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  NCERT Solutions For Class 11 English Hornbill Chapter 3 – Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues (A.R. Williams) Long Question Answers Question 1. Who was Tutankhaten? Why had his mummy undergone a CT scan? Answer: The young pharaoh Tutankhaten, better known as King Tut, was the final heir of a powerful dynasty that had ruled Egypt and its empire for centuries. Ascending the throne at a tender age, he later changed his name to Tutankhamun, meaning "living image of Amun." Reigning for about nine years, he met an unexpected demise in his teenage years. His mummy underwent a CT scan to scientifically reveal new insights about his life and death, providing precise data for an accurate forensic reconstruction.   Question 2. Who discovered King Tut’s tomb for the first time? Answer: British archaeologist Howard Carter, after years of fruitless searching, was the first to discover King Tut’s tomb in 1922. During Tut's era, royalty amassed tremendous weal...

  NCERT Solutions For Class 12 English Vistas Chapter 6 – Memories of childhood Short question answers Q1. What does Zitkala-Sa remember about her ‘first day in the land of apples’? Ans.  It was a bitterly cold day. The snow was still on the ground. The trees were barren. A huge bell rung for breakfast. Its harsh metallic sound pierced the belfry overhead and reached their sensitive ears. Q2. How did Zitkala-Sa react to the various sounds that came when the large bell rang for breakfast? Ans.  The unpleasant clatter of sneakers on bare flooring disrupted the serenity. There was a steady clash of harsh noises and an undercurrent of countless voices whispering in an unknown language. All of these noises created a commotion in which she was tightly bound. Her spirit tore itself apart in the struggle for its lost independence. Q3. Where were the girls taken and how ? Ans.  The females filed into the dining room in a queue. The Indian girls wore stiff sho...

  NCERT Solutions For Class 12 English Vistas Chapter 6 – Memories of childhood Long question answers Q1.The two accounts that you have read above are based in two distant cultures. What is the commonality of theme found in both of them? Ans.   The narratives presented in the "Memories of Childhood" unit delve into two distinct cultural contexts, featuring two accomplished writers who hail from marginalized communities and reminisce about their formative years. These reflective accounts shed light on their connections with the mainstream society. Both writers recount the shared experiences of discrimination, oppression, humiliation, suffering, and insults they endured during their youth as members of marginalized communities. Zitkala-Sa underscores the intense prejudice directed at Native American culture and women. The act of stripping her of the blanket that adorned her shoulders left her feeling immodest in her own eyes. The symbolic shearing of her long hai...

  NCERT Solutions For Class 12 English Vistas Chapter 5 – On the Face of It. (Susan Hill) Short question answers Q1.“Mind the apples!”, says Mr Lamb. Why do you think, does he issue this instruction, to whom and how many times? Ans.  Mr Lamb gives this advice to Derry, a fourteen-year-old kid who climbs over the garden wall to enter the garden. He asks Derry twice to notice the apples that have been blown down from the trees and thrown on the grass. He (Derry) might place his foot on an apple, fall, and hint himself. Q2. What is the attitude of Mr Lamb to the small boy who comes to his garden ? AnsMr Lamb's attitude toward the tiny boy is compassionate, protective, and accommodating. Mr Lamb, like an elder in the family, encourages the small kid to mind the apples so that he does not trip. He also tells the youngster to not be terrified. Q3. What explanation does the small boy offer for coming into the garden? How does Mr Lamb react to it? Ans.  The boy...

  NCERT Solutions For Class 12 English Vistas Chapter 5 – On the Face of It (Susan Hill) Long question answers Q1. What is it that draws Derry towards Mr Lamb in spite of himself? Ans.   Both Derry and Mr. Lamb contend with physical challenges. Derry bears the scars of acid burns, disfiguring and burning one side of his face, while Mr. Lamb relies on a tin leg due to the loss of his real leg in the war. Beyond these physical impediments, Derry discerns signs of loneliness and disillusionment in Mr. Lamb's life. Despite the old man's efforts to overcome these emotions, the sense of isolation weighs more heavily on him than the physical disabilities themselves. For Derry, interactions with people become a source of distress, as they recoil from his frightening and seemingly ugly facial appearance, fostering a pervasive fear of him. Even Derry's parents express concern about his well-being and discuss his future with an air of unease. In contrast, Mr. Lamb int...

  NCERT Solutions For Class 12 English Vistas Chapter 4 – The Enemy (Pearl S Buck) Long question answers   Q1. Why did Sadao Hoki go to America? What do you learn about his experiences there? Ans.   Sadao's father placed paramount importance on his education. Consequently, at the age of twenty-two, he was dispatched to America to acquire the utmost knowledge in surgery and medicine. He dedicated eight years to his studies before returning to Japan at the age of thirty. By the time his father passed away, Sadao had garnered fame, not merely as a skilled surgeon but also as a reputable scientist. His time in America was marred by considerable challenges in securing accommodation due to his Japanese heritage. Enduring the pervasive prejudice, living among individuals he deemed inferior, proved a bitter experience. Ultimately, he reluctantly found lodging in the home of an ignorant and unclean elderly woman, whose kindness failed to diminish his repulsion to...