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AHSEC CLASS 12 On the face of it  is a Beautiful Chapter of  Class 12  English  Supplementary Reader (Vistas). Here you will find a detailed Question Answer of On the face of it, with  Previous Year Question of O the face on it As well as Here you will see  Question of  2 & 5 marks Questions from Text and Previous Year examination. 

 On the Face of It

QUESTION BANK 

(LAST TEN YEARS)


2012


1.Though both Mr. Lamb and Derry suffer from a physical disability, their attitude to life is very different'. Justify the relevance of this statement with reference to the story, "On the Face of It".       7 (2019)

2. Why and how did Derry enter Mr. Lamb's garden?      2 

3. Why aren't there any curtains at the windows of Mr. Lamb's house?      3


2013

1.Why and how did Derry enter Mr. Lamb's garden? 2 

2. Why does Derry go back to Mr. Lamb in the end? 2


2014

1.How do people comment so painfully about Derry's face? And why? 2

2. Who should be friends according to both Derry and Mr. Lamb?2


2015

1. What impression do you form of Mr. Lamb? How does he look at life? 7

2. Why and how did Derry enter Mr. Lamb's garden? 2 

3. How and why do people comment so painfully about Derry's face? 2


2016

1. Though both Mr. Lamb and Derry suffer from a physical disability, their attitude to life is very different'. Justify the relevance of this statement with reference to the story, "On the Face of It". 7

2. Why aren't there any curtains at the windows of Mr. Lamb's house? 2 

3. Why and how did Derry enter Mr. Lamb's garden? 2



2017

1. Why and how did Derry enter Mr. Lamb's garden? 2 Marks 

2. Why does Derry go back to Mr. Lamb in the end? 2 Marks


2018

1.What is it that draws Derry towards Mr Lamb in spite of himself? 2 

2. Why aren't there any curtains at the windows of Mr. Lamb's house? 2


SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS


2 Marks


1. Why and how did Derry enter Mr. Lamb's garden? (HS 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017) 

ANS: Derry was a lonely boy. He entered Mr. Lamb's garden because he was amused by it.

He came into the garden stealthily by crossing the garden wall. 

2.Why aren't there any curtains at the windows of Mr. Lamb's house? (HS 2012, 2016, 2018,2024)

ANS: There aren't any curtains at the windows of Mr Lamb's house because he was not fond of curtains. He also felt that by putting curtains at the windows he would shut things out and shut things in, which he did not want. Moreover he liked the light and the darkness and could also hear the wind.

3.Why does Derry go back to Mr. Lamb in the end? (HS 2013, 2017)

ANS: Derry went back to Mr. Lamb because he was a changed boy. He had started liking the company of people. He realised at the end that he wanted to be a man like Mr Lamb and wanted to have a house of his own, one like Mr. Lamb's.  

4.How do people comment so painfully about Derry's face? And why?(HS 2014)

Or

How and why do people comment so painfully about Derry's face? (HS 2015)

ANS: People comment that Derry has a terrible face and that it is the ugliest face. Although they seem to be expressing there pity, in reality they are afraid of his ugly face.

They say so because Derry has one side of his face burnt when acid fell on him. 

5. Who should be friends according to both Derry and Mr. Lamb? (HS 2014)

ANS: According to Derry one should know each other well to be good friends. While according to Mr. Lamb, all those whom we come across and who are not enemies, are friends. 

6. What is it that draws Derry towards Mr Lamb in spite of himself? (HS 2018)

ANS: Mr. Lamb is a good inspirer, a motivator and a patient listener. He holds a positive attitude to life. On seeing Derry he neither asks anything about his face nor does he look disgusted rather he makes Derry feel comfortable with his burnt face. He instills confidence in Derry. He wants him to understand the world and see the difference by watching and listening. Due to these qualities, Derry is drawn towards Lamb.

7. What was the reaction of Mr. Lamb after he saw Derry entering his garden after climbing over the wall?

ANS: Mr. Lamb did not react when he saw Derry trespassing into his garden. He sat under an apple tree and asked Derry to step on the grass carefully, so that he does not trip on the apples.

8. Mr. Lamb says to Derry: 'It's all relative. Beauty and the beast.' What does he mean by that?

ANS: Mr. Lamb relates Derry's story to the fairy story "The Beauty and the Beast" and says that beauty loved the beast without his good looks. You should be beautiful from inside. Handsome is as handsome does.

9. What does Mr. Lamb usually do that seems 'peculiar' to Derry?

ANS: Mr. Lamb says that he likes sitting under the trees with a book, listening to the breeze or the bees, watching the sunlight or the darkness coming in through the windows, listening to the rain drops on the roof, watching the weeds in the garden, preparing toffees or jelly for the children etc. According to Derry, all these seem very peculiar.

10. Who is Mr. Lamb?

ANS: Mr Lamb is an old man with a tin leg who lives in a huge house without curtains. He has a garden in front of his house.

11.What do people tell Derry to make him forget his pain?

ANS: People tell Derry to be brave and never cry and complain. They even tell him to think of people who were worse than him and even console him by saying that he might have been blind, or born deaf or have to live in a wheelchair or be daft in his head and dribble.

12. How does Mr. Lamb say he occupies himself in his house? 

ANS: Mr Lamb says that he occupies himself in his house by readings books and doing other things. He tells that when it is raining, he likes to hear rain drops fall on the roof. 

13. How does Mr. Lamb perceive things.

Ans: Mr Lamb perceves things in a positive way. He perceives that if one chooses and sets one's mind, one can get on better than all the rest.

14. How did Mr. Lamb lose his leg? 

ANS: Mr Lamb lost his leg in a war. A bomb blew up his leg.

15. What was the reaction of Mr. Lamb after he saw Derry entering his garden after climbing over the wall?

Ans: Mr Lamb startled Derry by asking him to mind the apples when he saw him entering his garden after climbing over the wall. He also abruptly informed Derry that since the apples were crab apples and had fallen scattered in the long grass due to the wind, he could trip on it.

16. Comment on the moral value of the play 'On the Face of it'.

ANS: The moral of the play is very loud and clear. The physically disabled should focus on the brighter side of life and not to brood over the shortcomings. The society should accept them as they are and expand their social interactions In this way they can fight out the loneliness, depression and disappointment.


LONG ANSWER QUESTIONS


7 Marks


1.Though both Mr. Lamb and Derry suffer from a physical disability, their attitude to life is very different'. Justify the relevance of this statement with reference to the story, "On the Face of It".(2019) (HS 2012, 2016)

ANS: Mr Lamb and Derry are two different persons who have one thing in common. Both are physically deformed. One has a burnt face eaten up by acid and the other has a tin leg in place of the real one which was blown off in the war. Inspite of this similarity their difference lies in their outlooks. On the one hand Derry suffers from a tremendous sense of inferiority complex and is always conscious about his face that is bad. terrible and ugly. He is pessimistic about people, life and things and tries to escape from life. On the other hand there is Mr Lamb who is positive and keeps aside his physical disability. He accepts life as it comes and tries to embrace it whole heartedly. This can be noticed when even after being called 'Lamey-Lamb', he doesn't mind it. He enjoys life to the fullest.

Derry is isolated and withdrawn. He doesn't trust people and hates people staring at him or passing charitable and uncharitable comments. He is oversensitive about everything whereas Mr Lamb is broad-minded and open-hearted and welcomes everyone who wishes to talk to and visit him. It is Mr Lamb who finally teaches Derry to live life with peace of heart and mind.

2. What impression do you form of Mr. Lamb? How does he look at life? (HS 2015)

ANS: Mr Lamb is a person who has positive outlook towards life and accepts life as it comes. Though he lives alone he shows no signs of loneliness and disappointment. One of his legs was down off in the war and he has a tin leg but he answers very truthfully when Derry questions him if his leg hurts, that it pains particularly in wet weather. Unhappiness or disappointment do not have any place in his life.

Mr Lamb looks at life in a different way. He is a person who is very interested in life and does not show any disinterest in it. He is full of life and has given a new dimension and meaning to his life, even after his physical disability. He is optimistic about life and believes in enjoying it rather than escaping from it.

3. Why does Derry feel that everyone is afraid of him? 

ANS: Derry is a boy with one side of his face burnt by acid. He is a boy of fourteen and feels that his face is terrible and the ugliest thing ever seen. He thinks that he will stay a monstrous beast forever because of his face and no one other than his mother will like him. He is also sure that no one can be a friend of his because just as he hates people, people also hate him because of his ugly face. Derry himself confesses that when he looks in the mirror and sees it, he is afraid of himself. The different comments made by people about his face also make him feel that everyone is afraid of him. One day a woman in the street said that he is a terrible thing and that only a mother could love such a face and this made him further realize that people are afraid of him. Even 

the way people saw him or pretended to see him makes him feel the same. 

4. What is it that draws Derry towards Mr. Lamb in spite of himself?

ANS: Mr Lamb's positive attitude towards life makes him see things differently. This attitude of Mr Lamb makes Derry realize the goodness in his life and this in turn also draws Derry towards him. Derry understands that Mr. Lamb has told him about things that matter, things that nobody else has ever said before and things that he wants to think about. Derry realizes that it does not matter how he looks like but what matters is what he thinks, feels, sees and hears. It is Mr Lamb who motivates Derry by saying that he is no less than others as he has got two arms, two legs, eyes, ears, tongue and a brain. He also makes Derry reflect that he can live the same way as he himself does. Thus Derry is drawn towards Mr Lamb inspite of himself. 

5. What are the different ways in which Mr. Lamb tries to change Derry's attitude to life?

ANS: Mr Lamb tries to change Derry's attitude to life by reminding him that he can't lock himself up in a room forever because of his deformity. He even narrates him a story about a man who locked himself up to avoid being hurt and killed but finally got killed by a picture that fell off the wall on his head. Mr Lamb motivates Derry by making him know about the goodness in him or the advantages that he enjoys. He informs Derry that he has got two legs, arms, eyes, ears, tongue and brain with which he can get what he wants.

Mr Lamb does not sympathize with Derry. In fact he ignores the subject when Derry refers to his burnt face and tells him to stop crying about his face. Derry indulges himself in self-pity which is alienated from him by the positive teachings of Mr Lamb.

Mr Lamb teaches Derry how to look at life, people and things inspite of physical impairment. He makes Derry reflect deeply into his life with self-respect and confidence so that he can join the mainstream of life. 

6. What does Mr. Lamb do that seems 'peculiar' to Derry?

ANS: Many things that Mr Lamb says or does seem peculiar to Derry. Mr Lamb's house which has windows without curtains is peculiar for Derry. It is peculiar that Mr. Lamb always keeps his gate open, When Derry stole into his garden in stead of raising a hue and cry he calmy welcomed the boy Mr. Lamb says that he is interested in everybody and everything. He finds no difference between weeds, flower, plants and human beings, for its all life. He accepts his disability as a challenge Mr. Lamb also gives him self confidence by saying that he is no less than others.

7. What is the bond that unites the two-Mr. Lamb and Derry? How does the old man inspire the small boy?

ANS: It is the bond of physical impairment that unites old Mr. Lamb and the small boy, Derry. He got his leg blown off during the war and since then he has a tin leg. Derry got one side of his face burnt by acid. Their respective disabilities have not only caused pain and suffering to the body but to their mind and soul as well. They have to live with their physical impairment. Mr. Lamb has adjusted himself to the ways of the world and stopped bothering about what people call him. He keeps himself busy in meaningful activities like picking apples, making jelly, bee-keeping and preparing toffee from honey. He loves reading books, hearing music, observing beautiful things and thinking about them. He inspires the small boy by saying that he has all the God-given organs intact. He has to decide what to do. He must work for it and then he can outshine even the others. Derry admits that 'Handsome is he as handsome does. For him his face or how he looks does not matter now.

8. Compare and contrast the characters of Mr. Lamb and Derry. 

ANS: Both Mr. Lamb and the young boy Derry have one thing in common--their physical impairment. Both are victims of these disabilities after birth. The leg of Mr. Lamb was blown off during the war. Derry's face was burnt by acid. One side of his face looked very ugly and frightful.

Apart from this, they have nothing in common. Mr. Lamb is old, Derry is a young boy of fourteen. Mr. Lamb enjoys company and wants to talk. Derry is very withdrawn and defiant. He does not want to come in contact with people. Mr.

Lamb does not bother about his lameness. He has developed love for reading books, hearing music, seeing beautiful things and thinking about them. He is calm and patient. He asks peculiar questions. He forces Derry to see that actions are more important than mere looks. In spite of his lameness he picks apples, makes jelly, maintains a beehive and makes toffees from honey. The gate of his garden is always open. Derry develops a new vision of life under his guidance.

9. What impression do you form of Derry? 

ANS: Derry is a fourteen year old boy who is very withdrawn and defiant. One side of his face has been burnt by acid and it looks very ugly and frightful. This incident has made him a victim of inferiority complex. He is highly sensitive to what others say about him. Their anxiety, concern, fear and revulsion pains him most.

Derry is quite intelligent. When Mr. Lamb mentions the story 'Beauty and the Beast', Derry at once comes out with its moral: Handsome is as handsome does. He, however, evokes self-pity by saying, "I won't change... and no one'll kiss me ever."

Derry is sensitive to the sufferings of others. He arouses sympathy for himself by making enquiries about the old man's leg. pain and how he passes his life alone. Derry has the capacity to learn. He is impressed by the old man's way of life in spite of physical handicap. In the end, he does not bother about his face or looks and wants to see, hear, learn and think and do what no one else has done.

10. What impression do you form about Mr. Lamb?

ANS: Mr. Lamb is the protagonist in the play. He dominates the play from beginning to end. He impresses us as a sensitive, watchful, kind, considerate and sympathetic person. He is quite gentle, accommodating and protective. He is more concerned about the boy's well-being than the apples. He is a victim of alienation due to his physical impairment. Though he keeps his gates open and says he has many friends, actually he lives alone and is quite miserable. He loves company and wants to talk. He shares his thoughts even with the young boy.

Mr. Lamb is like a modern communicator and a psychologist who believes in drawing out the best of an individual. His tactful handling and peculiar questions make Derry shed some of his firmly fixed notions and respond to the things of the world around him. Thus he is a source of inspiration to Derry.




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