(i) What do you understand by the terms | Class 11 English - Hornbill Chapter Landscape of Soul, Landscape of Soul NCERT Solutions

Three ways in which the author’s grandmother spent her days after he grew up.

How does the story suggest that optimism helps to endure “the direst stress”?

The way in which the sparrows expressed their sorrow when the author’s grandmother died.

The three phases of the author’s relationship with his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad.

Would you agree that the author’s grandmother was a person strong in character? If yes, give instances that show this.

Why do you think people undertake such adventurous expeditions in spite of the risks involved?

The odd way in which the author’s grandmother behaved just before she died.

Can you think of a song or a poem in your language that talks of homecoming?

(i) List the deeds that led Ray Johnson to describe Akhenaten as “wacky”.
(ii) What were the results of the CT scan?
(iii) List the advances in technology that have improved forensic analysis.
(iv) Explain the statement, “King Tut is one of the first mummies to be scanned — in death, as in life...”

Describe the shifts in the narration of the events as indicated in the three sections of the text. Give a subtitle to each section.

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

We have come across words like ‘gale’ and ‘storm’ in the account. Here are two more words for ‘storm’: typhoon, cyclone. How many words does your language have for ‘storm’?

Here are the terms for different kinds of vessels: yacht, boat, canoe, ship, steamer, schooner. Think of similar terms in your language.

Describe the shifts in the narration of the events as indicated in the three sections of the text. Give a subtitle to each section.

‘Catamaran’ is a kind of a boat. Do you know which Indian language this word is derived from? Check the dictionary.

Have you heard any boatmen’s songs? What kind of emotions do these songs usually express?

Locate the lines in the text that support the title ‘The Ailing Planet’.

What do you gather about Crocker-Harris from the play?

Discuss the following in groups of two pairs, each pair in a group taking opposite points of view.
1. Scientific intervention is necessary to unearth buried mysteries.
2. Advanced technology gives us conclusive evidence of past events.
3. Traditions, rituals and funerary practices must be respected.
4. Knowledge about the past is useful to complete our knowledge of the world we live in.

Three reasons why the author’s grandmother was disturbed when he started going to the city school.