Class 12 English - Flamingo - Chapter The Interview NCERT Solutions | Do you think Umberto Eco likes being int

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

Why do most celebrity writers despise being interviewed?

What is the reason for the huge success of the novel, The Name of the Rose?

Did Umberto Eco consider himself a novelist first or an academic scholar?

How does Eco find the time to write so much?

What are some of the positive views on interviews?

What was distinctive about Eco’s academic writing style?

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’?

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

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?

Why was Douglas determined to get over his fear of water?

How did Douglas make sure that he conquered the old terror?

Why does Douglas as an adult recount a childhood experience of terror and his conquering of it? What larger meaning does he draw from this experience?

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

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.

Why did he show the thirty kroner to the peddler?

What had been put up on the bulletin-board?