English - Prose Chapter 7: A Child is born short Answer Questions
Short Questions Answer
1 A pregnant woman in a traditional society does not feel that she is alone. Why?
Ans. A pregnant woman in a traditional society does not feel alone because she is accepted culturally and collectively by her husband, kinsfolk and other members of the community.
2 What is the superstition associated with acquiring new clothes and instruments for a baby before the birth?
Ans. ‘Bad luck’ is the superstition associated with acquiring new clothes and instruments for a baby before the birth.
3 Where do Sylheti women go to stay during the last stage of pregnancy?.
Ans. Sylheti women go to her mother’s house for the last few months of her pregnancy and about the first three months of the baby’s life if their parents are alive.
4 How are children of the joint family in Bangladesh looked after?
Ans:- Children of the joint family in Bangladesh under the age of five or six are looked after by the whole family along with the other children.
5 What is the immediate impact of poverty in the medical field?
Ans. The immediate impact of poverty in the medical field prevents medical facilities to the patients because doctors and nurses become brutal to them.
6 Why does a Pregnant woman in a traditional society not feel that she is alone ?
Ans – no doubt a pregnant woman in a traditional society does not feel alone . The members of her family are there to support her . Her wishes have special rights . She fancies the sense of security .
7 Why does a Pregnant woman in a traditional society not feel that she is alone ?
Ans – no doubt a pregnant woman in a traditional society does not feel alone . The members of her family are there to support her . Her wishes have special rights . She fancies the sense of security .
8 Why do sylheti women go to stay at her mother’s house during the last stage of her pregnancy ?
Ans – In Sylhet , a division of Bangladesh ; if a girls ‘ parents are alive goes to her mother’s house for the last few months of her pregnancy and about the first three months of the baby’s life . Because she gets a lot of love and care there . All her desires are fulfilled there .
9 What is the reward of pregnancy for a young Sylheti woman ?
Ans – When a young Sylheti woman gets pregnant as a reward , they go to visit her mother’s home where she spends her remaining days of pregnancy with love and fancy . It is believed that in her first pregnancy they need special care and security which is possible at their maternal house .
10 . What is the difference between the east and the west in matters of mother – child relationship ?
Ans – In the Western societies , a baby is said just to be an only child of the mother . The mother takes it as the routine events of their life . But in Eastern societies the mother is treated as her prince / princess . She is so attached to the new born baby that she is even ready to give more importance to the child than to her husband.
