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?

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

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

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

What does The God that Failed refer to?

Why was the Moral Rearmament Army welcomed at the Studios?

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?

What did the peasants pay the British landlords as rent? What did the British now want instead and why? What would be the impact of synthetic indigo on the prices of natural indigo?

What could be some of the reasons for the migration of people from villages to cities?

What do you understand by the expression “thumbprints on his windpipe”?

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.

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

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

Why did he show the thirty kroner to the peddler?

The people in this story suddenly realise how precious their language is to them. What shows you this? Why does this happen?

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

What changes did the order from Berlin cause in school that day?