11th English Unit 6 Online Test – Old Book

Explanation:- A nation is built by the dream and vision of its people ,generation after generation

Explanation:- A clear goal or vision only will lead a country. For eg:- our freedom fighters had independence as goal and they achieved it

Explanation:- From 1857 itself  the fire of independence and need for self rule started and when Gandhi arrived India from south Africa, the movement reached a mass figure and everyone protested for free India

Explanation:- It was  the dedicated and united work and protest of all people that bought freedom to our country

Explanation:- After attaining Independence, India had to develop its economy so it had set goal of economic, agricultural and technological development

Explanation:- In developed countries most of the people will live above the poverty line and will have high standard of education and health. National security will be assured. More production and more exports will be there.

Explanation:- Good infrastructure means, good facilities for people in all aspects. That will help a nation get into the list of developed nation

Explanation:- For a nation to develop, it should invest in human resource and make use of humans to develop other resources

Explanation:- Laurels means- accolades, gift, honour

Explanation:- Pokhran II is a nuclear test being conducted during the period of Ex-Primeminister- Vajbayee and the name of the operation is Mission-Shakthi

Explanation:- Nuclear test are conducted by a nation to show its strength among the other countries and also it ensures a nation’s security when the other country think of waging a war

Explanation:- Its a legal agreement between many countries to promote trade

Explanation:- Resented means hated so opposite to it is accepted

Explanation:- India contributes very small around 20%  in trade of softwares and Technology compared to USA and other countries.

Explanation:- GDP is the total value of goods and services produced in a year 

Explanation:- CVRDE is a laboratory of Defence research development organisation (DRDO) for development of armoured fighting vehicle, tanks ects..

Explanation:- Sentence in double quotes are usually claimed to be in direct speech

Explanation:- The poet laments over the death of American president Abraham Lincoln who was assassinated and who led the civil war successfully

Explanation– The poet compares the USA country with the ship and civil war as a fearful trip

Explanation:- Ship here is America and the Captain is Abraham Lincoln. There was a comparison the poet makes

Explanation:- Lincoln led the civil war with good leadership and secured America from danger. He is called as father of the nation for his excellent contribution and governance

Explanation:- The poem is full of metaphors. 

Captain= Abraham Lincoln; Ship= America; Fearful ship trip= hardship in Civil war; Prize= Victory won in civil war

Explanation:- The people were awaiting to welcome the president with cheers after winning victory in civil war but unfortunately the president was dead

Explanation:- 

Shore is a non living object. The poet gives life to the non living object. Shore is personified as living object. The poet asks the shores to celebrate for the victory of captain. Shores won’t dance in joy or celebrate but Shore is personified as a living object that celebrates.

Explanation:- An elegy is a song or a poem sung lamenting over the death of someone

Explanation:- Real name of Pudhumaipittan is C.Viruthachalam. He is one of the revolutionary writers of tamil fiction

Explanation:- The narrator of the story is a writer who writes fiction

Explanation:- The writers are compared to lord Brahma as they create characters and literary pieces

Explanation:- Stench means a bad smell that comes from a decaying body or stuff

Explanation:- The narrator’s wife employed a beggar woman as a servant. All of a sudden a beggar came for wanting of alms and to the surprise of narrator; his wife employed her as servant without enquiring any details about the beggar woman

Explanation:- The narrator did not like the looks of the beggar woman as she looked so devilish and also he could not accept the fact that his wife employed a stranger -beggar as a home servant

Explanation:- The narrator’s wife was three month pregnant. The narrator intuitively felt bad about the beggar woman. So he was scared to leave his wife alone in the company of the beggar woman 

Explanation:- The narrator experienced a strange incident in his home at one night and the Kaanchanai maid vanished all of a sudden .Then there was a man standing on roads called the narrator and gave a vibhuti to keep on the forehead of his wife and told him that kaanchanai wont disturb them hereafter.

Explanation:- The narrator wanted to tell to his wife about the premonitions and the bad omen and the devilish looks of Kaanchanai. But since she is pregnant he did not want to trouble or scare her

Explanation:- Usually it is a superstitious belief that devils do not have legs. Since he suspected Kaanchanai to be a ghost, he continuously checked if her legs touched the ground 

Explanation:- Throughout the story the narrator was in some fear. The stench smell, the devilish look of the beggar woman, the happenings, the sounds everything creates fear and kind of suspicion in the mind of readers as well