What are the answers of the 2 question all parts written by Munshi Premchand of chapter my big brother .???
2. Answer the following questions.
a. The elder brother was not good at academics. How does the narrator convey this ?
b. What was the difference in the routines of the two brothers ?
c. Describe the timetable drawn up by the narrator. How were the intent and reality completely different ?
d. What was the impact of the elder brother's lectures on the narrator ?
e. How did the elder brother's sermons change when he failed for the first time ?
f. What was the elder brother's reaction to failing for the second time ?
Answers
The following are the answers to the questions a-e from the chapter 'My Big Brother':
a) The speaker’s brother is not very good at academics. Though his brother was five years elder to him, in school he is only three years ahead of him. The speaker justifies it by saying that maybe his brother wanted strong foundation and hence studied each class for more than a year. The speaker says that often he would find drawings of cats, dogs and birds on his brother’s books which could mean he takes breaks in between studies.
b) While the narrator’s brother slogged every day in front of books and stayed away from the playground, the narrator would have lot of fun, throwing pebbles in the air, flying paper butterflies, riding the hostel gate like a motor car, climbing up and down the staircase etc.
c) After his brother scolds him hard one day, the narrator draws up a rigorous time-table for himself without including any games and sports that he loves so much. But he doesn’t keep to the new schedule even for one day as the playground beckons to him with all the fun and frolic which makes him forget his books and run back to the ground.
d) Whenever his brother gave his sermons, the narrator would feel guilty that he was committing some grave mistake by playing and having fun. He would also feel like going back home and not bother about studies at all and lead a happy life without having to go to school again.
e) His brother was depressed when he heard that he had failed while his younger brother had passed. For some time he stopped giving his sermons. But soon he started bullying his younger brother by scaring him how hard each class was going to be than before. He also cautions him not to feel too proud of himself lest his pride will make him feel arrogant.
f) When he failed a second time, his elder brother stopped bothering him much. He also stopped pulling his ears and generally kept to himself.
A) In this story, the narrator describes the educational background of his elder brother. His elder brother is a slow learner and he took more than a year to pass from one class to another. But still, the author describe his elder brother as hardworking personality
B) The elder brother used to spend much time on study and he was a hardworking learner. But the younger brother spent his whole day on extracurricular activity, and spent less time on study.