Ghisa Ram Dhaka Fatehpura English Teacher

First Flight Lesson:10 The Proposal Questions and Answers  Short Answer Type Question 1. What is the play “The Proposal”? Answer: The play “The Proposal’ is about Lomov’s visit to his neighbor’s Chubukov house. Lomov is wearing a formal dress. He has come with the intention of making a marriage proposal to Chubukov’s daughter, Natalaya. Question 2. What does Lomov think when he is alone? Answer: Lomov thinks that Natalaya is an excellent housekeeper, not bad looking, well educated. It is impossible for him not to marry. In the first place, he is already thirty-five. He ought to lead a quiet and regular life. He suffers from palpitations. He is excitable and always getting upset. There are some other problems too which trouble him. Question 3. Why does Lomov wish to propose to Natalaya? Answer: Lomov wishes to propose to Natalaya because he feels she is an excellent housekeeper, not bad looking, and is also well-educated. Moreover he feels that he is already thirty-five, which is a ...

 Class:X Book: First Flght Lesson:09 The Sermon at Benares  Questions and Answers  Short Answer Type Question 1. How did Gautama came to be known as the Buddha? Answer: Siddhartha Gautama wandered for seven years and finally sat down under a Peepal tree till he got enlightenment. After seven days of enlightenment, he renamed the ‘Bodhi Tree’ and began to teach and to share his new understanding and came to be known as the Buddha. Question 2. Why did prince Siddhartha leave the palace and became a beggar? Answer: While out hunting prince Siddhartha chanced upon a sick man, an aged man and then a funeral procession and he also saw a monk begging. He realised that world is full of sorrow so he left the palace in the search of enlightenment. Question 3. How did Buddha get enlightenment? Answer: Siddhartha Gautama wandered for seven years and finally sat down under a Peepal tree till he got enlightenment. After seven days of enlightenment, he renamed the ‘Bodhi Tree’ and began...

Class:XI Book: Hornbill Lesson:02 We’re Not Afraid to Die…  If We Can All Be Together Questions and Answers  Short Answer Type Question 1. Who was the narrator? What adventurous task did he take on? Answer: The narrator was a thirty-seven-year-old businessman, who along with his family, set from Plymouth, England, on a round-the-world voyage like Captain James Cook had done 200 years earlier in a 30-ton wooden-hulled boat. Question 2. How did they prepare for this onerous task? Answer: For sixteen years, they spent all their leisure time improving their seafaring skills in British waters. They bought a boat, Wavewalker, a 23-metre, 30-ton wooden-hulled vessel that had been professionally built. They spent months fitting it out and testing it in the roughest weather that they could find. Question 3. How many people were there in the boat? Answer: The four of them the narrator, his wife Mary, son Jonathan, and daughter Suzanne sailed for 105,000 kilometres to the west coast of A...

 Class 10 English  First Flight  Chapter 9  Madam Rides the Bus Questions & Answers Question 1.  What was Valli’s favourite pastime?  Answer:  Valli’s favourite pastime was standing in the front doorway of her house and looking at the street outside. Question 2.  What was the source of unending joy for Valli? What was her strongest desire?  Answer:  The sight of the bus that travelled between her village and the nearest town, filled each time with a new set of passengers, was a source of unending joy for Valli. Her strongest desire was to ride the bus. Question 3.  What did Valli find out about the bus journey? How did she find these details?  Answer:  Valli found out that the bus journey to the town took 45 minutes and the one-way fare costed 30 paisa. She listened carefully to the conversations between her neighbours and people who regularly used the bus and asked a few discreet questions here and there. This way she...

Class:XI  Sub:English Book:Hornbill Lesson:01  The Portrait of a Lady  Questions and Answers  Short Answer Type Question 1. Why was it hard for the author to believe that the grandmother was once young and pretty? Answer: It was difficult for the author to believe that his grandmother was once young and pretty. In fact, the thought was almost revolting. He had seen her old for the last twenty years. He felt she could age no further. The very thought of her playing games as a child seemed quite absurd and undignified. Question 2. The grandmother has been portrayed as a very religious lady. What details in the story create this impression? Answer: The author recalls his grandmother as a very religious woman. He remembers her hobbling about the house, telling the beads of her rosary. He recalls her morning prayers and her reading scriptures inside the temple. The author recounts how, during the last few days, she spent all her time praying. Question 3. The grandmother h...

 Class XII Sub:English Book:Flamingo Lesson:4  The Rattrap Question 1. What did the peddler sell? How did he make those things? Answer: The peddler sold small rattraps made of wire. He made them himself. He got the material by begging in the stores or at the big farms. Question 2. Why did the peddler drive pleasure from his idea of the world as a rattrap? Answer: The peddler used to sell rattraps. The world had never been kind to him, so it gave him joy to think ill of it in this way. It became a cherished pastime for him. He thought some people had already been caught in this rattrap while the others are circling around it. Question 3. Why did Edla plead her father not to send the vagabond away? Answer: Edla had felt so happy when she thought how she would be going to entertain the stranger on the Christmas Eve. She could not get away from the idea all at once, and that was why she pleaded her father for the vagabond. She wanted him to enjoy a day of peace with them in their ...

Class:XI Sub:English Book:Snapshots Lesson:08. The Tale of Melon City  Questions and Answers  Question 1. What do the words ‘just and placid’ imply? Answer The phrase implied that the king was fair and mild. The king, ‘a great believer injustice’ ensured justice was meted out to his subjects. He was also mild mannered and rarely showed any displeasure and even if he did frown, he quickly wiped the frown off his face. Question 2. Where did the king want the arch constructed? Why? Answer The king wanted an arch to be erected which extended over the major main road. He felt, the road would edify the spectators it would improve the morals and knowledge of the onlookers there. Question 3. What happened to the king as he rode down the road? Answer After the arch was built, the king rode through the street. He wanted to edify the spectators there. But as he was crossing below the arch, his crown fell off as the arch was built too low. This angered the king. Question 4. What order did...

 Class :IX Sub:English Book :Moments Lesson:8 A house is not a home Questions and Answers Question 1. Why did the writer feel awkward during her first year of high school? Answer: She felt awkward because it was a new school, much bigger than her previous junior high school. It was strange starting as a freshman after enjoying the benefits of being the senior-most class in junior high. She also felt isolated as all her close friends had gone to different high schools and she did not know anyone there. Question 2. Why did she continue to visit her old school? Answer: She missed her teachers so much that she continued to visit them at her old school. Moreover, it was a familiar place where she had spent many happy years. She felt isolated in her new school without her friends. Question 3. What advice did her junior high teachers give her? Answer: They encouraged her to get involved with activities in her new school so that she could meet new people. They were confident that she would...