The Sound of Music 

Chapter 2

Part I

Thinking about the Text 

I. Answer these questions in a few words or a couple of sentences each. 

(āĻāχ āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻ•েāχāϟাāĻŽাāύ āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ āĻŦা āĻ•েāχāϟাāĻŽাāύ āĻŦাāĻ•্āϝāϤ āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ•)


1. How old was Evelyn when she went to the Royal Academy of Music?

(ā§°āϝ়েāϞ āĻāĻ•াāĻĄেāĻŽী āĻ…āĻĢ āĻŽিāωāϜিāĻ•āϞৈ āϝোā§ąাā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻāĻ­āϞিāύ⧰ āĻŦāϝ়āϏ āĻ•িāĻŽাāύ āφāĻ›িāϞ)

Ans- Evelyn was seventeen years old when she went to the Royal Academy of Music in London.


2. When was her deafness first noticed? When was it confirmed?

(āϤাāχ⧰ āĻŦāϧিā§°āϤা āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়া āϞāĻ•্āώ্āϝ āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ? āĻ•েāϤিāϝ়া āύিāĻļ্āϚিāϤ āϕ⧰া āĻšৈāĻ›িāϞ)

Ans- Her deafness was first noticed when she was just eight years old. It was confirmed by the time she was eleven.


II. Answer each of these questions in a short paragraph (30-40 words). 

(āĻāχ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāϟো āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύ⧰ āĻāϟা āϚāĻŽু āĻ…āύুāϚ্āĻ›েāĻĻāϤ āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ• (30-40 āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ)

1. Who helped her to continue with music? What did he do and say?

(āĻ•োāύে āϤাāχāĻ• āϏংāĻ—ীāϤ āĻ…āĻŦ্āϝাāĻšāϤ ā§°āĻ–াāϤ āϏāĻšাāϝ় āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ? āϤেāĻ“ঁ āĻ•ি āϕ⧰িāĻ›িāϞ āφ⧰ু āĻ•'āϞে)

Ans- Percussionist Ron Forbes helped Evelyn to continue with music. He began by tuning two large drums to different notes. He asked her not to listen to them through her ears but to try and sense the sound in some other manner.


2. Name the various places and causes for which Evelyn performs.

(āĻāĻ­āϞিāύে āϝিāĻŦোā§° āϏ্āĻĨাāύ āφ⧰ু āĻ•াā§°āĻŖā§° āĻŦাāĻŦে āĻĒ্ā§°āĻĻā§°্āĻļāύ āϕ⧰ে āϤাā§° āύাāĻŽ āĻĻিāϝ়āĻ•) 

Ans- Evelyn gave solo performances at regular concerts internationally. She also performed for free in prisons and hospitals. Apart from that, she accorded high priority to classes for young musicians.


III. Answer the question in two or three paragraphs (100-150 Words).

(āĻĒ্ā§°āĻļ্āύāϟোā§° āωāϤ্āϤ⧰ āĻĻুāϟা āĻŦা āϤিāύিāϟা āĻ…āύুāϚ্āĻ›েāĻĻāϤ (100-150 āĻļāĻŦ্āĻĻ)

1. How does Evelyn hear music?

(āĻāĻ­āϞিāύে āϏংāĻ—ীāϤ āĻ•েāύেāĻĻā§°ে āĻļুāύিāĻ›ে)

Ans- Evelyn heard music by sensing the notes in different parts of her body. When Ron Forbes tuned two drums to different notes and asked her to sense the sound without using her ears, she realized that she could feel the higher drum from the waist up and the lower drum from the waist down.





Question Type By- Maiur Rani Kashyap 



Post ID: DABP001932