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The Dying Sun
Mr. Chips
1.what do you know about chips?Ha was a famous teacher. He was a Latin teacher at Brookfield school.
2. Who was Mr. wet herby .what type of person he was?
He was a head master of the school in 1870.he was very fatherly, kind and affectionate.
3. Describe the day of Mr. chips interview at Brookfield School?
It was a very bright day of July the air was full of fragrance and a cricket match was also being played at Brookfield school,
4. For how much time chips served mulberry school? And why did he dislike it?
He deserved for one year only. he left the school after one year.
5. Who was coolly
Colley was the first student punished by chips. he gave him punishment of writing one hundred lines.
6. How did wither by advise chips?
He advised him to improve his discipline and to be strict in the class.
7. When was chips boron?
He was born in 18848.
8. What allegations was put on Chips by Ralston?
Ralston was a strict man. He wanted to run the school mechanically. He thought that Chips was a conservative having poor discipline and bad pronunciation.
9. When did Chips become acting head of the school?
After the death of Mr. Meldrum ,he became the acting head of the school.
10. What was the reactions of the people, teachers and student on the row between Ralston and Mr. Chips?
When they heard of the row between Ralston and Mr. Chips, the teachers, students and the people favored Mr. Chips.
11. Who was Chatteris and when did he died?
During the war time he was the headmaster of the Brookfield .He was a diabetic patient and died in 1918 at the age of 41.
13. What were Chips’ views about bayonet fighting?
During the war, he wept over the killing and showed sympathy even for the enemies ‘ killing
14. Who was Katherine Bridges?
She was a beautiful modern girl of 25.She was a good hiker. She was a nurse out of profession.
15. What were her favorite writers?
She liked Ibsen and G.B Shaw.
16. What did Katherine say to Chips one night before the marriage?
They met one night before the marriage. When Chips was about to leave, she said, “Good Bye, Mr. Chips”.
17. Why did Katherine like Chips?
She was impressed by the personality of Mr. chips. She thought that a teacher could influence the nation.
18. How did Chips meet her?
Mr. Chips was on holidays. One day he saw a girl standing at a dangerous edge of the mountain. She was waving her hand to another girl standing on the other side. Chips thought that she was in danger. He rushed to her but slipped and wrenched his ankle.
19. What did Katherine do then?
She was a good hiker. She rushed to him. Took him to the nearby hospital. She considered herself responsible of this accident.
20. What were their ages at the time of marriage?
There was a hell of difference in their ages at the time of marriage. Mr. Chips was of 48 whereas she was of 25.
21. Did Katherine influence Mr. Chips?
Before marriage Chips was a dry type of person. His discipline was weak. But after marriage his discipline improves and his sense of humor increased.
22. What was real name of Mr. Chips?
His real name was Mr. Cheaping.
23. Who was Gregson?
He was Chips’ student. He always came late in the class. Later he joined The League of the nations.
24. When did Chips make his will?
He made his will in 1930.He donated all his property to found an open entrance scholarship to the school.
25. How id Chips serve his students at Mrs. Wicket s’ house?
He served the students with tea and cakes.
The Dying Sun
1. How is it that a star seldom come near another star?Ans: the universe in which we are living is so vast that it rarely happens that a wandering star come near to the other star. Furthermore the distance between the two stars is millions of miles
2. what happened when a wandering star came near our sun?
Ans: when a wandering star came near the sun, it created huge tides on the surface of the sun.
3. what are the planets and how did they come into existence?
Ans: When the tidal wave broke into pieces ,these pieces were thrown into the space. These pieces cooled down and started revolving around the sun .These are called planets
4. Why is there no life on the stars?
Ans: Stars are the collection of the gases. They are so hot that life cannot be possible on them.
5. How did life begin in the earth?
Ans: According to the writer life started on our Earth in the form of a simple organism.
6. Why is the universe so frightening?
Ans: The universe is frightening because of the long stretches of the time, of our extreme loneliness
7. What are the necessary conditions for the existence of life?
Ans: For the existence of the life suitable physical temperature is necessary. It should not be too hot or too cold to exist the life
Chapter 2 Using the Scientific Method
1. How has the scientific methods helped us in our fight against diseases?
Ans: With the help of scientific method, we have discovered medicines that cure well all types of diseases like cholera, typhoid, malaria and hay fever.
2. Write a note on the better sanitary conditions of our big cities?
Ans: Today our streets are cleaned regularly. Water is not allowed to stand in the streets. Sewerage of all the city is carried through sealed pipes to disposable plants.
3. Write a note on the sanitary conditions about a century ago?
Ans: One hundred years ago, sanitary conditions were very bad. People threw the garbage into the street. Outdoor toilets were common. Pure drinking water was not available.
4. How can we improve the sanitary conditions of our villages?
Ans: We should not throw household refuse into the streets. We should clean the street regularly.
5. How has the scientific methods helped us in the production and preservation of the food?
Ans: With the help of scientific methods ,we have better pesticides and fertilizers. By using the heavy machines , we have rapid growth and good preservation of the food.
6. Why are we generally less fearful than our ancestors? what were our ancestors afraid of?
Ans: We are less fearful than our forefathers because we know that the happening of anything has a solid reason. now we do not believe everything blindly. Our parents were afraid of black cats ,number 13 and broken mirrors.
7. How has the scientific methods helped us to get over our old fears?
Ans: We know better that every happening has a solid ground. We can cater well those reason with the help of science.
8. What part did astrology play in the life of men and women in the past?
Ans: In the past , people consult the stars in every matter of the life, I.e., marriages, important issues etc,.
9. What were the superstitions in the past?
Ans: In the past people were afraid of black cats, broken mirror and number 13. They considered those things as the signs of bad luck.
Why Boys Fail in Colleges
1. Who are the boys who fail because they do not try? How can they be helped?Ans: The boys who do not try , they fail in college. We should make them understand the impotence of the studies. The college authorities can play a good role in this regard.
2. How does the mistaken ambition on the part of the boy s’ parents lead to the failure of the boys?
Ans: Some parents want to see their sons as doctors, engineers and pilots. They impose their will on the boys. The boys have interest in other filed of life .Thy do not work hard and fail.
3. There are some boys who do well at the school but do not show good performance at the college level, who are they?
Ans: Thse are the over confident students. They think that they can swift through the college easily as they did in the school. So they do not work hard and fail.
4. How does financial pressure lead to the failure of the bys?
Ans: Some poor students do over work in the spare time to pay their college dues, Study plus over work affect their health badly, They cannot concentrate on the studies and they fail.
5. To what extent bad health lead to the failure at the college level and what is the duties of the college authorities in this regard?
Ans: The student having bad health cannot focus on the studies, This is why they fail in the college. The dean of the college should have diagnostic abilities to help such students so that the failure may be avoided.
6. What place do you give the sportsman in the college?
Ans: Sports are good for health and mental fitness but playing all the time is not good for the students. They should also focus on the studies.
7. There are some students who join college for the sake of the fun, should they be allowed to stay?
Ans: there are some lazy bluffers who join college for the sake of fun. They should not be allowed to stay in the college.
End of Term
1. What was Daiches’ attitude towards week end as a school boy?
Ans He was a very bright student but school life was like a burden for him. So he waited impatiently for the week end. He felt relaxed at the week end.
2. What was Daiches’ general view of school life?
Ans: He did not like the school life. He was fed up of daily grind of home work, of getting up early in the morning and of staying long hours at the school.
3. Daiches’ liked holidays for their freedom. Freedom from what?
Ans: he liked the holidays for the freedom from daily grind of school, from getting up early in in the morning and home work in abundance.
4. How did the writer spend his summer holidays?
Ans: He was overjoyed at the long , long holidays. He used to spend them playing with his friends.
5. Daiches writes , “Wishes do not come true in this life” ,How?
Ans: First he wished to have a tri-cycle which later changed into a bi-cycle. He bought his bicycle with the prize money which he got at the university at the age of 21.he also wanted to enjoy ice cream but never
6. What did he do with his pocket money?
Ans: They were not allowed to send the pocket money. It was saved in the money box.
On Destroying Books
1. What types of books were presented to t he soldiers by the British public?Ans: The British people sent old and useless books to the soldiers. The people wanted to get rid of old and useless books.
2. Was it interest in soldiers that promoted the pubic to send books or was it their wish to get rid of old books?
Ans: The British people wanted to get rid of old and useless books. hats’ why they sent the books to the soldiers.
3. Why should bad books be destroyed?
Ans: Bad books should be destroyed to make room for the new books and to save one s’ heir from the troubling of sorting
4. Why was it difficult for J.C Squire to destroy his useless books?
Ans: The writer had a small room. He did not have a large kitchen range to burn the useless books.
5. Why cold not the author burn his books?
Ans: He did not have place enough to burn the books. He lived in a small flat.
6. How did he deice to get rid of his useless books?
Ans : He improvised a sack, stuffed the books into the sack. Now he decided to throw those books into the river.
7. Describe the writer midnight venture when he went to throw his useless books into the river?
Ans: He put the sack on his shoulders and walked ,having many fears in his mind, towards the river, He passed by the tramp and a policeman but no one inquired him.
8. How did the writer muster up his courage to throw his books?
Ans: Thinking that if he did not do it now, he will never do it in the life and people would make fun of him as being a coward. So he mustered up his courage and threw the books into the river.
9. Did the author felt sorry for the thrown books?
Ans: Yes, he felt sorry for those thrown books. He used the word ‘forlorn’ which shows the sadness of the writer
The Man Who Was A Hospital
1. How did Jerome k. Jerome come to suspect that his liver was out of order?Ans: He was reading a patent liver pills advertisement .He felt all symptoms in himself. So he concluded that his liver was out of order
2. What was the diseases he thought he suffering from?
Ans: He thought that he was suffering from hay fever, typhoid, cholera, liver disease and scarlet fever.
3. What was the disease the writer discovered he did not have and what did he feel?
Ans: He discovered that only disease that he did not have was Housemaid s’ Knee. He felt rather hurt.
4. Was the author pleased to find that he did not have the House maid s’ knee?
Ans: No. The writer was not happy to know that he did not have this malady. He felt some disgrace.
5. What does the writer say about his reaction to his reading of a patent medicine advertisement and his reading of a book on diseases?
Ans: He entered into the reading room as a healthy man but he crawled out as a sick man. He thought that he was a hospital in himself.
6. Why should the author be an acquisition to the medical class?
Ans: The medical students move from one place to another to get practice. They need not to do so. They should have the writer before them. After that they could take the diploma.
7. Describe the author s’ visit to the medical man?
Ans: The doctor was a friend of the writer. He examined the writer thoroughly and talked about the weather .It mean nothing was special with the writer.
8. The writer thought that he was doing a good turn on the doctor by going to him. Why?
Ans: He thought that a doctor could get maximum practice by examining him than seventeen hundred ordinary patients having one or two ordinary diseases
9. What was the prescription given to the writer by the doctor?
Ans: The prescription was : Eat one pound beefsteak every six hours, ten miles walk in the morning, bed at eleven sharp and do not stuff the head with the things you do not understand.”
10. Describe his visit to the chemist?
Ans: He gave the prescription to the chemist who returned it as the same saying that he was not running a cooperative store or a family restaurant combined.
11. What is the importance of the line, “Do not stuff your head with the things you don’t understand?
Ans: It is a very important message of the lesson. People should not put the things into the mind whom they can’t understand well.
My Financial Career
1. What light do the following expressions throw on Leacock s’ State of mind, “Looked timidly round” , “Shambled in”Ans: These two expressions tell that the writer remained totally lost all the time in the bank. He became an irresponsible idiot.
2. Why did the manager come to think that Leacock had an awful secret to reveal?
Ans: The manager came to think that the writer had an awful secret to reveal because of his mysterious manners.
3. What was the attitude of the manager towards the writer on learning that the writer only wished to deposit 56 dollars?
Ans: On learning that the writer only wanted to deposit 56 dollars, the manager s’ attitude got harsh and rude
4. What were the other blunders did Leacock commit after leaving the manager s’ office?
Ans: First he entered the safe. Second he gave money to the accountant in a vulgar way. Third he wrote 56 dollars instead of six
5. After his misadventure in the bank where did the writer kept his money or savings?
Ans: after his misadventure in the bank he kept his money in the pocket of the trousers and his savings in a sock.
6. Give as many examples as you can to show that Leacock was feeling completely lost in the bank all the time he was there?
Ans: see ans 4.
China s’ Way to Progress
1. Why has the world changed its attitude towards ChinaAns: The world has changed its attitude toward China because China has progressed much after her independence in 1949.
2. Discuss Chinese’ agriculture system?
Ans: All the agriculture system in China is based on the Communes System. The agricultural communes system is divided into production brigades and teams
3. How does China rely on its resources?
Ans: China always relies on its local made machines and other necessary things.
4. Describe a day in the life of a Chinese student?
Ans: A Chinese student gets up at 6 am, goes to school at 8 am and comes back at 11.at 1:30 pm he goes back to school and at 4 pm he reads newspapers listens radio and plays games.
5. Write a note on the Chinese women?
Ans: The Chinese women are brave and hardworking women. They work side by side the men in every field of life. They never use beauty products. They enjoy free hospitalization and medical facilities.
6. What are the social security benefits provided to the Chinese workers?
Ans: The workers are provided housing and medical facilities. High quality food is provided to them on cheapest rates during working hours.
7. It is the people not the things that are decisive , discuss?
Ans: It is the slogan of the great leader Mao. He is of the view that man power is the real force of the country.
8. The heart of the matter is the need to root out selfishness. Discuss?
Ans: the Chinese people are not selfish. They work with sincerity and devotion. It is the biggest secret of Chinese progress.
Huger And Population Explosion
1. What does hunger mean o a large scale as viewed by the author?Ans:
2. What does famine mean. Describe some great famine of the world?
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3. How do famines occur?
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4. What is the main reason of population increase today?
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5. What is meant by birth rate and death rate and how do they affect the population of a country?
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6. What do you understand from “Public health measures”?
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7. Describe the high birth rate in the under developed or developing countries?
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8. Why is the birth rate is not so high in the advanced countries?
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9. Give a brief account of the poor economic conditions prevailing in the under developed countries?
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Idiomatic Phrases
1. Above board In business, his honest is above board2. All and sundry All and the sundry attended the village fair.
3. All in all he is all in all in this office
4. Ata snail s’ pace The boy is going to school at a snail s’ pace.
5. Aladdines’ lamp the government can’t solve all the problems as it has no Aladdine s’ lamp.
6. Apple of discord this property is an apple of discord between the brothers.
7. Apple pie order Everything in the room was lying in apple pie order.
8. At daggers drawn Now these two friends are at daggers drawn with each other
9. At home in He is at home in Mathematics.
10. At sixes and sevens Nowadays, he is at sixes and sevens because of poverty.
11. At the eleventh hour The aid reached to the people at the eleventh hour.
12. Bad blood There is no bad blood between these two friends.
13. Blue blood He belongs to a blue blood family.
14. Bag and baggage He left the room bag and baggage.
15. Beat about the bush Do not beat about the bush, come to the point.
16. Bed of roses Life is not a bed of roses.
17. Between the lines he wants not to favor me, I know between the lines.
18. Bird s’ eye view The principal took a bird’s eye view of the class.
19. Bird of passage Ibne Batoota was a bird of passage.
20. Burn the mid night oil Near the exams, the students burn the midnight oil.
21. A bluestocking She will never marry a player as she is a bluestocking.
22. Bone of contention Kashmir is a bone of contention between Pakistan and India
23. Build castles in the air He always builds castles in the air.
24. Burn candle at both ends Wasting away money is just like to burn the candle at both ends.
25. By dint of He got first position by dint of hard work.
26. Call a spade a spade Being a honest man, he always calls a spade a spade.
27. Carry the day Barber carried the day in the battle of Panipat.
28. Carry weight The words of a practical religious leader carry the wight.
29. Carry out He will not carry out his orders.
30. Chips f the same block These two persons are the chips of the same block.
31. Close fisted man he is a close fisted man.
32. Cock and bull story The late arrival student told a cock and bull story to the teacher
33. Crocodile tears The step son shed crocodile tear at his fathers’ death.
34. Cry for the moon The child is crying fir the moon.
35. Cut a fine figure He cut a fine figure in this office.
36. Cut a sorry figure He cut a sorry figure in this office.
37. Break the ice All were silent, he entered and broke the ice.
38. Dark horse He is a dark horse as unexpectedly he got first position.
39. Die in harness Our great leader Quaid e Azam died in harness.
40. Double faced Do not trust on him as he is a double faced man.
41. Eye wash Elections in Pakistan are only eye wash.
42. Every inch He is an honest man every inch.
43. Fair weather friend Fair weather friends always leave in lurch.
44. Feather in one s’ cap To become the chairman of the party is like a feather in his cap
45. Few and far between He visits the marketed few and far between.
46. For good She left the office for good.
47. From hand to mouth This poor man is living from hand to mouth.
48. A gala day 14 August is a gala day in the history of Pakistan.
49. Gift of the gab The speaker is successful as he has the gift of the gab.
50. Hand in glove These two friends are hand in glove with each other
Good Bye Mr. Chips
1. What do you know about chips?
Ha was a famous teacher. he was a Latin teacher at Brookfield school.
2. Who was Mr. wet herby .what type of person he was?
He was a head master of the school in 1870.he was very fatherly, kind and affectionate.
3. Describe the day of Mr. chips interview at Brookfield School?
It was a very bright day of July the air was full of fragrance and a cricket match was also being played at Brookfield school,
4. For how much time chips served mulberry school? And why did he dislike it?
He deserved for one year only. he left the school after one year.
5. Who was coolley?
Colley was the first student punished by chips. he gave him punishment of writing one hundred lines.
6. How did Whetherby advise chips?
He advised him to improve his discipline and to be strict in the class.
7. When was chips born?
He was born in 1848.
8. What allegations was put on Chips by Ralston?
Ralston was a strict man. He wanted to run the school mechanically. He thought that Chips was a conservative having poor discipline and bad pronunciation.
9. When did Chips become acting head of the school?
After the death of Mr. Meldrum ,he became the acting head of the school.
10. What was the reactions of the people, teachers and student on the row between Ralston and Mr. Chips?
When they heard of the row between Ralston and Mr. Chips, the teachers, students and the people favored Mr. Chips.
11. Who was Chatteris and when did he died?
During the war time he was the headmaster of the Brookfield .He was a diabetic patient and died in 1918 at the age of 41.
12. What were Chips’ views about bayonet fighting?
During the war, he wept over the killing and showed sympathy even for the enemies ‘ killing
13. Who was Katherine Bridges?
She was a beautiful modern girl of 25.She was a good hiker. She was a nurse out of profession.
14. What were her favorite writers?
She liked Ibsen and G.B Shaw.
15. What did Katherine say to Chips one night before the marriage?
They met one night before the marriage. When Chips was about to leave, she said, “Good Bye, Mr. Chips”.
16. Why did Katherine like Chips?
She was impressed by the personality of Mr. chips. She thought that a teacher could influence the nation.
17. How did Chips meet her?
Mr. Chips was on holidays. One day he saw a girl standing at a dangerous edge of the mountain. She was waving her hand to another girl standing on the other side. Chips thought that she was in danger. He rushed to her but slipped and wrenched his ankle.
18. What did Katherine do then?
She was a good hiker. She rushed to him. Took him to the nearby hospital. She considered herself responsible of this accident.
19. What were their ages at the time of marriage?
There was a hell of difference in their ages at the time of marriage. Mr. Chips was of 48 whereas she was of 25.
20. Did Katherine influence Mr. Chips?
Before marriage Chips was a dry type of person. His discipline was weak. But after marriage his discipline improved and his sense of humor increased.
21. What was real name of Mr. Chips?
His real name was Mr. Cheapings.
22. Who was Gregson?
He was Chips’ student. He always came late in the class. Later he joined The League of the nations.
23. When did Chips make his will?
He made his will in 1930.He donated all his property to found an open entrance scholarship to the school.
24. How id Chips serve his students at Mrs. Wicket s’ house?
He served the students with tea and cakes.
25. What was the condition of Chips when he wanted to punish any boy?
When he wanted to punish any boy, he remember the advice of his wife Katherine.
26. Why could he not write any book of his past memories?
He got tired mentally and physically. He lost interest in his past memories.
27. When did Chips became the acting head of the school?
He became the acting head of the school after the death of Meldrum.
28. What was the condition of England in last days of queen Victoria?
It was a problem era. There were strikes, processions and the problems of Chinese labour and tariff reforms.
29. Who was the lamp boy.
A boy was assigned to look after the lamps when there was no light. He was named as lamp boy.
30. Who was Merivale?
He was a doctor who treated and looked after Mr. Chips.
31. What was the nature of Mrs. Wickett s’ job before retirement?
She was the in charge of the linen- room.
32. How did Brookfield served in the war?
Many Brookfield teachers and students joined the military. The school ground was offered for military training and exercises.
33. Why did Chips decide to retire?
In 1913 Chips had bronchitis. He could not attend the school all winter. And then in summer he decided to resign at the age of 65.
34. What was presented to him at the farewell?
He was presented a cheque , a writing desk, and a clock.
The Dying Sun
1. How is it that a star seldom come near another star?
Ans: the universe in which we are living is so vast that it rarely happens that a wandering star come near to the other star. Furthermore the distance between the two stars is millions of miles
2. what happened when a wandering star came near our sun?
Ans: when a wandering star came near the sun, it created huge tides on the surface of the sun.
3. what are the planets and how did they come into existence?
Ans: When the tidal wave broke into pieces ,these pieces were thrown into the space. These pieces cooled down and started revolving around the sun .These are called planets
4. Why is there no life on the stars?
Ans: Stars are the collection of the gases. They are so hot that life cannot be possible on them.
5. How did life begin in the earth?
Ans: According to the writer life started on our Earth in the form of a simple organism.
6. Why is the universe so frightening?
Ans: The universe is frightening because of the long stretches of the time, of our extreme loneliness
7. What are the necessary conditions for the existence of life?
Ans: For the existence of the life suitable physical temperature is necessary. It should not be too hot or too cold to exist the life
Using the Scientific Methods
1. How has the scientific methods helped us in our fight against diseases?
Ans: With the help of scientific method, we have discovered medicines that cure well all types of diseases like cholera, typhoid, malaria and hay fever.
2. Write a note on the better sanitary conditions of our big cities?
Ans: Today our streets are cleaned regularly. Water is not allowed to stand in the streets. Sewerage of all the city is carried through sealed pipes to disposable plants.
3. Write a note on the sanitary conditions about a century ago?
Ans: One hundred years ago, sanitary conditions were very bad. People threw the garbage into the street. Outdoor toilets were common. Pure drinking water was not available.
4. How can we improve the sanitary conditions of our villages?
Ans: We should not throw household refuse into the streets. We should clean the street regularly.
5. How has the scientific methods helped us in the production and preservation of the food?
Ans: With the help of scientific methods ,we have better pesticides and fertilizers. By using the heavy machines , we have rapid growth and good preservation of the food.
6. Why are we generally less fearful than our ancestors? what were our ancestors afraid of?
Ans: We are less fearful than our forefathers because we know that the happening of anything has a solid reason. now we do not believe everything blindly. Our parents were afraid of black cats ,number 13 and broken mirrors.
7. How has the scientific methods helped us to get over our old fears?
Ans: We know better that every happening has a solid ground. We can cater well those reason with the help of science.
8. What part did astrology play in the life of men and women in the past?
Ans: In the past , people consult the stars in every matter of the life, I.e., marriages, important issues etc,.
9. What were the superstitions in the past?
Ans: In the past people were afraid of black cats, broken mirror and number 13. They considered those things as the signs of bad luck.
Why Boys Fail in Colleges
1. Who are the boys who fail because they do not try? How can they be helped?
Ans: The boys who do not try , they fail in college. We should make them understand the impotence of the studies. The college authorities can play a good role in this regard.
2. How does the mistaken ambition on the part of the boy s’ parents lead to the failure of the boys?
Ans: Some parents want to see their sons as doctors, engineers and pilots. They impose their will on the boys. The boys have interest in other filed of life .Thy do not work hard and fail.
3. There are some boys who do well at the school but do not show good performance at the college level, who are they?
Ans: Thse are the over confident students. They think that they can swift through the college easily as they did in the school. So they do not work hard and fail.
4. How does financial pressure lead to the failure of the bys?
Ans: Some poor students do over work in the spare time to pay their college dues, Study plus over work affect their health badly, They cannot concentrate on the studies and they fail.
5. To what extent bad health lead to the failure at the college level and what is the duties of the college authorities in this regard?
Ans: The student having bad health cannot focus on the studies, This is why they fail in the college. The dean of the college should have diagnostic abilities to help such students so that the failure may be avoided.
6. What place do you give the sportsman in the college?
Ans: Sports are good for health and mental fitness but playing all the time is not good for the students. They should also focus on the studies.
7. There are some students who join college for the sake of the fun, should they be allowed to stay?
Ans: there are some lazy bluffers who join college for the sake of fun. They should not be allowed to stay in the college.
End of Term
1. What was Daiches’ attitude towards week end as a school boy?
Ans He was a very bright student but school life was like a burden for him. So he waited impatiently for the week end. He felt relaxed at the week end.
2. What was Daiches’ general view of school life?
Ans: He did not like the school life. He was fed up of daily grind of home work, of getting up early in the morning and of staying long hours at the school.
3. Daiches’ liked holidays for their freedom. Freedom from what?
Ans: he liked the holidays for the freedom from daily grind of school, from getting up early in in the morning and home work in abundance.
4. How did the writer spend his summer holidays?
Ans: He was overjoyed at the long , long holidays. He used to spend them playing with his friends.
5. Daiches writes , “Wishes do not come true in this life” ,How?
Ans: First he wished to have a tri-cycle which later changed into a bi-cycle. He bought his bicycle with the prize money which he got at the university at the age of 21.he also wanted to enjoy ice cream but never
6. What did he do with his pocket money?
Ans: They were not allowed to send the pocket money. It was saved in the money box.
On Destroying Books
1. What types of books were presented to t he soldiers by the British public?
Ans: The British people sent old and useless books to the soldiers. The people wanted to get rid of old and useless books.
2. Was it interest in soldiers that promoted the pubic to send books or was it their wish to get rid of old books?
Ans: The British people wanted to get rid of old and useless books. hats’ why they sent the books to the soldiers.
3. Why should bad books be destroyed?
Ans: Bad books should be destroyed to make room for the new books and to save one s’ heir from the troubling of sorting
4. Why was it difficult for J.C Squire to destroy his useless books?
Ans: The writer had a small room. He did not have a large kitchen range to burn the useless books.
5. Why cold not the author burn his books?
Ans: He did not have place enough to burn the books. He lived in a small flat.
6. How did he deice to get rid of his useless books?
Ans : He improvised a sack, stuffed the books into the sack. Now he decided to throw those books into the river.
7. Describe the writer midnight venture when he went to throw his useless books into the river?
Ans: He put the sack on his shoulders and walked ,having many fears in his mind, towards the river, He passed by the tramp and a policeman but no one inquired him.
8. How did the writer muster up his courage to throw his books?
Ans: Thinking that if he did not do it now, he will never do it in the life and people would make fun of him as being a coward. So he mustered up his courage and threw the books into the river.
9. Did the author felt sorry for the thrown books?
Ans: Yes, he felt sorry for those thrown books. He used the word ‘forlorn’ which shows the sadness of the writer
The Man Who Was A Hospital
1. How did Jerome k. Jerome come to suspect that his liver was out of order?
Ans: He was reading a patent liver pills advertisement .He felt all symptoms in himself. So he concluded that his liver was out of order
2. What was the diseases he thought he suffering from?
Ans: He thought that he was suffering from hay fever, typhoid, cholera, liver disease and scarlet fever.
3. What was the disease the writer discovered he did not have and what did he feel?
Ans: He discovered that only disease that he did not have was Housemaid s’ Knee. He felt rather hurt.
4. Was the author pleased to find that he did not have the House maid s’ knee?
Ans: No. The writer was not happy to know that he did not have this malady. He felt some disgrace.
5. What does the writer say about his reaction to his reading of a patent medicine advertisement and his reading of a book on diseases?
Ans: He entered into the reading room as a healthy man but he crawled out as a sick man. He thought that he was a hospital in himself.
6. Why should the author be an acquisition to the medical class?
Ans: The medical students move from one place to another to get practice. They need not to do so. They should have the writer before them. After that they could take the diploma.
7. Describe the author s’ visit to the medical man?
Ans: The doctor was a friend of the writer. He examined the writer thoroughly and talked about the weather .It mean nothing was special with the writer.
8. The writer thought that he was doing a good turn on the doctor by going to him. Why?
Ans: He thought that a doctor could get maximum practice by examining him than seventeen hundred ordinary patients having one or two ordinary diseases
9. What was the prescription given to the writer by the doctor?
Ans: The prescription was : Eat one pound beefsteak every six hours, ten miles walk in the morning, bed at eleven sharp and do not stuff the head with the things you do not understand.”
10. Describe his visit to the chemist?
Ans: He gave the prescription to the chemist who returned it as the same saying that he was not running a cooperative store or a family restaurant combined.
11. What is the importance of the line, “Do not stuff your head with the things you don’t understand?
Ans: It is a very important message of the lesson. People should not put the things into the mind whom they can’t understand well.
My Financial Career
1. What light do the following expressions throw on Leacock s’ State of mind, “Looked timidly round” , “Shambled in”
Ans: These two expressions tell that the writer remained totally lost all the time in the bank. He became an irresponsible idiot.
2. Why did the manager come to think that Leacock had an awful secret to reveal?
Ans: The manager came to think that the writer had an awful secret to reveal because of his mysterious manners.
3. What was the attitude of the manager towards the writer on learning that the writer only wished to deposit 56 dollars?
Ans: On learning that the writer only wanted to deposit 56 dollars, the manager s’ attitude got harsh and rude
4. What were the other blunders did Leacock commit after leaving the manager s’ office?
Ans: First he entered the safe. Second he gave money to the accountant in a vulgar way. Third he wrote 56 dollars instead of six
5. After his misadventure in the bank where did the writer kept his money or savings?
Ans: after his misadventure in the bank he kept his money in the pocket of the trousers and his savings in a sock.
6. Give as many examples as you can to show that Leacock was feeling completely lost in the bank all the time he was there?
Ans: see ans 4.
China s’ Way to Progress
1. Why has the world changed its attitude towards China
Ans: The world has changed its attitude toward China because China has progressed much after her independence in 1949.
2. Discuss Chinese’ agriculture system?
Ans: All the agriculture system in China is based on the Communes System. The agricultural communes system is divided into production brigades and teams
3. How does China rely on its resources?
Ans: China always relies on its local made machines and other necessary things.
4. Describe a day in the life of a Chinese student?
Ans: A Chinese student gets up at 6 am, goes to school at 8 am and comes back at 11.at 1:30 pm he goes back to school and at 4 pm he reads newspapers listens radio and plays games.
5. Write a note on the Chinese women?
Ans: The Chinese women are brave and hardworking women. They work side by side the men in every field of life. They never use beauty products. They enjoy free hospitalization and medical facilities.
6. What are the social security benefits provided to the Chinese workers?
Ans: The workers are provided housing and medical facilities. High quality food is provided to them on cheapest rates during working hours.
7. It is the people not the things that are decisive , discuss?
Ans: It is the slogan of the great leader Mao. He is of the view that man power is the real force of the country.
8. The heart of the matter is the need to root out selfishness. Discuss?
Ans: The Chinese people are not selfish. They work with sincerity and devotion. It is the biggest secret of Chinese progress.
Hunger And Population Explosion
1. What does hunger mean on a large scale as viewed by the author?
Ans: The hunger on the large scale means never having enough to eat. The hunger of this type is also called famine. It does not mean the absence of the meal for one time or for the whole day.
2. What does famine mean. Describe some great famine of the world?
Ans: Famine means the absence of food for a long time. A famine in the time if Pharaoh remained for seven years. Food bins were broken and empty. her was a great famine in the time of Joseph .He cater with the famine very wisely. Russian and Indian famines also took millions people life.
3. How do famines occur?
Ans: The famine can occure due to the absence of rain. Diseases and over population also cause famine.
4. What is the main reason of population increase today?
Ans: With the help of science fatal disease are cured well. Death rate has decreased and birth rate has increased. Today there are less chances of occurring famines. This is why the world population has increased.
5. What is meant by birth rate and death rate and how do they affect the population of a country?
Ans: The number of births and deaths per 1000 population is called birth rate and death rate respectively.
6. What do you understand from “Public health measures”?
Ans: Due to public health measures the death rate has decreased and the birth rate has increased.
7. Describe the high birth rate in the under developed or developing countries?
Ans: In the developing countries the majority of the people is illiterate. They do not know the seriousness of overpopulation. The go on giving birth to the children
8. Why is the birth rate is not so high in the advanced countries?
Ans: They are well educated. They know well the importance of small family system This is why, they control the birth rate
9. Give a brief account of the poor economic conditions prevailing in the under developed countries?
Ans: These countries’ people are passing a substandard life. They don’t have good education, economic, and health facilities. The condition of the roads and railways is very poor.
The Jewl of the World
1. Describe the dramatic escape of Abd-al-Rahman I from the Abbasids?
Ans: He was in a camp at the river bank. When he saw the arrival of Abbasids after Umayyads, he jumped into the river and swam to the other bank
2. How did Abd-al-Rahman I deal with the governor of Spain appointed by the Abbasid caliph and what reply gift did he convey to the caliph?
Ans: He cut off the head of the governor , wrapped it in a flag with his letter of appointment and sent it to the caliph of Damascus as a gift.
3. What did the Abbasid caliph say on receiving the head of the governor? Why did he utter these words?
Ans: After receiving the head of his governor, he said ,” Thanks be to Allah for having placed the sea between us and such a foe(enemy)
4. How did Abd-al-Rahman I improve and beautify the capital of Spain?
Ans: He arranged a supply of fresh water to Cordova. He got a grand palace built and decorated it with foreign plants and fruit trees. He also got a grand mosque built and a bridge constructed across the river.
5. Give an account of the all-round progress made by the Arabs under Abd-al-Rahman III?
Ans: Cordova was made the most cultured city in Europe. Spain began producing silk, metallic articles and poetry. Agriculture system was improved to a great extent.
6. What did Al-Hakam do to promote learning and scholarship or knowledge in his caliphate?
Ans: He got collected rare books ranging to four hundred thousand. He invited scholars from the East on high wages.
First Year At Harrow
1. Why did Churchill not like the examinations?
Ans: The examiners always asked the questions of Latin and Greek subjects. He was not interested in these subjects. So he did not like the examinations.
2. What sorts of questions were asked by the examiners?
Ans: The questions asked by the examiners were not common. Those were difficult type of questions.
3. Why did Churchill not do well in the examinations?
Ans: He did not show any performance in the examinations because he was tested in the subjects which were not of his choice I.e. , Latin and Greek.
4. How did Churchill do his Latin Paper?
Ans: It was a bad experience for Churchill. He wrote his name and question number 1 and then put brackets round ( “1”). After much thinking, he left the sheet blank.
5. Churchill was taught English at Harrow and not Latin and Greek. Was it a gain or loss?
Ans: He was taught English well by teacher named Somervell. He became fluent in English. This helped him in his practical life. So, it was a gain for him.
6. In after years, how did the knowledge of English stand Churchill in good stead?
Ans: He knew this language quite well. The other student had to learn English. So, they left behind in their practical life.
7. Write down Churchill s’ views about learning English as compared to Latin and Greek?
He was right when he said the students must learn English first, then Latin and Greek, if they had time for it.
Hitchhiking Across the Sahara
1. Give an idea of the size of the Sahara desert?
Ans: It is a great desert in North Africa. If England is placed in it, to find England will become difficult.
2. What had Christopher s’ stepmother to do with his desire to see distant places?
Ans: His mother always threatened him to send him to Timbuktu, a Far off pace in Sahara.
3. How did Chrostopher manage to get a seat in the weapon carrier?
Ans: He showed a permit from the war of ministry to the lieutenant. Fortunately the officer did not see the cancellation stamp and allowed him to sit in the carrier.
4. What was the most noticeable feature of the desert city named Ghardaia?
Ans: There were lots of flies in that town. To avoid flies was difficult for Christopher
5. What did the driver of the truck tell Christopher about three Englishmen?
Ans: He was taught English well by teacher named Somervell. He became fluent in English. This helped him in his practical life. So, it was a gain for him.
6. Describe the prominent features of El Golea?
Ans: It was a fine oasis with lots of fresh water and fruits.
7. Compare El Golea and In Salah describing the main differences between the two?
Ans:El Golea was a cool place with fresh water whereas In Salah was being eaten up by the sand of the Sahara Desert.
8. What do you know about professor Clude Balanguernon?
Ans: He was a Frenchman. He was educating tribal Tuareg people.
9. Describe the events leading to the killing of the camels?
Ans: When they failed to get water for drinking, they killed one of the six camels to get water from its stomach.
10. Describe Christopher s’ journey through the land of thirst and death?
Ans: It was the most difficult part of the desert. Water was totally missing there. Christopher got killed a snake while making tea on stones.
Sir Alexander Fleming
1. What are the antiseptics and what is the antiseptic method?
Ans: Antiseptic is a chemical that kills the germs and the antiseptic method stops germs entry into the body.
2. What was the chief defect of the antiseptic method?
Ans: The chief defect of this method was that it also killed the white cells of the body.
3. What part is played by the white cells?
Ans: These are the protectors of the body against diseases. They gather and attack the germs and also try to stop the germs from entering into the body.
4. Give an account of the early life of Fleming?
Ans: His father died when he was just seven. At the age of fourteen he joined the Regent Street Polytechnic in London. At the age of twenty, he got a share un property with which he studied medicine.
5. What is Penicillin? When and how did Fleming discover it?
Ans: Penicillin is a natural germs killer and Fleming discovered it in 1928.
6. In what respect Penicillin is better than the chemical antiseptic?
Ans: It is better in a sense that it only kills the germs and not the white cells.
7. What do you know of the Oxford team? What was its contribution ?
Ans: This team made Penicillin more effective. The team also possessed the equipments that Fleming did not have.
8. How did the oxford team make Penicillin more effective?
Ans: The team produced a practical concentration of the Penicillin which made it more effective than the crude form.
Write a note on Penicillin as a wonder drug?
Write a note on Penicillin as a wonder drug?
Ans: It saved many people s’ lives, so it proved as a wonder drug.
10. Was Fleming prod of his discovery?
Ans: NO. Fleming was not proud of his discovery. He claimed that nature discovered it just by chance.
11. Why could not Penicillin have been discovered in the research laboratories of America?
Ans: The laboratories had a neat and clean atmosphere. So, its discovery there was quite impossible
12. Fleming achievements paved way for other discoveries in medical field. What are they?
Ans: Fleming discovery revolutionized in the field of antibiotic.
Louis Pasteur
1. What do we mean by spontaneous generation?
Ans: It means the production of cells from non living matter or the appearance of the life from dead matter.
2. How did Pasteur prove that spontaneous is not a fact?
Ans: He proved that it was not possible for life to be born out of the dead cells. He heated milk above the boiling point, all the gems got killed and there produced no germ after it
3. What help did Pasteur render in curing the silkworm disease in his country?
Ans: His advise on it was to keep the healthy silkworm eggs and not the unhealthy one.
4. Describe the importance and popularity of the silkworm industry in France?
Ans: It was a common industry in France. The people greeted one another saying, “How are your silkworms doing”.
5. How did Pasteur discover the treatment of the cattle disease, anthrax?
Ans: He developed some anthrax germs that were slightly poisonous. He injected these germs into an animal’s blood. The animal showed some signs of Anthrax, but then didi not suffer from it.
6. How did Pasteur discover the method of making vaccines?
Ans: while working on the fowl cholera, he came to know that the cholera germs founded by him were dead or dying. He injected the sick birds with those germs, The bids got well.
7. Give an account of Pasteur s’ treatment of the disease of hydrophobia and how he cured the first patient suffering from it?
Ans: He vaccinated a boy who was suffering from Hydrophobia, with the weak ended germs of the disease. The boy got well. In this way , he treated the other patients
8. How did Pasteur show the way to other scientists?
Ans: In the short period of ten years, the other scientists discovered the germs of consumption, typhoid, cholera, diphtheria, lockjaws and Malta fever
Mustafa Kamal
1. What was the attitude of the Turkish government towards the Allies after World War 1?
Ans: Turkey was a defeated country. Its King Sultan Memhmet iv decided to continue the agreement with the Allies.
2. Why was Mustafa Kamal sent to Anatolia?
Ans: He was sent to Anatolia to control the situation as the commander of Eastern Anatolia refuse to accept the defeat before the Allies.
3. What was the reaction of Turkish patriots to the intentions of the Allies to partition the Ottoman Empire?
Ans: The patriots got angry at the plans of the Allies. They were against the partition of Turkey.
4. What were Kamal s’ activities in Anatolia?
Ans: At Amisa, Kamal met Ali Faut, a commander of Turkish Military. He made a secret plan to raise a National Army to fight against the Allies.
5. Why did Mehmet order Kamal to return to Istanbul? What was the reply of Mustafa Kamal to Mehmet?
Ans: At Anatolia Mustafa Kamal activities were against the Sultans’ policy, so he ordered Mustafa to return to Istanbul. He advised the king to come to Anatolia to save his rule.
6. Describe the reforms of Mustafa Kamal about the position of the women?
Ans: Mustafa Kamal abolished the veil to let the women get higher education and work with the men.
7. Write a note on Kama s’ educational reforms?
Ans: He replaced the old Arabic script with the Roman script. He replaced the Arabic and Persian words with Turkish words. He taught the new script to the whole nation.
8. Describe the reforms of Mustafa Kamal about the change of the dress?
Ans: He abolished the use of the Greek cap “Fez” and made the use of hat compulsory.
9. Write a note on his reforms about industrial and economic development?
Ans: He set up thousands of factories. The banking system was organized. He expanded the railways and the roads.
10. Prove that Mustafa Kamal was a great nation builder?
Ans: He was the founder of the Modern Turkey. He revolutionized every field of life on modern basis. That was why he was called ”Ata Turk”., The father of the nation.
CORRECT THE SENTENCES
1. I am very pleased to hear this. he runs very fast.
2. The climate of Murree is colder than Chitral.
3. Each boy have won the prize.
4. Two and two make four.
5. If you will come to me, I shall help you.
6. He or she will go there.
7. I tell him good bye.
8. He is living here for ten days.
9. This water is very much cold to drink.
10. Slow and steady win the race.
11. Slower you move, greater the time you take.
12. The gold is a precious metal.
13. He runs fastly.
14. He said that he shall be rewarded.
15. None praise a coward.
16. It is much bitter to taste.
17. There is no place in this room.
18. It is I who is to blame.
19. Stationary are needed in the school.
20. Who do you want to meet?
21. He told me that he is waiting for me.
22. The sky is enough clear.
23. Unless we do not work hard, we cannot succeed.
24. He will go to Multan on train.
25. He swore from God.
SOME SYNONYMS
1.The synonym of mysterious is______ spooky /great/strange/understanding
2.Accestors means_________ brothers/forefathers/relations/neighbour
3.The synonym of unusually is_______ habitually/occasionally/exceptionally/rarely
4.Community means________ society/cit/village/province
5. The synonym of garbage is_______ waste/deny/thing/objects
6.I have demonstrated it,__________ written/explained/won/understood
7.Sanitation means___________ cleanliness/sweeping/water
8.Sparingly means_________ profusely/rarely/wastefully/economically
9.Remarkable means________ significant/backward/little/speak able
10.The synonym of hardly is_____ boldly/scarcely/tightly/sufficiently
11.Immense means________ huge/great/enormous/big
12.The synonym of wandering is____ roaming/walking/running/swaying
13.Scattered means__________ spread/wander/moving/circling
14.The word stretches means______ vast/areas/heat/chill
15.The synonym of nutritious is_____ nourishing/tasty/costly/cheap
16.The word overcome means______ abolished/overpowered/understood
17.The synonym of native is_______ local/mental/innate/physical
18.Assigned means________ given/registered/grasped/handed
19.Uproot means_________ abolish/destroy/leave/eradicate
20.Fidget means_________ gadget/anxiety/brackets/habits
21.The synonym of intended is____ wanted/denied/invited/hindered
22.Controversies means________ adversaries/necessities/conflicts/articles
23.Offended means___________ annoyed/extended/suggested/relied
24.Keenness means_________ kindness/likeliness/neatness/eagerness
25.Thorough means________ partly/complete/incomplete/expensive
26.consent means________ disagree/agree/like/afford
Idiomatic Phrases
1. Above board In business, his honest is above board
2. All and sundry All and the sundry attended the village fair.
3. All in all He is all in all in this office
4. Ata snail s’ pace The boy is going to school at a snail s’ pace.
5. Aladdin’s’ lamp the government can’t solve all the problems as it has no Aladdin s’ lamp.
6. Apple of discord this property is an apple of discord between the brothers.
7. Apple pie order Everything in the room was lying in apple pie order.
8. At daggers drawn Now these two friends are at daggers drawn with each other
9. At home in He is at home in Mathematics.
10. At sixes and sevens Nowadays, he is at sixes and sevens because of poverty.
11. At the eleventh hour The aid reached to the people at the eleventh hour.
12. Bad blood There is no bad blood between these two friends.
13. Blue blood He belongs to a blue blood family.
14. Bag and baggage He left the room bag and baggage.
15. Beat about the bush Do not beat about the bush, come to the point.
16. Bed of roses Life is not a bed of roses.
17. Between the lines he wants not to favor me, I know between the lines.
18. Bird s’ eye view The principal took a bird’s eye view of the class.
19. Bird of passage Ibne Batoota was a bird of passage.
20. Burn the mid night oil Near the exams, the students burn the midnight oil.
21. A bluestocking She will never marry a player as she is a bluestocking.
22. Bone of contention Kashmir is a bone of contention between Pakistan and India
23. Build castles in the air He always builds castles in the air.
24. Burn candle at both ends Wasting away money is just like to burn the candle at both ends.
25. By dint of He got first position by dint of hard work.
26. Call a spade a spade Being a honest man, he always calls a spade a spade.
27. Carry the day Barber carried the day in the battle of Panipat.
28. Carry weight The words of a practical religious leader carry the wight.
29. Carry out He will not carry out his orders.
30. Chips f the same block These two persons are the chips of the same block.
31. Close fisted man he is a close fisted man.
32. Cock and bull story The late arrival student told a cock and bull story to the teacher
33. Crocodile tears The step son shed crocodile tear at his fathers’ death.
34. Cry for the moon The child is crying fir the moon.
35. Cut a fine figure He cut a fine figure in this office.
36. Cut a sorry figure He cut a sorry figure in this office.
37. Break the ice All were silent, he entered and broke the ice.
38. Dark horse He is a dark horse as unexpectedly he got first position.
39. Die in harness Our great leader Quaid-e- Azam died in harness.
40. Double faced Do not trust on him as he is a double faced man.
41. Eye wash Elections in Pakistan are only eye wash.
42. Every inch He is an honest man every inch.
43. Fair weather friend Fair weather friends always leave in lurch.
44. Feather in one s’ cap To become the chairman of the party is like a feather in his cap
45. Few and far between He visits the marketed few and far between.
46. For good She left the office for good.
47. From hand to mouth This poor man is living from hand to mouth.
48. A gala day 14 August is a gala day in the history of Pakistan.
49. Gift of the gab The speaker is successful as he has the gift of the gab.
50. Hand in glove These two friends are hand in glove with each other
51. Ins and outs He knows well the ins and out of this business.
52. Kith and kin He went to meet his kith and kin.
53. Maiden voyage The ship sank on its maiden voyage.
54. Man of parts. Allama Iqbal was a man of parts.
55. Tower of strength The great ldar Quiad-e- Azam was a tower of strength.