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CLASS 11TH CHAPTER-1 The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse |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 Summer of the Beautiful White Horse English Snapshots

The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse Reading with insight

Question 1.
You will probably agree that this story does not have breathless adventure and exciting action. Then what in your opinion makes it interesting?
Answer:
The thing of crazy streak in Garoghlanian family makes the story interesting. Uncle Khosrove repeated phrase to every petty or major loss, ‘Pay no attention to it. It’s no harm’, adds more interest in the story. Mourad’s innocence and his mysterious ways to tackle the ‘horse’, ‘dog1 and even ‘farmer’ make the story really very interesting.

Question 2.
Did the boys return the horse because they were conscience-stricken or because they were afraid?
Answer:
The boys returned the horse as they were afraid. The narrator had come to know that the horse belonged to farmer John Byro whose surrey had become useless because of his lost horse for a month. He informed it to Mourad and asked him not to return the horse as he wanted to learn how to ride a horse properly first. But unluckily when they met John Byro on the way, they got afraid. They put it stealthily in Byro’s bam next morning.

Question 3.
‘One day back there in the good old days when I was nine and the world was full of every imaginable kind of magnificence, and life was still a delightful and mysterious dream. The story begins in a mood of nostalgia. Can you narrate some interesting incident from your childhood that might make an interesting story?
Answer:
Once when I was still a student of Class IV, I had gone to pick fruits including berries, guava, and pomegranates in the garden of villager Mr. Ramdhan Tyagi. We were a pack of eight children. We all had eaten fruits to our fill. After that we all packed our pockets. As we were returning happily, uncle Ramdhan returned from his home after a nap in the noon. He naturally gave us a chase.

I being the youngest in the group, lagged behind and was caught. He asked ‘whose daughter are you?’ ‘Sh. Lekh Ram’, I replied. In the evening we all heard the sounds of great row at the home of Sh. Lekh Ram. Actually, romance at ‘hort notice was my speciality then. To save my skin from my parents I had told the name of a neighbour as my father.

Question 4.
The story revolves around the characters that belong to a tribe in Armenia. Mourad and Aram are members of the Garoghlanian family. Now locate Armenia and Assyria on the atlas and prepare a write up on the Garoghlanian tribes. You may write about people, their names, traits, geographical and economic features as suggested in the story.
Answer:
The Garoghlanian tribes were scattered in the expanse of Assyria and Armenia in Asia continent sometime between the period of 500 B.C. to 800 B.C. Their main occupation was farming. They were famous for their honesty and trust. They were great nature-lovers. They never thought of stealing. They never bothered to attain more heights financially as well as physically. They were contented in their peaceful easy life. They never dreamt of taking advantage of others in the world.

The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse Extra Questions and Answers

The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse Extra Questions Short Answer Type 

Question 1.
To which tribe did Aram and Mourad belong? What was particular about their tribe?
Answer:
Aram and Mourad belonged to Garoghlanian tribe. The tribe was well known for its honesty and trust. The people belonging to the tribe to neither be liars nor thieves.

Question 2.
Why and when did Mourad take John Byro’s horse?
Answer:
Mourad was known for a crazy streak in his character. He was fond of horse riding. But he belonged to a poor family, He could never afford to realise his long cherished s dream of riding a horse. So one day he ‘stole’ John Byro’s horse. He kept it to his custody at * least a month, before he disclosed it to Aram.

Question 3.
Why did Mourad bring the wonderful white horse to Aram?
Answer:
Mourad brought this horse to Aram, his cousin brother. He knew quite well that Aram was equally fond of riding a horse. Mourad himself had been enjoying joy-rides on the wonderful white horse since a month’s time. Now he wanted his cousin brother to enjoy the same.

Question 4.
How did Mourad manage to keep his ‘deed’ a ‘secret’?
Answer:
Mourad would enjoy the joy-rides on the wonderful white horse only during the early morning hours. As soon as the day breaks, he would hide the horse in a deserted bam. There were some oats and dry alfalfa to satisfy the hunger of the horse.

Question 5.
How did the narrator come to know about the real owner of the horse? What was his reaction?
Answer:
The narrator returned his home, after enjoying a ride on the wonderful white horse. An Assyrian visitor named John Byro came to his home and sighing sadly told that v his white horse was stolen for a month. Now the narrator realised the horse Mourad was . having those days, was actually Byro’s. He felt panicky and went to Mourad to disclose the news. But he requested him not to return the horse so early.

Question 6.
Why did the boys not want to return the horse immediately? Did their wish fulfill?
Answer:
The boys didn’t want to return the horse immediately as both wanted to learn properly how to ride a horse. Mourad told Aram that he would keep it at least six months. But alas! Their wish couldn’t be fulfilled.

Question 7.
Why did the boys return the horse so early?
Answer:
One morning the boys were taking the horse to its hiding place, after having a joy ride over it. They met John Byro; the real owner of the horse. John swore that the horse was the twin of his own one and some suspicious mind could take it to be his own as its teeth and everything were like those of his own one. At this the boys got panicky. Due to fear of disclosure of their dare deed, they put hack the horse the next day at its real owner’s bam.

Question 8.
Who was John Byro? Why had he come to the narrator’s house?
Answer:
John Byro was an Assyrian by birth. He was a farmer. But he had learnt to speak Armenian also due to loneliness. Perhaps he had settled down somewhere in Armenia ten miles away from narrator’s home. He had come to the narrator’s house to vent out his woes over the loss of his only horse. His horse was missing for a month. .

Question 9.
What impression do you form about Khosrove?
Answer:
Khosrove was an uncle to Mourad and Aram. He had acquired the special char-acteristic of the family i.e. the crazy streak. He was an enormous man with a powerful head of black hair. He had the largest moustache in entire San Joaquin Valley. He was quite an irritable fellow who lost his temper quite easily if somebody cried over his loss. His most repeated words (at such situation) were. It is no harm; pay no attention to it.”

Question 10.
‘I couldn’t believe what I saw.’ What was there so incredible to the speaker? Who is the speaker here?
Answer:
The protagonist of the story ‘Aram’ is the speaker here. One fine summer pre day-break, his cousin brother Mourad had come to invite him on a wonderful white horse. The horse didn’t belong to him. So it was incredible to the speaker where from Mourad had got that horse, as he could not be a thief.

Question 11.
How was the ‘deed’ of taking away somebody else’s horse and hiding it without the owner’s knowledge not a theft according to the boys?
Answer:
According to the boys, the horse which actually belonged to John Byro had been taken away by them just to enjoy joy rides. It can’t be called a ‘theft’ until they offered to sell the horse.

The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse Extra Questions Long Answer Type

Question 1.
Describe the boys joyride early one morning in your own words.
Answer:
The boys i.e. Mourad and Aram belonged to Garoghlanian tribe whose hallmarks were trust and honesty. Mourad was regarded a ‘crazy boy having acquired the ‘crazy streak’ of the family. One morning at about 4 a.m., Mourad tapped on Aram’s window waking him up. Aram peeped out of the window. He was surprised to see, wonderful white horse. He had come to invite him for a joy ride.

There was no time for Aram to think or care for the right or wrong. He just jumped out of window, on to the horse, behind Mourad. They both had a round of the vineyards, orchards, irrigation ditches and country roads, all behind Aram’s house. Then they reached on Olive Avenue. The air was new and lovely to breathe in early morning. Mourad began to sing, being too much crazy. They made the horse run, as long as it felt like running

Then Movrr.d alone had a ride. He shouted ‘Vazire’ run; and the horse once stood on its hind legs, snorted and burst into a fury of speed across a field of dry grass. Mourad returned after five minutes. He was dripping wet. Now the narrator wanted to ride alone. But the horse didn’t budge. At this Mourad asked Aram to kick it into its muscles and the trick worked.

But Aram didn’t know how to reign the horse and it dropped him after leaping over vines. It ran away. It was only after half an hour, Mourad got it and brought it back. Then they both took it to Fetvajian’s deserted bam to hide. Mourad had a strange way of taming the horse. The horse seemed to obey him. Both returned to their homes. The narrator had a hearty breakfast that morning, as his long cherished dream of riding a horse had been fulfilled.

Question 2.
Compare and Contrast the characters of Mourad and Aram.
Answer:
The story ‘The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse’ has a few characters. Two of them are Mourad and Aram. Aram is the speaker/ narrator of the story. But the most interesting character here is Mourad. He has his own way of understanding with birds and animals. He is thirteen year old i.e. 4 years older to Aram. Mourad had acquired the crazy streak of the family naturally. Except the narrator everybody who knew him regarded him crazy.

But one day, he surprised the narrator also. He had brought along a Wonderful white horse. No doubt it was not ‘his’, as neither he could purchase and stealing was out of question. Both belonged to poor family and stealing was not a natural trait with their tribe whose hallmarks were honesty and trust.

Anyhow, he had come to invite the narrator to enjoy a ride. He was so simpleton at heart, that he wanted to make Aram feel the same joy of enjoy¬ing a joyride, as he himself had enjoyed. Though he didn’t disclose how and when he did steal it. Both regarded that it was not a ‘theft’ until they wished to sell it. Both decided that they would keep it at least for six months unless they learnt to ride properly. The period is also decided by Mourad.

But unluckily, the narrator came to know about the real owner. He felt nervous as the owner of the horse, John Byrd had come to his house, inquiring/ feeling sorry over his lost horse. Jle went to Mourad to reveal the news. At that time Mouracl was sitting under a peach tree, healing the hurt wing of a young robin. It showed that he loved animals and birds a lot.

Mourad is a mysterious person with amusing characteristics. He had been enjoying rides on a horse of John Byro for a month and kept it for another two weeks. But he didn’t consider it a theft. As the narrator requested him to keep it for a year, he roared “what?” “Are you inviting a member of the Garoghlanian family to steal?” As they met the real owner, without getting worried, Mourad peacefully put back the horse at its real owner’s barn, early next morning. Again he behaved strangely, while bidding ‘goodbye’ to the horse.

He put his arms around the horse, pressed his nose into the horse’s nose, patted it, and then started back. It was all too mysterious to Aram to understand Mourad’s strange ways of making the wounded bird fly, keeping the dogs shut their mouths, and making the horse run. Really he was a strange boy.

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NCERT MCQ CLASS-12 CHAPTER-11 | MATH NCERT MCQ | THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY | EDUGROWN

In This Post we are  providing Chapter-11 Three Dimensional Geometry 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 THREE DIMENSIONAL GEOMETRY

Question 1.
Distance between two planes:
2x + 3y + 4z = 5 and 4x + 6y + 8z = 12 is
(a) 2 units
(b) 4 units
(c) 8 units
(d) 129√ units.

Answer: (d) 129√ units.

Question 2.
The planes 2x – y + 4z = 3 and 5x – 2.5y +10 z = 6 are
(a) perpendicular
(b) parallel
(c) intersect along y-axis
(d) passes through (0, 0, 54)

Answer: (b) parallel

Question 3.
The co-ordinates of the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the point (2, 5, 7) on the x-axis are given by:
(a) (2, 0, 0)
(b) (0, 5, 0)
(c) (0, 0, 7)
(d) (0, 5, 7).

Answer: (a) (2, 0, 0)

Question 4.
If α, ß, γ are the angles that a line makes with the positive direction of x, y, z axis, respectively, then the direction-cosines of the line are:
(a) < sin α, sin ß, sin γ >
(b) < cos α, cos ß, cos γ >
(c) < tan α, tan ß, tan γ >
(d) < cos² α, cos² ß, cos² γ >

Answer: (b) < cos α, cos ß, cos γ >

Question 5.
The distance of a point P(a, b, c) from x-axis is
(a)  √ a2+c2
(b)  √ a2+b2
(c)  √ b2+c2
(d) b² + c².

Answer: (c) √  b2+c2

Question 6.
If the direction-cosines of a line are < k, k, k >, then
(a) k > 0
(b) 0 < k < 1
(c) k = 1
(d) k = 1√3 or –1√3

Answer: (c) k = 1

Question 7.
The reflection of the point (α, ß, γ) in the xy-plane is:
(a) (α, ß, 0)
(b) (0, 0, γ)
(c) (-α, -ß, γ)
(d) (α, ß, -γ).

Answer: (d) (α, ß, -γ).

Question 8.
What is the distance (in units) between two planes:
3x + 5y + 7z = 3 and 9x + 15y + 21z = 9?
(a) 0
(b) 3
(c) 68√3
(d) 6

Answer: (a) 0

Question 9.
The equation of the line in vector form passing through the point (-1, 3, 5) and parallel to line x−32 = y−43, z = 2 is
(a) r⃗  = (-i^ + 3j^ + 5k^) + λ(2i^ +3j^ + k^)
(b) r⃗  = (-i^+ 3j^ + 5k^) + λ(2i^ + 3j^)
(c) r⃗  = (2i^+ 3j^ – 2k^) + λ(-i^ + 3j^ + 5k^)
(d) r⃗  = (2i^ + 3j^]) + λ(-i^ + 3j^ + 5k^).

Answer: (b) r⃗  = (-i^+ 3j^ + 5k^) + λ(2i^ + 3j^)

Question 10.
Let the line x−23 = y−1−5 = z−22 lie in the plane x + 3y – αz + ß = 0. Then (α, ß) equals:
(a) (-6, -17)
(b) (5, -15)
(c) (-5, 5)
(d) (6, -17).

Answer: (a) (-6, -17)

Question 11.
The projections of a vector on the three co-ordinate axes are 6, -3, 2 respectively. The direction-cosines of the vector are:
(a) 65, –35, 25
(b) 67, –37, 27
(c) −67, −37, 17
(d) 6, -3, 2.

Answer: (b) 67, –37, 27

Question 12.
A line AB in three-dimensional space makes angles 45° and 120° with the positive x-axis and the positive y-axis respectively. If AB makes an acute angle θ with the positive z-axis, then θ equals:
(a) 30°
(b) 45°
(c) 60°
(d) 15°.

Answer: (c) 60°

Question 13.
If the angle between the line x = y−12 = z−3λ and the plane x + 2y + 3z = 4is cos-1 (√514) then λ, equals:
(a) 23
(b) 32
(c) 25
(d) 53

Answer: (a) 23

Question 14.
The length of the perpendicular drawn from the point (3, -1, 11) to the line x2 = y−23 = z−34 is
(a) √29
(b) √33
(c) √53
(d) √65

Answer: (c) √53

Question 15.
The distance of the point (1, -5, 9) from the plane x – y + z = 5, measured along a straight line x = y = z is:
(a) 10√3
(b) 5√3
(c) 10 √3
(d) 3√5

Answer: (a) 10√3

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NCERT SOLUTION FOR CLASS 11TH -Father to Son |ENGLISH HORNBILL | EDUGROWN

Class 11 NCERT Solutions for English Hornbill provides you an idea of the language and helps you understand the subject better. We have explained NCERT Solutions for Class 11th English Hornbill including Prose, Poems in a detailed and explanatory language.

Class 11 English Hornbill consists of two sections, Reading and Writing Skills. Reading skills has total eight prose while writing skills has six chapters. The prose are from biographies, travelogues, science fiction, art and contemporary expository prose by writers from different parts of the world. Writing Skills the learners on to make notes, summarise, draft letters and write short essays, paying attention to the form, content and the process of writing.

NCERT Solutions for Class 11th :Father to Son English Hornbill Poem

NCERT Solutions for Class 11th: Father to Son 

By Elizabeth Jennings
 
Page No: 86
 
Think It Out
 
1. Does the poem talk of an exclusively personal experience or is it fairly universal?
 
Answer
 
The poem does talk of an exclusively personal experience. However, we can also call it fairly universal because a conflict like this is quite common in many households. It is also known as generation gap.
2. How is the father’s helplessness brought out in the poem?
 
Answer
 
The helplessness of the father is highlighted through the depiction of the emotional struggle that he undergoes. He is aware of the problem and is willing to resolve it, but is unable to do so. He regrets the lack of a strong emotional bond and proper communication with his son who is also physically distanced from him.


3. Identify the phrases and lines that indicate distance between father and son.

Answer

Phrases/lines that indicate distance between the father and the son are:

1. ‘I do not understand this child’
2. ‘I know / Nothing of him’
3. ‘We speak like strangers’
4. ‘there’s no sign/ Of understanding in the air’
5. ‘Silence surrounds us.’

4. Does the poem have a consistent rhyme scheme?

Answer

No, the poem does not follow a consistent rhyme scheme.
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NCERT SOLUTION FOR CLASS 11TH -Childhood |ENGLISH HORNBILL | EDUGROWN

Class 11 NCERT Solutions for English Hornbill provides you an idea of the language and helps you understand the subject better. We have explained NCERT Solutions for Class 11th English Hornbill including Prose, Poems in a detailed and explanatory language.

Class 11 English Hornbill consists of two sections, Reading and Writing Skills. Reading skills has total eight prose while writing skills has six chapters. The prose are from biographies, travelogues, science fiction, art and contemporary expository prose by writers from different parts of the world. Writing Skills the learners on to make notes, summarise, draft letters and write short essays, paying attention to the form, content and the process of writing.

NCERT Solutions for Class 11th :Childhood English Hornbill Poem

NCERT Solutions for Class 11th: Childhood Hornbill English

By Markus Natten

 
Page No: 59

Think It Out

1. Identify the stanzas that talks of each of the following.
   Individuality                    rationalism                                      hypocrisy

Answer

Individuality- Third stanza
Rationalism- First stanza
Hypocrisy- Second stanza
 
2. What according to the poem is involved in the process of growing up?

Answer

According to the poem, the process of growing up involves the attainment of mental maturity. A person is said to be grown up when he has become logical, rational and is able to build his own thoughts. A grown up has the power to distinguish between reality and fantasy.
A grown up individual understands the actions of others just as the poet recognises the hiatus between the preaching and the practice of the adults. He realises the hypocrisy and the double standards maintained by the adults. A mature individual also asserts his thoughts and opinions.


3. What is the poet’s feeling towards childhood?

Answer

The poet does not appear to feel sad or upset at the loss of his childhood. He only seems to be puzzled at the disappearance of childhood and the arrival of adulthood. He expresses his confusion when he asks the questions ‘When’ and ‘Where did my childhood go’?

4. Which do you think are the most poetic lines? Why?

Answer

The lines that seem to be the most poetic are:
‘It went to some forgotten place,
That’s hidden in an infant’s face;
That’s all I know.’

These lines sum up beautifully the process of growth and the disappearance of a particular stage of life. These lines express metaphorically that an infant’s innocent face hides many things behind its smiles. Perhaps the childhood also lies hidden somewhere in the child’s consciousness.
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NCERT SOLUTION FOR CLASS 11TH -Voice of the Rain |ENGLISH HORNBILL | EDUGROWN

Class 11 NCERT Solutions for English Hornbill provides you an idea of the language and helps you understand the subject better. We have explained NCERT Solutions for Class 11th English Hornbill including Prose, Poems in a detailed and explanatory language.

Class 11 English Hornbill consists of two sections, Reading and Writing Skills. Reading skills has total eight prose while writing skills has six chapters. The prose are from biographies, travelogues, science fiction, art and contemporary expository prose by writers from different parts of the world. Writing Skills the learners on to make notes, summarise, draft letters and write short essays, paying attention to the form, content and the process of writing.

NCERT Solutions for Class 11th :Voice of the Rain English Hornbill Poem

NCERT Solutions for Class 11th: Voice of the Rain (Poem) Hornbill English 

By Walt Whitman
 
Page No: 42
 
Think It Out
 
I. 
 
1. There are two voices in the poem. Who do they belong to? Which lines indicate this?

2. What does the phrase “strange to tell” mean?

3. There is a parallel drawn between rain and music. Which words indicate this? Explain the similarity between the two.

4. How is the cyclic movement of rain brought out in the poem? Compare it with what you have learnt in science.

5. Why are the last two lines put within brackets?

6. List the pair of opposites found in the poem.

Answer

1. The two voices in the poem are the voice of the rain and the voice of the poet. The poem begins in a conversational tone. The lines are “And who art thou? Said I ……..” and ‘I am the poem of Earth’.
2. The phrase ‘strange to tell’ means that it is an unusual and extraordinary answer given by the rain drops to the poet who asked who ‘it was’.

3. ‘I am the poem of Earth’
‘For song, issuing from its birth place
After fulfillment, wandering, reck’d orUnreck’d, duly with love returns. They both return to the place of their origin after fulfilling their tasks.

4. The poet explains that the rain drops in the form of water vapour rise up from land and sea and then descend again on the earth and dry land in order to wash it down and hence comes back to its origin. This is the cyclic movement explained by the poet.



5. The last two lines are put within brackets because they do not form the voice of the rain or the poet. They only contain a general observation made by the poet about the course of a song.

6. (a) Day, night
    (b) Reck’d, unreck’d
    (c) Rise, descend

2. Notice the following sentence patterns.
  1. And who art thou? said I to the soft-falling shower.
  2. I am the Poem of Earth, said the voice of the rain.
  3. Eternal I rise
  4. For song…duly with love returns
Rewrite the above sentences in prose.

Answer

1. I enquired the soft-falling rain about its identity.

2. The voice of the rain introduced itself as the Poem of Earth.


3. The voice of the rain explained its upward movement towards the sky as eternal.

4. The poet says that, similar to the natural cycle of the rain, a song originates from the heart of the poet, travels to reach others and after fulfilling its purpose (whether acknowledged or not), it returns to the poet with all due love.
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NCERT SOLUTION FOR CLASS 11TH -Laburnum Top |ENGLISH HORNBILL | EDUGROWN

Class 11 NCERT Solutions for English Hornbill provides you an idea of the language and helps you understand the subject better. We have explained NCERT Solutions for Class 11th English Hornbill including Prose, Poems in a detailed and explanatory language.

Class 11 English Hornbill consists of two sections, Reading and Writing Skills. Reading skills has total eight prose while writing skills has six chapters. The prose are from biographies, travelogues, science fiction, art and contemporary expository prose by writers from different parts of the world. Writing Skills the learners on to make notes, summarise, draft letters and write short essays, paying attention to the form, content and the process of writing.

NCERT Solutions for Class 11th : Laburnum Top English Hornbill Poem

NCERT Solutions for Class 11th: Laburnum Top (Poem) Hornbill English

By Ted Hughes
 
Page No: 32
 
Find Out
 
1. What laburnum is called in your language.

Answer
In hindi, it is called ‘Amaltaas’.

2. Which local bird is like the goldfinch.

Answer
‘Indian Lutino Ringneck’ is local bird like the goldfinch.

Think It Out

1. What do you notice about the beginning and the ending of the poem?
Answer
In the beginning of the poem the tree is calm & silent & in the ending it ends with motionless & empty level.
 
2. To what is the bird’s movement compared? What is the basis for the comparison?

Answer
The goldfinch’s movement is compared to that of a lizard. The basis of the comparison is the sleek, abrupt and alert movements of a lizard. The same kinds of movements are observed when the goldfinch arrives on the laburnum tree.


3. Why is the image of the engine evoked by the poet?

Answer
The engine is the source of energy to run machine. It is compared to bird as she is too a source of energy for her family. As without engine a machine can’t work in the same without a bird her family can’t survive.

4. What do you like most about the poem?

Answer
I like the simpilicity and pictorial presentation of the poem. The comparison between bird’s movement with machine and Lizrad made in nice way. Also chirruping & trilling of goldfinch.
 
5.What does the phrase “her barred face identity mask” mean?
 
Answer
The phrase means that the bird’s barred or covered face becomes her identity mask recognition. 
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NCERT SOLUTION FOR CLASS 11TH -A Photograph |ENGLISH HORNBILL | EDUGROWN

Class 11 NCERT Solutions for English Hornbill provides you an idea of the language and helps you understand the subject better. We have explained NCERT Solutions for Class 11th English Hornbill including Prose, Poems in a detailed and explanatory language.

Class 11 English Hornbill consists of two sections, Reading and Writing Skills. Reading skills has total eight prose while writing skills has six chapters. The prose are from biographies, travelogues, science fiction, art and contemporary expository prose by writers from different parts of the world. Writing Skills the learners on to make notes, summarise, draft letters and write short essays, paying attention to the form, content and the process of writing.

NCERT Solutions for Class 11th A Photograph English Hornbill Poem

Page No: 11
 
Infer the meaning of the following words from the context.
   Padding                                         transient
Now look up the dictionary to see if your inference is right.
Answer
Paddling: To move a boat by means of paddles.
Transient: Something that stays at a place for a short time-period.
 
Page No: 12
 
Think It Out
1. What does the word ‘cardboard’ denote in the poem? Why has this word been used?
 
Answer
‘Cardboard’ refers to the photograph only. This word has been used because photograph it lost it colur and also clarity of its images.

2. What has the camera captured?

Answer
The camera has captured some happy moments from the childhood of the poet’s mother. It was a scene taken from a beach where she had gone with her cousins and her uncle for a sea holiday. The girls were paddling in the water.

3. What has not changed over the years? Does this suggest something to you?

Answer
The sea has not changed over the years. It is still the same. The sea symbolizes eternity.


4. The poet’s mother laughed at the snapshot. What did this laugh indicate?

Answer
This laugh indicates her remembering her past. She looked back to her childhood with nostalgia and remembered the innocent joys of her childhood days.

5. What is the meaning of the line “Both wry with the laboured ease of loss”.

Answer
The line refers to the sea holiday as remembered by her mother and the poet remembering her mother’s laughing face. Both these now belong to the past. Her mother is no more now.

6. What does “this circumstance” refer to?

Answer
‘This circumstance’ refers to the present situation of the poet wherein the poet is absorbed in the painful memory of her dead mother. Looking at the photograph and thinking of her mother’s laughter, the poet also realises that it has been the same number of years since her mother died as her mother’s age in the photograph.
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NCERT MCQ CLASS-12 CHAPTER-10 | MATH NCERT MCQ | VECTOR ALGEBRA | EDUGROWN

In This Post we are  providing Chapter-10 Vector Algebra 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 VECTOR ALGEBRA

Question 1.
In ΔABC, which of the following is not true?
MCQ Questions for Class 12 Maths Chapter 10 Vector Algebra with Answers 1
(a) AB→ + BC→ + CA→ = 0⃗ 
(b) AB→ + BC→ – AC→ = 0⃗ 
(c) AB→ + BC→ – CA→ = 0⃗ 
(d) AB→ – CB→ + CA→ = 0⃗ 

Answer: (c) AB→ + BC→ – CA→ = 0⃗ 

Question 2.
If a⃗  and b⃗  are two collinear vectors, then which of the following are incorrect:
(a) b⃗  = λa⃗  tor some scalar λ.
(b) a⃗  = ±b⃗ 
(c) the respective components of a⃗  and b⃗  are proportional
(d) both the vectors a⃗  and b⃗  have the same direction, but different magnitudes.

Answer: (d) both the vectors a⃗  and b⃗  have the same direction, but different magnitudes.

Question 3.
If a is a non-zero vector of magnitude ‘a’ and λa non-zero scalar, then λa⃗  is unit vector if:
(a) λ = 1
(b) λ = -1
(c) a = |λ|
(d) a = 1|λ|

Answer: (d) a = 1|λ|

Question 4.
Let λ be any non-zero scalar. Then for what possible values of x, y and z given below, the vectors 2i^ – 3j^ + 4k^ and xi^ – yj^ + zk^ are perpendicular:
(a) x = 2λ. y = λ, z = λ
(b) x = λ, y = 2λ, z = -λ
(c) x = -λ, y = 2λ, z = λ
(d) x = -λ, y = -2λ, z = λ.

Answer: (c) x = -λ, y = 2λ, z = λ

Question 5.
Let the vectors a⃗  and b⃗  be such that |a⃗ | = 3 and |b⃗ | = √23, then a⃗  × b⃗  is a unit vector if the angle between a⃗  and b⃗  is:
(a) π6
(b) π4
(c) π3
(d) π2

Answer: (b) π4

Question 6.
Area of a rectangle having vertices
A(-i^ + 12 j^ + 4k^),
B(i^ + 12 j^ + 4k^),
C(i^ – 12 j^ + 4k^),
D(-i^ – 12 j^ + 4k^) is
(a) 12 square unit
(b) 1 square unit
(c) 2 square units
(d) 4 square units.

Answer: (c) 2 square units

Question 7.
If θ is the angle between two vectors a⃗ , b⃗ , then a⃗ .b⃗  ≥ 0 only when
(a) 0 < θ < π2
(b) 0 ≤ θ ≤ π2
(c) 0 < θ < π
(d) 0 ≤ θ ≤ π

Answer: (b) 0 ≤ θ ≤ π2

Question 8.
Let a⃗  and b⃗  be two unit vectors and 6 is the angle between them. Then a⃗  + b⃗  is a unit vector if:
(a) θ = π4
(b) θ = π3
(c) θ = π2
(d) θ = 2π3

Answer: (d) θ = 2π3

Question 9.
If {i^, j^, k^} are the usual three perpendicular unit vectors, then the value of:
i^.(j^ × k^) + j^.(i^ × k^) + k^.(i^ × j^) is
(a) 0
(b) -1
(c) 1
(d) 3

Answer: (d) 3

Question 10.
If θ is the angle between two vectors a⃗  and b⃗ , then |a⃗ .b⃗ | = |a⃗  × b⃗ | when θ is equal to:
(a) 0
(b) π4
(c) π2
(d) π

Answer: (b) π4

Question 11.
The area of the triangle whose adjacent sides are
a⃗  = 3i^ + j^ + 4k^ and b⃗  = i^ – j^ + k^ is
(a) 1/2 42√
(b) 42
(c) 42√
(d) 21√

Answer: (a) 1/2 42√

Question 12.
The magnitude of the vector 6i^ + 2j^ + 3k^ is
(a) 5
(b) 7
(c) 12
(d) 1.

Answer: (b) 7

Question 13.
The vector with initial point P (2, -3, 5) and terminal point Q (3, -4, 7) is
(a) i^ – j^ + 2k^
(b) 5i^ – 7j^ + 12k^
(c) –i^ + j^ – 2k^
(d) None of these.

Answer: (a) i^ – j^ + 2k^

Question 14.
The angle between the vectors i^ – j^ and j^ – k^ is
(a) π3
(b) 2π3
(c) –π3
(d) 5π6

Answer: (b) 2π3

Question 15.
The value of ‘λ’ for which the two vectors:
2i^ – j^ + 2k^ and 3i^ + λj^ + k^ are perpendicular is
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 6
(d) 8.

Answer: (d) 8.

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NCERT MCQ CLASS-12 CHAPTER-9 | MATH NCERT MCQ | DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS | EDUGROWN

In This Post we are  providing Chapter-9 Differential Equations 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 DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Question 1.
Integration factor of differential equation dydx + py = Q, where P and IQ are functions of x is
(a) ∫epdx
(b) e∫pdx
(c) e-∫pdx
(d) None of these

Answer: (d) None of these

Question 2.
The radius of a circle is increasing at the rate of 0.4 cm/ s. The rate of increasing of its circumference is
(a) 0.4 π cm/s
(b) 0.8 π cm/s
(c) 0.8 cm/s
(d) None of these

Answer: (b) 0.8 π cm/s

Question 3.
The solution of dydx = 1 + x + y + xy is
(a) x – y = k(1 + xy)
(b) log (1 + y) = x + x22 + k
(c) log (1 + x) + y + y22 = k
(d) None of these

Answer: (b) log (1 + y) = x + x22 + k

Question 4.
The degree of the differential equation
(d2ydx)² + (dydx)² = x sin dydx is
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) not defined

Answer: (d) not defined

Question 5.
The degree of differential equation
[1 + (dydx)²]32 = d2ydx2 is
(a) 4
(b) 32
(c) 2
(d) not defined

Answer: (c) 2

Question 6.
The order and degree of the differential equation
d2ydx2 + (dydx)14 + x13 = 0 respectively, are
(a) 2 and not defined
(b) 2 and 2
(c) 2 and 3
(d) 3 and 3Answer

Answer: (a) 2 and not defined

Question 7.
If y = e-x (A cos x + B sin x), then y is a solution of
(a) d2ydx2 + 2dydx = 0
(b) d2ydx2 – 2dydx + 2y = 0
(c) d2ydx2 + 2dydx + 2y = 0
(d) d2ydx2 + 2y = 0

Answer: (c) d2ydx2 + 2dydx + 2y = 0

Question 8.
The differential equation for y = A cos αx + B sin αx where A and B are arbitrary constants is
(a) d2ydx2 – α²y = 0
(b) d2ydx2 + α²y = 0
(c) d2ydx2 + αy = 0
(d) d2ydx2 – αy = 0

Answer: (b) d2ydx2 + α²y = 0

Question 9.
Solution of differential equation xdy – ydx = Q represents
(a) a rectangular hyperbola
(b) parabola whose vertex is at origin
(c) straight line passing through origin
(d) a circle whose center is at origin

Answer: (c) straight line passing through origin

Question 10.
Integrating factor of the differential equation cos x dydx + y sin x = 1 is
(a) cos x
(b) tan x
(c) sec x
(d) sin x

Answer: (c) sec x

Question 11.
Solution of the differential equation tan y sec² x dx + tan x sec² y dy + 0 is .
(a) tan x + tan y = k
(b) tan x – tan y = k
(c) tan x*tan y = k
(d) tan x.tan y = k

Answer: (d) tan x.tan y = k

Question 12.
Family r = Ax + A³ of curves is represented by the differential equation of degree
(a) 1
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

Answer: (b) 2

Question 13.
Integrating factor of xdydx – y = x4 – 3x is
(a) x
(b) log x
(c) 12
(d) -x

Answer: (c) 12

Question 14.
Solution of dydx – y = 1 y(0) = 1 is given by
(a) xy = -ex
(b) xy = -e-x
(c) xy = -1
(d) y = 2ex – 1

Answer: (d) y = 2ex – 1

Question 15.
The number of solutions of dydx = y+1x−1 when y(1) = 2 is
(a) none
(b) one
(c) two
(d) infinite

Answer: (b) one

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NCERT MCQ CLASS-12 CHAPTER-8 | MATH NCERT MCQ | APPLICATION OF INTEGRALS | EDUGROWN

In This Post we are  providing Chapter-8 Application of Integrals 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 APPLICATION OF INTEGRALS

Question 1.
The area of the region bounded by the y-axis, y = cos x and y = sin x, 0 ≤ x ≤ π2 is
(a) √2 sq. units
(b) (√2 + 1) sq. units
(c) (√2 – 1) sq. units
(d) (2√2 – 1) sq. units

Answer: (c) (√2 – 1) sq. units

Question 2.
The area of the region bounded by the curve x² = 4y and the straight line x = 4y – 2 is
(a) 38 sq. units
(b) 58 sq. units
(c) 78 sq. units
(d) 98 sq. units

Answer: (d) 98 sq. units

Question 3.
The area of the region bounded by the curve y = 16−x2√ and x-axis is
(a) 8π sq. units
(b) 20π sq. units
(c) 16π sq. units
(d) 256π sq. units

Answer: (a) 8π sq. units

Question 4.
Area of the region in the first quadrant enclosed by the x-axis, the line y = x and the circle x² + y² = 32 is
(a) 16π sq. units
(b) 4π sq. units
(c) 32π sq. units
(d) 24π sq. units

Answer: (b) 4π sq. units

Question 5.
Area of the region bounded by the curve y = cos x between x = 0 and x = π is
(a) 2 sq. units
(b) 4 sq. units
(c) 3 sq. units
(d) 1 sq. units

Answer: (a) 2 sq. units

Question 6.
The area of the region bounded by parabola y² = x and the straight line 2y = x is
(a) 43 sq. unit
(b) 1 sq. unit
(c) 23 sq. units
(d) 13 sq. units

Answer: (a) 43 sq. unit

Question 7.
The area of the region bounded by the curve y = sin x between the ordinates x = 0, x = π2 and the x-axis is
(a) 2 sq. units
(b) 4 sq. units
(c) 3 sq. units
(d) 1 sq. unit

Answer: (d) 1 sq. unit

Question 8.
The area of the region bounded by the ellipse x²25 + y²16 = 1 is
(a) 20π sq. units
(b) 20π² sq. units
(c) 16π² sq. units
(d) 25π sq. units

Answer: (a) 20π sq. units

Question 9.
The area of the region bounded by the circle x² + y² = 1 is
(a) 2π sq. units
(b) 7π sq. units
(c) 3π sq. units
(d) 4π sq. units

Answer: (b) 7π sq. units

Question 10.
The area of the region bounded by the and the lines x = 2 and x = 3
(a) 72 sq. unit
(b) 92 sq. unit
(c) 112 sq. units
(d) 132 sq. units

Answer: (a) 72 sq. unit

Question 11.
The area of the region bounded by the curve x = 2y + 3 and the lines y = 1 and y = -1 is
(a) 4 sq. units
(b) 32 sq. units
(c) 6 sq. units
(d) 8 sq., units

Answer: (c) 6 sq. units

Question 12.
If y = 2 sin x + sin 2x for 0 ≤ x ≤ 2π, then the area enclosed by the curve and x-axis is
(a) 92 sq. units
(b) 8 sq. units
(c) 12 sq. units
(d) 4 sq. units

Answer: (c) 12 sq. units

Question 13.
The area bounded by the curve y = x² – 1 and the straight line x + y = 3 is
(a) 92 sq. units
(b) 4 sq. units
(c) 717√6 sq. units
(d) 1717√6 sq. units

Answer: (d) 1717√6 sq. units

Question 14.
Area bounded by the lines y = |x| – 2 and y = 1 – |x – 1| is equal to
(a) 4 sq. units
(b) 6 sq. units
(c) 2 sq. units
(d) 8 sq. units

Answer: (a) 4 sq. units

Question 15.
The area bounded by the lines y = |x| – 1 and y = -|x| + 1 is
(a) 1 sq. unit
(b) 2 sq. unit
(c) 2√2 sq. units
(d) 4 sq. units

Answer: (b) 2 sq. unit

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