English X - Chapter No.17 - Reference To Context

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THE INHERITORS
Reference To Context

Note : Students are advised to read whole chapters and poems thoroughly for reference to context Text Book Name: Secondary Stage English Book 2 For Class X
Lesson Name: The Inheritors
Speakers: Azam, Moazzam and old man

1. "We shall just divide it verbally. For instance, the front part of the cow, which is the better part, shall be yours while the rear part shall be mine. Agreed?"
(i) Name the speaker and the lesson?
(ii) Name the person spoken to?
(iii) What is the speaker proposed to divide verbally?
(iv) How was the property divided between two brothers?
(v) What does the word "verbally" mean?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: The Inheritors
Speaker: Azam
(ii) Azam spoke these words to his younger brother Moazzam.
(iii) After the death of their father, the two brothers inherited his property which consisted of a cow, a date-palm tree and a blanket. Azam, who was an elder brother told Moazzam that they will divide it verbally.
(iv) Azam, the elder brother was greedy and clever.  While Moazzam, the younger brother, was simple and trusting. Azam suggested that the rear part of cow, the upper part of the date-palm tree and the blanket from sunset to sunrise would belong to him. Where as Moazzam was allotted with the front part of cow, the lower part of the tree and the blanket for the day time. which was surely of no use to Moazzam.
(v)Verbally means "Orally".

2. "Similarly, the top of the date-palm, which you cannot climb, shall be mine while the lower part, that's the trunk, shall be yours. Agreed?"
(i) Name the speaker and the lesson?
(ii) Name the person spoken to?
(iii) Who was agree to the division and why?
(iv) why did speaker not give dates to his younger brother?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: The Inheritors
Speaker: Azam
(ii)  Azam spoke these words to his younger brother Moazzam.
(iii) Moazzam, who was a younger son of poor farmer, and was innocent and simple.  He was agreed to the division because Azam had cunningly presented the useless part of the property as the better ones. Furthermore he believed that whatever his elder brother will divide, it will beneficial for both of them.
(iv) According to the division, the top part of the date palm tree belonged to Azam.  When the dates were ripe, Azam picked all the fruit. He did not offer even a single date to Moazzam, while Moazzam regularly watered the date palm tree.

3. "It shall be mine only from sunset to sunrise, that's only during the night. It shall be yours for the whole day."
(i) Name the speaker and the lesson?
(ii) Name the person spoken to? and What is the relation between them?
(iii) What is the speaker proposed to in above lines?  
(iv) Was it any use for him for the whole day?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: The Inheritors
Speaker: Azam
(ii) Azam, who was an elder son of poor farmer, spoke these words to his younger brother Moazzam.
(iii) Azam suggested to divide the property verbally. He proposed that he used a blanket at night while his younger brother, Moazzam will use it in day time.
(iv) Moazzam had no use for blanket, because it was hot during the day. At night when it grew cold, he would shiver, while Azam enjoyed a deep, comfortable sleep under the warm blanket.

4. "Then you are a fool. You look after the cow and feed her, and your brother gets all the milk!"
(i) Name the speaker and the lesson?
(ii) Who is the person spoken to?
(iii) Who feed the cow and who got the milk?
(iv) Who was very simple and trusting? and why?
(v) Why did the speaker call him a "fool"?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: The Inheritors
Speaker: Old Man
(ii) An Old man of a village spoke these words to Moazzam, who was the younger son of the poor farmer and was cheated by his elder brother Azam.
(iii) According to the agreement between Azam and Moazzam, Moazzam had to feed the cow as the front part belonged to him and Azam got the milk as the rear part was his.
(iv) Moazzam was very simple and trusting because he agreed to his elder brother Azam, who had cunningly presented the useless part of the property as the better ones. Furthermore he believed that whatever his elder brother will divide, it will beneficial for both of them.
(v) The old man of the village noticed that how the younger brother, Moazzam was being cheated by the cleverness of his elder brother, Azam. That's why the old man called Moazzam a fool and gave him a wise advice.

5. "But what can I do? This is all according to the agreement between us."
(i) Name the lesson and correct English Text Book name from which has this extract been taken?
(ii) Name the speaker and the person spoken to?
(iii) What was the agreement between the two?
(iv)  What was the effect of advice on speaker?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: The Inheritors
Text book: Secondary Stage English Book 2 For Class X
(ii) Speaker: Moazzam
Person spoken to: An old man
(iii) The two brothers divided the property verbally, after the death of their poor father.. Azam, the elder brother was greedy and clever.  While Moazzam, the younger brother, was simple and trusting. Azam suggested that the rear part of cow, the upper part of the date-palm tree and the blanket from sunset to sunrise would belong to him. Where as Moazzam was allotted with the front part of cow, the lower part of the tree and the blanket for the day time. which was surely of no use to Moazzam.
(iv)  The old man gave Moazzam a wise advice. Being obedient, he accepted the advice of an old man and answered the cleverness of his brother with his wisdom. In this way he got his due share in the inheritance.

6. "It's mine during the day-time, and I can do with it what I please."
(i) Name the speaker and the lesson?
(ii) Name the person spoken to?
(iii) What was the speaker talking about or what did he do?
(iv) What was the reaction of the listener?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: The Inheritors
Speaker: Moazzam
(ii) Moazzam, the younger brother spoke these words to his elder brother Azam.
(iii) AS according to the agreement the blanket was belong to Moazam during the day, so he soaked the blanket in water during the day, so Azam was unable to sleep under the wet blanket at night.
(iv) Azam agreed to share the blanket with Moazzam at night.

7. "We shall sleep together and shall be more comfortable."
(i) Name the speaker and the lesson?
(ii) Name the person spoken to?
(iii) How did the person spoken to taught the lesson?
(iv) Why did speaker give up cheating?
(v) What is the moral of the lesson?
Ans:
(i) Lesson: The Inheritors
Speaker: Azam
(ii) Azam spoke these words to his younger brother Moazzam.
(iii) After advising by an old man, Moazzam wisely foiled Azam’s tricks as:

• When Azam was milking the cow he started hitting the cow’s head with a short stick.
• When Azam had climed the tree to pick ripe dates, Moazzam started cutting the tree with an axe.
• When Azam had found blanket wet at night, as Moazzam soaked it in water through the day.

In this manner, Moazzam was able to teach the lesson to his brother.

(iv) Azam was a clever boy. By Moazzam's behaviour, he guessed that somebody has advised his younger brother to fight for his rights and fair share in the inheritance. When Moazzam followed an old man's advice, Azam found himself helpless and decided to give up cheating to his younger brother.
(v) The moral of the lesson is that falsehood have no ground bases to stand. We should be honest in our dealings and we can answer cleverness by wisdom. We must obey our elder’s advice because their advice is as good as gold.