Nobel Lecture Question Answer Were Mother Teresa and the Sisters successful in teaching family planning to the poor? To stop abortion and make every child feel wanted, Mother Teresa and the Sisters taught family planning to the poor. They taught the destitutes the natural way of abstaining, of self-control and also the beautiful, very simple … Read more
Of Studies Questions and Answers 1. “…let him study the Schoolmen;” – Where is the line taken from ? Who should study the ‘Schoolmen? Why are the ‘Schoolmen’ called ‘cymini sectores’? This line is taken from Francis Bacon’s most widely read essay ‘Of Studies’. A person who does not have the ability to differentiate or … Read more
A Ghostly Wife Question Answer | Class 11 English Second Semester WBCHSE 1. “One night the Brahman’s wife had occasion to go to the tank….”-What happened to the Brahmani? Where was she kept hidden? What did the ‘Sankchinni’ do to her? One night the Brahmani happened to go to an adjoining pond and by mistake … Read more
The Man Who Wished To Be Perfect | Class 11 English Second Semester WBCHSE 1. Who was the man who wished to be perfect? How did he want to fulfil his wish? What did he do to achive the goal? The man who longed for attaining perfection in occult art was a religious mendicant of … Read more
The Ghost-Brahman Question Answer | Class 11 English Second Semester WBCHSE 1. What problem did the Brahman face? How did he settle the issue? Was the solution sustainable The anonymous Brahman was ridiculously poor. To add insult to his injury, he was not a Kulin, i.e. Brahmin from Kannauj noted for their purity of blood, … Read more
Still I Rise Questions and Answers | Class 11 English Second Semester WBCHSE 1. “You may write down in history / With your bitter twisted lies, ….”-Who says this and about whom? What does the word ‘history’ stand for in the pres- ent context? What does the poet mean to say here? The anti-racist African-American … Read more
My Last Duchess Questions Answers | Class 11 English Second Semester WBCHSE 1. What type of a lady was the Duchess The Duchess was respectful and gentle. She found pleasure in natural beauty such as, “dropping of the daylight” and “the bough of cherries”. She liked people who would do small favours for her. She … Read more
Jimmy Valentine Question Answer | Class 11 WBCHSE 1. “Better think over my advice Valentine”- Who said this and when M The warden said this to Jimmy Valentine in O. Henry’s short-story ‘Alias Jimmy Valentine’. The warden called Jimmy to his office in order to give him the Governor’s pardon. While giving the pardon the … Read more
Nobel Lecture Question Answer | Class 11 WBCHSE 1. Comment on the nobleness of Mother Teresa with reference to the text The given lecture has cited various examples to project Mother’s nobility by stating examples that she had experienced in her way of life, that helped her to realise the ailments that exist in the world. … Read more
Of Studies Questions and Answers Class 11 English Second Semester 1. What do you mean by ‘full man’, ‘ready man’ and ‘exact man’? What does Bacon say about the func- tions of ‘reading’, ‘conference’ and ‘writing’ For first part see Annotations. Bacon states that reading makes a full man, i.e. fills him with various kinds … Read more