Father to Son Class - 11th

Exam Oriented

Questions

परीक्षोपयोगी प्रश्न

Stanza for Comprehension

Short Answer Type Questions based on Poetry Extract

1. I do not.. .....................have I Killed.

1. Write the title of the poem from which the above stanza has been taken

उस कविता का शीर्षक लिखिए जिसका पद्यांश यहाँ दिया गया है

Ans. The title of the poem is 'Father to Son'.

2. What type of relation does father want to build? (पिता कैसा संबंध बनाना चाहता है?)

Ans. Father wants to build a relation with his son as it was when his son was quite young.

3. Guess the problem of father (पिता की समस्या का अनुमान लगाइए।)

Ans. This is the problem of generation-gap.

4. Who are 'I' and 'This Child' in the above lines? (उपरोक्त पंक्ति में 'I' और 'This Child' कौन है?)

Ans. 'I' refers to the father and 'This Child' refers to his son.

5. What does the speaker want? (वक्ता क्या चाहता है?)

Ans. The speaker (father) is trying to bridge the gap between him and his son. He wants to start a new relationship with his son.

2. The seed I spent. .... ...........I cannot share.

1. What is missing between father and son? (पिता और पुत्र के बीच में किस चीज की कमी है?)

Ans. Mutual understanding is missing between them.

2. "This child is built to my design." What does it mean? "This child is built to my design" इसका नया तात्पर्य है?

Ans. It means that son resembles his father in build and appearance.

3. What do the 'seed' and 'land' stand for? ('बीज' और 'जमीन' का तात्पर्य किससे है?)

Ans. 'seed' stands for the teachings of father and land' stands for the mind of his son.

4. Who speak like strangers and why? (कौन अजनबियों की तरह बात करते हैं और क्यों?)

Ans. Father and son speak like strangers because they do not understand each other.

5. Point out the rhyming words used in the given stanza.

(पद्यांश में प्रयुक्त समान ध्वनि वाले शब्दों को बताइए।)

Ans. Rhyming words are - Sign, Design

6. How can the gap between the father and co

Ans. The gap between the father and son can be narrowed to some extent it both keep their cool, discuss their problem and try to understand each other's point of view.

3. Silence surrounde.....................a new love.

1. What does father want and why? (पिता क्या चाहता है और क्यों?)

Ans. Though living under the same roof, there is no dialogue between father and his son. Father wants to make sweet relation with his son.

2. Whom does 'prodigal' refer to? ('फिजूलखर्च' शब्द किसके मंतर्भ में पगुक्त हुआा है?)

Ans. 'prodigal' refers to son.

3. What sorrow is there in father's heart? (पिता को क्या दुःख है?)

Ans. It is that his son is making distance from him.

4. What does "silence surrounds us" mean?

"हमारे चारों ओर शांति छायी हई है" से क्या तात्पर्य है?

Ans. It means that father and his son don't share their feelings with each other.

5. What does the father mean by his son's returning home?

अपने पुत्र के घर लौट आने से पिता का क्या अभिप्राय है?

Ans. It means that father and his son don't share their feelings with each other.

6. When does the father ready to make compromise with his son?

पिता अपने पुत्र के साथ कब समझौता करने के लिए तैयार है?

Ans. The father is ready to compromise with his erring son if he returns to his house.

7. What is the father's painful realisation? (पिता की दुःखद अनुभूति क्या है?)

Ans. The father's painful realisation is that he has no more interaction with his son.

4. Father and son....,........................... to forgive.

1. In which stanza do you get a glimpse of the thoughts of son? किस अनुच्छेद में आपके पुत्र के विचारों की झलक मिलती है?

Ans. In the fourth stanza we get a glimpse of the thoughts of son.

2. What do they both long for? (वे दोनों क्या चाहते हैं?)

Ans. They long for something to forgive.

3. Why are their hands empty? (उसके हाथ खाली क्यों रहते हैं?)

Ans. Their hands are empty because they have nothing to forgive.

4. Who can't understand himself? (कौन स्वयं को समझ नहीं पाता है?)

Ans. Son can't understand himself.

5. What can son not understand? (पुत्र क्या नहीं समझ पाता है?)

Ans. He can't understand why anger grows from grief.

6. What is the ideal situation in family?

एक परिवार में आदर्श स्थिति क्या होती है?

Ans. The ideal situation in a family is that father should understand the aspiration and dreams of his young son and son should not forget emotional needs of his father.

7. What could be the cause of their distancing from each other?

उनका एक दूसरे से अलगाव का क्या कारण हो सकता है?

Ans. The cause of the growing gap between father and his son is lack of understanding. Both need each other, yet they grow apart because of their ego-problem.