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प्रश्न
The list of articles lost in trains suggest that sportsmen have worse memories than their ordinary serious-minded fellows. Why does Lynd say this?
उत्तर
A considerable number of footballs and cricket bats were forgotten by young sportsmen. Serious-minded ordinary citizens forget less. The author Lynd infers that the sportsmen’s forgetfulness is justified as their minds are full of the vision of the playing field. Their heads are in the stars and among the clouds. Keeping their hearts in boots, young sportsmen rush home to talk about their exploits and are naturally more absent-minded than serious-minded ordinary folks.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
What is your favourite sport? Do you play any sport?
How forgetful are you?
Discuss and share your views with the class on the following.
Is forgetfulness a result of carelessness or preoccupation?
What does Lynd actually wonder at?
What is common about the ‘angler’ and the ‘poet’?
Why, according to Lynd, should taking medicines be one of the easiest actions to remember?
How do the chemists make fortunes out of the medicines people forget to take?
Kahlil Gibran states ‘Forgetfulness is a form of freedom.’ Write an article for your school magazine, linking your ideas logically and giving appropriate examples.
Many of us have unused, old but valuable items at home. If we wish to get rid of them, we can sell them at an auction. Items like paintings, jewels, household articles, vehicles, even houses can be auctioned.
The flowchart below will help you understand how an auction is conducted.
Describe the activity that was going on in the sale-room at King Street.
What can you say about the author’s attitude when he high-handedly participated in the auction?
What came as a shock to the author?
How does the Narrator show the presence of mind in the sudden turn of events?
The narrator would not forget two things about his friend. What are they?
‘Tight Corner’ means a ______.
What could have been the best way for the narrator, to get himself out of the tight corner?
As the narrator, make a diary entry about the tight corner you faced at Christie’s and how you were saved from the dire situation.
In what ways have universities improved the society?
Universities develop broad-mindedness. How does Dr. Radhakrishnan drive home this idea?
What should the youngsters aim in life after their graduation?
How does Arignar Anna highlight the duties and responsibilities of graduates to the society?
Students are instilled with some of the essential values and skills while at the universities. Enumerate them.
Give a few instances of Bryson’s confused acts.
What were the contents of Bryson’s bag?
Why doesn’t Bryson seem to be able to do easily what others seem to? Give a few reasons.
Briefly describe the ‘accidents’ encountered on the flight by Bryson.
‘… But, when it’s my own - well, I think hysterics are fully justified’ – How?
