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NCERT Additional Solutions For Class 12 Flamingo - Memoirs of a Chota Sahib

1. Briefly describe the scene observed by the author from the veranda of his bungalow on the bank of the Brahmaputra.2. What is the belief about the

A.More Question's Solution (Mark 1,2)

1. Who is the author of "Memoirs of a Chota Sahib" ?

Answer: John Rowntree is the author of "Memories of a Chota Sahib".

2. From whick book the lesson is an excerpt.

Answer: The lesson "Memoirs of a Chota Sahib" is an excerpt from the book "A Chota Sahib: Memories of a Forest Officer".

3. Where was the Hindu temple mentioned by John Rowntree located ?

Answer: The Hindu temple was located in the foreground of the Peacock Island.

4. What did the author expect to discover at the Peacock Island ?

Answer: The author expect to discover Peacocks at the Peacock Island.

5. Who is the Chota Sahib in the lesson "Memories of a Chota Sahib" ?

Answer: John Rowntree, the author himself is the Chota Sahib in the lesson "Memories of a Chota Sahib".

6. What was a mar?

Answer: A mar is a boat or ferry which consists of a plank platform covering two open boats placed alongside one another.

7. Name the places where two forest bungalows were situated.

Answer: Kulsi and Rajapara are the two places where two forest bungalows were situated.

8. What are pug marks?

Answer: Pug marks are the footprints of animals.

9. By what name Peacock Island is Popularly Known?

Answer: Peacock Island is Popularly Known by the name of "Umananda".

10. What did they have to do to get clean water in the camp?

Answer: In the camp they had to dig for water, which was so dirty that it had to be cleaned by dropping alum into the bucket to precipitate the mud.

B.More Question's Solution (Mark 3,4)

11. Who was the last British protectors of Assam ?

Answer: John Rowntree was the last British protectors of Assam.

12. Why did Rowntree consider Kulsi's jungle bungalow?

Answer: Kulsi's bungalow is situated on a wooden platform overlooking the river and was comfortable and pleasant. So he chose the forest bungalow of Rowntree Kulsi.

13. What do the "Little Mrs Memoirs" Rowntree often say?

Answer: Rowntree often spoke of the time spent in Guwahati and its neighbouring area "in memory of a little gentleman."

14. What does Rowntree state about the large " Bheel " close to the bungalow at Rajapara ?

Answer: It has been said in Rowntree that there were big "Bheel" in the bungalow where an Earthquake had once reduced the surface, and the land was dirty with water. According to him, it was a deep place where the skeleton of the tree still get out of the water, which bring memories back to someone's mind that it was once dry land.

15. What does Rowntree say about the river banks in the Manas Sanctuary ?

Answer: Rountree said that the river banks were the favourite site for the Governor's Christmas camps and it was his duty to build it for which he sometimes receive letter of thanks from him.

16. What does Rowntree state about the large " Bheel " close to the bungalow at Rajapara ?

Answer: It has been said in Rowntree that there were big "BHEEL" in the bungalow where an Ethquak had once reduced the surface, and the land was dirty with water. According to him, it was a deep place where the skeleton of the tree still get out of the water, which bring memories back to someone's mind that it was once dry land.

17. How were crossings made over the river ?

Answer: During the cold season, bamboo bridges were made to cross the river, but in the rainy season they are washed by flood. More generally, a Mar was made in crossing. Mar is a boat in which there is a pane platform covering two open boats kept with each other. These were either padded across the river or were connected to a running cable across the river, which was carried forward from one side from the other side.

18. Give a brief description of Peacock Island?

Answer: More Island was located in the middle of Brahmaputra River. It can be seen from the veranda of the bungalow of Rowntree. There was a Hindu temple in Peacock Island and when it is seen from Veranda, this dome was just visible through trace. Unlike its name, peacock was not found anywhere and used to roam only on the monkey island.

19. Write about the writter John Rowntree ?

Answer: John Rowntree was one of the great and last British protectors of Assam. A few days after independence he left Shillong with his family and returned to England where he worked as a journalist and media commentator. His A Chota Sahib: A Memoir of a Forest Officer, from which the text is an excerpt, a light-heated account of a British forest officer in Guwahati and its environs on the eve of independence. The account is not only locally specific, but also relevant to the current time.

20. Whose presence troubled the author at the bungalow at Rajapara and in what way ?

Answer: Rajapara Bungalow was in the clearing. He dislikes this bungalow. He said that this bungalow too could have been as attractive as Kulsi if there were no bats on the roof. His excreta was a constant reminder of his presence and the pungent smell always accompanied the residents of the bungalow. There were larger, but less stinky, hugging fruit-eating bats, with wingspans of five feet, that lived in a tree outside the bungalow and went out at dusk in search of food—a strange host of ghostly figures flying in the wind silenced on the wings. In such a situation, the presence of bats during their stay in Rajapara's bungalow caused trouble to the Rowntree.
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