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FIND BOOK SOLUTIONS

IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

  1. We need a new system for the age of ecology—a system which is embedded in the care of all people and also in the care of the Earth and all life upon it. Discuss.
  2. Can you relate instances of game-hunting among the rich and the powerful in the present times that illustrate the callousness of human beings towards wildlife?
  3. How would you describe the behaviour of the Maharaja’s minions towards him? Do you find them truly sincere towards him or are they driven by fear when they obey him? Do we find a similarity in today’s political order?
  4. What is the author’s indirect comment on subjecting innocent animals to the willfulness of human beings?
  5. The story is a satire on the conceit of those in power.
    How does the author employ the literary device of
    dramatic irony in the story?
  6. You have read ‘Adventure’ by Jayant Narlikar in Hornbill Class XI. Compare the interweaving of fantasy and reality in the two stories.
  7. Philately helps keep the past alive. Discuss other
    ways in which this is done. What do you think of
    the human tendency to constantly move between
    the past, the present and the future?
  8. Apparent illogicality sometimes turns out to be a futuristic projection? Discuss.
  9. Do you see an intersection of time and space in the story?
  10. ‘The modern world is full of insecurity, fear, war,worry and stress.’ What are the ways in which we attempt to overcome them?
Topics
  1. Describe the circumstances leading to the outbreak of revolutionary protest in France.
  2. Describe the circumstances leading to the outbreak of revolutionary protest in France.
  3. Describe the circumstances leading to the outbreak of revolutionary protest in France.
  4. Describe the circumstances leading to the outbreak of revolutionary protest in France.
  5. Describe the circumstances leading to the outbreak of revolutionary protest in France.
  6. Describe the circumstances leading to the outbreak of revolutionary protest in France.
  7. Describe the circumstances leading to the outbreak of revolutionary protest in France.