Class 11 English Notes Chapter 11 for Punjab and Rawalpindi board, MCQs, True / False, Match the Columns, Grammar, Questions Answers, and 1st Year FSc Part-1 notes.
Class 11 Eglish Notes Chapter 11
Table of Contents
i. What was the cause of Negroes’ discontentment?
Answer:
The blacks were deprived of their basic rights and were not treated equally with whites. They were belittled by the white people and treated as slaves so they could not prosper.
ii. What are the qualities of the veterans of creative suffering?
Answer:
The veterans of creative suffering suffer imprisonment in narrow jail cells and struggle against the brutality of police. These people are courageous and determined and suffer cruelty and injustice in order to gain freedom.
iii. What is the dream of Martin Luther King Jr.?
Answer:
Martin Luther King Jr. dreams of brotherhood, justice and assurance of equal rights to all. He dreams of the time when black Americans are not belittled because of the colour of their skin and are provided with equal opportunities for progress.
iv. What should be the faith of Negroes?
Answer:
The faith of the Negroes should be that suffering without any cause brings God’s favour. They should hope that one day they would be able to earn their freedom since they are made to suffer without any fault of theirs so God will compensate them.
v. What was the necessity of pleading the case of the Negroes’ freedom?
Answer:
The necessity of pleading the case of the Negroes’ freedom was that they were victims of injustice and inequality. They did not enjoy freedom, were deprived of their basic rights, and subjected to slavery by the white people all their lives.
vi. What should be the criterion of judgment for a person?
Answer:
The criterion of the judgment of a person should be the strength of his character not the colour of his skin. It should be his courage to speak and fight for truth and justice.
vii. Do the Negroes enjoy liberty in all the parts of their country?
Answer:
No, the Negroes do not enjoy liberty in all parts of their country such as the states of Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, and Louisiana. They are deprived of their basic human rights and are subjected to slavery by the whites.
viii. From which part of the country did the Negroes gather there?
Answer:
The Negroes gathered there from various parts of the country including Mississippi, Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, and some other areas in order to gain freedom and equality.
ix. Write down the song in your own words.
Answer:
I sing of my country which is a land of freedom. I sing of the land where my ancestors led their lives and passed away. It is a land of pilgrim’s pride. Let the chant of freedom be heard from every nook and corner of the country.
x. What is the effect of the repetition of words?
Answer:
The effect of the repetition of words is that it serves the speakers’ purpose of laying emphasis on certain parts of the speech. It stresses the main ideas and not only makes the people realize the significance of these words but also keeps them focused in the direction intended by the speaker.
Q 4. Answer the following questions in 100-150 words.
i. Write a note on the struggle of Martin Luther King Jr. for the Negroes.
Answer:
Martin Luther King was a priest and honoured political activist of the Black race during the Civil Rights Movements in America in 1950s and 1960s. He struggled for the assurance of the rights and liberation of Negroes of United States of America all his life. He led freedom movements in the Southern States of America for Negroes. He made speeches, and led processions in order to evoke a sense of freedom in those people and wrote for them. Moreover, he raised his voice against racial discrimination and requested the government to make laws in order to ensure equality between whites and blacks. In short, he was a political activist of Negroes who devoted his life in order to preach sanctity of freedom, fraternity and restore the faith of Negroes in everyone and equality of human rights.
ii. What was the condition of the Negroes in his days?iii.
Answer:
In Martin Luther King’s days, the Negroes living in America were leading a miserable life. They did not enjoy everyone human rights as par with the whites and were subjected to racial discrimination. They were treated as slaves and had to face a lot of trials and tribulations. They were imprisoned in narrow jail cells where they had to endure persecution and were subjected to police brutality. They were neither given equal opportunities to educate themselves and nor to prosper in any professional field. These people were dwelling in misery in the valley of despair in search of liberty and equality. Therefore, in order to uplift the lives of Negroes, Martin Luther King sacrificed his own life.
iii. Write ten lines on racial discrimination.
Answer:
When a person is treated less favourably than another person in a similar situation because of his or her race, colour, descent, national or ethnic origin, or immigrant status, it is termed as racial discrimination. In the days of the political activist Martin Luther King, legally or socially sanctioned privileges and rights given to white Americans were not granted to Black Americans. They did not enjoy equal rights in everyone matters of education, immigration, voting, citizenship, land acquisition, and criminal procedure etc. They were subjected to slavery and oppression by the whites. Racial discrimination is a threat to humanity because it deprives them of basic human rights of equality, justice, and equal opportunities in every walk of life.
iv. Write the summary of the speech.
Answer:
Martin Luther King emphasized on the negation of racial segregation in the society in his speech. He stated that a nation could not prosper if equal treatment everyone was not met out to the Negroes as par with the whites. People should not be judged by their cast, creed and skin color, but the strength of their character. He gave the vision of America as a state where equality and justice prevailed and Negroes were not subjected to racial prejudice. In his of an ideal country, the blacks and whites enjoyed equal opportunities in every field of life.
v. What are the measures you can take to ensure justice with all the sections of the society?
Answer:
In order to ensure justice with all sections of the society, law and order should be the same for everyone irrespective of their caste, creed, financial and social status. The facility of free education should be provided to poor children in public schools. People should be given equal opportunities for work and progress. The poor sections of the society should be treated equally at public places. The poor should not become the face of oppression at the hand of the rich and the whites should not treat Blacks brutally.
Grammar & Composition
Q 6. Use the correct form of the verb given in brackets.
i. The architects of our republic (write) the magnificent words.
ii. All men (guarantee) the unalienable rights of life.
iii. We (come) to this hollow spot.
iv. Continue (work) with the faith.
v. Former slave owners (sit) down together.
vi. Every valley (exalt) to see my dream (realize).
vii. We (be) free one day.
viii. Let freedom (ring) from the mighty- mountains.
ix. The black men and white men (join) hands.
x. This selection (design) as an oration.
Answer:
i. The architects of our republic have written/wrote the magnificent words.
ii. All men guaranteed the unalienable rights of life.
iii. We have come to this hollow spot.
iv. Continue working/to work with the faith.
v. Former slave owners will sit down together.
vi. Every valley shall be exalted to see my dream realized.
vii. We will be free one day.
viii. Let freedom ring from the mighty- mountains.
ix. The black men and white men will join hands.
x. This selection was designed as an oration.
Q 7. Punctuate the following lines.
i have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed we hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal
Answer:
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal.”
Q 8. Use the following phrasal verbs in your sentences.
a) come out b) come off
c) come in d) come down
Answer:
a) A new edition of our English textbook is expected to come out next month.
b) I picked up my nephew’s toy parrot and its beak came off.
c) Reports of an assassination attempt on the Governor came in last night.
d) We were lucky the bridge did not come down.
Q 9. Read the passage and answer the questions given at the end.
This is our hope. This is the faith with which I return to the South. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair, a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
a) What is the faith with which he returns to the South?
b) What will be the effect of the faith?
c) What will they be able to do with this faith?
Answer:
a) The faith with which he returns to the South is they will be free.
b) With this faith they will be able to come out of despair and hope will rise. Moreover, the discord among people will end and a sense of harmony and brotherhood will prevail in the nation.
c) With the faith, they will be united and be able to work, pray, struggle and even stand up for freedom together.
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- Class 11 English Notes Chapter 4 Punjab and Rawalpindi board
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