| Class | 12th |
| Book | Vistas (NCERT) |
| Category | Important Questions |
| Subject | English |
On the Face of It Class 12 English Chapter 5 Important Question Answer
Short Questions
Q1. Who is Derry ? Why does he go to Mr. Lamb’s garden?
Ans – Derry is fourteen year old boy whose one side of his face has completely burnt. People look at him with a sense of shock or fear. He is afraid of seeing himself in the mirror. He is sick of the world he is living in. Once he comes into Mr Lamb’s garden thinking that no one lives there. He wanted a silent and lonely place so Derry go to Mr Lamb garden.
Q2. What is it that draws Derry towards Mr. Lamb ? most Important
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What qualities of Mr. Lamb attracted Derry to him ?
Ans – Derry sees that Mr Lamb is quite different from others. Mr Lamb expresses no feeling of repulsion on seeing Derry’s burnt face. Rather, he talks to him in a loving manner. He even welcomes him to the garden. Naturally, this geniality draws Derry towards Mr Lamb.
Q3. What was Mr. Lamb’s philosophy about the bees ?
Ans – Mr Lamb says that some people hear bees and say, “Bees Buzz.” But when he listens to them, he feels that they are humming which means singing. By this, Mr Lamb wants to say that it depends on us how we interpret what we hear.
Q4. How does Mr. Lamb try to remove the baseless fears of Derry ?
Ans – Mr Lamb tells Derry that he, like others, has two arms, two legs, two eyes and ears. He has a tongue and a brain. Thus he can do whatever he likes. And if he has a firm mind, he can even do better than others. Thus Lamb tries to remove the baseless fears of Derry.
Q5. Why does Mr. Lamb leave his gate always open ?
Ans – Mr Lamb is a lonely person. He lives lonely in the house. No one came to meet him. He wants people to come to his garden and talk to him. That is why he leaves his gate always open.
Q6. Why had Derry come into the garden of Mr. Lamb ?
Ans – Derry thought that the garden was empty place and no one lived there. He came in just to see what kind of place it was. He had no mind to steal any apples from the garden.
Q7. What did Derry’s mother think of Mr. Lamb ?
Ans – Mr Lamb is an old man who has just one leg and another leg was lost in the war. He lives alone in the house and his garden. People have spread many stories about him and no one come to visit him. Derry mother thing him a bad man who was not liked by anyone.
Q8. How does Derry get into Mr. Lamb’s garden ?
Ans – The gate of the garden was open. But he did not come through the gate. He did not want to be noticed by anyone that he was getting into the garden. So he climbed over the garden wall and came in.
Q9. Why do people avoid Derry ?
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Why does Derry not want to meet people ?
Ans – Derry is fourteen year old boy whose one side of his face has completely burnt. People look at him with a sense of shock or fear. People avoid Derry and make fun of him. Derry also hates his face. So Derry did not want to meet people.
Q10. What happens to Mr. Lamb in the end ?
Ans – Mr Lamb puts a ladder against the branch of an apple tree. He tries to pluck apples. When he pull a branch, his ladder falls back. He falls with the ladder and dies.
Long Questions
Q1. What does Mr. Lamb tell Derry about his own physical deformity ? (On the Face of It)
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What change took place in Derry when he met Mr. Lamb ?
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How did Mr. Lamb’s meeting with Derry become a turning point in Derry’s life ?
Ans – Derry is a victim of his own inferiority complex. The one side of his face is all burned. People avoid Derry and look at him with a sense of shock or fear. It feels Derry with a deep pain. He is afraid of seeing himself into the mirror. He avoids people and thinks that no one love him. One Day, When Derry enters into Mr Lamb garden and meet him then his life and thinking completely changed. Mr Lamb shows no shock or fear after seeing his burnt face. Rather he talks him in a loving manner. He tells Derry to never think of his burnt face. He says to Derry that you have two arms, two legs, ears, eyes, tongue and a brain. And if he has a firm minded, he can do better than others. Such word changed Derry’s thinking and bring a new change into him. Now he did not care about his looks. He wants to live the way Mr Lamb has been living. He wants to see, hear and think in his own way. Now he did not care about other peoples.
Q2. The lesson, ‘On the Face of It’, is an apt depiction of the loneliness and sense of alienation experienced by people on account of a disability. Explain.
Ans – The lesson. ‘On the Face of it’ is a story of old man named Mr Lamb and a boy named Derry. Derry face one side is all burnt. Similarly Mr Lamb one leg is lost in war. Now he has a tin leg in its place. He lives lonely into his house and garden. Kids calls him Lamey-Lamb. No one come to meet him. Derry’s condition is not much different. After burn of one side of his face, people calls him ugly and make fun of him. Everyone look at him with a shock or fear. When Mr Lamb and Derry meet in the garden, both talked each other from heart-to-heart. Derry is so impressed from Mr Lamb. Mr Lamb’s words changed his thinking completely. Now he do not care about anyone. Thus this play aptly depict the loneliness and sense of alienation experienced by people on account of a disability.
Q3. How did Derry get attracted towards Mr. Lamb ? Explain.
Ans – Derry finds Mr Lamb different from others. When Derry meet Mr Lamb in the garden, he do not show any shock or fear after see Derry’s burnt face. Rather, he talks to him in a loving manner. He welcomes him in the garden and calls him his friend. Mr Lamb says that you have two arms, two legs, ears, eyes, tongue and a brain. And if he has a firm mind, he can do better than others. Such words brings totally change in his mind. Now he become confident and does not care a fig for what he looks like. He tells Derry never to think of his burnt face. Such words of encouragement attracted Derry towards Mr Lamb.
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