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Flamingo: Proseफ़्लेमिंगो: गद्य (Prose)Flamingo: Prose

Class 12 English · Section 4 · UP Boardकक्षा 12 अंग्रेज़ी · खण्ड 4 · यूपी बोर्डClass 12 English · Section 4 · UP Board

Built by analysing many years of real UP Board papers, and updated after every board exam. Beginner or topper, it is for everyone.कई वर्षों के असली यूपी बोर्ड पेपरों के विश्लेषण से बना, हर बोर्ड परीक्षा के बाद अपडेट। शुरुआत करने वाले हों या टॉपर, सबके लिए।Kai saalon ke asli UP Board papers ko analyse karke bana, har board exam ke baad update. Beginner ho ya topper, sabke liye.

📊 Based on 5 years (2022–2026) of UP Board papers, current syllabus: 35 sets readवर्तमान सिलेबस के 5 वर्षों (2022–2026) के यूपी बोर्ड पेपरों पर आधारित: 35 सेट पढ़े गएCurrent syllabus ke 5 saal (2022–2026) ke UP Board papers par based: 35 sets padhe · plus 14 old-syllabus papers (2017–2020), counted separatelyसाथ में पुराने सिलेबस के 14 पेपर (2017–2020) अलग से गिने गएpurane syllabus ke 14 papers (2017–2020) alag se gine · 1 special-sitting paper(s) of 2021 not counted2021 की विशेष परीक्षा के 1 पेपर नहीं गिने गए2021 ki special exam ke 1 paper nahi gine

🔥 Most asked in this chapterइस अध्याय में सबसे ज़्यादा पूछे गएIs chapter mein sabse zyada aaye

Ranked by how many years each topic came in the paper. Tap a topic to jump to its notes.हर टॉपिक कितने वर्ष पेपर में आया, उसी क्रम में। टॉपिक पर टैप करें, नोट्स पर पहुँचें।Har topic kitne saal paper mein aaya, usi order mein. Topic par tap kijiye, notes par pahunchiye.

1Lost Spring — Anees Jungलॉस्ट स्प्रिंग — अनीस जंगLost Spring — Anees Jung🔥 Asked in 5 of 5 years🔥 5 में से 5 वर्ष पूछा गया🔥 Aaya hai 5/5 saal🔴 Very importantबहुत महत्वपूर्णBahut important
Came every yearहर वर्ष आयाHar saal aaya: 20222023202420252026
Marks: 4, 7अंक: 4, 7Marks: 4, 7 · + in 1 model paper(s)+ 1 मॉडल पेपर में+ 1 model paper mein2Indigo — Louis Fischerइंडिगो — लुई फ़िशरIndigo — Louis Fischer🔥 Asked in 5 of 5 years🔥 5 में से 5 वर्ष पूछा गया🔥 Aaya hai 5/5 saal🔴 Very importantबहुत महत्वपूर्णBahut important
Came every yearहर वर्ष आयाHar saal aaya: 20222023202420252026
Marks: 4, 7अंक: 4, 7Marks: 4, 73Deep Water — William O. Douglasडीप वॉटर — विलियम ओ. डगलसDeep Water — William O. Douglas🔥 Asked in 5 of 5 years🔥 5 में से 5 वर्ष पूछा गया🔥 Aaya hai 5/5 saal🔴 Very importantबहुत महत्वपूर्णBahut important
Came every yearहर वर्ष आयाHar saal aaya: 20222023202420252026
Marks: 4, 7अंक: 4, 7Marks: 4, 74The Rattrap — Selma Lagerlöfद रैटट्रैप — सेल्मा लागरलोफ़The Rattrap — Selma Lagerlöf🔥 Asked in 5 of 5 years🔥 5 में से 5 वर्ष पूछा गया🔥 Aaya hai 5/5 saal🔴 Very importantबहुत महत्वपूर्णBahut important
Came every yearहर वर्ष आयाHar saal aaya: 20222023202420252026
Marks: 4, 7अंक: 4, 7Marks: 4, 7 · + in 1 model paper(s)+ 1 मॉडल पेपर में+ 1 model paper mein5The Last Lesson — Alphonse Daudetद लास्ट लेसन — अल्फ़ोंस दोदेThe Last Lesson — Alphonse Daudet🔥 Asked in 5 of 5 years🔥 5 में से 5 वर्ष पूछा गया🔥 Aaya hai 5/5 saal🔴 Very importantबहुत महत्वपूर्णBahut important
Came every yearहर वर्ष आयाHar saal aaya: 20222023202420252026
Marks: 4, 7अंक: 4, 7Marks: 4, 76Going Places — A.R. Bartonगोइंग प्लेसेज़ — ए.आर. बार्टनGoing Places — A.R. Barton🔥 Asked in 4 of 5 years🔥 5 में से 4 वर्ष पूछा गया🔥 Aaya hai 4/5 saal🔴 Very importantबहुत महत्वपूर्णBahut important
Came / not askedआया / नहीं आयाAaya / nahi aaya: 20222023202420252026
Marks: 4, 7अंक: 4, 7Marks: 4, 7 · + in 1 model paper(s)+ 1 मॉडल पेपर में+ 1 model paper mein
Show all 8 topicsसभी 8 टॉपिक देखेंSaare 8 topics dekhiye
7Poets and Pancakes — Asokamitranपोएट्स एंड पैनकेक्स — अशोकमित्रनPoets and Pancakes — AsokamitranAsked in 3 of 5 years5 में से 3 वर्ष पूछा गयाAaya hai 3/5 saal
Came / not askedआया / नहीं आयाAaya / nahi aaya: 20222023202420252026
Marks: 4, 7अंक: 4, 7Marks: 4, 7 · + in 1 model paper(s)+ 1 मॉडल पेपर में+ 1 model paper mein8The Interview — Christopher Silvester (Part II: Umberto Eco)द इंटरव्यू — क्रिस्टोफ़र सिल्वेस्टर (भाग II: उम्बर्तो इको)The Interview — Christopher Silvester (Part II: Umberto Eco)Asked in 3 of 5 years5 में से 3 वर्ष पूछा गयाAaya hai 3/5 saal
Came / not askedआया / नहीं आयाAaya / nahi aaya: 20222023202420252026
Marks: 4, 7अंक: 4, 7Marks: 4, 7 · + in 1 model paper(s)+ 1 मॉडल पेपर में+ 1 model paper mein
🟢 PASSपासPASS

Haven't studied anything? Read just this much and you will pass.कुछ नहीं पढ़ा? बस इतना पढ़ लीजिए, पास हो जाएँगे।Kuch nahi padha? Bas itna padh lijiye, pass ho jayenge.

👉 Read this firstसबसे पहले यह पढ़ेंSabse pehle yeh padhiye

Prose carries two short answers (4 + 4) and one long answer (7). Deep Water, Lost Spring, Indigo, The Last Lesson and The Rattrap come almost every year, so start with them. For each lesson know the story, the main characters, the theme, and the two or three stock questions given here; write answers in your own simple English.गद्य से दो लघु उत्तर (4 + 4) और एक दीर्घ उत्तर (7) आते हैं। Deep Water, Lost Spring, Indigo, The Last Lesson और The Rattrap लगभग हर वर्ष आते हैं, इसलिए इन्हीं से शुरू करें। हर पाठ की कहानी, मुख्य पात्र, विषय और यहाँ दिए दो-तीन प्रमुख प्रश्न जानें; उत्तर अपनी सरल अंग्रेज़ी में लिखें।Prose se do short answers (4 + 4) aur ek long answer (7) aate hain. Deep Water, Lost Spring, Indigo, The Last Lesson aur The Rattrap lagbhag har saal aate hain, isliye inhi se shuru kijiye. Har lesson ki story, main characters, theme aur yahan diye do-teen stock questions jaaniye; answers apni simple English mein likhiye.

🏅 Pass-guarantee minimumपास होने के लिए न्यूनतमPass hone ke liye minimum

  • Learn the 7-mark answers: how Douglas overcame his fear; hazards of the bangle industry; Gandhiji in Champaran; the peddler's character.
  • Learn the 4-mark answers on M. Hamel (whom he blamed, 'Vive La France!').
  • Write each answer as 4–6 clear points; name the lesson and the character in the first line.
  • 7 अंक के उत्तर याद करें: डगलस ने भय कैसे जीता; चूड़ी उद्योग के ख़तरे; चम्पारण में गांधीजी; फेरीवाले का चरित्र।
  • एम. हैमल पर 4 अंक के उत्तर याद करें (किसे दोषी ठहराया, 'Vive La France!')।
  • हर उत्तर 4–6 स्पष्ट बिन्दुओं में लिखें; पहली पंक्ति में पाठ और पात्र का नाम लिखें।
  • 7 marks ke answers yaad kijiye: Douglas ne dar kaise jeeta; bangle industry ke hazards; Champaran mein Gandhiji; peddler ka character.
  • M. Hamel par 4 marks ke answers yaad kijiye (kise blame kiya, 'Vive La France!').
  • Har answer 4–6 clear points mein likhiye; pehli line mein lesson aur character ka naam likhiye.

🎯 1-mark facts that keep comingबार-बार आने वाले 1 अंक के तथ्यBaar baar aane wale 1 mark facts

  • The Last Lesson — Alphonse Daudet; Franz, M. Hamel; Alsace and Lorraine; 'Vive La France!'.
  • Lost Spring — Anees Jung; Saheb (Seemapuri, ragpicker), Mukesh (Firozabad, bangles).
  • Deep Water — William O. Douglas; Y.M.C.A. pool; Lake Wentworth.
  • The Rattrap — Selma Lagerlöf; peddler, crofter (30 kronor), ironmaster, Edla; Ramsjö ironworks.
  • Indigo — Louis Fischer; Raj Kumar Shukla; Champaran 1917; 25% refund.
  • Poets and Pancakes — Asokamitran; Gemini Studios; Kothamangalam Subbu; Stephen Spender.
  • The Interview — Christopher Silvester; Part II Umberto Eco ('The Name of the Rose').
  • Going Places — A.R. Barton; Sophie, Jansie, Geoff, Danny Casey.
  • The Last Lesson — Alphonse Daudet; Franz, M. Hamel; Alsace and Lorraine; 'Vive La France!'.
  • Lost Spring — Anees Jung; Saheb (Seemapuri, ragpicker), Mukesh (Firozabad, bangles).
  • Deep Water — William O. Douglas; Y.M.C.A. pool; Lake Wentworth.
  • The Rattrap — Selma Lagerlöf; peddler, crofter (30 kronor), ironmaster, Edla; Ramsjö ironworks.
  • Indigo — Louis Fischer; Raj Kumar Shukla; Champaran 1917; 25% refund.
  • Poets and Pancakes — Asokamitran; Gemini Studios; Kothamangalam Subbu; Stephen Spender.
  • The Interview — Christopher Silvester; Part II Umberto Eco ('The Name of the Rose').
  • Going Places — A.R. Barton; Sophie, Jansie, Geoff, Danny Casey.
  • The Last Lesson — Alphonse Daudet; Franz, M. Hamel; Alsace and Lorraine; 'Vive La France!'.
  • Lost Spring — Anees Jung; Saheb (Seemapuri, ragpicker), Mukesh (Firozabad, bangles).
  • Deep Water — William O. Douglas; Y.M.C.A. pool; Lake Wentworth.
  • The Rattrap — Selma Lagerlöf; peddler, crofter (30 kronor), ironmaster, Edla; Ramsjö ironworks.
  • Indigo — Louis Fischer; Raj Kumar Shukla; Champaran 1917; 25% refund.
  • Poets and Pancakes — Asokamitran; Gemini Studios; Kothamangalam Subbu; Stephen Spender.
  • The Interview — Christopher Silvester; Part II Umberto Eco ('The Name of the Rose').
  • Going Places — A.R. Barton; Sophie, Jansie, Geoff, Danny Casey.
🟡 SCOREस्कोरSCORE

The questions that come every year, with model answers. Most asked first.हर साल आने वाले प्रश्न, आदर्श उत्तरों के साथ। सबसे ज़्यादा पूछे गए पहले।Har saal aane wale sawaal, model answers ke saath. Sabse zyada aaye pehle.

Deep Water — William O. Douglasडीप वॉटर — विलियम ओ. डगलसDeep Water — William O. Douglas

🔥 Asked in 5 of 5 years🔥 5 में से 5 वर्ष पूछा गया🔥 Aaya hai 5/5 saal🔴 Very importantबहुत महत्वपूर्णBahut important
Came every yearहर वर्ष आयाHar saal aaya: 20222023202420252026
  • Theme: fear can be conquered by will-power, effort and the right training. Douglas tells his own childhood story to show it.
  • Childhood fear: at three or four, waves at a California beach knocked him down and frightened him.
  • The Y.M.C.A. pool (aged about ten or eleven): a big boy threw him into the deep end; he sank to the bottom, tried to rise again and again, and lost consciousness. Terror of water stayed with him for years.
  • Instructor's method, piece by piece: a belt with a rope on a pulley held him; he learnt to breathe out under water, then to kick his legs, then to use his arms, until he could swim.
  • Testing himself: he swam alone in lakes (Lake Wentworth in New Hampshire, Warm Lake) to make sure no trace of fear remained.
  • Message: in death there is peace; the real terror is only the fear of death. Once fear is beaten, life opens up.
  • विषय: इच्छा-शक्ति, परिश्रम और सही प्रशिक्षण से भय पर विजय पाई जा सकती है। डगलस अपने बचपन की कहानी से यही दिखाते हैं।
  • बचपन का भय: तीन-चार वर्ष की आयु में कैलिफ़ोर्निया के समुद्र-तट पर लहरों ने उन्हें गिरा दिया और डरा दिया।
  • Y.M.C.A. का तरणताल (लगभग दस-ग्यारह वर्ष): एक बड़े लड़के ने उन्हें गहरे हिस्से में फेंक दिया; वे तल तक डूबे, बार-बार ऊपर आने का प्रयास किया और बेहोश हो गए। पानी का डर वर्षों तक रहा।
  • प्रशिक्षक की विधि, थोड़ा-थोड़ा करके: पुली पर रस्सी वाली बेल्ट से पकड़कर पहले पानी में साँस छोड़ना, फिर पैर चलाना, फिर हाथ, और अंत में तैरना सिखाया।
  • स्वयं की परीक्षा: उन्होंने अकेले झीलों (न्यू हैम्पशायर की लेक वेंटवर्थ, वॉर्म लेक) में तैरकर देखा कि डर बिल्कुल नहीं बचा।
  • संदेश: मृत्यु में शान्ति है; असली आतंक केवल मृत्यु के भय में है। भय हारते ही जीवन खुल जाता है।
  • Theme: will-power, mehnat aur sahi training se fear jeeta ja sakta hai. Douglas apni bachpan ki kahani se yahi dikhate hain.
  • Bachpan ka dar: teen-chaar saal ki umar mein California beach par lehron ne unhe gira diya aur dara diya.
  • Y.M.C.A. pool (lagbhag das-gyarah saal): ek bade ladke ne unhe deep end mein phenk diya; wo neeche tak doobe, baar-baar upar aane ki koshish ki aur behosh ho gaye. Paani ka dar saalon tak raha.
  • Instructor ka method, piece by piece: pulley par rope wali belt se pakad kar pehle paani mein saans chhodna, phir pair chalana, phir haath, aur end mein tairna sikhaya.
  • Khud ka test: unhone akele jheelon (New Hampshire ki Lake Wentworth, Warm Lake) mein tair ke dekha ki dar bilkul nahi bacha.
  • Message: maut mein shanti hai; asli terror sirf maut ke dar mein hai. Dar haarte hi zindagi khul jaati hai.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 7 marks7 अंक7 marks

How did Douglas overcome his fear of water? / What did he do to overcome it?How did Douglas overcome his fear of water? / What did he do to overcome it?How did Douglas overcome his fear of water? / What did he do to overcome it?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • Douglas decided to get rid of his fear and hired a swimming instructor.
  • The instructor trained him piece by piece. A belt was put round him, held by a rope on a pulley, so he could not sink.
  • First he learnt to put his face in the water and breathe out, then to kick his legs, then to use his arms, and finally to swim the whole length of the pool.
  • Even after the training, whenever a trace of fear returned, he faced it and told himself to keep swimming.
  • To test himself he swam alone across lakes such as Lake Wentworth in New Hampshire and Warm Lake.
  • At last he was free of fear. He learnt that the fear of death is worse than death itself, and that determination can conquer any fear.
  • Douglas decided to get rid of his fear and hired a swimming instructor.
  • The instructor trained him piece by piece. A belt was put round him, held by a rope on a pulley, so he could not sink.
  • First he learnt to put his face in the water and breathe out, then to kick his legs, then to use his arms, and finally to swim the whole length of the pool.
  • Even after the training, whenever a trace of fear returned, he faced it and told himself to keep swimming.
  • To test himself he swam alone across lakes such as Lake Wentworth in New Hampshire and Warm Lake.
  • At last he was free of fear. He learnt that the fear of death is worse than death itself, and that determination can conquer any fear.
  • Douglas decided to get rid of his fear and hired a swimming instructor.
  • The instructor trained him piece by piece. A belt was put round him, held by a rope on a pulley, so he could not sink.
  • First he learnt to put his face in the water and breathe out, then to kick his legs, then to use his arms, and finally to swim the whole length of the pool.
  • Even after the training, whenever a trace of fear returned, he faced it and told himself to keep swimming.
  • To test himself he swam alone across lakes such as Lake Wentworth in New Hampshire and Warm Lake.
  • At last he was free of fear. He learnt that the fear of death is worse than death itself, and that determination can conquer any fear.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 7 marks7 अंक7 marks

Why does Douglas as an adult recount a childhood experience of terror and his conquering of it?Why does Douglas as an adult recount a childhood experience of terror and his conquering of it?Why does Douglas as an adult recount a childhood experience of terror and his conquering of it?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • He wants to show that fear is natural but it can be overcome.
  • His own fear of water had spoiled his fishing, canoeing and swimming for years.
  • By hard work and will-power he defeated it, and he felt a new freedom and joy.
  • His story teaches readers that the fear of death is worse than death, and that a person who conquers fear can live fully.
  • He wants to show that fear is natural but it can be overcome.
  • His own fear of water had spoiled his fishing, canoeing and swimming for years.
  • By hard work and will-power he defeated it, and he felt a new freedom and joy.
  • His story teaches readers that the fear of death is worse than death, and that a person who conquers fear can live fully.
  • He wants to show that fear is natural but it can be overcome.
  • His own fear of water had spoiled his fishing, canoeing and swimming for years.
  • By hard work and will-power he defeated it, and he felt a new freedom and joy.
  • His story teaches readers that the fear of death is worse than death, and that a person who conquers fear can live fully.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 4 marks4 अंक4 marks

How did the instructor train Douglas?How did the instructor train Douglas?How did the instructor train Douglas?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • He fixed a belt round Douglas with a rope running on a pulley.
  • He taught him step by step: breathing out under water, kicking the legs, moving the arms, and finally swimming, until his fear slowly left.
  • He fixed a belt round Douglas with a rope running on a pulley.
  • He taught him step by step: breathing out under water, kicking the legs, moving the arms, and finally swimming, until his fear slowly left.
  • He fixed a belt round Douglas with a rope running on a pulley.
  • He taught him step by step: breathing out under water, kicking the legs, moving the arms, and finally swimming, until his fear slowly left.

Lost Spring — Anees Jungलॉस्ट स्प्रिंग — अनीस जंगLost Spring — Anees Jung

🔥 Asked in 5 of 5 years🔥 5 में से 5 वर्ष पूछा गया🔥 Aaya hai 5/5 saal🔴 Very importantबहुत महत्वपूर्णBahut important
Came every yearहर वर्ष आयाHar saal aaya: 20222023202420252026
  • Theme: poverty and tradition steal the childhood ('spring') of poor children; child labour.
  • Part 1 — Saheb-e-Alam, a ragpicker in Seemapuri on the edge of Delhi. His family came from Dhaka (Bangladesh) after storms swept away their fields and homes.
  • Seemapuri: mud houses with tin and tarpaulin roofs, no sewage, drainage or running water; ragpicking is the main way to survive.
  • Garbage: for the elders it is a means of survival (their daily bread); for the children it is wrapped in wonder — they may find a coin or something useful.
  • Saheb later works at a tea stall for a monthly wage and meals, but he loses his freedom; the steel canister he carries is not his.
  • Part 2 — Mukesh in Firozabad, the town of glass bangles; almost every other family there makes bangles. Mukesh dreams of becoming a motor mechanic.
  • Hazards: work near hot furnaces in dark, airless rooms; children lose their eyesight. Families are trapped by moneylenders, middlemen, police, officials and politicians, and by the belief that it is their 'karam' (destiny).
  • विषय: ग़रीबी और परम्परा ग़रीब बच्चों का बचपन ('बसन्त') छीन लेती है; बाल-श्रम।
  • भाग 1 — साहेब-ए-आलम, दिल्ली के किनारे सीमापुरी का कूड़ा बीनने वाला बालक। उसका परिवार ढाका (बांग्लादेश) से आया, जब तूफ़ानों ने खेत और घर बहा दिए।
  • सीमापुरी: टीन और तिरपाल की छत वाले कच्चे घर, सीवर, नाली या नल का पानी नहीं; कूड़ा बीनना ही जीवन-यापन का मुख्य साधन।
  • कूड़ा: बड़ों के लिए जीवित रहने का साधन (रोज़ी-रोटी); बच्चों के लिए आश्चर्य से भरा — उन्हें कभी सिक्का या काम की चीज़ मिल जाती है।
  • बाद में साहेब चाय की दुकान पर मासिक वेतन और भोजन पर काम करता है, पर उसकी स्वतन्त्रता छिन जाती है; उसका स्टील का डिब्बा उसका अपना नहीं।
  • भाग 2 — फ़िरोज़ाबाद, काँच की चूड़ियों का नगर, का मुकेश; वहाँ लगभग हर दूसरा परिवार चूड़ियाँ बनाता है। मुकेश मोटर मैकेनिक बनना चाहता है।
  • ख़तरे: अँधेरी, बिना हवा की कोठरियों में गर्म भट्ठियों के पास काम; बच्चों की आँखों की रोशनी चली जाती है। परिवार साहूकारों, बिचौलियों, पुलिस, अधिकारियों, नेताओं और 'कर्म' (भाग्य) के विश्वास के जाल में फँसे हैं।
  • Theme: gareebi aur parampara gareeb bachchon ka bachpan ('spring') chheen leti hai; child labour.
  • Part 1 — Saheb-e-Alam, Delhi ke kinare Seemapuri ka ragpicker. Uska parivaar Dhaka (Bangladesh) se aaya jab toofanon ne khet aur ghar baha diye.
  • Seemapuri: tin aur tarpaulin ki chhat wale kachche ghar, sewage, drainage ya nal ka paani nahi; ragpicking hi survival ka main tareeka.
  • Garbage: bado ke liye survival ka saadhan (roti); bachchon ke liye wonder se bhara — kabhi sikka ya kaam ki cheez mil jaati hai.
  • Baad mein Saheb tea stall par monthly salary aur khane par kaam karta hai, par uski azaadi chhin jaati hai; steel canister uska apna nahi.
  • Part 2 — Firozabad (glass bangles ka shehar) ka Mukesh; wahan lagbhag har doosra parivaar bangles banata hai. Mukesh motor mechanic banna chahta hai.
  • Hazards: andheri, bina hawa ki kothriyon mein garam bhatti ke paas kaam; bachchon ki aankhon ki roshni chali jaati hai. Parivaar sahukaar, middlemen, police, officials, netaon aur 'karam' (kismat) ke vishwas ke jaal mein phanse hain.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 7 marks7 अंक7 marks

Describe the hazards of working in the glass bangle industry.Describe the hazards of working in the glass bangle industry.Describe the hazards of working in the glass bangle industry.

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • In Firozabad, children work in the glass furnaces and bangle units instead of going to school.
  • They work in dingy cells without air and light, close to furnaces with very high temperatures.
  • Handling hot glass and soldering bits of bangles damages their eyes; many lose their eyesight before they become adults.
  • The work gives them little money and no education, so they can never leave poverty.
  • They are caught in a vicious circle of moneylenders, middlemen, policemen, officials and politicians, and they accept the work as their destiny.
  • Thus the industry steals their childhood and health.
  • In Firozabad, children work in the glass furnaces and bangle units instead of going to school.
  • They work in dingy cells without air and light, close to furnaces with very high temperatures.
  • Handling hot glass and soldering bits of bangles damages their eyes; many lose their eyesight before they become adults.
  • The work gives them little money and no education, so they can never leave poverty.
  • They are caught in a vicious circle of moneylenders, middlemen, policemen, officials and politicians, and they accept the work as their destiny.
  • Thus the industry steals their childhood and health.
  • In Firozabad, children work in the glass furnaces and bangle units instead of going to school.
  • They work in dingy cells without air and light, close to furnaces with very high temperatures.
  • Handling hot glass and soldering bits of bangles damages their eyes; many lose their eyesight before they become adults.
  • The work gives them little money and no education, so they can never leave poverty.
  • They are caught in a vicious circle of moneylenders, middlemen, policemen, officials and politicians, and they accept the work as their destiny.
  • Thus the industry steals their childhood and health.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 4 marks4 अंक4 marks

What does garbage mean to the elders and to the children of Seemapuri?What does garbage mean to the elders and to the children of Seemapuri?What does garbage mean to the elders and to the children of Seemapuri?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • For the elders, garbage is a means of survival; it gives them their daily food.
  • For the children, it is wrapped in wonder: they hope to find a coin, a toy or something useful in it.
  • For the elders, garbage is a means of survival; it gives them their daily food.
  • For the children, it is wrapped in wonder: they hope to find a coin, a toy or something useful in it.
  • For the elders, garbage is a means of survival; it gives them their daily food.
  • For the children, it is wrapped in wonder: they hope to find a coin, a toy or something useful in it.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 4 marks4 अंक4 marks

What do the inhabitants of Seemapuri do for their survival?What do the inhabitants of Seemapuri do for their survival?What do the inhabitants of Seemapuri do for their survival?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • Most of them are ragpickers who came from Bangladesh in 1971.
  • They live in mud and tin shelters without basic facilities, and they pick and sell rags and garbage to earn food.
  • Most of them are ragpickers who came from Bangladesh in 1971.
  • They live in mud and tin shelters without basic facilities, and they pick and sell rags and garbage to earn food.
  • Most of them are ragpickers who came from Bangladesh in 1971.
  • They live in mud and tin shelters without basic facilities, and they pick and sell rags and garbage to earn food.

Indigo — Louis Fischerइंडिगो — लुई फ़िशरIndigo — Louis Fischer

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  • Theme: Gandhiji's first civil disobedience in India (Champaran, Bihar, 1917): freedom from fear, self-reliance, and justice for poor peasants.
  • Raj Kumar Shukla, a poor sharecropper, met Gandhiji at the Lucknow Congress (1916) and followed him from place to place until Gandhiji agreed to come.
  • Problem: sharecroppers had to grow indigo on 15% of their land and give the whole crop as rent. When German synthetic indigo came, the landlords forced peasants to pay compensation to be released.
  • Gandhiji at Muzaffarpur: met J.B. Kripalani and Professor Malkani; he chided the lawyers for taking heavy fees from poor peasants and said courts were of little use; the real need was to free the peasants from fear.
  • At Motihari he was ordered to leave Champaran; he refused and was ready for punishment. Thousands of peasants gathered; the case was dropped — the first triumph of civil disobedience.
  • Settlement: an inquiry commission; landlords agreed to refund 25% of the money. Gandhiji accepted it because the landlords had lost money and, more importantly, prestige. Within a few years the planters left.
  • He also opened schools in six villages, improved health and cleanliness, and refused C.F. Andrews' help to make the Indians self-reliant.
  • विषय: भारत में गांधीजी का पहला सविनय अवज्ञा आन्दोलन (चम्पारण, बिहार, 1917): भय से मुक्ति, आत्मनिर्भरता और ग़रीब किसानों को न्याय।
  • ग़रीब बटाईदार राजकुमार शुक्ल लखनऊ कांग्रेस (1916) में गांधीजी से मिले और जगह-जगह उनके पीछे गए, जब तक गांधीजी चलने को तैयार नहीं हुए।
  • समस्या: बटाईदारों को अपनी 15% भूमि पर नील उगाकर पूरी फ़सल लगान में देनी पड़ती थी। जर्मनी का कृत्रिम नील आने पर ज़मींदारों ने मुक्ति के बदले किसानों से हर्जाना वसूला।
  • मुज़फ़्फ़रपुर में गांधीजी: जे.बी. कृपलानी और प्रो. मलकानी से मिले; ग़रीब किसानों से भारी फ़ीस लेने पर वकीलों को फटकारा और कहा कि अदालतें कम उपयोगी हैं; असली ज़रूरत किसानों को भय से मुक्त करना है।
  • मोतिहारी में उन्हें चम्पारण छोड़ने का आदेश मिला; उन्होंने मना किया और दण्ड के लिए तैयार रहे। हज़ारों किसान इकट्ठे हुए; मुक़दमा वापस हुआ — सविनय अवज्ञा की पहली जीत।
  • समझौता: जाँच आयोग बना; ज़मींदार 25% धन लौटाने को राज़ी हुए। गांधीजी ने इसे स्वीकारा क्योंकि ज़मींदारों का धन और उससे बढ़कर प्रतिष्ठा गई। कुछ वर्षों में बाग़ान-मालिक चले गए।
  • उन्होंने छह गाँवों में स्कूल खोले, स्वास्थ्य और सफ़ाई सुधारी, और भारतीयों को आत्मनिर्भर बनाने के लिए सी.एफ़. एंड्रयूज़ की सहायता नहीं ली।
  • Theme: Bharat mein Gandhiji ka pehla civil disobedience (Champaran, Bihar, 1917): dar se mukti, self-reliance aur gareeb kisanon ko nyay.
  • Gareeb sharecropper Raj Kumar Shukla Lucknow Congress (1916) mein Gandhiji se mile aur jagah-jagah unke peeche gaye, jab tak Gandhiji chalne ko taiyaar nahi hue.
  • Problem: sharecroppers ko apni 15% zameen par indigo uga ke poori fasal rent mein deni padti thi. German synthetic indigo aane par zamindaron ne release ke badle kisanon se compensation liya.
  • Muzaffarpur mein Gandhiji: J.B. Kripalani aur Prof. Malkani se mile; gareeb kisanon se bhaari fees lene par lawyers ko daanta aur kaha courts kam kaam ke hain; asli zaroorat kisanon ko dar se azaad karna hai.
  • Motihari mein unhe Champaran chhodne ka order mila; unhone mana kiya aur saza ke liye taiyaar rahe. Hazaron kisan ikattha hue; case wapas hua — civil disobedience ki pehli jeet.
  • Settlement: inquiry commission; zamindar 25% paisa lautane ko raazi hue. Gandhiji ne maana kyunki zamindaron ka paisa aur usse badhkar prestige gaya. Kuch saalon mein planters chale gaye.
  • Unhone chhe gaon mein schools khole, health aur safai sudhaari, aur Indians ko self-reliant banane ke liye C.F. Andrews ki madad nahi li.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 7 marks7 अंक7 marks

How did Gandhiji reach Champaran, and how did he solve the problems of the farmers?How did Gandhiji reach Champaran, and how did he solve the problems of the farmers?How did Gandhiji reach Champaran, and how did he solve the problems of the farmers?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • Raj Kumar Shukla, a sharecropper, met Gandhiji at the Lucknow Congress in 1916 and kept following him until Gandhiji agreed to visit Champaran.
  • Gandhiji went with him to Patna and Muzaffarpur, collected facts, and then reached Motihari, the district headquarters.
  • There he was ordered to leave Champaran. He disobeyed the order peacefully and was ready to go to jail. Thousands of peasants gathered in his support, and the case against him was dropped.
  • He and the lawyers recorded the statements of thousands of peasants. An official inquiry was set up.
  • The landlords agreed to refund 25% of the money taken from the peasants. Gandhiji accepted, because the landlords had lost their prestige; soon the system of forced indigo ended.
  • He also started schools, cleanliness and health work, and taught the peasants courage and self-reliance.
  • Raj Kumar Shukla, a sharecropper, met Gandhiji at the Lucknow Congress in 1916 and kept following him until Gandhiji agreed to visit Champaran.
  • Gandhiji went with him to Patna and Muzaffarpur, collected facts, and then reached Motihari, the district headquarters.
  • There he was ordered to leave Champaran. He disobeyed the order peacefully and was ready to go to jail. Thousands of peasants gathered in his support, and the case against him was dropped.
  • He and the lawyers recorded the statements of thousands of peasants. An official inquiry was set up.
  • The landlords agreed to refund 25% of the money taken from the peasants. Gandhiji accepted, because the landlords had lost their prestige; soon the system of forced indigo ended.
  • He also started schools, cleanliness and health work, and taught the peasants courage and self-reliance.
  • Raj Kumar Shukla, a sharecropper, met Gandhiji at the Lucknow Congress in 1916 and kept following him until Gandhiji agreed to visit Champaran.
  • Gandhiji went with him to Patna and Muzaffarpur, collected facts, and then reached Motihari, the district headquarters.
  • There he was ordered to leave Champaran. He disobeyed the order peacefully and was ready to go to jail. Thousands of peasants gathered in his support, and the case against him was dropped.
  • He and the lawyers recorded the statements of thousands of peasants. An official inquiry was set up.
  • The landlords agreed to refund 25% of the money taken from the peasants. Gandhiji accepted, because the landlords had lost their prestige; soon the system of forced indigo ended.
  • He also started schools, cleanliness and health work, and taught the peasants courage and self-reliance.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 7 marks7 अंक7 marks

Why did Gandhiji not want C.F. Andrews to stay in Champaran?Why did Gandhiji not want C.F. Andrews to stay in Champaran?Why did Gandhiji not want C.F. Andrews to stay in Champaran?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • The lawyers wanted Andrews, an Englishman, to stay and help them in the struggle.
  • Gandhiji opposed it. He said that depending on an Englishman would show the weakness of their hearts.
  • Their cause was just, and they must win it by their own strength.
  • Thus he taught them self-reliance, which he believed was the way to freedom.
  • The lawyers wanted Andrews, an Englishman, to stay and help them in the struggle.
  • Gandhiji opposed it. He said that depending on an Englishman would show the weakness of their hearts.
  • Their cause was just, and they must win it by their own strength.
  • Thus he taught them self-reliance, which he believed was the way to freedom.
  • The lawyers wanted Andrews, an Englishman, to stay and help them in the struggle.
  • Gandhiji opposed it. He said that depending on an Englishman would show the weakness of their hearts.
  • Their cause was just, and they must win it by their own strength.
  • Thus he taught them self-reliance, which he believed was the way to freedom.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 4 marks4 अंक4 marks

Why did Gandhiji chide the lawyers of Muzaffarpur?Why did Gandhiji chide the lawyers of Muzaffarpur?Why did Gandhiji chide the lawyers of Muzaffarpur?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • They charged heavy fees from poor peasants for fighting their cases in court.
  • He said that going to court did little good when the peasants were so crushed and fearful; the real relief was to free them from fear.
  • They charged heavy fees from poor peasants for fighting their cases in court.
  • He said that going to court did little good when the peasants were so crushed and fearful; the real relief was to free them from fear.
  • They charged heavy fees from poor peasants for fighting their cases in court.
  • He said that going to court did little good when the peasants were so crushed and fearful; the real relief was to free them from fear.

The Last Lesson — Alphonse Daudetद लास्ट लेसन — अल्फ़ोंस दोदेThe Last Lesson — Alphonse Daudet

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  • Setting: a village school in Alsace (France) during the Franco-Prussian war (1870–71). An order from Berlin says only German will be taught in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine.
  • Franz, a little boy, is late and has not learnt his lesson on participles; he fears punishment from M. Hamel's ruler.
  • That day the school is strangely quiet like a Sunday; M. Hamel wears his fine Sunday clothes, and the village elders (old Hauser, the former mayor, the postmaster) sit on the back benches.
  • M. Hamel speaks kindly to Franz instead of scolding; this is why Franz forgets all about the ruler.
  • M. Hamel blames everyone for neglecting French: parents who sent children to farms and mills for money, himself for giving holidays, and the pupils for always putting off learning till tomorrow.
  • He calls French the most beautiful, clearest and most logical language, and says a people who keep their language hold the key to their prison.
  • At the end, when the church clock strikes twelve and the Prussian trumpets sound, he writes 'Vive La France!' on the blackboard and dismisses the class. Theme: love of one's language and the pain of losing it.
  • पृष्ठभूमि: फ़्रांस-प्रशा युद्ध (1870–71) के समय एल्सेस (फ़्रांस) का एक गाँव-स्कूल। बर्लिन से आदेश आया कि एल्सेस और लॉरेन के स्कूलों में केवल जर्मन पढ़ाई जाएगी।
  • छोटा बालक फ्रांज़ देर से आता है और participles का पाठ याद नहीं किया; उसे एम. हैमल के रूलर (डंडे) का डर है।
  • उस दिन स्कूल रविवार जैसा शान्त है; एम. हैमल अपने अच्छे रविवारी कपड़ों में हैं, और गाँव के बुज़ुर्ग (बूढ़ा हॉज़र, पूर्व मेयर, डाकिया) पिछली बेंचों पर बैठे हैं।
  • एम. हैमल फ्रांज़ को डाँटने के बजाय प्यार से बोलते हैं; इसी से फ्रांज़ रूलर का डर भूल जाता है।
  • एम. हैमल फ़्रेंच की उपेक्षा के लिए सबको दोषी ठहराते हैं: माता-पिता जिन्होंने पैसों के लिए बच्चों को खेतों-मिलों में भेजा, स्वयं को छुट्टियाँ देने के लिए, और छात्रों को हर बार पढ़ाई कल पर टालने के लिए।
  • वे फ़्रेंच को सबसे सुन्दर, स्पष्ट और तर्कपूर्ण भाषा बताते हैं, और कहते हैं कि जो लोग अपनी भाषा बचाए रखते हैं, उनके पास अपनी जेल की चाबी होती है।
  • अंत में चर्च की घड़ी बारह बजाती है और प्रशा की तुरहियाँ बजती हैं; वे बोर्ड पर 'Vive La France!' लिखकर कक्षा समाप्त करते हैं। विषय: अपनी भाषा से प्रेम और उसे खोने का दुःख।
  • Setting: Franco-Prussian war (1870–71) ke time Alsace (France) ka gaon-school. Berlin se order aaya ki Alsace aur Lorraine ke schools mein sirf German padhai jayegi.
  • Chhota Franz late aata hai aur participles ka lesson yaad nahi kiya; use M. Hamel ke ruler ka dar hai.
  • Us din school Sunday jaisa shaant hai; M. Hamel apne achhe Sunday kapdon mein hain, aur gaon ke buzurg (old Hauser, former mayor, postmaster) peeche ki benches par baithe hain.
  • M. Hamel Franz ko daantne ki jagah pyaar se bolte hain; isi se Franz ruler ka dar bhool jaata hai.
  • M. Hamel French ki neglect ke liye sabko blame karte hain: parents jinhone paise ke liye bachchon ko khet-mills mein bheja, khud ko chhuttiyan dene ke liye, aur students ko padhai kal par taalne ke liye.
  • Wo French ko sabse sundar, clear aur logical language kehte hain, aur kehte hain jo log apni bhasha bachaye rakhte hain unke paas apni jail ki chaabi hoti hai.
  • End mein church ki ghadi baarah bajati hai aur Prussian trumpets bajte hain; wo blackboard par 'Vive La France!' likh kar class khatam karte hain. Theme: apni bhasha se pyaar aur use khone ka dard.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 4 marks4 अंक4 marks

Whom did M. Hamel blame for the neglect of French, and why?Whom did M. Hamel blame for the neglect of French, and why?Whom did M. Hamel blame for the neglect of French, and why?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • He blamed the parents, who sent their children to work on farms and in mills to earn money.
  • He blamed himself for sending pupils to water his flowers and giving holidays when he went fishing, and he blamed the pupils for always putting off learning till tomorrow.
  • He blamed the parents, who sent their children to work on farms and in mills to earn money.
  • He blamed himself for sending pupils to water his flowers and giving holidays when he went fishing, and he blamed the pupils for always putting off learning till tomorrow.
  • He blamed the parents, who sent their children to work on farms and in mills to earn money.
  • He blamed himself for sending pupils to water his flowers and giving holidays when he went fishing, and he blamed the pupils for always putting off learning till tomorrow.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 4 marks4 अंक4 marks

What did M. Hamel write on the blackboard at the end, and why?What did M. Hamel write on the blackboard at the end, and why?What did M. Hamel write on the blackboard at the end, and why?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • He wrote 'Vive La France!' ('Long live France!') in large letters.
  • Overcome with emotion, he could not speak; the words showed his love for France and its language on the day French lessons ended.
  • He wrote 'Vive La France!' ('Long live France!') in large letters.
  • Overcome with emotion, he could not speak; the words showed his love for France and its language on the day French lessons ended.
  • He wrote 'Vive La France!' ('Long live France!') in large letters.
  • Overcome with emotion, he could not speak; the words showed his love for France and its language on the day French lessons ended.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 4 marks4 अंक4 marks

Why was that day's lesson called the last lesson?Why was that day's lesson called the last lesson?Why was that day's lesson called the last lesson?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • An order had come from Berlin that only German would be taught in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine.
  • So this was the last French lesson M. Hamel would teach; the new German teacher was to come the next day.
  • An order had come from Berlin that only German would be taught in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine.
  • So this was the last French lesson M. Hamel would teach; the new German teacher was to come the next day.
  • An order had come from Berlin that only German would be taught in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine.
  • So this was the last French lesson M. Hamel would teach; the new German teacher was to come the next day.

The Rattrap — Selma Lagerlöfद रैटट्रैप — सेल्मा लागरलोफ़The Rattrap — Selma Lagerlöf

🔥 Asked in 5 of 5 years🔥 5 में से 5 वर्ष पूछा गया🔥 Aaya hai 5/5 saal🔴 Very importantबहुत महत्वपूर्णBahut important
Came every yearहर वर्ष आयाHar saal aaya: 20222023202420252026
  • Theme: the world is like a rattrap that tempts people with bait (money, comfort); kindness and trust can awaken the goodness in anyone.
  • The peddler sells rattraps made from material he begs or steals. He thinks the whole world is a big rattrap: riches and joys are the bait, and whoever touches them is trapped.
  • A lonely old crofter gives him shelter and food and shows him thirty kronor. Next day the peddler steals the money; lost in the forest, he feels he himself is caught in a rattrap.
  • At the Ramsjö ironworks the ironmaster mistakes him for an old army comrade and invites him home for Christmas; the peddler refuses.
  • Edla, the ironmaster's daughter, persuades him kindly. When he is cleaned up, the ironmaster sees the mistake and wants to throw him out, but Edla lets him stay for Christmas.
  • The peddler leaves a small rattrap as a Christmas gift for Edla, with the crofter's thirty kronor and a letter asking her to return the money; he signs as 'Captain von Stahle', because she treated him like a captain.
  • विषय: संसार एक चूहेदानी जैसा है जो धन और सुख के चारे से लोगों को फँसाता है; दया और विश्वास हर किसी की अच्छाई जगा सकते हैं।
  • फेरीवाला चूहेदानियाँ बेचता है, जो माँगे या चुराए सामान से बनाता है। उसके अनुसार पूरा संसार एक बड़ी चूहेदानी है: धन और सुख चारा हैं, जो इन्हें छूता है वह फँस जाता है।
  • एक अकेला बूढ़ा किसान (crofter) उसे आश्रय और भोजन देता है और तीस क्रोनर दिखाता है। अगले दिन फेरीवाला पैसे चुरा लेता है; जंगल में भटककर उसे लगता है कि वह स्वयं चूहेदानी में फँस गया।
  • रैम्सजो लौह-कारख़ाने का मालिक उसे अपना पुराना सैनिक साथी समझकर क्रिसमस पर घर बुलाता है; फेरीवाला मना करता है।
  • मालिक की बेटी एडला उसे प्यार से मना लेती है। नहाने-धोने के बाद मालिक को ग़लती पता चलती है और वह उसे निकालना चाहता है, पर एडला उसे क्रिसमस तक रुकने देती है।
  • फेरीवाला एडला के लिए क्रिसमस उपहार के रूप में एक छोटी चूहेदानी छोड़ जाता है, जिसमें किसान के तीस क्रोनर और पैसे लौटाने का पत्र है; वह 'Captain von Stahle' नाम से हस्ताक्षर करता है, क्योंकि एडला ने उसे कप्तान जैसा सम्मान दिया।
  • Theme: duniya ek rattrap jaisi hai jo paisa aur aaraam ke bait se logon ko phansati hai; kindness aur trust kisi ki bhi achhai jaga sakte hain.
  • Peddler rattraps bechta hai, jo maange ya churaye saamaan se banata hai. Uske hisaab se poori duniya ek bada rattrap hai: paisa aur khushiyan bait hain, jo inhe chhoota hai phans jaata hai.
  • Ek akela boodha crofter use shelter aur khana deta hai aur tees kronor dikhata hai. Agle din peddler paise chura leta hai; jungle mein bhatak ke use lagta hai wo khud rattrap mein phans gaya.
  • Ramsjö ironworks ka ironmaster use apna purana army saathi samajh ke Christmas par ghar bulata hai; peddler mana karta hai.
  • Ironmaster ki beti Edla use pyaar se mana leti hai. Saaf-suthra hone par ironmaster ko galti pata chalti hai aur wo use nikalna chahta hai, par Edla use Christmas tak rukne deti hai.
  • Peddler Edla ke liye Christmas gift mein ek chhota rattrap chhod jaata hai, jismein crofter ke tees kronor aur paise lautane ki chitthi hai; wo 'Captain von Stahle' naam se sign karta hai, kyunki Edla ne use captain jaisa samman diya.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 7 marks7 अंक7 marks

Give a character sketch of the peddler in 'The Rattrap'.Give a character sketch of the peddler in 'The Rattrap'.Give a character sketch of the peddler in 'The Rattrap'.

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • The peddler is a poor, lonely vagabond who sells rattraps and often has to beg or steal to live.
  • He is a thinker in his own way: he sees the whole world as a rattrap that catches people with the bait of riches and comfort.
  • Hunger and poverty make him dishonest; he steals the thirty kronor of the kind crofter who trusted him.
  • He is also clever: he does not reveal his identity when the ironmaster mistakes him for an old comrade.
  • But goodness is alive in him. Edla's kindness and trust change him; he returns the stolen money and leaves her a rattrap as a Christmas gift.
  • He signs as Captain von Stahle, showing that respect has raised him to a better person.
  • The peddler is a poor, lonely vagabond who sells rattraps and often has to beg or steal to live.
  • He is a thinker in his own way: he sees the whole world as a rattrap that catches people with the bait of riches and comfort.
  • Hunger and poverty make him dishonest; he steals the thirty kronor of the kind crofter who trusted him.
  • He is also clever: he does not reveal his identity when the ironmaster mistakes him for an old comrade.
  • But goodness is alive in him. Edla's kindness and trust change him; he returns the stolen money and leaves her a rattrap as a Christmas gift.
  • He signs as Captain von Stahle, showing that respect has raised him to a better person.
  • The peddler is a poor, lonely vagabond who sells rattraps and often has to beg or steal to live.
  • He is a thinker in his own way: he sees the whole world as a rattrap that catches people with the bait of riches and comfort.
  • Hunger and poverty make him dishonest; he steals the thirty kronor of the kind crofter who trusted him.
  • He is also clever: he does not reveal his identity when the ironmaster mistakes him for an old comrade.
  • But goodness is alive in him. Edla's kindness and trust change him; he returns the stolen money and leaves her a rattrap as a Christmas gift.
  • He signs as Captain von Stahle, showing that respect has raised him to a better person.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 4 marks4 अंक4 marks

What did Edla find in the package left by the peddler?What did Edla find in the package left by the peddler?What did Edla find in the package left by the peddler?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • She found a small rattrap, and in it three wrinkled ten-kronor notes (the crofter's thirty kronor).
  • There was also a letter asking her to return the money to the old man and thanking her for treating him like a captain.
  • She found a small rattrap, and in it three wrinkled ten-kronor notes (the crofter's thirty kronor).
  • There was also a letter asking her to return the money to the old man and thanking her for treating him like a captain.
  • She found a small rattrap, and in it three wrinkled ten-kronor notes (the crofter's thirty kronor).
  • There was also a letter asking her to return the money to the old man and thanking her for treating him like a captain.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 4 marks4 अंक4 marks

Why did the peddler think the world was a rattrap?Why did the peddler think the world was a rattrap?Why did the peddler think the world was a rattrap?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • He felt that the world offers bait such as riches, joys, food and shelter.
  • Anyone who is tempted by the bait gets caught and everything ends for him, just like a rat in a trap.
  • He felt that the world offers bait such as riches, joys, food and shelter.
  • Anyone who is tempted by the bait gets caught and everything ends for him, just like a rat in a trap.
  • He felt that the world offers bait such as riches, joys, food and shelter.
  • Anyone who is tempted by the bait gets caught and everything ends for him, just like a rat in a trap.

Going Places — A.R. Bartonगोइंग प्लेसेज़ — ए.आर. बार्टनGoing Places — A.R. Barton

🔥 Asked in 4 of 5 years🔥 5 में से 4 वर्ष पूछा गया🔥 Aaya hai 4/5 saal🔴 Very importantबहुत महत्वपूर्णBahut important
Came / not askedआया / नहीं आयाAaya / nahi aaya: 20222023202420252026
  • Theme: the gap between dreams and reality in adolescence; hero-worship.
  • Sophie, a school-leaver from a poor family, dreams of owning a boutique or becoming an actress or a fashion designer. Her practical friend Jansie knows they are both likely to work in the biscuit factory.
  • Geoff, Sophie's elder brother, is an apprentice mechanic who speaks little. Sophie longs to be part of his private world and is jealous of his silence.
  • Sophie admires Danny Casey, a young Irish football star of the local United team. She claims she met him in the arcade and that he promised to meet her again.
  • She waits for him by the canal but he never comes; her dream world collapses, yet she still keeps the memory as if it were real.
  • Title: 'going places' means becoming successful; it shows Sophie's dream of success, and is ironic because she goes nowhere.
  • विषय: किशोरावस्था में सपनों और यथार्थ का अन्तर; नायक-पूजा।
  • ग़रीब परिवार की स्कूल छोड़ने वाली सोफ़ी बुटीक की मालकिन, अभिनेत्री या फ़ैशन डिज़ाइनर बनने के सपने देखती है। उसकी व्यावहारिक सहेली जैन्सी जानती है कि दोनों शायद बिस्कुट फ़ैक्ट्री में काम करेंगी।
  • सोफ़ी का बड़ा भाई ज्योफ़ एक प्रशिक्षु मैकेनिक है जो कम बोलता है। सोफ़ी उसकी निजी दुनिया का हिस्सा बनना चाहती है और उसकी चुप्पी से ईर्ष्या करती है।
  • सोफ़ी स्थानीय यूनाइटेड टीम के युवा आयरिश फ़ुटबॉल सितारे डैनी केसी की प्रशंसक है। वह दावा करती है कि आर्केड में उससे मिली और उसने फिर मिलने का वादा किया।
  • वह नहर के किनारे उसकी प्रतीक्षा करती है पर वह नहीं आता; उसका सपनों का संसार टूट जाता है, फिर भी वह उस याद को सच्ची मानकर संजोए रखती है।
  • शीर्षक: 'going places' का अर्थ है सफल होना; यह सोफ़ी के सफलता के सपने को दिखाता है और व्यंग्यपूर्ण है क्योंकि वह कहीं नहीं पहुँचती।
  • Theme: teenage mein sapnon aur reality ka farq; hero-worship.
  • Gareeb parivaar ki school-leaver Sophie boutique owner, actress ya fashion designer banne ke sapne dekhti hai. Uski practical dost Jansie jaanti hai dono shayad biscuit factory mein kaam karengi.
  • Sophie ka bada bhai Geoff apprentice mechanic hai jo kam bolta hai. Sophie uski private duniya ka hissa banna chahti hai aur uski chuppi se jealous hai.
  • Sophie local United team ke young Irish football star Danny Casey ki fan hai. Wo claim karti hai ki arcade mein usse mili aur usne phir milne ka vaada kiya.
  • Wo canal ke kinare uska intezaar karti hai par wo nahi aata; uska sapnon ka sansaar toot jaata hai, phir bhi wo us yaad ko sach maan ke sambhale rakhti hai.
  • Title: 'going places' ka matlab hai successful hona; ye Sophie ke success ke sapne ko dikhata hai aur ironic hai kyunki wo kahin nahi pahunchti.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 7 marks7 अंक7 marks

Do you think the title 'Going Places' is appropriate? Explain.Do you think the title 'Going Places' is appropriate? Explain.Do you think the title 'Going Places' is appropriate? Explain.

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • Yes, the title is apt. 'Going places' means rising in life and becoming successful.
  • Sophie dreams of going places: owning a boutique, acting, designing clothes, and meeting the football star Danny Casey.
  • In reality she is poor, and like Jansie she is likely to end up in a biscuit factory.
  • Her imagined meeting with Danny Casey ends in disappointment by the canal.
  • So the title shows both her dreams and the irony that she does not go anywhere; it sums up the story's theme of fantasy versus reality.
  • Yes, the title is apt. 'Going places' means rising in life and becoming successful.
  • Sophie dreams of going places: owning a boutique, acting, designing clothes, and meeting the football star Danny Casey.
  • In reality she is poor, and like Jansie she is likely to end up in a biscuit factory.
  • Her imagined meeting with Danny Casey ends in disappointment by the canal.
  • So the title shows both her dreams and the irony that she does not go anywhere; it sums up the story's theme of fantasy versus reality.
  • Yes, the title is apt. 'Going places' means rising in life and becoming successful.
  • Sophie dreams of going places: owning a boutique, acting, designing clothes, and meeting the football star Danny Casey.
  • In reality she is poor, and like Jansie she is likely to end up in a biscuit factory.
  • Her imagined meeting with Danny Casey ends in disappointment by the canal.
  • So the title shows both her dreams and the irony that she does not go anywhere; it sums up the story's theme of fantasy versus reality.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 4 marks4 अंक4 marks

Why is Sophie jealous of Geoff's silence?Why is Sophie jealous of Geoff's silence?Why is Sophie jealous of Geoff's silence?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • Geoff rarely talks about his work, friends or the places he visits.
  • Sophie feels his silence hides an exciting private world that she cannot enter, so she envies it.
  • Geoff rarely talks about his work, friends or the places he visits.
  • Sophie feels his silence hides an exciting private world that she cannot enter, so she envies it.
  • Geoff rarely talks about his work, friends or the places he visits.
  • Sophie feels his silence hides an exciting private world that she cannot enter, so she envies it.

Poets and Pancakes — Asokamitranपोएट्स एंड पैनकेक्स — अशोकमित्रनPoets and Pancakes — Asokamitran

Asked in 3 of 5 years5 में से 3 वर्ष पूछा गयाAaya hai 3/5 saal
Came / not askedआया / नहीं आयाAaya / nahi aaya: 20222023202420252026
  • A humorous memoir of the author's days at Gemini Studios, Madras (now Chennai), one of India's big film studios in the 1940s–50s.
  • Pancake was the brand name of the make-up material the studio bought in truckloads.
  • The make-up department was upstairs in a building said to have been Robert Clive's stables; the make-up men could turn any decent-looking person into a monster.
  • Kothamangalam Subbu was 'No. 2' at Gemini Studios: very loyal to the Boss, a poet and actor, full of ideas, kind and generous to many.
  • The author's job: cutting newspaper clippings and filing them in a cubicle; others thought he was doing nothing.
  • Visits: the Moral Re-Armament Army (1952), and the English poet Stephen Spender, whose English no one at the studio understood. The author later found the connection in 'The God That Failed'.
  • जेमिनी स्टूडियोज़, मद्रास (अब चेन्नई) में लेखक के दिनों का हास्यपूर्ण संस्मरण; यह 1940–50 के दशक में भारत के बड़े फ़िल्म स्टूडियो में से एक था।
  • पैनकेक उस मेकअप सामग्री का ब्रांड-नाम था जिसे स्टूडियो ट्रकों भर ख़रीदता था।
  • मेकअप विभाग एक इमारत की ऊपरी मंज़िल पर था जिसे रॉबर्ट क्लाइव का अस्तबल कहा जाता था; मेकअप वाले किसी भी भले चेहरे को राक्षस बना सकते थे।
  • कोत्तमंगलम सुब्बू जेमिनी स्टूडियो में 'नंबर 2' थे: बॉस के प्रति अत्यन्त निष्ठावान, कवि और अभिनेता, विचारों से भरपूर, दयालु और उदार।
  • लेखक का काम: अख़बार की कतरनें काटना और एक छोटे केबिन में फ़ाइल करना; दूसरों को लगता था कि वह कुछ नहीं करता।
  • आगन्तुक: मॉरल री-आर्मामेंट आर्मी (1952), और अंग्रेज़ कवि स्टीफ़न स्पेंडर, जिनकी अंग्रेज़ी स्टूडियो में कोई नहीं समझा। लेखक को बाद में 'The God That Failed' में इसका सम्बन्ध मिला।
  • Gemini Studios, Madras (ab Chennai) mein writer ke dinon ka mazedaar memoir; ye 1940–50s mein India ke bade film studios mein se ek tha.
  • Pancake us make-up material ka brand name tha jo studio truck bhar ke kharidta tha.
  • Make-up department ek building ki upar ki manzil par tha jise Robert Clive ka astabal (stables) kaha jaata tha; make-up wale kisi bhi achhe chehre ko monster bana dete the.
  • Kothamangalam Subbu Gemini Studios mein 'No. 2' the: Boss ke bahut loyal, kavi aur actor, ideas se bhare, dayalu aur udaar.
  • Writer ka kaam: newspaper clippings kaatna aur ek chhote cubicle mein file karna; doosron ko lagta tha wo kuch nahi karta.
  • Visitors: Moral Re-Armament Army (1952), aur English poet Stephen Spender, jinki English studio mein koi nahi samjha. Writer ko baad mein 'The God That Failed' mein iska connection mila.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 7 marks7 अंक7 marks

Why was Kothamangalam Subbu considered No. 2 in Gemini Studios?Why was Kothamangalam Subbu considered No. 2 in Gemini Studios?Why was Kothamangalam Subbu considered No. 2 in Gemini Studios?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • Subbu was very close and totally loyal to the Boss of Gemini Studios.
  • He had a creative mind: whenever a film-making problem came, he gave many ideas and solutions at once.
  • He was a poet, a novelist and a fine actor who played supporting roles well.
  • He was generous and kind; many people lived on his help.
  • Because of his loyalty, talent and closeness to the Boss, he was treated as the second most important man in the studio.
  • Subbu was very close and totally loyal to the Boss of Gemini Studios.
  • He had a creative mind: whenever a film-making problem came, he gave many ideas and solutions at once.
  • He was a poet, a novelist and a fine actor who played supporting roles well.
  • He was generous and kind; many people lived on his help.
  • Because of his loyalty, talent and closeness to the Boss, he was treated as the second most important man in the studio.
  • Subbu was very close and totally loyal to the Boss of Gemini Studios.
  • He had a creative mind: whenever a film-making problem came, he gave many ideas and solutions at once.
  • He was a poet, a novelist and a fine actor who played supporting roles well.
  • He was generous and kind; many people lived on his help.
  • Because of his loyalty, talent and closeness to the Boss, he was treated as the second most important man in the studio.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 4 marks4 अंक4 marks

What was Pancake? How was it related to Gemini Studios?What was Pancake? How was it related to Gemini Studios?What was Pancake? How was it related to Gemini Studios?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • Pancake was the brand name of a make-up material.
  • Gemini Studios bought it in truckloads to make up its actors.
  • Pancake was the brand name of a make-up material.
  • Gemini Studios bought it in truckloads to make up its actors.
  • Pancake was the brand name of a make-up material.
  • Gemini Studios bought it in truckloads to make up its actors.

The Interview — Christopher Silvester (Part II: Umberto Eco)द इंटरव्यू — क्रिस्टोफ़र सिल्वेस्टर (भाग II: उम्बर्तो इको)The Interview — Christopher Silvester (Part II: Umberto Eco)

Asked in 3 of 5 years5 में से 3 वर्ष पूछा गयाAaya hai 3/5 saal
Came / not askedआया / नहीं आयाAaya / nahi aaya: 20222023202420252026
  • Part I discusses views on the interview: it is a common part of journalism; some see it as a source of truth, others as an intrusion.
  • Many famous people disliked interviews: Rudyard Kipling called it immoral and an offence against his person; Lewis Carroll had a horror of interviewers and never agreed to one; H.G. Wells called it an ordeal; V.S. Naipaul felt people lose a part of themselves.
  • Caroline was Kipling's wife; she wrote in her diary that their day was wrecked by two reporters from Boston.
  • Part II is an interview of Umberto Eco, Italian scholar and author of the famous novel 'The Name of the Rose'. He says he uses the empty spaces ('interstices') in his day to write, and calls himself a professor who writes novels on Sundays.
  • भाग I में इंटरव्यू पर विचार हैं: यह पत्रकारिता का सामान्य अंग है; कुछ इसे सत्य का स्रोत मानते हैं, कुछ निजता में दख़ल।
  • कई प्रसिद्ध लोग इंटरव्यू नापसन्द करते थे: रुडयार्ड किपलिंग ने इसे अनैतिक और अपने व्यक्ति पर अपराध कहा; लुईस कैरल इंटरव्यू लेने वालों से भयभीत रहते थे और कभी तैयार नहीं हुए; एच.जी. वेल्स ने इसे यातना कहा; वी.एस. नायपॉल को लगता था कि लोग अपना एक हिस्सा खो देते हैं।
  • कैरोलिन किपलिंग की पत्नी थीं; उन्होंने अपनी डायरी में लिखा कि बोस्टन के दो पत्रकारों ने उनका दिन बर्बाद कर दिया।
  • भाग II में इतालवी विद्वान और प्रसिद्ध उपन्यास 'The Name of the Rose' के लेखक उम्बर्तो इको का इंटरव्यू है। वे कहते हैं कि दिन के ख़ाली अन्तरालों ('interstices') में लिखते हैं, और स्वयं को रविवार को उपन्यास लिखने वाला प्रोफ़ेसर कहते हैं।
  • Part I mein interview par vichaar hain: ye journalism ka common hissa hai; kuch ise sach ka source maante hain, kuch privacy mein dakhal.
  • Kai famous log interview napasand karte the: Rudyard Kipling ne ise immoral aur apne upar offence kaha; Lewis Carroll interviewers se darte the aur kabhi raazi nahi hue; H.G. Wells ne ise ordeal kaha; V.S. Naipaul ko lagta tha log apna ek hissa kho dete hain.
  • Caroline Kipling ki wife thi; unhone diary mein likha ki Boston ke do reporters ne unka din barbaad kar diya.
  • Part II mein Italian scholar aur famous novel 'The Name of the Rose' ke writer Umberto Eco ka interview hai. Wo kehte hain ki din ke khaali gaps ('interstices') mein likhte hain, aur khud ko Sunday ko novel likhne wala professor kehte hain.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 4 marks4 अंक4 marks

Why did Rudyard Kipling (and his wife Caroline) dislike being interviewed?Why did Rudyard Kipling (and his wife Caroline) dislike being interviewed?Why did Rudyard Kipling (and his wife Caroline) dislike being interviewed?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • Kipling thought an interview was immoral, a crime and an attack on his privacy; it deserved punishment.
  • His wife Caroline shared this view and wrote in her diary that two reporters from Boston had wrecked their day.
  • Kipling thought an interview was immoral, a crime and an attack on his privacy; it deserved punishment.
  • His wife Caroline shared this view and wrote in her diary that two reporters from Boston had wrecked their day.
  • Kipling thought an interview was immoral, a crime and an attack on his privacy; it deserved punishment.
  • His wife Caroline shared this view and wrote in her diary that two reporters from Boston had wrecked their day.
Repeated questionबार-बार पूछा गया प्रश्नBaar baar aaya sawaal · 4 marks4 अंक4 marks

Why do some celebrities despise the interview?Why do some celebrities despise the interview?Why do some celebrities despise the interview?

✅ Model answerआदर्श उत्तरModel answer
  • They feel it invades their private life and that they lose a part of themselves in it.
  • Writers like Kipling, Lewis Carroll, H.G. Wells and V.S. Naipaul saw it as an ordeal or an offence.
  • They feel it invades their private life and that they lose a part of themselves in it.
  • Writers like Kipling, Lewis Carroll, H.G. Wells and V.S. Naipaul saw it as an ordeal or an offence.
  • They feel it invades their private life and that they lose a part of themselves in it.
  • Writers like Kipling, Lewis Carroll, H.G. Wells and V.S. Naipaul saw it as an ordeal or an offence.
🔴 TOPPERटॉपरTOPPER

Full derivations, tricky questions, common mistakes and quick revision.पूरी व्युत्पत्तियाँ, कठिन प्रश्न, आम गलतियाँ और त्वरित पुनरावृत्ति।Poori derivations, tricky sawaal, aam galtiyan aur quick revision.

🧠 Tricky questionकठिन प्रश्नTricky sawaal · 7 marks7 अंक7 marks

Contrast the ironmaster and his daughter Edla.लौह-कारख़ाने के मालिक और उसकी बेटी एडला की तुलना कीजिए।Ironmaster aur uski beti Edla ka contrast kijiye.

✅ Answerउत्तरJawab
  • The ironmaster is impulsive: he judges by appearance and invites the peddler only because he thinks he is an old comrade.
  • When he learns the truth, he turns harsh and wants to hand him to the sheriff.
  • Edla is kind, observant and sensitive. She notices the peddler's fear and treats him with respect.
  • She insists he stay for Christmas, wanting him to enjoy one day of peace.
  • Her compassion, not her father's judgement, changes the peddler, who returns the stolen money.
  • The ironmaster is impulsive: he judges by appearance and invites the peddler only because he thinks he is an old comrade.
  • When he learns the truth, he turns harsh and wants to hand him to the sheriff.
  • Edla is kind, observant and sensitive. She notices the peddler's fear and treats him with respect.
  • She insists he stay for Christmas, wanting him to enjoy one day of peace.
  • Her compassion, not her father's judgement, changes the peddler, who returns the stolen money.
  • The ironmaster is impulsive: he judges by appearance and invites the peddler only because he thinks he is an old comrade.
  • When he learns the truth, he turns harsh and wants to hand him to the sheriff.
  • Edla is kind, observant and sensitive. She notices the peddler's fear and treats him with respect.
  • She insists he stay for Christmas, wanting him to enjoy one day of peace.
  • Her compassion, not her father's judgement, changes the peddler, who returns the stolen money.
🧠 Tricky questionकठिन प्रश्नTricky sawaal · 4 marks4 अंक4 marks

Why did Gandhiji agree to a settlement of only 25% refund?गांधीजी केवल 25% वापसी पर क्यों सहमत हुए?Gandhiji sirf 25% refund par kyon raazi hue?

✅ Answerउत्तरJawab
  • For him the amount was less important than the fact that the landlords had been forced to return part of the money and, with it, part of their prestige.
  • It showed the peasants that they had rights and could win them by courage.
  • For him the amount was less important than the fact that the landlords had been forced to return part of the money and, with it, part of their prestige.
  • It showed the peasants that they had rights and could win them by courage.
  • For him the amount was less important than the fact that the landlords had been forced to return part of the money and, with it, part of their prestige.
  • It showed the peasants that they had rights and could win them by courage.

⚠️ Common mistakesआम गलतियाँAam galtiyan

  • Writing the story from beginning to end for a 4-mark question → answer only what is asked, in 2–4 points.
  • Mixing up Saheb (Seemapuri) and Mukesh (Firozabad).
  • Calling the peddler's gift 'money' only → it was a small rattrap with thirty kronor and a letter.
  • 4 अंक के प्रश्न में पूरी कहानी लिखना → केवल पूछा गया, 2–4 बिन्दुओं में।
  • साहेब (सीमापुरी) और मुकेश (फ़िरोज़ाबाद) को मिला देना।
  • फेरीवाले के उपहार को केवल 'पैसा' बताना → वह तीस क्रोनर और पत्र वाली छोटी चूहेदानी थी।
  • 4 marks ke question mein poori kahani likhna → sirf jo poocha, 2–4 points mein.
  • Saheb (Seemapuri) aur Mukesh (Firozabad) ko mila dena.
  • Peddler ke gift ko sirf 'paisa' kehna → wo tees kronor aur letter wala chhota rattrap tha.

💎 Rarely asked but importantकम पूछा गया पर ज़रूरीKam aaya par zaroori

  • Umberto Eco says he writes in the 'interstices' (empty gaps) of his day.
  • Stephen Spender was the editor of 'The Encounter'; the author linked his visit to 'The God That Failed'.
  • उम्बर्तो इको कहते हैं कि वे दिन के 'interstices' (ख़ाली अन्तरालों) में लिखते हैं।
  • स्टीफ़न स्पेंडर 'The Encounter' के सम्पादक थे; लेखक ने उनकी यात्रा को 'The God That Failed' से जोड़ा।
  • Umberto Eco kehte hain wo din ke 'interstices' (khaali gaps) mein likhte hain.
  • Stephen Spender 'The Encounter' ke editor the; writer ne unke visit ko 'The God That Failed' se joda.

⚡ Quick revisionत्वरित पुनरावृत्तिQuick revision

  • Franz did not know participles; M. Hamel spoke kindly.
  • Order from Berlin: only German in Alsace and Lorraine.
  • Saheb's family came from Dhaka; garbage = survival for elders, wonder for children.
  • Mukesh wants to be a motor mechanic.
  • Douglas was thrown into the deep end of the Y.M.C.A. pool.
  • Instructor used a belt, rope and pulley.
  • Peddler: world = rattrap; signs as Captain von Stahle.
  • Raj Kumar Shukla brought Gandhiji to Champaran.
  • Gandhiji refused C.F. Andrews' help — self-reliance.
  • Pancake = make-up brand; Subbu = No. 2.
  • Caroline (Kipling's wife): day wrecked by two Boston reporters.
  • Sophie dreams; Jansie is practical; Danny Casey never comes.
  • Franz did not know participles; M. Hamel spoke kindly.
  • Order from Berlin: only German in Alsace and Lorraine.
  • Saheb's family came from Dhaka; garbage = survival for elders, wonder for children.
  • Mukesh wants to be a motor mechanic.
  • Douglas was thrown into the deep end of the Y.M.C.A. pool.
  • Instructor used a belt, rope and pulley.
  • Peddler: world = rattrap; signs as Captain von Stahle.
  • Raj Kumar Shukla brought Gandhiji to Champaran.
  • Gandhiji refused C.F. Andrews' help — self-reliance.
  • Pancake = make-up brand; Subbu = No. 2.
  • Caroline (Kipling's wife): day wrecked by two Boston reporters.
  • Sophie dreams; Jansie is practical; Danny Casey never comes.
  • Franz did not know participles; M. Hamel spoke kindly.
  • Order from Berlin: only German in Alsace and Lorraine.
  • Saheb's family came from Dhaka; garbage = survival for elders, wonder for children.
  • Mukesh wants to be a motor mechanic.
  • Douglas was thrown into the deep end of the Y.M.C.A. pool.
  • Instructor used a belt, rope and pulley.
  • Peddler: world = rattrap; signs as Captain von Stahle.
  • Raj Kumar Shukla brought Gandhiji to Champaran.
  • Gandhiji refused C.F. Andrews' help — self-reliance.
  • Pancake = make-up brand; Subbu = No. 2.
  • Caroline (Kipling's wife): day wrecked by two Boston reporters.
  • Sophie dreams; Jansie is practical; Danny Casey never comes.
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