बिहार बोर्ड कक्षा 12वी - English - Prose Chapter 6: The Artist के NCERT Solution

Bihar Board Class 12 English Book Objective Type Questions and Answers

1. The Artist” is — 
(a) An essay
(b) a poetry
(c) a short story
(d) a drama
Answer:
(c) a short story

2. Seibei’s age was — 
(a) Ten years
(b) Fifteen years
(c) Eight years
(d) Twelve years
Answer:
(d) Twelve years

3. Which one of the following is a short story? 
(a) India Through a Traveller’s Eyes
(b) The Artist
(c) A marriage proposal
(d) Ideas that have helped Mankind
Answer:
(b) The Artist

4. Seibei had the hobby of……………
(a) Playing cricket
(b) Morning walk
(c) Collecting guards
(d) Ridding motor-bike
Answer:
(c) Collecting guards


5. Seibei’s hobby of collecting gourd made his teacher 
(a) pleased
(b) displeased
(c) amused
(d) Laughed
Answer:
(b) displeased

6. Shiga Naoya has written the piece— 
(a) A child is Bom
(b) The Artist
(c) Bharat is my Home
(d) A marriage proposal
Answer:
b) The Artist

Bihar Board Class 12 English Book Textual Questions and Their Answer

A. Work in small groups and discuss the following
Questions 1.
Everyone has a hobby of one’s own. What is your hobby?
Answer:
Answer this question yourself.


Questions 2.
Several people are passionately attached to a particular thing or idea. Does it help to be passionate?
Answer:
Yes, it helps to be passionately attached to something or some idea. It helps to achieve something great.

Questions 3.
Do you think that spending your time on things other than studies is a wastage of time?
Answer:
I don’t think so if the things are worth the while.

B. 1.1. Complete the following sentences on the basis of what you have studied
(i) Seibei was passionately interested in [Board Exam. 2009 (A)]
(ii) Seibei laughed all the way home because
(iii) Seibei was old and at school. 
(iv) Seibei did not appreciate Baked gourd because
(v) Seibei was now in his picture.
Answer:
a
B. 1.2. Answer the following questions briefly
Question 1.
Where did Seibei live?
Answer:
Seibei lived in a harbor town.

Question 2.
Which type of gourd did Seibai like?
Answer:
Seibei liked round and symmetrical gourd.


Question 3.
Why did the conversation of his father and his friends make Seibei laugh inwardly?
Answer:
The conversation of his father and his friend made Seibei laugh inwardly because his father commented on baking gourd that they had at the agricultural show last spring. The baking gourd had made quite a stir at the time, but when he (Seibei) had gone to see it he had found it rather a stupid¬looking object and had walked out of the show.

Question 4.
Why did Seibei’s father shout at him?
Answer:
Seibei’s father and his friend were taking about baken gourd, they had seen in the agricultural show held in the last spring, which according to him was most beautiful. But Seibei found it stupid-looking when he had gone in that show, as such he had walked out of it (the show). So he said that he didn’t think so much of it, because it was just an awkward thing. Seibei’s interruption made his father angry. So he shouted at him.

Question 5.
Why did Seibei wander about the town?
Answer:
It was Seibei’s hobby to wander about the town almost daily looking for gourds. He was deeply interested in buying and collecting it from the market and arrange it on the walls of his house.

B. 2.1. Complete the following sentences of the basis of the story
(i) The old woman asked ………… for the gourd.
(ii) The teacher was particularly angry because…………
(iii) Seibei’s father worked at…………………
(iv) Seibei’s father fetched his hammer and……………
(v) The curio-dealer sold the confiscated gourd to………………
Answer:
(i) ten sen, (ii) it happened to take place in an ethics class, (iii) carpenter’s shop, (iv) systematically smashed them to pieces, (v) curio-dealer.

B. 2.2. Answer the following questions Briefly
Question 1.
What made Seibei’s heart beat faster?
Answer:
When Seibei was examining the gourds, suddenly he caught sight of one which was about five inches long. Something about it made Seibei’s heart beat faster.

Question 2.
Which is called effeminate pastime in the story?
Answer:
The teacher came from another part of Japan and found it most offensive that children should indulge in such womanish pastimes as collecting gourds. As such it is called effeminate pastime in the story.


Question 3.
How did Seibei’s father react to the teacher’s complaint?
Answer:
Seibei’s father reacted to the teacher’s complaint when he knew. Seibei’s fault which was reported by Seibei’s teacher. He became angry at this matter. As soon as he heard., he grabbed his son by the collar and gave him a sound beating. He chided his son that he would never get anywhere in the world, the way he is carrying on.

Question 4.
How much did the curio-dealer pay for the confiscated gourd?
Answer:
The curio-dealer paid fifty yen for the confiscated gourd.

Question 5.
What did Seibei do after he was forced to give up collecting gourds?
Answer:
The father of Seibei fetched his hammer and systematically smashed the gourds to pieces, one after the other. It brought a change in his hobby. Seibei is now engrossed in his pictures.


C. 1. Bihar Board Class 12 English Book Long Answer Questions 

Question 1.
Who was Seibei? What was his hobby?
Answer:
Seibei was a twelve years old talented Japanese boy studying in primary school. His hobby was to wander about the town looking for the gourds. Then in the evening he would sit crosslegged in the living-room working on his newly acquired fruit. When he had finished treating it, he poured it in a little sake, inserted a cock stopped which he had fashioned himself wrapped it in a towel then he, put this in a tin especially kept for the purpose and finally placed the whole thing in the charcoal foot warmer.

Question 2.
Pick out instances from the story to show that Seibei was passionate about gourd collection.
Answer:
Some instances from the story show that Seibei was passionate about gourd collection are as follow: Seibei was the student of a primary school. After class, instead of playing with the other children, he usually wandered about the town looking for gourds. Then in the evening, he would sit cross¬legged in the comer of the living room working on his newly acquired fruit. When he had finished treating it, he poured it in a little sake, put this in a tin especially kept for the purpose, and finally placed the whole thing in the charcoal footwarmer. Then he would go to bed. As soon as he woke the next morning, he would open the tin and examine the gourd. The skin would be thoroughly damp from the overnight treatment Seibei would gaze adoringly at his treasure before tying a string around the middle and hanging it in the sun to dry. Then he set out for school.


Question 3.
Explain the views of Seibei’s father about him and his hobby.
Answer:
Seibei’s father wanted to see his son become a learned person. He always wanted to see him studied well. His father didn’t like his son’s work whatever Seibei’s was doing. Seibei’s father didn’t want to listen to any complain of his son. His desires were to give up unwanted work and unwanted things by his son. For this view, he always guided his son and at last forcely he made him give up his hobbies for collecting gourd.

Question 4.
Seibei’s teacher becomes angry with him? Was his anger justified?
Answer:
Seibei’s passion for gourds was so strong that he took a gourd to school. It was a class of ethics. Seibei’s was expected to pay attention to what the teacher was telling them. But Seibei, instead, kept polishing the gourd under his seat. The teacher caught him. He was very angry. He believed the gourd collection was a girls’ hobby. He confiscated the gourd. To a great extent, Lie teacher’s reaction was justified. No teacher would telerate any of his students not paying attention to what he is teaching. The teacher, it appears, wa. zealous about his job. He even went to Seibei’s home to complain again tf him. But the teacher had no appreciation for Seibei’s art. He could have returned the gourd to him, ;and advised him never to bring it to class in future. That would have served the purpose better.

Question 5.
Seibei’s teacher neid his parents responsible for Seibei’s mistake. Do you agree with the teacher? Explain.
Answer:
I agree with Seibei’s teacher. If children do not study and waste their time on worthless pursuits, it is parents’ duty to keep them away from such pursuits. But many parents have hardly any time to see what their child is doing. Though Seibei was a real artist, but all children are not like him. So parents should see that their children do not spend too much time on playing games, watching TV, on hobbies and chatting whith others.