ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is ironical about the wall hanging and donations in the classroom?
A
Set up in very clean environment
B
Completely opposite to the needs of the children in the class room
C
Set up in happy environment
D
Set up in gloomy set up
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Answers. The thing ironical about the donations: All the things that has been put up on the sour cream walls of the classroom are all donated by the rich people but are utterly contradicting to their real state or situation or better put, the condition they are living in.

Detailed explanation-2: -Answer: The poem ‘An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum’ deals with the theme of social injustice and class inequalities in our society, the irony that is rooted in the marginalised existence of these slum children and their poor system of education.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer: The dull wall of the classroom had donations which included Sheakspear’s head, cloudless at dawn, civilised dome riding all cities, belled flowery, tryolese valley and open handed map.

Detailed explanation-4: -The theme of the poem is the social injustice and class inequality faced by slum children. The poet presents this theme firstly by using vivid imagery to describe the pathetic condition of the slum children.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer: (a) themes of social injustice and class inequalities.

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