Class 12 English - Flamingo - Chapter The Interview NCERT Solutions | What was distinctive about Eco’s a

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”?

Do you think Umberto Eco likes being interviewed? Give reasons for your opinion.

Why do most celebrity writers despise being interviewed?

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

How does Eco find the time to write so much?

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

What are some of the positive views on interviews?

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?

How did Franz’s feelings about M. Hamel and school change?

Why was the Moral Rearmament Army welcomed at the Studios?

What forces conspire to keep the workers in the bangle industry of Firozabad in poverty?

Did the people at Gemini Studios have any particular political affiliations?

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

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

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

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

Why should child labour be eliminated and how?

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