Class-12: English Question and Answers:
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GOING PLACES
--A.R. Barton
About the author: A. R. Barton is a modern writer, who lives in Zurich and writes in English.
He had authored many stories like "Going Places" which are mainly
concerned with the problems and the stage of adolescence.
Summary: "Going Places" as the title aptly suggests, it about the flight
of imagination into a world of fantasy that teenagers often indulge in. It
tells us about the fantasies nurtured by a young girl named Sophie who was on
the verge of stepping out of school. She starts believing her fantasies as if
they had actually happened in her life. She belongs to a lower middle class
socioeconomic stratum of the society. She dream of opening a boutique or
becoming a fashion designer which, though looks unlikely eta the stage, may
have a chance of realization. But her claim of having met the star footballer
Danny Casey and the entire conversation or his promise to meet her again are
entirely based on her imagination and is not even remotely connected to
reality. That is why she ends up being disappointed at having to face the
reality of not meeting her dream idol.
TEXTUAL QUESTION AND ANSWER
1/where was it most likely that the two girls
would fine work after School?
Ans: After school, it was most likely that the two girl would lined work in
a biscuit factory.
2/what were the options that Sophie was dreaming
of? Why does Jansie discourage her from having such dream?
Ans: The options that Sophie was dreaming to were to become a fashion
designer, a manager an and actress
Jansie
discourage her from having such dreams because she knows very well that both of
them are made to work in a biscuit factory.
3/why did Sophie wriggle when Geoff told her
father that she had met Danny Casey?
Ans: when Geoff told his father that Sophie had met Danny Casey, Sophie
wriggled because of nervousness as she did not want her father to know about
her secret meeting wait Danny Casey.
4/Does Geoff believe what Sophie say about her
meeting with Danny Casey?
Ans: Initially Geoff does not believe Sophie’s story. However an providing
details of Danny Casey, somehow believes in her but didn’t fully
convicted.
5/Does Sophie’s father believe her story?
Ans: No, Sophie’s father doesn’t believe her story.
Q: Why Sophie’s father didn’t believe her story?
Ans: Sophie’s father doesn’t believe her story because he know Sophie nature
of Creating her own will story’s.
6/How does Sophie include her brother Geoff in
her fantasy of her future?
Ans: Sophie’s includes her brother Geoff in her fantasy at her future by
fantasising that she goes to the city in a horse with her brother Geoff she
also imagines that Geoff is warning black leather jacket as she a yellow dress
a kind at cape the flies in the year and when they reach city, the people
welcomes them warning.
7/ Which country did Danny Casey play for?
Ans: Danny Casey played football for Ireland.
8/ why didn’t Sophie and Jansie to know about her
story with Danny?
Ans: Sophie didn’t want Jansie to know about her story with Danny Casey
because feared that Jansie might sprat the news of her sclera meeting with
Danny Casey in the wighdourhood, which might create problem in her house.
9/Did Sophie really meet Danny Casey?
Ans: No, Sophie didn’t really meet Danny Casey.
10/Which was the only occasion when she got to
see Danny Casey in person?
Ans: The only occasion when Sophie got to see Danny Casey in person was on
Saturday when she with her family want to she the football match at the united.
UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT
1/Sophie and Jansie were class-mates and friends.
What were the differences between them that show up in the story?
Ans: Though Sophie and Jansie were class-mates, their attitudes towards life
temperament were quite the opposite. Sophie was a dreamer and love to live in a
world of fantasies. It was not that she worked extra hard to achieve that dream
but thought they would come by her way. Her dreams were far removed from the
life she lived. She Want to life of sophistication and glamour. jansie, on the
other hand, was very practical and rooted. She reminded Sophie that they were
destined to work in the biscuit factory and she should not nurture her fanciful
thoughts. While one is a fantastic dreamer and lives in a world created by her,
the other does not dream at all but accepts life as it is planned out for
them.
2/ how would you describe the character and
temperament of Sophie’s father?
Ans: our fast introduction is Sophie’s father is
at all dinner table with a sarcastic comment at Sophie’ on her claim to come
into money. He is a stockily built man with a plump face which is sweaty and
grimy after the day’s work. The manner in which he sat down to watch television
and tossed Derek’s shoes onto the sofa portrays him as a man who is not very
refined or sophisticated. There is an aggressive manliness about him. He is an
avoid football fan and go to watch the match every week. Later he would go to
the pub to celebrate United’s win.
Sophie’s
father knew his daughter too well. When Geoff told him about the meeting with
Danny Casey, he just looked at her disdainfully and warned her that she would
get into lot of trouble if she kept talking this way. He never believed her
“wild stories”.
3/why did Sophie like her brother Geoff more than
any other person? From her perspective, what did he symbolise?
Ans: Sophie liked Geoff more than any one person, basically, because of his
nature. To her, he was an enigma. He was elder to her and spoke very little.
There was area about his life which were completely unknown to her and about
which her spoke nothing. She wanted to be closer to him and confide in him all
her secrets. She wished her showed his affections for her and that someday, he
would take her with him.
To Sophie, Geoff symbolised her escape to the
world of her fantasy. It was with him that she rode away to the world that has
been waiting so long for her arrival. There was also a sound of applause as the
world stood to greet them. His silent thought fascinated her simply because
they were unknown to her and remained out of her reach.
4. What socia-economic background did Sophie
belong to? What are the indicators of her family’s financial status?
Ans: Sophie’s belonged to a lower middle-class
background. There are plenty of indications which drive us to conclude this.
The conversation between the two girls indicates their financial background.
Sophie’s dreams are unrealistic as Jansie says they have been earmarked for the
biscuit factory which means they have to work right after school. When Sophie
reaches home, we get a picture of where she lives. The description of the house
and the activities, her brother’s apprenticeship as a mechanic, father’s sweaty
face, and mother’s pile of work are indications of their socio-economic status.
They travel by bus to watch the football match and later Sophie sees her
father’s bicycle outside the pub.
ADDITIONAL QUESTION ANS
ANSWER
1. How does Sophie think of earning many for her
boutique?
Ans: Sophie thinks of earning money for her boutique by become a fashion
designer; a manager, actress.
2. Who were Sophie and Jansie? How were they alike and
different from each other?
Ans: Sophie and Jansie were two girls of the same neighbourhood. They were
in the same class and both were teenagers. Apart from this, they were
completely different in temperament and attitude towards life. While Sophie was
a complete and lived in her world of fantasy, Jansie was practical and rooted
to her ground.
3. Did Sophie meet Danny Casey? Why was she so
fascinated by him?
Ans: Sophie did not meet Danny Casey at all. She heroworshipped him and kept
days dreaming about meeting or speaking to him. She and all others of her age and
beyond, was fascinated by Danny because he was a start footballer. They being
avid football fans idolized him. She knew he was unreachable and was thus more
fascinated by his star appeal.
4. What according to Geoff, was the ‘unlikeliest
thing’?
Asn: Geoff immediately dismissed Danny’s promise to meet Sophie the next
time week. Danny was too big a celebrity to wait for Sophie or not to have any
other girlfriend. So he told Sophie that such a meeting was the most unlikely
thing to happen in life.
5. Why Sophie’s father didn’t believe her story?
Ans: Sophie’s father doesn’t believe her story because he know Sophie nature
of Creating her own will story’s.
6. Was
Sophie’s ambition divorced from reality?
Ans: there was a vast disparity between Sophie’s
dreams and her real world. She lived in a fantasy world and aimed for glamour
and sophistication in whatever he would do. We cannot say her ambition was
divorced from reality but for people of her kind of socio-economic background,
her dreams were fantastic and far front reality.
7. What did Sophie think for Geoff?
Ans: Geoff was Sophie’s brother and elder to her.
Unlike her, he spoke rarely and mostly kept to himself. Sophie’s romanticized
his life and wanted to prod into the unknown areas which always fascinated her.
Perhaps there were also interesting people of whom he never spoke. She longed
to meet them. She wished to he admitted more deeply into her brother’s
affections.
8. How did Sophie’s father react to her story?
Ans: After dinner when Sophie’s father sat in
front of the television, Geoff told him about Sophie’s meeting Danny Casey. Her
father turned to look at her with disdain. He obviously did not believe her and
even cautioned her to give up her wild stories. He said that she would land
herself in big trouble if she kept talking like that.
9. Who was Danny Casey? What influence did he have
on Sophie and her family?
Ans: Danny Casey was a star footballer from Ireland. He played for United.
He was a teenage idol and children herowroshipped him. Everyone in Sophie’s
family was a great soccer fan. Every Saturday, very religiously, they want to
watch the match and wholeheartedly supported their team. Their ecstasy and
involvement in the game shows us how Danny Casey has influenced their lives.
Even back at home, Derek tall his mother how he wished Casey was an Englishman.
Geoff had picture of Danny all over the walls of his bedroom. That is exactly
why he had become an object of Sophie’s fantasy and a topic for their
after-dinner conversation.
Previous
year question (most important question)
2012 YEAR
1. What does Sophie want to have
when she grow up? (1 marks)
2.
What job is Geoff engaged in? Does he entertain wild and impractical
dreams like his sister? (2 marks).
2013 YEAR
1. How was Geoff employed? (1 mark)
2.
What other dreams Sophie had besides having a boutique? (2 marks)
2014 YEAR
1.
Who is the writer of “Going Places”? (1
marks)
2. What theme does the story
“Going Places” explore? (2 marks).
2015 YEAR
1. Did Sophie really meet Danny
Casey? (1 mark)
2. What other dreams does Sophie
have besides having a boutique? (2 marks)
3. Where was it most likely that Sophie and her friend would find work after school? (1 marks)
2016 YEAR
1.
How was Geoff employed? (1 marks)
2.
For whom does Sophie ask Danny
Casey an autography? (1 marks).
2017 YEAR
1. Who is Geoff? (1 mark)
2.
Which was the only occasion when Sophie got to see Danny Casey in perces?
(2 marks).
3. What are the others option that
Sophie dreams to besides owning a boutique? (2
marks).
4. What job is Geoff engaged in?
Does he entertain wild and impractical dreams like his sister does? (5 marks).
2018 YEAR
1.
Which country does Danny Casey play for? (1
marks).
2. What job is Geoff engaged
in?does he entertain wild and impractical dreams like her sister ? (2 marks).
3. What kind of a person is Geoff?
(2 marks).
2019 YEAR
1. What did Sophie dream of? (1 mark).
2. Why didn’t Sophie want Jansie
to know about her story with Danny? (2 marks).
3. Describe the character of
Sophie’s father and the role played by him in the story “Going Places”? (5 marks).
2020 YEAR
1.
What work does Geoff do? (1 marks).
2.
For whom does Sophie ask Danny Casey an autograph? (1 marks)
3.
What other dreams does Sophie have besides having a boutique? (2 marks).
4.
Why was Sophie fascinated by Danny Casey? Why it a one-sided affair? (2 marks).
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FLAMINGO (Prose)
Chapter -1: The Last Lesson
Chapter -2: Lost Spring
Chapter -3: Deep Water
Chapter -4: Indigo
Chapter -5: Going Places
Chapter -6: Memoirs of a Chota Sahib
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FLAMINGO (poem)
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Class-12: English Question and Answers:
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