A Living God Fill in the Blank: ISC Prism Class 11 Workbook Solutions. Prism collection of short stories Step by step workbook answer of questions and explanations . Chapter Wise Workbook Solutions of Evergreen Publications. Visit official website CISCE for detail information about ISC Board Class-11 English.
A Living God Fill in the Blank: ISC Prism Class 11 Workbook Solutions
| Board | ISC |
| Publications | Evergreen Publications |
| Subject | English |
| Class | 11 |
| Book Name | Prism (A collection of short Stories ) |
| Chapter | A Living God |
| Topics | Fill in the Blank Questions |
Fill in the Blank Questions of A Living God
Que-1: The author mentions the tsunami of June 17, 1896 because …….
Ans: …it gives a recent example of the immense destructive power of a tsunami in Japan. This reference helps to establish the severity of a disaster..
Que-2: Hamaguchi was liked and respected in his village because …….. ………..
Ans: …he was the village headman (muraosa) who actively helping nature. He would advise the farmers, settle their disputes, lend them money when needed.
Que-3: Hamaguchi first realised that the earthquake was an unusual one because ……… ………..
Ans: … it was not much strong, it had a “long, slow, spongy motion” that was unlike the hundreds of other shocks he had felt in his lifetime. This feeling made him suspect that it was effect of a much larger seismic event.
Que-4: Hamaguchi called out to his grandson instead of sending a message to the villagers or the priest because …….. ………..
Ans: …he knew there was no time to waste. He understood that the sea waves would return with more devastating force and the time it would take to send a messenger down the hill or to have the temple bell rung would be too long to save the villagers.
Que-5: Rice was the staple crop of Hamaguchi’s village because ……… ………..
Ans …the plateau region was almost entirely devoted to rice cultivation. The entire village was preparing a festival to celebrate the year’s “very fine rice-crop,” and Hamaguchi’s own great wealth was represented by the hundreds of harvested rice-stacks in his fields.
Que-6: Tada was astonished because …….. ……..
Ans: …he saw his grandfather deliberately setting fire to the Rice stacks. He could not immediately understand the intention of his grandfather’s senseless and destructive act.
Que-7: Tada was terrified because ……. ……..
Ans: …he thought that his grandfather had became mad. The sight of the old man purposefully burning their rice stack made the boy ran back to the house in tears, telling that his grandfather had became fully mad.
Que-8: The growing multitude of villagers were in sorrowful wonder because …….. ………..
Ans: …they saw their leader’s property going up in flames, which made them sorrowful, yet they were filled with wonder because he himself had set the fire and was now preventing them from putting it out. They could not understand the intention of headman.
Que-9: The Choja became almost as poor as the poorest of the villagers because ……. ………
Ans: …his entire wealth was in the form of his harvested rice. By setting fire to all of his rice-stacks is a a signal to save the lives of the villagers.
Que-10: After the tsunami the old man wept because …. ……….
Ans: …he was overcome with emotion for two reasons: he was happy that his plan had succeeded and he had saved four hundred lives, but he was also aged, weak, and exhausted from the terrible strain of the ordeal.
Que-11: The villagers did not give gifts to their Choja as a token of thanks for saving their lives because … ……..
Ans: …they felt that gifts would be a completely incomplete way to express their thanks for him. They believed his selfless and wise act proved that the spirit within him was divine, and so instead of giving him gifts, they respect him as a living god and start worship him.
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