author in the chapter “Kathmandu’. Long Answer (LA) Type Questions rndu to the market of your city. What is the significance of a bazaar 6 Compare the bazaar of Kathmat in our society? 7 Temples or holy shrine confusion and accident religious shrines? hich leads to great d nowadays WI ywd at ind poorly maintaine intain and control the cro' .s are over crowded a} do to mait s, What should the authorities