A Child is Born All Question Answers

 Complete बिहार बोर्ड 12th  English Solution 

1. Line by Line Hindi of This lesson, 
2. All Word Meanings,
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4. Summary - Very easy, Line by Line English and Hindi.

A Child is Born | Germain Greer – Bihar Board 12th | 100 Marks English | by Sunil Sir 

All Questions Answers:-

1. Who is the author of ‘A Child is born’? - Germaine Greer 

 2. Germaine Greer was educated in - - Australia 

 3. ‘A Child is Born’ is an extract from - - Sex and Destiny: The Politics of Human Fertility 

4. When was Germaine Greer born? - 1939

 

5. According to Greer, socio-cultural practices are designed to suit - - Male interests

 6. ‘A child is born’ explores cultural peculiarities of east and west regarding _________ and ________ .

- Child-birth and Parent-child relationships 

7. In Sylheti culture, on the occasion of child birth, naming ceremony is held after _______ days. - Seven days 

8. In traditional births infant and mother mortality is - - Greater 

 9. On the occasion of child birth, new clothes are brought for - - Mother and the baby

 10. Which is the best place for a woman during pregnancy? - Her mother’s house 

 

11. Germaine Greer is a famous _________ writer. - Feminist 

12. Who takes care of children in Bangladesh? - Whole family

 

13. Traditional childbirth methods are useful because - - It helps mothers psychologically

  14. In many societies, women do not become a part of their husband’s family until they have _________ - Borne a child 

15. Women lose their name and become known as the mother of her - - First-born

 

16. In many traditional societies the relationship between mother and child is more important than the relationship between - - Husband and wife

 17. Who visited an enormous modern hospital for ‘Bantu Patients’ in South Africa? - Sheila Kitzinger 

18. According to Germaine Greer child birth in modern hospitals is more - 

Brutal 

 19. In which type of births infant and mother mortality is greater? - In Traditional births 

20. What is the name of Amrit Wilson’s book, which gives a picture of child birth and parenting in Asia? - Finding a voice: Asian women in Britain 

A Child is Born | Germain Greer – Bihar Board 12th | 100 Marks English | by Sunil Sir 

B.1 Read the following sentences and write "T" for true and "F" for false statements: 

 i) In a traditional society, a pregnant woman has to follow the convention procedure of childbirth. - True

 ii) Even taboos and prohibitions help to manage anxiety. - True

 iii) Western women suffer mostly because they have to manage everything on their own. - False

 iv) In traditional societies, childbirth is a family affair. - True 

v) The family support and conventional procedure lessen the mother infant mortality. - False 

vi) Freedom to live our own lives is more important than prenatal mortality. - True 

vii) Western people do not think that all mothers-in-law are unjust and vindictive. - False 

viii) Silent opposition in international conferences is not a major difficulty in the way of feminists. - False

  ix) In many traditional societies the relation between mother and child is more important than that between husband and wife. - True  

A Child is Born | Germain Greer – Bihar Board 12th | 100 Marks English | by Sunil Sir 

B.1.2 Answer the following questions briefly :

 Q.1 How are the ways of managing childbirth in traditional societies useful? 

Ans. - In traditional societies, a pregnant woman is supported by other members of the family and society. Normally a woman spends her pregnancy days at her mother’s home. Everyone take care of her in a special way. So these things in traditional societies are useful in managing childbirth. 

 Q.2 A pregnant woman in a traditional society does not feel that she is alone. Why? 

 Ans. - A pregnant woman in a traditional society doesn't feel to be alone because she is attended by all other members of the family and the society. Everyone around her ensures that she is never alone and all her needs are fulfilled.

 Q.3 - What is the superstition associated with acquiring new clothes and Instruments for baby before the birth? 

Ans. - Before the birth of a baby new clothes and instruments are forbidden in traditional society because it is considered to be evil to plan anything about the child before its birth.  

Q.4 - "In our anxiety to avoid death we may have destroyed the significance of the experience.." What is the 'experience' the writer refers to ? 

Ans. – In this sentence the author is trying to emphasise the importance of traditional birth process of a child. These days people are turning towards technical help and support and these medical facilities takes away the natural experiences of the process from a mother. Q.5 - What is the 'truism of anthropologies' that the writer talks about?  

Ans. – In this essay the writer mentions how a newly wedded woman not becomes a part of the family of her husband until she gives a child to that family. This fact is called ‘truism of anthropologies’. 

Q.6 - What compels women to withdraw into silent opposition in international fora? Ans. – Almost every forum based on themes concerning women is held in any developed country or at international organizations. In order to attend these fora and speak about their conditions in their states or countries women need to speak in English and this compulsion and lack of communication skills compels women to withdraw into silent opposition in international fora. 

Q.7 - Why did Sudanese women officials stop going to international conference? Ans. - Sudanese women officials stopped going to international conferences because were often asked and consulted about their own lives. In this situation they found no advantage of attending such international conferences. 

A Child is Born | Germain Greer – Bihar Board 12th | 100 Marks English | by Sunil Sir 

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

 i) A Sylheti woman may not visit her mother's house during pregnancy - False

 ii) For Sylheti women, the whole matter of pregnancy is one of celebration. - True

 iii) Garlands of turmeric and garlic are worn to please Gods. - False 

iv) The songs they sign are about the lives of women in Bengali. - True 

v) Visiting mother's house is one of the rewards of pregnancy. - True

 vi) In Bangladesh, Rupthoka is a kind of sweet dish. - False 

vii) All technological changes cause social developments. - False 

viii) Child birth in modem hospitals is more brutal. - True 

A Child is Born | Germain Greer – Bihar Board 12th | 100 Marks English | by Sunil Sir 

B2.2 Fill in the blanks on the basis of lesson.

a) The potential catastrophes are alive in the memory of her community.

 b) She will have other reinforcements for many of the rituals observances of pregnancy involve in the participation of the others who should support her. 

 c) In societies Non-technical societies except for remarkable accidents birth is always attended. 

 d) The description provided by the Amnesty for women of typical Muslim marriage was no more than coarse ethnocentric libel. 

 e) In many traditional societies in Africa and India, the biological family is deliberately weakened by enforced abstinence.

A Child is Born | Germain Greer – Bihar Board 12th | 100 Marks English | by Sunil Sir 

 B.2.3 Answer the following briefly: 

Q.1 Where do Sylheti women go to stay during the last stage of pregnancy? 

 Ans. - Sylheti women go to their parents’ house during the last stage of pregnancy and stay there until the new-born baby's becomes at least 3 months old. 

 Q.2 What is the reward of pregnancy for a young Sylheti woman? 

Ans. - For a young Sylheti woman the reward of pregnancy is visiting her parents’family and the festival like atmosphere at that place. 

 Q.3 How are children of the joint family in Bangladesh looked after? Ans. - Children of the joint family in Bangladesh are generally looked after by the whole family. Generally, one among the daughters-in-law of the family takes them to bath and feed them carefully. Then another or their favourite Aunt tell them Rupkotha (Fairy tales). Then they play outside with homemade toys and at night they sleep with their mothers. 

Q.4 What is the worst impact of Western medicine in the traditional societies?

 Ans. - The worst impact of Western medical science can be seen in the traditional societies in the spheres of medicine and equipment. Allopathic Doctors depend upon expensive drugs. They keep sparkling equipment but they haven’t sufficient electricity and quality of their subsidiaries.

Q.5 What is the immediate impact of poverty in medical field?

Ans. – Modern medical facilities are not available for those who are poor. They can’t afford expensive treatment and medication so they usually stay out of its reach.