Unit 1 — ENGLISH STD 11 Commerce — Question

What do you understand by the terms ‘outsider art’ and ‘art brut’ or ‘raw art’?

“That was a turning point in our friendship.” What was the turning point?

”We’re not afraid to die.” Who speaks these words and when?

Describe how the grandmother spent her time while the narrator sat inside the village school.

Which is the strongest factor in darkening the future of human society?

How can the rapid growth of the population be checked?

In 1922 Tut’s tomb was discovered. Much of the treasure buried in the tomb had already been plundered. The materialistic attitude of a man does not allow even the dead to sleep in peace. Will there be any end to this attitude? Discuss.

“You neither travelled to the past nor the future. You were in the present experiencing a different world.”

What injuries did the narrator and his daughter suffer when the sea waves tossed them about?

How does Taplow recount the incident of Crocker-Harris’s joke in the class?