Class 12 English - Flamingo - Chapter Going Places NCERT Solutions | Does her father believe her story?

What socio-economic background did Sophie belong to? What are the indicators of her family’s financial status?

What were the options that Sophie was dreaming of? Why does Jansie discourage her from having such dreams?

Did Sophie really meet Danny Casey?

How would you describe the character and temperament of Sophie’s father?

Does Geoff believe what Sophie says about her meeting with Danny Casey?

Why did Sophie like her brother Geoff more than any other person? From her perspective, what did he symbolise?

Sophie’s dreams and disappointments are all in her mind.

How does Sophie include her brother Geoff in her fantasy of her future?

Why did Sophie wriggle when Geoff told her father that she had met Danny Casey?

Sophie and Jansie were class-mates and friends. What were the differences between them that show up in the story?

What was Franz expected to be prepared with for school that day?

What is Saheb looking for in the garbage dumps? Where is he and where has he come from?

What is the “misadventure” that William Douglas speaks about?

From where did the peddler get the idea of the world being a rattrap?

Strike out what is not true in the following.

a. Rajkumar Shukla was
    (i) a sharecropper.
    (ii) a politician.
    (iii) delegate.
    (iv) a landlord.

b. Rajkumar Shukla was
    (i) poor.
    (ii) physically strong.
    (iii) illiterate.

What does the writer mean by ‘the fiery misery’ of those subjected to make-up’?

What are some of the positive views on interviews?

What did Franz notice that was unusual about the school that day?

What explanations does the author offer for the children not wearing footwear?

What were the series of emotions and fears that Douglas experienced when he was thrown into the pool? What plans did he make to come to the surface?

How did the instructor “build a swimmer” out of Douglas?

What explanations does the author offer for the children not wearing footwear?

What does the writer mean by ‘the fiery misery’ of those subjected to make-up’?

How do we know that ordinary people too contributed to the freedom movement?

Franz thinks, “Will they make them sing in German, even the pigeons?” What could this mean?
(There could be more than one answer.)

How does the author describe the incongruity of an English poet addressing the audience at Gemini Studios?

How is Mukesh’s attitude to his situation different from that of his family?

Would you agree that promises made to poor children are rarely kept? Why do you think this happens in the incidents narrated in the text?

How does Douglas make clear to the reader the sense of panic that gripped him as he almost drowned? Describe the details that have made the description vivid.

How did this experience affect him?