CLASS 11 · WOVEN WORDS · CHAPTER 7
Original student-friendly answers to the textbook questions on Satyajit's rise and fall.
18 worked answers · short steps first, explanations when you need them
Textbook pages Understanding the Text
Question Understanding the Text 1(a)
Mention his need for relief, his family-like obligation, and his wish to return to his roots.
He wants relief from the crisis, feels obliged to help Srinath, and hopes to reconnect with his village.
Question Understanding the Text 1(b)
Link Satyajit's present ruin to his new understanding of the desperate forger.
His own crisis makes him understand the forger's desperation and regret how harshly he judged him.
Question Understanding the Text 1(c)
Mention his past financial help and the village's admiration of his success.
They admire him and expect the financial help he had given for earlier weddings.
Question Understanding the Text 1(d)
Explain that Srinath expects the usual dowry help and assumes Satyajit remains wealthy.
Srinath expects money for Beena's dowry and is disappointed when Satyajit's fortune has disappeared.
Question Understanding the Text 1(e)
Contrast the village's image of a millionaire with Satyajit's real financial ruin.
They celebrate him as a millionaire, but he has lost his wealth and is pretending to fit that image.
Question Understanding the Text 1(f)
Mention shame, fear of disappointing others, and his desire to preserve the rich image.
He feels ashamed and wants to preserve the village's image of him as a wealthy benefactor.
Question Understanding the Text 2
Trace village poverty, career rise, bank collapse, and return to the village.
He rises from village poverty to bank leadership, loses his fortune in the collapse, and returns to Shantipur with little.
Textbook pages Talking about the Text
Question Talking about the Text 1
Discuss loss of identity and others' continuing expectations using Satyajit as an example.
A fall can remove income and status while others still expect the old success; Satyajit feels this pressure.
Question Talking about the Text 2
Contrast the years of career growth with the rapid collapse of the bank.
Satyajit rises over years, but loses his wealth almost overnight, making failure feel faster.
Question Talking about the Text 3
Explain how honesty could prevent false expectations and protect his remaining assets.
He should have been honest so the family could plan realistically and avoid risking his last property.
Question Talking about the Text 4
Balance the illegality of forgery with the desperate motive and Satyajit's changed understanding.
The story recognises the crime but asks us to consider desperation and compassion when judging punishment.
Textbook pages Appreciation
Question Appreciation 1
Explain how the train scene and Satyajit's thoughts reveal the collapse.
His anxious question on the train leads into memories that reveal the bank's collapse and his losses.
Question Appreciation 2
Describe the access to Satyajit's inner feelings and the limits of his viewpoint.
His perspective makes us feel his shame and fear, while leaving us to judge the village and his decisions.
Question Appreciation 3
Connect his initiative in catching the forged cheque with his rise and later reflection.
His alertness helps his career, while the episode later makes him reconsider the role of luck and compassion.
Question Appreciation 4
Link dead glory to the collapse and twilight to the brief return of admiration.
His success is gone, but the village's welcome lets its fading image shine briefly again.
Textbook pages Language Work
Question Language Work 1
Use a story example and provide a respectful model based on visible details.
Srinath's animated gestures show eagerness. In your own description, use observed details to suggest a quality.
Question Language Work 2
Explain the cultural images of blessing, devotion, and honour and give another example.
The expressions draw on blessing and respect; the wedding customs and welcome rituals add Indian cultural colour.
Question Language Work 3
Explain how fragments imitate Satyajit's quick, unsettled thoughts.
The fragments reproduce quick memories and create an immediate, unsettled rhythm.