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Tuesday, 5 May 2020

AHSEC | | Class 11 English | Father To Son Notes | Important Questions Answers | Hornbill

May 05, 2020 AHSEC CLASS 11 English , 0 Comments
AHSEC | FATHER TO SON NOTES | BY ELIZABETH JENNINGS | CLASS 11 | ENGLISH | HORNBILL 
AHSEC | | Class 11 English | Father To Son Notes | Important Questions Answers | Hornbill
FATHER TO SON NOTES | ENGLISH | CLASS 11

 (A) SHORT ANSWER TYPE (Marks 2/3)

 (a) What is the father’s greatest wish for his son? [H.S. 2015] AHSEC | QUESTION PAPER | ENGLISH

Answer: The growing age has created a difference of opinion between the father and the son. As a result, the relationship between them is at stake. The child is born to his design, but the child has developed his own ideology. But now the father wishes that their differences and mismatch of ideology must be removed. They have to live on the same globe and he wishes to forgive his son. 

 (B) ESSAY TYPE QUESTION 

Silence surrounds us. I would have 
Him prodigal, returning to
………………… 
Shaping from sorrow a new love.

 (a) Why does the father say that silence surrounds them?
Answer: The father says that silence surrounds them because with the growing age the son has developed a difference of opinion between the father and the son. 

 (b) Does the speaker want his son belong to a different world?
Answer: No, the speaker does not want his son belong to a different world. Rather he wants a reconciliation of their thinking.

 (c) What can be shaped out of sorrow?
Answer: Out of sorrow a new bond of love can be shaped out which is nothing but reconciliation of the relationship between the father and the son. 

 (d) Find a word in the passage that means “extravagant”.

Answer: Extravagant – prodigal 

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Monday, 4 May 2020

AHSEC | | Class 11 English | Childhood Notes | Important Questions Answers

May 04, 2020 AHSEC CLASS 11 English , 2 Comments
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS OF THE POEM "CHILDHOOD" INCLUDING PREVIOUS YEAR H.S. 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 QUESTIONS WITH SOLUTIONS
AHSEC | | Class 11 English | Childhood Notes | Important Questions Answers
CHILDHOOD CLASS 11 | ENGLISH NOTES


 (A) SHORT ANSWER TYPE (Marks 2/3)

 (a) In the poem ‘Childhood’, the poet asks two questions – one is about the time and the other about the place. Why he asks these questions? [H.S. 2015 | AHSEC | ENGLISH | QUESTION PAPER]
Answer: The poet of the poem “Childhood” asks two distinct questions regarding his lost childhood. The poet refreshes his memory to determine the point of time when he lost his childhood. It was when he was eleven and became capable of understanding the faces of the adults, he lost his childhood.
Secondly, he wanted to locate the hidden place where his childhood might have gone. And he found that his lost childhood is in an infant’s face.

 (b) Why is the age of eleven is so important for the poet? [H.S. 2016] AHSEC | ENGLISH CLASS 11 | QUESTIONS PAPER
Answer: The age of eleven is so important for the poet because at this age he lost his childhood as he entered in to the stage of adolescence. The period of childhood has real beauty of life without any pain and sufferings. But one has to lose that splendid period of life with growing age.

 (c) What, according to the poem, Childhood, is involved in the process of growing up? [H.S. 2017] AHSEC | ENGLISH CLASS 11 | IMPORTANT QUESTIONS
Answer: The process of growing up is inevitable in human life. After leaving the period of childhood, one enters in to the period of puberty, where all bodily and mental changes occur. It makes people prepared to face the real world. One understands the difference between hell and heaven, and also identifies the real faces of the adults.

 (d)What is the poet’s feeling towards childhood in the poem “Childhood”? [H.S. 2018] AHSEC | ENGLISH CLASS 11
Answer: The period of childhood has real beauty of life without any pain and sufferings. A child does not understand the difference between hell and heaven. They cannot identify the hidden person behind the faces of adults. But one has to lose that splendid period of life with growing age.

 (e)Why does the poet say that his childhood “went to some forgotten place”? [H.S. 2019] AHSEC | ENGLISH CLASS 11 IMPORTANT QUESTION 

 Answer: The poet says that his childhood “went to a forgotten place” because he believes that he has lost his childhood which cannot be recovered at all. But he wanted to locate the hidden place where his childhood might have gone. And he found that his lost childhood is in an infant’s face.

 (f) What is the opinion of the poet about the hypocrisy of the adults?
OR
What type of impression does the poet form about the adults?
Answer: According to the poet, the adults have two distinct faces. They usually talk of love and preach of love. But, their actions are completely opposite to what they speak of. The adults do not act lovingly, rather they are involved in all sorts of hateful and harmful activities.

 (B) ESSAY TYPE QUESTION

 (a) When did my childhood go?
Was it the day I ceased to be eleven?
Was ………
And therefore, could not be found,
Was that the day!

 (i)What is the poet asking for?

 Answer: The poet is asking for the point of time when he lost his childhood.

 (ii) What does “Hell and Heaven” stand for?
Answer: The phrase “Hell and Heaven” denotes the hardship of life and joy derived from such sufferings.

 (iii) What phrase of life does the stanza reveal?
Answer: The given stanza is talking about the lost childhood of the poet as he grew up and became an adult.

 (iv) How does the poet describe the process of being growing up?
Answer: The process of growing up is inevitable in human life. After leaving the period of childhood, one enters in to the period of puberty, where all bodily and mental changes occur. It makes people prepares to face the real world. One understands the difference between hell and heaven, and also identifies the real faces of the adults.

 (b) When did my childhood go?
Was it the day I ceased to be eleven?
Was ………
And therefore, could not be found,
Was that the day!

 (i) Where do these lines occur?
Answer: These lines occur in the poem “Childhood” written by Markus Natten.

 (ii) When does the poet think that he lost his childhood?
Answer: The poet thinks that he has lost his childhood when he became a man of eleven.

 (iii) Find the synonym of ‘stopped’ in the stanza.
Answer: The synonym of ‘stopped’ is ‘ceased’.

 (iv) What does the poet learn about hell and heaven?
Answer: The phrase “Hell and Heaven” denotes the hardship of life and joy derived from such sufferings.

 (v) How does the poet describe the process of being grown up?
Answer: The process of growing up is inevitable in human life. After leaving the period of childhood, one enters in to the period of puberty, where all bodily and mental changes occur. It makes people prepares to face the real world. One understands the difference between hell and heaven, and also identifies the real faces of the adults.
The poet no more remained a child when he ceased to be eleven. He understood that the grown-up people talk of love, but in action, there is conflict of their ideology.
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Saturday, 2 May 2020

AHSEC | Class 11 English | The Voice Of The Rain Notes | Questions Answers | NCERT

May 02, 2020 AHSEC CLASS 11 English , 0 Comments
AHSEC | Class 11 English | The Voice Of The Rain Notes | Questions Answers | NCERT


AHSEC | Class 11 English | The Voice Of The Rain Notes | Questions Answers | NCERT
THE VOICE OF THE RAIN NOTES
(A) THE VOICE OF THE RAIN | SHORT ANSWER TYPE

(i) How is the cyclic movement of the rain brought out in the poem ‘The Voice of the Rain’? [H.S. 2015, 2017]
Answer: The rain has been described as a poem of the earth in the poem ‘The Voice of the Rain’. The voice of the rain rises impalpably out of the land and the sea. Rising to the heaven it changes into vaguely formed clouds. After a few times, the clouds descend as small raindrops to quash the thirst of the earth. Thus, the path of the rain has a cyclical shape, which emerges from the earth and fall back on the earth. 

 (ii) What does the phrase “strange to tell’’ mean?
Answer: The poet of the poem “The Voice of the Rain” put certain questions to the rain. He asked the rain whose art it was. The voice of the rain replied in a language which could not understand by a human being as it was not in any understandable human dialect. So, the poet terms the voice of the rain a thing which is strange to tell. 

 (iii) There is a parallel drawn between rain and music. Which words indicate this? Explain the similarity between the two.
Answer: The rain has been described as a poem of the earth in the poem ‘The Voice of the Rain’. In the poem the poet explains rain as a song which issues from its birth place and after fulfilment, it moves back duly with love returns. 

 (iv) There are two voices in the poem. Who do they belong to?
Answer: In the poem ‘The Voice of the Rain’, there are two distinct voices. One of the voices belongs to the poet who asks the rain whose art it is. The other voice belongs to the rain which then replied that it was the poem of the Earth. 

(B) "THE VOICE OF THE RAIN" LONG ANSWER TYPE | CLASS 11 NOTES | H.S. 2016 QUESTION SOLUTIONS

 (a) “And who art thou……... I rise impalpable out of the land and the bottomless sea.” [H.S. 2016]

 (i) Where do these lines occur?
Answer: The lines mentioned in the question, occurs in the poem “The Voice of the Rain” written by Walt Whitman. 

 (ii) Who is ‘I’ referred to here?
Answer: In the question mentioned stanza, ‘I’ is referred to the rain. 

 (iii) How does the shower fall?
Answer: The shower falls softly from the heaven on to the Earth. 

 (iv) What is rain to the Earth?
Answer: The rain is the poem of the Earth. 

 (v) Where does the rain rise from?
Answer: The rain rises eternal impalpably out of the land and the bottomless sea. 

 (vi) Find a word in the passage that refers to “something that cannot be touched”.
Answer: Something that cannot be touched – impalpable. 

 (vii) Why does the rain describe itself as the Poem of the Earth?
Answer: The rain has been described as a poem of the earth in the poem ‘The Voice of the Rain’. The voice of the rain rises impalpably out of the land and the sea. Rising to the heaven it changes into vaguely formed clouds. After a little time, the clouds descend as small raindrops to quash the thirst of the earth. Thus, the path of the rain has a cyclical shape, which emerges from the earth and fall back on the earth. 
    So, the rain is an inseparable part of the earth. The earth departs it from its soul and heart, but soon welcomes the rain back to its surface after a departure for a short while. The rain sings for the earth, it makes the barren surface into a green earth. So, the rain is a poem of the earth. 

(b) “Upward to heaven, whence vaguely formed, altogether changed, and yet the same, I descend……..., latent, unborn.

 (i) What happens in the sky? 1
Answer: In the sky, the vapour which ascends from the ground changes altogether into clouds.

 (ii) Is rain a blessing on the earth? If so, cite the reason. 2
Answer: Yes, the rain is a blessing on earth because it removes the drought condition of the earth. It makes the barren earth into a greener one. It gives lives to the latent and unborn seeds making the earth productive.

 (iii) Find a word in the extract which means ‘small or tiny particles’
Answer: Small or tiny particles – Atomies. 

(c) And forever, by day and night, I give back life to my own origin, and make it pure and beautify it.

 (i) What does the rain give to its own origin?
Answer: The rain showers drops of life on to its origin.

 (ii) What are the things the rain does to the place of its origin?
Answer: The rain showers drops of life on to its origin. The rain thus banquets a shower of purity which make the earth pure and beautiful. The rain helps the earth to cover with green which make it as beautiful as heaven. 

 (iii) What does the word ‘origin’ signify here?
Answer: The word ‘origin’ signifies the earth which is the birth place of rain.

(d) For song issuing from its birth place, after fulfillment, wandering reck’d and unreck’d, duly with love returns.

 (i) From where does the song issue?
Answer: The song in the form of rain issues from the surface of the earth. 

 (ii) Where does the song return and in what form?
Answer: The song returns to the hearts of the listeners after it emerges from the heart of the singer. The song returns with lots of love to be spread amidst the hearts of the listeners. 

 (iii) What does the term ‘birth place’ signify here?
Answer: The rain emerges from the earth. So, like a song emerges from the heart of the singer, the earth is the birth place of the rain. 

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AHSEC | Class 11 English | A Photograph Notes | Questions Answers | NCERT

May 02, 2020 AHSEC CLASS 11 English , 0 Comments
AHSEC | Class 11 English | A Photograph Notes | Questions Answers | NCERT

AHSEC | Class 11 English | A Photograph Notes | Questions Answers | NCERT
THE PHOTOGRAPH BY SHIRLEY TOULSON

A PHOTOGRAPH | POEM BY SHIRLEY TOULSON

The Cardboard shows me how it was
When the two girl cousins went paddling,
Each one holding one of my mother's hands,
And she the big girl-some twelve years or so.
All three stood still to smile through their hair
At the uncle with the camera. A sweet face,
My Mother's, that was before i was born.
And the sea, which appears to have changed less,
Washed their terribly transient feet.

Some twenty-thirty-years later
She'd laugh at the snapshot, "see betty
And Dolly." she'd say, "and look how they
Dressed us for the beach." The sea holiday
was her past, mine is her laughter. Both wry
with the laboured ease of loss.

Now she's been dead nearly as many years
As that girl lived. And of this circumstance
There is nothing to say at all.
its silence silences.

AHSEC | CLASS 11 ENGLISH | A PHOTOGRAPH NOTES


 (1) "A PHOTOGRAPH" VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE

 (a)“The cardboard…. Twelve years or so”

 (i) Who is the speaker?
Answer: In the question mentioned stanza the poet “Shirley Toulson” is the speaker.

 (ii) What does the cardboard show?
Answer: The cardboard displays the smiling face of the poet’s mother along with two cousins.

 (iii) Who is the ‘big girl’ referred to here?
Answer: In the stanza, the ‘big girl’ referred to the mother of the poet.

 (iv) Do you see the presence of the speaker in the photograph?
Answer: No, the speaker was not present in the photograph because he was not even born when the photograph was taken.

 (b) “Some twenty…… us for the beach.”

 (i) Who is ‘she’ referred to here?
Answer: In the given stanza, ‘she’ is referred to the poet’s mother.

 (ii) Who are “Betty and Dolly”?
Answer: “Betty and Dolly” were two cousins of the poet’s mother.

 (iii) What has made the poet’s mother laugh when she looked at the photograph?
Answer: When the poet’s mother looked at the photograph, she recalled her past happy holidays near the beach. So, the photograph brought to her freshness of her past along with her cousins. And she smiled.

 (c) “Now she’s been dead…. its silence silences.”

 (i) Who is “She” referred to here?
Answer: In the given stanza, ‘she’ is referred to the poet’s mother.

 (ii) Explain: “Nearly as many years as that girl lived.”
Answer: In the given stanza the poet uses this statement to show that his mother had died many years ago. It has almost been that much years of her death as much she lived. The poet is very sad to remember the memory of his mother.

 (2) "A PHOTOGRAPH" SHORT ANSWER TYPE

AHSEC | CLASS 11 | ENGLISH | QUESTION PAPER H.S. 2015 2016 | 2017


 (i) Why would the poet’s mother laugh at the snapshot? [H.S. 15 & 16]
Answer:  When the poet’s mother looked at the photograph, she recalled her past happy holidays near the beach. So, the photograph brought to her freshness of her past along with her cousins. And she smiled.

 (ii) Whose transient feet is the poet talking about? Why are they transient?
Answer: The poet is talking about the transient feet of his mother and of the two cousins.
Their transient feet symbolize the transient life of his mother. His mother died many years ago. But the beach still exists and their transient foot marks were washed away.

 (iii) The poet’s mother laughed at the snapshot. What did her smile indicate?
Answer:  When the poet’s mother looked at the photograph, she recalled her past happy holidays near the beach. So, the photograph brought to her freshness of her past along with her cousins. And she smiles which indicates that her memory of the past days brought endless joy for her.

 (3) AHSEC | CLASS 11 | ENGLISH | "A PHOTOGRAPH" |LONG ANSWER TYPE

  (c)“The cardboard…… years or so.”

 (i) What does the cardboard show to the poet?
Answer: The cardboard displays the smiling face of the poet’s mother along with two cousins.

 (ii) How did the girls go to the beach?
Answer: The girls in the poem went paddling to the beach.

 (iii) Why did the two girl cousin hold one of the poet’s mother’s hand? How old was the poet’s mother?
Answer: The two girl cousins held one of the poet’s mother’s hand because his mother was the eldest among them and she was providing a safe hand to them.
    The poet’s mother was only twelve years old.

 (iv) Who clicked the three girls in the cardboard?
Answer: The uncle clicked the three girls in the cardboard.

 (d) “The cardboard shows………. the uncle with the camera” [H.S. 2017]

 (i) What does the cardboard show the poet?
Answer: The cardboard displays the smiling face of the poet’s mother along with two cousins.

 (ii) How did the girls go to the sea beach?
Answer: The girls in the poem went paddling to the sea beach.

 (iii) Why did the two girl cousin hold one of the poet’s mother’s hand?
Answer: The two girl cousins held one of the poet’s mother’s hand because his mother was the eldest among them and she was providing a safe hand to them.

 (iv) Who clicked the three girls in the cardboard?
Answer: The uncle clicked the three girls in the cardboard.

 (v) What kind of a childhood do the quoted lines project?
Answer: The quoted lines in the poem “A Photograph” project a joyous childhood enjoyed by the poet’s mother. She had an enjoyable holiday on the sea beach along with her two cousins. She was just twelve, yet the eldest among the girls. She endeavored her caring guide to two of her cousins. The beach holiday in fact depicted the utmost fun they were having. Their smile looked lively and vivid even after so many years in the photograph.
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Friday, 1 May 2020

AHSEC Solutions | The Ailing Planet notes Class 11 | English | HS 1st Year

May 01, 2020 AHSEC CLASS 11 English , 1 Comments
Lesson : The Ailing Planet
For Class : 11| HS 1st Year
AHSEC | CBSE
AHSEC Solutions | The Ailing Planet notes Class 11 | English | HS 1st Year
The Ailing Planet notes , Class 11

AHSEC | THE AILING PLANET NOTES 


 (A) VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE

 (a) Name the author of the prose piece “The Ailing Planet: The Green Movement’s Role”?
Answer: Nani Palkhivala is the author of the prose piece “The Ailing Planet: The Green Movement’s Role”.

 (b) Where and when was the world’s first nationwide Green party founded?
Answer: The world’s first nationwide Green party was founded in New Zealand in 1972.

 (c) What concept was popularized by the World Commission on Environment and Development in the year 1987?
Answer: The concept of ‘sustainable development’ was popularized by the World Commission on Environment and Development in the year 1987.

 (d) Where do you find a cage where there is notice which reads “The world’s most dangerous animal”?
Answer: In a zoo at Lusaka, Zambia there is a cage where there is notice which reads “The world’s most dangerous animal”.

 (e) Which animal is considered “The world’s most dangerous animal”?
Answer: Man is considered “The world’s most dangerous animal”.

 (f) Name the distinguished Indian personality who was a member of the famous Brandt Commission?
Answer: Mr. L. K. Jha was the distinguished Indian personality who was a member of the famous Brandt Commission.

 (g) Where did Mr. Lester R. Brown point about the earth’ s principal biological systems?
Answer: Mr. Lester R. Brown pointed about the earth’ s principal biological systems in his book “The Global Economic Prospect”.

 (h) What is the earth’s principal biological systems? [H.S. 2018]
Answer: The earth’s principal biological systems are four namely fisheries, forests, grasslands and croplands.

 (i) Who said that the tropical forests are ‘the powerhouse of evolution’?
Answer: Dr. Myers said that the tropical forests are ‘the powerhouse of evolution’.

 (j) What does Article 48A of the Indian Constitution stand for?
Answer: The Article 48A of the Indian Constitution is a part of directive principle which advises the state that it shall endeavor to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country.

(B) SHORT ANSWER TYPE | THE AILING PLANET

(a) What do you understand by the concept of sustainable development as explained in “The Ailing Planet: The Green Movement’s Role”? [H.S. 2015]
OR
What is sustainable development? [H.S. 2018]

 Answer: As per the views of the World Commission on Economic Development, sustainable development means the development that meets the present needs without harming the future needs. It is the development without making a scarcity of resources for the future generations.

 (b) What is the role of industries in the preservation of the environment? [H.S. 2015]
OR
What role Industry has to play in the new Era of responsibility? [H.S. 2019]
Answer: The industries have the largest negative contribution towards the increasing pollution and therefore they must play a crucial role to prevent pollution. Mr. Woolard of Du Pont once declared himself to be the Chief Environmental Officer. In his view, the industrialists require to excel in environmental performance. The industries acquire raw materials from the environment and therefore it is their duty to protect and preserve the environment. 

 (c) What is the ‘Green Movement’ and what are its aims? [H.S. 2016]
Answer: The mankind is a part of the Earth which is in itself an enormous living organism. But the mankind, by their selfish activities, is hurting the earth and its environment. Of course, man cannot outlive the earth, so towards 1970’s a great awareness grew for saving the environment. This epic movement is known as green movement.
In human history, no other movement is as remarkable as the green movement. This movement has shifted the mechanistic view of the mankind to a holistic and ecological view. It taught the mankind that the earth has its own metabolic needs and vital processes which must be protected. 

 (d) How is man the most dangerous animal in this world? [H.S. 2016]
Answer: The man has a fully developed conscience which make it superior to other animals. But unfortunately, they have used their knowledge and capacities to fulfill their narrow needs at the cost of the earth’s precious environment.

 (e) What does the notice ‘The world’s most dangerous animal’ at the cage in the zoo at Lusaka, Zambia, signify? [H.S. 2017]
Answer: In a zoo at Lusaka, Zambia, there is a cage with a notice hang on it “The world’s most dangerous animal’. Inside the cage, there is nothing but a mirror which reflects the faces of the visitors. The cage, ironically, signifies that the mankind is the most dangerous living species. The man has a fully developed conscience which make it superior to other animals. But unfortunately, they have used their knowledge and capacities to fulfill their narrow needs at the cost of the earth’s precious environment.

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AHSEC | Lesson 2 | Landscape of The Soul notes Class 11 English | Questions Answers

May 01, 2020 AHSEC CLASS 11 English , 1 Comments
AHSEC | Lesson: 2 Landscape of The Soul notes
English : Class 11 (Hornbill) Questions Answers|

AHSEC | Lesson 2 | Landscape of The Soul notes Class 11 English | Questions Answers
Landscape of the soul notes | AHSEC
(A) VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE

 (a) Name the writer of the prose piece “Landscape of the Soul”.
Answer: Nathalie Trouveroy the writer of the prose piece “Landscape of the Soul”.

 (b) Name the Blacksmith who fell in love with the painter’s daughter.
Answer: Quinten Metsys was the blacksmith who fell in love with the painter’s daughter.

 (c) Where did Quinten sneak?
Answer: Quinten loved a painter’s daughter. So, he sneaked into the painter’s studio.

 (d) What did Quinten paint on a panel?
Answer: Quinten painted a fly on a panel and it looked like a living fly.

 (e) What is the concept of ‘Shanshui’? [H.S. 2018]
Answer: ‘Shanshui’ which literally means mountain water, is used to describe a canvas containing mountain and water. The mountain is called Yang and the water is called Yin.

 (f) What is ‘Middle Void’?
Answer: ‘Middle Void’ is the interaction between the Yang and the Yin and it is presented as the unpainted white space in Chinese landscape.

 (g) Who mooted the concept of ‘art brut’?
Answer: French painter Jean Dubuffet mooted the concept of ‘art burnt’ (in the 1940s).

 (h) Who is hailed as India’s biggest contributor to outsider art?
Answer: Nek Chand is hailed as India’s biggest contributor to outsider art.

 (B) SHORT ANSWER TYPE

 (a) Who is Wu Daozi? Who commissioned him to paint a landscape? What did he paint for the emperor? [H.S. 2016]

 Answer: Wu Daozi is a famous Chinese painter, who lived in the eighth century. Tang Emperor Xuanzong commissioned Wu Daozi to paint a landscape.
Wu Dauzi painted a magnificent natural scenery containing wonderful scene, forests, high mountains, waterfalls, the sky full of clouds, men on hilly paths and birds in flight.

 (b) Describe and contrast the features of the Chinese and the European art of landscape.  [H.S. 2015]

 OR Contrast the Chinese view of art with the European view.

 Answer: The prime difference between the Chinese and European view regarding art of landscape is that Chinese landscape is not meant to reproduce an actual view, whereas European landscape draws an exact replica of the landscape. A Chinese painter does not choose a single viewpoint unlike European landscape. 

 (c) How did the Emperor react when he saw Wu Dauzi’s painting?
Answer: The Emperor commissioned Wu Dauzi to paint a landscape for his royal walls. When he saw it, the Emperor had no words to praise the magnificence of the landscape. For quite a long while the Emperor admired the wonderful painting. He devoured every element of the painting with his eyes. The painter, then showed him a secret cave in the picture and the painter got disappeared in the cave. The Emperor remained stunned and speechless.

 (d) What did Wu Dauzi say to the Emperor? How did he disappear?
Answer: Wu Dauzi described the painting to the Emperor. He showed a cave to the Emperor and said that in that cave, a spirit lived at the foot of the mountain. 
Then Wu Dauzi clapped his hands before the painting and surprisingly an entrance got opened. The painter entered the cave through the entrance and it got closed behind him. Before the king could understand what was happening, Wu Dauzi had disappeared. 

 (e) What is the significance of the stories associated with Chinese landscape in China’s classical education?
Answer: There are many legends associated with Chinese landscape. Such stories used to help the master to guide his disciples in the right direction. These stories also reveal the spirit of the Chinese people in which art was considered. 

 (f) What did Wu Dauzi want to reveal to the Emperor through his painting?
Answer: Wu Dauzi, through his painting, revealed that an Emperor rules over a limited territory, but an artist has a wide imaginary world where he wanders without a limit. The Emperor could pay for the outer surface of the painting, but the painter knew the way within. A true painting hides clueless meanings and an ordinary man cannot discover the true meaning of the creation. A painting has a divine goal, and the painter achieved it through his painting, but the Emperor got no clue about that. 

(g) What is the concept of ‘Shanshui’?
OR What do ‘mountain’ and ‘water’ represent in ‘Shanshui’?
OR Explain the concept of Shanshui.
Answer: ‘Shanshui’ which literally means mountain water, is used to describe a canvas containing mountain and water. The mountain is called Yang and the water is called Yin. Shanshui reflects Daoist view of the universe. The mountain which reaches vertically to the heaven is stable and warm and also represents active and masculine nature. Whereas the water is fluid, moist and cool resting on the earth. The water is symbolic of feminine aspect of the universe. 

 (h) What is ‘Middle Void’?
Answer: ‘Middle Void’ is the interaction between the Yang and the Yin and it is presented as the unpainted white space in Chinese landscape. Middle void is often compared to yogic practice of inhale and exhale of air. But middle void is the point when one holds the breath. It is very important because nothing can happen without middle void. Thus, the unpainted white space has a deep meaning in Chinese landscapes. 

 (i) What is the significance of man in the universe?
Answer: Man is very important in the universe because is the conduit pipe between heaven and earth, the both poles of the universe. In the words of Francois Cheng, presence of man is very essential because he is “the eye of a landscape”. 

 (j) Who was Jean Dubuffer? What Concept of art did he propound?
Answer: Jean Dubuffer was a French Painter. Jean Dubbufer propounded the concept of ‘art burnt’ in 1940’s. 

 (k) What is ‘art brut’ or ‘outsider art’?
OR What do you understand by the terms ‘outsider art’ and ‘art brut’ or ‘raw art’?
Answer: 'Art brut’ or ‘outsider art’ is a form of art generally available for those artists who have not received any formal training, yet they deserve to be great artists because of their inborn artistic talent. Their works are a stimulating contrast to a lot of mainstream offerings. 

 (l) Who is Nek Chand? What is his contribution to the world of art?
Answer: Nek Chand is an eighty years old creator and director who hails from India as the biggest contributor to outsider art.  
Nek Chand has contributed a lot to outsider art. He is the creator of famous Rock Garden at Chandigarh which he created by clearing a forest and sculpting it with stone and recycled materials. His Rock Garden sculpture ‘Women by Waterfall’ has been featured in a UK based magazine titled ‘Raw Vision’. 

 (m) Who was the “untold genius who created a paradise’’ and what is the nature of his contribution to art?
Answer: Nek Chand, the biggest contributor to ‘outsider art’ was the “untold genius who created a paradise’.
Nek Chand has contributed a lot to outsider art. He is the creator of famous Rock Garden at Chandigarh which he created by clearing a forest and sculpting it with stone and recycled materials. His Rock Garden sculpture ‘Women by Waterfall’ has been featured in a UK based magazine titled ‘Raw Vision’. 

AHSEC | IMPORTANT QUESTIONS ANSWERS OF LESSON 2 "LANDSCAPE OF THE SOUL"


 (C) LONG ANSWER TYPE

 (a) What is the Daoist concept of ‘Shanshui’ and Daoist view of the universe?
OR Discuss the concept of ‘Shanshui’.
Answer: The universe has two distinct energy one being masculine, the other is feminine. Daoist view presents that the interaction between these two complementary poles is the basis of the universe. The Daoist view is best reflected in the concept of ‘Shanshui’ which literally means mountain water, is used to describe a canvas containing mountain and water. The mountain is called Yang and the water is called Yin. Shanshui reflects Daoist view of the universe. The mountain which reaches vertically to the heaven is stable and warm and also represents active and masculine nature. Whereas the water is fluid, moist and cool resting on the earth. The water is symbolic of feminine aspect of the universe.
The interaction between Yin and Yang is the fundamental notion of Daoism. In this regard Yin is a feminine and receptive energy whereas the Yang the active and masculine form of energy. The interaction between the two is very important for life activities to make the universe lively and ever going. 

 (b) Compare and contrast the Chinese and the European concepts of painting citing example from the text.
Answer: Paintings form an integral part of every human society as a great work of artistic creativity. Chinese paintings and European paintings have their own distinct existence in the world of art of creation with difference of bounty of beauty in the landscape. 
Western paintings are figurative whereas traditional Chinese landscapes are not created to recreate the actual scenario painted on it. A European landscape is drawn from a specific angle and the painter borrows the eyes of the viewers to a landscape as it is drawn on the painting. Chinese paintings on the other hand are not based on a single viewpoint. Rather they present not so real landscapes, which can be seen from any angles giving distinct meanings from each different angle. Chinese paintings have a unique feature called horizontal scrolling, wherein the viewers are taken into different sections of a painting with slow opening of those sections. To view a Chinese landscape the viewer’s active participation is very essential. The participation may be both physical as well as mental. The main goal of a Chinese painter is not mere borrowing the eyes of the viewers, he also wants the viewers to enter his mind. The landscape is enlarged as inner, spiritual and conceptual space. Wu Dauzi’s last landscape where he got lost is a fine example of Chinese paintings whereas Quinten Metsys’s brushing a fly with delicate realism is a great example of European landscape. 
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Thursday, 30 April 2020

The Portrait of a lady Questions Answers | Lesson 1 | English | Hornbill | Class 11 | AHSEC

April 30, 2020 AHSEC CLASS 11 English , 0 Comments
AHSEC | LESSON 1: THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY
CLASS : 11
ENGLISH : HORNBILL
AHSEC Solutions | The Portrait of a lady Questions Answers | Lesson 1 | English | Hornbill | Class 11 |
AHSEC | The Portrait of a Lady| Class 11 | Hornbill

NCERT | AHSEC | SOLUTIONS FOR CLASS 11 ENGLISH | HORNBILL | THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY


 (A) THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE

 1. Name the writer of the prose piece “The Portrait of a Lady”.
Answer: The writer of the prose piece “The Portrait of a Lady” is Khuswant Singh.

 2. With whom the narrator spent his childhood in the village?
Answer: The narrator of “The Portrait of a Lady” spent his days with his grandmother.

 3. Where did the narrator study when he was in the village?
Answer:  The narrator studied in the village school when he was in the village.

 4. Who taught the children in the village school?
Answer: The priest of the village temple taught the children in the village school.

 5. What was taught in the village school?
Answer: The alphabet and the scriptures were taught in the village school.

 6. Which creature created ‘a veritable bedlam of chirruping.’?
Answer: The sparrows created ‘a veritable bedlam of chirruping.’

 7. Where did the author go for to pursue further studies?
Answer: The author went abroad to pursue further studies.


LESSON 1 : THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY BY KHUSWANT SINGH QUESTIONS ANSWERS | NCERT | AHSEC SOLUTIONS


 (B) SHORT ANSWER TYPE 

 (1) How did the sparrows react to the death of the author’s grandmother? [H.S. 2015, 2016]  
   OR
Why have the sparrows refused to eat bread crumbs on the death of the author’s grandmother? [H.S. 2019]

 Answer: The grandmother was attached to the sparrows emotionally and used to feed them breads. So, the sparrows mourned the death of the grandmother. They did not eat the crumbs of bread thrown by the mother and rather they sat on the veranda quietly and flew away when the corpse was taken away.

 2. What is the difference between the village school education and the urban school education system in the lesson “The Portrait of a Lady”? [H.S. 2016]

 Answer: In the village school the kids were taught the alphabet and the scriptures by the village priest. But in the urban school there was no teaching on scriptures. Rather they were taught lessons on science and technology. There were music classes also which the grandmother did not like at all.

 3. Mention three reasons why the author’s grandmother was disturbed when he started going to city school. [H.S. 2016]

 Answer: In the city school, the author learned English lessons and thing of western science like the law of gravity etc. There was no teaching of scriptures. So, the grandmother was offended. Moreover, when she heard that they were taught music lessons, she was totally disappointed. So, the grandmother was disturbed when he started going to city school.

 4. What are the different ways in which we come to know that the author was a deeply religious person? [H.S. 2017]

 Answer: The author’s grandmother was very religious lady because she always used to utter the beads of rosary from morning till evening. She used to go to school with her grandchild and read the scriptures in the nearby temple. She was unhappy when she learned that there was no teaching of scriptures in the urban school. In her lifetime, she spent only one day without praying when her grandchild returned from abroad. Finally, she died by praying to God.

 5. Mention three ways in which the author’s grandmother spent her days after he grew up. [H.S. 2017]

 Answer: There was development of gradual differences between the author and the grandmother with the growing age. The author got involved in his studies and moreover took a separate room. So, loneliness was the only company for the grandmother. She spent her days on the wheel chair by telling the beads of rosary. Towards the late afternoon hours, she used to feed the sparrows. So, she was a religious and pious lady with a golden heart.

 Give two examples of author’s grandmother’s love of animals. [H.S. 2018]

 Answer: The author’s grandmother was very kind hearted and she had special care for animals. She used to feed the street dogs chapatis when she was in village. Again, when she came to town, she managed to give bread crumbs to a flock of sparrows during afternoon hours. 

 LONG ANSWER TYPE | THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY | CLASS 11 | ENGLISH | HORNBILL

 1. Cite reasons to validate whether the distancing relationship between the author and the grandmother was deliberate or beyond their control. [H.S. 2015]
OR 
Describe the changing relationship between the author Khuswant Singh and his grandmother. Did their feeling for each other change? [H.S. 2017]

 Answer: The author and the grandmother had a very intense relationship since his childhood. The grandmother used to take care of the author when they lived in the village. So, the author’s grandmother had ever lasting layers of love and care upon him.
However, with gradual increase in the age, the author got a diversion in their relationship. The author had to focus in his studies, so he got no time to spend with his grandmother. So, the grandmother was left a loner. So, the grandmother had to spend her days on wheel chair by reciting prayers. And she used to feed the sparrows.

 The distancing relationship was a result of natural stream of life. Growing age had brought this difference. The grandchild was growing up to find a new meaning of life. However, the grandmother was losing age. So, difference was obvious and beyond their control.
However physical distance does not mean an end. The grandchild and the grandmother were emotionally and mentally always near to each other. The grandmother was alive for more five years only to see the homecoming of the warrior.

2. Sketch the character of the grandmother in light of the prose piece ‘The Portrait of a Lady’.
OR
Elaborate the noble characters of the grandmother.
OR
Give a description of the author’s grandmother after your reading of “The Portrait of a Lady”. [H.S. 2019]

 Answer: The grandmother narrated in the story ‘The Portrait of a Lady’ was a fine lady who was as white as snow due to her age. Her white and wrinkled face always expressed peace and tranquility. She was fat, short and slightly bent, living more than a hundred years.

 The grandmother was a very religious lady and pious lady. Her lips hardly stopped praying her daily prayers. Apart from being religious she was obliged to her duties as a grandmother. In the village she used to take care of her grandchild and took him to school.

 Moreover, the grandmother was very loving and tender to the animals. She used to feed the street dogs in the village and also fed the sparrows in the town. However, she was a bit conservative because she disliked music.
Towards the end of the story, it reveals the endless love of the grandmother to her grandchild. She lived for more five years only to see the homecoming of her grandchild. She was so pure and pious that even the birds mourned at her death.





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