English Empire

COMPLETE SOLUTION OF THE POEM 'AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLASSROOM IN A SLUM'            (A) Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.                                 “Far far from gusty waves these children’s faces.                             Like rootless weeds, the hair torn around their pallor:                                    The tall girl with her weighed-down head.                                     The paper seeming boy, with rat’s eyes.” Q1. Name the poem and the poet. Ans:- The poem is “An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum” and the poet is Stephen Spender. Q2. How do these children of the slum look? Ans:- These lines have been taken from the poem “An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum” written by Stephen Spender. These children of slum appear sitting in their classroom in the pathetical condition. They are pale and their unkempt hair is scattered all over their faces. They look like rootless weeds in

COMPLETE SOLUTION OF THE POEM 'MY MOTHER AT SIXTY SIX' (A) Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow. “Driving from my parent’s home to Cochin last Friday morning, I saw my mother, beside me, doze, open mouthed, her face ashen like that of a corpse and realized   with pain that she thought away, Q1. Name the poem and the poet. Ans:- The name of the poem is, ‘My Mother at Sixty six’ and the poet is Kamala Das. Q2. Where was the poet going by driving her car? Ans:- The poet Kamala Das was going to Cochin airport from her parent’s home by driving her car last Friday morning. Q3. What did the poet notice about her mother? Ans:- The poet’s mother was sitting beside her in the car. The poet noticed that her mother was sleeping with her mouth open. Q4. Why was the poet mother’s face looking like that of a corpse? Ans:- The poet mother’s face had lost all its beauty and charm of youth because of growing old. Her f

COMPLETE SOLUTION OF GOING PLACES Q1. What is the name of the author of “Going Places”? Ans:- A. R. Barton is the author of ‘Going Places’. Q2. Who are the two main characters of the story ‘Going Places’? Ans:- Sophie and Jansie are the two main characters of the story. Q3. Who are Sophie and Jansie? Ans:- Sophie and Jansie both are bosom classmates. Q4. What are the dreams of Sophie? Ans:- Sophie is a dreaming girl who dreams to be many things. Sohpie wants to have a boutique, her dreams to be a manager, an actress, a fashion designer and she wants to buy a beautiful amazing house. Q5. How Jansie’s behaviour is different from Sophie? Ans:- Sophie is a daydreaming girl who only keeps on dreaming by watching around her, while her classmate Jansie is a sensible girl who doesn’t dream like Sophie. Q6. Who is Geoff? Ans:- Geoff is Sophie’s brother who is three years senior to her. Q7. Where do Sophie and Jansie work? Ans:- Sophie and Jansie