CBSE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LITERATURE

Detailed explanation-1: -Explanation: The author Vikram Seth was feeling exhausted and homesick because he was away from his home for a very long time. He bought an air ticket to reach his Delhi to shorten the route and time consumption in traveling.

Detailed explanation-2: -Ans: Vikram Seth has been away from home since quite some time. He is feeling very exhausted and homesick. Though his enthusiasm for travelling tempts him to take a longer route to reach back home, his exhaustion and homesickness impel him to buy an air-ticket directly for the homeward journey to Delhi. Q14.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: The author decidess to directly go home through aeroplane since he was home sick and didn’t want to travel through adventures anymore.

Detailed explanation-4: -Answer: the author Roald Dahl was sent to a boarding school and was feeling homesick. in order to go back home, he pretends to come down with appendicitis after mimicking the symptoms. the entire lesson talks about how the young narrator tries to fool the matron and the school doctor to send him home.

Detailed explanation-5: -The writer is charmed by the flute music. So, he is unable to tear himself away from the square. (b) Every culture has its flute. Therefore, the writer considers flute music ‘the most universal’.