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A Day by Emily Dickinson: Important Question Answer for the Exam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5Nsjcx4KDc a) What does the line ‘The news like squirrels ran’ mean? Ans: It means speed of the sun rise. It is compared with the faster animal squirrel. b. What do you understand by the line ‘The hills untied their bonnets’? Ans: It means hills have untied their caps(bonnets) out of joy of sunrise. c). Is the speaker watching the morning sun? Why? Why not? Ans: The speaker is not watching the morning sun because he is describing sun rise to his friend. d). How does the sun set?…

Short Stories: A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings by  Gabriel Garcia Marquez Question Answers/Exam Oriented Short Answers: 2*5=10 Answer the following questions. a. How does the narrator describe the weather and its effects in the exposition of the story? Ans: The setting of the story is rainy season. Pelayo is throwing crabs because he thinks his son’s fever is caused by crab’s smell. b. Describe the strange old man as Pelayo and his wife first encounter within their courtyard. Ans: He had bald head and half plucked wings. He had empty mouth. c. Why did Pelayo and Elisenda imprison…

Short Stories: The Half Closed Eyes of The Buddha and The Slowly Sinking Sun by Shankar Lamichhane Question Answers/Exam Oriented Short Answers: 2*5=10 a) How does the tourist describe his initial impression of the Kathmandu valley? Ans: The tourist describes the natural phenomenon of the valley. He describes green valley, geometric fields and earthen buildings. b) According to the tourist, why is the West indebted to the East? Ans: The West is indebted to the East for historical, environmental, religious, cultural and geographical reasons. East has pleasant environment. It has religious and cultural sculptures and many more. c) How does…

My Old Home: Question Answers/Exam Oriented Short Answers: 2*5=10 Answer the following questions. a) How does the narrator describe his feeling at the arrival of his old home? Ans: He becomes excited at the beginning of his arrival but he finds no change in his village. b. What were the three kinds of servants in China then? What does it indicate about contemporary Chinese society? Ans: There were the three types of servants in China then. They were Yearlongs, Short-timers and Busy-monthers. It indicates a slavery system of that time. c. What makes the narrator nostalgic? What did he do…

Short Stories: The Treasure in the Forest by H.G.Wells Question Answers/Exam Oriented Short Answers: 2*5=10 Answer the following questions. a) Describe the expository scene of the story. Ans: At the beginning of the story, we find a canoe of Hooker and Evans approaching the land. We also find deep green forest and sloppy hill. b) What does the map look like and how do Evan and Hooker interpret it? Ans: The map seems a rough map. Evans thinks that twisting lines are rivers and stars as places. c. How did Evan and Hooker know about the treasure? Ans: They knew…

Short Stories: A Devoted Son by Anita Desai Question Answers/Exam Oriented Short Answers: 2*5=10 Answer the following questions. a) How did the morning papers bring ambiance of celebration in the Varma family? Ans: The morning papers brought ambiance of celebration in the Varma family because it displayed Rakesh’s the highest rank in the medical examination in the country. b) How did the community celebrate Rakesh’s success? Ans: The community celebrates Rakesh’s success by congratulating him.  They also brought gifts. c) Why was Rakesh’s success a special matter of discussion in the neighbourhood? Ans: Rakesh’s success was a special matter…

A Respectable Woman by Kate Chopin Question Answers/Exam Oriented Short Answers: 2*5=10 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oQqP1n7YAk Answer the Following Questions: a) Why was Mrs.Baroda unhappy with the information about Gouvernail’s visit to their farm? Ans: Mrs.Baroda becomes unhappy with the information about Gouvernail’s visit to their farm because she was planning to spend some time with her husband. b) How was Gouvernail different from Mrs.Baroda’s expectation? Ans: She thought that he was boring, dull, thin and tall. But she finds him very interesting after meeting with him. c) How does Mrs.Baroda compare Gouvernail with her husband? Ans: She finds him unsocial in comparison…

Section Two: Literature Unit:1: Short Stories: Neighbours: Question Answers/Exam Oriented Short Answers: 2*5=10 a) Describe how the young couple’s house looked like. Ans: The young couple’s house was small but it looked like a cottage. b) How did the young couple identify their neighbours in the beginning of their arrival? Ans: The young couple didn’t like irritating and disgusting activities of their neighbours in the beginning of their arrival. c) How did the neighbours help the young couple in the kitchen garden? Ans: The neighbours helped the young couple in the kitchen garden by giving fence and advice on…

Abiku: Poem by Wole Soyinka: Summary and Theme: Class 12 Major English Note The poem Abiku by Wole Soyinka is set in Nigeria. The poem is about the child who gets rebirth after dying to die again. The Yoruba community names the child ‘Abiku’. This belief is prevalent in Africa. To prove the same child’s rebirth, people make a cut on the child’s body. When the child is born, people find the same cut mark on the child’s body. This activity proves the existence of rebirth in the community. This proves the supreme power of Abiku. The child can…

All My Sons by Arthur Miller: Summary and Theme: Class 12 Optional English Characters: Joe Keller: Successful Businessman Kate: Wife of Joe Keller Chris: Son of Joe and Kate Larry: Another son of Joe and Keller Steve Deever: Business Partner of Joe George: Steve’s son, lawyer Ann: Daughter of Steve Setting: Second World War time All My Sons by Arthur Miller: Summary and Theme: The play ‘All My Sons’ written by Arthur Miller is about the contemporary society’ lust for money. The playwright wants to show the extreme lust of people for wealth. People wanted to earn…

She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways:William Wordsworth: Summary and Theme: Class 12 Major English Note The poem ‘ She Dwelt among the Untrodden Ways by William Wordsworth, English poet, is an elegy. It deals with the theme of life and death. The speaker is moved by his dead lover, Lucy. He is very much concerned about her death. He is suffering from a never-ending pain of her death at young age. So, we find tragic element in this poem by Wordsworth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuYpt40ez4U He is showing how loved one’s death affects human life. She used to live in a magnificent place.…

Summary and Theme of If I Should Die by Emily Dickinson:Class 12 Optional English Note If I Should Die is a poem by Emily Dickinson, American poet. She brings the theme of death obsession and hidden humour in her poems. In this poem, she makes comparison between death and life of the survivors.   She points out that she has seen the same kind of routine life of survivors. Living people are not moved by the death of an individual. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2XmGPcOPik They keep on doing their business because they are survivors of this business world. Time keeps moving. It…

A Black Grandmother: Summary and Theme: Class 12 Major/Optional English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JY5Cv8bVIaE&t=8s Characters in A Black Grandmother by Sally Morgan: Sally: The Narrator and the Central Character of this Narrative Essay Jill: Sally’s sister Mum: Sally’s Mother Nan: Sally’s Grandmother Aunt Judy: Mum’s friend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IwjFcYWnpk&t=5s Summary and Theme of the Essay A Black Grandmother by Sally Morgan: Class 12 Optional English Note A Black Grandmother is an essay by Sally Morgan, Australian writer. The writer uses a first person narrative to describe her Aboriginal origins. This essay is taken from her autobiography ‘My Place’. It brings her discovery of her origin.…

Once More to the Lake by E.B White: Summary and Theme: Class 12 Major English Note/Class 12 Optional  English Note Once More to the Lake is an essay by the writer E.B. White. The essay is a recollection of childhood memories related to the lake, Belgrade Lake where he visits after a long time. The place is his ideal one. He loves it too much because it is his vacation spot. So, he revisits it after a long time. Now, he is a mature man. He becomes nostalgic after reaching the place because it reminds him his childhood time which…

No Second Troy by WB Yeats: Summary and Theme No Second Troy is a poem by WB Yeats. The title suggests the time of ancient Greek history. It suggests the epic event of Greek time. We don’t find any direct explanation of Troy. But at last, we come to know that the poet is comparing Helen of Troy with the speaker’s girlfriend, Maud Gonne.  The poem presents four rhetorical questions. The speaker is unhappy because of her rejection. The speaker thinks that he has no right to blame her. So, he says why should he blame her? The speaker thinks…