The School for Sympathy Question Answer| Theme| Charater sketch| Class 12th pseb english chapter 1 question answer extensive study

Class-12^th

Chapter No. -1

(Extensive study)

THE SCHOOL FOR SYMPATHY

(E.V. Lucas)

SHORT TYPE QUESTION’S / ANSWER’S

 

Q1. What does the author tell about Miss Beam?

Ans. He tells us that Miss Beam was a middle-aged, kindly, understanding and impressive lady.

Q2. What was the real aim of Miss Beam’s school?

Ans. Its real aim was to make the students thoughtful, helpful and sympathetic citizens.

Q3. Why did the author feel sorry for some of the children?

Ans. He felt sorry for some children because they seemed to be handicapped.

Q4. Were the children playing in the ground really physically handicapped?

Ans. They were not really handicapped.

Q5. Why were the children acting to be blind, deaf or lame day?

Ans. The children were acting to be blind, lame and deaf to have experience of misfortune.

Q6. What is the educative value of a blind, deaf or lame day?

Ans. Students get an idea of the discomfort of handicapped persons and then they have sympathy for the handicapped.

 Q7. Which day is the most difficult for children?

Ans. The blind day is the most difficult for children.

Q8. Who did Miss Beam lead the author to?

Ans. Miss Beam led the author to the girl whose eyes were bandaged.

Q9. How did the girl with bandaged eyes feel on her blind day?

Ans.  All the time she feared that she was going to be hit by something.

Q10. What does the girl with the bandaged eyes tell the author about her guides?

Ans. She tells the author that the guides were very good.

Q11. What, according to the girl with the girl with the bandaged eyes is almost a fun?

Ans.  According to her, hopping about with a crutch is almost a fun.

Q12. Why does the girl with the bandaged eyes say that her head aches all the time on her blind day?

Ans. She says that her head aches all the time just dodging thing that are not there.

Q13. What does the girl, with the bandaged eyes, tell the author about the head girl?

Ans. She says that she was very decent.

Q14.What does the girl with the bandaged eye say about the gardener?

Ans. She says that he is hundreds of years old.

Q15. What made Miss Beam think that there was something in her system?

Ans. Miss Beam was right to think so because her school had taught the author to share the sorrows of others.

 

Long Question Answer

 

Q1. Give a character-sketch of Miss Beam.

Ans. Miss Beam was kind-hearted, middle-aged, authoritative and full of understanding. She started a new school known as the school for sympathy. Important school subject were taught in this school. But this school was different in one aspect. Here the students were give training in good qualities. The real aim of the school was to give training in thoughtfulness, humanity and good citizenship. Every child in her school had one blind day, one lame day, one deaf day and one dumb day etc. The children thus had a taste of misfortune. As a result, they learnt to be sympathetic towards handicapped people.

            Miss Beam was an asset to society. She wanted to promote noble ideas in society.

Q2. Give in your own words the theme of the lesson ‘The School for Sympathy’.

Ans. Traditional or conventional education given in schools is not ideal. It gives information of facts. It enables a person to earn his living. In addition to the normal subjects, the students of Miss Beam’s ideal school were also given lessons on humanity and citizenship.

            Here students got a real understanding of misfortune. During training every child had one blind day, one deaf day and one dumb day, during the blind day their eyes were bandaged. The bandage was also put during the night. But being blind for a day the child realised what a misfortune it was to blind. In the same way children learnt the difficulties of the deaf and the dumb people.