2nd PUC English: Water Important Question-Answers
2nd PUC Water 1 Mark Important Question-Answers
1.Water is both preserver and_________
Ans: destroyer
2.What does water know between the village and the Wada?
Ans: The generations – old strife.
3.How does the generations old strife never dry like?
Ans: Like the dampness on the well’s edge.
4.Water knows that _________ never disappears,
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What according to the speaker never disappears in “Water”?
Ans: b. untouchability
5.What knows the difference of race between the Samaria woman and Jesus the Jew?
Ans: Water
7.Who, according to the speaker do not have the right to draw a pot of water from the well?
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Whose agony is for a pot of water as mentioned in Water’?
Ans: The Panchama
7.What is the agony of the Panchama?
Ans: They do not have the right to draw a pot of water on their own.
8.How long does a panchama wait with his empty pot near the well?
Ans: All day until a shudra arrives.
9.When does the water know the humiliation of the Wada girl?
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Mention any one of the types of humiliation met by the Wada girl in ‘Water’
Ans: When a shudra poured the water from a distance and falls all over and touches her.
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Pouring the water from a distance.
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It falls all over and he (a shudra) touches her.
10.What did the Kamma Landlords ask Karamchedu Suvarthamma?
Ans: Not to pollute the pond water with her pot.
11.Who opposed the Kamma Landlords?
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Name the lady who opposed the Kamma Landlords in “Water’
Ans: Karamchedu Suvarthamma.
12.The water is witness to
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According to the speaker in “Water’, water is witness to
(a) Social injustice
(b) Pollution of pond
(c) ground’s incline
Ans: a. centuries of social injustice. / (a) Social injustice
13.What does the speaker remember when she sees water?
OR
What is the speaker in Water’ reminded of when she sees water?
Ans: She remembers how her Wada would thirst all day for a glass of water.
14.Write the chemical formula for water as mentioned in the poem.
Ans: H2O
15.Water is the Mahad struggle at_________
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Where did the Mahad struggle mentioned in ‘Water’ take place?
Ans: the Chadar tank
16._________ embodies tears shed over several generations.
a.blood flowed like streams
b.A single drop of water
c.none
Ans: b. A single drop of water
17.What, according to the speaker, was a wondrous festival?
OR
What was welcomed as wondrous festival according to the speaker in ‘Water’
Ans: Weekly bath /Their weckly bath
18.What did the speaker and others carry?
Ans: Heavy pots
19.How are the heavy pots carried by the speaker and others in the poem?
Ans: On their necks.
20.Whose thatched roofs did a flame for want of a pot of water?
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Name the village that was burnt to ashes for want of water.
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What was burnt to ashes for want of a pot of water according to the speaker in “Water”?
Ans: Malapalle
21.Why is water not a simple thing?
Ans: It can give life but it can also devour lives.
22.What became the killer tsunami wave, that swallowed the whole village after village?
Ans: The water that refused to quench parched throats / the water.
23.Who are but play things in the vicious hands of water?
Ans: The poor.
24.Where can water ignite many struggles and stress?
Ans: Between the village and the Wada
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Between one state and another
25.Where can water sit innocently?
Ans: In a Bisleri bottle.
26.What does the water from village well force to do?
Ans: Many a circus feat
27.Where does water slowly, surreptitiously dance its way into?
or
Where does water slowly move and sit finally?
Ans: The Pepsi man’s bottle.
28.With what new name does water dance into the Pepsi man’s bottle?
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What is tihe new name of water mentioned in “Water ?
Ans: Mineral water.
29.What according to the poet is water, now?
Ans: Now, water is a multinational market commodity.
30.’As they say water is_____________’
Ans: Omniscient.
2nd PUC Water 4 Mark Important Question-Answers
1.The difference of race and agony of the panchama due to water has been eecively brougt in ‘Water”. Explain.
Ans: The dilference of race and agony of the panchama due to water has beeh effectively brought out ‘Water’. The speaker says that the treatment of people is worse than that of animals. The people dwelling in the wada know that untouchability never disappears and as a result. It knows the humiiliation. Water is the witness to the denial of basic rights and racial discrimination. It knows the humiliation of the Wada girl. For her water is poured from a distance, it falls all over and touches her. The water is witness to centuries of social injustice. The sight of water makes to remember how the wada thirsts all day for a glass of water. It is a reminder making several generations shed tears for a single drop of Water. There arr many instances of exploitation where they never managed to win even a small puddle of water. Water is not a simple thing and it is no mean matter.
2.Why is water a mighty movement according to the speaker of “Water”?
Ans: According to the speaker of ‘Water’, the water is not simply H2O, it is a mighty movement. It is the Mahad struggle at the Chadar tank, the struggle for the vindication of people’s rights. A single drop of water embodies tears shed over several generations. They fought in the many battles for a single drop of water. Their blood flowed like streams for a drop of water. But they never managed to win even a sall puddle of water means they were unable to get even a small, shallow pool of water that had been spread on the ground. Hence ‘Water’ is a mighty movement according to the speaker of ‘Water’.
3.What personal memories does the speaker associate to water in the poem ‘Water”?
OR
Trace the sufferings of the people of Wada due to social discrimination in the poem “Water
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How is water witness to centuries of social injustice mentioned in Water?
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Describe the many things that the speaker remembers when she sees water in Water’.
Ans: The speaker associates the personal memories to water in the pocm. The speaker remembers hf Wada thirsting for a glass of water all day. The untouchability, the difference of race, the sub-Cab difference, the agony of not having the right to draw a pot of water and making them to wait all day n the well with empty pot caused humiliation. She remembers the people who asked her not to pollute the pond water and the water as witness to centuries of social injustice. For them water is a mighty movement. A single drop of wate welcomed their weekly bath as if it was a wondrous festival and the entire village bathing luxurious twice a day. She remembers her childhood when they walked miles to fetch water and carried back heavy pots with the muscles and veins on neck straining and bursting. She remembers thatched roofs aflame for want of water. The speaker’s personal memories demonstrate the disparity and discrimination in the society using water as a symbol.
4.Give an account ot the humiliation and craving felt in the poem, ‘water’.
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What are the things that the water knows in the poem Water’?
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Bring out the irony in ‘Water where the speaker remarks on the innocence of water.
Ans: The water is witness to racial discrimination based on caste. It is also witness to many things. It knows the strife between the village and the wada. It knows that untouchability never disappearr. It knows everything; the difference of race and sub-caste, the agony of the panchama, the humiliation of the wada girl etc. The discrimination based on caste is a blot on society and the treatment of people worse than the animals is subjected to himiliation. The humiliation of the wada girl is that the water poured from a distance falls all over and touches her. The agony of the panchama is that he has no right to draw a pot of water and should wait all day near the well with his empty pot till the arrival of a Shudra. Water knows the rage and the rebellion caused in its name and for its sake. Water is a witness to social discrimination and injustice. Water is not simply H2O, it is a mighty movement, where blood flowed like streams and tears shed over several generations for a single drop of water. Some taking bath once in a week and some others enjoying twice a day is nothing but an instance of exploitation making poor the play things. On one side water turns villages into dry deserts or drowning them in floods and on the other side it sits innocently in a bottle with a name ‘mineral water meant for aristocrats. It is a multinational market commodity and an omniscient as it contains the world according to the poor.
6.How is the destructive nature of water brought out in the poem, ‘Water’?
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How can water give life and devour lives according to the speaker in Water’?
Ans: Water is not a simple thing. It can give life but it can also devour lives. The water became the killer tsunami wave and swallowed many villages. The poor are but play things in its vicious hands. It turns villages into dry deserts time and again and sometimes it drowns them in floods. This water can ignite many struggles and strife between one state and another and between the village and the wada. It can make blood run in streams. It raises a storm. This is how the destructive nature of water is brought out in the poem ‘water’.
2nd PUC Water 6 Mark Important Question-Answers
1.How does the speaker of °Water trace the journey of water using it as a witness?
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Water can give life and can also devour lives. Examine the significance in the light of’ Water’.
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Tne things that the water knows imply humiliations, violence and injustice. Explain with reference to ‘Water’.
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Water that ignites struggles and strife can also be a market commodity. Examine the the light of “Water’
Ans: The speaker of ‘Water’ traces the journey of water by telling that water is witness to knows the strife between the village and the wada. It knows that the untouchability never disappears. It knows the difference of race and sub caste. It knows the agony of the panchamas. It also knows the humiliation of the wada girl when someone poured the water from a distance falls over and touches her. It knows the righteous rage and rebellions in its name and for its sake. Water is a witness to social discrimination and injustice. Water is not simply H2O, it is a mighty movement. It makes poor playthings in its vicious hands. Water is not a simple thing, it gives not only life but also devours lives. It sits in a bottle and become a multinational market commodity. Water is omniscient and it contains the world.
2.The poem “Water’ demonstrates the disparity and discrimination of the society. Discuss or Justify.
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Water is a witness to centuries of social injustice. Explain with reference to the poem ‘Water’.
Ans: Discrimination bascd on caste is a blot on society. As long as untouchability exists so long as treatment of people becomes worst than animals. It is subjected to humiliation and it denied the basic rights of people belonged to sub-castes living in villages and the Wada. The water knows everything thd even the subcaste difference between leather and spool and it is the witness to all disparity and racial discrimination. The agony of the Panchama is that he does not have the right to draw a pot of water and he has to wait all day near the well with his empty pot until the arrival of a Shudra. The humiliation of the Wada girl is that the water is poured from a distance and it falls all over and touches her. This is nothing but social injustice for which the water is witness. The sight of water is the reminder of innumerable number of instances of exploitation. The water is a mighty movement. A single drop of water embodies to shed tears over many generations. People fought for a single drop of water. Their blood flowed like streams to win a small puddle of water. Taking weekly bath was a wondrous festival while the entire village bathed luxuriously twice a day.
3.How does the poem Water’ demonstrate the disparity and discrimination in our society using water as a symbol?
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Water demonstrates the disparity and discrimination in society. Discuss,
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The right to water is not given equally in our society. How does the poem Water’ prove this.
Ans: The poem ‘Water’ demonstrates the disparity and discrimination in our society. The discrimination is based on caste which is a blot on society spoiling happiness. The water knows everything. It knows how the treatment to the Wada people is worst than the animals. It knows the humiliation of the weaker sex when some stronger sex poured the water from a distance. It also knows the agony of the panchama to get a pot of water by waiting all day near the well. The society denied the basic rights to the backwards and water knows that the untouchability never disappears, There was no right to people to gel wa they asked them not to pollute the pond water. There was social injustice to the great extent as tne vaua people thirst all day for a glass of water. The water is a remínder that embodies tears shed over several generations. There have been many instances of exploitation from all the corners of socicty which make the wada people get tears to get water, a small puddle of water. They welcomed their weekly bath when others were enjoying daily bath. The water is a metaphor here depicting the sorrows and sufferings or tne wada and village people.
4.Water is a luxury for one class and a struggle for another in our society. How does the poem Water’ present this contrast?
Ans: Water is a luxury for those who buy Bislerí bottles to quench their thirst and who bathed luxuriously twice a day. It is a luxury when it dances its way into the Pepsi man’s bottle. It is a luxury with its new name ‘mineral Water’ and finally it is a luxury when it is a multinational market commodity. Water is a struggle for those who experience untouchability. It is a struggle for those who do not have the right to draw a pot of water and undergo humiliation while water is poured from a distance, falls all over and touch them. It is a struggle for those who witnessed social injustice and would thirst all day for a glass of water. It is a struggle for those who fought many battle for a single drop of water but still not getting even a small puddle of water. It is a struggle for those who celebrate a wondrous festival when they take bath once in a week.
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