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Thinking about the Text
(Page 20)
Question:- I. Answer these questions in a few words or a couple of sentences each.
Answer:- Evelyn was sixteen years old when she went to the Royal Academy of Music.
Answer:- Her deafness was first discovered when she was eight years old. By the time she was eleven, it was confirmed.
Question:- II. Answer each of these questions in a short paragraph (30–40 words).
Answer:- Ron Forbes who was an excellent percussionist, helped her to continue with the music. He advised Evelyn that instead of listening with her ears, she should try to sense it in some other manner. He started by tuning two massive drums to different pitches.
Answer:- Evelyn gave free concerts in hospitals and prisons. She dedicated her life to music and gave many regular concerts.
Question:- III. Answer the question in two or three paragraphs (100–150 words).
Answer:- Evelyn became deaf when she was eleven years old. She did not, however, quit. She was determined to live a regular life while also pursuing her passion for music. A percussionist named Ron Forbes saw her potential. He advised her to avoid listening with her ears and instead attempt to sense it in another manner. She noticed she could feel the upper drum from her waist down and the lower drum from her waist up. Forbes repeated the practise, and Evelyn quickly realised that she could detect specific notes in various places of her body. She learned to tune in to noises and sensations with her body and mind. “It flows in through every part of my body,” she stated. It tingles throughout my skin, cheeks, and even my hair.” She could feel the sound flowing up the stick into her fingertips as she played the xylophone. She could feel the resonances seeping into her body by leaning against the drums. She used to take off her shoes on the hardwood floor so that the vibrations might run through her bare feet and up her legs.
Thinking about the Text
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Question:- I. Tick the right answer.
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Question:- II. Find the words in the text which show Ustad Bismillah Khan’s feelings about the items listed below. Then mark a tick (✔) in the correct column. Discuss your answers in class.
Bismillah Khan’s feelings about | Positive | Negative | Neutral |
1. teaching children music |
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2. the film world |
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3. migrating to the U.S.A. |
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4. playing at temples |
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5. getting the Bharat Ratna |
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6. the banks of the Ganga |
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7. leaving Benaras and Dumraon |
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Bismillah Khan’s feelings about | Positive | Negative | Neutral |
1. teaching children music | ✓ |
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2. the film world |
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3. migrating to the U.S.A. |
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4. playing at temples |
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5. getting the Bharat Ratna | ✓ |
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6. the banks of the Ganga | ✓ |
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7. leaving Benaras and Dumraon |
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Question:- III. Answer these questions in 30–40 words.
Answer:- Aurangzeb banned the playing of the pungi because it produced a shrill and unpleasant sound.
Answer:- The stem of a shehnai is hollow, longer and wider than a pungi’s. Its body is covered with holes.
Answer:- The shehnai was traditionally performed at the temple, in royal courts, and at weddings. It was brought on the classical theatre by Bismillah Khan.
Answer:- Bismillah Khan’s big chance came in 1938, when All India Radio was established in Lucknow. On the radio, he became a well-known shehnai player.
Answer:- On August 15, 1947, Bismillah Khan played the shehnai in the Red Fort. In front of a huge group of people, including Pt. Jawahar Lai Nehru, he poured his heart out. This was a historic event since it was the day we gained our independence.
Answer:- Bismillah Khan refused to start a shehnai school in the United States because he did not want to leave his homeland. He had an everlasting relationship with his hometowns of Dumraon and Benaras, as well as with the Ganges River.
Answer:- Two instances in the text which tell us that Bismillah Khan loves India and Benaras are: