10. All Questions & Answers: India Through Traveller's Eyes

Complete बिहार बोर्ड 12th  English Solution 

1. About the Author 
2. Line by Line Hindi of This lesson, 
3. All Word Meanings,
4.  All Questions & Answers, and
5. Summary - Very easy, Line by Line English and Hindi.

Objective Question Answer :

1. Who is the author of ‘India through a Traveller’s Eyes’? - Pearl S. Buck 

2. What was the religion of Buck’s parents? - They were missionaries 

3. ‘India through a Traveller’s Eyes’ is an extract from - - My several worlds

 4. Where did Pearl S. Buck taught? - In a Chinese university 

5. By birth Pearl S. Buck was - - American 

6. Pearl S. Buck is known for her - - Travelogue and memoirs 

7. Pearl S. Buck was born in - - 1892

 8. Pearl S. Buck was died in - - 1973 

9. Pearl S. Buck won Nobel Prize for - - Literature 

10. Pearl S. Buck won Nobel Prize in - - 1938

 11. The young Indian intellectuals were disappointed with whom? - British 

12. Whom does Pearl S. Buck blame for all the ills of India? - The British rule 

13. Who was the first woman President of the General Assembly of the United Nations? - An Indian woman (Vijay Lakshmi Pandit)

 14. Buck’s family doctor was an - - Indian 

15. Where did Barbarian invaders from Europe long ago penetrate India? - In Kashmir 

16. Pearl S. Buck was reared in which country? - In China 

17. Where was the real indictment against colonialism to be found? - In the villages of India 

18. Where was the food served when Pearl S. Buck had luncheon in an Indian village? - On fresh green banana leaves 

19. Pearl S. Buck states that religion is __________ in Indian life. - Ever-present 

20. Pearl S. Buck had not come to India to see monuments or visit different places, rather she had come to see and listen two groups of people - - The Young intellectuals in the cities and Peasants in the villages 

B.1.1 Read the following sentences and Write 'T' for true and 'F' for false statements 

 I. Pearls S. Buck had an Indian as Family doctor. - True

 II. The Mongolian from Europe invaded Kashmir. - False 

III. According to the writer, the Indians belonged to the Caucasian race. - True

 IV. The first woman president of General Assemble of the United State was an Indian. - True 

V. The writer wanted to listen to four groups of people. - False

 VI. The young Indian intellectuals were disappointed with the English rule. - True

 VII. Indians were willing to fight in the Second World War at England's command. - False 

VIII. Indians believed in the nobility as a means to achieve a noble end. - True 

IX. The worst effect of colonisation was seen in towns, in the form of unemployment. - False 

X. Indians, under the British rule, had a life span of just twenty seven years. - True 

B.1.2 Answer the following questions briefly: 

 Q.1 - What does the word 'colour remind the writer of? 

 Ans. - The writer says that the word 'colour' reminds her of the variety of hue that is Indian life, as various as our own American human scene. 

 Q.2 - What were the benefits of the English rule?

 Ans. – According to the author, there were some of the benefits of the English rule, like, the knowledge of the West, the pure and exquisitely enunciated English tongue of men and women educated on both sides of the globe. 

Q.3 - Why were the intellectuals in India restless and embittered? 

 Ans. - The intellectuals in India were restless and embittered after the First World War by what they felt were the broken promises of England. The English, they declared, had no real purpose to restore India to the people.  

 Q.4 - What was the 'great lesson' that India had to teach the West? 

 Ans. - The "great lesson' that India had to teach the west was that war and killing achieve nothing but loss, and that a noble end is assured only if the means to attain it are of a piece with it and also noble. 

 Q.5 - Where was the real indictment against the colonisation to be found?

 Ans. - The real indictment against colonialism was to be found in the villages of India. 

 Q.6 - Why was the writer moved at the sight of the children of the Indian villages?

 Ans. - The writer was moved to see the little children of the Indian villages, they tore at her heart, they had thin, big bellied, and all with huge sad dark eyes! 

 B.2.1 Read the following sentences and write T for true and F for false statements:- 

 I. The writer blames the English rule for all the ills of India. - False 

 II. Colonisation had made the Indian enervated and exhausted. - True 

III. Long period of slavery made the people quite depended. - False

 IV. According to the writer, selflessness, is the main quality of a leader. - True 

V. Very few people in villages had respect for age and experience. - False 

VI. The writer did not like the idea of eating with right hand. - False

 VII. Indians are by nature religious. - True

 VIII. The book 'Come, My Beloved' has Indian background. - True

 IX. A Christian missionary believe that 'God is the One'. - True 

B.2.2 Answer the following questions briefly: 

 Q.1 - Why was the land between Bombay and Madras famished? 

 Ans. - The land between Bombay and Madras was famished because of the lack of water.  

 Q.2 - Why did the Indian always blame the British for their suffering? 

 Ans. - There were always the British to blame, and certainly the blame was not always just, because Colonial system was to provide the subject people with an infinite excuse against work and so against helping themselves. 

Q.3 - Who was the real master of the house which Buck visited? 

Ans. - The real master of the house was not the head of the family, but a younger brother.

 Q.4 - Why did the writer not mind her host eating in the opposite corner of the room?

 Ans. – The writer not mind her host eating in the opposite corner of the room because she knew that it was simply a private devotion to a religious feeling and not inhospitality. 

 Q.5 - What does she mean by saying 'Religion is ever present in Indian life’? 

Ans. – The writer says that ‘Religion is ever present in Indian life’ because she liked the simple acceptance of religious motive and the perfect freedom to behave as one's religion in India and this moved her soul. 

 Q.6 - What are her views on the Christian Missionaries? 

 Ans. – Because in her views Christian Missionaries the most dedicated, the most single-hearted. He believes that God is the One, the Father of mankind and that all men are brothers.