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 Deep Water Important Questions Q1.  How did Douglas develop an aversion towards water? Ans.  When Douglas was three or four years old, his father took him to a beach in California. There he was knocked down by strong waves. He was almost buried under water, and got breathless. He was quite frightened and developed an aversion towards water. Q2.  What misadventure happened with Douglas at the YMCA pool? Ans.  When Douglas was ten or eleven, a big bully of a boy tossed him into the deep end of the YMCA pool. He could not come to the surface, in spite of all his efforts, and became panicky. He almost lost his life in this incident. Q3.  Why was the Yakima river unsafe to learn swimming? Ans.  The river was quite deep and there were several cases of drowning reported about it.His mother too was scared for him and dissuaded him. Q4.  Which factors made Douglas to decide in favour of YMCA pool? Ans.  According to Douglas, the YMCA pool was safer c...

 Lost Spring Important Questions Q1 . What does the writer mean when she says, ‘Saheb is no longer his own master’? Ans . Since Saheb now works in a tea stall the steel canister he carries is very heavy as compared to his light plastic bag.  Saheb is not happy working at the tea stall. Even though, he now gets a fixed income of 800 alongwith all his meals, he has lost his freedom and his carefree days.The bag was his own and the canister belongs to his master whose orders he now has to follow. So he is no longer his own master. Q2 . Is it possible for Mukesh to realize his dream? Justify your answer?  Ans . Mukesh’s determination is going to prove instrumental in helping him to realize his dream. His dream can become a reality only if he is able to find a garage where he can be taken in as an apprentice and then he will have to learn how to drive a car. Q3 . What does the title, ‘Lost Spring’ convey? Ans . The title ‘Lost Spring’ conveys how milli...

 The Last Lesson Summary Franz started for school very late that morning. His French teacher, M Hamel, had announced that he would question the class on participles. Franz did not know even a single word about them and was afraid of a scolding. It was a bright sunny day; the chirping of birds and the marching of the Prussian soldiers was much more tempting than the rules of participles. On his way to school, Franz noticed a crowd in front of the bulletin board. For the past two years, all the bad news had come from it. As he was hurrying past, Wachter, the blacksmith, called out to him and said that there was plenty of time to reach the school. Franz thought that he was making fun of him and reached the school panting. When Franz reached the school, he was very surprised to find that everything was quiet. What surprised and confused him more was that, instead of scolding him, M Hamel spoke very kindly to him and told him to take his seat. After Franz had calmed down, he noticed tha...

 The Last Lesson Important Questions Q1. Why wasn't Franz interested in going to school on the day of the last lesson? What was he more interested in? Ans. There was a test of participles that day and Franz was not prepared. He was more interested in going after the birds eggs and watching the soldiers drill and the weather too was very pleasant. Q2. What was Franz's opinion regarding the bulletin board? Who stopped him?  Why?  OR What news was there on the bulletin board that day? Ans. According to Franz the bulletin board was a source of bad news of lost battles and territories. Watcher the blacksmith stopped Franz. The news on the bulletin board was that they had lost two territories of Alsace and Lorraine and teaching of French had to be discontinued in schools. Q3. What would help Franz in getting inside the class unnoticed? What used to be the usual scene in the classroom? Ans. Franz thought that the usual noise in the classroom of the opening and closing of ...