2nd PUC English Springs Textbook Answers Chapter 7 The Gardener

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Karnataka 2nd PUC English Springs Textbook Answers Chapter 7 The Gardener

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The Gardener Comprehension I.

Question 1.
What qualities of the old man impressed the narrator?
Answer:
The narrator was impressed with the old man’s physique. He was tall, with greyish hair, a long beak-like nose, and strong muscular arms. His eyes were suffused with strange memories and native intelligence.

Question 2.
Is it a significant factor that the old man came to the garden after walking hundreds of miles?
Answer:
Yes, it is significant that he had come to the farm walking hundreds of miles because he has experienced fame and name in life but now wanted to lead a simple and meaningful life.

Question 3.
The owner of the garden became lethargic because
(a) the income of the garden improved dramatically.
(b) he had become dependent upon the gardener.
(c) there was nothing much left for the owner to do.
Answer:
(c) there was nothing much left for the owner to do.

Question 4.
Why did the owner’s wife start worrying about the strange ways of her husband?
Answer:
The owner had become very lazy after the arrival of the oldman. But his wife was confused with the oldman’s way of hardwork whether it was for the good or bad as there was nothing left for the owner to do and he had started wasting away his time in the company of bad friends and has got addicted to bad habits.

Question 5.
When did the old man decide to narrate his story?
Answer:
When the owner had become lazy and neglecting his garden, the oldman met with her. He understood the plight of her and narrated his story.

Question 6.
Tammanna considers his rival, Sangoji/Basavaiah, an important possession because?
(a) competition helps in the development of an individual.
(b) Sangoji/Basavaiah leads a more colourful life.
(c) rivalry offers new possibilities of life for him.
Answer:
(c) rivalry offers new possibilities of life for him.

Question 7.
“No, his name was not Sangoji, but Basavaiah” told the old man because?
(a) he had really forgotten the name.
(b) he wanted to keep the identity of his rival a secret.
(c) he was fictionalizing his past.
Answer:
(c) he was fictionalizing his past.

Question 8.
What unique strategy was evolved by Tammanna to annihilate Basaviah completely?
Answer:
Tammanna thought of a novel method of punishing Basavaiah, which was death. He felt that there was no end to the rivalry if Tammanna continued to improve his popularity and property. So, he stopped composing ballads on Basavaiah, and stopped singing them and went away. So Basavaiah, not having any reasons to take revenge against Tammanna stopped his rivalry. He was morally defeated.

Question 9.
Why does Basavaiah start inviting scholars and musicians to his place?
Answer:
Basavaiah wanted to take revenge against Tammanna as he felt that his house was empty without the books of Tammanna. So, he invited scholars and musicians to his place to praise him that he was not inferior to Tammanna.

Question 10.
What was Basavaiah’s ray of hope in his attempt to outwit Tammanna?
Answer:
When Tammanna fell ill, the news passed on to Basavaiah. Basavaiah thought that Tammanna would not be able to compose ballads and indirectly he would be a winner. Tammanna’s disease was a happy message to Basavaiah.

Question 11.
Tammanna decides to give up everything and leave the place because
(a) he sees no purpose in living there.
(b) he wants to create an impression that he is dead.
(c) he wants to put an end to the rivalry.
Answer:
(c) he wants to put an end to the rivalry.

Question 12.
Tammanna forgets his songs and ballads because
(a) he finds them futile.
(b) he doesn’t need them anymore.
(c) he avenges himself.
Answer:
(a) he finds them futile.

The Gardener Comprehension II.

Question 1.
How did the owner’s life change after the arrival of the old man?
Answer:
The old man Tamanna was a good worker and looked after the garden very well. He put an end to the thefts and understood the problems of workers. In turn, they also worked hard with Tamanna at the Garden. Gradually, the owner’s income increased and he became lazy.

Question 2.
What advice did the supporters of Tammanna give him for getting his land back?
Answer:
The supporters of Tammanna advised him to go to the court to get his land back. They also asked him to either take the help of the police or get some ruffians to attack Basavaiah.

Question 3.
How did Tammanna react to Basavaiah’s encroachment of his land?
Answer:
Basavaiah attacked Tammanna and occupied his land, so Tammanna expressed all his bitter experiences in the form of Ballads and started to sing those compositions denouncing Basavaiah.

Question 4.
How did Basavaiah try to overcome his humiliation?
Answer:
Basavaiah became too greedy and made a lot of property and became too materialistic. He also built a mansion and hired a number of persons to praise him and he bought many ornaments and precious stones as status symbols.

The Gardener Comprehension III.

Question 1.
The rivalry between Tamanna and Basavaiah keeps moving from the visible domain to the invisible. Comment?
Answer:
In the beginning, Tamanna and Basavaiah competed by gaining material property like ornaments, Jewels and land. But later their rivalry grows into intolerable psychological hatred ness when Tammanna started the composition of ballads on the evils of Basavaiah and singing them.

Question 2.
How docs Tammanna adopt a counter-strategy to challenge the material wealth of Basavaiah?
Answer:
Tammanna started to think in different ways to compete with Basavaiah. He stopped accumulating material wealth and started to compose ballads and singing them. Because this could not be competed by Basavaiah with all his material wealth.

Question 3.
A manipulator like Tammanna turns reflective towards the end of his life. What does this tell us about human nature?
Answer:
Human nature always wants what it is not having and in the same way, Tammanna initially acquired material gains but later he turns towards spirituality when he loses it. The lesson teaches that humans must meet challenges and face them. A healthy competition, is fair and acceptable, if not, life becomes boring and strives towards death.

Question 4.
How does the reference to Russia and America provide another dimension to the story?
Answer:
When Russia stopped waging war against America, it could not keep quiet and it went to war against other countries. In the same way, humans could not stand silence and they always want the competition to end the b9redom. It is human nature.

Question 5.
Observe how the story employs multiple narratives. How does this technique unveil the mystery of human relationships?
Answer:
Change is universal and humans have to accept it. If they do not adapt to the situations, they can’t survive. That is the nature of human beings, and even Darwin propagates the same theory about the survival of the fittest. Hence, every human being must adapt to the situation to survive.

Vocabulary :
An antonym is a word opposite in meaning to a given word.
Note the use of antonyms for the following words found in the lesson.

• Impoverish × enrich
• Elaborate × concise
• Petty × grand
• Suffused ×removed
• Lethargic × active
• Annihilate × preserve
• Vengeful × benevolent
• Agony × ecstasy
• Flourish × languish
• Wealth × poverty
• Famous × obscure
• Cruelty × kindness
• Best × worst
• Enemy × friend
• Stiff × flexible

The Gardener Additional Questions and Answers

Question 1.
Tamanna’s arrival makes the owner’s wife be
(a) free
(b) panic
(c) confused
Answer:
(c) confused

Question 2.
The Garden owner’s wife was worried because?
(a) old man was always working in the garden
(b) old man lesson the burden of the owner
(c) owner became lazy
Answer:
(c) owner became lazy

Question 3.
Where did the narrator meet Thammanna?
Answer:
Chennarayapatna

Question 4.
Tamanna’s rival is
(a) Basavaiah
(b) Owner
(c) Owner’s wife
Answer:
(a) Basavaiah

The Gardener Summary in English

– P. Lankcsh

The lesson. ‘The Gardener’ is by P. Lankesh. It is the story of an old man whom the author met in Chennarayapatna. The old man had come from far away to work in the garden. He was well versed in agriculture and the management of workers. The owner gradually began to feel free and became lazy. The profit of the garden also improved and petty thefts were brought down. The owner started neglecting the garden and got addicted to bad habits. His wife was very much worried and she was not sure whether the old man’s arrival was good or bad.

Understanding her concern, the old man narrated to her a story. Once there was a village and two rivals there, Tamanna and Basavaiah. Tamanna owned 1000 acres and Basavaiah 800 acres. A jealous Basavaiah coveted more and attacked Tammanna and forcibly acquired 200 acres. At first, Tamanna tried to get back his land through various means, legally and by force, all in vain.

He started to compose ballads on the evil nature of Basavaiah and his misdeeds and started singing them. This made him more famous in the surrounding villages and Basavaih could not tolerate it. He paid people to praise him all to no avail. Meanwhile, Tamanna realized the futility of all these, stopped writing ballads, and thought that death was the final solution to end their rivalry.

He went away from their village. Basavaiah, without a good competition and a meaning for his life, got bored and died away. Tamanna forgot his songs and ballads and became a non-entity. By telling this story old man told us that he was none other than Tamanna and asked the owner’s wife to forget the story. The message of the story is that man has to adapt to the situation otherwise he could not survive in the world.

The Gardener Summary in Kannada