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Where The Mind is Without Fear
EXERCISES
Q. 1. (a) Lets look at the interesting use of the relative adverb ‘where’ in all but 1 line of the poem. The lines start with ‘where’
Line 1 – Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;
Here ‘where’ relates to ‘mind’ and now find out what ‘where’ relates to ‘head’ in the other lines.
Answer— In the other line, ‘Where’ the mind is led forward into ever-widening thought and action.
(b) Find out the negative words in the poem, eg, fear, broken.
Answer— The other negative words in the poem are: narrow, lost, dreary, dead.
(c) Say whether true or false :
1. The poet describes an ideal place.
Answer— True.
2. ‘Narrow domestic walls’ means lack of understanding between man and man.
Answer— True.
3. ‘Dead habit’ means old habits.
Answer— True.
4. Truth, perfection and reason are not to be found in that ‘heaven’.
Answer— False.
5. ‘Tireless striving’ cannot reach perfection.
Answer— False.
II. Give 5 short sentences to describe the heaven that the poet wants for his country-men eg. a place where knowledge is free.
Answer— 1. A Place where Mind is without fear.
2. A place where everyone speaks only truth.
3. A place Where mind is lead by thought and action.
4. A place where everyone works tirelessly towards perfection.
5. A place where everyone is honest, open-minded and industrious.
III. Answer the following :-
Q. 1. Who does ‘thee’ refer to?
Answer— Here, in this poem ‘thee’ refers to God.
Q. 2. What does the poet expect a man to possess?
Answer— The poet expects a man to possess freedom and happier future for mankind.
Q. 3. How can one achieve perfection?
Answer— By striving tirelessly one can achieve perfection.
Q. 4. What is ‘dead habit’?
Answer— Here in this poem the term ‘Dead Habit’ means ‘Old habit’ of blind faith. People need to use their reasons over the blind faiths and must accept new thoughts and ideas.
S. L. No | Contents (Class 7 English) |
Lesson 1 | Where The Mind is Without Fear |
Lesson 2 | The Clever Shepherd |
Lesson 3 | The Arrow and the song |
Lesson 4 | A Tiger in the House |
Lesson 5 | Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead |
Lesson 6 | Buddha- the light of Asia |
Lesson 7 | The Mouse and the Cake |
Lesson 8 | Co-Operate and Prosper |
Lesson 9 | The Miller of the Dee |
Lesson 10 | A Friend in Need |
Lesson 11 | Ideas |
Lesson 12 | The Little Orphan |
Lesson 13 | Somebody’s Mother |
Lesson 14 | The Chipko Architect |
Lesson 15 | The Felling of the Banyan Tree |
Lesson 16 | Ekalavya |
Lesson 17 | The Kite |
Lesson 18 | The Man Who Made an Entire Mountainside Green |
PART — II | |
Lesson 1 | Simple Story of a ‘Hungry Fox’ |
Lesson 2 | My Little Friend |
Lesson 3 | Strength of the Wind and the Sun |
Lesson 4 | The Story of a Monkey and a Capseller |
Lesson 5 | The Story of Tenali Raman |
Lesson 6 | The Story of Emperor Akbar and Birbal |
Lesson 7 | The Story of Ekalavya |
Lesson 8 | The Story of a Sage |
Lesson 9 | The Story of Dhruva |
PART — III | |
Lesson 1 | School Children Playing beside a Pond |
Lesson 2 | School Children are enjoying the scenary of India Gate |
Lesson 3 | Singing at Play |
Lesson 4 | Dinning Table |
Lesson 5 | Two Rooms |
Lesson 6 | Story of the Swans and the Tortoise |
Q. 5. What are ‘narrow domestic walls’?
Answer— Narrow Domestic walls means Prejudice, blind faith, superstitions and inability of understanding.
Q. 6. Does this poem remind you of any poem of Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore?
Answer— Yes this poem reminds me of “Freedom of thought’ another famous poem of Rabindra Nath Tagore.
Q. 7. The word ‘Where’ is frequently used in this poem. Why?
Answer— In this poem the word ‘where’ is frequently used, because the poem is a description of a place which is imagined by the poet and he indicates it by using the word ‘where’.
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