Question

Question 11.
Why was the author’s grandmother unhappy with city education?
Question 12.
What was the happiest moment of the day for the grandmother?

Answer 1

Answer 11:

The city school education made the grandmother’s help at lessons redundant as the instructions were in English. She disapproved of science education, balked at his learning music and was critical of the lack of religious instructions at the school.

Answer 12:

The happiest moment of the day for the grandmother was when she fed bread crumbs to the sparrows. In the afternoons, she used to feed the birds. They became so free with her that they perched on her shoulders and made great noises.

Answer 2

Ans11. The author's grandmother was disturbed when he started going to the school because in city school he learnt English words and western science and learning the law of gravity, Archimedes' principles. She was distressed that they were not taught about God and the scriptures.
.
Ans12.
The grandmother would sit in the verandah breaking the bread into little bits for the sparrows. Hundreds of sparrows would gather around her. They would perch on her legs, shoulders and even on the head. Feeding the sparrows was the happiest half-hour of the day for her.