Dr.M.Mazumdar

1. Who is the author of the short story "The Eyes Are Not Here"? Ans:- Ruskin Bond is the author of "The Eyes are not here". 2. Who is Ruskin Bond?  Ans:- Ruskin Bond is the author of 'The Eyes are not here'. He was born in 1934 and is a prominent Indian writer of fiction in English. He spent most of his childhood in Shimla and Dehradun. These places form the setting for many of his short stories.  He was awarded the Sahitya Academy Award in 1992 and Padmashri in 1999. 3. Why did the narrator think that the couple who saw the girl off were his parents?  Ans:- The couple seemed to be very anxious about the girl's comfort.  They fussed over her and gave her detailed instructions about how to take care of herself and her belongings. 4. Why Was the narrator unable to tell what the girl looked like?  Ans:- The narrator was totally blind. His eyes were sensitive only to light and darkness.  5. How did he know that the girl wore slippers?  Ans:- The slapping so

1. Who was Marcel Junod? Ans:- Marcel Junod lived from 1904 to 1961. He was the first foreign doctor to reach Hiroshima after the atom bomb attack on 9th August 1945. He was French and member of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). He had deep sympathy for the casualties. He had bitter hatred for the brutal wars and had great anxiety over the emergence of the deadly modern weapons. 2. From whom and how did Junod got news about the Hiroshima incident? Ans:- Junod got verbal reports about the bombing of Hiroshima from one of the ICRC delegates named Fritz Blifinger, through a telegram. It had huge details of the Hiroshima disaster but the details were in disjointed forms. 3. How did Junod find Hiroshima? Ans:- Marcel Junod arrived in Hiroshima from ICRC Tokyo and described a city which had nothing but silence and desolation. He came to know that thousands of human beings died like flies. Others lay writhing wounds and burns. The hospitals were destroyed and the makeshift

1. Who is the author of 'The Testament of a Walker '? Ans:- R. K. Narayan is the writer of 'The Testament of a Walker'. 2. What is the writing all about? Ans:- 'The Testament of a Walker ' is taken from Narayan's essay collection 'A Writer's Nightmare'. This essay looks at the problems faced by the author who owns an imported car. He likes to walk and makes a strong stand on the necessity of using our own legs to walk rather than use car. Our legs function without petrol or gears whereas his car incurred a lot of expenses and also killed his valuable time while maintaining it. 3. What is an automobile to the author? Ans :- For the author, an automobile served as a means to attain his purpose of reaching a particular place. 4. What caused ecstasy in every auto pundit? Ans:- R. K. Narayan's newly imported car which had sophisticated features caused ecstatic reactions in every auto pundit who saw his car. 5. In Narayan's opinion what does he

1. Who is the author of Vanishing Animals? Ans:- Gerald Durell is the author of the essay 'Vanishing Animals'. 2. Write a few words about George Durell.  Ans:- George Durell who was born in 1925 in India's Jamshedpur and died in 1995 was a British naturalist,  writer,  zookeeper,  conservationist and television presenter.  3. What is the essay all about?  Ans:- The essay is about some of the animals that face extinction.  It draws our attention to the fact that we humans are not making sincere efforts to preserve the disappearance of these animals.  4. What animals do the author try to save?  Ans:- The author tries to save animals like Pere David deer,  white tailed Gnus and others.  Pere David was discovered in China by Father David. The Gnus were slaughtered in South Africa for food. 5. Who were saved from extermination?  Ans:- Some vanishing animals which were moved to Europe were saved from extermination. One example is Pere David deer discovered by a French missionary

1. Who is the poet of "Village Song"? Ans:- Sarojini Naidu is the poet of "Village Song". 2. Who tempted the girl to tarry? Ans:- The boatman's song tempted the girl to tarry. 3. Who will smite the village girl? Ans:- Some evil spirits will smite the village girl. 4. What might bite the girl in the darkness? Ans:- A serpent might the girl in the darkness. 5. What will be the mother's reaction? Ans:- The mother will be very worried about the girl as she was not returning home even after it was dark. She might be weeping and waiting badly. She would pray to God for her daughter's safety as river Jamuna was deep. 6. Why will the speaker's brother murmer? Ans:- The speaker's brother will murmer as he will be angry with the girl for reaching home late. 7. What were the things that the speaker was afraid of? Ans:- The speaker was afraid of darkness, a serpent, evil spirits, storm and lightning. 8. With what are the shadows of the evening compared? Ans:

1. Who is the author of 'Shooting an Elephant'? Ans:- George Orwell is the author of Shooting an elephant. 2. What was the narrator's profession? Ans:- The narrator was a police officer. 3. Where was the narrator working? Ans:- The narrator was working in Burma or present Myanmar. 4. Burma was the colony of which country? Ans:- Burma was one of the colonies of the British Empire. 5. How did the Burmese treat the narrator? Ans:- The Burmese harassed and insulted the narrator whenever they could. 6. In principle, with whom did the narrator side? Ans:- The narrator sided with the Burmese. 7. What had the elephant destroyed? Ans:- The elephant destroyed a bamboo hut, some fruit stalls and a rubbish van. 8. Where did the elephant come from? Ans:- The elephant was a domesticated one. 9. What is the point or theme of "Shooting an Elephant"? Ans:- The writing of "Shooting an Elephant" shows how colonialism corrupts the soul of both the colonized and the colonize

1. What is persuasive writing? Ans:- Persuasive writing is non-fiction and logical way of writing which intends to convince readers to believe in an idea or opinion and to do an action. 2. What is personal space? Ans:- Personal space is the non-verbal, physical or mental distance from another person at which one feels comfortable. 3. What is proxemics? Ans:- Proxemics is the personal space which is a nonverbal communication which surrounds each person. 4. Name some channels of verbal communication? Ans:- Cell phone, telephone, video conference and intercom are some of the channels of verbal communication. 5. What is gesture? Ans:- A gesture is a  non-verbal or non-vocal communication which has specific bodily movement that reinforces a verbal message or conveys a particular thought or emotion. 6. What is group discussion? Ans:- Group discussion refers to a systematic communicative situation that allows its participants who have some common objectives, to share their information, ideas,

1. Who is the writer of 'On the face of it'? Ans:- Susan Hill is the writer of 'On the face of it'. 2. Who is Mr. Lamb? Ans:- Mr Lamb is an old man with a tin leg. His real leg was blown off years ago during the war. He lives all alone in his house which has a garden with crab apples. 3. Who is Derry? Ans:- Derry is a teenager who accidentally comes across Mr Lamb in the latter's garden. He has one side of his face burnt. 4. How is Mr. Lamb's attitude towards Derry all throughout the story? Ans:- Mr Lamb's attitude towards Derry is gentle and instructive. He advises the teenaged boy not to feel small about his physical defect or burnt. 5. "We're not the same", says Derry. How does Mr. Lamb try to convince him that there is no essential difference between them? Ans:- Derry and Mr. Lamb are both humans but they represent two different stages of life and growth. Derry is young and Mr. Lamb is old. Both suffer from physical impairment of a tin leg

1. Who is the poet of Keeping Quiet? Ans:- Pablo Neruda is the poet of Keeping Quiet. 2. For how long does the poet want to stay still? Ans:- The poet wants to count upto twelve and stay still till he will count upto twelve. 3. Why does he ask us to keep still and not use any language? Ans:- The poet wants us to simply be quiet so that we utilize that silence to understand ourselves and others. 4. What does he hope to achieve by keeping quiet? Ans:- By keeping quiet the poet hopes that he will be able to live a fascinating moment and simultaneously realize the depth of reflection and introspection. Such silences make us to listen to the voice of our conscience. 5. What is the exotic moment the poet wishes for? Ans:- Pablo Neruda wishes for that exotic moment when mankind will be free from greed, cruelty and doing harm to each other. Prevalence of noises from life around us all the time have barred us from peace and thoughtfulness. 6. Who is the poet speaking to? Ans:- The poet is speak

1. Who is the poet of My mother at Sixty-Six? Ans: Kamala Das is the poet/poetess of My mother at Sixty-Six. 2. Where was the poet driving to? Ans:- The poet was driving from her parent's home to Cochin airport. 3. Who was sitting beside the poet in the car? Ans:- The poet's mother was sitting beside her in the car. 4. What did the poet notice about her mother? Ans:- The poet noticed that her mother was dozing with her mouth open. It looked pale, faded and lifeless like a dead body because she had grown old. 5. Why was her mother's face looked like that of a corpse? Ans:- The poet's mother's face looked like that of a corpse because she had grown old. Due to old age and life's effects her face looked pale, faded and lifeless like a dead body. 6. What are the meanings of corpse, doze and felt? Ans:- The meanings of corpse, doze and felt are dead body, sleep lightly and realize respectively. 7. What did the poet realize? Ans:- The poet realized that her mother was