11th English Unit 3 Online Test – Old Book

Explanation:- The rise and fall of the voice in speaking is called as intonation

Explanation:- Kesan nair has been into farming and cultivation of paddy for over 40 yrs and since his ancestors, they are into this occupation

Explanation:- Thakazhi Sivasankara pillai- is a Malayalam writer. He is a lawyer by profession but writes many stories and novel and won sahitya academy award

Explanation:- Once there was a high demand for paddy and the prices of paddy grew more, that time many rich people from Thiruvalla and Changanaserry purchased paddy field and started cultivation to earn more money

Explanation:- Outhakkutty is the big farmer who is neighbour of Kesavan Nair. Kesavan nair’s 50 para paddy field farm was in the middle of the surrounding 500 acre Outhakkutty’s paddy field

Explanation:- Outhakkutty owned 500 acre paddy field. And Kesavan Nair owned only five para paddy field

Explanation:- Kesavan Nair had four milk cows and during his financial problems, he would think of selling one of those milk cows to meet out his money need.

Explanation:- A diplomat is someone who is good at handling things cleverly and speaking strategically to get his work done. Outhakkutty is a diplomat that he pacifies Kesavan Nair in such a way to get hold of his land for lease

Explanation:- Kesavan Nair tells this line to Outhakkutty accusing greedy nature of big farmers

Explanation:- It was Outhakkutty who opened the water into fields of Kesavan Nair and made the crops to get soak and again it was him who opened the mud banks to drain the water to flow to other fields

Explanation:- Outhakkutty somehow wanted to get the five para paddy field from Kesavan Nair for lease. So he did all actions inorder to accomplish his goal and continuously gave trouble to Kesavan Nair so that he would give the land to Outhakkutty

Explanation:- KesavanNair was so poverty striken that he had no money to maintain the paddy crops, spend money on fertilizers and also to give money for the labourers who ploughed his field. So the workers refused to work in Kesavan Nair’s field

Explanation:- Every time, Kesavan Nair struggled to give the lease rent. So Thirumalpad was already in frustration. Outhakkutty approached Thirumalpad to give the land for lease to him so that he would give more rent. So the landlord desiring for more rent decided to give the land for lease to Outhakkutty

Explanation:- Shirk means- avoid/neglect the responsibility given

Explanation:- Kesavan Nair was a very honest farmer. He would not indulge in any fraudulent activity nor he would do activities that would spoil the fertility of soil nor would he do things that would affect the farmer’s field near his field

Explanation:- Kesavan Nair was a poor farmer,that he could not afford so much to maintain the crops

Explanation:- Outhakkutty was constantly asking Kesavan Nair to lease the land to him. And when he found a situation where Kesavan was unable to give attention to crops, Outhakkutty said he would pay the elease rent and he would give bushels of paddy to Kesavan as a token for giving away the land

Explanation:- Kutty mappillai and Kuttychovan were the friends of Kesavan Nair, who had already rented their land to Outhakkutty. And yet they stood along with Kesavan and helped in his hardships

Explanation:- Cemented meaning- patched or united or gelled up. So opposite to it is separated, detached

Explanation:- Stationary- means- still, motionless. Stationery means- items like pencil, eraser used for writing

Explanation:- Verb= Is. And the sentence is in positive form. So for question tag, verb+ not should be use. “Is not it=Isn’t it”

Explanation:- William Wordsworth – known as Romantic poet is known for his love of nature and he was a poet laureate- famous for his lyrical ballad collection 

Explanation:- The scene is set on poet walking on the highlands of  Scotland and stopping by on hearing the song of the solitary reaper

Explanation:- A ballad is a song or narration of a story in short stanza

Explanation:- As the climbs the highlands he stands by the song of the solitary reaper and he asks the passersby to stand and listen to the song as it is so captivating and sweet than the cuckoo and nightingale.

Explanation:- Even though the poet enjoys the song of the solitary reaper, he worries because he could not understand the meaning of the poem as it was sung in a local dialect which the poet was not aware.

Explanation:- The song of the solitary reaper is so sweet and melodious but the poet was not able to understand the theme of the poem. Only one thing he was able to understand was that it recites about some sad happenings in the past- like war or any other historical tragedies

Explanation:- Hyperbole is a comparison that exaggerates the thing. Here the poet compares the song of the solitary reaper to cuckoo and nightingale and says the song is sweeter than the birds which is actually a lie.

Explanation:- The poet tells that the song of the solitary reaper is sweeter than the Nightingale bird which sings in the desert of Arabia

Explanation:- The poet says that the song of the Cuckoo bird in the spring season is heard in the farthest sea shores and that song of the solitary reaper is sweeter than Cuckoo and is heard in the deepest valley of scotland

Explanation:- The solitary reaper sings the song alone while reaping and binding the crop

Explanation:- the song of the solitary reaper echoes in the deep valley is what the poet means.

Explanation:- Even though the poet did not see the solitary reaper who sang the song, the song left a sweet memory in the mind of the poet.

Explanation:- Della was able to save only 1.87 cents because Jim’s earning per week was reduced from 30$ to 20$ and they had to pay 8$ a week as rent for their flat 

Explanation:- Della had a long beautiful hair. Once standing near her window, she saw Madam Sofronie’s hair selling and buying company. So an idea flicked her mind to sell her hair and get the money

Explanation:- Della sold her hair for 20$ and she already had 1$and 87 cents. So she got gift for Jim for 21$

Explanation:- Jim had a gold watch but he was using a leather strap for that. So Della wanted to gift him a chain to that watch. So she bought a platinum chain to compliment the gold watch

Explanation:- Della and Jim were living a very mediocre life, they suffered a financial risk. But despite that they had two things to be proud of. One Della’s beautiful long hair and second- Jim’s golden watch which was  ancestral.

Explanation:- Jim presented Della a set of beautiful comb made of tortoise shell, which she had desired for long time.

Explanation:- Magis are the who bought gift to Jesus when he was born. And they introduced the concept of presenting gift during Christmas

Explanation:- The story revolves around the love between the couple and their sacrifice for buying gift for each other for Christmas 

Explanation:- James Dillingham Young was the real name of Jim. 

Explanation:- Della wanted to gift badly to her husband for Christmas and she was saving the money for that

Explanation:- Della’s hair was so beautiful and lengthy and shining. It cascaded long below her knees

Explanation:- Irony is that, Della had cut her hair to buy gift for Jim- but Jim got her a expensive comb and Della got a platinum chain for Jim’s gold watch but Jim sold the watch to buy gift for Della. So both of them could not use the gifts they got for each other.

Explanation:- Della found it very difficult to save the 1dollar 87 cents by bargaining from the vegetable, grocery men.

Explanation:- Della and Jim were living a very mediocre life, they suffered a financial risk. But despite that they had two things to be proud of. One Della’s beautiful long hair and second- Jim’s golden watch which was  ancestral.

Explanation:- Jim was so fond of Della’s hair and considered it to be a pride. So once he came to know that she had cut the hair, he was so bewildered and gave a peculiar expression because it was a mixed emotion for him. He had bought combs for her hair which she had cut

Explanation:- The old couch, the money Della struggled to buy gifts, the scenes of the flat all describes the poor financial status of the couple.