Class 12 English - Flamingo - Chapter Poets and Pancakes NCERT Solutions | Why was Kothamangalam Subbu considered N

The author has used gentle humour to point out human foibles. Pick out instances of this to show how this serves to make the piece interesting.

Why is the Englishman’s visit referred to as unexplained mystery?

Why was the legal adviser referred to as the opposite by others?

What is the example of national integration that the author refers to?

How did the author discover who the English visitor to the studios was?

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

Why was the Moral Rearmament Army welcomed at the Studios?

What does The God that Failed refer to?

What made the lawyer stand out from the others at Gemini Studios?

Subbu is described as a many-sided genius. List four of his special abilities.

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 are some of the positive views on interviews?

Where was it most likely that the two girls would find work after school?

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?

Why didn’t Sophie want Jansie to know about her story with Danny?

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

Does her father believe her story?

Who, in today’s world, is our chief source of information about personalities?

What is the belief in some primitive cultures about being photographed?

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

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

What makes the city of Firozabad famous?

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

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