12th Class English Chapter 5 Short Questions with Answers Solved

Question: 1

What does J.C Squire mean by the phrase "non-bookish people".

Answer: 1

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J.C Squire has used his phrase for illiterate people.The non-bookish people are reluctant to throw away anything that looks like a book,They display books in their shelves in order to show off.

Question: 2

What did the writer finally decided to do with his unwanted books?

Answer: 2

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The author decided to throw the books into the river,He took a bag ,stuffed the books into it,put it on his shoulders and threw them into the river and got rid of them.

Question: 3

What thought flashed into J,C Squire mind when he was ready to throw books into the river?

Answer: 3

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A thought came like a blaze of terrible blue lighting across his brain that the dropping of the sack would produce a loud splash in the water,He imagined that after hearing he splash of water the people would take the sack for a baby and he would be arrested.

Question: 4

Why didJ.C Squire pity the books he had cas into the river?

Answer: 4

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The author had many useless books ,he threw them into the river to get rid of them,Now he remembers them and pities their lot.He calls them "Poor innocent books."

Question: 5

Why did J.C Squire begin to tremble to see the policeman?

Answer: 5

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The writer was frightened when the policeman looked at him.He thought that the policeman had become suspicious of the sack of books,The writer supposed that the police man would take the sack for swag.He feared of being arrested and then interrogated thoroughly.

Question: 6

What did J.C Squire find it difficult to destroy his unwanted books?

Answer: 6

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It is difficult to destroy unwanted books because generally we don't have proper place to do this,It is not easy to burn leaf after leaf.

Question: 7

How did the write J,C Squire muster up courage to drop the books into the river?

Answer: 7

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He was nervous and could not throw them for quite some time,At last he mustered up courage by calling himself an ass and shrinking contemptible coward.Finally he took a heave and dropped the sack.

Question: 8

What sports of books were presented by the British Public to the soldiers?

Answer: 8

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Over two million books were presented by the British public to the soldiers,Most of the books were ordinary and suitable,But some odd and useless books were also sent which included twenty years old magazines guides to the Lake District and back numbers of Whitaker's Almanac.

Question: 9

Why could notJ.C Squire burn the unwanted books?

Answer: 9

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The author lived in a flat ,he did not have a kitchen or a cooking range ,Therefore he could not burn those hundreds of books in a gas or electtric heater.

Question: 10

What were the feelings ofJ.C Squire after destroying the books?

Answer: 10

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The author had many useless books,He threw them into the river to get rid of them,Now he remembers them and pities their a lot.he calls them "Poor innocent books".

Question: 11

Why the bad books should according to the squire be destroyed?

Answer: 11

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Bad Books should be destroyed because their destruction not only makes more room for a new books but also saves one's heirs in the trouble of sorting or storing it.

Question: 12

What happens when the writer threw the sack of books into the river?

Answer: 12

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When he threw the sack into the river,there was a big splash but silence spread again.

Question: 13

What was the writer thought when a tramp passed by him?

Answer: 13

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When he learned against the parapet,he heard the footsteps of tramp.He sprang back and began to walk an air of indifference,The tramp did not attend to him because he had other things to think over.

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