Question

Question.1. Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow.
“If we were not so single-minded
about keeping our lives moving,
and for once could do nothing,
perhaps a huge silence
might interrupt this sadness
of never understanding ourselves
and of threatening ourselves with death .
(a) Whom does ‘we’ refer to in theabove lines?
(b) Why does the poet want us to ‘do nothing’ for once?
(c) What is the‘sadness’that the poet refers to in the poem?
(d) How can a huge silence do good to us?

Answer 1

ᴀ) ᴡᴇ ʀᴇғᴇʀs ᴛᴏ ᴀʟʟ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴇᴏᴘʟᴇ

ʙ) ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴇᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛs ᴜs ᴛᴏ ‘ᴅᴏ ɴᴏᴛʜɪɴɢ’ ғᴏʀ ᴏɴᴄᴇ sᴏ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴏᴜʀ ᴍɪɴᴅ ᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇ ᴀᴛ ᴘᴇᴀᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴡᴇ ɢᴇᴛ sᴏᴍᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ɪɴᴛʀᴏsᴘᴇᴄᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀɴᴀʟʏsᴇ ᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴡɴ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴs.

ᴄ) ʜᴇʀᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴇᴛ ʀᴇғᴇʀs ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ‘sᴀᴅɴᴇss’ ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴡᴇ ғᴏʀᴍ ᴏᴜᴛ ᴏғ ᴏᴜʀ ᴏᴡɴ ᴛʜɪɴᴋɪɴɢ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ.

ᴅ) ᴀ ʜᴜɢᴇ sɪʟᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ᴅᴏ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴜs ʙᴇᴄᴀᴜsᴇ ᴡᴇ ᴀʀᴇ ᴀʙʟᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴄʜɪᴇᴠᴇ ᴘᴇᴀᴄᴇ ɪɴ ᴛʜɪs sɪʟᴇɴᴄᴇ. ɪᴛ ʜᴇʟᴘs ᴜs ɪɴ ᴀɴᴀʟʏsɪɴɢ ᴏᴜʀsᴇʟᴠᴇs ᴀɴᴅ ᴏᴜʀ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴs, ɪɴᴛᴇʀʀᴜᴘᴛɪɴɢ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴅɴᴇss ᴏғ ᴛʜʀᴇᴀᴛᴇɴɪɴɢ ᴏᴜʀsᴇʟᴠᴇs ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴅᴇᴀᴛʜ.

ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴍᴀʀᴋ ᴛʜɪs ᴀɴs ᴀs ʙʀᴀɪɴʟɪᴇsᴛ

Answer 2

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вσσk : єnglíѕh flαmímgσ

clαѕѕ :12

chαptєr : kєєpíng quíєt

pσєt : pαвσ nєrudα

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rєαd thє єхtrαct gívєn вєlσw αnd αnѕwєr thє quєѕtíσnѕ thαt fσllσw.

“íf wє wєrє nσt ѕσ ѕínglє-míndєd

αвσut kєєpíng σur lívєѕ mσvíng,

αnd fσr σncє cσuld dσ nσthíng,

pєrhαpѕ α hugє ѕílєncє

míght íntєrrupt thíѕ ѕαdnєѕѕ

σf nєvєr undєrѕtαndíng σurѕєlvєѕ

αnd σf thrєαtєníng σurѕєlvєѕ wíth dєαth .

whσm dσєѕ ‘wє’ rєfєr tσ ín thєαвσvє línєѕ?

whч dσєѕ thє pσєt wαnt uѕ tσ ‘dσ nσthíng’ fσr σncє?

whαt íѕ thє‘ѕαdnєѕѕ’thαt thє pσєt rєfєrѕ tσ ín thє pσєm?

hσw cαn α hugє ѕílєncє dσ gσσd tσ uѕ?

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↣'Wє' rєfєrѕ tσ thє humαn вєíngѕ, whσ αrє αlwαчѕ thínkíng αвσut thєír σwn prσgrєѕѕ αnd αdvαncєmєnt.

↣Thє pσєt wαntѕ uѕ tσ ‘dσ nσthíng’ fσr σncє ѕσ thαt σur mínd cαn вє αt pєαcє αnd wє αrє αвlє tσ íntrσѕpєct αnd αnαlчѕє σur σwn αctíσnѕ.

↣Thє pσєt rєfєrѕ tσ thє ‘ѕαdnєѕѕ’ whích αríѕєѕ duє tσ thє fαct thαt pєσplє fαíl tσ undєrѕtαnd thєmѕєlvєѕ. thєч hαvє nσ tímє tσ íntrσѕpєct αвσut thєír αctíσnѕ αnd thєír cσnѕєquєncєѕ.

↣A hugє ѕílєncє cαn dσ gσσd tσ uѕ вєcαuѕє wє αrє αвlє tσ αchíєvє pєαcє ín thíѕ ѕílєncє. ít hєlpѕ uѕ ín αnαlчѕíng σurѕєlvєѕ αnd σur αctíσnѕ, íntєrruptíng thє ѕαdnєѕѕ σf thrєαtєníng σurѕєlvєѕ wíth dєαth.