Question

1) What do the three persons mentioned in the poem stand for? (2) What answer does the old pilgrim give to the fellow pilgrim’s question? (3) What did the old man do the other side of the chasm? Why? (4) What is the significance of the poem?​

Answer 1

Explanation:

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What fatal dangers/problems did mankind face centuries ago, but are no longer a threat today?

Answer:

(Points : wild animals – lack of food – certain diseases – climate etc.)

Question b.

Name a few scientists/explorers/ social reformers / inventors / discoverers, who spent most of their lives to find solutions to some major problems/ setbacks that mankind faced.

Answer:

(Points : Alexander Fleming, Edison, Ronald Ross, Christopher Columbus, Wright brothers, Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Galileo, Marie Curie, Savitribai Phule, Babasaheb Ambedkar, etc.)