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Waris Gul Educational Lyceum Tharu Shah

The Last Sermon of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H)


Question and Answers

Q.1 When and where was Prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.H) born?


Ans. Hazrat Mohammad (P.B.U.H) the prophet of Islam was born in the year 571 A.D at
Makkah.
Q.2 To which tribe did Prophet Mohammad belong? What did they believe in?
Ans. Prophet Mohammad belonged to the noble family of Quraish. They believed and
worshiped idols and did not believe in one God.
Q.3 What did Prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.H) ask the Quraish to do?
Ans. Hazrat Mohammad (P.B.U.H) asked the Quraish not to worship their false Gods and
asked them to worship the one and the only true God.
Q.4 Why did Prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.H) migrate to Madina?
Ans. Most of the people of Makkah refused to accept Islam. They opposed the new faith and
their bitter opposition cause the Prophet (P.B.U.H) much agony and a lot of trouble. So in
622 A.D. Prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.H) migrated to Madina.
Q.5 What is Hijra? Where did it take place?
Ans. In 622 A.D the prophet Mohammad (P.B.U.H) accompanied by his faithfully friend
Hazrat Abu Bakr migrated to Madina. This count is known in history as the “Hijra”.
Q.6 On what principles was the Islamic Society founded?
Ans. In Madina the Prophet (P.B.U.H) founded the Islamic Society based on the three
principles:
 All power belongs to Allah.
 Mohammad (P.B.U.H) is his Prophet.
 All Muslims are brothers to one another.
Q.7 What does the last sermon teach us?
Ans. In the 10th year of Hijra the Prophet (P.B.U.H) together with his followers went to
perform Hajj at Makkah. There he addressed a very large gathering of muslims at mount
Aarafat. This was the last sermon of the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H).
It teaches us that there is no God Except Allah. Only the goodness of a person makes him
superior to others. The most righteous is the most honourable. All Muslims are brother to
one another. Finnally the last sermon teaches us that the Holy Quran is the message of Allah
and if we act according to its teachings, we will never go wrong.
Q.8 Why did the Quraish oppose the Holy Prophet (P.B.U.H)?
Ans. The Holy Prophet asked the Quraish not to worship there false Gods but to worship the
One and only true God and to accept him as the Prophet of God. However, they refuse to do
so and believe that he was preaching against their Gods, and their ancestors. So they oppose
the new religion of Islam and their fierce and terrible oppositions made it impossible for the
Prophet (P.B.U.H) to continue being in Makkah and compelled him to leave that city,
Makkah.
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Shah Abdul Latif


Question and Answers

Q.1 Who was Shah Abdul Latif? Where and when was he born?
Ans. Shah Abdul Latif was a great saint who is lovingly called “Lal Latif” by his devotees. He
was born in a small village called “Hala Haveli” in the year 1689.

Q.2 What do you know about the ancestors of Shah Abdul Latif?
Ans. Shah Abdul Latif’s ancestors had migrated to Sindh during the days of Tamerlane.
They had come from Hiirat a town in West Afghanistan. They liked Sindh so much so that
they decided to make it their permanent home. Many centuries later one of their
decendants, Syed Habib Shah, was blessed with a son who grew up to be “Saint Lal Latif”.

Q.3 Why is Shah Latif known as “Saint of Bhit”?


Ans. When Shah Latif father died, he left his home and went to live on a Mound at some
distance from his village. A mound of sand is called “Bhit” in Sindhi. Due to the fact that he
lived on this mound for the rest of his life, Shah Latif came to be known as “The Saint of
Bhit.”

Q.4 Name the shrines of saints found in Pakistan.


Ans. In every part of our country, there are shrines of such saints:
In Lahore, The shrines of Data Ganj Bakhsh and Mian Mir Sahib.
In Pak Pattan, Lived and Died Baba Fareed.
In Multan, The Shrine of Ghoues Bahaul Haq.
In Sindh, the Shrines of Shah Abdul Latif and Qalander Lal Shahbaz.
In Peshawar, in Quetta, and in countless other towns and cities there are the tombs of these
man of God.

Q.5 What are the important features of Shah Latif poetry?


Ans. The important features of Shah Latif’s poetry is that it is written in the language of the
common people, and other great quality of his poetry beside its simplicity is its moving
music.

Q.6 What is the message of Shah Latif’s poetry? or What according Shah Latif
is the goal of life?
Ans. The message of Shah Latif is the message of love. He believed in the brotherhood and
equality of men and in pleasing God by good deeds. This according to Shah Latif is the goal
of life.

Q.7 When is the Urs of Shah Abdul Latif’s held?


Ans. Shah Abdul Latif Urs is held at his shrine every year on 14th Safar, the second, month
of the muslim calender.

Q.8 How do Shah Latif’s devotees celebrate his Urs?


Ans. Shah Latif’s Urs is held at his shrine every year in 14th Safar, the second month of the
Muslim calender. Thousands of people gather to listen to the Saint’s song sung to the
Tambooro and after their prayers. Many learned men read papers that tell about Latif’s life
and poetry.

Q.9 What do you know about Shah Latif’s music?


Ans. Shah Latif was not only a saint and a poet but also a great musician. He found great
comfort in music. His skill in this art enabled him to make many improvements and changes
in the difficult music of his time. He loved simplicity in music and musical instruments. He
did not agree with the idea that music should be difficult. So he made it simple and also
vented on instrument called “Tambooro”.

Q.10 What do you know about Tamboora?


Ans. The tambooro is a simple musical instrument invented by the Sufi, philosopher Shah
Abdul Latif.

Q.11 Write a short note on the poetry of Shah Abdul Latif?


Ans. Shah Abdul Latif started composing poetry while he was only a boy. Shah Abdul Latif
was a mystic poet. He was a versatile, genious and had attempted all aspects of poetry.
Shah Abdul Latif was a poet of the people and was successful in awakening them to the
discovery of the truth of spiritual life. He had very deed sympathy for the poor and had
expressed in his sentiments about them with great pathos and fubings.
His collection of poems was so valued that it was translated into many languages and is
called “Risalo of Shah Latif.”

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The Neem Tree


Question and Answers

Q.1 How can the Neem Tree prevent the burning heat of the sun from troubling
us?
Ans. The high Neem Tree with its extending branches interrupts the scorching heat of the
mid day sun and provide soothing shade to people. In this way, it prevents the burning heat
of the sun from troubling us.

Q.2 Why does the poetess say that Neem Tree is unafraid?
Ans. The poetess Mrs. Elsa Kazi says that the Neem Tree is unafraid of the burning heat of
the sun and stands unprotected and unrefreshed the whole day long in the scorching heat of
the sun.

Q.3 What does the Neem Tree look like?


Ans. The Neem Tree looks like a man, facing every fate in life, boldly and bravely.

Q.4 How does the poetess compare the Neem Tree to man?
Ans. The Neem tree provides shelter to people and protects them from the scorching heat of
the sun without any protection for itself. It stands out in the open hot sun bearing the fierce
heat. In the someway, man can be as fold as the Neem tree and try to protect his fellow
human beings from sorrow and poverty by sacrificing his own comfort.

Q.5 What according to the poetess is the highest aim in life?


Ans. A man must hold with determination for all kinds of difficulties in life and accept the
ups and downs of life in a stead fast manner. Through self sacrifice he must help his fellow
human beings who are poor, sad and in trouble and guide them on the right path. This,
according to Mrs. Elsa Kazi is the highest aim of the life.

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Moen-Jo-Daro
Question and Answers

Q.1 What does Moen-Jo-Daro means? Where is it situated?


Ans. Moen-Jo-Daro means “Mound of the Dead”. It is situated at a distance of 27km from
Larkana on the right bank of river Indus.

Q.2 Who was Sir John Marshall?


Ans. Sir John Marshall was an English civil servant, whose work was to look after historical
remains, like ancient building and other old things such as these pieces of pots and bricks.
He was very interested in history and was anxious to find out about these remains.

Q.3 What did Sir John Marshall remark, when pieces of old pots and bricks
were brought to him?
Ans. sir John Marshall was an English civil servant who was interested in old historical
remains. So when some villagers brought pieces of old pots and bricks he at once know that
they were pieces of historical remains.
He remarked that perhaps these was an ancient city lying under the mound of day and sand.
He directed the villagers to dig there in the hope that they would uncover the remains of an
ancient city.

Q.4 What was the occupations of the people of Moen-Jo-Daro?


Ans.
The people of Moen-Jo-Daro were traders. They traded with other cities and traveled from
place to place on business.
They were skilled craft men who worked with gold and silver.
They were farmers who grew wheat, rice and cotton and they also kept cattle.

Q.5 How was the city of Moen-Jo-Daro planned?


Ans. The city of Moen-Jo-Daro was a well planned and cleaned city. Each house was made
of large baked bricks and a bathroom and servant-quarters close by covered drains beside
the streets. The streets were made of baked bricks.
There was a great hall where grain were stored. There is a wide road in the middle of which
was the shopping centre with shops on both sides.

Q.6 Name any four objects on exhibition in the Moen-Jo-Daro Museum? or


Name any four
findings of Moen-Jo-Daro?
Ans. The objects found in Moen-Jo-Daro are:
1. A metal statue of a dancing girl.
2. Seals, Gold, Silver and Ivory Jewelery.
3. Painted Pottery
4. Metal tools and weapons.
5. The head of a bull.

Q.7 How old is the civilization of Moen-Jo-Daro?


Ans. The civilization of Moen-Jo-Daro is 4500 years old.

Q.8 How did this civilization come to an end?


Ans. No body knows exactly how this ancient civilization came to an end. Either they were
from the north or some great earthquake destroyed them.

Q.9 How do we know Moen-Jo-Daro’s probable age? What can help us to know
more about civilization?
Ans. We know Moen-Jo-Daro’s probable ge from the metal objects found from the
execution. We can learn more about this civilization if the language experts are able to
determine the meanings of the words written on the seals and the pottery.

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Helen Keller
Question and Answers

Q.1 When and where was Helen Keller born?


Ans. Helen Keller was born in the year 1880 in a little town of United Sate of America?

Q.2 In which year did Helen Keller fall ill? How old was she when she fell ill?
What was the result of her illness?
Ans. In February 1882, Helen Keller fall dangerously ill. She was 2 years old when she fell
ill. As a result of her illness she became blind and deaf.

Q.3 Who was Miss. Sullivan? How did she teach Helen Keller?
Ans. Miss Sullivan a very kind and patient lady. When she was a child she had lost her eye
sight but some time later she regained it. Miss Sullivan taught Helen Keller by the method of
touch and feel. She made Helen put her hand into the water and made her write the
word.”w-a-t-e-r” on the sand. In the same way Miss Sullivan taught Helen about Mountains
Rivers, History, Geography and Arithmetic.

Q.4 When did Helen Keller visited to Pakistan and why?


Ans. Helen Keller visited Pakistan in 1956. She was 76 years old and still very active. Her
purpose in visiting Pakistan was to help the blind, deaf and dumb people of Pakistan. She
gave a lot of encouragement and moral support to the blind students and to the teacher
working in the school for the blind, deaf and dumb.

Q.5 Why do you think Helen Keller was a wonderful lady?


Ans. Helen Keller was blind and deaf but through sheer determination and will power and
with the help of her teacher she learn to read, write and speak through handicapped. She
went to college and then University where she proved to be a better student than many
other. She has ever written books and articles.

Q.6 What was the message to the blind and deaf children?
Ans. Helen Keller told the blind and deaf children to be always happy and cheerful and
never to curse their fate for they are capable of doing every thing in this world.

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Golden Daffodils
Stanza No. 1

Word Meanings

1. Wandered – Walked here and there without purpose.


2. Vale – Valley, space between hills or mountains.
3. Host – Great number or Groups.
4. Daffodils – Beautiful yellow flowers.
5. fluttering – Housing in breeze.

Question and Answers

Q.1 What was the poet doing?


Ans. The poet was wandering aimlessly in the country side.

Q.2 What did he see?


Ans. He saw a host of Golden Daffodils fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Q.3 Where were the daffodils?


Ans. The daffodils were beside the lake and beneath the tree.

Q.4 Describe the scene in your own words?


Ans. The poet is walking all alone in the English Country side. Thousands of Golden
Daffodils are growing beneath the trees and beside the lake. In the strong breeze the
daffodils appear to be doing a brisk lovely dance. So numerous are they, that they seem to be
as countless as stars in the milky way.

Stanza No. 2

Word Meanings

1. Continuous – Going on without a break.


2. Milky way – A bright belt of stars in the sky.
3. Bay – Small part of sea or lake.
4. At a glance – Quick look.
5. Tossing – Rising and falling.
6. Sprightly – Lively, brisk

Question and Answers

Q.1 With what does the poet compare the daffodils?


Ans. The poet compares the daffodils with the countless twinkling stars in the milky way.

Q.2 What resemblance did he find between the stars and the daffodils?
Ans. The resemblance which he finds between the stars and daffodils is that they are
numerous and both are yellow in colour.

Q.3 How many flowers were there?


Ans. There were ten thousand daffodils at a glance.

Q.4 Where were the flowers?


Ans. The flowers were stretched along the margin of the bay.

Stanza No. 3

Word Meanings

1. Out did – Past tense of out do – did better than.


2. Sparkling – Shining
3. Glu – Happiness
4. Journal – Gay, lively
5. Gazed – Looked with wonder.
6. What wealth – Here, what happiness.
7. The show – The scene (of the daffodils dancing and fluttering)

Question and Answers

Q.1 Which of the two danced more the waves or the daffodils?
Ans. The daffodils danced more than the waves.

Q.2 What did the poet feel looking at the daffodils?


Ans. The poet was filled with joy and happiness when he saw the daffodils.

Q.3 How can wealth come to the poet by looking at the scene before him?
Ans. The poet enjoyed the scene of the golden daffodils fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
In later years, whenever words worth recall the scene, he got the same pleasure and
happiness as before.

Stanza No. 4

Word Meanings

1. Oft – Often, many times


2. Vacant – Free hours, leisure time
3. Pensive – Seriously thoughtful.
4. Flash – Sudden bright light.
5. Inward eye – Deep looks power to see the past experience in mind.
6. Bless of solitude – Great job of being alone.

Question and Answers


Q.1 What happens to the poet when he lies on his couch?
Ans. When the poet lies on the couch he remembers the joy and pleasure he got when he
saw the daffodils fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Q.2 Mention the two moods of the poet.


Ans. The two moods of the poet are:
Vacant Mood
Pensive Mood

Q.3 How can the heart dance?


Ans. The memory of the flowers, filled the heart of the poet with pleasure and it begins to
dance with the dancing daffodils.

Q.4 Has this ever happened to you?


Ans. A good thing always remains in one’s memory, it reacts when one thinks of it. It is a
case with every one and so as well as with me.

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Allama Iqbal
Question and Answers

Q.1 When and where was Allama Iqbal born?


Ans. Allama Mohammad Iqbal, the poet of the East, was born in Sialkot, a town in the
Punjab on 9th Nov, 1877.

Q.2 When did Allama Iqbal die?


Ans. Allama Iqbal; died in 1938, and could not see the actual creation of Pakistan although
he had played a major role in its creation.

Q.3 Write about the education of Allama Iqbal?


Ans. He received his early education in his home town. In 1985, he went to Government
College, Lahore. He passed his M.A. in 1899 from the University of Punjab. In the same year
he was appointed Professor of Arabic at the Oriental College, Lahore. As held his job till
1905. In 1905 he left for England for higher studies. In London he received a Law Degree. In
1908, he was awarded a degree of Ph.D by Munich University, for his work on Persian
philosophy. He is also known as Dr. Mohammad Iqbal.

Q.4 Write in three to four sentences the important years of 1877, 1930, 1938 in
Allama Iqbal’s life.
Ans.
1877
Allama Iqbal the poet o the east, was born in Sialkot on 9th November 1877.
1930
In 1930, Allama Iqbal presided over the Allahabad meeting of the All India Muslim Leage.
Here he made a definite demand for a separate Muslim state in South Asia.
1938
Allama Iqbal died in 1938 and could not see the actual creation of Pakistan although he
worked very hard for its creation.
Q.5 What did Allama Iqbal write to the Quaid-e-Azam in May 1937?
Ans. Allama Iqbal in his letter to Quaid-e-Azam discussed in detail the problems of Indian
Muslims and advised that only the creation of a separate Muslim state could solve these
problems.

Q.6 What were the contents of Allama Iqbal’s letter of 21 June 1937 to Quaid?
Ans. On 21 June 1937, Allama Iqbal wrote a letter to the Quaid in which he stated that, a
separate state of Muslim provinces, formed on the lines he had proposed, was the only way
by which they could have a peaceful India and save the Muslims of India from the troubles
created by non-Muslims.

Q.7 What was Quaid’s message on the death of Allama Iqbal? or How did
Quaid-e-Azam praise Iqbal’s role in the message on his death?
Ans. Allam Iqbal died in 1938. On his death, the Quaid-e-Azam sent a message in which he
called him a guide, friend and philosopher. He praised Iqbal for standing like a rock during
the difficulties and troubles, which the Muslim league had to face which fighting the rights
of the Indian Muslims.

Q.8 What was the results of Allama Iqbal efforts?


Ans. The result of Allama Iqbal efforts was that he woke the Muslims from their sleep and
make them realize that the solution to all their problems was the creation of a separate
Muslim state in India.

Q.9 Write in three to four sentences about the political life of Allama Iqbal
from 1926-1930?
Ans. Allama Iqbal was elected a member of Punjab legislative council in 1926 and held this
office till 1929. He was then selected as the President of the Punjab branch of the All India
Muslim League. and held that important office till his death in 1938.

Q.10 Write three to four lines about the accomplishments of Allama Iqbal.
Ans. Allama Iqbal is known as a great poet. He was well-versed in philosophy both Eastern
and Western. He devoted a great part of his life to the study of Islam. He als otook an active
part in politics. He worked for Muslims of South Ashia with great courage.

Q.11 Mention any three points of Allama Iqbal’s Allahabad’s Address?


Ans. In 1930, Allama Iqbal presided over the Allahabad meeting of the All India Muslim
League:
1. On this historic occasion, he made a definite demand for a separate Muslim state in South
Asia.
2. India is a continent of human groups belonging to different races, speaking different
languages and believing in different religions.
3. The principle of European democracy cannot be applied to Indian without recognizing
the fact of different groups.
4. Punjab, north West Frontier Province, Sindh and Baluchistan be united urdu a single
Muslim State.

Q.12 Why did Allama Iqbal want a separate state for the Muslims of India?
Ans. Allama Iqbal wanted a separate homeland for the Muslims of the sub-continent, for
they were a separate nations, with their own culture, customers, literature and religion.
He wanted then to live in the state where they were free to follows the Islamic teachings and
Quranic laws and would conduct their own foreign policy, plan their economic life, pressure
and develop their own culture.

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The Role of Women in the Pakistan Movement


Question and Answers

Q.1 Who was Bi Aman? Why is she remembered till today?


Ans. Bi Aman was the mother of Maulana Mohammad Ali nd Maulana Shaukat Ali. Her
greatness lies in the fact that she had taught her sons to be willing to sacrifice their lives in
the cause of Muslim independence and later encouraged them to accomplish their goals.

Q.2 Why is Miss. Fatima Jinnah called Mother-e-Millat?


Ans. Miss. Fatima Jinnah was the sister of Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah. She
helped her brother in the struggle for the establishment of Pakistan. The nation called her
“Mother-e-Millat” (Mother of Nation)

Q.3 In Sind, where did the first meeting of the women take place?
Ans. The first public meeting nad women in Sind was held in Karachi’s Zoological Garden.

Q.4 What do you know about Lady Haroon?


Ans. Lady Haroon was a spirited woman of upright character and a kind hostess. Here
house in Karachi became the centre of women’s political activity and it was a place of
welcome to the Muslim League workers when they came to Karachi to attend meetings.
Classes were also held in her house to educate Muslims girls.

Q.5 Who was Begum Rana? What do you know about her?
Ans. begum Rana was the wife of Liaquat Ali Khan. she worked as an honorary secretary
and typist to Liaquat Ali Khan at a time, when the Muslim League could not afford the
salary of a secretary. She arranged parties, where Muslim women could meet the wife and
the daughter of the viceroy, so as to explain to them their side of the matter and expresses
their protest. She also organized the women’ Voluntary Services and later the womens’
National Guard’s consisting of three battalions with 2400 girls, in which she herself held the
rank of Brigadier.

Q.6 What do you know about Begum Jahan Ara Shahnawaz?


Ans. Begum Jahan Ara Shahnawaz from the Punjab represented the Muslim women at the
Three Round Table Conference held in London and was the first women ever to make a
speech at London’s Guild Hall. She also traveled widely and explained to the people of other
countries, why the Muslims in India wanted a separate state.

Q.7 How did the Muslim women work for independence?


Ans. Though the Muslim women were in street “purdah” and were less and less politically
aware, they played an active part in the independence movement. They formed the womens
branch of the Muslim League to organize women and inform them about the politics of the
country. They organized public meetings for women and addressed large gathering. They
had opened classes in their honour to educate Muslims girls. Thee brave ladies encouraged
their brothers, husbands and sons not to give up the struggle for Pakistan until their goal
was achieved.

Q.8 What role did Begum Mohammad Ali play in the freedom movement?
Ans. Begum Mohammad Ali was a admirable and remarkable lady. Dressed in Burqah she
not only attended men’s public meeting but was called the first women to address them. She
also wrote for the press in simple but effective words and awakened the Muslim women by
her inspiring speeches.

Q.9 What was the Indian National Congress? Why did many Muslim leaders
left it?
Ans. The Indian National Congress was the political party formed by the Hindus and the
Muslims in order to drive British out of India. The Muslims soon realized that the Hindus
wee in majority and the Congress would never ever treat the Muslims equally and give them
their due share in the government, so many Muslim leaders left it.

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Children
Stanza No. 1

Word Meanings

1. Perplexed – Complicated, Puzzled


2. Vanish – Disappear

Question and Answers

Q.1 What are the children doing?


Ans. The children are playing.

Q.2 What is the question that is disturbing the poet?


Ans. The poet is disturbed by the problems and difficulties in life.

Q.3 How has this question been answered?


Ans. Seeing the children playing happily and innocently, the poet does not feel that the
difficulties are a burden any more and this thus the question that have perplexed him have
disappeared.

Stanza No.2

Word Meanings
1. Ye – You ‘Ye’ is sometimes used in poetry for “you”.
2. Swallow – A kind of small bird.
3. Brooks – Small streams

Question and Answers


Q.1 What does the poet mean by saying that the children open the windows that
look to the east?
Ans. Just as a sun gives warmth and life to the earth so as a south of happiness is in the
presence of children.

Q.2 With what does the poet compare the thoughts?


Ans. The poet compares the thoughts to singing swallows and flowing brooks.

Q.3 Why does he compare them so?


Ans. Singing swallows and following brooks are objects of nature-happy and care free. In the
same way the children are untouched by the problems of modern living and are happy and
care free.

Stanza No.3

Word Meanings
1. Autumn – Season before winter when leaves turn yellow and fall.

Question and Answers

Q.1 How can the birds and the sunshine be in the hearts of the children? What
does the poet mean?
Ans. When the poet says that the birds and the sunshine are in the hearts of children he
means that they are happy and care free.

Q.2 The poet says that the children are thinking of the brooks while he is
thinking of autumn. What does it mean?
Ans. The poet says that children are thinking of brooks because they are young and free
from worries and troubles.
He is in the autumn of life for he is old and heavy and approaching the end of his life.

Q.3 Is the poet using the word autumn for old age?
Ans. Yes, he is using the word autumn for old age. Autumn is the season before winter when
the leaves turn yellow and fall. In the same way in old age the body becomes weak and less
active and finally give way.

Q.4 What other words does the poet use to show the coming of old age upon
him?
Ans. The first fall of snow shows the coming of old age upon him.

Q.5 How are the children different from the poet?


Ans. The children are young and full of life and energy, without a care in the world. While
the poet is old, tired and full of worries.

Stanza No. 5-6

Word Meanings
1. Tender – Delicate
2. Trunk – Main stem or part of a tree, the thick bark of a tree.

Question and Answers

Q.1 What would happens to the trees if there were no leaves?


Ans. If there were no leaves, the trees would lose their beauty, colour and life.

Q.2 What would happen to us if there were no children?


Ans. If there are no children, our lives would be dull, barren and absolutely lifeless.

Stanza No. 7

Word Meanings
1. Whisper – To speak slowly
2. Atmosphere – Air

Question and Answers

Q.1 Why does the poet ask the children to come to him?
Ans. The poet asks the children to come to him so that h could get joy and happiness from
their company and for the time being forget about his worries and troubles.

Q.2 What songs does the poet wish to be whispered in the ear?
Ans. The poet loves to hear the innocent talk of the children and asks them to come to him
so that he could enjoy their natural sincere hatter.

Stanza No. 8

Word Meanings
1. Contriving – Devices, invention
2. Wisdom – Quality of being wise.
3. Caresses – Love or affection, kiss, embrace

Question and Answers

Q.1 The grown up people have wisdom and books. What do the children have?
Ans. The children have innocent happy looks and are full of affection and warmth.

Stanza No. 9

Word Meanings
1. Ballads – Simple songs with a story, poems containing old stories.
Question and Answers

Q.1 With what does the poet compare the children?


Ans. The poet compare the children with ballads.

Q.2 How can the children can be like the ballads and the poems?
Ans. Ballads and the poems give one phase and happiness. In the same way children are
source of joy and happiness.

Q.3 The poet call the children living and the rest all dead. Why does he say this?
Ans. Ballads and poems consist only of words, where as children are living human beings
and are full of life and energy.
Q.4 How are children important for elders?
Ans. Children are important for elders because without them life would be dull and their
care free and their happy ways help elders to forget there troubles, their caresses brings sun
shine in to the life of the old people.

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Quaid-e-Azam Said
Question and Answers

Q.1 When and where was Quaid-e-Azam born?


Ans. Quaid-e-Azam was born at Karachi on 1876.

Q.2 What do you know about his early life?


Ans. Quaid-e-Azam received his early education in Karachi, when he was 16 years old he
passed his matriculation examination and was sent to England for higher studies. When he
return to India he started his practice as a lawyer first in Karachi and then in Bombay.
Quaid-e-Azam took part in leadership which reed the Muslims from the British rule and
Hindus domination.

Q.3 Why is 14th August 1947 is important day for us?


Ans. On the 14th August 1947, the Muslims majority was namely Sindh, Punjab, NWFP and
Baluchistan were united under a single Muslim state this state was named the Islamic
Republic of Pakistan. The nation of Pakistan celebrated this date with great pomp and show.

Q.4 What does the Quaid-e-Azam mean? Why the Muslim of Sub-continent give
him this name?
Ans. The Quaid-e-Azam mean “Great Leader”.
The Muslims of the sub-continent give him this appreciation of his services to the Muslims
of South Asia.

Q.5 What did Quaid-e-Azam said about education?


Ans. Quaid-e-Azam laid great stress on the importance of education. He believed that a
nation which did not educate itself would not only be left behind but would exist no more.
Indeed, for a developing country like Pakistan, education was a matter of life and death.
Education to him did not mean academic education alone but education and character
building were hand in hand.
Q.6 What type of education did the Quaid stress on in the message at the
Pakistan Educational Conference held in Karachi?
Ans. At the All Pakistan Educational Conference held in Karachi on 27th November 1947, he
said that education did not mean academic education but it also included moldizing the
people and building up their character of the future generation that is education and
character building were hand in hand.

Q.7 What did Quaid ask the people to do for the progress and prosperity? or
What advice did the Quaid give to his people?
Ans. Quaid-e-Azam advised his people to educate themselves and to serve Pakistan honesty,
earnestly and selflessly for it was only then that Pakistan would prosper and grow stronger.

Q.8 What did the Quaid say about education at the Gujrat educational
Conference held in January 1945?
Ans. At the Gujrat Educational Conference held on 14th January 1945, the Quaid said the
education was a matter of life and death to our nation, and that the world was moving fast
and if we did not educate our selves we would not only be left behind but will not even exist.

Q.9 Why did Quaid leave the Indian National Congress and joined the All India
Muslim League?
Ans. Mr. Jinnah realize that the Hindus and the Muslims could never agree on any point.
Besides he realized that the Congress was selfish and aimed at promoting only the interest
of the Hindus.

Q.10 How does the Quaid speeches help us in becoming good citizens?
Ans. In all his speeches, the Quaid stressed certain qualities which if we follow can help us
to become a good citizen. He talked about trust in God, hard work, good education including
character building and above all service to the country with honesty, earnestness and
selflessness.

Q.11 What did the Quaid say in the lunch given by Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed?
Ans. On 8th March 1944 speaking at the lunch given by Dr. Ziauddin Ahmed, Quaid said
that Muslims can get Pakistan not by asking, not by logging, not even by meal progress but
by “working with trust in God”.

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