CLASS 11 · WOVEN WORDS · CHAPTER 2
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Textbook pages Understanding the Text
Question Understanding the Text 1
Compare Azam Khan's pride with Ramanand's calm business sense.
Azam Khan is proud and stubborn; Ramanand is calm, practical, and cunning in business.
Question Understanding the Text 2
Give examples of how Ramanand links each moustache concession to a bargain.
Ramanand calms Azam, accepts valuables for each concession, and finally secures a deed for the household goods.
Question Understanding the Text 3
Explain that Azam sacrifices property to protect status, while Ramanand turns this into a gain.
Ramanand uses Azam's pride to obtain his property while keeping his moustache in the goat style.
Textbook pages Talking about the Text
Question Talking about the Text 1
Question Talking about the Text 2
Link the references to colonial authority, European fashions, and social prestige.
They evoke colonial power and show how both foreign and local customs can create artificial status.
Question Talking about the Text 3
Explain how Azam's concern for status leads him to lose his property.
The story warns that pride in status symbols can cloud judgement and lead to foolish choices.
Textbook pages Appreciation
Question Appreciation 1
Explain how the comic opening about class-marking moustaches sets up the village quarrel.
The opening humorously presents moustaches as class badges, preparing us for the conflict over one moustache.
Question Appreciation 2
Describe how speech reveals character and moves the bargain forward.
Dialogue reveals Azam's pride and Ramanand's cleverness while making each new bargain comic and dramatic.
Textbook pages Language Work
Question Language Work 1
List familiar French loanwords and, where helpful, give their meanings.
Examples: café, cuisine, ballet, bouquet, fiancé, déjà vu, faux pas, menu, restaurant, souvenir.
Question Language Work 2
Give a few locally coloured expressions and say what they add.
Examples include ‘the pride of generations of his ancestors’ and ‘lentil-eating shopkeepers’; they add local colour and humour.
Question Language Work 3
Use the familiar verb pairings keep, do, make, take, and turn.
keep one's word; do one's will; make ends meet; take a loan; turn a deaf ear to.