India Through a Traveller's Eyes by Pearl S. Buck // Rainbow Part-2 Prose Chapter-10

 

INDIA THROUGH A TRAVELLER’S EYES
-Pearl S. Buck

Pearl S. Buck’s Biography

1.       Pearl S. Buck was born is 1892 in America and died in 1973

2.       She was reared in China by her missionary parents.

3.       She taught in a Chinese University.

4.       She was awarded Nobel Prize in literature in 1938.

5.       Her major works include The God’s Earth and Come, My Beloved.

6.       India Through a Traveller’s Eyes is an extract from My Several World.

INDIA THROUGH A TRAVELLER’S EYES SUMMARY

 India Through a Travellers Eyes is an extract from My Several Worlds which is a personal record of her life. It shows her love for the poorest people living in Indian villages.
In this chapter Pearl S. Buck has described her visit to India.  She says India had always been part of the background of her life. She had heard a lot more of India from her family doctor and his wife who were Indians. She had also learnt Buddhism and the life story of Lord Buddha.
The writer had come to India not to see The Taj Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri, or any historical places. Her mission was to see and listen to young intellectuals of Indian cities and Peasants in the villages.
She found thousands of young intellectuals trained in English schools were jobless in India. The writer stayed with an Indian family in a village. Indians had great rewards for great men and great women. She found deep devotion for Gandhiji among Indians. Indian people are religious minded. It had the best and worst both aspects.

INDIA THROUGH A TRAVELLER’S EYES OBJECTIVE QUESTION

1.      The background of India through a traveler eye is __________.
a)India
b)America
c)Nepal
d)Pakistan

2.      The young Indian intellectuals were disappointed with the __________.
a)English
b)American
c)Chinese
d)Pakistani

3.      Indians, under the British rule, had a life span of just __________.
a)thirty years
b)twenty years
c)twenty seven years
d)forty years

4.      For all the ills of India, the writer blames __________.
a)Indians
b)the English rule
c)both
d)none of these

5.      She taught in __________.
a)an Indian University
b)an American Chinese
c)a Chinese University
d)none of these

6.      She won the Nobel Prize in __________.
a)1938
b)1928
c)1948
d)1950

7.      Buck’s family doctor was the __________.
a)English
b)Indian
c)American
d)Chinese

8.      Gandhi’s hold was upon __________.
a)intellectuals
b)peasants
c)both
d)none of these

9.      The Mongolian from European invaded __________.
a)Bengal
b)Kashmir
c)Dehli
d)Bihar

10.  Pearl S.Buck was born in __________.
a)1892
b)1882
c)1872
d)1990

11.  By Birth she was __________.
a)American
b)Chinese
c)Indian
d)Pakistani

12.  She was reared in __________.
a)Germany
b)England
c)China
d)India

13.  Pearl S.Buck belong to __________.
a)India
b)England
c)China
d)America

14.  Pearl S.Buck came India to see __________.
a)Tajmahal
b)Red Fort
c)two graphs of India people
d)poor

15.  Pearl S.Buck wrote the book after returning from India __________.
a)a biography
b)a story
c)come my beloved
d)none of these

16.  The first woman president of the general assembly was __________.
a)Japanese
b)Indian
c)American
d)English

17.  Indian are by nature __________.
a)clever
b)religious
c)civilized
d)uncivilized

18.  Colonization has made the Indian __________.
a)tired
b)enervated
c)weak
d)none of these

19.  The life span in India was only __________.
a)20years
b)27years
c)37years
d)40 years

20.  Indian peasants are poorer than their __________ counterparts.
a)Chinese
b)British
c)American
d)Pakistan

21.  __________ advised the Indians not to blame the British for everything.
a)Pearl S. Buck
b)Shiga Naoya
c)Anton Chekov
d)Germaine Greer

22.  The land between Bombay and __________ is famished.
a)Madres(Chennai)
b)Poona
b)Patna
d)Delhi

23.  The people of __________ must be reckoned as belonging to the Caucasian race.
a)Japan
b)India
b)Pakistan
d)America

24.  Pearl S. Buck is an __________ writer.
a)French
b)Indian
c)Pakistan
d)American

25.  The peasants used the land for __________.
a)thirty years
b)fifty years
c)forty years
d)sixty years

INDIA THROUGH A TRAVELLER’S EYES QUESTION ANSWER

    1.       What does the word ‘colour’ remind the writer of?
Ans. The word colour reminds the writer of the variety of hue of Indian life.

    2.       What were the benefits of the English Rule?
Ans. The knowledge of the West and the pure and finely pronounced English languages were the benefits of the English rule.

    3.       Why were the intellectuals in India restless and embittered?
Ans. The intellectuals in India were restless and embittered because England had broken her promises, and had no intention to restore India to her people.

    4.       What was the ‘great lesson’ that India had to teach the West?
Ans. The great lesson India had to teach the West was : war and killings achieve nothing, and that noble ends can be achieved only by noble means.

    5.       What tendency on part of Indians has Pearl S. Buck criticized?
Ans. She does not like the tendency of Indians of blaming the British for their every ill and suffering. She reminds them that when the heart of a people is gone, their spirit dies with it. She advises the Indians to be active.

6.       INDIA THROUGH A TRAVELLER’S EYES LINE EXPLANATION

    1.       “Religion is ever present in Indian life in its best as we as
in its worst aspects.”
Ans. According to Pearl S Puck religion is every present in India Life. It has its good aspects as well as its bad aspects. If it is used for the Welfare of the people it has good aspect to serve humanity. On the other hand its bad aspect is the narrow thinking of people.