Class 11 English

Chapter 2 Solutions — We’re Not Afraid to Die... if We Can All Be Together

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Step-by-step NCERT solutions for We’re Not Afraid to Die... if We Can All Be Together (Chapter 2, NCERT Class 11 English) — every question and answer worked out in full, not just the final result. You can also read the We’re Not Afraid to Die... if We Can All Be Together textbook chapter.

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All 14 questions in We’re Not Afraid to Die... if We Can All Be Together are solved in the PDF. Here's what's inside, exercise by exercise:

1.
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.
Describe the mental condition of the voyagers on 4 and 5 January.
Describe the shifts in the narration of the events as indicated in the three sections of the text. Give a subtitle to each section.

What difference did you notice between the reaction of the adults and the children when faced with danger?
How does the story suggest that optimism helps to endure 'the direst stress'?
What lessons do we learn from such hazardous experiences when we are face-to-face with death?
Why do you think people undertake such adventurous expeditions in spite of the risks involved?

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'?
Here are the terms for different kinds of vessels: yacht, boat, canoe, ship, steamer, schooner. Think of similar terms in your language.
'Catamaran' is a kind of a boat. Do you know which Indian language this word is derived from? Check the dictionary.
Have you heard any boatmen's songs? What kind of emotions do these songs usually express?

The following words used in the text as ship terminology are also commonly used in another sense. In what contexts would you use the other meaning? knot | stern | boom | hatch | anchor
The following three compound words end in -ship. What does each of them mean? airship | flagship | lightship
The following are the meanings listed in the dictionary against the phrase 'take on'. In which meaning is it used in the third paragraph of the account?

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