NIOS Class 12 English Chapter 16 Solution – I must Know the Truth
NIOS Class 12 English Solution Chapter 16 I must Know the Truth . NIOS Class 12 English Chapter 16 Question Answers Download PDF. NIOS Class 12 English Notes.
NIOS Class 12 English Chapter 16 Solution
Board |
NIOS |
Class |
12th (Higher Secondary) |
Subject |
English |
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Question Answer, Solution, Notes |
16.1.
1.) iv) her younger sister
2.) a)iii) a fair complexion
b) aradhana thought she was not beautiful because she had dark complexion.
No, I am not agreed with her. A person’s beauty can never be measured by skin complexion. Beauty lies within a person’s nature, behaviour, modesty and treatment for others. True beauty lies within the mind and soul of a person not just his/her outer self.
3.) a) aradhana’s mother, younger sister, grandmother and aunt Pramela came to wish her.
b) she was not particularly keen to meet aunt Pramela.
“Aunt Pramela”, my sister rolled up her eyes in mock horror, “If it isn’t a bad omen!”
4.) a) aradhana’s family member was proud of her because she had been selected to inaugurate the annual show of her dance school.
b) aradhana’s mother left the stage to bring the special gift for aradhana from his father.
i) simmi was referring to aunt pramela.
ii) she said aradhana dark and skinny.
16.2.
1.) ii) that Aradhana was an adopted child.
2.) According to aradhana’s grandmother sunita, her mother should tell her the truth.
3.) aradhana learned the truth from the conversation of her grandmother and aunt pramela.
4.) yes, it shattered her completely.
5.) Grandmother asked simmi to fetch her mother because she wanted her to tell aradhana the truth and calm her down.
16.3.
1.) a) aradhana had been for 18 years with her adopted parents.
b) yes, they had shared her joys and sorrows.
c) “we love you, my child, and believe me we will always love you. You are our child. For almost eighteen years I have cared for you. I have laughed with you and I have cried for you. I have given you eighteen years of my life. Don’t you think that counts more than being carried nine months inside my womb? Tell me, dear”.
aradhana’s parents got a necklace for her.
Aradhana’s mother gave the necklace to her on the day of school’s annual function because it was a special day and she wanted her to wear it.
3.) aradhana was heart-broken to know that she was an adopted child.
4.) i) aradhana’s mother says this.
ii) her mother’s love, care and her place as daughter had not changed.
5.) aradhana’s mother asks her to go back to the hall, get back on to the stage and dance to prove her love for her parents.
16.4.
1.) I think aradhana was late to come on stage to accept the truth and for preparing herself with make up.
2.) yes, aradhana wore the necklace her parents had given to her.
She wore it because she accepted the truth and her parents’ love for her.
3.) the person was her mother.
1.) She danced only for her because she had proved her love for aradhana at the end which made her easy to accept the truth.
2.) ‘I’ in the title is aradhana.
3) The truth that aradhana wanted to find out is if she was an adopted child or not.
4) She actually discovered that she was adopted child.
5) If I were at aradhana’s place I would be very much upset and hurt after knowing the truth. I would feel shattered at first. Then I would be normal with time if I get support from family members.
A B
Aradhanaan excellent dancer
Her sister a caring person
Their mother devoted parent
Their grandmother wise and loving
Aunt Pramelamean and cruel
2.)
- i) The dancer was tall and slim but her grandmother was short and _fat____.
- ii) Words can __irritate______ but words can also soothe.
iii) The candidates forgot to bring their pens but they _remember____ to bring their identity cards.
iv) The cricketers came to the field early but their umpire was _late____ .
v) There was nothing in the house: __everything____ had been taken away by the thieves.
I.)
1.) English is a language ___which_____ is spoken all over the world.
2.) Aradhana’s parents gave her the gold chain __which____ she wore at the dance performance.
3.) Rice is a cereal __that___ is grown in tropical countries.
4.) I like young people _who____ read a lot.
5.) Have you tasted the sweets __which____ I made yesterday?
6.) The bridge ___which_____ was built last year has developed cracks.
II.)
1) I know a man. He can speak fourteen languages.
Answer. I know a man who can speak fourteen languages.
2) You lent me a transistor. I have cleaned it.
Answer. You lent me a transistor which I cleaned.
3) Those are the engineers. They repaired the bridge near Varanasi.
Answer. Those are the engineers who repaired the bridge near Varanasi.
4) I was waiting for an electrician. He did not turn up.
Answer. I was waiting for an electrician who did not turn up.
5.) Was it your mother? She started a dispensary in this village.
Answer. Was it your mother who started a dispensary in this village.
III.)
Sir Jagdish Chandra Bose was a great scientist _who believed that plants could become tired, depressed or happy_______. The other scientists _who heard him____________ laughed at him. Then he designed and built an instrument __which recorded the growth of plants________. This instrument also showed __that plants have hearts and are capable of feeling________________. “Your instrument is a wonderful thing,” said the scientists__who attended the Paris Congress of Science in 1900___________.
fall back on, make out, to keep up with, look after, put off
1.) I could not ___make out______ what he was trying to say.
2.) The couple is always trying _to keep up with_______ their neighbour’s status.
3.) He was __put off______ by his boss’s rudeness.
4.) If one has some savings, one can __fall back on___ them in times of need.
5.) Children are expected to __look after______ their parents in their old age.
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