Class 12 English - Flamingo - Chapter The Interview NCERT Solutions | What is the belief in some primitive cul

Who, in today’s world, is our chief source of information about personalities?

What do you understand by the expression “thumbprints on his windpipe”?

Do you think Umberto Eco likes being interviewed? Give reasons for your opinion.

What is the reason for the huge success of the novel, The Name of the Rose?

Why do most celebrity writers despise being interviewed?

Did Umberto Eco consider himself a novelist first or an academic scholar?

How does Eco find the time to write so much?

What are some of the positive views on interviews?

What was distinctive about Eco’s academic writing style?

What was Franz expected to be prepared with for school that day?

What is Saheb looking for in the garbage dumps? Where is he and where has he come from?

What is the “misadventure” that William Douglas speaks about?

From where did the peddler get the idea of the world being a rattrap?

Strike out what is not true in the following.

a. Rajkumar Shukla was
    (i) a sharecropper.
    (ii) a politician.
    (iii) delegate.
    (iv) a landlord.

b. Rajkumar Shukla was
    (i) poor.
    (ii) physically strong.
    (iii) illiterate.

What does the writer mean by ‘the fiery misery’ of those subjected to make-up’?

Where was it most likely that the two girls would find work after school?

What did Franz notice that was unusual about the school that day?

What explanations does the author offer for the children not wearing footwear?

What were the series of emotions and fears that Douglas experienced when he was thrown into the pool? What plans did he make to come to the surface?

How did Douglas make sure that he conquered the old terror?

Why is Rajkumar Shukla described as being ‘resolute’?

How did the episode change the plight of the peasants?

What explanations does the author offer for the children not wearing footwear?

What did the peasants pay the British landlords as rent? What did the British now want instead and why? What would be the impact of synthetic indigo on the prices of natural indigo?

Mention the hazards of working in the glass bangles industry.

How did the author discover who the English visitor to the studios was?

How does Sophie include her brother Geoff in her fantasy of her future?

Why is the Englishman’s visit referred to as unexplained mystery?

Why does Douglas as an adult recount a childhood experience of terror and his conquering of it? What larger meaning does he draw from this experience?