Class 11 English Suggestion 2nd Semester:

Nobel Lecture

Short Type Questions Answers [2 marks]

Answer the following Questions in 40 words. [2 marks]

1. Who was the Prince of Peace?

2. Whom should we love to love God as advised by St. John? 

3. Why do people eagerly look towards the door in ‘Nobel Lecture’? 

4. Among whom can we find Jesus? 

5. Why was Mother Teresa surprised in the West?

6. What, according to Mother Teresa, is the greatest destroyer of peace? 

7. What is Mother Teresa’s point of view about drug addiction among young people? 

8. Why, according to Mother Teresa, are the young boys and girls in the West giving in to drugs? 

9. What does God say very clearly in the Scripture? Or, What is the opinion of Scripture?

10.  According to Mother Teresa who are very great people? 

11. According to Mother Teresa who can teach us so many ‘beautiful things’? 

12.  “I was hungry – I was naked – I was homeless – I was unwanted” — Who said these words?

13. What was the age of the boy who wanted to give his sugar to Mother Teresa?14. What according to Mother Teresa, is the beginning of love? 

15. What, according to Mother Teresa, is the importance of a smile?

16. How much money did Mother Teresa receive from the man who was lying on his back for the last twenty years? 

17. Why did Mother Teresa sometimes find it very difficult to smile at Jesus? 

18. Whom did Mother Teresa thank for being awarded the Nobel Prize? What prayer did Mother Teresa refer to?*  

19. Whom should we love to love God as advised by St John? Why?”

20. What is Mother Teresa’s point of view about drug addiction among young people?* 

21. What according to Mother Teresa, is the greatest destroyer of peace today? What is the worst form of poverty?*

22. How did Mother Teresa want to fight abortion?* 

Long Type Questions Answers [6 Marks]

Answer the following Questions in 120 words. [ 6 marks]

1. “The poor people are very great people? – Give at least two examples from Mother’s ‘Nobel Lecture’ to justify the comment.

2. In what ways does Mother Teresa appeal to the emotions of her audience? What stories does she share of her encounters with the poor in Kolkata?  

3. “I had the most extraordinary experience with the Hindu family that had eight children.” -Which experience is Mother Teresa speaking of?

4. Why does Mother Teresa believe that it is not enough for us to say “I love God, but I do not love my neighbor?[W.B.T.A. Set-VI]

5. What did Mother Teresa experience when she visited an Old Age Home?

 Or, 

Narrate in your own words the experience of Mother Teresa in an old age home.  

6. Narrate the experience Mother Teresa had when there was great difficulty in getting sugar.

7. Do you think Mother Teresa’s call for action is effective? If yes, why? If not, why? State two reasons for either argument with examples from the text to support your argument.” 

8. What lesson does Mother Teresa impart on love? What has made her feel quite at home? Give at least two examples from the text and explain love.

9. Comment on the use of Biblical and Christian references throughout Mother Teresa’s speech. In doing so, do you think does she fail to acknowledge those of other religions and beliefs? 

10. Do you think her positive outlook overcomes this? Give examples from the text to support your argument.