My Impression Of Assam Question Answer Class 11 English HS 1st Year

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My impression of Assam question answer

Hornbill chapter 13 : My impression of Assam
For the students of class 11/ HS 1st year

Textual question answer :

1. What does Verrier Elwin say about the tradition of courtesy and hospitality in the modern world ? What advice does he give to the people of Assam on this point ?

Ans : According to Verrier Elwin the tradition of courtesy and hospitality is unhappily a rare thing in the modern world of competition and very rivalry and hurry.
 But comparing to Assam the author feels intoxicated with the grace and charm of the people. He is also happy to see the certain beauty in the human relation in Assam. He has never found the friendliness like Assam though he travelled many places. The author never wants the lose of such humble things in Assam.

2. What difference does Verrier Elwin draw between the game sanctuaries of Kenya and Kaziranga ?

Ans : Verrier Elwin has observed some serious differences between the game sanctuaries of Kenya and Kaziranga. In Kenya and Tanganyka there is a sort of tradition that everybody should co-operate to make the sanctuaries a success. A lot of money is spent on them and no one dreams of poaching. One can see the hundreds of giraffes, zebras, ostriches, wild elephants and even moving about near the road in perfect confidence. These animals treat man as their friends but in Kaziranga he found an entirely opposite picture. The animals in Kaziranga don't feel safe. They always fear the man.

3. What appeal does the author make to the scholars of Assam concerning the songs and poems of the state ? Why does he make this appeal ?

Ans : The author puts question to the Assamese people that how many books and collections do they make on the song and poems of Assam country side. He requested the scholar to do something to record them.
 He makes this appeal because these songs and poems in the countryside of Assam are rapidly disappearing. The school boy prefers Jazz music from the hollywood and naturally the local songs of Assam will soon disappear.

4. Why, according to Verrier Elwin, should wood carving be taught and encouraged in our educational centres ?

Ans : Verrier Elwin has praised the wood carvings done by Konyaks, Maos and Marams, the Angamis and Phoms. Some of the wood carvings done by the people and extraordinary vigour and beauty and people should not let it be lost. The author wants that the art of wood carving should be taught and encourage in our educational institutions so that the beautiful art remains alive and does not die with the old artisans and craftsman.

5. "You have a great treasure there" - What treasure is Verrier Elwin referring to and what is his suggestion about the treasure ?

Ans : Verrier Elwin has found a great treasure of old culture among the hill people of Assam. He has asked the hill people of Assam not to be ashamed of their old culture, much of which noble and beautiful. He has praised the good task, the sense of colours and forms, the delight in beauty the love of rhymes the right tone of music of the people. His suggestion was that such beautiful things should never be look down upon and thrown away easily. Such things grow out of ancient soil and once they are gone they cannot be recovered.

My impression of Assam short question answer

1. How long does a person need to know about a place ?

Ans : To know a country or a new place one needs to stay in it either for a fortnight or for twenty years.

2. How long did the author live in India ?

Ans : The author lived in India for a quarter of a century.

3. What does the author say about India ?

Ans : The author says that India is his 2nd place/home and his love. He lived in it for the long twenty five years yet he feels that he does not know about this country.

4. How long did the author live in Assam ? Does he know Assam ?

Ans : The author lived in Assam for four months. He claims that he knows the country and its beauty well.

5. What does he say about the people of Assam ?

Ans : The writer says that he has been intoxicated with the grace and charm of the people and also with certain beauty in human relationship.

6. What according to the author is a rare thing in the modern world ?

Ans : The tradition of hospitality found in Assam and friendliness is a rare thing in the modern world. The author has called it a great and precious thing.

7. What excited the writer soon after his arrival in Assam ?

Ans : A visit to the Kaziranga game reserve excited the writer soon after his arrival in Assam.

8. When did the author go to the East Africa and how long did he stay there ?

Ans : During the previous year the writer went to East Africa and stayed there for two months.

9. What is the animal that chased the writer during his visit to East Africa ? was a female hippopotamus.

Ans :  The animal that chased the writer during his visit to East Africa was a female hippopotamus.

10. What does the author say about the rhino seen in Assam ?

Ans : The author says he saw a dozen of rhino in Assam within a couple of hours. He adds that some of them were angry but one old rhino was not angry.

11. What does the author say about food habit and nature of the people in East Africa ?

Ans : The writer says that the people of East-Africa are carnivorous and violent by nature.

12. What was author's real purpose of coming to Assam ?

Ans : The author's real purpose of coming to Assam was to study out of the hill people.

13. What did Gandhi say about the maidens of Assam ?

Ans : Gandhi praised the maidens of lovely Assam saying that they wave poems in their handlooms.

14. What wonderful thing do the people of Assam have ?

Ans : The people of Assam have the wonderful sense of colour.

15. What are the things that can not be manufactured by the factory ?

Ans : Good taste, the sense of colour and form, the delight in beauty, the love of rhythm, the right tone in music - these are the things that cannot be manufactured by the factory or ordered by an office.

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