The Chair - Standard 12 (XII) - Unit-5(Prose) - - Easy and Simple answer - Minimum Levels of Learning -Samacheer Kalvi

 

Prose – 5 “The Chair”

I. Short Answers

1. What was put on the family agenda?

Getting a chair for their home was put on the family agenda.

2. Who visited the family?

A sub-judge, a family friend visited the family.

3. Describe the stool that the narrator’s family had.

The stool measured a three-fourth foot. It was three legged.

4. What was Pedanna’s suggestion to their father?

Pedanna suggested to their father to buy a chair from the town.

5. What was offered to Maamanaar by their mother?

A tumbler of buttermilk seasoned with asafetida was offered to Maamanaar by the mother.

6. Why were the two chairs compared to Rama-Lakshmana?

The two chairs were similar to each other. They were made of same wood. They were uniform in shape.

7. When did the children shy away from the chair?

The children shied away after the chair was used for propping up corpse in the funeral.

8. How did Maamanaar handle the chair at home?

Every morning Maamanaar wiped the chair and carried it carefully like a mud pot brimming with water.

9. What happened to the visitor when he sat on the stool?

The visitor did not place his weight exactly above the legs. So he fell down with a thud and rolled over.

10. Why did the family find it difficult to make a chair?

There was no model of chair in their village and also there was not a single carpenter to make a chair.

11. What was grandmother’s suggestion of wood? Why?

Grandmother suggested teak wood as the best. It would be light to carry but also sturdy.

12. How was the chair made and how did the villagers react to it?

The chair was made with black wood with a mirror like gleam, perfectly shaped front legs and curved back legs. People came in hordes to see it and praised the carpenter’s work.

13. When did the children get over the fear of sitting on the chair?

Though the chair was washed well, the children feared to sit. Suganthi put her baby brother on it. Only then the children got over the fear of sitting on the chair.

14. Why did Maamanaar hand over the chair to the villagers to retain it?

The villagers needed the chair for propping up the corpses so Maamanaar handed over the chair to the villagers.

II. Paragraph

A sub-judge, a family friend visited the family. The visitor did not place his weight exactly above the legs. So he fell down with a thud and rolled over. Getting a chair for their home was put on the family agenda. Pedanna suggested to their father to buy a chair from the town. There was no model of chair in their village and also there was not a single carpenter to make a chair. Two chairs were made with black wood with a mirror like gleam. People came in hordes to see it and praised the carpenter’s work. One chair is for the narrator’s family and other one is for Maamanaar. The children shied away after the chair was used for propping up corpse in the funeral. The villagers needed the chair for propping up the corpses so Maamanaar handed over the chair to the villagers.

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