Maharashtra Board Class 11 English Solution Chapter 3.4 – Interview
Yuvakbharati Maharashtra Board Class 11 English Solution Chapter 3.4: Interview. Marathi or English Medium Students of Class 11 get here Interview full Exercise Solution.
Std |
Maharashtra Class 11 |
Subject |
English Yuvakbharati |
Chapter |
3.4 |
Chapter Name |
Interview |
ICEBREAKERS
Q.) Complete the following web diagram.
Ans.
BRAINSTORMING
A1.) i) Complete the following statements with the help of the text.
Ans. To learn about meditation, you have to see how your mind is working.
Watch your thinking. Do not correct it. Do not suppress it. Begin to learn to just think. Just watch thought. Do not correct it, and then you will learn the beginning of meditation.
ii.) Identify the incorrect statements from the following and correct them.
(a) One wants others to change. True
(b) One can get rid of being ordinary. True
(c) Understanding the nature of greed does not ensure freedom from greed. False
Ans. Understanding the nature of greed ensures freedom from greed.
(d) Learning is a finite process. False
Ans. It is an infinite process.
A2.) i) Is an educated person the same as a degree-holder?
Make a list of the behaviors in educated people that you find unacceptable.
Ans. No, an educated person is not the same as a degree holder.
Some of the behaviors in educated people that I personally find unacceptable are-
a) Disrespect for public amenities and historical buildings etc.
b) Not being enough empathetic at public places.
c) Breaking traffic rules.
d) Talking loudly in public places.
ii.) Suggest what you would do in the following situations:
(a) Your very close friend has been using a fake social media account to play pranks on others and is not ready to stop in spite of several attempts by you.
Ans. In the first placeI would talk to him/her and try to explainthe consequences of such unacceptable behavior. I would try to talk it out, hopefully he/she understands. If he/she doesn’t understand then ultimately I have to talk to his/her parents and inform them about such derogatory thing he/she is into.
(b) You are going through a crisis that is making you short-tempered and impatient, due to which you end up causing harm to your family and friends. They have started complaining about it quite often.
Ans. If I am going through a crisis in my life that is making you short-tempered and impatient, I will try to solve the problem on my own in the first hand, if I see that I am not able to come up with any solution, I’ll then discuss the matter with my family members and close friends. I will also try to calm myself by doing meditation and yoga. If these things don’t work at all in curbing my behavior, in the final analysis I’ll seek the help of a counselor.
(c) One particular friend of yours is always late for college, social functions, movies etc. and delays everyone.
Ans. I’ll talk to him/her and try to make her understand the downsides of being late and how because of her everyone else gets late. I will try to explain the importance of being punctual and well timed.
(d) You realize that you no longer want to pursue your studies in the stream you have selected.
Ans. I’ll discuss the matter with my family and will try to make them understand what my dreams are and what I want to pursue and how much seriously I have pondered upon it. I’ll show them the brighter aspects that my dream goal has and how much benefitted i will be if I opt the line of my choice and preference.
A3.) i) Consult the thesaurus and note down synonyms for ‘ordinary’.
Ans. Ordinary– Usual, typical, standard, accustomed etc.
ii) Similarly find the meaning and make use of the words trite, routine, cliché and regular in your own sentences.
a) Trite- lacking originality or freshness.
b) Routine- a sequence of actions regularly followed.
c) Cliché- an opinion that is overused and betrays a lack of original thought.
d) Regular- systematic, structured.
A4.) i) Complete the table. One is done for you.
Ans.
S. No | The world around you | What we should aim to be |
1. | Callous | Caring for people, environment, life |
2. | Violent | Calm, gentle and compassionate towards others, and the environment. |
3. | Greedy | Should try to be generous, and altruistic. |
4. | Corrupt | Try to be honest, with ethical behavior and high morale. |
iii.) Note down ways in which you can make your life less ordinary in terms of…
(a) Utilization of time.
Ans. This is one of the most important tasks to maintain when we are trying to achieve our life goals and lead a disciplined life. Everyone of us get 24 hours in day and we should make the most of it. We should try to utilize these 24 hours in the best possible way instead of wasting it and skulking around. The best way is to jot down our routine that what are we going to do and how we’ll utilize the day, so that we can work accordingly.
(b) Pursuing goals other than material goals.
Ans. Pursuing goals not just means material goals or related to earning money. Instead our goals should yield the ultimate satisfaction that we truly need. It can be anything, different people might set different goals like someone would like to master in the art of meditation, someone will have to attain spiritual peace of mind and body or many people these days set the goal of losing weight and want to stay fit and healthy. Once these kind of goals are also achieved, we get a true sense of contentment and relief.
(c) Nurturing relationships.
Ans. Sometimes small gestures and acts of kindness and helping someone brings immense joy and inner peace and also helps in nurturing and strengthening our relationships with our family, close ones and even sometimes strangers. Just by going out of the way to help someone who genuinely needs help can bring a positive change in our as well as their lives. We can perform small acts of kindness in our daily lives. It actually is the principle of receiving happiness by sharing happiness, the most common and simplest way of living life.
(d) Being a better human being.
Ans. To be a better human being is not an act of one single day. It is something that we need to practice and try every single day. To become the better version of ourselves is a continuous process of evolvement. We should try to analyze our negative qualities and loopholes and should try to focus on changing them into positive ones. This won’t happen in a single day, it will take time, but eventually we will succeed and the upshot will be satisfying.
A4.) i) Place the given areas of questioning from the list in the appropriate columns.
- Future plans
- Inspiration
- Overcoming hurdles/ struggle
- Coach/ mentor/ guide/ teacher
- Message for the youngsters
- Family support
- Alternate career choice
- First or maiden award/ achievement /success /setbacks
- Turning point in life/ success formula/technique
Ans.
S. No | Section of the interview | Aspects to be covered |
1. | Introduction | Welcoming/Greeting, Introduction of the guest/Occasion |
2. | Opening questions | describe yourself, coach/guide/mentor |
3. | Main body | Overcoming hurdles, struggle Family support/ First or maiden award / achievement / success / setbacks/ Turning point in life/ success formula/technique./ Inspiration |
4. | Concluding questions | Future plans/message for the youth. |
5. | Summing up | Some encouraging and motivating the youth/ expression of gratitude/ Concluding lines. |
ii.) ‘Once you begin to learn there is no end to learning’. Write your views on this statement.
Ans. Learning is a continuous and a never ending process by which we gain knowledge and skills. We learn from something or the other thing from each and every one and each and everything in our surroundings, weather it is our family, friends, and other people in society whom we don’t know we even learn things from them as well. And in the process of continuous learning one of our best teachers is nature. Nature teaches a lot more than we even know and understand. Learning new things is important for our growth and especially for our professional life. If we are not learning, we are not moving. To move forward in life we need to learn constantly. If we are thriving to be a better human being, it simply shows that we are not learning and grasping anything from life or nature or even our surroundings. Thus, this line ‘Once you begin to learn there is no end to learning’ is a very encouraging and motivating quotation and shows us how important the process of continuous learning is.
iii.) You are a class representative and you are assigned by the Principal of your college, the task to conduct an interview of a leading personality in a particular field. You have to conduct the interview with the help of the points in the table provided above. Write the interview.
Ans.On the basis of the examples given in the text and the exercises done above, students will try to do this question on their own.
A5.) i) Form groups and discuss the following statements, in the context of the extract. ‘If he is indeed wise, he does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind’. – Kahlil Gibran
Ans. In the above line Khalil Gibran has talked about the quality of a great teacher. A great teacher will never try to impose his own thoughts and viewpoints on his students, instead he’ll help them to find their own path and explore knowledge on their own. He helps them widen their prospect by increasing their curiosity so that they can soar high.
ii.) ‘Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.’
Mahatma Gandhi.
Collect some more quotes on education by famous thinkers.
Ans. 1) “He who opens a school door closes a prison.”
Victor Hugo
2) “One child, one teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.”
MalalaYousafzai
3) “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”
Nelson Mandela