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

                        Lesson- 2

                                                             A Fellow –Traveller                      -A.G. Gardiner

Short answer types questions:

 Q.1) Who is travelling in a train ?

Ans.) The writer –A.G. Gardiner was travelling in a train.

Q.2) What sort of train was it that author boarded ?

Ans.) The author boarded in a stopping train. It was very long and full with passengers when it started.

Q.3) Why did the author call the train as one of  those trains which give you an understanding of eternity?

Ans.) The author called the train as one of those trains which give you an understanding of eternity because it was a very long leisurely train. It also stopped at every station of the way.

Q.4) What did the author think by the time the train left London?

Ans.) When the train left London behind, The writer thought that he was alone in a carriage.

Q5.) What according to Mr. A.G. Gardiner, is the pleasant sense of freedom about being alone in a                  compartment?

Ans.) One feels a pleasant sense of freedom and liberty while being alone in a compartment.

Q.6) What did Mr. A.G. Gardiner do while travelling in the compartment?

Ans.) The writer did not sing, dance, or talk loudly in the compartment. But he stood up, opened the window, lit a cigarette and began to read the news paper.

Q7.) What does the abbreviation D.O.R.A. stand for?

Ans.) D.O.R.A. stand for the defence of the realm act . It is an act which provided the British Govt. Many power during world war Ist.

Q8.) When did the author become aware of his fellow traveller ?

Ans.) When the mosquito  came and sat on the writer’s  nose, he became aware of his fellow traveler.

Q9.) What did the author do when the fellow – traveler came and sat on his nose?

Ans.)The author flicked of the mosquito when it came and sat on his nose.

Q .10) What according to the author, are the noblest attributes of man?

Ans.) Mercy and sympathy are the noblest qualities of man.

Q .11) Who was the ‘skillful Matador finessing round and infuriated bull’? And  who was the ‘infuriated bull’?

Ans.) The mosquito was the skillful matador and the author was like an angry bull.

Q .12) What relationship did the author develop with his fellow traveler?

Ans.) The writer developed friendly relationship with the mosquito. He said that they were fellow mortals in the journey of life.

Q .13) What are the advantage of travelling alone in a railway compartment?

Ans.) One can feel a pleasant sense of freedom and liberty while being alone in a railway carriage. One can dance , sing , open the windows and lay on the cushions.

Long answer types question:

Q.1) What is according to Mr. A .G. Gardiner the pleasant sense of freedom about being alone in the railway compartment? OR

Write a paragraph describing the things that the author thought he could do when he found himself alone in the compartment. OR

Describe the behavior of the fellow traveler as depicted by A.G. Gardiner. OR

What did the author begin to think when he found himself so helpless and stupid against his fellow traveler? . OR

What relationship did Mr. A.G. Gardiner develop with his fellow traveler?

Ans.) ‘A Fellow traveler’ is a very prominent lesson by A.G. Gardiner.

                The writer was traveling in a night train. By and by the travelers alighted from the train. Then there came in mosquito to trouble him. The writer tried big beast to kill it but failed .He called it his fellow traveler.

At first it came and sat on his nose. The writer flicked him off his nose. It made a tour of the compartment-visited the window, light and came again on his neck, he flicked him off again of the writer’s hand.

As he had flicked him off for two times. How he was very angry with it. His attack was very painful, he called it vagrant, public-nuisance, without ticket and a warded him death sentences.

            He stroke badly on it. But the mosquito saved itself.

            The angry insulted writer followed everywhere in the compartment to kill it with his paper but it saved its life like matador at last. He also followed the cunningness but it was all in vain when feeling tired and helpless, the writer changed his mind and gave up the idea of killing his fellow traveler, he accepted his moral defeat in fight. He also felt a sense of love and petty lovers and became very kind to it. He thought that no one should kill any creature in the world.

He said, “Live And Let Others Live.”  Thus the fight ended in peace.

Explanation

1. There is a pleasant……………………………………………………………………..anything you like.

Reference: These lines have been taken from the lesson “A fellow-traveller” written by A.G. Gardiner.

Context: The writer was travelling by a train and was left alone in the carriage as all other passenger had alighted from it. He has described about his fellow-traveller that is mosquito.

Explanation: The writer says that travelling in a carriage, all alone, which his moving alone jerkily at night making much noise in a unique experience. It gives you pleasure of personal liberty. This liberty is altogether unchecked and is infact very pleasing. You are free to do whatever you like.

2. Magnanimity and mercy…………………………………………………………….reprieve you. I do it.

Reference- Context-previous.

Explanation: The writer could not kill the mosquito. Now he started having kindly feeling for mosquito. his sense of superiority began to disappear gradually. He felt that the mosquito had equal right to be in the compartment. It had equal right to live and enjoy. So the writer now decided to be generous and kind to the mosquito.

3.The miracle of life…………………………………………………………………………the night again.

Reference-context- previous.

Explanation: In these lines the writer says that life is the a great miracle of nature. Nobody knows exactly about his life. The beginning and end of our life both are a mystery. All the creature on his earth are fellow-travellers. None is superior or inferior. We take birth but don’t know from where we have come. We struggle hard for our life in this world for a short period. Then we go away from this world but do not know where we have to go. This is the journey of our life.          

Comprehension

 1. I flicked him……………………………………………………………………………..that humiliated me.

Q.1 When was the writer annoyed with the mosquito?

Ans. The writer was annoyed with the mosquito when he sat upon the back of his hand.

Q.2 Why did the writer condemn him to death.

Ans. The writer condemned him to death because there were many charges against him.

Q.3 What were the main charges against the mosquito?

Ans. The main charges against the mosquito were he was a vagrant, he was a public nuisance, he was traveling without ticket and he had no meat coupon. The writer felt himself  humiliated because his fellow-traveller escaped his below.

Q.4 What did the writer do to kill him? Why did the writer feel himself humiliated?

Ans. To kill him the writer struck a very heavy blow on him.

2. It was all in………………………………………………………………………………..superiority fading.

Q.1 How was the mosquito playing with the writer ?

Ans. The mosquito was playing with the writer like a skilful matador.

Q.2 Why did the mosquito disturb the peace of the writer ?

Ans. The mosquito disturbed the writer because he was enjoying himself.

Q.3 What change do you note in the behavior of the writer for mosquito?

Ans. Now the behavior of the writer changed. He began to love him and he no longer thought him inferior to him.

Q.4 What does the writer mean by saying that “I felt my heart warming towards him”?

Ans. The writer meant by the saying it that a love on friendly terms was developing in his heart for the mosquito.                       

Fill in the blanks

1. The mystery of the sudden disappearance of the boy was solved by the police.

2. you do not appear to take any advice, let us now walk dimension.

3. you will face no Hindrance in getting all these books from the library.

4. This problem has more than one on equal term.

5. The boy was punished because he behaved in an impudent manner.

6. This fellow is married and has children, yet he leads the life of a vagrant.

7. I became aware of him only when he sat by my side.

8. There were many shirts in the suit case, I tired all of them In torn.

9. I do not know which of us got in to the carriage first.