Ch.
1. The Summer of the Beautiful white Horse (William Saroyan)
Essay Type Q-Ans.
*1. Write a
brief character sketch of the narrator’s uncle Khosrove.*
Ans.
Khosrove is Aram and Mourad's uncle. He is
regarded to be the owner of the Garoghlanian tribe's crazy streak. He was a huge and powerful man. He had a big
strong head with black hair. He was a man of furious nature. He was short tempered and of
irritable nature. He would
roar for everyone to stop talking and say It is no harm, pay no attention to
it. In fact, one day, when his son came and told them that their house was on
fire, Khosrov silenced him by roaring "Enough. It is no harm". One
day a farmer, John Byro was sad and
came to him to tell that his white horse had been stolen last month and it was
missing even then. Instead of showing any sympathy, uncle Khosrove
became very irritated and shouted: “It's no harm.
*2. Describe how
the narrator and his cousin enjoyed horse riding.*
Ans.
Aram and Mourad are the two
characters from the Summer of a Beautiful White Horse. Aram is the narrator of the story and Mourad
is his cousin. Aram was nine years old. Mourad was thirteen. They were from the Garoghlanian tribe which is
famous for honesty. Mourad is an
adventurous and active boy. The story also shows that he loves animals
and is capable to taming them. Both of them were fond of horse-riding. One morning Aram saw his cousin
with a horse. So he was
surprised. He knew that his cousin
Mourad couldn't have bought the horse. Since he couldn't have bought it,
he must have stolen it. They enjoyed horse riding every day. They felt they should have maintained the tribe's
fame for honesty. So in last, they took the horse to Byro's vineyard and
put it there.
2.
The Address (Marga Minco)
Long Answer
1. ‘The Address’
is a story of human predicament that follows war.’ Comment.
Ans.
Marga
Minco's short story
"The Address" describes human predicament that follows war. It kills
the finer feelings of love and sympathy. The war created many problems for the narrator both
emotionally and physically. War
kills not only human beings but also kills human feelings. In this story the
narrator's mother leaves all her valuable things to her acquaintance during the
war. The narrator's mother leaves all her valuable things to her acquaintance
during the war. After some time narrator's mother dies; and many years later
narrator comes to the woman to have a look at her mother's things. But the
woman does not show any human feeling to her. She behaves very strangely to the
narrator. She doesn't even let the narrator come in. She says that it is not
convenient for her to talk to her at that time. She asks her to come other day
and close the door. Thus war leaves the world desolate not only on the physical
level, but also on the emotional and spiritual level.
3.
Ranga’s Marriage (Masti Venkatesha Iyengar)
Long Answer
*1. What Kind of a person do you think the
narrator is in ‘Ranga’s Marriage’?*
Ans. The narrator, Shyama, is dark in
colour. He calls himself' 'a dark piece of oil-cake'. He is an elderly
gentleman. He is keen observer of men and manners. He describes his village is
not found in Geography book. Still it is the most important village in Mysore.
He also describes the effect of English Language. He says that ten years ago
there were not many people in his village who knew English. But now many people
use English words while speaking Kannada. It becomes difficult for uneducated
people. He tells a story, Rama Rao bought wood from a woman. The cost of the
wood was four pice. But he did not have any ‘change and asked her to come the
next day. The poor woman did not know the meaning of ‘change’ and went
muttering to herself.
4.
Albert Einstein at School (Patrick Pringle)
Long Answer
1. Write a
character sketch of Albert Einstein briefly.
Ans.
Albert had a frank and honest temperament and
was quite sensitive and emotional. He was considered a rebel by most of his
teachers. He did not compromise and adjust to the system of education which
encouraged learning without understanding. For him, ideas and enquiry were more
important than facts or dates. Albert Einstein was an intelligent student but was against rote learning and
especially he hated learning dates and facts of history. He found memorizing
facts and dates quite useless. He loves only two subjects - Maths and Science. He gives us many
formulas in maths. He also loves to play violin. Albert Einstein was a German
born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity, one of the
two pillars in modern physics.
5.
Mother’s Day (J.B. Priestley)
Long Answer
1.
Contract the characters of Mrs. Pearson and Mrs. Fitzgerald.
Ans.
There are two characters in the chapter Mother's Day. One is Mrs. Pearson who
is a woman of submissive nature. Mrs. Pearson has two children, one
daughter named Doris and a son named Cyril. Mr. George is Mrs. Pearson's
husband. Mrs. Fitzgerald is Mrs. Pearson's friend and neighbour. She also
knows magic. Mrs. Pearson tells to Mrs. Fitzgerald that her husband, her
daughter and her son don't care for her. They just keep ordering her. Mrs.
Fitzgerald wants Mrs. Pearson to become the real mistress in the house. So she
wants to help Mrs. Pearson to become the real boss of her family. So they
exchange their personalities. After changing the bodies, Mrs. Pearson is no
longer meek and timid. She behaves strictly with her husband, her daughter and
her son. Now they have also learnt how to respect her. When she comes back to
her real body, she is confident and strict.
2. Bring out the
theme of the play, ‘Mother’s Day’.
7. Birth (A.J. Cronin)
1. “I have done something; oh, God! I’ve done something real at last.” Why does Andrew say this? What does it mean?
Ans. Andrew Manson is a
young man who has recently qualified as a doctor and started his
medical practice as an assistant to Dr Edward Page in the small Welsh mining
town of Blaenelly. Joe and his wife, who have been married for twenty years,
are expecting their first child. They called Mr. Andrew Manson for the
delivery. After delivery Andrew gave the child to the nurse. The elderly
midwife thought that the child was stillborn or lifeless. So she had placed it beneath the bed. After
attending the mother, the doctor searched the child among the dirty newspapers
below the bed and pulled out him. First, he laid the child upon a blanket and gave it artificial respiration.
Then he dipped the child alternately in hot and cold water. He then made
another last effort. He rubbed the
child with a rough towel. He went on pressing and releasing the baby's
little chest with both his hands. At last the baby responded. When he was
leaving the house, he thought, ‘I’ve done something real at last’.