Question

Q-11 Answer the following questions in about 30-40 words each (Any five):-

(i) Mention three ways in which the author’s grandmother spent her days after he grew up.

(ii) What was the mental condition of the voyagers on 4th and 5th January?

(iii) Why was King Tut’s body buried along with gilded treasures?

(iv) Explain the concept of Shanshui.

(v) Why do you think people undertake adventurous expeditions in spite of the risks involved?

(vi) Why has King Tut’s body been subjected to repeated scrutiny?​

Answer 1

Answer:

1.Ans. The three ways in which the author's grandmother spent her days after he grew up are:

1) She lived alone in her room as she had accepted her loneliness quietly.

2) She sat at her spinning wheel reciting prayers.

3) In the afternoon, she would feed the sparrows for half an hour.

2.Ans. On January 4 and 5, the voyagers were completely tired after the rigorous practice of continuous pumping. It was on January 4 that they ate their first meal in almost two days. After a short respite, they continued to face bad weatherconditions and by the morning ofJanuary 5, the situation grew desperate.

3) Ans. Tut's body was buried along with gilded treasures because in that time, the royals were fabulously wealthy and they thought and hoped that they could take their riches with them in their journey to the great beyond.

4). Ans. shanshui is the concept in chinese culture which means 'mountain water". here, mountain means yang- going vertically towards heaven. it is high, warm, dry in sun, and masculine. the water represents yin- floating on the surface of earth. it is calm, cool, and supposedly femanine.

5) Ans. The urge to dosomething out of the ordinary forcespeople to take adventurous expeditions, in spite of the risks involved.

6). Ans. King Tut's body has been Subjected to repeated scrutiny. King Tut's body has been subjected to repeated scrutiny because right from the time of the discovery of his tomb in 1922, the modern world has been curious to find out what happened to him, with murder being the most extreme possibility.