What does the notice ‘The world’s most dangerous animal’ at a cage in the zoo at Lusaka, Zambia, signify?
There is a no animal inside the cage but a mirror where you can see yourself that means it wants to reflect that humans are the most dangerous animals who are more harmful to the nature. They are exploiting the environment for their needs and disturbing the whole ecosystem.
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.
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.
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.
(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...”
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?
Does Frank seem to encourage Taplow’s comments on Crocker-Harris?
Describe the mental condition of the voyagers on 4 and 5 January.
(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?
(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...”
Would you agree that the author’s grandmother was a person strong in character? If yes, give instances that show this.
Which language do you use to talk to elderly relatives in your family?
Can you think of a song or a poem in your language that talks of homecoming?
Three ways in which the author’s grandmother spent her days after he grew up.
The way in which the sparrows expressed their sorrow when the author’s grandmother died.
Describe the changing relationship between the author and his grandmother. Did their feelings for each other change?
Which language do you think the author and his grandmother used while talking to each other?
Comment on the attitude shown by Taplow towards Crocker-Harris.