Unit 2 — ENGLISH STD 11 Commerce — Question

How long had the narrator known his grandmother – old and wrinkled? What did people say? How did the narrator react?

How did the narrator and his grandmother become good friends?

In which language do you think Gangadharpant and Khan Sahib talked to each other? Which language did Gangadharpant use to talk to the English receptionist?

How did grandmother react to the narrator’s receiving education in English school?

Traditions, rituals and funerary practices must be respected.

Why does the author aver that the growth of world population is one of the strongest factors distorting the future of human society?

Describe the mental condition of the voyagers on January 4 and 5.

In the lesson, we find that it is in the hands of the teacher to promote his student. It means if a teacher has some grudges against a student, he will never promote him. Then why not introduce automatic promotion. If this is introduced, what will happen? Evaluate the situation when there is no examination or assessment of students.

The narrator’s grandmother looked like the ‘winter landscape in the mountains’. Comment.

 Describe Gangadharpant’s journey by train from Pune to Bombay.