Very short answers, about 30-40 words each.

16. What does the word ‘ours’, repeated in the first stanza, suggest?
How to answer: Say what the repetition does to the reader’s feeling.
Answer: The repeated “ours” creates a feeling of shared ownership and belonging. It tells every reader that India’s mountains, rivers and scriptures belong to all of us, strengthening unity and pride.
17. Identify one example of personification in the poem and explain it.
How to answer: Quote the words, then state the human quality given.
Answer: “The generous Ganga ” with “her grace ” is personification . The river is given human qualities of kindness and beauty, as if she were a graceful , giving woman.
18. Why does the poet use rhetorical questions in the poem?
How to answer: Name the device and its purpose in two lines.
Answer: Questions like “which other river can match her grace ?” are rhetorical. They are not asked for answers but to stress that nothing can equal India’s rivers and scriptures.
19. What feeling does the poem leave the reader with?
How to answer: Name the mood and tie it to the refrain.
Answer: The poem leaves the reader feeling proud, inspired and patriotic. The repeated call “let’s praise her!” fills the heart with love and respect for the motherland .
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