Skip to content The Tale of Melon City The Tale of Melon City Reading with insight Question 1.Narrate ‘The Tale of Melon City’ in your own words. Answer:The ruler of the City State pretended to be justice loving and gentle. (But he was brainless and dispolite) Once he ordered a grand city gate to be built over the main […]
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Birth Birth Reading with insight Question 1.“I have done something; oh, God! I’ve done something real at last”. Why does Andrew say this? What does it mean? Answer:Andrew Manson, just returned from a medical college was quite new in medical practice. He was rather new in every experience of worldly life. He had opened his own
The Ghat of the Only World The Ghat of the Only World Reading with insight Question 1.What impressions of Shahid do you gather from the piece? Answer:Introduction. Shahid came to befriend with the writer Amitav during his last days of life. Shahid was basically an Indian like the author. As the very name suggests, he
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Mother’s Day QUESTIONS FROM TEXTBOOK SOLVED A. Reading With Insight Question 1:This play, written in the 1950s, is a humorous and satirical depiction of the status of the mother in the family. Answer: Question 2:If you were to write these issues today, what are some of the incidents, examples and problems that you would think
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Albert Einstein at School A. Reading With Insight Question 1:What do you understand of Einstein’s nature from his conversations with his history teacher, his mathematics teacher and the head teacher? Answer:Exchanges between Einstein and History teacher show that Einstein is honest and truthful. He admits his shortcomings frankly. He has firm and well-defined opinions. He
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Ranga’s Marriage A. Reading With Insight Question 1:Comment on the influence of English—the language and the way of life— on Indian life as reflected in the story. What is the narrator’s attitude to English? Answer:The narrator says that dining the last ten years English language has made inroads into Indian countryside. Now there are many
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The Address A. Reading With Insight Question 1:‘Have you come back?’ said the woman, ‘I thought that no one had come back.’ Does this statement give some clue about the story? If yes, what is it? Answer:Yes, this statement gives some clue about the story. During the early part of the war Mrs Dorling had
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The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse A. Reading With Insight Question 1:You will probably agree that this story does not have breathless adventure and exciting action. Then what in your opinion makes it interesting? Answer:The story ‘The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse’ is a tale told from the viewpoint of a nine-year old
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