March King Question Answer|Class 12th PSEB Chapter 2 March King Short and Long Question Answer

 Class-12^th

The March King

Short Answer Type Questions

Q1. What did Philip want to become when he was a child?

Ans. He wanted to become a musician as a child.

Q2. Why did Philip learn violin quickly?

Ans. As a young student he liked to play the violin and he excelled in playing it for he was talented.

Q3. Why did Philp get into trouble on the day of the concert?

Ans. He got into trouble because he had to wear a larger shirt for his performance and it fell away.

Q4. How did Philip manage to get a clean dress?

Ans. He got it from his music teacher’s wife who fitted her husband’s larger shirt on his body with pins.

Q5. What made the concert a flop show?

Ans. The show was a flop when Philip rushed off the stage after his shirt fell away and the audience laughed.

Q6. What did Philp take up after his failure on the concert stage?

Ans. Philip started working in a bakery.

Q7. Why couldn’t' Philip work at a bakery?

Ans. He preferred death to doing tiring work at the bakery.

Q8. Why did Philp father take him for a walk?

Ans. He actually wanted to take Philip to United State Marine Barracks to be enlisted as an apprentice to study music in the Marine Band.

Q9. How was Philip lured to work in a circus?

Ans. The leader of band in a circus told Philip to work in the travelling circus as he could play on the violin very well and have a very good life.

Q10. How was Philip a success as the leader of the marine band?

Ans. As the leader of the Marine Band he became known as the March King and he composed a famous March known as the Washington Post March.

Long Answer Type Questions

 

Q1. What is the theme of the chapter? Explain briefly?

Ans. The theme of this chapter is that one can succeed life only if one pursues a vocation according to one’s interest and taste. One must not mix professional work with entertainment and play. The saying was true in the case of John Philip Sousa a young boy from Washington (D.C.) U.S.A. The whole stay revolves around him. He loves to play violin. He excelled everybody in his school in playing on a violin. He was selected to play violin solo in the school annual concert. He was very confident. He did not take his responsibility seriously. He did not have a proper dress for the concert his dress come loose in the concert. Then he was totally upset. Then he decided to become a baker. He got fed up with the tiring job of a baker. Then a travelling circus band leader offered him a job in the circus. He did not accept it. His father saw that he was good at playing violin. He got him recruited in the Marine Band of Washington. He did very well as he worked hard. He rose to be the March King.  The writer wants to points out that one should work regularly for excellence in a profession. John Philip Sousa becomes a leader of the Marine band. He started composing marches and become The March King.

Q2. Write a brief character sketch of John Philip Sousa?

Ans. John Philip Sousa was a young boy. His father worked in the brass section of the United State Marine Band. The Capital city of Washington (D.C) was full of bands. Philip love them, he wanted to become a musician. At the age of seven, he joined a school of music. He liked his studies very much. He learned to play violin. He began to play very well. He loved to play baseball also.

            He was chosen to play violin solo for the annual evening concert of his school. He went for playing baseball. His clothes got dirty. He had no clean white Shirt. He borrowed a large size shirt from the wife of music teacher. His wife fitted it on Philip with the help of pins. The big shirt was pulled down, when the performance was going on. He ran away from the stage. He was sent to a bakery for three days. He did not like his work. Then again he wants to his music teacher. He developed his skill in playing on the violin. Once a circus band leader wanted to take with him. He offered him a good job in a circus. His father got him recruited as a trainee in the band. He became the March king. He became very famous by composing the Washington post March.