Class 11 English

Chapter 6 Solutions — Silk Road

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Step-by-step NCERT solutions for Silk Road (Chapter 6, NCERT Class 11 English) — every question and answer worked out in full, not just the final result. You can also read the Silk Road textbook chapter.

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All 20 questions in Silk Road are solved in the PDF. Here's what's inside, exercise by exercise:

Understanding the Text

Give reasons for the following statement: The article has been titled 'Silk Road.'
Give reasons for the following statement: Tibetan mastiffs were popular in China's imperial courts.
Give reasons for the following statement: The author's experience at Hor was in stark contrast to earlier accounts of the place.
Give reasons for the following statement: The author was disappointed with Darchen.
Give reasons for the following statement: The author thought that his positive thinking strategy worked well after all.
Briefly comment on the purpose of the author's journey to Mount Kailash.
Briefly comment on the author's physical condition in Darchen.
Briefly comment on the author's meeting with Norbu.
Briefly comment on Tsetan's support to the author during the journey.
Briefly comment on the statement: "As a Buddhist, he told me, he knew that it didn't really matter if I passed away, but he thought it would be bad for business."

Talking about the Text

Discuss in groups of four: The sensitive behaviour of hill-folk.
Discuss in groups of four: The reasons why people willingly undergo the travails of difficult journeys.
Discuss in groups of four: The accounts of exotic places in legends and the reality.

Thinking about Language

Notice the kind of English Tsetan uses while talking to the author. How do you think he picked it up?
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What do the following utterances indicate?
- (i) "I told her, through Daniel …"
- (ii) "It's a cold," he said finally through Tsetan.
Guess the meaning of the following words: kora, drokba, kyang. In which language are these words found?

Working with Words

The narrative has many phrases to describe the scenic beauty of the mountainside like 'A flawless half-moon floated in a perfect blue sky.' Scan the text to locate other such picturesque phrases.
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Explain the use of the adjectives in the following phrases:
- (i) shaggy monsters
- (ii) brackish lakes
- (iii) rickety table
- (iv) hairpin bend
- (v) rudimentary general stores.

Noticing Form

The account has only a few passive voice sentences. Locate them. In what way does the use of active voice contribute to the style of the narrative?
Notice this construction: 'Tsetan was eager to have them fixed.' Write five sentences with a similar structure.

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