PM Shri Government Senior Secondary School Khanauri ( Girls) Sangrur

  TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA -A.J.CRONIN   SHORT Q/A Q.1. What were the jobs the two boys undertook? Ans. They polished shoes, sold fruits and newspapers. They also worked as tourist guides. The two boys shined shoes, sold fruit, hawked news-papers, conducted tourists round the town and ran errands.   Q.2. Describe the physical appearance of both the boys. Ans. The two boys were little figures with brown skins, tangled hair and wore shabby clothes. Both the boys were brothers. They were two little figures. They had brown skins, tangled hair and dark earnest eyes.   Q.3. How were the two boys useful for the narrator in many ways? Ans. They brought chocolates, shined shoes and booked seats of Opera for him. The two boys proved useful to the narrator, whenever he wanted a pack of American chocolates, or seats for the opera or the name of a good restaurant.   Q.4. Why did the two boys work endlessly? Ans. They worked very hard to pay for the treatment of their sister, ...

  STORY OF MY LIFE - HELEN KELLER SHORT Q/A  Q.1. Who was Anne Mansfield Sullivan? Ans. She (Anne Mansfield Sullivan) was Helen Keller’s teacher.   Q.2. What was something unusual, happening at the narrator's home? Ans. Mother was waiting to and fro in the house. Helen’s teacher was expected to come. The narrator guessed that something unusual was about to he happen in the house.   Q.3. What was the narrator doing while sitting in the steps? Ans. She was waiting with a beating heart for something to be happened. Her fingers lingered almost unconsciously on the familiar leaves and blossoms of honey suckle plant.   Q.4. What was the wordless cry of the narrator's soul? Ans. The gift of light and the light of shone on her, in that very hour. 'Light! Give me light' was the wordless cry of the narrator's soul.   Q.5. Who had sent the doll for the narrator? Ans. The little blind children at the Perkins Institute had sent it.     Q.6. How did, the n...

मेरे एक दोस्त ने मुझे प्रार्थना करने को कहा. जब मैंने उसे नास्तिक होने की बात बताई तो उसने कहा, ‘अपने अंतिम दिनों में तुम विश्वास करने लगोगे.’ मैंने कहा, ‘नहीं, प्यारे दोस्त, ऐसा नहीं होगा. मैं इसे अपने लिए अपमानजनक तथा भ्रष्ट होने की बात समझता हूं. स्वार्थी कारणों से मैं प्रार्थना नहीं करूंगा.’ (यह लेख भगत सिंह ने जेल में रहते हुए लिखा था. 27 सितंबर, 1931 को लाहौर के अख़बार ‘द पीपल’ में यह लेख प्रकाशित हुआ. इसमें भगत सिंह ने ईश्वर के अस्तित्व पर  अनेक तर्कपूर्ण सवाल खड़े किए हैं और इस संसार के निर्माण, मनुष्य के जन्म, मनुष्य के मन में ईश्वर की कल्पना के साथ-साथ संसार में मनुष्य की दीनता, उसके शोषण, दुनिया में व्याप्त अराजकता और वर्गभेद की स्थितियों का भी विश्लेषण किया है. स्वतंत्रता सेनानी बाबा रणधीर सिंह 1930-31 के बीच लाहौर के सेंट्रल जेल में थे. उन्हें यह जानकर बहुत कष्ट हुआ कि भगत सिंह का ईश्वर पर विश्वास नहीं है. वे किसी तरह भगत सिंह की कोठरी में पहुंचे और उन्हें ईश्वर के अस्तित्व पर यक़ीन दिलाने की कोशिश की. असफल होने पर बाबा ने नाराज़ होकर कहा, ‘प्रसिद्धि से तुम्हारा दिमाग़ ...