Class 11 English Chapter 9 My Impression of Assam (HORNBILL PROSE)
My Impression of Assam
Understanding the text:
Q. 1. What was Verrier Elwin say about the tradition of courtesy and hospitality in the modern world? What advice does he give to the people of Assam on this point?
Ans: Verrier Elwin says that in today's environment of rivalry, haste, and competition, the custom of civility and hospitality is regrettably rare.
On the other hand, he was mesmerized by the grace and charm of the people of Assam as well as by a particular kind of beauty in human relationships. He had visited other nations, but he had never encountered such politeness and friendliness as he did in Assam. He has urged the Assamese people of Assam to preserve their longstanding heritage of kindness and hospitality.
Q. 2. What difference does Verrier Elwin draw between the Game Sanctuaries of Kenya and Kaziranga?
Ans. Verrier Elwin has noted the same noteworthy distinctions between the Kenyan and Kaziranga game sanctuaries. In Kenya and Tanganyika in East Africa there is a type of custom that everybody should assist to make the sanctuaries a success. They cost a lot of money, and nobody ever considers poaching. Numerous giraffes, zebras, ostriches, wild elephants, and even lions can be seen confidently strolling along the roadsides. These creatures view humans as friends. But in Kaziranga he found and altogether contrary picture. The animals of Kaziranga are not as common and do not feel safe there. The public's cooperation is not as great as it is in Kenya.
Q. 3. What appeal does the author make to the scholars of Assam concerning the songs and poems of the state? Why does he make this appeal?
Ans. The author asks the questions of how many books and collections of the rural Assamese songs and poems have been published. He begs the academics to invest the time to record these tunes. He is aware that the work will be quite difficult. But some scholar needs to gather them before it's too late.
He makes this appeal since these poems and tunes are quickly going extinct in Assamese rural. The schoolboys are more into Hollywood jazz music, thus it goes without saying that the native Assamese tunes would quickly be forgotten.
Q. 4. Why, according to Verrier Elwin, should wood carving be taught and encouraged in our educational centres?
Ans. The wood carvings by the Konyaks, Maps and Marams, Angamis, and Ahoms have been praised by Verrier Elwin. People should preserve some of the incredibly vibrant and beautiful wood carvings that others have created. Verrier Elwin supports for the teaching and encouragement of wood carving in our educational institutions in order to preserve this magnificent art form and prevent it from disappearing along with the passing of our skilled artists.
Q. 5. “You have a great treasure there.”-What treasure is Verrier Elwin referring to and what is his suggestion about the treasures?
Ans.Verrier Elwin has discovered an extremely valuable treasure of ancient Assamese culture among the hill people. He has urged the Assamese hill people, many of whom still practice fine and beautiful traditions, to not feel ashamed of their heritage. He has complimented the people's good taste, sense of color and form, delight in beauty, love of rhythm, and appropriate musical tone. He suggests that items of such beauty ought never to be denigrated or carelessly discarded. These kinds of things are born of old soil, and once they are lost, they are lost forever.
Additional Questions & Answers
Very Short Type Questions Answer
Q. 1. For how long does one need to stay in a country to know it?
Ans: To know a country one needs to stay in it either for a fortnight or for twenty years.
Q. 2. For how long did the writer, Verrier Elwin live in India?
Ans: Verrier Elwin, the writer lived in India for a quarter of a century.
Q. 3. What does the writer say about India?
Ans: The writer says that India is his home and his love. He lived in it for twenty five years. Yet he feels that he does not know the country.
Q. 4. For how long did the writer live in Assam? Does he know Assam?
Ans: The writer lived in Assam for four month. He claims that he knows Assam and he is enchanted with the beauty of the land.
Q. 5. What does he say about the people of Assam?
Ans: The writer says that he has been intoxicated with the grace and charm of the people and also with a certain beauty in human relationship.
Q. 6. What, according to the writer is a rare thing in modern world?
Ans: The tradition of hospitality found in Assam and friendliness is a rare thing in the modern world. The writer has called it a great and precious thing.
Q. 7. What excited the writer soon after his arrival in Assam?
Ans: A visit to the Kaziranga Game Reserve excited the writer soon after his arrival in Assam.
Q. 8. When did the writer go to East Africa and how long did he stay there?
Ans: During the previous year the writer went to East-Africa and stayed unere for two months.
Q. 9. What is the animal that chased the writer during his visit to East-Africa?
Ans: The animal that chased the writer during his visit to East-Africa was a female hippopotamus.
Q. 10. What does the writer say about the rhino seen in Assam?
Ans: The writer says that he saw a dozen of rhino in Assam within a couple of hours. He adds that some of them were angry. But one old rhino was not angry. The writer got down from his elephant and photographed.
Q. 11. “In East-Africa there is a sort of tradition ________” What is tradition?
Ans: The tradition is that in East-Africa everybody should cooperate to make the sanctuaries of success.
Q. 12. What are the animals seen by the writer in the East-Africa sanctuaries? How do the animals live there?
Ans: The writer saw hundreds of giraffe, zebra, ostrich, wild elephants and lions in the sanctuaries in East-Africa. The animals live there in safety and move about the roads in perfect confidence.
Q. 13. What does the writer say about poaching in the sanctuaries in East-Africa?
Ans: The writer says that people in East-Africa do not even dream of poaching.
Q. 14. What did Elwin notice about our attitude towards wild animal?
Ans: The writer says that the people of East-Africa are carnivorous and violent by nature.
Q. 15. What does the writer say about the relationship between man and animals in India?
Ans: The writer says that the Indians are traditionally wedded to non-violence. There exist in India a sense of brotherhood between man and animals.
Q. 16. Why according to the writer, do the animals in the Game sanctuaries of Assam not come out readily?
Ans: According to the writer the animals in the Game sanctuaries of Assam do not come out readily because they do not feel safe.
Q. 17. What is the appeal that the writer ventures to make to everybody in Assam?
Ans: The writer ventures to appeal to everybody to back up the Game sanctuaries at Kaziranga and elsewhere to make a real success of them.
Q. 18. ” ________ it is a grand thing to see ________” What according to the writer, is a grand thing to see?
Ans: According to the writer it is a grand thing to see the wild animals reeling safe even in civilization.
Q. 19. What does the writer say about his real purpose of coming to Assam?
Ans: The writer says that his real purpose in coming to Assam was to study the out of the hill people.
Q. 20. Where, according to the writer, can see more of the treasures of the Assam tribes?
Ans: According to the writer, more of the Assam tribes can be seen in Oxford or Cambridge than in Assam.
Q. 21. What is the write’s opinion on art?
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What does the writer say about art?
Ans: According to the writer art is big word that comes a lot of things such as art of works, art of music, the plastic and graphic art of a country.
Q. 22. What wonderful thing according to the writer, do the people of Assam have?
Ans: According to the writer the people of Assam have the wonderful sense of colour
Q. 23. What did Gandhiji say about the maidens of Assam?
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How did Gandhiji praise the maidens of Assam?
Ans: Gandhiji praised the maidens of lovely Assam saying that they wove poems in their handlooms.
Q. 24. Why is the writer stressing on the preservation of the art and culture of the Assamese people?
Ans: The writer is stressing on the preservation of the art and culture of Assam because a lot of it is rapidly disappearing and will disappear before the march of progress.
Q. 25. What is ‘sola-topi’? What does the writer say about it?
Ans: ‘Sola-topi’ is a form of headgear. The Europeans in India abandoned it long ago. But the Indians following a false sense of values preferred to use it.
Q. 26. Who is Mr. Raymond Mortimer? Why was astonished during his visit to India?
Ans: Mr. Raymond Mortimer is a discerning critic. He was astonished to see how the Indians, a beautiful people could be fond of ugly things.
Q. 27. What were the ugly things the writer had seen in too many Indian homes?
Ans: In too many Indian homes the writer found ugly furniture, ugly cloth and ugly pictures.
Q. 28. What according to the writer, is the one of the enemies we have to fight?
Ans: One of the enemies we have to fight is ugliness.
Q. 29. What does the writer finally say to the hill people of Assam?
Ans: To the hill people of Assam, the writer finally says that they should never be ashamed of their old culture. Much of it is noble and beautiful things and the writer advises them not to throw it away so readily.
Q. 30. What does he say about Europe?
Ans: The writer says that in Europe people had thrown away much of the old things of culture and then were trying desperately to recover it.
Q. 31. What does the writer finally say to the other people of Assam?
Ans: To the other people of Assam the writer says that they should never look down upon the simple and natural things of their village. He advises them to study those simple and natural things with love and sympathy because the people have a great treasure there.
Q. 32. What are the things that can not be manufactured by the factory or ordered by an office?
Ans: Good taste, the same of colour and form, the delight in beauty, the love of rhythms and right tone in music can not be manufactured by the factory of ordered by an office.
Long Answer Type Questions
Q. 1. How does Verrier Elwin praise Assam and the Assamese?
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Summaries Verrier Elwin’s opinion about Assam and the Assamese.
Ans: Verrier Elwin has been in Assam for roughly four months at different occasions. He says he is an expert on the subject. The Assamese people and their natural beauty have left a lasting impression on him. He says that he has been under a spell ever since arriving in Assam. He was a poet and artist of sorts, and he was always looking for beauty. He is overcome with joy by the beauty of the surroundings and the elegance and charisma of the locals. In the state, he also discovered a certain beauty in interpersonal relationships. Despite his extensive international travels, he had never encountered the level of civility and friendliness shown by common people, such as Assamese officials, shopkeepers, and strangers he met on the street. Additionally, he also finds them among the hill people He has also commended the Assamese people's longstanding customs of friendliness and hospitality.
Q. 2. What difference does the writer find between the Game sanctuaries of East-Africa and Assam?
Ans: The author has observed certain distinctions between the game sanctuaries in Assam and Kenya/Tanganyka in East Africa. There is a sort of custom in East Africa that says everyone has to work together to make the sanctuaries successful. Poaching is a very expensive endeavor, and no one dreams of engaging in it. The lions and other animals in the sanctuaries roam the roadways with complete confidence because of the secure environment. There, the animals view humans as friends.
However, animals in Assamese game sanctuaries rarely show up since they don't feel comfortable there. Unlike the people of East Africa, they are not as easily recognized and the public does not assist them as readily.
Q. 3. What does the writer say about the East-Africans and the Indians so far as their relationship with the animals?
Ans:According to the author, the majority of East Africans are violent, carnivorous people. However, the Indians have always been committed to non-violence. In India, there is a genuine bond between humans and animals, somewhat like that of brothers.
Q. 4. Write a note on the writer’s experience gathered in a Kabul village.
Ans: The writer arrived at a village in Kabul the other day. To get to the village, he had to ascend a difficult village. He was worn out. He suddenly found himself in an area of breathtakingly beautiful, otherworldly scenery. Thirty or so magnificent youths were using spears to march up and down. They wore white crowns that resembled wings and red garments. The setting light cast a golden sheen on their limbs. They were singing tunes that transported one back to a forgotten era. They performed a funeral tune. Their statements were not understood by the writer. But the song delighted him so much that when it died and went to dust, he would be glad to have it sung over his own body.
Q. 5. What does the writer say about the songs and poems of Assam?
Ans: The number of books that have been written about the songs and poetry of Assamese countryside has been questioned by the writer. Their older tunes have been going extinct quickly because the school lads like Hollywood jazz. The author wishes that some academics would take the time to record the songs before it's too late.
Q. 6. What does the writer say about wood carving in Assam?
Ans: The writer was extremely delighted by the wood carvings in Assam. Magnificent decorations adorn the homes of the Tangkhuls of Manipur, the Maos, and the Marams. The Angamis construct exquisite village gates, while the Konyaks beautify their morungs. Experts at creating images and pipes are the Foams and other tribes. They also create wooden toys and adorned drinking glasses. As a result, the author has lauded the tribe's master carver.
Q. 7. What are Verrier EIwin’s views about Assamese women’s women’s sense of colour?
Ans: The author claims that Assamese people have an amazing sense of color. He has complimented the people for their good taste, sense of color, delight in the beauty of Assamese women, and appreciation of rhythm and appropriate musical tonality. The beautiful Assamese women weave poetry on their handlooms, the author reports, quoting Gandhiji.
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