प्रश्न बैंक - सह - उत्तर पुस्तक (Question Bank-Cum-Answer Book)
Class - 12
English Core
Vistas 8. MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD
QUESTIONS:-
Q1. How did the Native American Indian girl find her new place?
Ans.
The first day of the Native American Indian girl was rather dull. The new place
was cold and uninspiring. The snow still covered the ground. The trees were bare.
Noise and other disturbances irritated her sensitive ears. People muttered in
an unknown tongue. Her spirit was cold and struggled for peace and freedom.
Q2. Why did the narrator feel uncomfortable in the dining room?
Ans.
The narrator felt quite uncomfortable in the dining room because she did not
know much about the table manners used their. A small bell was tapped. She
pulled her chair out and sat on it. She was the only one seated there. A second
bell was sounded. All were seated. A 'paleface woman' watched her keenly. All
these activities made her quite uncomfortable and uneasy.
Q3. Why was Zitkala-Sa terrified when Judewin told her that her
hair would be cut short?
Ans.
Judewin had overheard the paleface woman talk about cutting her long, heavy hair.
Zitkala-Sa was terrified. Only unskilled warriors who were captured had their
hair shingled by the enemy. Among her people short hair was worn by mourners
and shingled hair by cowards.
Q4. How did she hide herself? Did she succeed?
Ans.
The narrator disappeared unnoticed. She came to a large room with three white
beds in it. She crawled under the bed and cuddled herself in the dark corner.
She shuddered with fear. She couldn't succeed in hiding herself for long. They
stormed into the room and dragged her out. She was forced to part with her long
and heavy hair.
Q5. How was she forced to part with her long and heavy hair?
Ans.
The narrator was found and dragged out. She resisted by kicking and scratching
wildly. Inspite of herself, she was carried downstairs and tied fast in a
chair. The cold blad of scissors ran across her hair. And so her long and heavy
hair was shingled. No one came to help her none, confronted her.
Q6. When did Bama first come to know of the social
discrimination faced by the people of her community?
Ans-
Bama was in the third standard and she used to walk from her school to her
home. One day she saw an elderly man carrying a small packet that contained
some eatables. He held the packet by its strings without touching it and extended
it to the landlord who opened it and began to eat. She thought it was something
funny but Annan, her elder brother, told her that the man was not being funny
and he was in fact from a low caste because of which he couldn't touch the food
packet.
Q7. How did Zitkala-Sa try to prevent the shingling of her hair?
Ans-
Zitkala-Sa disappeared unnoticed and entered a large room with three beds. She
crawled under the beds and cuddled herself in a dark comer. She could not hide
there for long and was soon dragged out. She resisted by kicking and scratching
wildly but then she was tied fast in a chair and her long and heavy hair was
shingled.
Q8. Why did the landlord's man ask Bama's brother, on which
street he lived? What was the significance?
Ans-
The landlord's man asked Bama's brother on which street he lived in order to
find out his caste. During those times, when untouchability was prevalent, each
caste lived in a particular street and by enquiring about the street where one
lived, helped to determine his caste.
Q9. Why was Zitkala-Sa terrified when Judewin told her that her
hair would be cut short?
Ans-
Zitkala-Sa was terrified by the thought of having her hair cut because in her
community hair of mourners, prisoners of war and cowards were cut and therefore
she made a vain attempt to prevent her hair from being shingled by hiding
herself.
Q10. What did Zitkala-Sa feel when her long hair was cut?
Ans-
Zitkala-Sa felt rather anguished and indignant when her long hair was cut. She
lost her spirit and felt as helpless as a puppet. She got the feeling of being
an animal driven by a herder and desperately looked for some comfort. With her
hair being shingled like a coward's, she moaned in anguish. She also felt she
had lost her distinct cultural recognition and identity.
Q11. What advice did Annan offer Bama?
Ans-
Annan loves his sister Bama dearly and acts as her true guide and philosopher.
He told her that being Dalits they would never be given any dignity or respect.
He advised her to study and make progress to throw away these indignities. He
advises to his sister about the indigenous method of outdoing the upper class
by winning laurels in their examinations and thus earning their admiration.
Q12. "I felt like sinking to the floor," says Zitakala-Sa.
When did she feel so and why?
Ans-
Zitkala-Sa felt like sinking to the floor when the blanket she had donned over
her immodest-looking dress was stripped from her shoulders. She felt
uncomfortable in her tight-fitting clothes and because she was ill at ease.
Q13. What did Judewin tell Zitkala-Sa? How did she react to it?
Ans-
Judewin, who knew a few words of English, told Zitkala- Sa that she had
overheard the pale-faced woman saying that Zitkala-Sa's long hair would be cut.
Judewin advises her to submit and resign to her fate but Zitkala- Sa disagrees
with her and decides to resist and stand- up against it.
Q14. How long would it take Bama to walk home from her school
and why?
Ans-
It took Bama half an hour to one hour to walk home from her school, although it
was possible to cover the distance in ten minutes. This was because on the way
many attractions slowed her down. These included fun, games, entertaining
novelties and oddities in the streets, the shops and the bazaar.
Q15. When did Bama first come to know of the social
discrimination faced by the people of her community?
Ans-
Bama was in the third standard and she used to walk from her school to her
home. One day she saw an elderly man carrying a small packet that contained
some eatables. He held the packet by its strings without touching it and
extended it to the landlord who opened it and began to eat. She thought it was
something funny but Annan, her elder brother, told her that the man was not
being funny and he was in fact from a low caste because of which he couldn't
touch the food packet.
Q16. How could Bama rise above indignities?
Ans-
Bama's brother advised her to concentrate on her studies and outshine everybody
in the examinations in order to rise above indignities. So Bama followed her
brother's advice religiously and earned the respect of members of the higher
class by standing first in her class.
Q17. What made Bama return home invariably late from school?
Ans-
Bama took thirty minutes to an hour to reach home as she would watch all the
fun and games that were taking place on the road. She would also stop and look
at the shops and the bazaars and even see the performance of the snake charmers
and the monkeys.
Q18. What were the articles in the stalls and shops that
fascinated Bama on her way back from school?
Ans-
On her way back from school Bama would be extremely fascinated by various
articles available in the stalls and shops. These included the dried fish
stall, the stall selling fried snacks, the stall of the hunter gypsy selling
needles, clay beads and instruments for cleaning ears. Everyday she would see
people selling payasam, halwa, boiled tamarind seeds, iced lollies, etc.
Q19. What sort of shows or entertainment attracted Bama?
Ans-
Bama was attracted by the shows that people from various political parties
would put up on a stage. These included a street play, or a puppet show, or a
"no magic, no miracle" stunt performance. All these happened from
time to time.
Q20. Which activities of the people would Bama watch keenly in
the bazaar?
Ans-
Bama watched the way each waiter would cool the coffee in the coffee clubs in
the bazaar. She would watch the way some people sat in front of the shops
chopping up onion, their eyes turned elsewhere so that they would not smart. At
times she would watch people from various political parties put up a street
play or a puppet show.
Q21. Which words of her brother made a deep impression on Bama?
Ans-
Bama's brother told her that because they were born into a lower community,
they were never given any honour, dignity or respect. But if they studied and
made progress they could get rid of these indignities. His words made a deep
impression on Bama.
Q22. Why was Zitkala-Sa in tears on the first day in the land of
apples?
Ans-
Zitkala-Sa was in tears on the first day in the land of apples because she was
in a new environment. She received a cultural shock because of the unknown
language. The strict regime of eating by formula, squeaking shoes and the news
about cutting her hair were also unknown to her.
Q23. What is common between Zitkala-Sa and Bama?
Ans-
Zitkala-Sa and Bama have a lot in common as far as their suffering is
concerned. They both belonged to marginalised communities. Zitkala-Sa was a
victim of cultural invasion where her own cultural identity was being
threatened and Bama was a victim of untouchability that is a form of struggle
for class.
Q24. Why did Zitkala-Sa resist the shingling of her hair?
Ans-
Zitkala-Sa hid herself because she had got to know that the authorities wanted
to cut her long hair. In her community hair of mourners, prisoners of war and
cowards were cut and therefore she made a vain attempt to prevent her hair from
being shingled by hiding herself.
Q25. Why did Bama reach home late after school?
Ans-
It took Bama half an hour to one hour to walk home from her school, although it
was possible to cover the distance in ten minutes. This was because on the way
many attractions slowed her down. These included fun games, entertaining
novelties and oddities in the streets, the shops and the bazaar.
Q26. At the dining table why did Zitkala-Sa begin to cry when
others started eating?
Ans-
As Zitkala-sa glanced at the long chain of tables, she caught the eyes of a
pale face woman upon her. She wondered why she was being so keenly watched by
the strange woman. She was not used to eating by formula. When the third bell
tapped and the others started eating, she felt out of place and began crying
instead.
Q27. How did Zitkala-Sa's first day in the land of apples begin?
Ans-
Zitkala-Sa's first day in the land of apples was a bitter- cold one. The snow
covered the ground and the trees were bare. A large bell rang for breakfast,
its loud metallic sound crashing into their sensitive ears. The annoying
clatter of shoes and the constant clash of harsh noises gave her no peace.
Q28. According to Zitkala-Sa what does 'eating by formula' mean?
Ans-
According to Zitkala-Sa eating by formula' meant following an eating-decorum in
the dining room. At the sound of the first bell the pupils drew a chair from
under the table. All were seated when the second bell was sounded and when the
third bell was tapped everyone started eating with forks and knives.
Q29. Why did Zitkala-Sa hide herself?
Ans-
Zitkala-Sa hid herself because she had got to know that the authorities wanted
to cut her long hair. In her community hair of mourners, prisoners of war and
cowards were cut and therefore she made a vain attempt to prevent her hair from
being shingled by hiding herself.
Q30. Why was Bama always late while returning from school?
Ans-
It took Bama half an hour to one hour to walk home from her school, although it
was possible to cover the distance in ten minutes. This was because on the way
many attractions slowed her down. These included fun games, entertaining
novelties and oddities in the streets, the shops and the bazaar.
Q31. What did Bama's brother want her to do? Why?
Ans-
Annan loves his sister Bama dearly and acts as her true guide and philosopher.
He told her that being Dalits they would never be given any dignity or respect.
He advised her to study and make progress to throw away these indignities. He
advises his sister about the indigenous method of outdoing the upper class by
winning laurels in their examinations and thus earning their admiration.
Q32. What did Annan say about his community to the narrator?
Ans-
Annan was the elder brother of Bama. He told the narrator that they belonged to
a 'low' caste. The people of his community were not respected, honoured or
given any importance. The members of their community can attain honour and
dignity if they study and prosper. If they become learned, people will come to
them of their own accord.
Q33. Bama's experience is that of a victim of the caste system.
What kind of discrimination does Zitkala- Sa's experience depict? What are
their responses to their respective situations?
Ans-
Bama and Zitkala-Sa highlight exploitation and humiliation of women of
'marginalised communities'. The first episode describes the humiliations
suffered by the Native Indians living in America. The white people impose their
own values over other communities. The poor girl fights and struggles till she
is overpowered. Her long and heavy hair is shingled.
Bama's
experience is based on the age long curse of 'untouchability' in India. The
people of low castes have to bow low and work for their masters. They have to
carry even a food packet by its thread. They can't touch it. The girl fights
against the evil of touchability in her own way. She works hard and stands first
in the class. She attains equality with others.
Q34. What activities did Bama witness on her way back home from
school?
Ans-
On her way back home from school Bama would take thirty minutes to cover a ten
minute distance. This was because she would witness various activities on her
way back home. The performing monkey, the snake charmer, the cyclist who had
not got off his bike for three days. She also watched the Pongal offerings
being cooked in front of the Maariyaata temple. At times people from various
political parties would arrive, put up a stage and harangue the public through
their mikes. She would watch a street play, or a puppet show or a magic stunt
performance. All these would happen from time to time. But almost certainly
there would be some entertainment or other going on, that would delay Bama.
Q35. How did the scene she saw in the market place change Bama's
life?
Ans-
Bama usually reaches home late from school. She walks along leisurely watching
and enjoying the sights on her way home. One day on her way back, she saw the
harvest being threshed. The landlord stood watching the work being done. It was
then that Bama saw one of the elders coming down the street holding a packet by
a string. The packet contained vadais for the landlord. At first Bama thought
that the elder man was being funny. But later her brother told her that the
elder man was of a low caste so he was not allowed to touch the vadais brought
for the landlord. This scene infuriated Bama and brought about a change in her
life wherein she decided to study well, make a position for herself in life and
rebel against caste inequalities.
Q36. What were Zitkala-Sa's experiences on her first day in the
land of apples?
Ans-
The first day in the land of apples was bitterly cold and as the bell rang for
breakfast, there was an annoying clatter of shoes which gave Zitkala-Sa no
peace. Though her spirit tore itself in struggling for its freedom, it was of
no use. Zitkala-Sa was placed in a line with the Indian girls and marched into
the dining room. All the girls were rather immodestly dressed in tightly
fitting clothes. As Zitkala-Sa sat down she observed that she was being keenly
watched by a strange palefaced woman. Later her friend Judewin gave her a
terrible warning that this palefaced woman was talking about cutting their
long, heavy hair. Zitkala-Sa crept into a room and crawled under a bed and
huddled herself in the dark corner. But women and girls entered the room and
dragged her out. She resisted by kicking and scratching wildly. Inspite of her
resistance she was carried downstairs, tied fast in a chair and her long hair
was shingled.
Q37. Untouchability is not only a crime, it is inhuman too. Why
and how did Bama decide to fight against it?
Ans-
There is no denying the fact that untouchability is not only a crime but it is
also inhuman. Bama, who belonged to a marginalised community was a victim of
the caste system. As a little girl, studying in the third class, she had seen,
felt and been humiliated by its effect. So the spark of hostility towards this
social evil had been ignited in her heart from a very early age. Upset over the
inhuman attitude of the people of the so-called higher caste towards the lower
caste, she decided to fight against this evil in her own way. Bama's brother advised
her to study and make progress to throw away indignities. She took the advice
of her elder brother seriously, studied diligently and stood first in her class
thereby compelling people to respect and befriend her.
Q38. In India, the so-called lower castes have been treated
cruelly for a long time. Who advised Bama to fight against this prejudice, when
and how?
Ans-
There is no denying the fact that untouchability is not only a crime but it is
also inhuman. Bama, who belonged to a marginalised community was a victim of
the caste system. As a little girl, studying in the third class, she had seen,
felt and been humiliated by its effect. So the spark of hostility towards this
social evil had been ignited in her heart from a very early age. Upset over the
inhuman attitude of the people of the so-called higher caste towards the lower
caste, she decided to fight against this evil in her own way. Bama's brother
advised her to study and make progress to throw away indignities. She took the
advice of her elder brother seriously, studied diligently and stood first in
her class thereby compelling people to respect and befriend her.
Q39. The two accounts that you read above are based in two
distant cultures. What is the commonality of theme found in both of them?
Ans-
"Memories of Childhood' presents two autobiographical episodes from
different cultural backgrounds. Both are from the lives of women. The first
account is by Indian woman. The second episode is narrated by a Tamil Dalit
writer.
Both
the women are from 'marginalised communities'. Zitkala-sa highlights the severe
prejudice that prevailed towards the Native American culture and women. The
white people suffer from racial prejudices. The poor Indian girl is dragged out
and tied in a chair. Her long and heavy hair is shingled. Similarly, the girl
in 'We Too Are Human Beings' is upset by the curse of untouchability. The old
man of a 'low' community can't even touch a food packet. He has to carry it by
its string without touching it.
Both
the women fight and struggle against exploitation and oppression. The girl in
The Cutting of My long Hair' cries, kicks and fights till she is overpowered.
The girl in 'We Too Are Human Beings' works hard and stands first in the class.
People her of their own accord.
Q40. It may take a long time for oppression to be resisted,but
the seeds of rebellion are sowed early in life.Do you agree that injustice in
any form cannot escape being noticed even by children?
Ans-
This world is full of inequalities. Inequalities give birth to repression. The
seeds of rebellion are always present in the exploited persons. Even in today's
era in some parts of the country many people faces discrimination related to
racism and their caste. Adults also have grown up seeing these types of things,
the innocence of childhood doesn't understand hatred and prejudice but when
they see these type of things it affects the mind of small children. But it can
be resist in their own simple ways.
In
the chapter we read about the story of Zitkala-Sa and Bama. In their childhood
they had faced many sufferings related to discrimination of racism and
untochability. Zitkala-Sa told that about her first day which was "bitter
cold". It tells us about the weather but also about what she had suffered
in boarding school. The European staff was unfriendly towards her and she had
struggled against her hair being shingled was a "bitter" experience
for her. On the other hand Bama faced untouchability. The people of 'high'
cases don't consider the 'low' castes even as human beings. Bama walked on her
brother's footsteps to protest against the practice of untouchability through
education. Therefore she studied hard to reach at the destination from where
her caste wouldn't matter and she will feel proud.
OBJECTIVE TYPE QUESTIONS
Q1. Who is the author of the lesson Memories Of Childhood?
A) Zitkala-Sa and Bama
B)
Emily Brontë
C)
Charles Dickens
D)
None
Q2. What does the story present?
A)
An autobiography of the author
B)
An autobiography of a man
C) An autobiographical episode from the lives of two women
D)
None
Q3. What are the names of the two women?
A) Zitkala Sa a Native American and Bama Tamilian Dalit
B)
Zitkala and Sa
C)
Ba and Ma
D)
Annan and Bama
Q4. What advice did Annan give to Bama?
A)
to go away from the place
B)
to leave the house
C) to study hard and progress to rise above all shackels of
indignity
D)
All
Q5. Who was Zitkala Sa?
A)
A tamilian
B)
A protester
C) A native American
D)
None
Q6. What did Zitkala Sa find?
A) discrimination against native American culture and women
B)
her dignity was in danger
C)
women were in danger
D)
all these
Q7. What did the cutting of long hair of Zitkala Sa symbolise in
the lesson?
A) subjection to the rulers
B)
her wish to dominate
C)
her wish to get justice
D)
her wish to look modern
Q8. Who is Bama's brother?
A)
A boy
B)
A young boy
C) Annan
D)
None
Q9. How much time did Bama take to reach home?
A)
2 hours
B)
3hours
C)
4hours
D) 1 hour
Q10. What is the meaning of childhood memories?
A)
memories with a child
B)
memories of the times spent with a child
C)
memories of olden times
D) memories formed during childhood period
Q11. Why did Bama reach home in one hour in place of 10 minutes?
A)
she was watching shows on the road
B)
she was stopping at every shop
C)
she was enjoying all fun on the roads
D) all these
Q12. What did Zitkala Sa feel when her long hair was cut?
A) oppression and victimization
B)
happy and delighted
C)
relaxed
D)
None
Q13. What was Bama victim of?
A)
gender prejudice
B)
violence
C)
child abuse
D) caste system
Q14. What did Annan tell Bama?
A) Education is the only way to break the chains of caste system
B)
running away is the only way out to solve the problem
C)
keeping quiet is the only way to solve the issue
D)
none
Q15. What did Zitkala mean by Eating By Formula?
A)
Set pattern of sitting
B)
set pattern of standing in lines
C)
set pattern of rules
D) set pattern of eating decorum
Q16. Why did Zitkala not like her hair cut?
A) because her mother told her that mourners and cowards keep
such hair.
B)
she liked long hair
C)
she wanted different style
D)
she didn't like anyone to touch her hair
Q17. Who told Bama that untouchability is a crime?
A)
her mother
B)
Zitkala and Sa
C)
her sister
D) Her brother Annan
Q18. What comic incident did Bama mention to her brother?
A) a man bringing vadas for his landlord by holding the vada
packet by a string.
B)
a man bringing vadas in a basket
C)
a man bringing vadas in a tiffin
D)
all these
Q19. Which community does Bama belong to?
A)
rich
B)
Brahmins
C) Untouchable low caste
D)
None
Q20. What attracts Bama in the street?
A)
monkeys
B)
the cyclist
C)
Pongal offerings
D) all these
Q21. Why did Zitkala feel oppressed in her new establishment?
A) because of indignities shown to her
B)
because she didn't like the place
C)
she wanted to be with her mother
D)
none
Q22. When did Bama first come to know of social discrimination?
A)
in class 1
B) when she was in class 3
C)
when she was in class 2
D)
when she was in class 4
Q23. Why did the Landlord's man ask Bama's brother on which
street did they live?
A)
to know his class
B)
to know his background
C)
to know his work
D) to know his caste
Q24. I felt like sinking to the floors" why did Zitkala
feel so?
A) because her blanket was stripped off from her shoulders and
she felt uncomfortable
B)
because she didn't like her short hair
C)
because she didn't like her dress
D)
because she felt cold tell Zitkala?
Q25. What did Judewin
A)
A new dress is comimng
B)
she will meet her mother
C)
she will go to a new place
D) her hair would be cut short
Q26. Annan's words for Bama had
(a) deep impression on her
(b)
no effect on her
(c)
made her laugh
(d)
made her cry
Q27. On reaching home, Bama narrated the incident to her
(a)
elder sister
(b)
cousin
(c)
father
(d) elder brother
Q28. Why was Zitkala in tears on her first day in the land of
apples?
A)
because of new environment
B)
cultural differences
C)
eating by formula and cutting of her hair
D) all these
Q29. What was common between Bama and Zitkala?
A)
belonged to minority
B)
victims of cultural differences
C)
were struggling because of class
D) all these
Q30. Why did Zitkala start crying at the dining table?
A)
she didn't like the food
B)
she was a stranger
C) because of eating by formula
D)
all these
Q31. Why did Zitkala hide herself?
A)
to save herself
B)
to save herself from a woman
C)
to save herself from other chidren
D) to stop people from cutting her hair
Q32. Which family did Bama belog to?
A)
A jewish family
B)
a rich family
C) a Roman catholic family
D)
all
Q33. What had hurt Bama in the society?
A)
Political plays
B)
class students
C)
Road shows
D) Practice of untouchability
Q34. Bama's brother told her that if she wanted to make
progress, she had to
(a)
learn to cook
(b) study
(c)
learn to stitch and knit
(d)
learn to drive
Q35. Bama was very rebellious and the thought of oppression at
the hands of upper castes
(a) infuriated her
(b)
provoked her to slap someone
(c)
made her abusive
(d)
made her want to murder someone
Q36. Bama's elder brother was studying at
(a)
school
(b)
college
(c) university
(d)
medical college
Q37. The man was carrying
(a)
pakoras
(b)
samosas
(c)
jalebis
(d) vadai or green banana bhaji
Q38. Short hair, in the author's tribe, was worn only by
(a) mourners
(b)
old people
(c)
young kids
(d)
elderly women
Q39.Everyone kept standing except
(a)
the teacher
(b)
the matron
(c)
the caretaker
(d) the author
Q40. As the bell rang, the whole group of pupils
(a)
sat on the floor
(b) drew a chair from under the table
(c)
sat on the stools
(d) knelt down on the ground
JCERT/JAC Hindi Elective प्रश्न बैंक - सह - उत्तर पुस्तक (Question Bank-Cum-Answer Book)
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