11th English 2nd Assignment Unit 3 Prose Forgetting This is the full answerkey for the 11th standard english second assignment for 2021 10th standard sslc assignment
Unit: 3
Prose
Forgetting
I. Multiple choice questions.
Choose the correct synonym for the following sentences.
1.It is because of their antipathy that people forget to take their medicines.
a) love
b)hate
c)dislike
d)distress
Answer:-
2.What was her vexation.
a) Pleasure
b) happiness
c) calm
d) irritation
Answer:- a) Pleasure
Choose the appropriate antonyms for the underlined word :
3.Absentmindedness is common.
a) usual
b)uncommon
c)rare
d)particular
Answer:-
She was a prosaic person.
a) dull
b)boring
c)interesting
d)daring
Answer:-
Choose the correct homophones for:
Nobody can say …… there will be an improvement in the …..
a) whether
b) weather
c) wheather
d)wither
Answer:-
Give the clipped word for : influenza
a) flu
b) influ
c) fluenza
d )inza
Answer:-
Pick out the right study for the following word: Pathologist.
a) studies aircrafts
b)studies insects
c)studies diseases
d)studies birds
Answer:-
Pick out the apt definition for: globetrotter
a) a person who abstains from alcohol
b)a person who is an introvert
c) a person who travels around the world
d)a person who is in their nineties.
Answer:- c) a person who travels around the world
Change the voices for the following sentences:
Mohan has completed the course.
a) The course has been completed by Mohan
b) Mohan completed the task
c) Task completed
d) Mohan had completed the task
Answer:- a) The course has been completed by Mohan
Let the door not be slammed.
a) Slammed the door
b) The door slammed
c) Don’t slam the door
d) Let the door not be slammed.
Answer:- c) Don’t slam the door
II. Answer the following questions in one or two lines.
1.What does Lynd actually wonder at?
Robert Lynd wonders at the efficiency of human memory. He is amazed at the ordinary man’s capacity to remember phone numbers, addresses of friends, appointments for lunch and dinner and many names of actors, actresses and leading players in popular games.
2 .Name a few things that a person remembers easily.
A man easily remembers all the items of clothing, shutting the door before leaving the home, turning off lights before going upstairs, etc,
3.How does psychologists interpret forgetfulness?
Psychologists believe that humans forget what they don’t want to remember, like taking pills.
4.What is the commonest type of forgetfulness ,according to Lynd?
Commonest type of forgetfulness occurs in the matters of posting letters. The author himself has forgotten to post his own letters many times.
5.What are the articles the writer forgets most often?
The poet often forgets his books and walking sticks.
III. Answer the following questions in three or four lines.
1.What kind of absent-mindedness is regarded as a virtue by Lynd?
Scientists, poets, anglers and philosophers forget prosaic things. Their minds are absorbed in lofty thoughts and glorious imaginations that they forget ordinary things. Socrates, Tagore and Einstein had the virtue of absent – mindedness. Einstein usually forgot to change his rocks. Once he even forgot his own house address. The absent – mindedness of such great personalities is a virtue. As they make best of life, they have no time to remember the mediocre.
2.What are our memories filled with?
Our memories are filled with names of cricketers, footballers, murderers,. actors and actresses. Our memories are filled with many routine activities.
3.Who are the citizens of dreamland? Why?
Boys who return from cricket and football matches tend to forget bats and balls. Their minds are filled with a vision of the playing field. Their heads are among the stars. They are said to be the citizens of dreamland.
4.How does chemist make their fortunes out of the medicines people forget to
take?
The forgotten medicines tend to aggravate the illness. As a vicious cycle, again they are forced to buy costlier medicines. Thus people who forget to take medicines contribute to the fortunes of chemists.
5.Narrate the plight of the baby on its day out.
A father offered to take the baby out in a perambulator. On a sunny morning, he was tempted to have a glass of beer. He entered a pub leaving the perambulator in the street opposite to the pub. A little later, his wife found the baby asleep in the perambulator. Her husband was not found anywhere. She took the perambulator home anticipating her husband’s remorse over the stolen baby. But to her obvious dismay, he walked in cheerfully and asked her what was the lunch. He had completely forgotten the baby on its day out.
IV. Write in detail.
Write a note on ‘Absent – Mindedness ‘with reference to the essay on
forgetting by Robert Lynd.
Absent – mindedness of people shocked the author when the Railway department published the list of lost articles. It was startling to note that young people forget bats, balls etc. The author attributes it to the abundant imagination and dreams. They are citizens of dreamland. Anglers also forget their fishing rods. Absent – mindedness is often a blessing in disguise. People can forget their unhappiness and live in a world of Utopia. Great thinkers, poets and philosophers are absent – minded because their minds are full of lofty ideas and imagination. Socrates the philosopher and S.T. Coleridge the poet were absent – minded people. Similarly, Politicians have bad memories. States are yet to produce ideal statesmen. Great writers, composers of music have amazingly great memories.
Describe the process of the preparation of tea.
The water should be boiled in a vessel. Then tea leaves and milk should be added to the water. The vessel must be covered with a lid. The tea should be filtered and poured into the tups. Sugar hould be added. and stirred The tea should be served hot.
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