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CLASS 11TH -पाठ 1 – ईदगाह |अंतरा भाग-1 हिंदी |NCERT SOLUTION| EDUGROWN

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NCERT Solutions for Class 11th: पाठ 1 - ईदगाह - अंतरा भाग-1 हिंदी

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1. ‘ईदगाह’ कहानी के उन प्रसंगों का उल्लेख कीजिए जिनसे ईद के अवसर पर ग्रामीण परिवेश का उल्लास प्रकट होता है|

उत्तर

ईद आने से गाँव में हर तरफ उल्लास और चहल-पहल दिखाई दे रहा है| लोग ईदगाह जाने की तैयारी कर रहे हैं| किसी का कुरते में बटन लगाने के लिए पड़ोस के घर से सुई-तागा माँगना, कड़े जूतों में तेल डालने के लिए तेली के घर जाना, बैलों को सानी-पानी देना जैसे कामों में व्यस्त दिख रहे हैं| सबसे अधिक ख़ुशी बच्चों के चेहरे पर झलक रही है| वे ईदगाह पर लगने वाले ईद के मेले में जाने के लिए उत्सुक हैं| वे मेले में मिठाई तथा खिलौने खरीदने के लिए जमा किए पैसे गिन रहे हैं| इस प्रकार गाँव में सभी ईद के आने की ख़ुशी मना रहे हैं|

2. ‘उसके अंदर प्रकाश है, बाहर आशा| विपत्ति अपना सारा दलबल लेकर आए, हामिद की आनंद भरी चितवन उसका विध्वंश कर देगी|’– इस कथन के आधार पर स्पष्ट कीजिए कि आशा का प्रकाश मनुष्य को विपरीत परिस्थितियों में भी निरंतर आगे बढ़ने की प्रेरणा देता है|

उत्तर

यदि मनुष्य के अंदर आशा, उत्साह और साहस हो तो वह कठिन परिस्थितियों में भी निरंतर आगे बढ़ता रहता है| हामिद के माता-पिता अब इस दुनिया में नहीं हैं| उसकी बूढ़ी दादी को इस बात की चिंता थी कि इतने कम पैसे में ईद का त्यौहार कैसे मनाएगी| लेकिन हामिद इन बातों से अनजान खुश है क्योंकि उसके मन में आशा की एक किरण है कि उसके माता-पिता एक दिन जरूर आएँगे और उसके लिए अच्छी-अच्छी चीजें लाएँगे| उसके पास मेले में जाने के लिए मात्र तीन ही पैसे हैं, फिर भी वह अपने दोस्तों के साथ बहुत प्रसन्न है| इस प्रकार आशा का प्रकाश मनुष्य को विपरीत परिस्थितियों में भी निरंतर आगे बढ़ने की प्रेरणा देता है|

3. ‘उन्हें क्या खबर कि चौधरी आज आँखें बदल लें, तो यह सारी ईद मुहर्रम हो जाए|’- इस कथन का आशय स्पष्ट कीजिए|

उत्तर

ईद के अवसर पर बच्चों में ईदगाह जाने की ख़ुशी झलक रही है| उन्हें इस बात की कोई चिंता नहीं है कि ईद पर खर्च करने के लिए पैसे कहाँ से आएँगे| त्यौहार पर खर्च करने के लिए उनके अब्बा चौधरी के पास पैसे लेने भागे जा रहे हैं| यदि चौधरी पैसे देने से मना कर दे तो ईद की सारी खुशियाँ मुहर्रम के मातम में बदल जाएगी|

4. ‘मानो भ्रातृत्व का एक सूत्र इन समस्त आत्माओं को एक लड़ी में पिरोए हुए है|’ इस कथन के सन्दर्भ में स्पष्ट कीजिए कि ‘धर्म तोड़ता नहीं जोड़ता है|’

उत्तर

प्रस्तुत कहानी ‘ईदगाह’ में ईद के अवसर सभी लोग एक साथ मिलकर ईदगाह जा रहे हैं| यहाँ धन और पद कोई नहीं देखता| इस्लाम की निगाह में सभी एक बराबर हैं| रोजेदारों की पंक्तियाँ एक के पीछे एक न जाने तक कहाँ तक चली गई हैं और जो भी नया आता है कतार में आकर खड़ा हो जाता है| सभी एक साथ मिलकर नमाज पढ़ते हैं और आपस में एक दूसरे के गले मिलते हैं| यहाँ गरीबी-अमीरी, ऊँच-नीच का कोई भेद नहीं है| ईद के इस पावन त्यौहार पर लोग एकसाथ मिलकर खुशियाँ मना रहे हैं| ऐसा लग रह है मानो भ्रातृत्व का एक सूत्र इन समस्त आत्माओं को एक लड़ी में पिरोए हुए है| इस प्रकार धर्म तोड़ता नहीं जोड़ता है|

5. ‘ईदगाह’ कहानी के शीर्षक का औचित्य सिद्ध कीजिए| क्या इस कहानी को कोई अन्य शीर्षक दिया जा सकता है?

उत्तर

‘ईदगाह’ कहानी में ईद के अवसर पर ईदगाह में हो रही चहल-पहल को दर्शाया गया है| इस त्यौहार में बच्चे से लेकर बड़े सभी के मन में उत्साह और उमंग झलक रही है| सभी आपस में मिलजुलकर एक साथ ईद के मेले में घूमते हैं और नई-नई चीजें खरीदते हैं| इस प्रकार ईद पर्व को ध्यान में रखते हुए कहानी का शीर्षक ‘ईदगाह’ दिया गया है|

इस कहानी का मुख्य नायक हामिद है| उसके पास मात्र तीन पैसे हैं और वह उससे खिलौने खरीदने के बजाय अपनी दादी के लिए चिमटा खरीदता है| वह बड़ी चतुराई से अपने मित्रों को चिमटे के गुणों के बारे में बताकर उन्हें निरूत्तर का देता है| इस प्रकार हामिद को ध्यान रखकर कहानी का शीर्षक ‘हामिद का बड़प्पन’ दिया जा सकता है|

6. निम्नलिखित गद्यांशों की सप्रसंग व्याख्या कीजिए-

(क) कई बार यही क्रिया होती है………………..आत्माओं को एक लड़ी में पिरोए हुए है|

उत्तर

प्रस्तुत पंक्तियाँ प्रेमचन्द द्वारा रचित ‘ईदगाह’ कहानी से ली गई हैं, जिसमें ईद पर्व के अवसर पर नमाज पढ़ने वाले सभी रोजेदारों की पंक्तिबद्धता और सामूहिकता का सजीव वर्णन किया गया है|

लोग ईदगाह के मैदान में एक साथ पंक्तिबद्ध होकर नमाज पढ़ने की रस्म अदा कर रहे हैं| उनके चेहरे पर ख़ुशी और मन में श्रद्धा और भक्ति के भाव हैं| नमाज पढ़ते समय जब वे एक साथ झुकते और उठते थे तब ऐसा प्रतीत होता है मानो बिजली की लाखों बत्तियाँ एक साथ जल बुझ रही हों| उन्हें देखकर ऐसा लग रहा था जैसे ये सभी लोग भ्रातृत्व के एक सूत्र में बँधे हुए हैं|

भाषागत विशेषताएँ

• सरल, सहज और प्रवाहपूर्ण खड़ी बोली का प्रयोग किया गया है|

• उर्दू शब्दावली का प्रयोग किया गया है|

(ख) बुढ़िया का क्रोध……………….स्वाद से भरा हुआ|

उत्तर

प्रस्तुत पंक्तियाँ ‘ईदगाह’ कहानी से ली गई हैं| इन पंक्तियों में हामिद द्वारा खरीदकर लाए गए चिमटे को देखकर उसकी बूढ़ी दादी के भावविह्वल होने का सजीव चित्रण किया गया है|

जब हामिद मेले से तीन पैसे में चिमटा खरीदकर लाया तो उसे देखकर दादी को पहले गुस्सा आ गया| हामिद ने बताया कि रोटी सेंकते पर उसकी उँगलियाँ जल जाती थीं इसलिए उसने मेले से चिमटा खरीदा| यह सुनकर दादी का सारा गुस्सा स्नेह में बदल गया और जिसे केवल अनुभव किया जा सकता है| वह शब्दों के माध्यम से हामिद के लिए अपना स्नेह और प्यार व्यक्त नहीं कर पा रही थीं| उनका यह स्नेह खामोशी, गंभीरता तथा भावनाओं से परिपूर्ण था|

भाषागत विशेषताएँ

• सरल, सहज और प्रवाहपूर्ण खड़ी बोली का प्रयोग किया गया है|

• उर्दू शब्दावली का प्रयोग किया गया है|

7. हामिद ने चिमटे की उपयोगिता को सिद्ध करते हुए क्या-क्या तर्क दिए?

उत्तर
हामिद के चिमटा खरीदने पर उसके दोस्तों ने उसकी हँसी उड़ाई, लेकिन उसने तर्क के बल पर चिमटे की उपयोगिता सिद्ध कर अपने दोस्तों को चुप करा दिया| उसका चिमटा इतना मजबूत है कि जमीन पर पटकने पर भी इसका कुछ नहीं बिगड़ेगा| कंधे पर रखा तो बंदूक हो गई| हाथ में ले लिया तो फकीरों का चिमटा हो गया और चाहे तो मजीरे का भी काम ले सकते हैं| चिमटा चाहे तो खँजरी का पेट फाड़ सकता है| उसका बहादुर चिमटा आग, पानी, आँधी या तूफ़ान में बराबर डटा रहेगा|

8. गाँव से शहर जाने वाले रास्ते के मध्य पड़ने वाले स्थलों का ऐसा वर्णन लेखक ने किया है मानो आँखों के सामने चित्र उपस्थित हो रहा हो| अपने घर और विद्यालय के मध्य पड़ने वाले स्थानों का अपने शब्दों में वर्णन कीजिए|

उत्तर

मेरे घर से विद्यालय जाने के रास्ते में पहले एक तालाब आता है जिसमें कमल के फूल खिले हुए हैं| थोड़ा आगे बढ़ने पर शहर का मुख्य बाजार है जहाँ लोगों की भीड़-भाड़ दिखाई देती है| कुछ ही दूरी पर एक पार्क है, जिसमें बच्चे खेलते रहते हैं| मेरे विद्यालय से थोड़ा पीछे एक सार्वजनिक अस्पताल है| मेरे विद्यालय के आस-पास पेड़ लगे हुए हैं, जिसके कारण चारों तरफ हरियाली है|

9. ‘बच्चे हामिद ने बूढ़े हामिद का पार्ट खेला था| बुढ़िया अमीना बालिका अमीना बन गई|’ इस कथन में ‘बूढ़े हामिद’ और ‘बालिका अमीना’ से लेखक का क्या आशय है? स्पष्ट कीजिए|

उत्तर

अमीना को पता चलता है कि हामिद ने चिमटा इसलिए खरीदा क्योंकि उसकी उँगलियाँ रोटी पकाते समय जल जाती थीं| वह हामिद के इस त्याग और अपने प्रति प्यार को देखकर भावुक हो उठती है और रोने लगती है| परिस्थितिवश बूढ़ी अमीना बच्ची की तरह फूट-फूट कर रो रही थी और हामिद बूढ़ों की तरह चुपचाप खड़ा देख रहा था| इसलिए लेखक ने ऐसा कहा है|

10. ‘दामन फैलाकर हामिद को दुआएँ देती जाती थी और आँसू की बड़ी-बड़ी बूँदें गिराती जाती थी| हामिद इसका रहस्य क्या समझता!’- लेखक के अनुसार हामिद अमीना की दुआओं और आँसुओं के रहस्य को क्यों नहीं समझ पाया? कहानी के आधार पर स्पष्ट कीजिए|

उत्तर

ईद के मेले में जाने के लिए हामिद की दादी ने उसे तीन पैसे दिए थे जिनसे उसने उनके लिए चिमटा खरीद लिया| उसने ऐसा इसलिए किया क्योंकि रोटी बनाते समय उसकी दादी की उँगलियाँ जल जाती थीं| यही देखकर अमीना दामन फैलाकर हामिद को दुआएँ देती जाती थी और आँसू की बड़ी-बड़ी बूँदें गिराती जाती थी| हामिद इस रहस्य को इसलिए नहीं समझ पाया क्योंकि वह एक छोटा और नादान बालक था|

11. हामिद के चरित्र की कोई तीन विशेषताएँ बताइए|

उत्तर

हामिद के चरित्र की तीन विशेषताएँ निम्नलिखित हैं:

• साहसी- ईद के अवसर पर गाँव के सभी बच्चे अपने पिता के साथ मेला घूमने जा रहे हैं| हामिद अकेले ही मेले में जाने के लिए तैयार हो जाता है| उसकी दादी उसे अकेले जाते देख बहुत चिंतित हो जाती है लेकिन वह अपनी दादी को समझाते हुए कहता है- ‘तुम डरना नहीं अम्मा, मैं सबसे पहले आऊँगा|’ इससे उसकी निडरता का पता चलता है|

• स्वाभिमानी- हामिद एक स्वाभिमानी लड़का है| अपने दोस्तों को मिठाई और खिलौने खरीदते देखकर भी वह उनसे मिठाई या खिलौने नहीं माँगता| उसके दोस्त मिठाई देना भी चाहते हैं तो वह मना कर देता है|

• समझदार- हामिद देखने में तो एक छोटा बच्चा है लेकिन वह बड़ों की तरह समझदार है| मेले में सभी बच्चे खिलौने खरीदते हैं लेकिन वह अपनी दादी के बारे में सोचकर चिमटा खरीदता है ताकि उनकी उँगलियाँ रोटी पकाते समय जलने से बच सके|

12. हामिद के अतिरिक्त इस कहानी के किस पात्र ने आपको सर्वाधिक प्रभावित किया और क्यों?

उत्तर

इस कहानी का मुख्य पात्र हामिद है जिसने सर्वाधिक प्रभावित किया है| इसके अतिरिक्त कहानी में हामिद की दादी अमीना भी हमें प्रभावित करती है| हामिद के माता-पिता न होते हुए भी उसकी परवरिश में कोई कमी नहीं की| उसे हर समय हामिद की चिंता लगी रहती है| गरीबी होते हुए भी मेले में जाते समय उसने हामिद को तीन पैसे खर्च करने के लिए दिए| जब वह हामिद के हाथ में चिमटा देखती है तो बहुत नाराज हो जाती है क्योंकि उसने मेले में दिन-भर कुछ नहीं खाया-पीया था| चिमटा लाने का कारण जानकर वह हामिद को दुआएँ देने लगती हैं और उस पर न्योछावर हो जाती है| इस प्रकार हामिद की दादी अमीना की भूमिका भी प्रभावशाली है|

13. बच्चों में लालच एवं एक-दूसरे से आगे निकल जाने की होड़ के साथ-साथ निश्छलता भी मौजूद होती है| कहानी से कोई दो प्रसंग चुनकर इस मत की पुष्टि कीजिए|

उत्तर

बच्चों में लालच एवं एक-दूसरे से आगे निकल जाने की होड़ के साथ-साथ निश्छलता भी मौजूद होती है| कहानी में ऐसे दो प्रसंग निम्नलिखित हैं-

मेले में हामिद के दोस्त मिठाई खरीदते हैं और हामिद कुछ नहीं खरीदता| मोहसिन हामिद को रेवड़ी देने का दिखावा करके स्वयं खा लेता है और सब हामिद का मजाक उड़ाते हैं| लेकिन अगले ही पल मोहसिन को गलती का एहसास होते ही वह अल्लाह कसम खा कर दोबारा हामिद को रेवड़ी देता है| दूसरे भी अपनी मिठाई हामिद को देना चाहते हैं|

हामिद मेले में चिमटा खरीदता है और अपने दोस्तों के खिलौनों से अच्छा बताते हुए कई तरह के तर्क प्रस्तुत करता है| वह अपने चिमटे को मजबूत, आग, पानी, आँधी, तूफ़ान में खड़ा करने पर आराम से डटा रहने वाला बताता है| कुछ देर बाद जब सभी अपने खिलौने से मायूस हो जाते हैं तब हामिद उन्हें खुश करने के लिए कहता है- मैं तुम्हें चिढ़ा रहा था, सच! यह चिमटा भला इन खिलौनों की क्या बराबरी करेगा| इस प्रकार बच्चों में लालच एवं एक-दूसरे से आगे निकल जाने की होड़ के साथ-साथ निश्छलता भी मौजूद होती है|

14. ‘प्रेमचंद की भाषा बहुत सजीव, मुहावरेदार और बोलचाल के निकट है|’ कहानी के आधार पर इस कथन की सार्थकता स्पष्ट कीजिए|

उत्तर
प्रेमचंद की कहानियों में सजीवता, मुहावरों तथा बोलचाल की भाषा का प्रयोग किया गया है| उनकी भाषा व्यावहारिक तथा प्रवाहमयी है|

‘ईदगाह’ कहानी में सरल एवं सजीव भाषा का प्रयोग किया गया है| कहानी में ‘सभी ईदगाह जाने की तैयारी कर रहे हैं| ईदगाह से लौटते-लौटते दोपहर हो जाएगी| बार-बार जेब से अपना खजाना निकालकर गिनते हैं और खुश होकर फिर रख लेते हैं| हामिद कहता है- तुम डरना नहीं अम्मा, मैं सबसे पहले आऊँगा| बिलकुल न डरना|’

कहानी में मुहावरों का भी प्रयोग किया गया है| सारी ईद मुहर्रम होना, कुबेर का धन भरा होना, अरमान निकालना, दिल कचोटना, मुँह चुराना, काम से जी चुराना, तूफ़ान में डटे रहना, ऐड़ी-चोटी का जोर लगाना, मुँह ताकना, मैदान मारना, रंग जमाना, छाती पीटना जैसे मुहावरों का प्रयोग किया गया है|

प्रेमचंद ने ‘ईदगाह’ में बोलचाल की भाषा का प्रयोग किया है| जैसे- हामिद का मेले में दुकानदार के साथ वार्तालाप| हामिद ने दुकानदार से पूछा- यह चिमटा कितने का है? दुकानदार ने उसकी ओर देखा और कोई आदमी साथ न देखकर कहा- तुम्हारे काम का नहीं है जी! ‘बिकाऊ है कि नहीं?’

‘बिकाऊ क्यों नहीं है| और यहाँ क्यों लाद लाए हैं?

‘तो बताते क्यों नहीं, कै पैसे का है?’

‘छह पैसे लगेंगे|’

हामिद का दिल बैठ गया|

‘ठीक-ठीक बताओ!’

‘ठीक-ठीक पाँच पैसे लगेंगे, लेना हो तो लो, नहीं चलते बनो|’

हामिद ने कलेजा मजबूत करके कहा- ‘तीन पैसे लोगे|’
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NCERT MCQ CLASS-12 CHAPTER-5 | PHYSICS NCERT MCQ | MAGNETISM AND MATTER | EDUGROWN

In This Post we are  providing Chapter-5 Magnetism and Matter NCERT MCQ for Class 12 Physics which will be beneficial for students. These solutions are updated according to 2021-22 syllabus. These MCQS  can be really helpful in the preparation of Board exams and will provide you with a brief knowledge of the chapter.

NCERT MCQ ON MAGNETISM AND MATTER

Question 1.
S.I. unit of flux is :
(a) Ohm
(b) Weber
(c) Tesla
(d) None

Answer: (b) Weber

Question 2.
What is the angle of dip at a place where the horizontal component of earth’s magnetic field is equal to the vertical component?
(a) 0°
(b) 30°
(c) 45°
(d) 90°

Answer: (c) 45°

Question 3.
Which of the following has a low value in ferrites?
(a) Conductivity
(b) Permeability
(c) Magnetic susceptibility
(d) All the above

Answer: (a) Conductivity

Question 4.
The dimensional representation of magnetic flux density is :
(a) [MLT-2]
(b) [MLT-2A-1]
(c) [MLT-2A-2]
(d) [MT-2A-1]

Answer: (d) [MT-2A-1]

Question 5.
Tangent law is applicable only when:
(a) two uniform and mutually perpendicular magnetic fields exist
(b) two magnetic fields exist
(c) horizontal component of earth’s magnetic field is present
(d) uniform magnetic field are used

Answer: (a) two uniform and mutually perpendicular magnetic fields exist

Question 6.
Ferrites may be:
(a) ant. ferromagnetic
(b) ferromagnetic
(c) ferrimagnetic
(d) None of the above

Answer: (b) ferromagnetic

Question 7.
A magnetic bar of M magnetic moment is placed m the field of magnetic strength B, the torque acting on it is :
(a) M⃗ .B⃗ 
(b) –M⃗ .B⃗ 
(c) M⃗  × B⃗ .
(d) B⃗  × M⃗ 

Answer: (c) M⃗  × B⃗ .

Question 8.
The magnetic lines of force inside a bar magnet:
(a) do not exist
(b) depends on area of cross-section of bar magnet
(c) are from N-pole to S-pole of the magnet
(d) are from S-pole to N-pole of the magnet.

Answer: (d) are from S-pole to N-pole of the magnet.

Question 9.
A magnetic dipole moment is a vector quantity directed from:
(a) S to N
(b) N to S
(c) E to W
(d) W to E

Answer: (a) S to N

Question 10.
What is the magnetic field in the empty space enclosed by the toroidal solenoid of radius ‘R’? ,
(a) Infinity
(b) µ04π.2πlR
(c) µ04π.(πlR)
(d) zero

Answer: (d) zero

Question 11.
A current carrying power line carries current from west to east. What will be direction of magnetic field 1 meter above it?
(a) N to S
(b) S to N
(c) E to W
(d) W to E

Answer: (a) N to S

Question 12.
The dimensional representation of√ l/MB is similar to that of:
(a) frequency
(b) time
(c) distance
(d) speed

Answer: (b) time

Question 13.
On quadrupling the moment of inertia of a magnet, its frequency of oscillation will become:
(a) half
(b) double
(c) four times
(d) one-fourth

Answer: (a) half

Question 14.
The magnetic field strength due to a short bar magnet directed along its axial line at a distance r is B. What is its value at the same distance along the equatorial line?
(a) B
(b) 2B
(c) B2
(d) B4

Answer: (c) B2

Question 15.
The neutral point in the magnetic field of a horizontally placed bar magnet is a point where the magnetic field due to that bar magnet is:
(a) zero
(b) more than that of earth
(c) less than that of earth
(d) equal to that of earth

Answer: (d) equal to that of earth

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NCERT MCQ CLASS-12 CHAPTER-4 | PHYSICS NCERT MCQ | MOVING CHARGES AND MAGNETISM | EDUGROWN

In This Post we are  providing Chapter-4 Moving Charges and Magnetism NCERT MCQ for Class 12 Physics which will be beneficial for students. These solutions are updated according to 2021-22 syllabus. These MCQS  can be really helpful in the preparation of Board exams and will provide you with a brief knowledge of the chapter.

NCERT MCQ ON MOVING CHARGES AND MAGNETISM

Question 1.
A charge moving with a velocity v in X-direction is subjected to a field of magnetic induction in the negative X direction. As a result, the charge will:
(a) remain undefeated
(b) retard along X-axis
(c) start moving in a circular path in YZ plane.
(d) move along a helical path around X-axis.

Answer: (a) remain undefeated

Question 2.
Two thin long parallel wires separated by a distance r are carrying a current I amp. each. The magnitude of the force per unit length applied by one wire on the other is:
(a) µ0I2r2
(b) µ0I22πr
(c) µ0I2πr
(d) µ0I24πr

Answer: (b) µ0I22πr

Question 3.
A wire is placed parallel to the lines of force in a magnetic field and a current flows in the wire, then:
(a) The wire will experience a force in the direction of the magnetic field.
(b) The wire will experience a force in a direction opposite to the magnetic field.
(c) It will experience a force in a direction perpendicular to the lines of force.
(d) Tire wire will not experience a force at all.

Answer: (d) Tire wire will not experience a force at all.

Question 4.
In order to increase the sensitivity of a moving coil galvanometer,
(a) the suspension wire should be made stiff.
(b) the arc of the coil should be reduced.
(c) the magnetic field should be increased.
(d) the number of turns in the coil should be reduced.

Answer: (a) the suspension wire should be made stiff.

Question 5.
Two particles A and B having equal charges after being accelerated through the same potential difference enter a region of uniform magnetic field and describe circular path of radii R1 and R2 respectively. The ratio of the masses of A to B is:
(a) (R1R2)1/2
(b) (R2R1)
(c) (R1R2)²
(d) R1R2

Answer: (c) (R1R2)²

Question 6.
When a charged particle moves perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field, its:
(a) Energy and momentum both change.
(b) Energy and momentum both don’t change.
(c) Energy changes but momentum remains unchanged.
(d) Momentum changes but energy remains unchanged.

Answer: (d) Momentum changes but energy remains unchanged.

Question 7.
The force on a current carrying conductor in a magnetic field is maximum, when angle between the length of the conductor and the magnetic field is:
(a) π2
(b) π4
(c) π
(d) zero

Answer: (a) π2

Question 8.
What happens between the two streams of electrons moving parallel to each other in the same direction:
(a) attract each other
(b) cross the electric and magnetic field of each other.
(c) repel each other.
(d) none of these

Answer: (c) repel each other.

Question 9.
Magnetic field is not associated with:
(a) a charge in uniform motion.
(b) a decelerated charge.
(c) an accelerated charge.
(d) a stationary change.

Answer: (d) a stationary change.

Question 10.
A magnetic needle is kept in a non-uniform magnetic field. It experiences:
(a) a force and torque.
(b) a force but not a torque.
(c) a torque but not a force.
(d) neither a force nor a torque.

Answer: (a) a force and torque.

Question 11.
A proton and an electron enter a region in which a magnetic field is suddenly switched on. The forces experienced by them are:
(a) equal and opposite.
(b) different in magnitude but in same direction.
(c) in the ratio of 1840.
(d) same in magnitude and direction.

Answer: (a) equal and opposite.

Question 12.
Two protons move parallel to each other with equal speeds 3 × 102 m/s. The ratio of magnetic and electrical forces between them is:
(a) 10-6
(b) 10-3
(c) 10-9
(d) 1

Answer: (a) 10-6

Question 13.
A proton and an a particle enter in a uniform magnetic field with the same velocity. The period of rotation of the α-particle will be:
(a) four times that of the proton.
(b) three times that of the proton.
(c) two times that of the proton.
(d) same as that of the proton.

Answer: (c) two times that of the proton.

Question 14.
The magnetic field at the center of a square loop of side a carrying a current I is:
(a) µ04π √2 1a
µ04π 421√4π
(c) µ04π 8√2 1a
(d) none

Answer: (c) µ04π 8√2 1a

Question 15.
A circular of radius R carries a current I. The magnetic field at its centre is B. At what distance from the centre on the axis of the coil, the magnetic field will be B8?
(a) √2R
(b) √3R
(c) 2R
(d) 3R

Answer: (b) √3R

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NCERT MCQ CLASS-12 CHAPTER-3 | PHYSICS NCERT MCQ | CURRENT ELECTRICITY | EDUGROWN

In This Post we are  providing Chapter-3 Current Electricity NCERT MCQ for Class 12 Physics which will be beneficial for students. These solutions are updated according to 2021-22 syllabus. These MCQS  can be really helpful in the preparation of Board exams and will provide you with a brief knowledge of the chapter.

NCERT MCQ ON CURRENT ELECTRICITY

Question 1.
The speed at which the current travels in a conductor is nearly:
(a) 3 × 104 ms-1
(b) 3 × 106 ms-1
(c) 3 × 108 ms-1
(d) 3 × 1010 ms-1

Answer: (a) 3 × 104 ms-1

Question 2.
The resistance of a human body is about:
(a) 12 Ω
(b) 120 Ω
(c) 12 KΩ
(d) 120 MΩ

Answer: (c) 12 KΩ

Question 3.
The number of electrons that constitute 1 A of current is:
(a) 6.25 × 1016
(b) 6.25 × 1017
(c) 6.25 × 1018
(d) 6.25 × 1019

Answer: (c) 6.25 × 1018

Question 4.
How many different resistances are possible with two equal resistors?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5

Answer: (b) 3

Question 5.
Given three equal resistors, how many different combinations (taken all of them together) can be made?
(a) 3
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 6

Answer: (b) 4

Question 6.
Specific resistance of alkali metals is mostly affected by:
(a) temperature
(b) pressure
(c) magnetic field
(d) volume

Answer: (a) temperature

Question 7.
The example of a non-ohmic resistance is:
(a) copper wire
(b) filament lamp
(c) carbon resistor
(d) diode

Answer: (d) diode

Question 8.
If a certain piece of copper is to be shaped into a conductor of minimum resistance, its length (L) and cross-sectional area (a) shall respectively be :
(a) L, 2A
(b) L2, 2A
(c) 2L, 2A
(d) 2l, A2

Answer: (b) L2, 2A

Question 9.
The specific resistance of a rod of copper as compared to that of thin wire of copper is :
(a) less
(b) more
(c) same
(d) depends upon the length and area of cross-section of the wire

Answer: (c) same

Question 10.
A wire of resistance 3 Ω is cut into three pieces, which are then joined to form a triangle. The equivalent resistance between any corners of the triangle is :
(a) 23 Ω
(b) 32 Ω
(c) 12 Ω
(d) 13 Ω

Answer: (a) 23 Ω

Question 11.
The length of a conductor is halved. Its resistance will be :
(a) halved
(b) doubled
(c) unchanged
(d) quadrupled

Answer: (a) halved

Question 12.
In the above question, the conductance:
(a) halved
(b) doubled
(c) unchanged
(d) quadrupled

Answer: (b) doubled

Question 13.
Siemen is the unit of:
(a) resistance
(b) conductance
(c) specific conductance
(d) None of these

Answer: (b) conductance

Question 14.
How much electric energy is consumed by a 100 W lamp used for 6 hours everyday for 30 days?
(a) 18 kJ
(b) 18 kWh
(c) 1.8 J
(d) None of these

Answer: (b) 18 kWh

Question 15.
Suppose H1 is the heat generated per second in the filament of a 100 W, 250 V lamp and H2 is the heat generated in the filament of a 200 W, 250 V lamp. Then H1/H2 is equal to:
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 12
(d) 14

Answer: (c) 12

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NCERT MCQ CLASS-12 CHAPTER-2 | PHYSICS NCERT MCQ | ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE | EDUGROWN

In This Post we are  providing Chapter-1 Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance NCERT MCQ for Class 12 Physics which will be beneficial for students. These solutions are updated according to 2021-22 syllabus. These MCQS  can be really helpful in the preparation of Board exams and will provide you with a brief knowledge of the chapter.

NCERT MCQ ON ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIAL AND CAPACITANCE

Question 1: A capacitor is charged by a battery. The battery is removed and another identical uncharged capacitor is connected in parallel. The total electrostatic energy of resulting system

(a) decreases by a factor of 2

(b) remains the same

(c) increases by a factor of 2

(d) increases by a factor of 4

Answer=A

Question 2: Choose the correct option

Assertion : Electric potential and electric potential energy  are different quantities.
Reason : For a system of positive test charge and point charge electric potential energy = electric potential.

(a) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is a correct explanation for assertion.
(b) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is not a correct explanation for assertion
(c) Assertion is correct, reason is incorrect
(d) Assertion is incorrect, reason is correct.

Answer=C

Question 3:  A long, hollow conducting cylinder is kept coaxially inside another long, hollow conducting cylinder of larger radius. Both the cylinders are initially electrically neutral

(a) A potential difference appears between the two cylinders when a charge density is given to the inner cylinder.

(b) A potential difference appears between two cylinders when a charge density is given to the outer cylinder.

(c) No potential difference appears between the two cylinders when a uniform line charge is kept along the axis of the cylinders.

(d) No potential difference appears between the two cylinders when same charge density is given to both the cylinders.

Answer=A

Question 4: The electrostatic force between the metal plates of an isolated parallel plate capacitor C having a charge Q and area A, is

(a) independent of the distance between the plates

(b) linearly proportional to the distance between the plates

(c) inversely proportional to the distance between theplates

(d) proportional to the square root of the distance betweenthe plates

Answer=A

Question 5:  Choose the correct option

Assertion : For a non-uniformly charged thin circular ring with net charge is zero, the electric field at any point on axis of the ring is zero.
Reason : For a non-uniformly charged thin circular ring with net charge zero, the electric potential at each point on axis of the ring is zero.

(a) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is a correct explanation for assertion.

(b) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is not a correct explanation for assertion

(c) Assertion is correct, reason is incorrect

(d) Assertion is incorrect, reason is correct.

Answer=D

Question 6: The electric potential inside a conducting sphere

(a) increases from center to surface
(b) decreases from center to surface
(c) remains constant from center to surface
(d) is zero at every point inside

Answer=C

Question 7:  It becomes possible to define potential at a point in an electric field because electric field

(a) is a conservative field
(b) is a non-conservative field
(c) is a vector field
(d) obeys principle of superposition

Answer=A

Question 8: Which of the following about potential at a point due to a given point charge is true ?

The potential at a point P due to a given point charge

(a) is a function of distance from the point charge.
(b) varies inversely as the square of distance from the point charge.
(c) is a vector quantity.
(d) is directly proportional to the square of distance from the point charge.

Answer=A


Question 9:  Which of the following quantities do not depend on the choice of zero potential or zero potential energy?

(a) Potential at a point
(b) Potential difference between two points
(c) Potential energy of a two-charge system
(d) None of these

Answer=B

Question 10: A cube of a metal is given a positive charge Question: For this system, which of the following statements is true?

(a) Electric potential at the surface of the cube is zero
(b) Electric potential within the cube is zero
(c) Electric field is normal to the surface of the cube
(d) Electric field varies within the cube

Answer=D

Question 11: The electric potential at a point on the equatorial line of an electric dipole is

(a) directly proportional to distance
(b) inversely proportional to distance
(c) inversely proportional to square of the distance
(d) None of these

Answer=D

Question 12: A hollow metal sphere of radius 5 cm is charged such that the potential on its surface is 10 V. The potential at a distance of 2 cm from the centre of the sphere is

(a) zero

(b) 10 V

(c) 4 V

(d) 10/3 V

Answer=B

Question 13: Choose the correct option

Assertion : Electric field is discontinuous across the surface of a spherical charged shell.
Reason : Electric potential is continuous across the surface of a spherical charged shell

(a) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is a correct explanation for assertion.
(b) Assertion is correct, reason is correct; reason is not a correct explanation for assertion
(c) Assertion is correct, reason is incorrect
(d) Assertion is incorrect, reason is correct.

Answer=B

Question 14: From a point charge, there is a fixed point A. At A, there is an electric field of 500 V/m and potential difference of 3000 V. Distance between point charge and A will be

(a) 6 m

(b) 12 m

(c) 16 m

(d) 24 m

Answer=A

Question 15: Two metal pieces having a potential difference of 800 V are 0.02 m apart horizontally. A particle of mass 1.96 × 10–15 kg is suspended in equilibrium between the plates. If e is the elementary charge, then charge on the particle is

(a) 8

(b) 6

(c) 0.1

(d) 3

Answer=D

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NCERT MCQ CLASS-12 CHAPTER-1 | PHYSICS NCERT MCQ | ELECTRIC CHARGES AND FIELDS | EDUGROWN

In This Post we are  providing Chapter-1 Electric Charges and Fields NCERT MCQ for Class 12 Physics which will be beneficial for students. These solutions are updated according to 2021-22 syllabus. These MCQS  can be really helpful in the preparation of Board exams and will provide you with a brief knowledge of the chapter.

NCERT MCQ ON ELECTRIC CHARGES AND FIELDS

Question 1.
Which one of the following is the unit of electric field?
(a) Coulomb
(b) Newton
(c) Volt
(d) N/C

Answer: (d) N/C

Question 2.
Three charges + 3q + q and Q are placed on a st. line with equal separation. In order to maket the net force on q to be zero, the value of Q will be :
(a) +3q
(b) +2q
(c) -3q
(d) -4q

Answer: (a) +3q

Question 3.
If an electric dipole is kept in a uniform electric field then resultant electric force on it is :
(a) always zero
(b) never zero
(c) depend upon capacity of dipole
(d) None

Answer: (a) always zero

Question 4.
The number of electron-taken out from a body to produce 1 coulomb of charge will be :
(a) 6.25 × 1018
(b) 625 × 1018
(c) 6.023 × 1023
(d) None

Answer: (a) 6.25 × 1018

Question 5.
The work done in rotating an electric dipole in an electric field:
(a) W = ME (1 – cos θ)
(b) W = ME tan θ
(c)W = ME sec θ
(d) None

Answer: (a) W = ME (1 – cos θ)

Question 6.
If sphere of bad conductor is given charge then it is distributed on:
(a) surface
(b) inside the surface
(c) only inside the surface
(d) None

Answer: (d) None

Question 7.
Electric field in a cavity of metal:
(a) depends upon the surroundings
(b) depends upon the size of cavity
(c) is always zero
(d) is not necessarily zero

Answer: (d) is not necessarily zero

Question 8.
The dielectric constant of a metal is:
(a) 0
(b) 1
(c) ∞
(d) -1

Answer: (c) ∞

Question 9.
1 coulomb is equal to:
(a) 3 × 109 e.s.u.
(b) 13 × 109 e.s.u.
(c) 3 × 1010 e.s.u.
(d) 13 × 1010 e.s.u.

Answer: (a) 3 × 109 e.s.u.

Question 10.
Each of the two point charges are doubled and their distance is halved. Force of interaction becomes p times, w here p is :
(a) 1
(b) 4
(c) 116
(d) 16

Answer: (d) 16

Question 11.
Coulomb’s law in vector form can be written as
F⃗  = (14πεn) (q1q2r2)r⃗ 
where ε0 is the permittivity of free space. The SI units of ε0 will be:
(a) N-1m-2C-2
(b) Nm-2C2
(c) N-1m-2C9.
(d) Nm-2C2

Answer: (c) N-1m-2C9

Question 12.
The dimensional representation of cu will be :
(a) [MLT4 A2]
(b) [M-1L-3T4A2]
(c)[ML-2T ]
(d) None of these

Answer: (b) [M-1L-3T4A2]

Question 13.
When placed in a uniform field, a dipole experiences:
(a) a net force
(b) a torque
(c) both a net force and torque
(d) neither a net force nor a torque

Answer: (b) a torque

Question 14.
A parrot comes and sits on a bare high power line. It will:
(a) experience a mild shock ‘
(b) experience a strong shock.
(c) get killed instantaneously
(d) not be affected practically

Answer: (d) not be affected practically

Question 15.
The SI units of electric dipole moment are:
(a) C
(b) Cm-1
(c) Cm
(d) Nm-1

Answer: (c) Cm

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NCERT MCQ CLASS-12 CHAPTER-13 | MATH NCERT MCQ | PROBABILITY | EDUGROWN

In This Post we are  providing Chapter-13 Probability NCERT MCQ for Class 12 Math which will be beneficial for students. These solutions are updated according to 2021-22 syllabus. These MCQS  can be really helpful in the preparation of Board exams and will provide you with a brief knowledge of the chapter.

NCERT MCQ ON PROBABILITY

Question 1.
The variance of random variable X i.e. σ2x or var (X) is equal to
(a) E(X2) + [E(X2)2]2
(b) E(X) – [E(X2)]
(c) E(X2) – [E(X)]2
(d) None of these

Answer:(c) E(X2) – [E(X)]2

Question 2.
A coin is biased so that the head is 3 times likely to occur as a tail. If the coin is tossed twice, then find the probability distribution of the number of tails.
Maths MCQs for Class 12 with Answers Chapter 13 Probability Q32
Answer:
Maths MCQs for Class 12 with Answers Chapter 13 Probability Q32.1

Question 3.
A pair of the die is thrown 4 times. If getting a doubled is considered a success, then find the probability distribution of a number of successes.
Maths MCQs for Class 12 with Answers Chapter 13 Probability Q33
Answer:
Maths MCQs for Class 12 with Answers Chapter 13 Probability Q33.1

Question 4.
Find the probability of throwing utmost 2 sixes in 6 throws of a single die.
(a) 3518(56)3
(b) 3518(56)4
(c) 1829(23)4
(d) 1829(23)3

Answer:(b) 3518(56)4

Question 5.
A die is thrown again and again until three sixes are obtained. Find the probability of obtaining third six in the sixth throw of the die.
(a) 62523329
(b) 62125329
(c) 62523328
(d) 62023328

Answer:(c) 62523328

Question 6.
Ten eggs are drawn successively with replacement from a lot containing 10% defective eggs. Then, the probability that there is at least one defective egg is
(a) 1−7101010
(b) 1+7101010
(c) 1+9101010
(d) 1−9101010

Answer:(d) 1−9101010

Question 7.
The probability of a man hitting a target is 14. How many times must he fire so that the probability of his hitting the target at least once is greater than 23?
(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 1

Answer:(a) 4

Question 8.
Eight coins are thrown simultaneously. Find the probability of getting at least 6 heads.
(a) 31128
(b) 37256
(c) 37128
(d) 31256

Answer:(b) 37256

Question 9.
A bag contains 6 red, 4 blue and 2 yellow balls. Three balls are drawn one by one with replacement. Find the probability of getting exactly one red ball.
(a) 14
(b) 38
(c) 34
(d) 12

Answer:(b) 38

Question 10.
Eight coins are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability of getting at least 3 heads?
(a) 37246
(b) 21256
(c) 219256
(d) 19246

Answer:(c) 219256

Question 11.
For the following probability distribution, the standard deviation of the random variable X is
Maths MCQs for Class 12 with Answers Chapter 13 Probability Q30
(a) 0.5
(b) 0.6
(c) 0.61
(d) 0.7

Answer:(d) 0.7

Question 12.
A bag contains 5 red and 3 blue balls. If 3 balls are drawn at random without replacement the probability of getting exactly one red ball is
(a) 45196
(b) 135392
(c) 1556
(d) 1529

Answer:(c) 1556

Question 13.
A die is thrown and card is selected a random from a deck of 52 playing cards. The probability of gettingan even number on the die and a spade card is
(a) 12
(b) 14
(c) 18
(d) 34

Answer:(c) 18

Question 14.
A box contains 3 orange balls, 3 green balls and 2 blue balls. Three balls are drawn at random from the box without replacement. The probability of drawing 2 green balls and one blue ball is
(a) 328
(b) 221
(c) 128
(d) 167168

Answer:(a) 328

Question 15.
A flashlight has 8 batteries out of which 3 are dead. If two batteries are selected without replacement and tested, the probability that both are deal is
(a) 3356
(b) 964
(c) 114
(d) 328

Answer:(d) 328

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NCERT MCQ CLASS-12 CHAPTER-12 | MATH NCERT MCQ | LINEAR PROGRAMMING | EDUGROWN

In This Post we are  providing Chapter-12 Linear Programming NCERT MCQ for Class 12 Math which will be beneficial for students. These solutions are updated according to 2021-22 syllabus. These MCQS  can be really helpful in the preparation of Board exams and will provide you with a brief knowledge of the chapter.

NCERT MCQ ON LINEAR PROGRAMMING

Question 1.
Feasible region in the set of points which satisfy
(a) The objective functions
(b) Some the given constraints
(c) All of the given constraints
(d) None of these

Answer: (c) All of the given constraints

Question 2.
Of all the points of the feasible region for maximum or minimum of objective function the points
(a) Inside the feasible region
(b) At the boundary line of the feasible region
(c) Vertex point of the boundary of the feasible region
(d) None of these

Answer: (c) Vertex point of the boundary of the feasible region

Question 3.
Objective function of a linear programming problem is
(a) a constraint
(b) function to be optimized
(c) A relation between the variables
(d) None of these

Answer: (b) function to be optimized

Question 4.
A set of values of decision variables which satisfies the linear constraints and n-negativity conditions of a L.P.P. is called its
(a) Unbounded solution
(b) Optimum solution
(c) Feasible solution
(d) None of these

Answer: (c) Feasible solution

Question 5.
The maximum value of the object function Z = 5x + 10 y subject to the constraints x + 2y ≤ 120, x + y ≥ 60, x – 2y ≥ 0, x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0 is
(a) 300
(b) 600
(c) 400
(d) 800

Answer: (b) 600

Question 6.
The maximum value of Z = 4x + 2y subject to the constraints 2x + 3y ≤ 18, x + y ≥ 10, x, y ≤ 0 is
(a) 36
(b) 40
(c) 30
(d) None of these

Answer: (d) None of these

Question 7.
In equation 3x – y ≥ 3 and 4x – 4y > 4
(a) Have solution for positive x and y
(b) Have no solution for positive x and y
(c) Have solution for all x
(d) Have solution for all y

Answer: (a) Have solution for positive x and y

Question 8.
The maximum value of Z = 3x + 4y subjected to constraints x + y ≤ 40, x + 2y ≤ 60, x ≥ 0 and y ≥ 0 is
(a) 120
(b) 140
(c) 100
(d) 160

Answer: (b) 140

Question 9.
Maximize Z = 11 x + 8y subject to x ≤ 4, y ≤ 6, x + y ≤ 6, x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0.
(a) 44 at (4, 2)
(b) 60 at (4, 2)
(c) 62 at (4, 0)
(d) 48 at (4, 2)

Answer: (b) 60 at (4, 2)

Question 10.
Maximize Z = 3x + 5y, subject to x + 4y ≤ 24, 3x + y ≤ 21, x + y ≤ 9, x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0
(a) 20 at (1, 0)
(b) 30 at (0, 6)
(c) 37 at (4, 5)
(d) 33 at (6, 3)

Answer: (c) 37 at (4, 5)

Question 11.
Maximize Z = 4x + 6y, subject to 3x + 2y ≤ 12, x + y ≥ 4, x, y ≥ 0
(a) 16 at (4, 0)
(b) 24 at (0, 4)
(c) 24 at (6, 0)
(d) 36 at (0, 6)

Answer: (d) 36 at (0, 6)

Question 12.
Maximize Z = 7x + 11y, subject to 3x + 5y ≤ 26, 5x + 3y ≤ 30, x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0
(a) 59 at (92, 52)
(b) 42 at (6, 0)
(c) 49 at (7, 0)
(d) 57.2 at (0, 5.2)

Answer: (a) 59 at (92, 52)

Question 13.
Maximize Z = 6x + 4y, subject to x ≤ 2, x + y ≤ 3, -2x + y ≤ 1, x ≥ 0, y ≥ 0
(a) 12 at (2, 0)
(b) 1403 at (23, 13)
(c) 16 at (2, 1)
(d) 4 at (0, 1)

Answer: (c) 16 at (2, 1)

Question 14.
Maximize Z = 10 x1 + 25 x2, subject to 0 ≤ x1 ≤ 3, 0 ≤ x2 ≤ 3, x1 + x2 ≤ 5
(a) 80 at (3, 2)
(b) 75 at (0, 3)
(c) 30 at (3, 0)
(d) 95 at (2, 3)

Answer: (d) 95 at (2, 3)

Question 15.
Z = 20x1 + 202, subject to x1 ≥ 0, x2 ≥ 0, x1 + 2x2 ≥ 8, 3x1 + 2x2 ≥ 15, 5x1 + 2x2 ≥ 20. The minimum value of Z occurs at
(a) (8, 0)
(b) (52, 154)
(c) (72, 94)
(d) (0, 10)

Answer: (c) (72, 94)

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CLASS 11TH CHAPTER-8 The Tale of Melon City |ENGLISH SNAPSHOTS |NCERT SOLUTION| EDUGROWN

Class 11 NCERT Solutions for English Snapshots provides you an idea of the language and helps you understand the subject better. We have explained NCERT Solutions for Class 11th English Snapshots.

Snapshots Class 11 English is a supplementary reader which has eight stories that deal with a range of human hardships, moral choices in adolescents, pain of personal loss, imperialism and other topics.

NCERT Solutions for Class 11th : The Tale of Melon City English Snapshots

Question 1.
Narrate ‘The Tale of Melon City’ in your own words.
Answer:
The ruler of the City State pretended to be justice loving and gentle. (But he was brainless and dispolite) Once he ordered a grand city gate to be built over the main road. He gave out that he wanted the moral improvement of all the spectators. One day the King rode out along that thoroughfare. His crown hit against the low arch and fell off his head. He took it as a disgrace of the crown. He ordered the guilty to be hanged.

He first summoned the chief of builders to pay for his fault. The builder chief passed on the blame to workers who blamed the wrong sized bricks. The King sent for the masons who put the blame on the architect. The planner said in self defence that the King himself had made bad correction in the original plan.

A noose was set up. But it was somewhat high. Only the King was found tall enough to fit the noose. He was hanged. As per custom, the new king was named by an idiot who was the first to pass by the road. He named ‘A Melon’ and the melon, looking fool was crowned king.

Question 2.
What impression would you form of a State where the King was ‘just and placid’ ?
Answer:
It was a small city ruled by a mindless King. He could not make any sensible decision on his own. He called himself just and gentle. When actually he was a duffer. He thought that the new city gate would enlighten the onlookers. He lost his head when he lost his crown.

He wanted somebody to be hanged because the common people demanded it. But he could not fix the guilt. He himself was finally executed because he was tall enough to fit the noose. The new ruler was worse than the ex-ruler. He appeared like a melon because an idiot had suggested and named him It was a Kingdom of fools.

Question 3.
How, according to you, can peace and liberty be maintained in a State ?
Answer:
A ruler’s first and premost responsibility is to maintain law and order in the state. The masses demand peace and basic freedom of faith as well as expression. They become restive and take to violence if the ruler foolishly or cruelly and in an arbitrary planner. Only rule of law and impartial judiciary can keep people happy as well as contented.

Question 4.
Suggest a few instances in the poem which highlight humour and irony.
Answer:
The Tale of Melon City tells a humorous story in verse. It has no moral or message. It, however, highlights the fact that a non sensical ruler can make the masses miserable. Nobody is safe in such a state where the King goes by his whims. Such an idiot ruler pays a heavy price with his own life.

It was ironical that the brainless and indecisive ruler called himself just and placid or gentle. He built the city gate for the moral improvement of the road users. When his crown was thrown off his head, he decided to hang somebody. The person finally ‘chosen on the basis of his height. The ministers followed the custom mindlessly. They executed the King as per Royal decree. The selected the melon-like new King on the suggestion of an idiot. Thus all the situations, decisions and actions are ironic or ridiculous.

Question 5.
The Tale of Melon City has been narrated in a verse form. This is a unique style which lends extra charm to an ancient tale. Find similar examples in your language.
Answer:
The following poem narrates the legend of an old lady who angered Saint Peter because of her greed. Let’s read it :

A Legend of the Northland

Away, away in the Northland,
Where the hours of the day are few,
And the nights are so long in winter
That they cannot sleep them through;

Where they harness the swift reindeer
To the sledges, when it snows;
And the children took like bear’s cubs
In their funny, furry clothes;

They tell them a curious story
I don’t believe ’tis true;
And yet you may learn a lesson
If I tell the tale to you.

Once, when the good Saint Peter ,
Lived in to world below,
And walked about it, preaching,
Just as he did, you know,

He came to the door of a cottage,
In travelling round to earth,
Where a little woman was making cakes.
And backing them on the hearth;

And being faint with fasting,
For. the day was almost done,
He asked her, from her store of cakes,
To give him a single one.

So she made a veiy little cake,
But as it baking lay,
She looked at it, and thought it seemed
Too large to give away.

Therefore she kneaded another,
And still a smaller one;i
But it looked, when she turned it over,
As large as the first had done.

Then she took a tiny scrap of dough,
And rolled and rolled it flat;
And baked it thin as a wafer
But she couldn’t part with that.

For she said, “My cakes that seem too small
When I eat of them myself
And yet too large to give away.”
So she put them on the shelf.

Then good Saint Peter grew angry,
For he was hungry and faint;
And surely such a woman
Was enough to provoke a saint.

And he said, “You are far too selfish
To dwell in a human form,
To have both food and shelter,
And fire to keep you warm.

Now, you shall build as the birds do,
Ans shall get your scanty food
By boring, and boring, and boring,
All day in the hard, dry wood.”

Then up she went through the chimney,
Never speaking a word, ‘
And out of the top few a woodpecker,
For she was changed to a bird.

She had a scarlet cap on the head,
And what was left the same;
But all the rest of her clothes were burned
Black as a coal in the flame.

And every country schoolboy
Has seen her in the wood,
Where she lives in the trees till this very day,
Boring and borings for food.

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CLASS 11TH CHAPTER-7 Birth |ENGLISH SNAPSHOTS |NCERT SOLUTION| EDUGROWN

Class 11 NCERT Solutions for English Snapshots provides you an idea of the language and helps you understand the subject better. We have explained NCERT Solutions for Class 11th English Snapshots.

Snapshots Class 11 English is a supplementary reader which has eight stories that deal with a range of human hardships, moral choices in adolescents, pain of personal loss, imperialism and other topics.

NCERT Solutions for Class 11th : Birth English Snapshots

Question 1.
“I have done something; oh, God! I’ve done something real at last”. Why does Andrew say this? What does it mean?
Answer:
Andrew Manson, just returned from a medical college was quite new in medical practice. He was rather new in every experience of worldly life. He had opened his own surgery in the neighbourhood of drillers and miners. It was not doing very fine as his condition predicts. His lady love also ditched him. That day after spending a very frustrating and disappointing evening with his beloved Christine, he was returning home at mid night. He was very tired in his spirits. He was feeling very dejected.

As he reached home he found Joe Morgan pacing between his surgery and the entrance of his house. Joe wanted to take him home, whose wife was about to deliver a baby. It was their first baby after their married life of 20 years and a long wait of course. Joe picked up his bag and both went along. Andrew promised that all would be right.

After a long struggle the baby took birth at about dawn period. But the most ghastly havoc the luck had played was that the baby was stillborn! In the wake of his promise to Joe and his mother-in-law and in the wake of the hopes of the mother of the child, Andrew felt cheated. After giving the necessary medical aid to the patient, Andrew turned to the child. Seeing the condition, he at once realised that it was a case of asphyxia pallida, the same case he had treated in Samaritan.

Then there was no resting for Andrew for next 2 hours. He instantly gave the child hot and cold bath alternatively. He tried to give artificial respiration and after his long struggle the child responded. Only then he took himself a breath of relief. Finally when the baby returned to natural self, he handed to the nurse and left for his own home. Outside Joe was standing expectant and Andrew told him that all was right.While returning home, when Andrew footfalls joined the footfalls of the night-shift drillers, he felt quite relieved forgetting all about his disappointment at the hands of Christine and uttered these words, “I have done something…” He clearly regarded it a job a doctor is weighed for.

Question 2.
‘There lies a great difference between textbook medicine and the world of a practising physician.’ Discuss.
Answer:
The statement is aptly said, “There lies a great difference between textbook medicine and the world of a practising physician.” All would admit the fact that there is a sea difference between practical and theory. Theoretically the things could sound different but while taking practical form their form could turn out totally different.Same occurs in the life of Andrew. He was a medical-practitioner.

Though he seems to be novice, but he had undergone various experiences in his short-term medical practice to trust mere theoretical facts in his medical line. The nurse though appears quite oblivious of the difference between theory and practical. So when a case of asphyxia-pallida appears, she fails to understand that the infant could be resuscitated to normal self once again.

While Andrew was trying to follow the required treatment, she just whimpered in consternation, “for mercy’s sake, Doctor…. It’s stillborn.”Later on when the child returned to consciousness, she had no medical explanation for it but just thanked God for having mercy on it. Whereas Andrew knew where to tick the bowl for better sound. He proved that knowledge of mere textbook is not sufficient in their profession. It would be rather quack/shallow, which could prove fatal to some. Had he taken it the case of ‘stillborn’ it would have an end to Joe’s hopefulness in his life and he himself won’t have been able to bring himself to say ,“I have done something…”

Question 3.
Do you know of any incident when someone has been brought back to life from the brink of death through medical help. Discuss medical procedures such as organ transplant and organ regeneration that are used to save human life.
Answer:
Yes, it’s a case of my friend’s mother. My friend Kavinder and his family mem¬bers i.e. his father, mother and one sister Kavita were going for a picnic to a neighbouring village which boasts of its natural beauty for being surrounded by Yamuna river almost on three sides. They were on a deserted road. There was none other than their own vehicle i.e. jeep. His parents were resident doctors at the time in the civil hospital of the town, Ganaur. But by conspiracy of misfortune, one screw in the right side of jeep (front) got loosened and the front tyre went off. As a result their jeep keep careening off. Kavita and Kavinder got crushed under the jeep itself after falling off. Their father Mr. Mahender fell on the pavement.

Their mother Mrs. Meenakshi’s hair and saree got entangled with one of the wheel and was dragged for God knows how long. Her face got totally slashed. Bones ap¬peared. Just then a cart, appeared on the same road and saw the people lying on road on the difference of about 4 kms. He instantly collected all and put them on his cart and took to the hospital. Nobody knew what would happen to Dr. Meenakshi. She had lost her facial features so to say. Kavita and Kavinder could not be restored back to life. Dr. Mahender also survived a fracture in backbone.

A steel rod was planted there. But it was Dr. Meenakshi who was a challenge to the medical science. Then surgeons all over India joined hands and after conducting 21 skin grafting operations her facial features were restored. It took her 3 and half years to recover. Medically and physically she came out much better off than was expected but her emotions suffered a severe scar. Later both husband and wife made it a mission of their life to serve the needy and the poor in the same village where the tragic incident occurred to them. Dr. Meenakshi’s coming to her routine life was a glowing success of medical science.

Birth Extra Questions and Answers

Birth Extra Questions Short Answer Type

Question 1.
Why was Andrew Manson feeling “over-wrought” that particular evening?
Answer:
After spending his renting day in his surgery, Andrew had gone to see his lady¬love Christine that evening. There he got frustration and disappointed as she broke off. Hence he was feeling over-wrought.

Question 2.
How did the night prove unusual for Dr. Andrew?
Answer:
The night proved unusual for Dr. Andrew. That night his patient Mrs. Morgan delivered a baby but it was a case of‘asphyxia pallida’. He had to strive hard for about two hours to resuscitate the infant. Finally, the child started recovering. That way it was an unusual night for him. As the incident made him oblivious of his own loss in love life and he returned to his normal self in routine life.

Question 3.
How did Andrew wish to consider marriage? Did it materialise in his real life?
Answer:
Andrew wished to consider marriage an idyllic state. No his wish didn’t materialise in his real life. In his friendly circle, he had so many examples of failed married life. In his personal life also his affair had failed and couldn’t reach even to the border of marriage.

Question 4.
Why was Joe so much nervous? How did it become explicit?
Answer:
Joe was so much nervous as his wife Susan was going to deliver their first baby after their married life of twenty years. His nervousness was quite explicit as he was pacing to and from before Andrew’s house, as he came to fetch him. He could also not sit still at his own home also, till he didn’t get the news ‘all is right’.

Question 5.
How did Mrs Morgan’s mother react as she saw Dr. Andrew giving frantic treatment to the pallid baby?
Answer:
She appeared a very optimistic lady. She just had placed her entire trust in first God and next in the doctor. So she just kept standing against the wall holding her breath, keeping the hands on her throat and mouth, lest she should produce any sound, and disturb the doctor. She didn’t interfere or object doctor’s treatment. Finally her optimism is duly paid.

Question 6.
Who remained most active throughout the treatment? How?
Answer:
Of course, it was Dr. Andrew. No doubt the nurse obeyed his orders to fetch the things. Mrs. Morgan also couldn’t sit for a while. But they were just the passive on-lookers. Dr. Andrew kept doing his duty of first delivering one baby and then to bring him back to consciousness. Of course before that the nurse looked after the patient.

Question 7.
How would you term the success of Dr. Andrew?
Answer:
Dr. Andrew’s success can be termed as the success of medical science conjoined with trust in sole-self. The nurse declared it a stillborn baby. But Dr. Andrew knew it was a case of Asyphxia-pallida and he proved himself right.

Question 8.
“…his footfalls echoing with others under the morning sky…” Explain.
Answer:
The statement is with reference to Andrew, returning from Mr. Morgan’s house where he had been successful in restoring consciousness to the new bom baby. He felt djuite happy and relieved after this success. So he felt that his own footfalls had joined the others who also were returning after striving hard in mines. The feelings of Mr. Andrew prove that he had returned to his normal self forgetting his last evening’s sordid experience with Christine.

Question 9.
Where did Andrew live?
Answer:
Andrew lived in the close proximity of drillers and miners in Blaenelly. He had opened his ‘surgery’ in a part of his residence only.

Question 10.
Had Andrew not got success, how would it have affected him apart from Morgans? Explain.
Answer:
Morgans were being blessed with a child after a long wait of 20 years in their life. But had Andrew not got success in restoring consciousness to the pallid baby, they would perhaps remain deprived of being parents forever. But apart from them, for Andrew it was a case of total close as far as success in any sphere is concerned. He would have transformed a totally pessimistic, morom and lost soul. But God willing, nothing unfortunate happened and all returned to their joyful chapter of life, after the child’s recovery.

Birth Extra Questions Long Answer Type

Question 1.
Justify the title ‘The Birth’.
Answer:
‘The Birth’ is quite an apt and appropriate title for the story by A.J. Cronin. Seeing on surface level the story talks about the birth of a child. But brooding deeply, we find actually with the physical birth of the child, there are so many whose lives also get regeneration.

Dr. Andrew came to Morgan’s house where Susan was about to deliver a baby. A midwife was already there to tend the patient in labour pains. Andrew had spent a frustrating evening with his beloved Christine who broke off perhaps, the relation. So Andrew’s mind and concentration got astrayed there and then before one ‘birth’ during the period of the ‘wait’.

Joe was pacing to and fro outside the house. Then the child took birth, it was a stillborn baby. The nurse placed it under the bed. The doctor mechanically got busy in giving necessary medical aid first to the mother-patient. Then he turned all his attention to the infant-patient. It was a case of asphyxia-pallida. He had treated such case, earlier as well in

Samaritan. So with all frantic and feverish efforts he got fully absorbed in resuscitating the baby. Meanwhile the nurse looked in consternation. Susan’s mother couldn’t believe the whole thing could be true. Andrew also felt desperate as the child didn’t respond even after an hour and half.

Then just as he was trying to crush and release the tiny chest of the infant, it heaved and finally a few gasps it cried. It was a success for one and all related with the birth. For the nurse, it was quite a new experience. For Morgans it was a fulfilment of his life long dream. For Andrew it was a new start in his life. So we see that the birth of a child gave birth to so many new things to so many people. Hence no other title could have suited so well to the story.

Question 2.
Suppose that you are the nurse in the story. Describe your views about the particular case you attended at Morgans.
Answer:
I live in the neighbourhood of Morgans. I knew that Joe Morgan’s wife Susan Morgan was expecting a baby. They were oveijoyed as they were going to have the baby after a long and tiresome wait of 20 years of their married life. They had already booked me. Joe came to fetch me the evening his wife was in labour pains. I went there and kept noting the progress of the case.

After an hour or so, Joe also brought along Dr. Andrew who had just started his private medical practice. So honestly, I didn’t trust him much. But anyhow, I just had to help him now. At about 3.30 a.m, the baby took birth (but it was stillborn) Susan was still anesthetic so not in a position to react. Joe was out in the street. But Susan’s mother knew all this. I myself was shocked and stunned. How brutally luck had dealt with poor Morgans. But had to abide by God’s wish. I placed the baby under the bed, as is done in such case.

Dr. Andrew after giving required treatment to Susan asked for the baby. He just fishing through the papers, took out the baby and asked me to bring cold and hot water both and basins and towels and all that. He had already slashed the cord which fell like a broken stem. I tried to object but he never listened to me. I just saw him with consternation.

He gave the child hot and cold bath alternatively. He gave the child artificial respiration. He rubbed the child with rough towel. He pressed and released the child’s tiny chest in his hands to bring in there some breaths. Really, it was all just incredible. I again implored him.

But he won’t listen to him and as if God in heaven had guided his hands and minds. As he was trying to bring breath while clasping and releasing, the child’s tiny chest heaved! It was a miracle I never had seen. Next day only he told me the case history. I saluted Dr. Andrew, his knowledge and commitment to work. Thank God; he didn’t give way to my disbelief.

Question 3.
Do you agree with the end of the story? Could it end some other way as well?
Answer:
Yes, I agree with the end of the story. The writer A.J. Cronin has presented a happy ending story, with the victory of medical science and practical experience. The story couldn’t have ended other than the way it has now. Had Dr. Andrew shown unsuccessful in his effort, he would have appeased quite a crazy doctor, with all the (Retails which are already there in the story, ‘the hanging one sleeve, littered room, and sweating brows, panting doctor at etc. etc. Just a single stroke of pen could have changed the most optimistic stoxy into a most depressing pessimistic story.

Now the story is really rejoicing, after all, the sincere and committed efforts of Dr. Andrew are duly paid. The nurse also added new experience to her own medical experience. Morgans would become firm believers in God and medical-science. Andrew gave a new start to his normal life. After breaking away from Christine, he was really feeling broken hearted and all the negative thoughts regarding love and marriage came to his mind.

He just could recall the examples of failed marriage after his “break’. He couldn’t have possible returned to his normal routine life, had he not got success in the case of child birth at Morgans. So, I fully agree with the happy end. The stoiy becomes all the more encouraging. The layman also learns a lesson that hard work, experience and firm faith in God always pay,’ after reading the story. Otherwise and could have led us to consider God a mysterious power with mysterious designs who can shatter so many homes with just one blow.

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