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Answer following questions in short. Q1) What had happened to Jody’s father? Ans1) Jody’s father had been bitten by a rattlesnake. Q2) How did the doe save Penny’s life? Ans2) To save Penny’s life they used doe’s heart and liver to draw out the poison. Q3) Why does Jody want to bring the fawn home? Ans3) Jody wants to bring the fawn home because he doesn’t want to leave it to starve. Fawn was lonely after the death of doe.     Q4) How does Jody know that the fawn is a male? Ans4) Fawn has all the spots in a line whereas in a doe the spots are everywhere. By this he came to know that the fawn is a male. Q5) Jody didn’t want Mill-wheel with him for two reasons. What were they? Ans5) Jody didn’t want Mill –wheel with him for two reasons. Firstly if the fawn was dead or could not be found, he didn’t want to show his emotion. Secondly if the fawn was found, the meeting would be so personal and emotional that he wouldn’t like to share it with any...

Answer following questions in short. Q1) What are the three qualities that played a major role in the author’s climb? Ans1) The three qualities that played a major role in the author’s climb endurance, persistence and will power.. Q2) Why is adventure, which is risky, also pleasurable? Ans2) People have natural urge for undertaking adventurous activity. They possess an internal love for adventure which is spiritual also. Climbing is also one such activity. It gives the climber many challenges to win over. A true climber accepts all hurdles. Victory over them gives him joy and satisfaction. It encourages him to take risk and go on. Q3) What was it about Mount Everest that the author found irrestible? Ans3 The peak of Mount Everest attracted the authr to itself because it is simply beautiful, lonely and the most powerful. So, its climbing could not be given up. Q4) One does not do climbing for the fame alone. What does one do it for, really? Ans4) One does...

Answer following questions in short.    Q1) Why did the man stare at Bepin Babu in disbelief? Ans1) The man was constantly reminding Bepin Babu of his trip to Ranchi . But he was completely unable to recollect the memory of the trip. The man recalled him many incidents but in vain. So the man stared at Bepin Babu in disbelief. Q2) Where did Bepin Babu say he went in October ’58? Ans2) Bepin Babu said that he had gone to Kanpur in puja with a friend. Q3) Mention any three (or more) things that Parimal Ghose knew about Bepin Babu. Ans3) To the surprise of Bepin Babu, Parimal Ghose knew about his family details like his wife’s death, his brother’s mental illness, his cut in the right knee, his dislike for hotel’s food etc. Q4) Why did Bepin Babu worry about what Parimal Ghose had said? Ans4) Bepin was worried that how Parimal Ghose could know so much about him. Moreover Parimal said that he was in Ranchi and he also gave some intimate details about h...

Answer following questions in short.     Q1) What do you understand by the company’s superior weapons? Ans1) The company’s superior weapons mean all their wits, strength, rules and regulations. Q2) Who is an artisan? Why do you think the artisans suffered? Ans2) An Artisan is a skilled workman. British chopped off the thumbs of expert artisans so that they could not make goods. Q3) Which picture, according to you, reveals the first sparks of the fire of revolt? Ans3) The picture about “The Company’s Conquest” reveals the first sparks of the fire of revolt. Q4) Do you think the Indian princes were short –sighted in their approach to the event of 1757? Ans4) Yes, the Indian princes were short-sighted as they had been quarreling with one another on petty issues. They took the foreigner’s help to fight within the native land. Q5) How did the East India Company subdue the Indian princes? Ans5) The East India Company subdued the Indian princess by ...

Answer following questions in short. Q1)Why did Tilly’s family come to Thailand ? Ans1) Tilly’s family came to Thailand to celebrate Christmas. Q2)What were the warning signs that both Tilly and her mother saw? Ans2) Tilly and her mother saw that the sea slowly rose, and started to foam, bubble and whirlpools Q3) Where did the smith family and the others on the beach go to escape from the tsunami? Ans3) The smith family and the others on the beach go to the third floor of hotel to escape from the tsunami. Q4) In the tsunami 150,000 people died. How many animals died? Ans4) Not much animals died. Q5) What do people say about the elephants of Yala National Park ? Ans5) People said that they have seen elephants running from the Patnangala beach just before an hour of tsunami. Q6) What did the dogs in Galle do? Ans6) The dogs refused to go for their daily run on the beach. Q7) How are Meghna’s and Alma’s stories similar? Ans7) Meghna and Al...

Answer following questions in short. Q1) What did the author find in a Junk shop? Ans1) The author found in a junk shop a roll-top desk. Q2)  What did he find in a secret drawer? Who do you think had put it in there? Ans2) In the secret drawer he found a small tin box. It contained Jim‘s last letter. According to me it had been kept there by Mrs. Macpherson. Q3) Who had written the letter, to whom, and when? Ans3) The letter was written by Jim Macpherson to his wife, Connie, on Christmas from the battlefield. Q4) Why was the letter written –what was the wonderful thing that had happened? Ans4) The letter was written at wartime to describe a unusual event which happened on the Christmas eve. It was wonderful as fritz celebrated Christmas in the terrible sight of war, they were joined by the German. They enjoyed together drinks and sausage. Enemies became friends for sometime in the battlefield. Q5) What jobs did Hans Wolf and Jim Macpherson have when ...

Answer following questions in short. Q1) “The poetry of earth” is not made of words. What “The poetry of earth” is made of, as suggested in the poem? Ans1) The poetry of earth is made of the songs of its inhabitants. Q2) Which season is mentioned here in first stanza? Ans2) Summer Season is mention here. Q3) Who is talking the lead and why? Ans3) The Grasshopper is talking the lead to continue the poetry of earth. Q4) Who is representing winter season? Ans4) The cricket is representing winter season. Q5) Write the meaning of the phrase ‘The frost has wrought a silence.’ Ans5) In winter, when it falls frost, everything becomes still. It refers to this stillness that is brought about by the frost.