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.
Repeated
“ours”
ka simple sa matlab —
shared ownership aur belonging
. Mountains, rivers, scriptures sab
hum sabke
hain, isse
unity aur pride
dono strong hoti hai.
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.
Example:
“the generous Ganga”
with
“her grace”
— river ko ek
graceful, giving woman
jaisi human qualities di gayi hain. Yahi
personification
hai.
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.
Rhetorical questions
(jaise “which other river can match her grace?”) answer ke liye nahi puchhe jaate — bas yeh
stress
karne ke liye ki India ki rivers aur scriptures ka
koi equal nahi
.
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
.
Poem ke end mein reader
proud, inspired aur desh-bhakti se bhara
feel karta hai — repeated
“let’s praise her!”
dil mein motherland ke liye love aur respect bhar deta hai.
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