Balbharati Maharashtra Board Class 11 English Solution Chapter 3.1: Expansion of Ideas. Marathi or English Medium Students of Class 11 get here Expansion of Ideas full Exercise Solution.
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Expansion of Ideas
Q.) Discuss with your partner the different ideas connoted by the word ‘season’.
Ans. 1) As we hear the word season, the first thing that comes to our mind is the four seasons- spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
2) A set or sequence of related television programs, a series.
3) Seasoning of food, which means adding salt, herbs, pepper, or other spices to food.
Q.) Proverbs associated with the word season: E.g. Make hay while the sun shines.
Ans. 1) If winter comes, can spring be far behind.
2) For everything there is a season.
3) Four seasons in one day.
Q.) Guess the meaning of the above proverbs and write them down along with a sentence of your own.
Ans. 1) Make hay while the sun shines
Meaning– Make the most of a favorable situation while it lasts.
Sentence– It is really important to make hay while the sun shines, or else when the sun will set, we’ll lose all the favorable opportunities.
2) For everything there is a season
Meaning– There is a right time for every work.
Sentence– I know you are eager to start up your new business, but wait for the right time at least, as it is always said, for everything, there is a season.
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A1.) Expand the idea inherent in the following proverbs:
(i) A bad workman blames his tools.
Ans. Someone who is not good at his work will always try to put the blame on his tools, which means the work or the surroundings are related to the work and not himself. Blaming his work is an incompetent and weak workman’s way of not owning up to his mistakes or taking responsibility for not doing the work in the best way possible. We shouldn’t blame others for our own mistakes and loopholes within. We should try to take responsibility for our own faults and should try to work on them and improve ourselves for the better.
(ii) One should eat to live, not live to eat. – Franklin
Ans. This proverb became so well- known after it was first used in the famous play ‘The Miser’ by Molière. The proverb discourages overeating. We shouldn’t be gluttonous and should not keep on gulping always. One should eat to stay healthy, not just because we love to eat.
(iii) If winter comes, can spring be far behind? – Shelley
Ans. The proverb has a very deep meaning and is really a famous one. It says that if some misfortune happens in our lives, we mustn’t lose hope for there is definitely something better kept in store for us, and God too has decided something more fortunate for us that will soon follow. The quote stresses joys and sorrows, the ups and downs of lives. If it is winter and everything is dying, spring will surely follow and everything will be blooming again.
(iv) Beauty is truth, truth is beauty. – John Keats.
Ans. This beautiful line is taken from John Keats’ famous poem ‘Ode to the Grecian Urn’. With this beautiful line the poet concludes the poem, ‘Beauty is truth, truth beauty,—that is all, Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.’ Beauty is all we need in order truth, and truth in itself is beautiful. Whether we like it or nbut the truth in itself has its own charm and beauty. It beautifully portrays how beauty lies in endurance, and continuance.
(v) Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. – Alexander Pope
Ans. Fools and ignorant people do things in haste, whereas intelligent, sensible people always think twice before taking some decision and getting into any new work or project. Foolish people are overconfidentdent and always think that they know better and can do things in a better way, they hardly waste time thinking and they think cautious people are cowards and don’t have enough guts to do something immediately.
A2.) Complete the tabular columns to specify Dos and Don’ts associated with ‘Expansion of Ideas’.
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EXPANSION OF IDEAS
DO’S |
DONT’S
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1) The starting should be impressive |
1) The introduction should not
be adrift or else the reader will lose interest in reading further. |
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2)The symbolism or the
idea should be clearly understood. |
2) The ideas provided
shouldn’t be vague. |
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3) The given idea needs to
be well evaluated and interpreted accordingly. |
3) The main ideas in a
paragraph shouldn’t be neglected or jumbled with other ideas. |
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4)Maintain coherence and a
logical link between two distinct points between the sentences. |
4)Avoid too many ideas |
