Class 11 English - Hornbill - Chapter Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues NCERT Solutions | Do you think it is important to preserve

(i) List the deeds that led Ray Johnson to describe Akhenaten as “wacky”.
(ii) What were the results of the CT scan?
(iii) List the advances in technology that have improved forensic analysis.
(iv) Explain the statement, “King Tut is one of the first mummies to be scanned — in death, as in life...”

Discuss the following in groups of two pairs, each pair in a group taking opposite points of view.
1. Scientific intervention is necessary to unearth buried mysteries.
2. Advanced technology gives us conclusive evidence of past events.
3. Traditions, rituals and funerary practices must be respected.
4. Knowledge about the past is useful to complete our knowledge of the world we live in.

What do you think are the reasons for the extinction of languages?

Give reasons for the following.
(i) King Tut’s body has been subjected to repeated scrutiny.
(ii) Howard Carter’s investigation was resented.
(iii) Carter had to chisel away the solidified resins to raise the king’s remains.
(iv) Tut’s body was buried along with gilded treasures.
(v) The boy king changed his name from Tutankhaten to Tutankhamun.

In what ways do you think we could help prevent the extinction of languages and dialects?

The three phases of the author’s relationship with his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad.

(i) Contrast the Chinese view of art with the European view with examples.
(ii) Explain the concept of shanshui.

Locate the lines in the text that support the title ‘The Ailing Planet’.

Comment on the attitude shown by Taplow towards Crocker-Harris.

List the steps taken by the captain
(i) to protect the ship when rough weather began.
(ii) to check the flooding of the water in the ship.

Three reasons why the author’s grandmother was disturbed when he started going to the city school.

(i) What do you understand by the terms ‘outsider art’ and ‘art brut’ or ‘raw art’?
(ii) Who was the “untutored genius who created a paradise” and what is the nature of his contribution to art?

What does the notice ‘The world’s most dangerous animal’ at a cage in the zoo at Lusaka, Zambia, signify?

Does Frank seem to encourage Taplow’s comments on Crocker-Harris?

Describe the mental condition of the voyagers on 4 and 5 January.

We have come across words like ‘gale’ and ‘storm’ in the account. Here are two more words for ‘storm’: typhoon, cyclone. How many words does your language have for ‘storm’?

Three ways in which the author’s grandmother spent her days after he grew up.

How does the story suggest that optimism helps to endure “the direst stress”?

Does Frank seem to encourage Taplow’s comments on Crocker-Harris?

List the steps taken by the captain
(i) to protect the ship when rough weather began.
(ii) to check the flooding of the water in the ship.

Which language do you think the author and his grandmother used while talking to each other?

‘Catamaran’ is a kind of a boat. Do you know which Indian language this word is derived from? Check the dictionary.

Describe the changing relationship between the author and his grandmother. Did their feelings for each other change?

Can you think of a song or a poem in your language that talks of homecoming?

“The Emperor may rule over the territory he has conquered, but only the artist knows the way within.”