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A new anthology of essays portion of english literature inter part 1


Solved past paper of Multan Board 2019


Q#1 From where the Great God Gun emerge? ( The Great God Gun )

Answer: Great God Gun emerged from a bath of fire. The fire was so white and intense that the eyes were blinded by it. as they are blinded by the light of the unclouded sun at midday.


Q#2 How do women choose between a job and a home?  ( Are women human? )

Answer: The majority of women prefer their family and home to a job. But when it comes to a choice, every woman has to choose as an individual human being depending on her values, circumstances, opportunities, consequences etc.


Q#3 Why do many people despise cultural stuff? ( Does culture matter? )

Answer: Many people despise cultural stuff because they think cultural stuff takes up a great deal of room and time. They think that we live in a new world which has been wiped clean by science and cannot profit by tradition.


Q#4 What does nature do with faculty not used?  (Spoon Feeding)

Answer: Nature takes away any faculty that is not used like it is taking away our natural defenses etc. It will make us pay for it.


Q#5 Who are technocrats and scientific theorists? ( The limits of human power)

Answer: Technocrats are interested in scientific techniques, while theorists are concerned to discover natural laws. In a word, the technocrat wishes to change nature, while the theorist wishes to understand it.


Q#6  What does an expert say about trout fishing? (My fishpond)

Answer: The expert says that trout fishing is very difficult and time consuming. There is such a tremendous lot to know about trout fishing that men who are keen on it can discuss theories of fishing by the hour.


Q#7 How is bull fighting becoming a part and parcel in the life of Spain? ( The Spanish Bull Fighting)

Answer:  In Spain, bullfighting is not only a sport but a religion too. Matadors pray in nearby churches before the fight, a priest is always inside the crowd to look to something dire. The gestures and passes of a matador are named after St. Veronica and Mary Magadalene.


Q#8 What is the best rule to take exercise? (How to live long?)

Answer: The best rule to take exercise is when one feels inclined to take it, and never at any other times.


Solved past paper of Rawalpindi Board 2021


Q#1 What is the opinion of newsmongers about the number of female workers appointed in the various offices?

Answer: The newsmongers think that the female workers are sick of the office and would love to get out of it.


Q#2 What is our chief job? Restrict your answers with reference to the lesson. ( Does culture matter?)

Answer: Our chief job is to enjoy ourselves and not to lose heart, and to spread culture not because we love our fellow men, but because certain things seem to us unique and priceless.


Q#3 How does the introduction of typewriters into schools affect on the coming generations? (spoon feeding)

Answer: When the typewriter has been introduced into schools, we may have a generation who cannot write at all.


Q#4 As per Aldous Huxley, mainly the tourists belong to which class in the lesson? ( why not stay at home?)

Answer: The tourists mainly belong to a very gloomy tribe looking for happiness.


Q#5 Describe the career of an amateur athlete. Justify your answer in the light of lesson amateur athletics.

Answer: The career of an amateur athlete involves pursuing sports without financial compensation, driven by passion and personal growth.


Q#6 According to Bertrand Russell, “Chemical Imperialism” is a curious property of which matter? ( The limits of human power)

Answer:  According to Bertrand Russell, Chemical Imperialism is a curious property of living matter.


Q#7 Draw the conclusion after going through the lesson “spoon feeding”, what does the education remain where the pupils are not encouraged to make things with their own hands?

Answer: When pupils are not allowed to create things with their own hands, education becomes limited and ineffective. It fails to foster practical skills, critical thinking and a deeper understanding of concepts, limiting the overall growth and development of students.


Solved past paper of Multan Board 2018


Q#1 Do you agree that education has become mainly spoon feeding?

Answer: Yes, I agree that education has become mainly spoon feeding. Students find ease and comfort in all educational aspects.


Q#2 Why are athletics today a full-time occupation for many people? (Amateur Athletics)

Answer: Athletics today is a full time occupation for many people because it requires intense competition, lucrative rewards, and the necessity of constant training to maintain top-level performance, demanding much time and effort.


Q#3 When do the work and play split? ( Does culture matter)

Answer: The work and play will be split if you drop tradition and culture. You lose your chance of connecting work and play and creating a life which is all of a piece.


Q#4 Who fill the Grand Hotels and pockets of their proprietors? (why not stay at home)

Answer: Tourists fill the Grand Hotels and pockets of their proprietors who travel 'for pleasure'.


Q#5 Why is modern industry spendthrift? (The limits of human power)

Answer: Modern industry is a spendthrift because it depends upon irreversible processes and uses up all the earth's capital.


Q#6 What was the writer’s mystery about his fish pond? (My fishpond)

Answer: The writer's mystery about his fish pond was that there were no fish in his pond and there never have been.


Q#7 Describe the contribution of women in progress? ( Are women human)

Answer: Women have made significant contributions in science, arts, politics, education etc. and shaped an equal society. Their achievements have challenged stereotypes and inspired generations.


Solved past paper of Multan Board 2017


Q#1 Discuss Aldous Huxley's visit to the Island of Torcello?(Why not stay at home)

Answer: Aldous Huxley booked his seat with eight other tourists, in a motor boat going to Island of Torcello. The romantic Torcello rose out of the lagoon. A quarter of a mile away, through the fields, stood the church. It contained some of the most beautiful mosaics in Italy. They all climbed on the shore except one American couple. Aldous thought they were poor slaves, who spent all their money to remain seated in the boat till the rest of the party should return.


Q#2 Describe culture as elaborated by E.M Foster? (Does culture matter?)

Answer: According to E.M Forster, culture describes the various beautiful and interesting objects which men have made in the past, and handed down to us, and which some of us are hoping to hand on. It is a Gospel, and not altogether a benign one; it is the zest to communicate what has been communicated.


Q#3 What are two different elements in science? ( the limits of human power )

Answer: The two very different elements in science are technologists and technocrats.


Q#4 Describe Chris Chataway's training as an athlete. (Amateur Athletics)

Answer: Chris Chataway’s training consisted of about half an hour on three to four days a week. He used to run no more than four or five all-all races a year. The only problem he faced was adjusting from the tension and excitement of crowds and racing to the more humdrum task of working  by oneself through a university syllabus.


Q#5 Why is the whole attitude of modern civilization wrong to the bathroom? ( About bathrooms)

Answer: The whole attitude of modern civilization is wrong to the bathroom  because it is always the smallest and barest room in the house. A bathroom must be equipped for comfort, like a drawing room, a good, furnished, full velvety room.


Solved past paper of Rawalpindi Board 2019
Q#1 How do cricket coaches used to bowl to stop the famous Lord's shooters at Eton and Harrow?

Answer: Cricket coaches used to bowl by pitching the ball just short of a good length, which made it difficult for the batsman to judge the line and length of the ball. They also used variations in pace and spin to trick the batsman.


Q#2 How is travelling good for the body as well as for the mind? Discuss as thought by Aldous Huxley in “ why not stay at home”.

Answer: Traveling helps to protect from bodily diseases like gout and general paralysis of the insane etc. It also broadens our minds and stimulates our imagination.


Q#3 How do male colleagues sympathize with their female office workers?

Answer: The time female office workers is daily wasted in sympathizing with male workers who yearn to get out of the office.


Q#4 What various steps and measures do Evoe suggest in his article “ How to live long” for good health and long life?

Answer: Evoe suggests a careful dietary programme, no smoking habit, adopting a habit of exercise, avoid doing more work to prevent yourself from fatigue etc. In short, he prefers to do moderation in everything like eating, drinking, sleeping, exercising, and also in pleasure and excitement.


Q#5 Comment on the statement, “ Healthy mind in a healthy body” taken from Amateur Athletics.

Answer: If a person has a healthy body, he will definitely have a healthy mind and vice versa. By getting involved in athletics, a person gets a healthy mind and a healthy body as well.


Q#6 How is work notorious or curse? Explain with reference to “ Are women human?”

Answer: Work is notoriously curse as no human being likes work, not day in day out. If women liked ever lasting work, they would not be human beings at all.


Q#7 What did people think about great privileges in “Landlords and Industrial Employers”?

Answer: The people thought that great folks should have great privileges, and cared nothing about Birmingham, which they had heard of only as a dirty place.

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