Class 11 English Clearing in the sky Revision notes and solved past papers

17 Aug Class 11 English Clearing in the sky Revision notes and solved past papers

Clearing in the Sky 

Choose the Correct answer

1. 1.   The old man wanted to show his son

Ans. His land

1. 2.   How many years ago did the doctor advice the old man to take rest?

Ans. Hot

1. 3.   How many children had the old man?

Ans.Forty

1. 4.   What did the old man cut with his pocket knife?

Ans.A wisp of Alfalfa

1. 5.   In how many years did the old man improve the land?

Ans. Thirty

1. 6.   Why did the Old man hunt for the squirrels?

Ans.To Pet.

1. 7.   What type of special tree was found by the old man?

Ans.Apple

1. 8.   The Clearing on the was not more than

Ans.three- fourth of an acre.

10. THE land was fenced

ans.the old man

Some of the statements below are true and some are false. Mark the true or false statements

1. 1.   Jess’s father was a weak man .(True)
2. 2.   The old man followed his doctor’s advice all his life. (False)
3. 3.   The old man invited his son to take a walk up a mountain path.(True)
4. 4.   When the old man reached seventy ,he wanted to go back to farming land that had never been touched.(False)
5. 5.   Thirty Years labour of the old man proved futile.(False)
6. 6.   The old man took the easy path to go to the top.(False)
7. 7.   The old man took rest twice while climbing the steep bluff.(True)
8. 8.   The Man did not have trust in God .(False)
9. 9.   The man felt relived on the fruit of his toil. (True)
10. 10.                     The vegetable that the old man grew in his secret garden were better flavored because of the sunshine in the clearing.(true)

Answers the following questions

Q1. Why didn’t the old man follow the advice of the doctors?

Ans . The old man did not follow the advice of the doctor’s because he was a good father and wanted to harvest a farm for his children so, he did not follow the advice to Doctor.

Q2.What had the doctors told the old man?

Ans.The doctors told the old man to take rest because he had to raise five children for that first he need to take care for him.

Q3. Where did the old man take his son?

Ans. The Old man took the old man at the top of the mountain to show him his hard work in the form of beautiful harvested farm.

Q4. Had the son ever been there before?

Ans . No, the son never seen the place before .It was his first experience and he was amazed to see that.

Q5.  What were the names the names of the vegetables the old man grew on his farm?

Ans .The names of the vegetables are, Alfalfa, yams and tomatoes.

Q6.Why did the old man take the steep path?

Ans. The old took the steep path to his son all the way he himself took to futile the land.

Q7. Why did the son at the age of six cry?

Ans .The cried to see his father’s hard work.

Q7.What was the feelings of the old man at the age of seventy?

Ans.The feelings of the old man at the age of seventy are really satisfied because at that time he did his best for the family. He was a really hard working father.

Q8. Why had the old man planted his secret garden?

Ans.The old man planted his secret garden because he wanted to give surprise to his children.

Write the answer of the following question in 50-100 words

Q1. Describe the physical appearance of the old man?

Ans. The old man was in the of seventy he was a feeble man with pale yellow blue eyes.

Q2.How did the old man feel about the land?

Ans. The old man felt really good for the land because it seems like an achievement for him.

Q4. Write the story in your own words?

Ans. The Clearing in the sky depicts the story of hard working father who devoted his life to the family and love of nature. He served them in the best possible way .He put countless efforts to the land in which he was harvesting the crops. It was tough job from him still he did his best.

He was having a heart problem .While the doctors recommended him to take rest forbidden him to stop all the stuff in order to save his life.

Q5. What moral lesson does the story teach?

Ans. The moral lesson which the story taught us is that hard work never goes unrewarded.  It gives us lots of lessons like if a person put a faith on him always gets success it all about the ill power. Last but not the least the love of parents and affection was shown in the story. The working father was the lime light of the story.