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NCERT Solutions Class 11 English Hornbill Prose
Understanding the text
I. Tick the statements that are true.
Q1. The story is an account of real events.
Q2. The story hinges on a particular historical event.
Q3. Rajendra Deshpande was a historian.
Q4. The places mentioned in the story are all imaginary.
Q5. The story tries to relate history to science.
Answer:
(i) False
(ii) True
(iii) False
(iv) False
(v) True
II. Briefly explain the following statements from the text.
Q1. “You neither travelled to the past nor the future. You were in the present experiencing a different world.”
Answer: Rajendra says this to Professor Gaitonde. He makes a transition from one world to the other and then back again. He is able to experience different worlds, although one at a time, through a transition. He does not travel to the past or even to the future. He is in the present but experiences a different world.
Q2. “You have passed through a fantastic experience: or more correctly, a catastrophic experience.”
Answer: Prof. Gaitonde had experienced living in a different world which had a different history. The bifurcation took place in the Battle of Panipat, which had a different outcome. In this world Marathas had won the Battle and Vishwas Rao had remained alive to lead India. Consequently, the British presence in India was confined to Bombay, Calcutta and Madras.
Q3. Gangadharpant could not help comparing the country he knew with what he was witnessing around him.
Answer: Gangadhar Pant couldn’t help but compare his home country to what he was seeing around him.” Gangadhar Pant witnessed two different perspectives on the same reality, albeit one at a time, during his extraordinary experience. The India he knew was described in history books as the result of the 1761 Battle of Panipat, in which the Marathas were defeated. The other India he saw was the result of the Marathas’ victory in the battle. In this version, he saw India as a prosperous country that can meet its own needs.
Q4 “The lack of determinism in quantum theory!”
Answer: Gangadharpant felt moving between two different worlds. He was surprised how that occur could. He also failed to understand why history took a different turn in volume five, from that what was reality. At this his friend, Rajendra Despande tried to explain.
Q5“You need some interaction to cause a transition.”
Answer: The British Raj controlled Bombay. An Anglo Indian wearing a uniform checked the permits. The tiny Union Jack was painted on each of the blue carriages of GBMR. The Victoria terminus was very neat and clean. The staff mostly had Anglo Indians and Parsee and a few British officers.
Talking about the text
Q1. Discuss the following statements in groups of two pairs, each pair in a group taking opposite points of view.
(i) A single event may change the course of the history of a nation.
Answer: (i) For
A single event may change the course of the history of a nation. The battle of Panipat for example is said to be the turning point in the history of India. In the Battle of Panipat, the Marathas gave in to the forces of Ahmed Shah Abdali. After this event the history of India took another turn. Gradually, the country was was overtaken by the foreign forces. In the story The Adventure it is mentioned how in the beginning Prof. Gaitonde was preparing a speech on what course the history would have taken if the Marathas had won the Battle of Panipat. This shows the importance of a single event in the history of a nation.
Against
The motion that A single event may change the course of the history of a nation is a matter of perspective only. It is a relative truth. If we apply the catastrophic theory in understanding history then we will find that there may be alternative outcomes of a single event so that we cannot proclaim that any one course of event is the reality. Since there may be alternative courses of history so debating on a single course is not fruitful. In the story the Adventure due to catastrophic phenomenon the Battle of Panipat is revealed in a different version to Prof Gaitonde. According to this version, the Marathas emerged victorious in the Battle of Panipat. After the event the Marathas extended influence over the entire country. India never fell to the alien forces. So, to argue that a single course of event may change the course of history is not tenable. There may be alternative effects following an event.
(ii) Reality is what is directly experienced through the senses.
Answer: For
Our senses , that is the senses of touch, sight, taste and hearing and smell provide us facts about the world we live in. Knowledge from experience come through these senses. The reality is what we directly experience through these senses. No other reality exists which is not revealed to the senses.
Against
Reality is not what is directly revealed to the senses. We cannot experience so many entities like atoms and molecules but these are real. We cannot even predict the behaviour of these entities accurately. This point is mooted by Rajendra in the story Adventure when he points to the discoveries made by the physicists regarding the behaviour of the atoms. We can predict the position of a bullet fired in a particular direction from a gun but we cannot predict the position of a an electron fired from a source. This proves that reality is not what is directly revealed to the senses, there can be alternative realities existing side by side.
(iii) The methods of inquiry of history, science and philosophy are similar.
Answer: For
The methods of inquiry of History, Science and Philosophy are similar. In the story The Adventure one can find the perspectives of History, Philosophy and Science converging towards a focal point.
History employs the methods of observation, analysis and rationalism in understanding the course of past events. Science is based on observation, experimentation and analysis. Rationalism is the most fundamental principle that Science follows. Philosophy is thoroughly critical in methodology.
Philosophy examines everything including the assumptions and methodology of Science and other disciplines like History. In the story The Adventure History, Science and Philosophy converge. Prof. Gaitonde experienced an altogether different version of the out come of the Battle of Panipat. Contrary to the version as provided in History text books,the Marathas emerged as victorious in this battle. Prof. Gaitonde tried to understand this rationally but he failed to get any clue. In this context, Rajendra intervened to explain this phenomenon in the light of the Catastrophic theory which is being employed by Physicists in understanding the behaviour of atoms. Here we find Science and History converging. The similar perspective is seen in Philosophy that truth is relative and not absolute. In fact, the philosophical movement of post Modernism is based on this.
In other words, the methods of inquiry of History, Science and Philosophy are similar.
Against
It is a misnomer that the methods of inquiry of History,Science and Philosophy are similar.
The similarity is at superficial level and not at the core. In the story The Adventure Rajendra tried to rationalise the experience of Prof Gaitonde by applying the Catastrophic theory. But this explanation is not convincing though it convinced the professor. Catastrophic theory can best explain phenomenon of the physical world but History deals with behavioural world. It is concerned with the behaviour of society and individuals. The methods of inquiry will also vary accordingly.
The method of inquiry of Philosophy is speculative. Philosophy even questions rationalism. Philosophy is highly critical of the methods of Science and History. In other words, the methods of History, Science and Philosophy are not similar. The story The Adventure by Jayant Vishnu Narlikar is, in fact, a science fiction which is trying to show the convergence of Science History and Philosophy. In reality the three disciplines, namely, Science, History and Philosophy have to employ different methodology of inquiry vis-a-vis the subject matter.
Q2. (i) The story is called ‘The Adventure’. Compare it with the adventure described in ‘We’re Not Afraid to Die…’
Answer: “We’re Not Afraid to Die…” narrates a family’s adventures on a boat at sea facing a terrible storm. It describes various efforts made by the parents to guide their boat to safety and presents the courage of their children while the parents panicked. “The Adventure” constructs an alternate version of reality, which is what would have happened had the Marathas defeated the British. How the Indian nation would have appeared under the influence of Indian rulers instead of the British. While the events of “We’re Not Afraid to Die.. .’’are realistic and depict encounters that may have happened around the world, the events in “The Adventure” are fictional and speculative.
(ii) Why do you think Professor Gaitonde decided never to preside over meetings again?
Answer: because he had a bad experience in Azad Maidan.
Thinking about language
Q1. In which language do you think Gangadharpant and Khan Sahib talked to each other? Which language did Gangadharpant use to talk to the English receptionist?
Answer: Gangadharpant and Khan Sahib communicated in Marathi, and they used a translator to communicate with the English-speaking receptionist.
Q2. In which language do you think Bhausahebanchi Bakhar was written?
Answer: Bhausahebanchi Bakhar written a Marathi.
Q3. There is mention of three communities in the story: the Marathas, the Mughals, the Anglo-Indians. Which language do you think they used within their communities and while speaking to the other groups?
Answer: I think the Marathas used Marathi language within their communities. The Mughals used Arabic language and Anglo-Indians used English language within their communities.
Q4. Do you think that the ruled always adopt the language of the ruler?
Answer: Yes, I think that the ruled generally adopt the language of the rulers.
Working with words
I. Tick the item that is closest in meaning to the following phrases.
Q1. to take issue with
(i) to accept
(ii) to discuss
(iii) to disagree
(iv) to add
(iii) to disagree
Q2. to give vent to
(i) to express
(ii) to emphasise
(iii) suppress
(iv) dismiss
(i) to express
Q3. to stand on one’s feet
(i) to be physically strong
(ii) to be independent
(iii) to stand erect
(iv) to be successful
(ii) to be independent
Q4. to be wound up
(i) to become active
(ii) to stop operating
(iii) to be transformed
(iv) to be destroyed
(ii) to stop operating
Q5. to meet one’s match
(i) to meet a partner who has similar tastes
(ii) to meet an opponent
(iii) to meet someone who is equally able as oneself
(iv) to meet defeat
(iii) to meet someone who is equally able as oneself
II. Distinguish between the following pairs of sentences.
Q1. (i) He was visibly moved.
(ii) He was visually impaired.
Answer: (i) One could see that he was emotionally touched.
(ii) He was blind.
Q2. (i) Green and black stripes were used alternately.
(ii) Green stripes could be used or alternatively black ones.
Answer: (i) Green and black stripes were used in turns.
(ii) Green stripes could be used or as a substitute black ones could be used.
Q3. (i) The team played the two matches successfully.
(ii) The team played two matches successively.
Answer: (i) Achieving aim or result
(ii) Immediately one after another
Q4. (i) The librarian spoke respectfully to the learned scholar.
(ii) You will find the historian and the scientist in the archaeology and natural science sections of the museum respectively.
Answer: (i) spoke with respect.
(ii) in the given order.
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