Class 11 English - Hornbill - Chapter Landscape of Soul NCERT Solutions | (i) What do you understand by the terms

“The Emperor may rule over the territory he has conquered, but only the artist knows the way within.”

Find out the correlates of Yin and Yang in other cultures.

“The landscape is an inner one, a spiritual and conceptual space.”

What is the language spoken in Flanders?

(i) Contrast the Chinese view of art with the European view with examples.
(ii) Explain the concept of shanshui.

Give reasons for the following.
(i) King Tut’s body has been subjected to repeated scrutiny.
(ii) Howard Carter’s investigation was resented.
(iii) Carter had to chisel away the solidified resins to raise the king’s remains.
(iv) Tut’s body was buried along with gilded treasures.
(v) The boy king changed his name from Tutankhaten to Tutankhamun.

The three phases of the author’s relationship with his grandmother before he left the country to study abroad.

Locate the lines in the text that support the title ‘The Ailing Planet’.

Comment on the attitude shown by Taplow towards Crocker-Harris.

List the steps taken by the captain
(i) to protect the ship when rough weather began.
(ii) to check the flooding of the water in the ship.

(i) List the deeds that led Ray Johnson to describe Akhenaten as “wacky”.
(ii) What were the results of the CT scan?
(iii) List the advances in technology that have improved forensic analysis.
(iv) Explain the statement, “King Tut is one of the first mummies to be scanned — in death, as in life...”

Three reasons why the author’s grandmother was disturbed when he started going to the city school.

What does the notice ‘The world’s most dangerous animal’ at a cage in the zoo at Lusaka, Zambia, signify?

Does Frank seem to encourage Taplow’s comments on Crocker-Harris?

Describe the mental condition of the voyagers on 4 and 5 January.

How would you say ‘a dilapidated drum’ in your language?

Have you heard any boatmen’s songs? What kind of emotions do these songs usually express?

Which language do you use to talk to elderly relatives in your family?

‘Catamaran’ is a kind of a boat. Do you know which Indian language this word is derived from? Check the dictionary.

Which language do you think the author and his grandmother used while talking to each other?

Here are the terms for different kinds of vessels: yacht, boat, canoe, ship, steamer, schooner. Think of similar terms in your language.

Have you known someone like the author’s grandmother? Do you feel the same sense of loss with regard to someone whom you have loved and lost?

Can you think of a song or a poem in your language that talks of homecoming?

We have come across words like ‘gale’ and ‘storm’ in the account. Here are two more words for ‘storm’: typhoon, cyclone. How many words does your language have for ‘storm’?

Describe the changing relationship between the author and his grandmother. Did their feelings for each other change?