12 INDIAN WEAVERS || NIOS - SECONDARY COURSE || ENGLISH-202 CLASS-X

 CHAPTER-12 INDIAN WEAVERS


INTEXT QUESTIONS 12.1 

Answer the following questions. 

1. Complete the following sentences: 

The weavers are weaving the cloth for an infant’s \ a baby’s garments. They are compared to the wings of the halcyon bird because of the similarity of colour i.e. blue. 

2. ‘Gay’ in line 2 means ‘bright’. Which mood of the weavers does it indicate? 

Tick the right answer: 

a. of cheerfulness ✅

b. of frustration 

c. of sadness 

3. What is the similarity between morning time of the day and the birth of a child?

Ans: Morning is the beginning of the day; the birth of a child is the beginning of life.

INTEXT QUESTIONS 12.2 

Answer the following questions. 

1. What are the weavers weaving? 

Ans:The weavers  are weaving the marriage veil of a queen.

2. What time of the day is it? 

Ans:It is beginning of night.

3. We wear colours that reflect our mood. Give two examples.

Ans:Marriages take place at night or the day is over just as the innocence of childhood is over.

INTEXT QUESTIONS 12.3 

Answer the following questions. 

1. What time is indicated through the phrase ‘moonlight chill’? 

Ans:The time indicated through the phrase ‘moonlight chill’ is midnight.

3. What is the similarity between death and cold night? 

Ans:The similarity between death and cold night are

Death brings sadness; cold night is unpleasant.

Death is the end of life just as night is the end of day.

4. ‘Chill’ here means ‘unpleasant cold’. Which mood of the weavers does it indicate? Tick the right answer: 

a. of disappointment 

b. of frustration 

c. of sadness✅

TERMINAL QUESTIONS 

1. In this poem, the poet is describing the three stages of life. She relates them to dresses and their colours. She also compares the changes in life to the changes in a day. 

Complete the blanks on the basis of your understanding of the poem. 

A) Daybreak Stage of life _birth Colour of cloth  childhood, blue.

B) Colour of cloth - purple & green Time of day evening, youth Stage of life marriage.

C) Midnight Stage of life death Colour of cloth white. 

2. The words/phrases that suggest different moods in the poem: funeral, marriage veil, shroud, break of day, purple and green, white, garment gay, dead man, solemn and still, bright, plumes of a peacock Put these expressions in two columns: 

a) Words/expressions conveying joy- marriage veil, break of day, purple and green, garment gay, bright, plumes of a peacock. 

b) Words/expressions conveying sorrow- funeral, shroud, white, dead man, solemn and still. 

3. The poem has strong imagery. In other words, when we listen to it or read it, we are able to create a clear picture in our mind like an image of infant wearing blue clothes. Listen to the poem again and write down the images created in your mind. The underlined sentence above is one example of an image. 

Ans: - weavers weaving at their looms 

          - a bird with blue feathers 

          - a peacock dancing/spreading its plumes 

          - a queen with her face covered with a veil 

          - a dead body covered with a white cloth

4. Complete the following sentences using the words given below. Do you recognize the similies used? whistle , lightning , rain 

a. The chirping of the birds sounded as shrill as a whistle.

b. The drumming of the rain  drops on the roof tops was like music.

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