Question Answers: NCERT Class 11 English - Hornbill

Three ways in which the author’s grandmother spent her days after he grew up.

How does the story suggest that optimism helps to endure “the direst stress”?

The way in which the sparrows expressed their sorrow when the author’s grandmother died.

Would you agree that the author’s grandmother was a person strong in character? If yes, give instances that show this.

The three phases of the author’s relationship with his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad.

The odd way in which the author’s grandmother behaved just before she died.

Why do you think people undertake such adventurous expeditions in spite of the risks involved?

Can you think of a song or a poem in your language that talks of homecoming?

(i) List the deeds that led Ray Johnson to describe Akhenaten as “wacky”.
(ii) What were the results of the CT scan?
(iii) List the advances in technology that have improved forensic analysis.
(iv) Explain the statement, “King Tut is one of the first mummies to be scanned — in death, as in life...”

Describe the shifts in the narration of the events as indicated in the three sections of the text. Give a subtitle to each section.

Describe the mental condition of the voyagers on 4 and 5 January.

How does the story suggest that optimism helps to endure “the direst stress”?

(i) List the deeds that led Ray Johnson to describe Akhenaten as “wacky”.
(ii) What were the results of the CT scan?
(iii) List the advances in technology that have improved forensic analysis.
(iv) Explain the statement, “King Tut is one of the first mummies to be scanned — in death, as in life...”

(i) What do you understand by the terms ‘outsider art’ and ‘art brut’ or ‘raw art’?
(ii) Who was the “untutored genius who created a paradise” and what is the nature of his contribution to art?

What lessons do we learn from such hazardous experiences when we are face-to-face with death?

Why do you think people undertake such adventurous expeditions in spite of the risks involved?

Describe the shifts in the narration of the events as indicated in the three sections of the text. Give a subtitle to each section.

What difference did you notice between the reaction of the adults and the children when faced with danger?

Have you heard any boatmen’s songs? What kind of emotions do these songs usually express?

We have come across words like ‘gale’ and ‘storm’ in the account. Here are two more words for ‘storm’: typhoon, cyclone. How many words does your language have for ‘storm’?