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1.

Read each Statement below carefully and state, with reasons, if it is true of false:The acceleration vector of a particle in uniform circular motion averaged over one cycle is a null vector.

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It is true- Because over a complete cycle, for an acceleration at any point of circular path, there is an equal and opposite acceleration vector at a point diametrically opposite to the first point, resulting in a null net acceleration vector.

2.

What is the angle between velocity vector and acceleration vector in uniform circular motion?

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The angle between velocity vector and acceleration vector in uniform circular motion is 90º.

3.

Read each Statement below carefully and state, with reasons, if it is true of false:The net acceleration of a particle in circular motion is always along the radius of the circle towards the cenre.

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It is false - The acceleration of the particle moving along a circular path is along the radius only, if the particle moves with a uniform speed.

4.

Define frequency of revolution of a body.

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Number of revolutions completed by the body in one second is called frequency of revolution.

5.

What is the angular velocity of the hour hand of a clock?

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π/6 radian per hour.

6.

What is the angle between velocity vector and acceleration vector in uniform circular motion?

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90° is the angle between velocity vector and acceleration vector in uniform circular motion.

7.

Define centripetal acceleration.

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In uniform circular motion, the acceleration produced on the body acts along the radius, towards the centre of the circular path and is known as centripetal acceleration or radial acceleration.

8.

What Is banking of roads?

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Raising the outer edge of the road to get the required centripetal force for a vehicle is known as banking of roads (or track).

9.

What is centripetal force?

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The force which deviates a particle from its linear path to make it move along a circular path and is directed radially inwards is called centripetal force.

10.

What furnishes the centripetal acceleration for the earth to go around the sun?

Answer» The gravitational pull of the sun at the earth.
11.

What is the source of centripetal force for the planets revolving round the sun?

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The gravitational force of attraction between the sun and the planets provides the centripetal force for the revolution of the planets round the sun.

12.

What provides the centripetal force to a satellite revolving round the earth?

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Gravitational force of attraction on satellite due to earth.

13.

Who invented the difference engine?

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Charles Babbage invented the difference engine.

14.

The scene described in ‘After Apple-Picking’ takes place in A) late autumn or early winter B) autumn C) winter D) summer

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A) late autumn or early winter

15.

What causes drowsiness in the apple-picker? A) The sheet of ice B) The scent of apples C) The drinking trough D) The hoary grass.

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B) The scent of apples

16.

What does the ‘pane of glass’ refer to?

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Pane of glass actually refers to the thin sheet of ice that the speaker gathers from the trough. He looks at the world through this pane of glass he skims from the trough. He holds on to it until it melts.

17.

Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow:There were ten thousand thousand fruit to touch, Cherish in hand, lift down, and not let fall. For all That struck the earth, No matter if not bruised or spiked with stubble, Went surely to the cider-apple heap As of no worth.i. Why is the poet careful to see that his apples don’t fall to the ground?ii. What is the poet trying to express by using the symbol of an apple that is ‘spiked’ or ‘bruised’?iii. What does he really mean by using the imagery of apples being ‘cherished’?

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i. The speaker had to worry about not letting the apples drop. Even if the apples were in perfect condition otherwise, without ‘bruises’ or ‘stubble’, they would be considered worthless if they touched the ground. They would have to be thrown in the heap of apples that will just be used to make cider.

ii. The apple that is spiked or bruised makes us think of the Biblical story of the Fall of Adam and Eve, and their forbidden fruit. So, the spiked or bruised apple is a metaphor for all that is evil.

iii. The speaker implies that each apple should be cherished, which means, carefully handled and picked. No apple should be allowed to fall.

18.

Which phrase in the poem suggests that the poet has had bumper harvest?

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‘The rumbling sound Of load on load of apples coming in.’ 

‘For I have had too much Of apple picking.’ 

‘Of the great harvest I myself desired. 

There were ten thousand thousand fruit to touch’.

19.

The poet says he is done with apple-picking because A) he could not rub the strangeness of the sight he had seen through a sheet of ice B) only a few are left to be picked C) he is tired D) his instep arch is aching

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C) he is tired

20.

Interpret the lines: ‘Essence of winter sleep is on the night, The scent of apples: I am drowsing off. ’

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It is night time, and the speaker is very tired. He compares his approaching sleep to an ‘essence’ or smell that wafts through the winter night. Not surprisingly, this essence smells like apples. This might mean that either he is falling asleep on his ladder in the orchard as night falls, or he is in bed, just thinking about being out in the orchard. This ambivalence continues throughout the poem.

21.

Justify the title of the poem, ‘After Apple-picking’.

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The poem ‘After Apple-picking’ is written in the first person; the speaker is someone who has worked long and nard but is now on the verge of being overwhelmed by fatigue and the depth of the experience of picking apples. The details of-his activity are recalled in contemplating the dream he expects to have.

The poem is filled with images drawn from the speaker’s experience with the pastoral world; the events he remembers all took place on a farm, specifically in an apple orchard. He has climbed a ladder to pick apples; even when he has finished, he can almost feel the rungs of the ladder beneath his feet. The smell of the apples is pervasive, and he can still hear the sound of the wagons carrying loads of apples into the barn.

Frost intends to evoke a mood of hesitation and drowsiness, as if the speaker were about to drop off to sleep and is no longer fully in control of his thoughts. He does this in the framework of apple-picking. Thus the title is highly appropriate.

22.

What is the speaker’s state of mind as seen in the poem ‘After Applepicking’?

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The speaker’s overwhelming state of mind in ‘After Apple-picking’ is tiredness and reflection. He was already tired in the beginning of the day when he took a drink and is even more exhausted after a long day spent picking apples. Physically, he is sore and worn out. His instep still feels the imprint of the ladder rung that he spent all day standing upon.

23.

Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow: I cannot rub the strangeness from my sight I got from looking through a pane of glass I skimmed this morning from the drinking trough And held against the world of hoary grass. It melted, and I let it fall and break.i. What did the poet see through the ‘pane of glass’?ii. From where had he got this piece of glass?iii. How could the glass ‘melt’?

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i. The speaker saw the frost-covered (‘hoary’) grass, distorted by the mirror (‘glass’) of the ice.

ii. The night was cold enough to freeze the top layer of the trough into a sheet of ice, and the speaker picked up (‘skimmed’) this sheet.

iii. The ice started to melt, probably from the warmth of his hands.

24.

What was the master’s opinion regarding the battle against red men ? गोरे लोगों के खिलाफ युद्ध के बारे में मालिक की क्या राय थी?

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The Master was a peace-loving person. He did not like to use violence to get freedom. The Master advised people to boycott foreign goods, stop serving the British Government and refuse to pay taxes. He was against setting up barricades in the name of peace, for much blood will be spilt.

मालिक शान्तिप्रिय व्यक्ति था। वह आजादी के लिये हिंसा को पसन्द नहीं करता था। मालिक ने लोगों को राय दी कि वे वे विदेशी वस्तुओं का बहिष्कार करें, अंग्रेजी राज्य की नौकरी करना बन्द कर दें, और कर चुकाने से मना करें। मालिक शांति के नाम पर सुरक्षा दीवारें बनाने के विरुद्ध थे क्योंकि इससे अधिक रक्त बहेगा।

25.

How did people show their trust in Gauri as a goddess ? लोगों ने गौरी में देवी के रूप में अपनी आस्था किस प्रकार प्रकट की?

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Everybody in the city liked, loved and respected Gauri. People thought her to be goddess Lakshmi. They would come to her with various wishes to be fulfilled. Therefore every Tuesday, there was a well prepared procession of men and women at the Master’s hermitage.

नगर में हर कोई गौरी को चाहता, प्यार करता और आदर करता था। लोग उसे देवी लक्ष्मी मानते थे। लोग उसके पास अपनी-अपनी मुरादें स्वीकार कराने और पूरा करने के लिये आते। इसलिए हर मंगलवार को मालिक की कुटिया पर पुरुषों एवं महिलाओं का सुसज्जित जुलूस बन जाता था।

26.

The cost of that little enamel box was – (a) eight guineas (b) twenty eight guineas (c) twenty guineas (d) none of the above

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(b) twenty eight guineas

27.

Why did the workmen lay down their arms ? मजदूरों ने अपने हथियार नीचे क्यों गिरा दिये?

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In honour of the cow Gauri, the workmen laid down their arms. Previously they were hiding behind the barricades. When they saw Gauri coming towards them, they got furious. As Gauri came nearer, the workmen laid down their arms, to show respect and folded their hands and fell prostrate at her feet.

गौरी के सम्मान में, मजदूरों ने अपने हथियार नीचे | गिरा दिये। इससे पहले वे सुरक्षा दीवारे के पीछे थे। जब उन्होंने गौरी को अपनी तरफ आते देखा तो वे क्रोधित हो उठे। ज्योंहि गौरी और पास आई, मजदूरों ने गौरी के प्रति प्रेम और आदर प्रकट करने के प्रयोजन से अपने हथियार नीचे गिरा दिये और अपने हाथ जोड़ लिये और उसके चरणों में लेट गये।

28.

What does the author say about the snake and rat playing under the master’s bed ? मालिक के पलंग के नीचे चूहे व सर्प के खेलने के बारे में लेखक क्या कहता है?

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The author has beautifully used symbolism here. In the city people are living happily and merrily. The life they are leading is full of happiness. They need not to worry about anything. Thus the use of phrase,” the snake and the rat playing under the master’s bed” shows this clearly.

लेखक ने यहां प्रतीकवाद का सुन्दरता से उपयोग किया है। नगर में लोग प्रसन्नतापूर्वक आनन्द से रह रहे हैं। वे हंसी खुशी जीवन जी रहे हैं। उन्हें किसी प्रकार की चिंता करने की आवश्यकता नहीं है। इस प्रकार सर्प व चूहे का मालिक के पलंग के नीचे खेलने वाला वाक्यांश इसे स्पष्ट रूपेण दर्शाता है।

29.

What symbolism can be found in the poem ‘After Apple-picking’?

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Symbolism threads through Robert Frost’s poem ‘After Apple-picking’. Apples, the symbol of life and the downfall of life, are the topics of the poem from start to finish. The ladder is one of the first symbols encountered in the poem. At the beginning of the poem, the ladder is pointed “Toward heaven still.” Later in the poem, the poet speaks of how the rungs of the ladder can be felt in the bottoms of his feet and how weary he is of the apple harvest. This is symbolic of the difficulty of his life’s work as he toils to reach heaven.

The apple picker has a hard time looking through the ‘pane of glass’ which is a piece of ice that formed on the drinking trough. He cannot see clearly through the ice as it distorts his vision and he cannot seem to recover from that. In other words, he cannot see what is to come now that his hard work is complete, and the harvest is in.

Two symbols interwoven through the poem are sleep and dreaming. The speaker wonders what form his sleep will take, even alluding to the hibernation of the woodchuck: “The woodchuck could say whether it’s like his Long sleep, as I describe its coming on, Or just some human sleep.” He is questioning if the sleep he feels coming on is a simple repose, or the eternal sleep of death.

The season of winter symbolizes the end of one’s life. Robert Frost could be metaphorically saying that the speaker is nearing the end of a hard working life.‘

30.

If Rosemary wanted to shop, she would go to – (a) Regent Street (b) Curzon Street (c) Paris (d) All of the above

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 Correct answer is (c) Paris

31.

Rosemary gave Miss Smith a present of – (a) three pound notes (b) five pound notes (c) a beautiful box (d) a golden chain

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(a) three pound notes

32.

In what way Rosemary is different from other people ? रोजमेरी किस प्रकार अन्य लोगों से भिन्न है?

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Rosemary, the main character, is an extremely rich lady. She goes shopping to Paris from London. She is a snobbish kind of person. The antique shop dealer keeps flattering her by which she is carried away. She is young, brilliant, extremely modern and a well dressed lady. But she is a vain person also. She loves reading books and novels. She is always lost in the world of dreams, fantasy. and romanticism. She does not know about the realities of the world. She becomes jealous, when her husband Philip admires the girl’s look.

मुख्य पात्र रोजमेरी अत्यधिक अमीर महिला है। रोजमेरी खरीददारी करने लंदन से पेरिस जाती है। वह दंभी किस्म की इंसान है। प्राचीन वस्तुओं का दुकानदार उसकी चापलूसी करता है जिस पर वह भावों में बह जाती है। वह जवान, मेधावी, अत्यन्त आधुनिक और सुन्दर पहनावे वाली महिला है। किन्तु वह घमण्डी व्यक्ति भी है। वह पुस्तकें व उपन्यास पढ़ना पसन्द करती है। वह सदैव सपनों, कल्पनाओं और प्रणय व्यवहार के मोहजाल में खोई रहती है। वह दुनिया की वास्तविकताओं को नहीं जानती है। जब उसका पति फिलिप लड़की के रूप की प्रशंसा करता है तो वह ईष्यालु हो जाती है।

33.

Why does Rosemary like shopping at antique stores ? रोजमेरी प्राचीन मूल्यवान चीजों की दुकानों पर खरीददारी करना क्यों पसंद करती है?

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Rosemary believes in materialism. She also likes the way of flattery which the shopkeeper at the antique shop treats her.

रोजमेरी भौतिकवाद में विश्वास करती है। वह प्राचीन एवं मूल्यवान वस्तुओं के दुकानदार द्वारा उसके साथ किये जाने वाले चापलूसीपूर्ण व्यवहार को भी पसन्द करती है।

34.

How does Rosemary treat the poor girl at home? रोजमेरी घर पर उस गरीब लड़की के साथ कैसा व्यवहार करती है?

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She takes the girl home, ushers (takes) her into her private bedroom, and makes her comfortable. When the girl begins to cry, she puts her arm around the girl’s thin bird-like shoulders and promises to look after her. When Rosemary’s husband Philip asks about her identity, the young girl tells what is clearly a false name (Smith).

वह उस लड़की को घर लाती है और उसे अपने शयनकक्ष में ले जाती है और उसे आरामदेह बनाती है। जब वह लड़की रोने लगती है तो वह उसके दुबले पक्षी के समान कधों पर अपनी बाहँ रख देती है। और उसकी देखभाल करने का वादा करती है। जब रोजमेरी के पति फिलिप उसकी पहचान जानना चाहते हैं तो वह लड़की एक झूठा नाम (स्मिथ) बताती है।

35.

Why was Rosemary unable to buy the box at the antique shop? प्राचीन वस्तुओं की दूकान से रोजमेरी वह बॉक्स खरीदने में असमर्थ क्यों रही?

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After admiring the box once again she put on her gloves. She had to take her husband’s permission to buy that box. As men are not interested in these type of things, and women are dependent on men economically so Rosemary could not buy that box.

वस्तु को परखने के बाद उसने पुनः दस्ताने पहन लिए। उसने सोचा कि उस बॉक्स को खरीदने के लिये उसे अपने पति की मंजूरी लेनी होगी। चूंकि पुरुष ऐसी चीजों में रुचिशील नहीं होते हैं तथा महिलाएँ आर्थिक रूप
से पुरुषों पर पूरी तरह आश्रित रहती हैं अतः रोजमेरी वह बॉक्स नहीं खरीद सकी।

36.

How can you say that Rosemary feels insecure about her own physical appearance ? आप कैसे कह सकते हैं कि रोजमेरी स्वयं के शारीरिक रूप के बारे में असुरक्षित महसूस करती है?

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How insecure Rosemary may feel about her physical appearance is noticeable by the fact that after Miss Smith leaves Rosemary’s home, she does up her hair, darkens her eyes a little and puts on her pearls. This action is important enough to suggest that Rosemary is attempting to make herself pretty, at least in Philip’s eyes. The fact that Rosemary asks Philip for money to buy the little box may also be significant as it shows the importance of material things to Rosemary. The story ends with Rosemary asking Philip, “Am I pretty ?” and this shows how insecure Rosemary feels about her physical appearance.

जब मिस स्मिथ रोजमेरी का घर छोड़ कर चली जाती है तब रोजमेरी को महसूस होता है कि वह अपने शारीरिक रूप के बारे में बहुत असुरक्षित है, यह सहज दिखने लगा। रोजमेरी ने अपने बाल संवारे, आंखों को कुछ काला किया और मोती के गहने पहने। यह क्रिया महत्वपूर्ण है जैसा कि यह सुझाती है कि रोजमेरी कम से कम फिलिप की नजरों में तो स्वयं को सुन्दर बनाने का प्रयास कर रही है। वास्तविकता तो यह है। कि रोजमेरी छोटा बॉक्स खरीदने के लिये जब फिलिप से धन मांगती है, यह भी महत्वपूर्ण है, क्योंकि यह रोजमेरी का भौतिक वस्तुओं के प्रति लगाव को स्पष्ट करता है। कहानी को समाप्त करते समय भी रोजमेरी बहुत असुरक्षित है। इसे और अधिक स्पष्ट किया जा सकता है जब +वह फिलिप से पूछती है, क्या मैं सुन्दर हूँ ?”

37.

How is it beneficial to Rosemary taking the poor girl home? रोजमेरी के लिये गरीब लड़की को घर ले जाना किस प्रकार लाभदायक है?

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It is interesting that Rosemary, while the poor girl is in her bedroom having tea, leaves the poor girl’s hat and coat on the floor. When the poor girl begins to cry, she caresses her with love and promises to look after her. She considers that in this way she will be able to boast about to her friends.

यह रोचक बात है कि रोजमेरी गरीब लड़की के हेट और कोट फर्श पर ही छोड़ देती है, जब वह लड़की उसके शयनकक्ष में चाय पी रही होती है। जब गरीब लड़की रोने लगती है तो वह उसे प्यार से सहलाती है। और उसकी देखभाल करने का वादा करती है। वह यह मानती है कि इस प्रकार वह अपने मित्रों के बीच शेखी बघारने योग्य हो जायेगी।

38.

Does the girl’s reaction to Rosemary’s invitation surprise you? रोजमेरी के निमंत्रण पर लड़की की प्रतिक्रिया क्या आपको चकित करती है?

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The girl’s reaction to Rosemary’s invitation is really surprising. There was pain in her voice. She anxiously asks Rosemary if she was not taking her to the police station. Miss Smith feels herself to be a captive, netted very firmly by an unknown person. The girl breaks down in tears and says she cannot go on any longer.

रोजमेरी के निमंत्रण पर लड़की की प्रतिक्रिया सचमुच चकित करने वाली है। उसकी आवाज में एक तकलीफ है। वह चिन्तित होकर रोजमेरी से पूछती है कि कहीं वह उसे पुलिस स्टेशन तो नहीं ले जा रही। मिस स्मिथ स्वयं को किसी अपरिचित व्यक्ति द्वारा जाल में फंसा हुआ शिकार मानती है। लड़की के आंसू फूट पड़ते हैं और वह कहती है कि ज्यादा देर तक यह सब नहीं सह सकती।

39.

What does Rosemary’s response to the shopkeeper’s flattery reveal about her character? दूकानदार द्वारा चापलूसी पर रोजमेरी की प्रतिक्रिया से उसके चरित्र के बारे में क्या प्रकट होता है?

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Rosemary is fond of getting a treatment full of flattery. She is easily influenced by the owner at the antique shop.

रोजमेरी चापलूसीपूर्ण व्यवहार पाने की शौकीन है। वह प्राचीन वस्तुओं की दूकान के मालिक द्वारा आसानी से प्रभावित हो जाती है।

40.

What kind of a person is Rosemary? रोजमेरी किस प्रकार की इंसान हैं?

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Rosemary, the main character, is a snobbish kind of person. At the flower shop she would throw her weight around by telling them her likes and dislikes. She is fond of receiving flattery and praise from everyone. Rosemany loves reading books and novels. But she is always lost in the world of dreams, fantasy and romance.

रोजमेरी, मुख्य पात्र, दंभी किस्म की इंसान है। फूलों की दुकान पर वह अपनी पसन्द व नापसन्द बताकर अपना गुरुत्व प्रकट करती है। वह सभी से चापलूसी पूर्ण व्यवहार व बड़ाई पाने की शौकीन है। रोजमेरी को पुस्तकें और उपन्यास पढ़ना अच्छा लगता है। किन्तु वह हमेशा सपनों, कल्पनाओं और प्रणय व्यवहार की दुनिया में खोई रहती है।

41.

Is Rosemary a good kind-hearted lady or a superficial one? क्या रोजमेरी एक अच्छी दयापूर्ण दिल वाली या छिछले व्यवहार वाली महिला है?

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Rosemary is not a kind-hearted lady. She shows sympathy towards a poor girl, and instead of giving her the price of tea, she drags her home. Rosemary’s intention in doing so is just to influence her friends, and building an image of godmother in the poor girl’s mind.

रोजमेरी किसी भी तरह दयावान महिला नहीं है। एक गरीब लड़की के प्रति सहानुभूति दर्शाकर, उसे चाय के पैसे देने के बजाए वह उसे घर तक खींच लाती है। ऐसा करने के पीछे रोजमेरी का इरादा सिर्फ अपने मित्रों को प्रभावित है और गरीब लड़की के मन में स्वयं की देव माता के रूप में छवि बनाना है।

42.

In “A Cup of Tea” by Katherine we have the theme of jealousy, insecurity, materialism and class snobbery. Comment. केथेरीन की कहानी, “चाय का एक प्याला” में हमें इर्ष्या, असुरक्षा, भौतिकवाद और वर्ग अभिमान की कथावस्तु देखने को मिलती है। व्याख्या कीजिए।

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Katherine Mansfield has elaborated various human weaknesses beautifully in this story. Rosemary has a car and by introducing the car into the story it is possible that the writer is further highlighting the class difference that exists between Rosemary and those around her. A word of praise for the girl from Philip makes Rosemary jealous. She felt insecure although her husband loved and adored her. Thus jealousy, the universal human feeling turns her into a hard realist. By telling the reader that Rosemary must have the little box of the antique shop, the writer is highlighting the importance of material things to Rosemary.

केथेरीन मेन्जफील्ड ने इस कहानी में कई मानवीय कमजोरियों को सुन्दर ढंग से वर्णित किया है। रोजमेरी के पास कार है और कहानी में कार का उल्लेख करके यह संभव है कि लेखिका ने रोजमेरी व उसके चारों ओर के लोगों के बीच के अन्तर सुस्पष्ट करना चाहा हो। फिलिप की तरफ से उस लड़की के लिये प्रशंसा के शब्द रोजमेरी को ईष्यालू बना देते हैं। वह असुरक्षित महसूस करती है, यद्यपि उसका पति उसे बहुत प्यार व आदर देता है। इस प्रकार ईष्र्या, मानवीय भावना को सार्वभौमिक रूप, उसे एक कठोर यथार्थवादी में बदल देती है। मेन्जफील्ड पाठकों को यह बताकर कि रोजमेरी को प्राचीन वस्तुओं की दुकान वाला छोटा बॉक्स अवश्य चाहिये, सम्भवतः रोजमेरी के लिये भौतिक वस्तुओं का महत्व बढ़ा चढ़ा कर बता रही है।

43.

On hearing about the attack of the government, the workmen (a) erected a barricade (b) secured houses and hoarded valuables (c) collected arms (d) all of the above

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(d) all of the above

44.

Women and children were taken to the camps by field (a) to have food together (b) to save them from the attack of government army (c) to make a plan to attack the enemies (d) none of the above

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(b) to save them from the attack of government army

45.

How was Rosemary’s perception of herself changed by the end of the story? कहानी के अन्त में रोजमेरी को स्वयं के प्रति दृष्टिकोण किस प्रकार बदल गया?

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The wealthy Rosemary invited Miss Smith home with her. She really wanted the chance to show off her lavish life style. In order to feel good about herself and her possession, she needed others to tell her that what she had was very good. While chatting with Miss Smith, she considered the differences in their lives and thought herself lucky.

अमीर रोजमेरी ने मिस स्मिथ को घर आने का निमंत्रण दिया। वह वास्तव में अपनी विलासितापूर्ण जीवन शैली का उसे दिखावा करना चाहती थी। स्वयं के बारे में अच्छा महसूस कराने के लिये कि उसके पास क्या था, उसे दूसरों की आवश्यकता थी जो कह सके कि उसके पास जो है, कितना अच्छा है। मिस। स्मिथ से बातचीत करते समय, वह उनकी जिन्दगी में अन्तर पर विचार करती है और स्वयं को भाग्यशाली मानती है।

46.

What idea do you get about ‘Philip’ from the story? कहानी से फिलिप के बारे में तुम्हारे क्या विचार बनते हैं?

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Philip, Rosemary’s husband, is a practical and very tactful person. He wants to send Miss Smith out of his home. He also knows the jealous nature of his wife very well.

रोजमेरी का पति फिलिप व्यवहारिक और चालाक व्यक्ति है। वह मिस स्मिथ को घर से बाहर निकालना चाहता है। वह अपनी पत्नी के इर्ष्यालु स्वभाव को भी अच्छी तरह जानता है।

47.

Write a brief summary of the story “A cup of Tea”. ‘एक प्याला चाय” कहानी का सार संक्षेप लिखिए।

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Rosemary is a young rich woman. She shops in fashionable and expensive parts of Paris. An antique dealer shows her a small enamelled box. She covets but asks to put it for her. Coming out of the shop into the rain, she meets with a poor young girl who asks for the price of a cup of tea. Rosemary invites the girl back home. She gives the girl tea and sandwiches, whilst she herself smokes cigarettes. Her husband Philip points out that the girl is remarkably pretty, but the relationship is not desirable. Rosemary gives the girl some money and asks her to go away. Then she asks her husband if she can have the enamelled box. However, what she really wants to know from him is if she is pretty or not.

रोजमेरी एक धनवान नवयुवती महिला है वह पेरिस के फैशनपरस्त वे मंहगे भागों में खरीददारी करती है। प्राचीन वस्तुओं का विक्रेता उसे तामचीनी का एक छोटा बॉक्स दिखाता है वह ललचा जाती है और बॉक्स को उसके लिए रखने के लिये कह देती है। वर्षा में दूकान से बाहर आने पर एक गरीब जवान लड़की से उसका सामना होता है जो उससे एक प्याला चाय का मूल्य मांगती है। रोजमेरी लड़की को घर आने का निमंत्रण देती है। वह लड़की को चाय और सेण्डविच खाने को देती है जब कि वह स्वयं सिगरेट पीती रहती है। उसका पति फिलिप संकेत करता है कि वह लड़की उल्लेखनीय रूप से सुन्दर है, किन्तु उससे सम्बन्ध रखना अवांछित है। वह उस लड़की को कुछ धन देकर चले जाने को कहती है। जिसके बाद रोजमेरी अपने पति से पूछती है। कि क्या वह तामचीनी का बॉक्स ले सकती है, किन्तु वास्तव में वह उससे जो जानना चाहती है वह यह कि क्या वह सुन्दर दिखती है या नहीं।

48.

What is the significance of Philip’s role in the story? कहानी में फिलिप की भूमिका का क्या महत्व है?

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Although initially surprised, Philip recovers and asks to speak to Rosemary alone in the library. Philip conveys his disapproval when Rosemary resists dismissing Miss Smith. Philip tries another more successful tactic. He says to Rosemary that Miss Smith is very pretty. In this way Philip is a very practical and tactful person.

प्रारंभ में यद्यपि चकित होते हुए फिलिप जल्दी ही सामान्य हो जाता है और रोजमेरी से अकेले में लाइब्रेरी में बात करना चाहता है। फिलिप अपनी असंतुष्टि प्रकट करता है। मिस स्मिथ को हटाने का जब रोजमेरी विरोध करती है तो फिलिप दूसरी और अधिक सफल चाल चलता है। वह कहता है कि मिस स्मिथ बहुत सुन्दर है। इस प्रकार फिलिप बहुत ही व्यावहारिक और चालाक इंसान है।

49.

Which is the main turning point in the story? Explain.कहानी में मुख्य निर्णायँक मोड़ कौन सा है? समझाइए।

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Rosemary’s change of attitude towards Miss Smith after Philip tells her that he thinks Miss Smith is pretty is the main turning point in the story. It is from Philip’s remark that the reader realises not only is Rosemary jealous of Miss Smith (because she is pretty) but she also appears to be insecure about her own physical appearance. It may also be the case that Philip is attempting to manipulate or control Rosemary, By telling Rosemary that Miss Smith is pretty, Philip is aware that it will result in Rosemary not only feeling jealous but it will also ensure that Miss Smith leaves their home.

रोजमेरी का मिस स्मिथ के प्रति दृष्टिकोण में परिवर्तन इस कहानी का मुख्य निर्णयक बिन्दू है, जब फिलिप कहता है कि उसके विचार से मिस स्मिथ सुन्दर व आकर्षक है। यह फिलिप की टिप्पणी है जो पाठक को अनुभूति कराती है कि न केवल रोजमेरी मिस स्मिथ के प्रति ईष्र्यालू है क्योंकि मिस स्मिथ सुन्दर हैं बल्कि वह अपने शारीरिक रूप के बारे में भी असुरक्षित हो जाती है। यह भी एक मामला बनता है कि फिलिप रोजमेरी को चतुराई से काम लेने या नियंत्रण में करने का प्रयास कर रहा हो। रोजमेरी को यह बताकरे कि मिस स्मिथ सुन्दर है फिलिप सजग हो जाता है कि इसका परिणाम केवल रोजमेरी का ईष्र्या अनुभव करना ही नहीं बल्कि यह भी सुनिश्चित करेगा कि मिस स्मिथ घर छोड़कर चली जाए।

50.

The workmen laid down their arms because (a) the master was against violence (b) they thought it was impossible to take on the enemy (c) they felt uplifted, and felt that cow would somehow protect them.(d) all of the above

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(c) they felt uplifted, and felt that cow would somehow protect them.