Ncert solution for class 12 Memories of Childhood by Chanchal sir.

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👉 Short answer type question.

👉 Part (1) The cutting of my long hair.

👉 Question (1) Why did Zitkala-Sa feel herself securely tied ? What was the environment there ? 

जिटकला-सा ने स्वयं को सुरक्षापूर्वक बंधन में क्यों महसूस किया ? वहाँ पर क्या वातावरण था ? 

✍️ Answer. Zitkala was a native Indian in America. Other students in the school hostel behaved according to their culture and manners. She was forced to get the hair cut. So she felt her freedom lost. The Americans thrust on others their culture and they falls prey to these rituals.

👉 Question (2) How were the Indian girls there and what did they feel ? 

वहाँ पर भारतीय लड़कियाँ कैसे (हालात में ) थीं और उन्होंने क्या महसूस किया ? 

✍️ Answer. Indian girls were wearing stiff shoes and tight clothes. They were forced to cut their hair. The Americans thrust on them their own culture and as such they fall prey to these rituals. The small girls wore sleeved aprons.

👉 Question (3) Why was the small bell tapped and what did they do then ? 

छोटी घंटी क्यों थपथपाई (बजाई) और तब उन्होंने क्या किया ? 

✍️ Answer. The small bell was in the dining hall. When the small bell was tapped every pupil drew his / her chair.

👉 Question (4) What happened when a second bell was sounded ? 

क्या हुआ जब दूसरी घंटी की आवाज आई ? 

✍️ Answer. When the second bell was sounded every one was seated. The second bell was tapped to be sit.

👉 Question (5) Who was the paleface woman ? What was she doing ? 

पीले चेहरे वाली औरत कौन थी ? वह क्या कर रही थी ?

✍️ Answer. The pale face woman was the incharge of that hostel. She was noticing each and every activities of every child with expert eyes.

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👉 Question (6) Who was Judewin ? What did she tell Zitkala-Sa ? 

जुडेविन कौन थी ? उसने जिटकला-सा को क्या बताया ? 

✍️ Answer. Judewin was friend of Zitkala-Sa. She know a little English. She had overheard the white women saying that they would shingle Zitkala's long hair. She said that Zitkala hard to submit to them.

👉 Question (7) What did Zitkala-Sa's mother tell about the cutting of hair ? 

जिटकला-सा की माँ ने बालों के काटने के बारे में क्या बताया था ? 

✍️ Answer. Zitkala's mother had told her that only unskilled worriors who were captured had their hair shingled by the enemy. Among her tribe, short hair were worn by mourners and shingled hair by cowards. 

👉 Question (8) Where did Zitkala-Sa reach to escape from hair cutting ? 

जिटकला-सा बालों के कटने से बचने के लिए कहाँ पहुँच गई थी ? 

✍️ Answer. Zitkala hid herself in a big room. The windows were covered with dark green curtains. Which made the room very dim. She crawled under a bed and huddled herself in the dark corner.

👉 Question (9) What happened when Zitkala-Sa was being searched ? 

क्या हुआ जब जिटकला-सा को ढूँढा जा रहा था ? 

✍️ Answer. When Zitkala-Sa was being searched the hall was full of loud voices. Then the steps were quickened and the voices became excited. The sounds came nearer and nearer. They peeped behind the large trunks and from under the bed she was dragged out. She was tied in a chair and her hair were shingled. 

👉 Question (10) What was being done with Zitkala-Sa when she was searched ?

जब जिटकला-सा को ढूंढ़ लिया गया तो उसके साथ क्या किया गया था ? 

✍️ Answer. When she was found she was tied in a chair. She was shaking her head. She was kicking. She tried to be free until she felt the cold blades of scissors against her neck. So her hair were shingled.

👉 Question (11) What did Zitkala-Sa feel after cutting of her hair ? 

अपने बालों के कटने के बाद जिटकला-सा ने क्या महसूस किया ? 

✍️ Answer. Zitkala-Sa felt rather anguished and indignant when her long hair was cut. She lost her spirit and felt as helpless as a puppet. She got the feeling of an animal driven by a herder and desperately looked for some comfort.

             

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👉 Question (1) Who was Zitkala-Sa ? Where was she carried ? Why did she feel there as she was securely tied in a bedlam ? Explain. 

जिटकला-सा कौन थी ? उसे कहाँ ले जाया गया था ? उसने वहाँ क्यों महसूस किया कि वह एक कोलाहल में सुरक्षापूर्वक बंधन में थी ? व्याख्या कीजिए | 

✍️ Answer. Zitkala-Sa belonged to the community of native Americans. Her long hair are forcibly cut by the school authorities. Zitkala was placed in the line of the girls who were heading towards the dining hall at that time.

She describes that they were the Indian girls who were wearing hard shoes and tight dresses. In her own culture, long and heavy hair was a sign of dignity. She wanted to keep the distinct quality of her culture. 

👉 Question (2) What special way of dining did Zitkala-Sa find there ? What did Judewin tell her and how did Zitkala- Sa try to escape herself ? 

खाना खाने का क्या विशेष तरीका जिटकला-सा ने वहाँ देखा ? जुडेविन ने उसे क्या बताया और जिटकला-सा ने स्वयं को बचाने के लिए क्या किया ? 

✍️ Answer. The tables and chairs were arranged in the dining room. A small bell was tapped, and each of the students drew a chair from under the table. Zitkala also pulled out the chair and sat down. But she noticed that all others were standing but she was sitting.

She began to rise up, but soon the second bell was tapped. All were seated at last. She heard a man's voice at one end of the hall, and she looked around to see him. But all the others hung their heads over the plates. This eating by formula proved too hard a trial for her.

👉 Question (3) How and where did the paleface woman and others search Zitkala-Sa ? What happened with Zitkala- Sa then ? How did the remember her mother ? Explain. 

पीले चेहरे वाली औरत और दूसरों ने जिटकला-सा को कैसे और कहाँ ढूँढ़ा ? फिर जिटकला-सा के साथ क्या हुआ ? उसने अपनी माँ को कैसे याद किया ? व्याख्या कीजिए | 

✍️ Answer. Zitkala decided that she would not let her hair shingled. She watched her chance and when no one noticed, she disappeared. She hid herself in a big room. The pale face woman searched for her in the hall.

They found her under the bed. Though resisted by kicking and scratching wildly, inspite of herself, she was carried downstairs and tied fast in a chair. She cried aloud, shaking her head all the while until she felt the cold blades.

           

👉 Part (2) We too are human beings.

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👉 Short answer type question.

👉 Question (1) How much time did Bama take to reach home from school ? Why ?

बामा स्कूल से घर पहुँचने में कितना समय लेती थी ? क्यों ? 

✍️ Answer. It was actually possible to walk the distance in ten minutes from Bama's school to her home. But usually it would take her thirty minutes at the very least to reach home. Many interesting things would attract her. 

👉 Question (2) What things attracted Bama during the way to home ? 

घर के रास्ते के दौरान क्या चीज़ें बामा को आकर्षित करती थी ? 

✍️ Answer. Several things attracted Bama during the way to home such as, the performing monkey, the snake, which the snake charmer kept in its box, the cyclist who had not got off his bicycle for three days and who kept pedalling as hard as he could from the break of day sweet stall, stall of snacks etc.

👉 Question (3) Which were the other entertainments Bama found in the way ?

रास्ते में कौन-से दूसरे मनोरंजन बामा को मिलते थे ?

✍️ Answer. Some times she saw people from various political parties would arrive, put up a stage and harangue us through their mikes. Then there might be a street play, or a puppet show, or magic show.

👉 Question (4) How did the waiter cool the coffee in the bazaar ? 

बाजार में वेटर (दूध बेचने वाला) कैसे कॉफी (दूध) को ठंढा करता था ?

✍️ Answer. The waiter cooled the coffee by lifting a tumbler high and pouring its contents into a tumbler held in his other hand.

👉 Question (5) Which different sights tither the legs of Bama and stop her ? 

कौन-सी भिन्न दृष्यावलियाँ बामा के पैरों को बाँधती थी और उसको रोक देती थीं ? 

✍️Answer. The street light always demonstrating how it could change the colour from blue to violet, the narikkuravan huntergypsy with his wild lemur in cages, selling needles, clay beads and instruments for cleaning out the ears. All these things would not allow her to go further.

👉 Question (6) What fruits were found there according to the season ? 

मौसम के हिसाब से वहाँ कौन-से फल पाए जाते थे ? 

✍️ Answer. According to season, there would be mango, cucumber, sugar cane, sweet potato, palm shoots, gram, palm- syrup, guavas and Jack fruit for sale.

👉 Question (7) What was set up there in the corner of the street ? 

वहाँ पर गली के एक कोने में क्या स्थापित किया जाता था ?

✍️ Answer. At the corner a threshing floor had been set up and the landlord watched the proceedings, seated on a piece of sacking spread over a stone ledge. People were hard at work, driving cattle in pairs, round and round, to tread out the grain from the straw.

       

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👉 Question (8) What made Bama double up ? Why did she want to laugh ? 

क्या था जिसने बामा को तेज चलाया ? वह हँसना क्यों चाहती थी ? 

✍️ Answer. Bama saw an elderly man carrying something in a packet though he was holding out the packet by its strings without touching it. This made Bama to double her speed and laugh.

👉 Question (9) How did the elder person give package to the landlord ? 

बुजुर्ग व्यक्ति ने जमींदार को पैकेज (पुड़ा) कैसे दिया ?

✍️ Answer. The elder went straight up to the landlord, bowed low and extended the packet towards him, cupping the hand that held the string with his other hand.

👉 Question (10) Who was Annan ? What did he tell Bama about caste ? 

अन्नान कौन था ? उसने बामा को जाति के बारे में क्या बताया ? 

✍️ Answer. Annan was Bama's elder brother. He told Bama that the man was not being funny when he carried the packet like that. He said everybody believed that they were upper caste and therefore must not touch us.

👉 Question (11) Why did Bama become angry and what did she want to do then ?

बामा क्यों नाराज हो गई और फिर वह क्या करना चाहती थी ? 

✍️ Answer. When Bama knew the social evil of untouchability she became very angry and decided to study hard.

👉 Question (12) What thoughts arrived into the mind of Bama after knowing the fact of carrying the package in that different way ? 

बामा के दिमाग में उस भिन्न तरीके से पैकेज को ले जाने के तथ्य को जानने के बाद में क्या विचार आए ? 

✍️ Answer. When she heard from her brother that they were from low caste. She thought how could they believe that it was disgusting if one of us held that package in his hands. She wanted to touch all those Vadais directly.

👉 Question (13) What happened with Bama's elder brother once while returning from their neighbouring village's library ? 

बामा के बड़े भाई के साथ एक बार उनके पड़ोस के गाँव की लाइब्रेरी से लौटते समय क्या हुआ ? 

✍️ Answer. When Annan was on his way to home. One of the landlord's man asked his name and where did he live. Annan replied on which street he lived. In this way he came to know his caste.

👉 Question (14) What did Annan tell Bama about their community ? How did he motivate her to overcome those indignities ? 

अन्नान ने बामा को उनके समाज (जाति) के बारे में क्या बताया ? उसने उसे उन तिरस्कार (अपमान) से उबरने के लिए कैसे प्रेरित किया ? 

✍️ Answer. Annan told Bama that, because they were born into untouchable community. They were never given any honour and respect, they were stripped of all that. But if hey study and make progress. They can throw away these indignities.

             

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👉 Question (1) Who was Bama ? Why did it take at least thirty minutes to her to reach home from the school ? What different things, shows or happenings, she used to observe in the way which attracted her ? 

बामा कौन थी ? उसे स्कूल से घर पहुँचने में कम से कम तीस मिनट क्यों लगते थे ? क्या विभिन्न चीजें, प्रदर्शन अथवा घटनाएँ, वह रास्ते में निरीक्षण (देखा) करती थी जो उसे आकर्षित करते थे ? 

✍️ Answer. Bama is also a school going girl. She belongs to a downtradden community. She is filled with anger when she see that an elder of their community is being humiliated by a high-caste landlord. It was actually possible to walk the distance in ten minutes.

She would watch the Pongal offerings being cooked. Then there could be some entertainments going on the way-a street play, a puppet show or a magic show. These were the things that stopped her at many points in her ways. In this way Bama was a active girl. 

👉 Question (2) What did she see once in a corner of her street ? Which unusual scene made her double up and laugh ?

एक बार अपनी गली के एक कोने में उसने क्या देखा ? कौन-से विशेष (असाधारण) दृश्य ने उसकी चलने की गति बढ़ा दी और हँसवाया ? 

✍️ Answer. One day, when she came to her street she saw at the opposite corner a threshing floor had been set up, and the landlord watches the proceedings, seated on a piece of sacking spread over a stone ledge. The people of her community were hard at work, driving cattle in pairs.

He was carrying a small packet in his hands. Bama guessed there was some things like Vadais in the packet. Bama wanted to laugh loudly when she saw this. He was holding out the packet by its string, without touching it. She thought that in this manner.

👉 Question (3) Why was Annan not amused ? What did he tell Bama about their caste ? What were the reactions of Bama then ? Explain. 

अन्नान क्यों खुश नहीं हुआ ? उसने बामा को उनकी जाति के बारे में क्या बताया ? तब बामा की क्या प्रतिक्रियाएँ थीं ? व्याख्या कीजिए | 

✍️ Answer. Bama told her brother that an elderly person of their caste was holding a food packet in a strange way. Her brother told her that he did so to avoid touching the packet. Thinking about the evil of untouchability.

Then the people would come to her of their own regard and attach themselves to her. Those words of Annan made a deep impression on her. Bama's brother told her about the social evil of untouchability. 

👉 Question (4) What incident had happened with Annan once ? What information do you find by it ? How do you take it ? Discuss. 

एक बार अन्नान के साथ क्या घटना घटित हुई थी ? आप उससे क्या जानकारी पाते हैं ? आप उसे कैसे लेते हैं ? चर्चा कीजिए |

✍️ Answer. Once Bama's elder brother, who was studying at a university had come home for the holidays. He would often go to the library in the neighbouring village in order to borrow books at that time.

He was on his way home one day walking along the banks of the irrigation tank. On of the landlord's man came up behind him. In this way in the olden days people of the high-caste came to know the caste of lower-caste people.

👉 Question (5) How did Annan motivate Bama to go ahead in her life ? Did those words affect on Bama ? How ? Explain. 

अन्नान ने बामा को जीवन में आगे बढ़ने के लिए कैसे प्रेरित किया ? क्या उन शब्दों का बामा पर प्रभाव पड़ा ? कैसे ? वर्णन कीजिए | 

✍️ Answer. Bama's brother encouraged her and advised her to study had to raise her position in the class. She did the same and stood first in her class. Now many people became her friends. Thus, she fought against the stigma of belonging to a lower-caste.

This followed the Bizzare incident when she watched a person of her street carrying 'Vadais' with a particular style as he had been mandated to carry, not touching the packets. If he had touched the packing, the Vadais could have been polluted.

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