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1) Answer the questions with reference to context:
1."'These are profound questions, Your Honour, "he said.
a. Who is the speaker here?
b. What were the profound questions?
c.How long did the speaker take to answer the questions?
Answers
Answer:
(i) “Yes, October is the best time.” ─ Who said this and to whom? When and why did the
speaker say this?
Ans. The narrator of the story said this. He said this to the girl, his only co passenger.
In course of conversation the girl came to know that he was going to Mussoorie. The girl
expressed her strong desire to visit Mussoorie and told that she loved the hills there especially in
October. That was the occasion for the narrator’s remark.
Recalling the memories, the narrator said that the hills of Mussoorie were covered with wild
dahlias in October and the sunlight was very pleasant. At night one could sit in front of the log
fire and drink a little brandy. There was no crowd of the tourists. The roads were calm and quiet.
That was the best time to go there.
(ii) How, according to the author, can one achieve freedom, happiness and peace of mind?
Ans. Man feels a sense of attachment to the members of his family, to the society, to his
country, to the world and last of all to the whole universe. He is bound to all of them ─ both
physically and emotionally. The human soul feels not only an attraction towards his kindred, but
also to everything beyond. So, man can never achieve freedom, happiness and peace of mind
until and unless he can snap all ties with his near and dear ones. He can achieve freedom,
happiness and peace of mind from the bondage of every kind only if he can detach himself from
physical and emotional bond.
(iii) Why did the boy in ‘Thank You Ma’am’ not run away though he found the door open?
Ans.While trying to snatch the purseof Mrs Jones, Roger slipped and was caught by her.
Instead of handing him over to the police Mrs Jones treated Roger with motherly affection. She
noticed that the face of the boy was dirty. He had been deprived of parental care. She then
decided to take him to her house, wash him and feed him. She said that he would have asked her
some money to get shoes. On hearing such words Roger was perplexed. Her motherly affection
and treatment made him realize that instead of doing any harm to him or getting him arrested
somehow, Mrs Jones would do beneficial to him. Roger got many chances to escape. But he
preferred to honour her trust. From this realization Roger did not want to make a dash for the
open door.
(iv) “You have already been answered.” ─ Who said this and to whom? How has the Tsar
been already answered?
Ans. The hermit said this to the Tsar.
The Tsar came to the hermit to get satisfactory answers to his questions. The hermit did not give
him answers to his questions directly. He answered to his questions through the experience of the
Tsar himself that day. In reply to his first question, he said that at the time of digging the seed
─beds were very important to him. He explained to him that he would have attacked by his
enemy had he not been engaged in digging at that time. In reply to his second question the hermit
said that doing good to the hermit was his most important business. The most important time was
when he was attending the wounded man. That time was important for him because that time
peace between him and his enemy was restored. What he did for him was the most important
business. He said all these to explain that the present is the most important time to anyone. The
person with whom we deal with is the most important. To do good to a man is the most
important thing because for that purpose alone man was sent into this life.
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