Q. 14. Answer the following question in about 80 words: 6
What did freedom mean to Mandela at different stages of his life?
Or
Baking was considered an essential and a profi table profession in a traditional Goan village. What reasons does the writer give to support his point?
Ans. During his boyhood freedom to Mandela meant to be free to be able to run in the fi elds, free to swim in the clear stream, free to roast mealies under the stars and ride the broad backs of bulls. Then as a student he yearned for transitory freedoms of being able to stay out at night, read what he pleased and go where he chose. Later, as a young man he craved for the basic and honourable freedoms of achieving his potential, of earning his keep, of marrying and having a family. But when he realized his people were not free his hunger for his own freedom became the greater hunger for the freedom of his people.
Or
Baking was considered an essential profession because marriage gifts were meaningless without a sweet known as the bol. The lady of the house had to prepare sandwiches on her daughter’s engagement. Cakes and bolinhas were a must for Christmas and other festivals. Baking was also a profi table profession in the traditional Goan village. The baker and his family never starved. He, his family, his servants always looked happy and prosperous. Their plump physique was an open testimony to this.
Q. 15. Answer any two of the following questions in 30—40 words each: 4
(a) What does Chubukov suspect Lomov of when he comes to his house? Why?
(b) What did the pilot of the Dakota experience inside the black clouds?
(c) Where in the classroom did Wanda sit and why?
Ans. (a) Chubukov, is in fact surprised to see Lomov in his house, especially because he (Lomov) comes in formally dressed with evening dress and gloves. He suspects that Lomov might have come to borrow money from him.
(b) Inside the clouds, everything was black. It was impossible to see anything outside the aeroplane. The old aeroplane jumped and twisted in the air. The compass, radio and other instruments were dead and the pilot was lost in the storm.
(c) See Q. 15 (b), 2009 (I Outside Delhi).
