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What is latent amd unborn and why? |
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Answer» What is latent and unborn and why?The seeds are dormant and unborn because of lack of water which is needed for them to germinate and form a new plant. The seeds are dormant and\xa0unborn\xa0because of lack of water which is needed for them to germinate and form a new plant. |
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| 3652. |
How does the rain help teachers seeds?refer to poem \'voice of the rain \' |
| Answer» Q2. How does the rain help the seeds?\xa0Ans.\xa0The rain helps the seeds to germinate and grow into a new life. | |
| 3653. |
With what purpose does the rain desend from the sky ? |
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Answer» The rain drops fall from the sky in order to give life to the dry areas and washthe famine-stricken lands. To provide relief to the drought areas and to induce the seeds for their growth.The poem is \'The Voice of the Rain\' and the poet is Walt Whitman. With what purpose does the rain descend from the sky? The rain drops fall from the sky in order to give life to the dry areas and washthe famine-stricken lands. The rain helps the seeds to germinate and grow into a new life. |
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| 3654. |
How has the answer been conveyed to us and what is it ? Refer to poem \'voice of the rain \' |
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Answer» The\xa0poet has\xa0personified the\xa0rain\xa0drop and it is answering the\xa0poet\'s\xa0question by saying that it is the \'poem\xa0of the Earth\'. Q : How has the answer been conveyed to us and what is it?A n s w e r :The poet has personified the rain drop and it is answering the poet’s question by saying that it is the ‘poem of the Earth’. |
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| 3655. |
What do you understand by the phrase \'strange to tell\' |
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Answer» \xa0The\xa0phrase\xa0“strange to tell”\xa0means\xa0that it is quite\xa0strange\xa0for the poet to believe and express in words that the soft-falling rain replied to his question. At the beginning of the poem, the poet inquires the rain about its identity, to which the rain replies that it is the \'Poem of Earth\'. The Voice of the Rain by Walt Whitman, the rain is personified and the speaker of the poem asks the rain to explain itself. In response to the speaker, the rain talks about how it is intangible and pure. It talks about the cycle it goes through by emerging from heaven, lands on the earth and then rises again. In the poem, the phrase "Strange to tell" refers to extraordinary and unusual answers given by rain when the poet asks the rain "Who it was?" |
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| 3656. |
List the pair of opposites found in the poem |
| Answer» (a) Day, night(b) Reck\'d, unreck\'d(c) Rise, descend | |
| 3657. |
On what does the \'rain desend \' ? What does it do to the things on which it falls? |
| Answer» The rain descends on droughts, atoms and dust particles on the surface of the earth. It also falls on everything that is on the earth. It gives life to the things on which it falls. The things that do not get rain remain like seeds latent and unborn. | |
| 3658. |
What answer did the rain give to the poet about its origin? |
| Answer» The rain answered that it was the poem of the earth. It rose eternally out of the land and bottomless sea into the sky. There its form changed but essence remained the same. | |
| 3659. |
What dies the rain do to the things day and night |
| Answer» The rain falls on the earth, and washes away the drought, it also helps the seeds to germinate and bring forth new life on the earth. Without it, all life on earth would become lifeless. | |
| 3660. |
How dies the rain justify it\'s claim \'I am the poem of earth |
| Answer» As the water evaporates from the earth in form of vapors , forms clouds andagain comes back to earth in form of rain. The rain makes pleasant\xa0sound when it falls on earth . It is like a poem of the earth. The poem originates from the poet go to different and again comes back to the poet. | |
| 3661. |
Why did Albert show his eagerness to meet the doctor? |
| Answer» Einstein showed eagerness to meet the doctor because he couldnotbear the the problems he had to face in the school anymore. He was fed up. he wanted to leave the place as soon as possible. he didn\'t want to stay here now. He thought at the end it would come out that he was wasting his poor fathers money and everybody\'s time. | |
| 3662. |
What made the narrator suddenly get up and leave the room without meeting Mrs dorling? |
| Answer» The narrator comments that forgetting the address would be the easiest part but the memories of their past and the belongings which were markers of their past would remain indelible in her memory. She did not want to remember the place,she could not go back to this place because the objects that were linked with the familiar life of former times had lost their value for her. They had been severed from the associations that she had with them in an unfamiliar location. Also,they would not have found a place in her small apartment. To forget the things of her past would require a momentous effort due to the associations that these things held for her but she would have to do it. In this process forgetting the address would be the effortless part. | |
| 3663. |
Why was Mrs dorling surprised to see Mrs S daughters? |
| Answer» Mrs Dorling was surprised because she was afraid that the narrator had come back to claim her belongings which rightfully belonged to the narrator\'s mother. Mrs Dorling had thought that they wouldn\'t survive the war and she would be able to hold on to the belongings. But the return of the narrator made her anxious about the narrator wanting to take back the things. | |
| 3664. |
In what way is Murad like uncle Khusro? |
| Answer» Just like uncle Khosrove, Mourad had a crazy streak to him. He was not Khosrove\'s son but was considered as his descendant in terms of spirit and insanity. The two were considered as the unusual members of the family who were unperturbed by anything that was happening around them.\xa0He was quite crazy about horses. Everyone thought that his behavior was an inheritance from his uncle Khosrove because his father Zorab was fully normal. | |
| 3665. |
Why did Aram not want the horse to be returned? |
| Answer» When it came to riding, Aram, was as passionate and fanatic as his cousin, Mourad.\xa0Aram wanted the horse to be returned only after he would also learn to ride the horse thoroughly. He pleaded to Mourad to return the horse only after he himself had learnt to ride. He asked him to keep the horse for six more months. | |
| 3666. |
What made Aram full of nostalgia? |
| Answer» The excerpt has been taken from the lesson\xa0"The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse" written by William\xa0Saroyan.The story starts with a feeling of nostalgia for Aram. he thinks about an incident that occurred 9 years ago when Mourad had stolen a charming white horse that belonged to John Bryo, a farmer. When the farmer complained to Uncle Khosrove about the stolen horse, he tells them to the boys and the next day the horse is returned back to its rightful owner. | |
| 3667. |
Vetmade around full of nostalgia. |
| Answer» The excerpt has been taken from the lesson\xa0"The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse" written by William\xa0Saroyan.The story starts with a feeling of nostalgia for Aram. he thinks about an incident that occurred 9 years ago when Mourad had stolen a charming white horse that belonged to John Bryo, a farmer. When the farmer complained to Uncle Khosrove about the stolen horse, he tells them to the boys and the next day the horse is returned back to its rightful owner. | |
| 3668. |
The rain is the harbinger to life. How |
| Answer» Rain is the sign of harbinger of life as it denotes earthly life.The rain nourishes the plants, the trees, fields and flowers and to the whole of flora and fauna and it dies by showering itself onto these.It again rises from the water bodies through evaporation.Thus, it is mortal. Dying and again take rebirth.\xa0 | |
| 3669. |
Justify the title of the poem The Voice of the rain |
| Answer» \xa0The poem written by Walt Whitman, \'The Voice of the Rain\' is about an imaginative conversation which the poet once had with the rain. It appears that the poet had asked the soft falling shower as to who it was and strangely the shower seemed to have answered the question which the poet translates. According to the translation, the rain is explaining that it is the poem of earth. It originates from the impalpable land and the bottomless sea. From here it goes on to heaven where it changes its form but retains its characteristics. It then descends from the sky in the form of rain to save earth from drought, washing away the dust on earth. All those living beings on earth which were not able to grow without the rain are brought to life by it. Thus, in this way the rain purifies and beautifies its origin like a song which originates from the heart. Like the song it wanders and entertains others, whether being liked or not by people. It travels back to where it originated with love and care. The poet in this poem is trying to illustrate the significance of rain in our lives. Using the imaginative conversation between him and rain, he is trying to point out that the rain does have a voice and even compares it with a song. The poet sees the rain as an entity with a voice which is indispensable for the survival of the earth. Therefore, the title of the poem is justly chosen by the poet. | |
| 3670. |
Explain the images of the engine and she is stokes it full. |
| Answer» The poet compares the whole scene of the Laburnum tree with an engine because on the arrival of goldfinch, the tree is surrounded by many noises. The little one\'s of the goldfinch start making sounds and movements resembling to the noise of an engine.\xa0It looks as if the goldfinch itself has started the engine and is stroking it. The stroking here refers to the the act of feeding the offsprings and the tree being lighten up by the twittering of the goldfinch. | |
| 3671. |
Briefly describe the voyagers vessel the wavewalker |
| Answer» wave walker was the name of the boat on which narrator decided to do his voyage....he spent a year in the preparations of the boat...he even tested the boat in different weathers....so that he could come to know about the strength of the boat. | |
| 3672. |
Why has the laburnum tree and the Goldfinch compared with each other? |
| Answer» The laburnum tree and the goldfinch is compared to each other because the laburnum tree was silent, quite still until the goldfinch come and trembles and thrills the whole tree.They both have same yellow colour and when the goldfinch come and sat down on the tree she is not visible as she moved at the thicker part of the?.so they are been compared to each other because one is very quiet and the other is is very chittering and chirping and the similarities to they both look alike. | |
| 3673. |
January 2 was crucial for the voyages how |
| Answer» On New Year’s Day the weather changed for the worse. The waves were gigantic. Strong gales did trouble them. As the ship rose to the top of each wave, they could see endless huge waves rolling towards them. The howling of the wind and the spray was painful to the ears. The sky grew dark. A torrent of green and white water broke over the ship. The captain was thrown overboard.\xa0 | |
| 3674. |
Why did the grandmother always accompany the author to school? |
| Answer» Because the grand mother had too much love with the author and the live together as author\'s parents live in the city she used to wake him up and bathe him dress him for skool and accompany him to school as the thempal where she used to go it was adjoining the author\'s school she goes ther to read scriptures. | |
| 3675. |
Why does Khushwant Singh compared his grandmother with the winter landscape ? |
| Answer» In the story the " The portrait of a Lady " by khushwant Singh. The grandmother was not pretty but had a divine beauty. She dressed in spotless white, Her silver locks were scattered untidely over her pale, puckered face , and her lips constantly moved in an inaudible prayer. The author describes her " like the winter landscape in the Mountains " - A personification of “ serenity, breathing peace and contentment ”. | |
| 3676. |
Were the children more afraid during this ordeal? |
| Answer» The narrator and his wife lost all the hopes and thought that they will die. However, their kids were in danger, they remained optimistic about the situation and didn’t show any fear.Even the children cheered for them and showing courage. | |
| 3677. |
How did sue suffer when the wave struck the ship? |
| Answer» The narrator crawled into the children’s cabin to find out if they were safe. Sue told him that her head was hurt a bit. He saw a big bump over her eyes. Sue’s head had swollen alarmingly. She showed a deep cut on her arm. But she didn’t, want to worry them when they were trying to save them all. | |
| 3678. |
What was the only hope for these sailors ? |
| Answer» When boat got struck in mid of the sea the sailors can\'t sail their boat.The boat\'s main rib frames were smashed down to the keel.The only hope of the sailors was to find an island and go home.The secondary hope was to get the replaies to their maydaycalls. | |
| 3679. |
What problems did they face in these efforts? |
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| 3680. |
How did the narrator\'s suffer due to the wave hit? |
| Answer» The narrator was back in the chart room and read on sextant.This usually happen due to somewhere that is taken away from doubts and clear nicely.He does not lose his courage and confidence as hit by wave and facing problems.The wave hit wavewalker had caused due to extensive damage. | |
| 3681. |
What measures were taken to save the ship from sinking? |
| Answer» Lary and Herb started pumping out water. The captain stretched the canvas and covered gaping holes. When two pumps were choked and an electric pump got fused, he found another one and connected it on board | |
| 3682. |
Describe the weather conditions on January 2 ?we are not afraid to die |
| Answer» Early morning on January2, the waves were huge and sea was extremely rough. Their ship was hit by strong mighty waves. They slowed down the speed of the boat and double lashed everything. They got ready to face the danger by wearing life jackets and they waited for the worst. | |
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Who were Larry and herb? |
| Answer» Larry Vigil and Herb Siegler were two crewmen of American and Swedish nationality respectively.They were crewmen aboard the ship wavewalker. They were extremely talented and helped the narrator to tackle the rough seas of the southern Indian Ocean. | |
| 3684. |
What was the narrator\'s purpose of making the voyage from Plymouth in 1976? |
| Answer» The narrator wanted to undertake the same voyage that Captain James Cook had made 200 years ago. The journey started from Plymouth in England and ended in a small island in the South Indian Ocean in Amsterdam.Along with his family, the narrator had been making preparations for this journey for 16 years. They got a huge wooden-hulled boat professionally designed just for this journey. It was also tested for durability and the family also employed the services of two crewmen to assist them.While the first lap of the journey was peaceful, trouble brewed later and the family faced many difficulties. However, they were not afraid to die if they died together. In the end, the narrator and his family reached the destination safe and sound. | |
| 3685. |
What precautions did the author and his wife make for their round the world sea voyage? |
| Answer» The author and his wife made a lot of arrangement for their round world sea voyage. They have been preparing for this voyage for sixteen years. For the voyage, they professionally designed their boat. The boat was tested several times in the harsh conditions to make sure for its journey. Also, the narrator and his wife prepared themselves mentally and physically so that they can undergo such a voyage. | |
| 3686. |
Describe the disaster of the large wave which destructed the narrator\'s boat? |
| Answer» The colossal wave wreaked fatal havoc on the boat. It hit it with an explosion. Its force was so intense that it threw the author many feet away from the boat. But the lifeline kept him safe. It also capsized the boat; fortunately another wave put it erect again. Author\'s ribs cracked; his mouth was filled with broken teeth and blood.The decks were smashed; there was water, water in the boat. A huge hole in the starboard side let the water in in torrents. The very keel of the boat was shaken with the blow of the wave. Sue, author\'s daughter had received serious head injury. Their very survival was in danger. | |
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How did the narrator\'s children Jonathan and Suzanne show courage in the hour of great storm |
| Answer» The narrator’s family members showed exemplary courage in the hour of great storm. Not only the elders on the boat worked hard, kept nerves, and cooperated with one another, the six year old son, and the seven year old Suzanne behaved courageously and bravely also in the face of the storm. The six year old son Jon reassured his dad that he was not afraid to die if he could be together with his family. Suzanne also did not complain and cry about her head injury, though she was in pain.\xa0 | |
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How did sue and Jonathan face the disaster that struck their ship? |
| Answer» Sue and Jonathan show great maturity and tolerance as they face the disaster. Jonathan expresses his fearlessness and courage as says that they are not afraid of dying if they all can be together. Sue also expresses her love and gratitude for her parents by making a greeting card. She is strong enough to not let her parents know about her serious injuries. She tries not want to bother them in the time of crisis. | |
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Who is the author of the poem the vouce of the rain? |
| Answer» Voice of the rain is written by Walt WhitmanThe poem ‘The Voice of the Rain’ is written by Walt Whitman. It is a conversation between the poet and the rain. The rain explains its eternal journey in its birth-place, i.e. earth to the poet. | |
| 3690. |
How does the author describe his grandfather |
| Answer» In\xa0The Portrait of a Lady, Khushwant Singh describes his grandfather from the latter’s portrait that hung above the mantelpiece in the drawing room. His grandfather is seen wearing a big turban and loose-fitting clothes in the portrait. His long, white beard covered the best part of his chest and he looked at least a hundred years old. Khushwant Singh also goes on to say that his grandfather did not look the sort of person who would have a wife or children. He looked as if he could only have lots and lots of grandchildren. | |
| 3691. |
The summer of the beautiful white horse - Collect four instances of humour from the story |
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| 3692. |
A Photograph. Imitate the poem giving new style and form. May use some artistic skills. |
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| 3693. |
What did the narrator plan to do?What preparation did he for it? |
| Answer» The mayday calls are | |
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What light does the lesson throw on Indian family values?from the portrait of a lady |
| Answer» The two major values that one ought to take away from the story are as follows. Firstly, we should spend more time with our grandparents, keep in touch with them, make them feel loved and wanted, especially in their old age when they cease to be less active. Secondly, a life of dedication and integrity can be lived even without college or university level education as the grandmother demonstrates. The author\'s grandmother was constantly telling the beads of her rosary and she had been doing so ever since the author could remember. Her lips always moved in an inaudible prayer. She would start her day with a morning prayer uttered in a monotonous sing-song voice and spend the time when the author was in school at the temple, reading the scriptures. Even when she got older and more infirm in her faculties, her lips continued to move in prayer and her mind became lost in it. Her fingers would not stop telling the beads of her rosary. Her piety was a way of life for her. This is a lesson in dedication and perseverance for the younger generation. | |
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Accepted her seclusion with resignation |
| Answer» This means that the narrator\'s grandmother remain quiet and silent after leaving her grandson. She accepted her loneliness. When the narrator left, the grandmother took to feeding sparrows and rarely left her spinning wheel after that. Thus, she accepted her seclusion with resignation. | |
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How rain gives us life and without it our life would be hell. Justify |
| Answer» Poem 3 the voice of rain | |
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Did the boys return the horse because they were conscience - Stricken or because they were afraid? |
| Answer» Aram and Mourad were just dreamy and wanted to fulfil their wish to ride a horse. But, when they met a pure hearted soul, John Byro, their mindset changed. John Byro read the horse eagerly and told them that it could be his horse if he hadn\'t known their family. John Byro believed their honesty. This pricked their conscience. They were conscience-striken and decided to return the horse. And, at the same time, they must have thought that it would ruin their family\'s prestige. | |
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How does the poet\'s fast different from her mothers? |
| Answer» The age of twelve, the poet’s mother was considered as a big girl. The photograph shows the poet\'s mother and her two cousins holding hands wearing swimming costumes and ready to dive into the sea.They all are wearing quaint dresses that were a thing of the past and not worn anymore. This was the difference. All have changed in the poet’s time except the sea. | |
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Describe narrator uncle khosrove |
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Answer» Narrator\'s uncle Khoshrove was an enormous man and had a very large moustache.he was short-tempered, so irritable,impatient. Many times he even stopped people from talking by roaring. He didnt even let his own son tell him that their house was on fire and stopped him as well as the barber (he was having his moustache trimmed) by roaring. This might also show that he was pretty rude and careless. The narrator’s uncle was considered to be a crazy man. Actually, he was the natural descendant of the crazy streak in the family. He was a huge and powerful man. He had a big strong head with black hair. He was a man of furious nature. He was short tempered and of irritable nature. He would not let anybody talk before him. He would stop him shouting. “It is no harm ; pay no attention to it.” |
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| 3700. |
Ch 2 summary |
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Answer» Hi anushka Ok I think it is available in this app |
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