Important Questions for CBSE Class 11 English Woven Poem Chapter 10 - Felling of the Banyan Tree

A. Very Short Answer Questions  (1 Mark)

1. Where Do the Tenants Live?

Ans: The renters resided in the houses that surrounded the poet's mansion on the hill, and the structures were dismantled one by one.

2. Which Trees Were Cut Down? 

Ans: With the exception of the banyan tree, the sheoga, oudumber, and neem trees were all felled.

3. What Do the Banyan Tree Revealed? 

Ans: According to primitive folklore, the banyan tree was large and gigantic, and its rings proved its age to be around two hundred years.

4. What Happened to the Banyan Tree? 

Ans: The banyan tree took almost seven days to take down. With their axes, fifty men approached the gigantic trunk of the banyan tree, chopping its limbs and trunk.

5. Where Did the Poet Shift? 

Ans: The poet left Baroda after the banyan tree was cut down and moved to Bombay, where there were no trees.

B. Short Answer Questions  (2 Marks)

6. Word – Meaning from the Given Chapter.

i. Massacred 

Ans: Killing on purpose and with brutality (many people).

ii. Scraggy 

Ans: When you say a person or animal is scraggy, you're implying that they're unappealing due to their thinness.

iii. Seethes 

Ans: Anger that you can scarcely hold is described as seething. If you're fuming and anything triggers you, you might just erupt in wrath.

iv. Slaughter 

Ans: to kill (a large number of people) in a violent manner.

7. Give Opposites of the Given Terms from the Chapter.

i. Demolished 

Ans: Constructed

ii. Revealed 

Ans: Concealed

iii. Fascination 

Ans: Boredom

iv. Aerial 

Ans: Grounded

8. What Stood as a Problem? 

Ans: Sheoga, oudumber, and neem trees were all felled. The massive banyan tree, on the other hand, posed a challenge because its roots were deeper in the earth than the others.

9. What Was the Feeling of the Poet? 

Ans: The poet was depressed because all of the trees near his house had been cut down, and he felt as though a human being had been murdered.

10. Was the Banyan Tree Still Alive? 

Ans: Since he was a lover of nature and trees, the poet's memories of the banyan tree were still vivid. He was opposed to tree cutting, and the banyan tree was close by.

C. Short Answer Question  (3 Marks)

11. Give the Synonyms of the Words from the Given Chapter.

i. Sacred 

Ans: Holy

ii. Massive 

Ans: Enormous

iii. Chopped 

Ans: Abolished

iv. Terror 

Ans: Horror 

v. Mythology 

Ans: Folklore

vi. Strike 

Ans: Bang

12. Describe the Banyan Tree. 

Ans: The poet's mansion was three times the height of the banyan tree. Its trunk was about fifty feet in diameter, and its roots were aerial and scraggy, falling all over the place. Its roots were so deep that they outstripped everyone else's. Its age was disclosed by its rings, which indicated that it was around 200 years old.

13. Why Was the Poet’s Father Ordered to Remove the Trees? 

Ans: As he was relocating from Baroda to Bombay and leaving the property, the poet's father ordered that all of the trees that surrounded his home be removed. He ordered the trees to be cut down so that the old structures could be dismantled and new structures could be built for future use.

14. What Was the Crime According to the Grandmother of the Poet? 

Ans: Cutting down all the trees, according to the poet's grandmother, was a major offense because she considered all trees sacrosanct. She was an elderly lady with strong spiritual and traditional views who believed that every tree had some sacred worth and that cutting down trees was a sin.

15. What Was the Concern of the Poet? 

Ans: The author expresses concern in the poem on traditions that have been supplanted by modern ideas. In today's world, modern conceptions have disrupted and damaged ancient cultural ideals. In today's world, our moral conventional values have been dismissed as relics of a bygone era.

D. Long Answer Questions  (5 Marks)

16. What is Unique About the Banyan Tree? 

Ans: The banyan tree has a one-of-a-kind life cycle. It grows as an epiphyte and has a lifespan of over 200 years. The banyan tree is tall and massive, with a great trunk girth and aerial roots that bore into the ground. A single banyan tree can outlast many human generations. It has roots entwined in its trunk that has grown for generations. It is a witness to all the transcendental aspects of human life. Even after watching all the human lives that drop and perish in front of it, it always stands erect.

17. How Can You Compare the Nature of the Father and the Son? 

Ans: Both the poet and his father were polar opposites. Both the father and the son had different personalities when it came to life. The poet was a sensitive and emotional guy, although his father was a practical man who didn't care about feelings. The poet adored trees, greenery, and nature, although his father was unconcerned about the environment. The poet objected to his father's decision to cut down all of the trees surrounding his home, but his father was a doer who ordered all of the trees to be cut down since they needed to relocate from Baroda to Bombay.

18. What Do You Understand by Raw Mythology? 

Ans: The raw mythology refers mostly to the banyan tree, which was once thought to be religious and mythological. The banyan tree, along with other trees, was considered sacred by the poet's grandmother. The only tree that stood tall and witnessed ages and had all the knots of knowledge within itself was the banyan tree. It seems as if the mystery of raw mythology was disclosed in front of the poet as well as it was chopped and brought down.

19. What Does the Poet Imply With His Grandmother’s Words? 

Ans: The poet alludes to the sacred value of trees, which his grandmother instilled in him. Sheoga, oudumber, neem, banyan, and other trees were once considered mythologically significant as well as holy in Hinduism, according to stories and saints. Cutting down trees was considered a religious offence by the elderly. Thus, the poet is attempting to depict the religious beliefs and anxieties that these elderly people, such as his grandmother, once held about trees.

20. What Do You Understand by the Last Lines of the Poem? 

Ans: After moving from Baroda to Bombay with his family, the poet was thinking about the last lines. Even after changing, his mind was flooded with memories from the past. The banyan tree was taken down, but it lived on in the poet's recollections. In his faded dreams, the poet carried his memories of the past. In his nightmares, he took on the form of a banyan tree and felt distressed since it was dying in reality.