ENGLISH-1ST PAPER- PROSE(XI) CHAPTER-2

               Lesson -2

                                                                Forgetting                          - Robert Lynd

 Short answer types questions:

Q. 1) What has been published at a great London station?

Ans.) A list of articles lost by railway travelers has been published at a great London station.

Q .2) Give few examples of forgetting.

Ans.) The quality of forgetting is common in every man’s life. There are some people who forget to turn off the lights of their houses. Someone forget to take medicine timely and someone forget to post the letters.

Q .3) What were the articles on sale at a great London station?

Ans.) There were some umbrellas, walking sticks, bags, bottles and some times boxes on sale at a great London station.

Q .4) What are thing that a modern man usually remember?

Ans.) A modern man remembers all the things that he is expected to remember like telephone numbers, name of cricketers and addresses of friends etc.

Q .5) Why is memory of sportsmen is worse than that of other ordinary people?

Ans.) The memory of sportsmen is worse than that of other ordinary people because they lost in day dream and recall their errors. Their heads are among the stars and they are cut of from the world outside them.

Q .6) Who remember to take their medicine regularly?

Ans.) Only the methodical man remember to take their medicine regularly.

Q .7) What do certain psychologists tell us?

Ans.) certain psychologists tell us that we forget things because we wish to forget them.

Q .8) Where do the players forget their footballs and bats?

Ans.) The players forget their footballs and bats in the trains and buses while returning from the games.

Q .9) What compels the wonder of the writer?

Ans.) Forgetting is more efficient than human memory. It compels the wonder of the writer.

Q .10) What is quite impossible for the writer to remember?

Ans.) The writer fails to remember his walking sticks and books, when he goes on a visit.

Q .11) What is the commonest form of forgetfulness?

Ans.) The commonest form of forgetfulness is occurs in the matter of posting letters.

Q .12) Why do many people fails to remember to take their medicine at the appointed time?

Ans.) Many people fails to remember to take medicine at the appointed time because they wish to forget it. They are not interested in talking pills and potions.

Q .13) Why may an angler forget his fishing- rod?

Ans.) The writer says that the anglers are the most imaginative persons. Every time they invent good lies on their journey to home. So they forget the fishing -rod.

Q .14) What does the author say about the memory of statesmen?

Ans.) The writer says that the memory of statesmen is like a sieve or he is liar. Their memory is not sharp and good.

Q .15) Who are more forgetful- the young or the adults?

Ans.) The young are more forgetful than the adults. As the young people forget their bats and footballs in the trains while the adults reach their places without forgetting anything.

Long answer types question:

Q .1) What are the most common things we often forget?OR

          What does Robert Lynd say in defense of forgetfulness?

Ans.)  Forgetting is a very important lesson by Robert Lynd. Forgetting is also a good merits of man’s life.

The writer says that there are certain things of which people are generally forgetful. The reason is not due to weakness of their memory but we often forget the things in our daily life. It is the common habit of every person. Forgetting is not a mental weakness. It is a boon as well as curse.

            Some people forget to take their medicine timely. There are few people who remember to take them regularly. Posting letter is another thing which people forget easily. They hold their letters in hands but forget to drop it into the post boxes.

People also forget their books ,walking sticks and umbrellas.  The young men also forget their articles in trains and taxies. The sportsmen forget their football and bats because their minds are full of the victory or defeat. Generally anglers forget their fishing- rod.

            The modern man remembers telephone numbers, addresses, time for lunch and dinner etc. It is said that great men often forget small things. We can’t hope from Socrates or any great poet like Thomas gray to remember to post a letter. After forgetting small things, man achieves great things.

            The moment of forgetfulness is the moment of great joy and excitement. For example the sportsmen forget their bats and balls when they leave the train. But a man who is like a remembering machine, is never a wise man.

Thus the writer advises us that we should forget some common things, then we will be able to remember some noble things in life. Forgetting results in higher things. It is a virtue and makes a man wiser and happier in life.

Explanation

1. Certain psychologists tell us……………………………………………………….forget to take.

Reference : These lines have been taken from the lesson ‘Forgetting’ written by  Robert Lynd.

Context : Here the writer is telling us about the goodness and evils of Forgetting. He also says that the quality of forgetting is common in every man’s life. It is a very good merits as well as bad  of the man.

Explanation : In this passage the write describes the notion of  the psychologists about forgetting. The situation of taking medicine at the right time , take place in psychologists. The doctor fix the time of medicines to be taken before, during or after meals. Thus the time of meal itself remind the person to take the medicine.

Even then people generally forget it. In fact we remember to take the medicine at the right time till we are sick because our interest is in the recovery of heath. As soon as we improve our health, our interest in taking medicines becomes less. So we start forgetting to take medicines at the fix time. Thus it shows that forgetfulness is the result of lack of our interest. That is why the writer says that we forget things because we wants to forget them..

2. The commonest form……………………………………………………………….letter to him.

Reference-context: previous.

Explanation : The quality of forgetting is very common among all kind of people. The commonest form of forgetfulness is occurs in the matter of posting a letter. As a example a large number of people forget to post the letter. The writer also has felt that even his visitors  forget to post his important letters. So he does not believe in them. If sometimes he hands over them his important letters, he asks them to take an oath that they will not forget to post them.

Comprehension

1. His loss of memory………………………………………………………………………such things.

Q.1) Why is his of loss memory really a tribute?

Ans.)   His loss of memory is really a tribute because he is lost in the enjoyment of his sport and the enjoyment is greater than the finishing rod.

Q.2) How does the writer justify fishermen’s forgetting the fishing rod and the poet’s to post a letter ?

Ans.) The writer justifies fisherman’s forgetting the fishing rod and the poet’s to post a letter because both of them forget the things which are ordinary to them while their minds are full of more glorious matter.

Q.3) what do you mean by the sentence “Who would have trusted Socrates or Coleridge to post a letter?”

Ans.) The given sentence means that Socrates and Coleridge were so great men that posting of letter was a very ordinary thing for them. When their minds are full of lofty ideas, how they would remember an ordinary thing of posting a letter.

Q.4) What does the word ‘Mediocre’ stand for ?

Ans.) The word ‘Mediocre’ stand for second rate.

2.I have heard……………………………………………………………………sleeping baby.

Q.1) Describe the story of the father, the baby and the perambulator in brief.

Ans.) Once a man took his baby in a perambulator for outing. On his way he slipped in to a public-house for a glass of beer leaving the baby outside perambulator. By chance his wife happened to be there. She was horrified to find her sleeping baby in the perambulator.

Q.2) Where did the father go leaving the baby in the perambulator?

Ans.) The father went into the public-house for a glass of beer, leaving the baby alone in the perambulator.

Q.3) When did the wife see her baby?

Ans.) The wife saw her baby when she passed from the public-house on her way to the market.

Q.4) Why was the wife full of horror?

Ans.) The wife was full of horror as the baby was left alone outside the public-house in a perambulator.

Fill in the blanks

1. Anglers are generally called the most imaginative of men.

2. The commonest form of forgetfulness occurs in the matter of posting letters.

3. I find quite impossible to keep my walking stick.

4. A list of articles lost by railway traveler has been published.