AG Ahmad

  Questions Answers of Poems (1 st Year English) You have to attempt any four questions out of twelve questions. (8 Marks) Poem No. 13   A Tale of Two Cities Q. 1. What sort of storms did the people face? Ans . They faced storms of shrills, arms, smoke and drills. Q. 2. How did the storms affect the people? Ans . They were all injured, burnt, afraid, powerless and helpless. Q. 3. How were the people of two cities made powerless? (L.B. 2010, GWB. 2009) Ans . The people were powerless due to massive destruction because atomic bombs were thrown on the two cities by the Americans. Every living being was smashed by the evil technology. Q. 4. How did the hills look? Ans . The hills looked sad and gloomy. Q. 5. Who consoled the miserable people? Ans . There was nobody to share their grief. Q. 6. How was the atmosphere all around? Ans . The towers and flavours had lost their charms. There was nothing left behind. Q. 7. Who was responsible for ta...

  Questions Answers of Poems (1 st Year English) You have to attempt any four questions out of twelve questions. (8 Marks) Poem No. 12  Rubaiyat Q. 1. What is faith according to Allama Iqbal? Ans . Iqbal says that the Muslims should have faith like Hazrat Abraham. Muslims should seek guidance from God in every matter. Q. 2. What does Iqbal call those who have no faith? Ans . Iqbal says that they are worse than slaves who have no faith. Q. 3. What according to Iqbal does blend with Islam's fire? Ans . According to Iqbal, music of strange lands blends with Islam's fire. Q. 4. What is the condition of Europe? Ans . The people of Europe have become hollow. They do not have civilization. They lack spiritual faith. Q. 5. What has departed from the Muslims? Ans . Love's madness has departed from the Muslims. Q. 6. Describe the miserable plight (trouble) of the Muslims. Ans . The Muslims have lost the true spirit of Islam. They lack in love for ...

  Questions Answers of Poems (1 st Year English) You have to attempt any four questions out of twelve questions. (8 Marks) Poem No. 11  Leisure Q. 1. What do you understand by “Life full of care”? Ans . The poet talks about a life which is full of worries and we have no time to enjoy the ordinary pleasures in it. Q. 2. Why does the poet refer sheep and cows in the poem, “Leisure”? Ans . The poet says that we don't have much time to see sheep or cows grazing in the pastures. We do not have much time to enjoy the beautiful objects of nature. Q. 3. What do we not see in broad daylight? Ans . We don't have time to observe and enjoy the glittering water of the stream. The water is as bright as the sky shines at night due to twinkling stars. Q. 4. What is the personification used by the poet in “Leisure”? Ans . The poet personifies beauty. As a poet and artist, he justifies his viewpoint that modern man has no time to have a glance on beautiful objects of ...

  Questions Answers of Poems (1 st Year English) You have to attempt any four questions out of twelve questions. (8 Marks) Poem No. 10   The Hollow Men Q. 1. What do the poet call modern men? Ans . The poet calls modern men hollow and stuffed. Q. 2. What do we try by leaning together? Ans . We try to rely upon others but remain unsuccessful. Q. 3. What is the condition of our intellect according to the poet? Ans . We are dull. Our minds are without wisdom according to the poet. Q. 4. Why does the poet call the modern men as hollow men? (GWB. 2009, 11) Ans . Eliot calls the modern men as hollow men because they are faithless and selfish people. Their lives are purposeless and their heads are without wisdom. Q. 5. Why does the poet compare our voices with the voice of wind in dry grass? Ans . The poet says that our voices have become as meaningless as the voices made by wind when it passes through the grass. Q. 6. Why does the poet refer rats i...

  Questions Answers of Poems (1 st Year English) You have to attempt any four questions out of twelve questions. (8 Marks) Poem No. 9  The Feed Q. 1. What is the mother sparrow holding in her beak? (GWB. 2009) Ans . The mother sparrow is holding a grain of millet in her beak. Q. 1. What is the condition of young ones? Ans . They are so tiny and small and they have no feathers. Q. 3. What is the number and size of the sparrow's young one's? (L. B. 2008) Ans . There are ten young sparrows in the nest that are so tiny and small. Q. 4. What is the theme of the poem? (L. B. 2009, GWB. 2011) Ans . It is a symbolic poem. The poet describes that we not only need sufficient necessities of life but also the motherly love to distribute them. Q. 5. What is the problem of the mother sparrow? Ans . She has only one grain to feed the ten young ones. She requires careful management. Q. 6. Why does the poet cite (quote) “fissuring the atom”? Ans . The poet ...

  Questions Answers of Poems (1 st Year English) You have to attempt any four questions out of twelve questions. (8 Marks) Poem No. 8   Ozymandias Q. 1. Whom did the poet meet in the poem 'Ozymandias? Ans . The poet met a traveller who had come from an ancient land. Q. 2. Where did the traveller see stone legs? (LB.2009, 11) Ans . He saw two big trunkless legs of stone standing in the desert. Q. 3. What moral lesson do we learn from the poem? (LB. 2007, 10) (GWB. 2011) Ans . The poem teaches us that we should not forget the mortality of this life. Time brings an end to everything. We should not become proud of our power because everybody has to die one day. Q. 4. What is the theme or central idea of the poem? (LB. 2007, 11) Ans . The poem teaches us that man becomes proud after getting power. He forgets that ultimately all his activities will come to an end.   Death is the greatest fact of life. It also shows that man is mortal but art remains ...