Class 11 English - Hornbill - Chapter The Portrait of a Lady NCERT Solutions | The three phases of the author’s r

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.

Would you agree that the author’s grandmother was a person strong in character? If yes, give instances that show this.

The odd way in which the author’s grandmother behaved just before she died.

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

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

The author’s grandmother was a religious person. What are the different ways in which we come to know this?

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

Which language do you use to talk to elderly relatives in your family?

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

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.

(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.

(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...”

(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.

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.

What difference did you notice between the reaction of the adults and the children when faced with danger?

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’?

Have you heard any boatmen’s songs? What kind of emotions do these songs usually express?

What lessons do we learn from such hazardous experiences when we are face-to-face with death?

Why do you think people undertake such adventurous expeditions in spite of the risks involved?

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

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

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

How are the earth’s principal biological systems being depleted?