290. HS 1st Yr Alte - Extra Questions (17)

1. What is embezzlement?
A:- Embezzle means, steal or misappropriate money placed in one's trust or belonging to the organization for which one works. Its near word, 'misappropriate' means; dishonestly or unfairly take something, especially money, belonging to another for one's own use.

2. What is "wet behind the ears?"
A:- The phrase "wet behind the ears" is used to describe someone who is young, inexperienced, and naive. For example, you might say "Don't rely on his advice about girlfriends; he's still wet behind the ears".

3. What does "flunked" mean?
A:- "Flunked" means to fail an exam or course of study.

4. Who is "white sadhu?"
A:- Jim Corbett was called a 'White Sadhu' in his own lifetime as he records in 'Queen of the Village' and was respected by each section of society, especially the poor.

5. Where is Mokameh Ghat located?
A:- It is located on the banks of Ganga in eastern Bihar that was used to serve as an important point for transportation of passengers and cargo to the rest of India.

6. How many commandments are there in Decalogue?
A:- There are ten commandments in Decalogue.

7. Is discourtesy a legal offence?
A:- No, discourtesy is not a legal offense.

8. Name the fictional character created by Arthur Conan Doyle?
A:- Sherlock Holmes is the fictional character created by Arthur Conan Doyle.

9. What did Stanley die of?
A:- Stanley had died of enteric at Bloemfontein many years earlier in the Boer War in South Africa.

10. In whose house was the captive kept?
A:-  In village Headman's house.

11. Who took a dip in the water of the stream?
A:-  The younger man (the abductor) took a dip.

12. The captive shows the true essence of human understanding. True or False?
A:- True

13. Name the old college friend of the speaker "How it happened?"
A:- Stanley is the narrator's old friend from college who appears after the narrator's car crash.

14. By whom was the page boy kicked?
A:- By Fag.

15. What is the pseudonym of A. G. Gardiner?
A:- Alfred George Gardiner.

16. Why did Pytor meet his friend?
A:- Potr meets his friend to ask him to certify Pyotr as mad so that he can avoid marrying Nastya.

17. Why does the author say that the hardest part of schooling is the early part? 

A:- The author says that the hardest part of schooling is the early part because one is mechanically taught and forced to learn maximum information and facts of all subjects.

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