On the Face of it Question Answers (Important)| Class 12 English Vistas Book

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CBSE Class 12 English Lesson 5 On the Face of it Question Answers (Important) from Vistas Book

Class 12 English On the Face of it Question Answers –  Looking for On the Face of it question answers (NCERT solutions) for CBSE Class 12 English Vistas Book Chapter 5? Look no further! Our comprehensive compilation of important questions will help you brush up on your subject knowledge. Practising Class 12 English question answers can significantly improve your performance in the board exam. Our solutions provide a clear idea of how to write the answers effectively. Improve your chances of scoring high marks by exploring Chapter 5: On the Face of it question answers now. The questions listed below are based on the latest CBSE exam pattern, wherein we have given NCERT solutions to the chapter’s extract based questions, short answer questions, and long answer questions. 

Also, practising with different kinds of questions can help students learn new ways to solve problems that they may not have seen before. This can ultimately lead to a deeper understanding of the subject matter and better performance on exams. 

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On the Face of it NCERT Solution

Q1- What is it that draws Derry towards Mr. Lamb in spite of himself?
Ans- Both Derry and Mr. Lamb are disabled. Derry has a burnt face and Mr. Lamb has a tin leg. Derry is depressed because of his ugly face. People don’t like him or are afraid of him. His parents also think that he will not be able to do anything after their death. Such things have made him so sad and depressed that he has started to hate people. Mr. Lamb discovers this about him while talking to him. He encourages him to lead a normal life and suggests him to watch and listen to everything in order to enjoy life. He gives him his own example that people tease him for his tin leg but he doesn’t care about this. Such positive things draw Derry towards Mr. Lamb.

 

Q2- In which section of the play does Mr. Lamb display signs of loneliness and disappointment? What are the ways in which Mr Lamb tries to overcome these feelings?
Ans– In the middle part of the first scene, we observe that Mr. Lamb is lonely. He tells Derry that when it is a bit cooler, he will get the ladder and a stick, and pull down those crab apples. He makes jelly with them. Derry could help him. He also tells him that he is interested in anybody or anything that God has created. It may be a person, flower, fruit, grass, weeds or rubbish. He also tells him that he sits in the sun and reads books and that he does not use curtains in his house because he wants to enjoy both light and darkness. These all are the signs of his loneliness and also his ways of overcoming it.

 

Q3- The actual pain or inconvenience caused by a physical impairment is often much less than the sense of alienation felt by the person with disabilities. What is the kind of behaviour that the person expects from others?
Ans– The story reveals the bitter truth of a life led by a disabled person. They not only suffer physical pain but also suffer emotionally due to the absurd behavior of people. They are teased and disliked by others. Derry has a burnt face and people don’t like him for being ugly. Some get afraid of him which does not allow him to stay with them. On the other hand, Mr. Lamb has a tin leg and is teased by kids as ‘Lamey Lamb’. He lives alone in his big house and has no one in his life. Such instances show that the sense of alienation that these people feel causes them constant pain. Such persons expect cooperation from others. They do not want sympathy but just reasonable behavior just like normal people get from their counterparts.

 

Q4- Will Derry get back to his old seclusion or will Mr Lamb’s brief association effect a change in the kind of life he will lead in the future?

Ans– Derry will not get back to his old seclusion because Mr. Lamb had changed his way of thinking. He told him that hating people and living alone is more harmful then what acid did to him. He told him to take risk and face people. He also suggested that it’s just his face that has disfigured. He has legs, arms, heart and brain and he could do whatever he wants to do in his life. He also says that there are chances that Derry can achieve more than a normal person can if he makes a firm determination to achieve something. This surely had a great impact on him and this can be seen that he returned back to the garden though his mother was not ready to let him go. He decided to face it and live without fear of being disliked by anyone and therefore runs back to the garden in order to live those moments again which he liked when he was in the company of Mr. Lamb.

Class 12 English On the Face of it Question Answers Lesson 5 – Extract Based Questions


Extract-based questions are of the multiple-choice variety, and students must select the correct option for each question by carefully reading the passage.

 

A. Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow:

DERRY: You think…. ‘Here’s a boy. You look at me…and then you see my face and you think. That’s bad. That’s a terrible thing. That’s the ugliest thing I ever saw.’ You think, ‘Poor boy. But I’m not. Not poor. Underneath, you are afraid. Anybody would be. I am. When I look in the mirror, and see it, I’m afraid of me.

 

1. Why does Derry not want to be called ‘Poor’?
A  For he was rich
B For he was well off
C For he had ample resources to earn
D None of these
Ans D None of these

2. Name the chapter.
A  Indigo
B On the face of It .
C Evans Tries an O Level
D The Rattrap
Ans B On the Face of It

3. Why is everyone afraid of Derry, according to him?
A  For he was physically disabled
B For he had burnt body
C For he had tin leg
D For he had half-burnt face
Ans D For he had half-burnt face

4. Who is the author of this chapter?
A Selma Lagerlof
B Susan Hill
C Colin Dexter
D None of these
Ans B Susan Hill

B. Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow:

MR LAMB: Later on, when it’s a bit cooler, I’ll get the ladder and a stick, and pull down those crab apples. They’re ripe for it. I make jelly. It’s a good time of year, September. Look at them….orange and golden. That’s magic fruit. I often say. But it’s best picked and made into jelly. You could give me a hand.

 

1. Why does Mr. Lamb pick apples?
A  To make Jellies
B To make toffees
C To make sweets for kids
D All of these
Ans d All of these

2. With whom is Mr. Lamb talking to?
A Derry
B Derry’s mother .
C Woman at a bus stop
D None of these
Ans  A Derry

3. What does Mr. Lamb mean by ‘You could give me a hand’?
A  He is asking for his help
B He is asking Derry for changing himself
C He is asking Derry not to be afraid
D All of these
Ans A He is asking for his help

4. What does Mr Lamb mean when he says ‘pull down’?
A drag the branches
B pluck the apples
C uproot the tree
D break the branches
Ans B pluck the apples

C. Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow:

MR LAMB: Some call them weeds. If you like, then….a weed garden, that. There’s fruit and there are flowers, trees and herbs. All sorts. But over there….weeds. I grow weeds there. Why is one green, growing plant called a weed and another ‘flower’? Where’s the difference? It’s all life…. growing. Same as you and me.

 

1. What are weeds?
A  Unwanted flowers
B Wanted flowers
C medicinal plants
D Wild flowers
Ans A Unwanted flowers

2. What is the difference between weeds and flowers according to Mr. Lamb?
A  Both are poles apart
B Both are same
C Both are different
D None of these
Ans B Both are same

3. What does the speaker mean by ‘All sorts’?
A  All flowers
B All weeds
C All kinds
D All of these
Ans C All kinds

4. How does Mr. Lamb view his weeds?
A As same as flowers
B Not same as flowers
C As Derry views
D None of these
Ans A  As same as flowers

D. Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow:

DERRY: You needn’t think they haven’t all told me that fairy story before. ‘It’s not what you look like, it’s what you are inside. Handsome is as handsome does. Beauty loved the monstrous beast for himself and when she kissed him he changed into a handsome prince. Only he wouldn’t, he’d have stayed a monstrous beast. I won’t change.

1. Which literary device has been used in ‘Handsome is as handsome does’?
A  Allegory
B Repetition
C Paradox
D Alliteration
Ans B Repetition

2. Find out the synonym of the word ‘Monstrous’ from the following.
A Huge
B Hale and Hearty
C Bruiser
D All of these
Ans A Huge

3. Why does Derry say ‘I won’t change’?
A For he thinks his face will remain the same
B For he thinks people will always make fun of him
C For he thinks people will always criticize his face .
D All of the above
Ans D All of the above

4. What happened to the beast in the story?
A He died
B He married the princess
C He changed into a prince
D His condition deteriorated
Ans C He changed into a prince

E Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow:

DERRY: And no one’ll kiss me, ever. Only my mother, and she kisses me on the other side of my face, and I don’t like my mother to kiss me, she does it because she has to. Why should I like that? I don’t care if nobody ever kisses me.
MR LAMB: Ah, but do you care if you never kiss them.

1. What does Derry think of his mother?
A  That she was partial
B That she was just
C That she was fair
D All of these
Ans A That she was partial

2. Why does no one kiss Derry?
A Because of his shabby appearance
B Because of his half-burnt leg
C Because of his outdated clothes
D None of these
Ans D None of these

3. What kind of attitude does Derry have towards life?
A  Optimistic
B Pessimistic
C Balanced
D Positive
Ans B Pessimistic

4. What is the tone of the speaker in the first line?
A Pleasure
B Displeasure
C Inquisitive
D Anxious
Ans B Displeasure

F. Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow:

DERRY: It won’t make my face change. Do you know, one day, a woman went by me in the street – I was at a bus-stop-and she was with another woman, and she looked at me, and she said…. whispered….only I heard her…. she said, “Look at that, that’s a terrible thing. That’s a face only a mother could love.”

 

1. Who called Derry ugliest?
A Derry’s mother
B Derry’s neighbor
C Derry’s friend
D None of these
Ans D None of these

2. What does the word ‘Whisper’ mean?
A To speak loudly
B To speak whole heartedly
C To speak politely
D To speak slowly
Ans D To speak slowly

3. What has been called ‘Terrible’ here?
A  Mr. Lamb’s leg
B Derry’s face
C Derry’s shabby appearance
D None of these
Ans B Derry’s face

4. How did people treat Derry?
A Made fun of his mother
B Made fun of him
C Made fun of his half burnt face
D All of these
Ans C Made fun of his half burnt face

 

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Class 12 English On the Face of it Short Question Answers (including questions from Previous Years Question Papers)

In this post we are also providing important short answer questions from Chapter 5 On the Face of it for CBSE Class 12 Boards in the coming session. These questions have been taken from previous years class 12 Board exams and the year is mentioned in the bracket along with the question.

 

Q1 What connects the two, Derry and Mr. Lamb? How does Mr. Lamb motivate the youngster?
Ans. Derry and Mr. Lamb both have physical handicaps. Derry’s face is burned on one side, and Mr. Lamb is without one of his legs. Both of them are lonely. Mr. Lamb receives no visitors and is the subject of numerous rumours. People tend to avoid Derry and stare in wonder at his face. As a result, they both have similar issues. Derry and Mr. Lamb are connected by this bond. Mr. Lamb helps the young boy develop self-confidence.

Q2 What is Mr. Lamb’s name?
Ans. Mr. Lamb is old and he is a former soldier. A bomb explosion caused him to lose one of his legs. At a home with a garden, he lives alone. He never receives visitors. Youngsters refer to him as Lamey Lamb. 

Q3 What oddities does Derry detect about the senior citizen Mr. Lamb?
Ans. Mr. Lamb is a former soldier. His garden doors are constantly left open. His garden is open to everyone. The windows of his house are not covered with drapes. These are very unusual occurrences for Derry.

Q4 What physical condition does Mr. Lamb have?
Ans. Mr. Lamb lost one of his legs in the war. In its stead he had a tin leg. He was mockingly referred to as Lamey Lamb by the kids. Also, nobody ever visited him. Many rumours have been spread about him.

Q5 What prompted Derry to visit the garden?
Ans. Derry had assumed it was a deserted area with no residents. He was interested in learning more about the area. He had no desire to take any apples. He went inside out of curiosity because the place seemed to be empty.

Q6 Why is Mr. Lamb and Derry’s friendship successful, in your opinion?
Ans. Derry and Mr. Lamb’s friendship turned out to be quite beneficial for both of them. Mr. Lamb helps the young guy develop self-confidence. While Mr. Lamb is able to combat his loneliness thanks to the young boy’s presence.

Q7 Why, according to Derry, do people fear him?
Ans. Derry claims that when people see his face, they despise it. It’s dubbed as the most repulsive thing they’ve ever seen. Derry claims that this is why people are terrified of him.

Q8 In the play, why does Derry tell Mr. Lamb that he fears looking in the mirror?
Ans. Derry has burns on one side of his face. On this side, acid had spilled. He had an extremely terrible face. They would frequently bring up his face. Derry therefore confesses to Mr. Lamb his fear of looking in the mirror.

Q9 How does Mr. Lamb strive to dispel the unfounded concerns about Derry?
Ans. Derry is informed by Mr. Lamb that he has two eyes, two ears, two legs, two arms, a brain, and a tongue, just like everyone else. He is free to pursue any goals or actions. Mr. Lamb makes an effort to allay false concerns about Derry in this way.

Q10 What was Derry’s mother’s opinion of Mr. Lamb?
Ans. Derry’s mother did not think highly of Mr. Lamb. He was a man of no value in her eyes. She believed all of Mr. Lamb’s comments are foolish. Derry was not to go there, in her opinion.

Q11 How does Mr. Lamb react when Derry enters his garden.
Ans. Derry is welcomed in Mr. Lamb’s yard. He simply requests that he be mindful of crab apples to prevent a trip. When Derry tries to flee, Mr. Lamb tells him he doesn’t have to. He invites everyone to see his garden.

 Q12 Describe Mr. Lamb’s garden. What makes him enjoy it?
Ans. Mr. Lamb has a garden with flowers, grass, trees, and bees, outside of his home. Every inch of his garden is to his liking. He has a constructive frame of mind. Even the weeds in his garden are living entities in his eyes. He enjoys listening to bees buzz. He kills time by using the crab apples to make jam. He therefore keeps active because of his garden. As a result, he likes it a lot.

Q13 ‘It is not merely age but experience that counts.’ With reference to any one example from the text, comment on how Derry found Mr. Lamb was different from other adults he had encountered. (CBSE QUESTION BANK)
Ans. Mr. Lamb was a vibrant individual. In his universe, sadness or negativity had no place. Despite his physical limitations and the insulting comments from others, he remained positive. Derry was drawn to him by his never-ending optimism and his constant friendliness. Derry was motivated by Mr. Lamb, who served as his model.

Q14 Do you think Derry’s mother is protective of him? Justify your opinion with textual evidence. (CBSE QUESTION BANK)
OR
How do you think Derry’s mother contributes to his sense of alienation and isolation? (CBSE SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER 2021-22)
Ans. Although Derry’s mother has minimal character development in the play, she comes out as both overprotective and uncaring towards her son. She makes him stay at home due to his facial injuries, which adds to his isolation, and she treats him with sympathy that deprives him of his dignity by treating him like a victim who is always powerless. Derry leaves Mr. Lamb’s house despite his mother forbidding him to participate in the play, finally asserting himself positively. 

Q15 Why did Derry go back to Mr. Lamb’s garden even after opposition? (CBSE QUESTION BANK)
Ans. Under Mr. Lamb’s direction, Derry acquired a fresh perspective on life. He appeared upbeat and content. Derry had lost interest in his appearance and face. He was more focused on himself, what he believed and felt, and what he desired to see, learn, and hear. He was aware that if he did not return to Mr. Lamb’s garden at that point, he would never again enter that realm. He desired a world. He no longer desired to avoid it or the populace. 

Q16 Mr. Lamb calls Derek his friend while Derek refuses his affirmation. Would you consider their relationship with each other as friendship? Support your answer with reference to the instance(s) from the text. (CBSE SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER 2020-21)
Ans. Yes, the relationship between them was even more than friendship as Mr. Lamb helped Derry to accept himself as he was, and taught him to love life. Initially Derry refused to be with him but in the last he wants to be with Mr. Lamb, even when his mother stopped him from visiting Mr. Lamb, Derry says if I won’t go today, I will never go anywhere in the world. It was Mr. Lamb who made him feel that his face is not a burden on him and said beauty lies in what we do not in how we look. So Mr. Lamb changed Derry’s way of looking at the world. Mr Lamb does what a friend does to revive a friend. Even Derry was crying bitterly on Mr. Lamb’s dead body.

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Class 12 On the Face of it Long Answer Questions Lesson 5

Q1 Narrate the first meeting between Mr. Lamb and Derry?
Ans. Derry and Mr. Lamb first cross paths in the garden of Mr. Lamb. Derry, a young man, enters the garden. He believes nobody is in the garden. He then hears Mr. Lamb say, “Mind the apples,” though. When Derry hears that voice, he is startled. In his opinion, nobody was present in the garden. He wants to leave, but Mr. Lamb tells him that he is welcome to stay in the garden.
Derry is seated next to Mr. Lamb. They engage in an emotional discussion. They genuinely like being with one another. Mr. Lamb has left the military. A bomb blast had severed one of his legs. Nobody pays him a visit. Many rumours have been spread about him. Children make fun of him. Derry’s situation is not much different either. Due to acid, one side of his face gets burned.

Q2 Why do you think Derry is so pessimistic? How does Mr Lamb give solace to the boy?
OR
Optimism in one‟s attitude helps deal with all the challenges in life. Prove the statement by referring to the character Mr. Lamb from the chapter “On the Face of It‟. (CBSE SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER 2018-19)
Ans. Derry’s face has an acid burn on one side. People are in awe of him. They claim it to be the most repulsive sight they have ever seen. As Derry looks in the mirror, he feels threatened by himself. He has developed a strong pessimism. Even his mother, he understands, doesn’t fully love him. She merely performs her motherly obligations.
Because of the acid burn, she never kisses the burned side of his face; instead, she always kisses the other side. Yet Lamb offers the youngster a lot of comfort and motivation. He assures him that he is not disabled like him. He possesses two hands, two legs, two eyes, and two ears. He is capable of anything. He also counsels him to approach life with optimism.

Q3 What lesson of life does Mr Lamb tell Derry? What effect does it have on him?
Ans. In a battle, Mr. Lamb lost one of his legs. He claims to Derry that he is not disabled like him. He possesses two hands, two feet, two ears, and two eyes. He is capable of anything. He also counsels him to approach life with optimism. Then he begins to explain to Derry how he lives his own life. He claims that he is interested in everything that God made.
Some claim that bees buzz, but in his opinion, they hum. Every growing thing contains life, according to Lamb. Even weeds are significant to him. He explains to Derry that what matters is who he is on the inside, not how he appears. Derry learns from this that beauty is only surface deep. He is aware that he is not beneath anyone. He has complete freedom.

Q4 How did Mr Lamb’s meeting with Derry become a turning point in Derry’s life?
Ans. In fact, the encounter between Mr. Lamb and Derry proved to be a turning moment in the life of a young child. Derry’s face was burned on one side from the acid. He was admired by those who saw him. They would describe it as the most repulsive thing they had ever seen. When Derry looked in the mirror, he felt threatened by himself. He had developed a strong pessimism. Even his mother, he understood, didn’t fully love him. She would just perform her motherly responsibilities. She would always kiss the other side of his face instead of the burnt side of his face as a result.
Yet Lamb provided the youngster with a lot of comfort and motivation. He told him that unlike him, he was not disabled. He possessed two hands, two legs, two eyes, and two ears. He had unlimited potential. He also counseled him to approach life with optimism. As a result, Derry’s life was changed as a result of this encounter; he no longer gives a damn what people think.

Q5 How did Mr Lamb try to give courage and confidence to Derry?
Ans. Mr. Lamb left the military. A bomb blast had caused him to lose one of his legs. In his yard, he first encountered Derry. Derry’s face has an acid burn on one side because of which Derry had developed a strong sense of pessimism. Yet Mr. Lamb argued that he was not similarly disabled. He possessed two hands, two legs, two eyes, and two ears. He had unlimited potential. He also counseled him to approach life with optimism. Then he began describing to Derry his own philosophy of life.
He claimed that God produced everything that piqued his curiosity. Many might say the bees buzz, but in his opinion, they hum. Every growing creature, in accordance with Lamb, contained life. Even weeds were significant to him. He explained to Derry that it wasn’t how he appeared; rather, it was who he was on the inside. Derry now recognises that beauty is merely superficial.

Q6 Both Derry and Lamb are victims of physical impairment, but much more painful for them is the feeling of loneliness. Comment.
Ans. A person will experience severe mental suffering if they are continuously reminded of their physical handicap. Compared to the agony caused by actual physical limitation, this pain is significantly worse. Derry and Lamb are dealing with the same issue. Derry’s face has an acid burn on one side. He is met with amazement or dread in the eyes of those around him. They would claim it is an awful thing. Some could feel sorry for him. A woman remarks about his face that only a mother could like it. Derry will suffer a lot as a result. Even his own family members do not treat him nicely.
A person will experience severe emotional anguish if he is perpetually reminded of his physical handicap. As opposed to actual physical damage, this pain is significantly worse. Derry and Lamb are in a similar situation. Derry suffered an acid burn on one side of his face. He draws frightened or startled looks from people. It is a bad thing, they would say. A few people could feel sorry for him. Only a mother could love that face, a lady exclaims after taking one glance at him. Derry will suffer a lot from it. He isn’t even treated kindly by others in his own home.

Q7 Derry sneaked into Mr. Lamb’s garden and it became a turning point in his life. Comment.
Ans. In fact, the encounter between Mr. Lamb and Derry proved to be a turning point in the life of a young boy: Everyone gawked in wonder at Derry, who had an acid burn on one side of his face. When Derry looked in the mirror, he was terrified of what people would say was the ugliest thing they had ever seen. He had developed a strong pessimism.
Even his mother, he understood, didn’t fully love him. She would just perform her motherly responsibilities. As a result, she would never kiss him on the scorched side of his face; instead, she would always kiss him on the other side. Yet Lamb provided the youngster with a lot of comfort and motivation. He told him that unlike him, he was not disabled. He possessed two hands, two legs, two eyes, and two ears. He had unlimited potential. He also counseled him to approach life with optimism. Consequently, Derry’s life was changed as a result of this encounter. He no longer gives a damn what people think.

Q8 Compare and contrast the characters of Mr. Lamb and Derry. (CBSE SAMPLE QUESTION PAPER 2019-20)
Ans. There is a lot of similarity between the two characters. They have a tight life and are unhappy, disillusioned, and alone. Derry has an inferiority complex and a pessimistic outlook on life because acid has eaten through his face. He attempts to distance himself from society’s norms since he makes people afraid of him. He is aloof and belligerent. He has little faith in humans and believes that only his mother would ever truly love him. He is unable to look the folks in the eye.
Mr. Lamb, on the other hand, does not let his impairment stand in his way. He adopts a cheerful outlook and accepts life as it is. Even though kids call him Lamey-Lamb, he doesn’t seem to mind. He constantly leaves his door open. When people come to see him, he feeds the kids toffees. He has friends all across the world. Despite having a tiny limb, he is happy in life. He reads while relaxing in the sunshine. He cultivates flowers, fruits, weeds, and plants. Derry is greatly impacted by Mr. Lamb’s upbeat outlook since “he loves everybody and everything.”

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