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 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 - ’18, ’15)

Ans: According to Nandalal Bose, the decay of the country’s functional art has been closely followed by the decline of the economic condition of the country.

Q.7: Where do the roots of art education lie? ( XI - ’14)

Ans: The roots of art education lie in the observation of nature and good works of art with dedicated attention, living in close contact with them and understanding them with the assistance of men with developed aesthetic sensibilities.

Q.8: Why did Nandalal Bose stress on students being introduced to nature ?

Ans: Nandalal Bose stressed on students being introduced to Nature because it will develop their aesthetic abilities.

Q.9: How will the time of ‘Art Festival’ n a school be decided? ( XI - ’19)

Ans: The time of Art Festival has to be decided according to the location of the school.

Q.10: What are the two aspects of practising literature?

Ans: One aspect to the practice of literature is related to the cultivation of knowledge and deriving aesthetic delight while the other aspect relates to getting professional returns.

Q.11: Who are responsible for the commoners being indifferent to work of art?

Ans: The educated public of this country and its universities are mainly responsible for the commoners being indifferent to work of art.

Q.12: What is the utility of art in education ?

Ans: Education in arts provides knowledge and aesthetic experience and trains one various modes of expression.

Q.13: What does Functional Art do ?

Ans: Functional Art brings beauty to the objects of our daily use and to our lives and provides us with means of livelihood 

Q.14: What does Fine Art do ?

Ans: Fine Art liberates our mind from the constraints of sorrows and conflicts of our daily lives and takes us to a world of aesthetic delight.

Q.15: How does art affect the economic condition of a country ?

Ans : Exclusion of art from the fulfillment of our daily needs harmfully affects the economic condition of a country.

Q.16: Who banish art from their lives ?

Ans: People who think that art is the domain for the rich and the pleasure loving, banish art from their lives.

Q.17: For whom is the sense of beauty an essential part of life ?

Ans: For the poor Santhal the sense of beauty is an essential part of his life.

Q.18: Why should seasonal festivals be held?

Ans: To get students into an experience with Nature we should hold seasonal festivals, including displays of the season’s fruits and flowers, and we should try to familiarise them with those beautiful creations in art and literature these have given rise to. 

Q.19: How does training in drawing help a person ?

Ans: Training in drawing will develop the power of observation among students which will help them to understand literature, philosophy and science.

Q.20: Why did the writer of the essay, ‘The Place of Art in Education’ stress on students being introduced to Nature?

Ans: The writer of the essay, Nandalal Bose stressed on students being introduced to Nature because it will develop their aesthetic abilities.

Q.21: How does fine art impress our mind ?

Ans: Fine art impresses our mind from the constraints of sorrows and conflicts our daily lives into a world of aesthetic delight.

Q.22: Why do we need to train our eyes?

Ans: We need to train our eyes to see and understand a good paintings and sculptures and also strengthen our powers of discernment and aesthetic sensibilities.

Q.23: What is a poor Santhal found to do ?

Ans: A poor Santhal sweeps and mops his hut and stacks in order his earthen pots and tattered quits.

Q.24: What are the two aspects of art?

Ans: The two aspects of art are Fine art and Functional art.

Q.25: What has Nature provided ?

Ans: Nature has provided the source material for all artistic creation.

Q.26: What should be the role of the students in the art festival ?

Ans: The students should participate in the art festival devotedly with something he has made with his own hand.

Q.27: Where does the vitality of a work of art lie?

Or, Where, according to the writer, does the merit of a work of art lie?

Ans: The vitality of a work of art lies in its sense of beauty and order, not in its money value.

Q.28: How can students celebrate the art festival?

Ans: Students can celebrate the art festival by participating in the art festival devotedly with something made with his own hand.

Q.29: What is the importance of language?

Ans: The importance of education is that it helps man in acquiring knowledge and deriving inner delight.

Q.30: What does literature provide us?

Ans: Literature provides us with inner delight.

Q.31: What is the purpose of education?

Ans: According to the writer, the purpose of education is total development.

Q.32: What indicates our poverty in aesthetic sensibilities?

Ans: Lack of taste indicates our poverty aesthetic sensibilities.

Q.33: From where the essay, ‘The Place of Art in Education’ is taken?

Ans: The essay, ‘The Place of Art in Education’ is taken from the book, Drishti and Shristi (Vision and Creation).

Q.34: What does Bose say of people who lack a sense of beauty?

Ans: Bose says people who are lack a sense of beauty, litter rubbish in their houses and countryards, keeps their surroundings filthy, split betel-juice here and there and thus contaminate the society with diseas

Q.35: What is the general view of the notion about ‘art-education’?

Ans: The general view of the notion about ‘art-education’ is that art is the exclusive preserve of a few professionals and common people have nothing to do with it.

Q.36: What does functional art bring to our lives?

Ans: Functional art brings beauty to the objects of our daily use, and to our lives, and provides us with the means of livelihood.

Q.37: Who is the writer of the essay, ‘The Place of Art in Education’?

Ans: Nandalal Bose is the writer of the essay, ‘The Place of Art in Education’.

Q.38: What has estranged us from our past heritage?

Ans: The lack of art education has estranged us from our past heritage.

Q.39: What are the harmful effects of the absence of a sense of beauty?

Ans: The harmful effects of the absence of beauty are it deprives man of aesthetic experience, and it also harms his physical and mental well-being.

Q.40: How can students participate in the art festival?

Ans: The students should participate in the art festival with something made of their own.

Q.41: For which subjects does language act as a vehicle?

Ans: Language acts as a vehicle for literature, science, and philosophy.

Q.42: Why should students visit picture galleries and museums?

Or, Why should accompany students in museums and picture galleries? ( XI - ’20)

Ans: Students should visit picture galleries and museums to see distinguished examples of the art of the past, which will directly arouse their aesthetic vision and powers of discernment.

Q.43: What do you mean by ‘picture gallery’?

Ans: ‘Picture gallery’ means – a place room or building for showing works of art especially to the public.

Q.44: How will the time of ‘Art Festival’ in a school be decided?

Ans: The time of ‘Art Festival’ has to be decided according to the location of the school.

Q.45: Who cannot differentiate between a painting and a photograph? ( XI - ’20)

Ans: Neither the educated nor the commoner can differentiate between a painting and a photograph.



** The above short questions and answers are taken from the “The Place of Art in Education”, will hopefully help all the students to get good results in the annual examination of class XI.


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