Unit 2 Question Answers of Clearing in the Sky, 11 English by AG Ahmad
Chapter-wise Questions
of 1st Year English
You have to attempt any six questions
out of eight questions. (12 Marks)
Chapter No. 2
Clearing In The Sky
Q. 1. Why
didn't the old man follow the advice of the doctors? (L.B.
2010)
Ans: He did not
follow the advice of the doctors because he felt that he would remain healthy and
strong by keeping himself active. Moreover, he had to support a family of five
children. (LB. 2006,07,11)
Q. 2. What had
the doctors told the old man? (L.B. 2006, 2007, 2011)
Ans: The doctor
had told the old man to avoid hard work and to spend an easy life with his family.
Otherwise, he would die.
Q. 3. Where did
the old man take his son? (LB. 2010)
Ans: The old man
took his son to the highest point of his land. He wanted to show him the small
clearing there, which he had cultivated himself.
Q. 4. Had the
son ever been there before?
Ans: He had been
there many times before with the exception of last three years. But he had not
seen anything extraordinary there.
Q. 5. What were
the names of the vegetables the old man grew on his farm?
Ans: The old man
grew potatoes, yams and tomatoes on his farm.
Q. 6. Why did
the old man take the steep path? (L.B. 2007, 2009)
(RWP. 2009)
Ans: The old man
took the steep path because it was one way of knowing that he was getting
better all the time. He wanted to test his medical fitness.
Q. 7. Why did
the son at the age of six cry?
Ans: The son
lost the wooden plough, that his father had made him. So, he began to cry.
Q. 8. What were
the feelings of the old man at the age of seventy?
Ans: He felt
that he had lived his natural life and was now spending the bonus period of his
life. Therefore, he wanted to go to the places, he knew and loved.
Q. 9. Why had
the old man planted his secret garden? (L.B. 2008)
(GWB. 2011)
Ans: He planted
the garden to have a unique kind of vegetables with better flavour. He believed
that only such new ground had the ability to produce this. It was also way of
refreshing the golden memories of his youth.
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