WBENG answers all questions based on English syllabus

 Q.1: What is the utility of language ? ( XI - ’18, ’17) Ans: Language helps man in acquiring knowledge and seeking inner delight. Q.2: What, according to Nandalal Bose, is the object of education ? ( XI - ’19) Ans: According to Nandalal Bose, the object of education is total development. Q.3: On grounds of utility, what do the educated use in place of “( elegant) earthen pitchers” ? ( XI - ’18, ’15) Ans: The educated use tin containers in place of elegant earthen pitchers. Q.4: How do educated men advertise their devotion to art ? (XI - ’16) Ans: The educated men advertise their devotion to art by displaying framed pin-ups side by side with good paintings. Q.5: How does the absence of a sense of beauty harm a men? (XI - ’14) Ans: The absence of a sense of beauty not only cheats mon of aesthetic experience, but also harms his physical and mental well-being. Q.6: What, according to Nandalal Bose, has our country’s economic decline followed closely ? ( XI - ’1...

Question: How did Othello win the heart of Desdemona ? Or, What led Desdemona to marry Othello ? Answer:   Desdemona was the beautiful, and virtuous daughter of a Venetian Senator Brabantio. She loved Othello, a Moor and General of the army of Venice. Othello was often invited to Brabantio’s house.  Othello was a good story-teller. There he told Desdemona stories of his experiences in the battle, seiges and encounters, the perils he had been exposed to. Othello was also a good traveler. He talked about mountains and wild places, and cannibals and the strange people in Africa whose heads grow beneath their shoulders. Desdemona would listen to these stories with rapt attention. She felt not only wonder, but also a deep admiration and sympathy for the man who has been so much and experienced such a vast variety of things and situation. Even, when she heard Othello’s distress, her eyes would be full of tears. She felt gradually a genuine passion of love for Othello, and she hinted...

Substance of the poem: William Shakespeare compares the world to a stage and the men and women mere actors. As in a play they also have their exits and entrances is the stage of the world. He has divided man’s life into seven ages or stages. The first stage is of an infant who cries, plays and vomits in the nurse’s arms. The second is of a school boy who unwillingly and slowly goes to the school with his bag. The third stage is of a youth who is a lover who composes poems to please his beloved. In the fourth stage he plays the role of a soldier who is fearless has long beard and quickly quarrels with anyone. The fifth stage is of a justice who has a round belly and is properly shaved. He does not make hasty decisions and justifies his works. In the sixth stage — he is a lean and weak man wearing loose pantaloons with a spectacle on his nose. His bass voice sinks into the piping and whistling tone of a child.   The last or the seventh stage is that of second childhood where he loses...