Maharashtra Board Class 12 English Chapter 1.8 Voyaging Towards Excellence Solution

Maharashtra Board Class 12 English Solution Chapter 1.8 – Voyaging Towards Excellence

Balbharati Maharashtra Board Class 12 English Solution Chapter 1.8: Voyaging Towards Excellence. Marathi or English Medium Students of Class 12 get here Voyaging Towards Excellence full Exercise Solution.

Std

Maharashtra Class 12
Subject

English

Chapter

1.8
Chapter Name

Voyaging Towards Excellence

Ice breakers:

a.)

A B
a)      Cruise vii) a journey on a boat or ship to a number of places
b)      Expedition vi) a journey especially by a group of people for a specific purpose
c)      Camp v) a place usually away from urban areas where tents are erected for shelter
d)      Trip iii) a brief pleasure outdoor visit
e)      Excursion iv) a short journey to a place with particular purpose
f)       Picnic ii) A short visit to an outdoor place where people celebrate, enjoy and eat meals.
g)      Voyage i)a long journey on a ship

b.) Qualities required for excellence: vision, hard work, patience, dedication, consistency, integrity, self-awareness, creativity.

A1) ii) achyutgodbole earned immense success and greater experiences in his 32 years’ career of information technology. But his quest for enhancing knowledge in various subjects related to human life and existence made him reject offers and pursue passion in writing. He wrote 34 books in Marathi out of which maximum became bestsellers within short time span. The money and fame were not important to him. He wanted to bring change and development in the lives of readers. He wrote wide range of books in various subjects like mathematics (ganiti)), science (kimayagar), technology, management (boardroom), economics (arthat), literature and so on. His readers found in insights in life from his books and grew interests in learning the subjects which were source of fear once. His book ‘Manat’ (related to human psychology helped readers to get over their depression and start life with new motivation and strength in mind. he wrote books for all forms of arts like Nadvedh (music), Zapoorza (English literature), symphony (western music), limelight (western films) to encourage readers for appreciating the art forms. his aim was to touch the hearts of readers and inspire them throughout their life journey.

A2.) i.)

Poets VindaKarandikar, MangeshPadgaonkar, Vasant Bapat, Keshavsut
Writers Mardhekar, Shakespeare, Charles dickens
Musicians Pt. Kumar Gandharv, Pt. Bhimsen Joshi, pt. Jasraj
Dramatists Shakespeare, Charles dickens, Thomas hardy
Painters Van Gogh, Mozart, Michelangelo

ii.)

a.) The writer used to appreciate the inherent beauty of these subjects.

b.) He loved solving problems of science and mathematics just to get involved in solving them.

c.) He used to love problem-solving and enjoy finding the most elegant method of solving them.

d.) He had the attitude of looking beyond marks and examinations by solving any challenging problem which enhanced his problem solving skill.

iii.)

a.) He had his entire education in Marathi.

b.) He had weak vocabulary and wrong pronunciation, wrong construction of sentences made his spoken English pathetic.

c.) He used to translate his thoughts of Marathi in English somehow.

iv.)

a.) Vocabulary was weak.

b.) Spoken English was pathetic.

c.) Pronunciation was terrible.

d.) Construction of sentences was awkward.

v.) Due to the writer’s pathetic English speaking style, he…

a.) felt quite lonely and terrified in Mumbai in general and IIT in particular.

b.) He had developed an inferiority complex and wanted to run away from IIT and even Mumbai.

c.) He felt insulted during conversation with a senior guy in hostel.

vi.)

a.) He wanted to speak- excellent, elegant and fluent English.

b.) He will be able to – feel confident about speaking in English at length with anybody.

c.) He need not have to- feel depressed and lonely in hostel.

vii.)

a.) He started reading English newspapers and English novels.

b.) He studied etymology and phonetics for knowing the roots of words and how to pronounce them.

c.) He used to stand in front of mirror and practice speaking by realising his mistakes and correcting them all the time by himself.

viii.)

a.)

1.) His fear for English disappeared.

2.) He started feeling at home in hostel.

3.) He developed confidence for speaking in English fluently with anyone.

4.) In information technology career he served as chief executive, managing director and head of Software Company with thousands of software engineers worldwide.

b.)

MD or chief executive officer

Activist of Sarvodaya movement

Head of the company for 23 years Participated in a peaceful satyagraha
He had to travel all over the world around 150 times for business He went to jail for 10 days and was jobless for a while.
He wrote 4 books on information technology published by Tata McGraw-Hill and translated into Chinese for global distribution He worked for Rs. 125/month to supervise workers at night shift in mechanical workshop and changed 13 houses in Mumbai.

ix.) a.)

opportunities you gained- always selected for debate competitions, responsibility of presenting school in inter school programmes, made secretary of school’s magazine formation, giving speech in any function of school.

b.)

I often used to feel less confident to speak in English being studied in vernacular medium school. The reasons were poor grammar, weak vocabulary and wrong sentence construction behind it. In higher secondary course our school added an extra course of spoken English from class 11 to enhance our skills. During class our teacher used to call any random student, give her topic and ask for describing in own words. I felt scared in that class in the fear of speaking my poor English in front of everyone and get insulted. There were many students who were quite fluent in English and conversed confidently in any given topic. One day, she asked me and my one friend for conversing in a given topic. I felt so nervous that I did not express enough words and teacher asked me if I was well. I felt so humiliated that day for my poor spoken English which pushed me to learn more and become confident in English.

A3.) i.)

a.) By the end of the week she was beginning to feel at home in her new job.

b.) When he lost his mother he was completely broken.

c.) Travelling can help to broaden one’s horizon.

d.) After my retirement I started second innings as a social worker.

e.) Having faith in god keep one going in difficult situation.

f.) To succeed in any competitive examination, one requires a sea of knowledge.

g.) The simple village girl feel out of place in a formal party.

h.) The work done by sindhutaisapkaltouch the hearts of millions.

i.) The teacher speaks at length explaining the concept.

j.) The speaker was completely stumped by the intelligent questions asked by the audience.

ii)

Words related to the game of cricket

Meanings

1.      Second innings General- the second phase of life of an individual where he/she starts/pursues a new or different career or the post retirement life.

Cricket- when a team comes to bat for the second time in a test match.

2.      Scoring General- to secure marks as the margin of pass or win

Cricket- gaining scores in match.

3.      Run General- the action of moving at high speed to reach destination.

Cricket- the unit of score in a match.

4.      Length General- the measurement of an extent.

Cricket- the distance that cricket ball crosses before bouncing on pitch.

iii.) antonyms:

1.) Unlucky- lucky

2.) Solution- problem

3.) Trust- doubt

4.) Confident- diffident

5.) Advanced- basic

6.) Blockhead- master

A4.) i.)

a.) Main verb

b.) Main verb.

c.) Primary auxiliary verb.

d.) Main verb.

e.) Main verb.

ii.) a.)

1.) Take an umbrella. It may rain later.

2.) People should walk on the grass.

3.) May I ask you a question?

4.) The signal has turned red. You must wait.

5.) I was a sportsperson in my school days. I would play badminton.

6.) I am going to the library. I may find my friend there.

b.)

1.) I used to study these subjects or any subject for that matter for its inherent beauty.

2.) I used to love problem solving and used to enjoy finding out the most elegant method of solving them.

3.) I used to stand in front of the mirror and practice speaking.

4.) I used to consider myself somewhat intelligent.

5.) I used to visit MIT during lunch time to meet my friends.

6.) I used to visit both of these universities and could talk to a number of nobel laureates.

iii.)

a.) I did not fully understand their discussions still I was immensely impressed.

b.) I had decided to do nothing of this sort.

c.) My fear had vanished when I started feeling at home in my hostel.

d.) It was only my self-esteem to stop me.

e.) I plunged into all these branches f knowledge which was a period of renaissance.

f.) If I look back I get a number of lessons to cherish.

g.) There are hundreds to tell me that they understood the theory of relativity.

Updated: January 10, 2023 — 10:58 am

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