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Question 1.
What is the other name of Basic Education?
(a) Vocational Education
(b) Professional Education
(c) New Train
(d) New Policy of Education
Answer:
(c) New Train

Question 2.
Which committee designed the curriculum of Basic Education?
(a) Hartog Committee
(b) Jakir Hussain Committee
(c) Basic Education Committee
(d) Mudaliar Committee
Answer:
(b) Jakir Hussain Committee

Question 3.
When did Gandhiji take birth?
(a) 2nd. October 1863
(b) 2nd. October 1869
(c) 9th. October 1937
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(b) 2nd. October 1869

Question 4.
In which year Wardha Education Conference was held?
(a) August 15,1947.
(b) October 22, 23, 1937
(c) January 30,1869
(d) 9, October, 1877
Answer:
(b) October 22, 23,1937

Question 5.
Who is the propounder of Class less Society in Odisha?
(a) Pandit Nilakantha Das
(b) RadhanathRay
(c) Madhusudan Das
(d) Gopabandhu Das
Answer:
(a) Pandit Nilakantha Das

Question 6.
Who established Satyabadi Vana Vidyalaya?
(a) Gandhi
(b) Gopabandhu
(c) Tagore
(d) Aurovindo
Answer:
(b) Gopabandhu

Question 7.
Where was Van Vidyalaya situated?
(a) Puri
(b) Satyabadi
(c) Dhenkanal
(d) Pipili
Answer:
(a) Puri

Question 8.
Who was the propounder of Basic Education?
(a) R. N. Tagore
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Sri Aurovindo
(d) Gopabandhu
Answer:
(b) Mahatma Gandhi

Question 9.
Where did the Basic Education Training Centre opened in Odisha?
(a) Cuttack
(b) Angul
(c) Puri
(d) Dhenkanal
Answer:
(b) Angul

Question 10.
Satyabadi School how many students were enrolled first?
(a) 25
(b) 19
(c) 23
(d) 24
Answer:
(b) 19

Question 11.
Education is the ‘Reconstruction of Experience’ whose definition is this?
(a) James Ross
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) John Dewey
(d) Kingsley
Answer:
(c) John Dewey

Question 12.
Who is the propounder of‘Tri-polar Process of Education?
(a) John Adams
(b) John Rousseau
(c) John Dewey
(d) Gurukala Ashram
Answer:
(c) John Dewey

Question 13.
Who is the writer of the book ‘Emile’?
(a) John Dewey
(b) John Rousseau
(c) Gandhi
(d) Gopabandhu
Answer:
(b) John Rousseau

Question 14.
Who is the Editor of the Newspaper ‘The Samaja’?
(a) Gopabandhu
(b) Gandhi
(c) Radhanath Ratha
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a) Gopabandhu

Question 15.
‘Harijan Patrika’ is written by?
(a) Gandhi
(b) Gopabandhu
(c) John Dewey
(d) None
Answer:
(a) Gandhi

Question 16.
In which year Basic Education Schools were opened in Rural areas?
(a) 1945
(b) 1937
(c) 1936
(d) 1947
Answer:
(a) 1945

Question 17.
When Basic Education was created?
(a) 1945
(b) 1937
(c) 1947
(d) 1950
Answer:
(b) 1937

Question 18.
The age range of Basic Education is?
(a) 6 – 14
(b) 7 – 14
(c) 6 – 15
(d) 5 – 14
Answer:
(b) 7 – 14

Question 19.
Who is the propounder of Craft Education?
(a) M. K. Gandhi
(b) R. N. Tagore
(c) Gopabandhu
(d) Rousseau
Answer:
(a) M. K. Gandhi

Question 20.
Which of the following leaders first attempted for legislation of Compulsory Primary Education in India?
(a) Gandhi
(b) G. K. Gokhale
(c) Aurovindo
(d) Gopbandhu
Answer:
(b) G K. Gokhale

Question 21.
Who is the propounder of ‘Integral Education’?
(a) Aurovinda
(b) R. N. Taogre
(c) John Rousseau
(d) Gandhi
Answer:
(a) Aurovindo

Question 22.
Education is the harmonious development of individual’s personality- man and child, with mind, body and spirit – Who told this?
(a) Gopbandhu
(b) Gandhi
(c) Aurovindo
(d) Rousseau
Answer:
(b) Gandhi

Question 23.
Who is the champion of Nationalism?
(a) Gandhi
(b) Rousseau
(c) Tagore
(d) John Dewey
Answer:
(b) Rousseau

Question 24.
In which year Satyabadi Vana Vidyalaya became a National School?
(a) 1909
(b) 1921
(c) 1915
(d) 1929
Answer:
(b) 1921

Question 25.
Who is the pioneer of Nationalism?
(a) Gandhi
(b) Rousseau
(c) Gopabandhu
(d) Aurovindo
Answer:
(b) Rousseau

Question 26.
Which of the following two educators believed in open air schooling?
(a) Gandhi and Rabindranath
(b) Gopabandhu and Gandhi
(c) Aurovindo and Gopabandhu
(d) Rabindranath and Gopabandhu
Answer:
(b) Gopabandhu and Gandhi

Question 27.
Who emphasized mother tongue as the medium of instruction?
(a) Gandhi
(b) Gopbandhu
(c) Both Gandhi and Gopabandhu
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(c) Both Gandhi and Gopabandhu

Question 28.
Where did Gopabandhu take birth?
(a) Suando
(b) Satyabadi
(c) Sakhigopal
(d) Saptasati
Answer:
(a) Suando

Question 29.
Who is the propounder of‘Craft Education’?
(a) M. K. Gandhi
(b) Rousseau
(c) Gopabandhu
(d) R. N. Tagore
Answer:
(a) M. K. Gandhi

Question 30.
What is taught in the class is real education – Who told this?
(a) Gandhi
(b) Gopabandhu
(c) Tagore
(d) Rousseau
Answer:
(b) Gopabandhu

Question 31.
In which year did Gopabandhu start the experiment on open air schooling?
(a) 2nd October 1909
(b) 12th August 1909
(c) 15th August 1909
(d) 26th August 1909
Answer:
(b) 12th August 1909

Question 32.
In which magazine Basic Education Curriculum was published?
(a) TheSamaja
(b) TheHarijana
(c) TheDharitii
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(b) The Harijana

Question 33.
Which aspect was neglected in Basic Education?
(a) Craftwork
(b) Creativity
(c) Aesthetic
(d) Writing
Answer:
(b) Creativity

Question 34.
Which is not normally a mass media of Education?
(a) Magazine
(b) Newspaper
(c) Computer
(d) Television
Answer:
(c) Computer

Question 35.
Who employed activity centered curriculum?
(a) Gandhi
(b) Gopabandhu
(c) John Dewey
(d) None
Answer:
(a) Gandhi

Question 36.
Who introduced ‘Correlation Teaching Methods’ in his curriculum?
(a) John Dewey
(b) John Rousseau
(c) Gandhiji
(d) Gopabandhu
Answer:
(c) Gandhiji

Question 37.
Who prepared the curriculum for Basic Education?
(a) G. K. Gokhale
(b) Dr. Jakir Hussain
(c) S. Radhakrishnan
(d) Utkalmani
Answer:
(b) Dr. Jakir Hussain

Question 38.
Whose philosophical thought is related to Naturalism and Negative Education?
(a) Gandhi
(b) John Dewey
(c) Rousseau
(d) Tagore
Answer:
(c) Rousseau

Question 39.
Gopbandhu died on?
(a) 17 June 1928
(b) 27 June 1928
(c) 7 June 1928
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(a) 17 June 1928

Question 40.
Inexpensive education is introduced by?
(a) John Rousseau
(b) Gopbandhu
(c) John Dewey
(d) Gandhi
Answer:
(b) Gopbandhu

Question 41.
What is the present structure of education in India?
(a) 10+3+2
(b) 10+2+3
(c) 11+2+2
(d) 10+3+3
Answer:
(b) 10+2+3

Question 42.
On which aspect Gandhi, Gopabandhu and Tagore emphasized?
(a) SUPW
(b) Craft Education
(c) Mother tongue as instruction
(d) None of the above
Answer:
(c) Mother tongue as instruction

Question 43.
Who considered school as ‘Man made industry’?
(a) John Dewey
(b) Gopabandhu
(c) Gandhi
(d) Tagore
Answer:
(b) Gopabandhu

Question 44.
Who introduced both activity method and play method?
(a) Aurovindo
(b) Rousseau
(c) John Dewey
(d) Gandhi
Answer:
(b) Rousseau

Question 45.
Who Introduced ‘Self Education?
(a) Rousseau
(b) Gopabandhu
(c) Aurovindo
(d) Gandhi
Answer:
(a) Rousseau

Very Short-Answer Type Questions

Question 1.
What did Gopabandhu consider the school?
Answer:
‘Man made industry’.

Question 2.
Who is the propounder of ‘Nature Endowment Theory’?
Answer:
Jean Jacues Rousseau.

Question 3.
What was the main aim of Satyabadi School?
Answer:
Nationalism and against social evils.

Question 4.
When Basic Education Conference was held at Wardha?
Answer:
In 1937, October 22nd and 23rd.

Question 5.
What was the philosophical foundation of Gandhi?
Answer:
Truth and Non-violence.

Question 6.
Which education system was in-expensive education?
Answer:
Open Air Schooling.

Question 7.
What was Rousseau’s method of teaching?
Answer:
Activity method and play method.

Question 8.
What is Education to Gandhi?
Answer:
To Gandhi, ‘Education is an all round drawing out of the best in child and man with mind body and spirit ’.

Question 9.
Name the propounder of Religious and Negative Education.
Answer:
RousseaRousseakuk.

Question 10.
What is ‘Nai Talim’ ?
Answer:
Nai Talim is the another name of Basic Education.

Question 11.
What is Auro Ville?
Answer:
Auro ville mean “Aurovindran Learning Centre”.

Question 12.
Mention aims of Satyabadi System of Education.
Answer:
To inculcate nationalism, patriotism and eradicate social evils.

Question 13.
Who is contemporary to Tagore in Odisha?
Answer:
Gopbandhu.

Question 14.
Wardha scheme, what it means?
Answer:
The All IndiaNational Education Conference convened at Wardha on 22nd and 23rd October, 1937, and the scheme is known as “Wardha Scheme”.

Question 15.
‘Education is the reconstruction of experience’ who told this?
Answer:
John Dewey.

Question 16.
Give the educational philosophy of Gopabandhu.
Answer:
“Education is the building of the hearts of the people”, is the educational philosophy of Gopabandhu.

Question 17.
What do you mean by “Open Air Schooling”?
Answer:
Open Air Schooling means teaching activity done under the sky in the surroundings of natural environment.

Question 18.
Give one similarity of Basic Education and Open Air Schooling.
Answer:
“Renaissance” is the common idealism of both Basic Education and Open Air Schooling.

Question 19.
In Satyabadi School how many students enrolled first?
Answer:
19 students

Question 20.
Where in which year Aurobindo was born?
Answer:
Sri Aurobindo was born on August 15, 1872, in Calcutta.

Question 21.
What was the name of Education of Sri Aurobindo?
Answer:
Integral Education.

Question 22.
What was the idea of Aurovindo regarding the Teacher?
Answer:
According to Sri Aurovindo the teacher must be a friend, philosopher and guide to pupils.

Question 23.
What is the other name of “Auroville”?
Answer:
‘The City of Dawn”.

Question 24.
What was the first name of‘The Mother”?
Answer:
The first name of the Mother” was Meera, the daughter of Roul Richard, France.

Question 25.
What is Satyabadi System of Education?
Answer:
Satyabadi System of Education is a serious experiment in Open Air Teaching of Gopabandhu.

Question 26.
What do you mean by ‘Basic Education?
Answer:
Education which linked with the Basic needs of life like food, clothing and shelter is known as Basic Education.

Fill in the Blanks with Appropriate Words

1. The other name of Basic Education Is ________
Answer: Nai-Talim

2. _______ propounded craft centered education in India.
Answer: M. K. Gandhi

3. ______ number of students enrolled first in Satyabadi School?
Answer: 19

4. _______ propounded religious and negative education.
Answer: Rousseau.

5. _______ is the contemporary educator to Tagore?
Answer: Gopabandhu.

6. Nature Experiment Theory was propounded by ________.
Answer: Jean Jacques Rousseau.

7. _______ is the propounder of Naturalism.
Answer: Rousseau.

8. The propounder of Craft Centred Education is __________.
Answer: M. K. Gandhi.

9. “Classless Society Education” in Odisha is introduced by _________?
Answer: Pandit Nilakantha Das

10. The write of “emile” is ________
Answer: Rousseau.

11. Basic Education curriculum published in the magazine ________.
Answer: The Harijan.

12. In ________ year Satyabadi School become a National School.
Answer: 1921.

13. “Education is the reconstruction of Experience” is the definition of ______ .
Answer: John Dewey.

14. “Auroville” is so named by ______ in ______ year.
Answer: “The Mother” in 1950.

15. ________ was the philosophical foundation of Gandhi?
Answer: Truth and Non-violence.

16. ________ Education system was in-expensive.
Answer: Satyabadi.

Question 17. The teaching in School is real education told by________.
Answer: Gopabandhu.

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CHSE Odisha Class 12 English Solutions Poem 1 Daffodils

November 18, 2023November 17, 2023 by Veerendra

Odisha State Board CHSE Odisha Class 12 Invitation to English 1 Solutions Poem 1 Daffodils Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

CHSE Odisha 12th Class English Solutions Poem 1 Daffodils

CHSE Odisha Class 12 English Daffodils Text Book Questions and Answers

Think it out

Question 1.
When did the poet see the daffodils?
Answer:
The poet saw the daffodils when he was moving about aimlessly.

Question 2.
Where did the poet see the daffodils?
Answer:
The poet saw the daffodils under the trees and beside the lake.

Question 3.
Fill in the blanks to describe the idea of stanza 1: The poet was __________ in the English Countryside. He saw thousands of __________ fluttering and dancing beneath _________ and beside __________. The daffodils appeared to be ___________ in the strong breeze.
Answer:
The poet was wandering in the English Countryside. He saw thousands of golden daffodils fluttering and dancing beneath the trees and beside the lake. The daffodils appeared to be dancing in the strong breeze.

Question 4.
What does the poet compare the daffodils with?
Answer:
The poet compares the daffodils with the stars on the Milkyway.

Question 5.
What resemblance does he find between the stars and the daffodils?
Answer:
The resemblance the poet finds between the stars and the daffodils is one of countlessness.

Question 6.
What does the poet say about the number of flowers?
Answer:
The poet says that he saw ten thousand flowers at a glance.

Question 7.
Where were the flowers?
Answer:
The flowers were beside the lake.

Question 8.
Which of the two danced more sprightly – the waves or the daffodils?
Answer:
The daffodils danced more sprightly.

Question 9.
How does the poet feel while looking at the daffodils?
Answer:
While looking at the daffodils, the poet’s happiness knows no bounds. The site is a gay inspiration to him.

Question 10.
What happens to the poet when he lies on his couch?
Answer:
When he lies in his couch in a thoughtful or thoughtless mood, the lively picture of the sprightly dancing daffodils flashed upon his inward eye and fills his entire being with joy.

Question 11.
Mention the two moods of the poet?
Answer:
The two moods of the poet are vacant (free from thought) mood and pensive (thoughtful) mood.

Question 12.
What does the poet feel when he remembers the sight of the daffodils?
Answer:
When he remembers the sight of the daffodils, it fills his entire being with joy. His heart begins to dance with the flowers. In short, the sight of daffodils proves to be a source not only of immediate pleasure but also Of lasting joy.

Question 13.
When does the poet write the poem – beside or off the lake?
Answer:
The poet writes the poem off the lake.

Question 14.
Do you find a rhyme scheme in the poem? The rhyming scheme of the first stanza is a b a b (a – ‘cloud’ and ‘crowd’; b – ‘hills’ and ‘daffodils’), ending with a rhyming couplet cc (c – ‘trees’ and breeze’). Is the rhyme scheme similar in the other three stanzas or do you find any variation?
Answer:
The rhyme scheme in the other three stanzas is similar.

Question 15.
How many times is the word “dance” repeated in this poem? In which line does it show the happiness and liveliness of the flowers?
Answer:
The word ‘dance’ is repeated four times in this poem. The line “Tossing their heads in sprightly dance” shows the happiness and liveliness of the flowers.

Question 16.
In which line does it create a sense of harmonious relationship between the daffodils and the waves?
Answer:
The line – ‘The waves beside them danced’ creates a sense of the harmonious relationship between the daffodils and the waves.

Question 17.
In which line does this harmonious relationship include the poet himself?
Answer:
The line ‘In such a jocund company’ establishes this harmonious relationship that includes the poet himself.

Question 18.
What figures of speech do you find in the poem?
Answer:
We find the figures of speech such as ‘metaphors’ and ‘similes’ in the poem.

Question 19.
‘Simile’ is a figure of speech that makes an explicit comparison between two unlike things by using ‘like’, ‘as’, etc. For example, in ‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’, as the loneliness of the poet resembles the loneliness of the cloud that is floating high in the sky, the figure of speech used is a simile. What other example of a simile do you find in the poem?
Answer:
The other example of a simile we find in the poem is “continuous as the stars that shine”.

Question 20.
‘Metaphor’ is a figure of speech that makes an implicit comparison between two, unlike things. In ‘What wealth the show to me had brought’, the poet imagines the happiness brought to him by the beautiful scene of the flowers as “wealth”. Does he use a metaphor here?
Answer:
Yes, he uses a metaphor here.

Question 21.
“Ten thousand saw I at a glance” – is it an exaggeration? Will you call it a ‘hyperbole’?
Answer:
It is an exaggeration. We call it a “hyperbole”.

Question 22.
What figure of speech does the poet use in “They stretched in never-ending line.”?
Answer:
The poet uses “hyperbole” in “They stretched in never-ending line

CHSE Odisha Class 12 English Daffodils Important Questions and Answers

I. Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs) with Answers

Question 1.
The poem ‘Daffodils’ is composed by ___________?
(A) William Wordsworth
(B) John Keats
(C) P.B. Shelly
(D) None of the above
Answer:
(A) William Wordsworth

Question 2.
William Wordsworth was born in _________?
(A) 1770
(B) 1780
(C) 1775
(D) 1772
Answer:
(A) 1770

Question 3.
Does this poem incorporate the ideas and aspects essential to _____________?
(A) romantic poetry
(B) metaphysical poetry
(C) spiritual poetry
(D) None of these
Answer:
(A) romantic poetry

Question 4.
‘I wandered lonely as a cloud’. Here I refers to ______________?
(A) the reader
(B) the cloud
(C) the daffodils
(D) the poet
Answer:
(D) the poet

Question 5.
‘Continuous as the stars that shine and twinkle on the milky way. In the above lines, the daffodils have been compared to ____________?
(A) the clouds
(B) the other flowers
(C) the stars
(D) milky way
Answer:
(C) the stars

Question 6.
The poet saw the daffodils _____________?
(A) along the margin of a bay
(B) by the side of a pool
(C) by the riverside
(D) in a garden
Answer:
(A) along the margin of a bay

Question 7.
‘A poet could not but be gay in such a jocund company’. Here ‘jocund company’ refers to the ____________?
(A) Mends of the poet
(B) waves
(C) daffodils
(D) stars
Answer:
(C) daffodils

Question 8.
“What wealth the show to me had brought.” By ‘wealth’ the poet means _____________?
(A) happiness
(B) good
(C) pleasure
(D) money
Answer:
(A) happiness

Question 9.
‘A host of golden daffodils,’ Here ‘A host’ means ______________?
(A) a few
(B) one who entertains
(C) a guest
(D) a large number
Answer:
(D) a large number

Question 10.
‘Bliss’it means ____________?
(A) great love
(B) great joy
(C) great blessing
(D) great loneliness
Answer:
(B) great joy

Question 11.
‘They stretched in never-ending line along the margin of a bay” Here ‘they’ refers to _____________?
(A) the stars
(B) the daffodils
(C) the clouds
(D) the hills
Answer:
(B) the daffodils

Question 12.
The daffodils were growing?
(A) along the margin of a bay
(B) by the side of a pool
(C) by the riverside
(D) in a garden
Answer:
(A) along the margin of a bay

Question 13.
The poet saw _____________ daffodils?
(A) a few
(B) white
(C) blue
(D) a large number of
Answer:
(D) a large number of

Question 14.
When the poet was looking at the daffodils?
(A) he felt sad to seé them
(B) he was totally lost in their beauty
(C) he thought they were ugly
(D) he felt like dancing
Answer:
(B) he was totally lost in their beauty

Question 15.
“Never-ending line” means _________?
(A) a curved line
(B) a short line
(C) a continuous line
(D) line of stars
Answer:
(C) a continuous line

Question 16.
‘1.’en thousand saw I at a glance tossing their heads in sprightly dance.” Here ‘sprightly dance’ means ____________?
(A) a slow dance
(B) a lively dance
(C) dance of the spirits
(D) a religious dance
Answer:
(B) a lively dance

Question 17.
“Solitude” means ____________?
(A) being alone
(B) being together
(C) being in trouble
(D) being sad
Answer:
(A) being alone

Question 18.
“Glee” means __________?
(A) joy
(B) sadness
(C) gloom
(D) happiness
Answer:
(D) happiness

Question 19.
“A poet could not but be gay” means __________?
(A) the poet could not sleep
(B) the poet was very sad
(C) the poet was happy
(D) the poet could not be happy
Answer:
(C) the poet was happy

Question 20.
William Wordsworth was an __________ poet?
(A) Irish
(B) English
(C) Scottish
(D) Welsh
Answer:
(B) English

Question 21.
William Wordsworth was a poet of _____________?
(A) nature
(B) romance
(C) beauty
(D) loves
Answer:
(A) nature

Question 22.
William Wordsworth died in ____________?
(A) 1770
(B) 1772
(C) 1850
(D) 1852
Answer:
(C) 1850

Question 23.
William Wordsworth was a poet of natural objects and _____________ people?
(A) country
(B) common
(C) aristocratic
(D) gentry
Answer:
(A) country

Question 24.
Wordsworth was honored as _____________?
(A) romantic poet
(B) England poet laureate
(C) common people’s poet
(D) pathçtic poet
Answer:
(B) England poet laureate

Question 25.
What did the poet see?
(A) a lot of clouds
(B) a lonely cloud
(C) a host of golden daffodils
(D) both (B) and (C)
Answer:
(C) a host of golden daffodils

Question 26.
Where did the poet see the daffodils?
(A) beside the lake
(B) near the tree
(C) in a big field
(D) on the lap of the hill
Answer:
(A) beside the lake

Question 27.
What were the daffodils doing?
(A) dancing and singing
(B) fluttering and dancing in the breeze
(C) shinning with a happy glance
(D) dancing in the water
Answer:
(B) fluttering and dancing in the breeze

Question 28.
Whom does the poet compare with the daffodils?
(A) star
(B) tree
(C) cloud
(D) lake
Answer:
(A) star

Question 29.
Where do the stars shine?
(A)on the sky
(B) on the milky way
(C) in the water
(D) top of daffodils
Answer:
(B) on the milky way

Question 30.
How many daffodils did the poet see at a glance?
(A) five thousand
(B) ten thousand
(C) fifteen thousand
(D) none of these
Answer:
(B) ten thousand

Question 31.
Where are the daffodils fluttering and dancing?
(A) in the sea
(B) in the lake
(C) in the ocean
(D) in the breeze
Answer:
(D) in the breeze

Question 32.
Who was dancing like the daffodils?
(A) rivers
(B) seas
(C) waves
(D) lakes
Answer:
(C) waves

Question 33.
The poem ‘Daffodils’ can be called a ___________?
(A) nature poem
(B) heroic poem
(C) psychoanalytical poem
(D) None of these
Answer:
(A) nature poem

Question 34.
“A state of loneliness” is called __________?
(A) pensive
(B) vacant
(C) solitude
(D) pleasure
Answer:
(C) solitude

Question 35.
What does the poet mean by “little thought” when he says “I gazed and gazed-but little thought”?
(A) He had thought a little
(B) He had not thought
(C) He had some thought
(D) He had a small thought
Answer:
(B) He had not thought

Question 36.
How did the daffodils surpass the waves?
(A) In their cheerfulness and brightness
(B) In their sprightly dance
(C) With their shine and number
(D) In their beauty and joyfulness
Answer:
(A) In their cheerfulness and brightness

Question 37.
Who was/were wandering lonely?
(A) A cloud
(B) The poet
(C) The daffodils
(D) The stars
Answer:
(B) The poet

Question 38.
To whom does the poet compare himself?
(A) The daffodils
(B) The cloud
(C) The stars
(D) The lake
Answer:
(B) The cloud

Question 39.
The poet has made two comparisons in the poem “Daffodils”. What are they?
(A) Himself with a cloud, daffodils with the stars
(B) Happiness with thè daffodils, stars with daffodils
(C) Himself with the daffodils, daffodils with the stars
(D) Himself with the stars, daffodils with the stars
Answer:
(A) Himself with a cloud, daffodils with the stars

Question 40.
“I wandered lonely as a cloud”. This statement is an example of a _____________?
(A) Simile
(B) Metaphor
(C) Personification
(D) Hyperbole
Answer:
(A) Simile

Question 41.
1 gazed and gazed suggests that the poet?
(A) took time to see all the flowers
(B) had no other work
(C) was lonely
(D) was enchanted
Answer:
(D) was enchanted

Question 42.
Whom does the poet personify in the poem “Dáffodils”?
(A) The daffodils
(B) The cloud
(C) The stars
(D) The lake and trees
Answer:
(A) The daffodils

Question 43.
How does the poet personify the daffodils?
(A)By calling them a company
(B) By saying they are fluttering and dancing
(C) By referring to them as a host
(D) By keeping them in his memory
Answer:
(B) By saying they are fluttering and dancing

Question 44.
Which of the following is an exaggerated phrase/statement?
(A) A host of golden daffodils
(B) Ten thousand saw I at a glance
(C) The waves beside them dance
(D) I wandered lonely as a cloud
Answer:
(B) Ten thousand saw I at a glance

Question 45.
Which of the following means “Moving to and for”?
(A) Dancing
(B) Sprightly
(C) Fluttering
(D) Tossing
Answer:
(D) Tossing

Question 46.
Which of the following is the opposite of “Vacant”?
(A) Plaintive
(B) Pensive
(C) Gleeful
(D) Jocund
Answer:
(B) Pensive

Question 47.
What is the “inward eye” the poet mentions in the poem “Daffodils”?
(A) Inner eye
(B) Mind’s eye
(C) Heart’s eye
(D) Closed eyes
Answer:
(B) Mind’s eye

Question 48.
How many times is the word “dance” repeated in this poem?
(A) Two
(B) Three
(C) Four
(D) Five
Answer:
(C) Four

II. Short Type Questions with Answers

Question 1.
Where did the poet see the daffodils and what does the poet compare the daffodils with?
Answer:
The poet saw the daffodils when he was moving about aimlessly. He saw the daffodils under the trees and beside the lake. The poet compares the daffodils with the stars on the Milkyway.

Question 2.
What resemblance does he find between the stars and the daffodils and how I does the poet feel while looking at the daffodils?
Answer:
The resemblance the poet finds between the stars and the daffodils is one of countlessness. While looking at the daffodils, the poet’s happiness knows no bounds. The site is a gay inspiration to him.

Question 3.
What happens to the poet when he lies on his couch?
Answer:
When he lies in his couch in a thoughtful or thoughtless mood, the lively picture of the sprightly dancing daffodils flashed Upon his inward eye and fills his entire being with joy.

Question 4.
What does the poet feel when he remembers the sight of the daffodils?
Answer:
When he remembers the sight of the daffodils, it fills his entire being with joy. His heart begins to dance with the flowers. In short, the sight of daffodils proves to be a source not only of immediate pleasure but also of lasting joy.

Question 5.
What is the similarity between the stars and the daffodils?
Answer:
The stars twinkle continuously in a milky way being innumerable and the daffodils, in the same way, danced and swayed in the breeze as if having no end.

Question 6.
What impact did the dancing daffodils have on the poet?
Answer:
The poet was deeply enchanted by the beautiful dancing daffodils. It was as if a great wealth for the poet. He was happy with the jocund company of the flowers.

Question 7.
How did a jocund company’ impact the poet?
Answer:
The expression ‘jocund company’ refers to the merry association of the waves and the daffodils dancing in joy. While gazing at the daffodils, the poet was beside himself with joy. The waves and the daffodils produced a cheerful effect on the poet in their company.

Question 8.
Where does a cloud float?
Answer:
The poet wanders all alone like a piece of cloud floating high over valley and hills.

Question 9.
‘The poet has described the motion of the daffodils.’ Quote the words to support your answer?
Answer:
The motion or the movement of the daffodils has been reflected in their “fluttering” and “dancing” to the tune of the breeze blowing.

Question 10.
Quote the words that give an instance of alliteration?
Answer:
“Alliteration” is a type of comparison. The far-stretching daffodils appear to the poet be continuous like the stars that shine in the night sky.

Question 11.
Which figure of speech does the poet use and why? Give an example?
Answer:
In the figure of speech, the poet has used ‘hyperbole’ for exaggeration and effect. He has tried to show the plentitude (profuse) of the flowers using the expression “ten thousand”.

Detailed Summaries and Glossary

Stanza – 1
I wandered………………………………………………………………………the breeze.
At the beginning, the poet is not only lonely, but also in a state of wandering, that is, moving about aimlessly as a floating cloud. All on a sudden, he sees a crowd – a whole bank of beautiful daffodils, quivering and ‘dancing in the breeze’ by the side of the lake, ‘beneath the trees’. The simile that compares the poet’s state to that of a cloud reinforces the very idea of an aimless drift.

ସାରମର୍ମ :
କବିତାର ଆଦ୍ୟଭାଗର ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନାନୁଯାୟୀ କବି କେବଳ ଏକାକୀ ନାହାନ୍ତି, ବରଂ ସେ ଏକ ଭାସମାନ ବାଦଲ ଭଳି ଲକ୍ଷ୍ୟହୀନ ଭାବେ ଘୂରି ବୁଲୁଛନ୍ତି । ହଠାତ୍ ଏକ ହ୍ରଦକୂଳରେ ଅନେକ ଡାଫୋଡ଼ିଲ୍ ହଲି ଦୋହଲି ପବନରେ ନାଚୁଥିବାର ସେ ଦେଖିବାକୁ ପାଇଛନ୍ତି । କବିଙ୍କ ମାନସିକ ଅବସ୍ଥାକୁ ଭାସମାନ ବାଦଲ ସହିତ ତୁଳନା କରାଯାଇଥ‌ିବାରୁ କବି ଯେ ଲକ୍ଷ୍ୟହୀନ ଭାବେ ଭ୍ରମଣ କରୁଛନ୍ତି ତାହା ବୁଝାପଡ଼ୁଛି ।

Glossary
lonely : The poet was not exactly lonely, for his sister Dorothy, was with him. The word ‘lonely’ refers to the state of the poet’s mind. This word helps to create a
beautiful atmosphere.
cloud : ବାଦଲ
floats : ଭାସିବା
vales : ଭ୍ୟାଲେସ୍
daffodils : bell-shaped flowers of golden yellow colour, with narrow leaves, which bloom ¡n early . spring usually by the side of lakes ଏକ ପ୍ରକାର ସ୍ଥଳପଦ୍ମ ଜାତୀୟ ଫୁ ଲ
a host of : a large number of – ବହୁ ସଙ୍ଖ୍ୟକ
beside : at the side of (ପାଖରେ)
lake : the poet here refers to lake Ullswater on the borders of Cumberland and west Moonland – (ହ୍ରଦ)
beneath : ତଳେ
fluttering : quivering
breeze : ପବନ

Stanza – 2
Continuous as ………………………………………………………. sprightly dance.
In this stanza, in the poet’s ‘inward eye’, his imagination moves from earth to heaven and discovers a similarity between the daffodils and the stars. The beautiful spectacle of the crowd of dancing daffodils reminds the poet of the luminous stars in the sky. The flowers by the shore of the lake seem as countless as the stars. He catches sight of ‘ten thousand at a glance’, moving their heads in a gay and lively dance.

ସାରମର୍ମ :
ଏହି ପଦରେ କବିଙ୍କର ଅନ୍ତଃଦୃଷ୍ଟିରେ ତାଙ୍କ କଳ୍ପନାଶକ୍ତି ପୃଥ‌ିବୀପୃଷ୍ଠରୁ ଆକାଶକୁ ଗତିଶୀଳ ହୋଇଛି ଏବଂ ସେ ଡାଫୋଡ଼ିଲ୍‌ ଏବଂ ତାରକାପୁଞ୍ଜ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ସାମଞ୍ଜସ୍ୟ ଆବିଷ୍କାର କରିଛନ୍ତି । ଅଗଣିତ ନୃତ୍ୟମାନ ଡାଫୋଡ଼ିଲ୍‌ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଆକାଶର ଉଜ୍ଜ୍ଵଳ ତାରକାରାଜି କଥା ମନେପକାଇ ଦେଇଛି । ହ୍ରଦକୂଳର ଫୁଲ୍‌ଗୁଡ଼ିକ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଅଗଣିତ ତାରକା ଭଳି ମନେ ହୋଇଛି । ଏକାଥରକେ ସେ ଦଶହଜାରସଂଖ୍ୟକ ଡାଫୋଡ଼ିଲ୍‌ ମୁଣ୍ଡ ହଲାଇ ଜୀବନ୍ତଭାବେ ନୃତ୍ୟ କରୁଥିବାର ସେ ଦେଖାରି ଛନ୍ତି ।

Glossary
twinkle : shine
milkway : the broad, luminous band of stars encircling the sky (ଛାୟାପଥ)
never-ending : endless (ସୀମୀହୀନ)
margin : border(ସୀମୀ)
bay : here refers to a lake (ହୀନ)
ten thousand : many. not to be taken seriously
ten thousand at a glance : Here we come across an example of hyperbole, a figure of speech, rather rare in Wordsworth, purposeful exaggeration. The line of flowers is imagined to be stretching almost into infinity, through the use of phrase like ‘ten thousand’, etc.
glance : ବାହାପ
tossing : moving (ଟସ୍ ମାରିବା)
sprightly : lively (ସ୍ପଷ୍ଟ ଭାବରେ)
Tossing dance : moving their heads in gay and lively dance (ସେହି ଫୁଲ ଗୁଡ଼ିକ)

Stanza – 3
The waves ……………………………………………………………………..had brought.
The waves besides the flowers are dancing, but the mirth of daffodils is far greater than that of the waves. The entire atmosphere is one of joy and this delight sinks deep into the poet’s heart. His eyes are fixed on the spectacular sight. The poet fails to realize that the beautiful scene is going to be a source of joy for him in the future also. In short, the show of the flowers brings great ‘wealth’ to the poet,because the poet’s imagination changes them, again and again, into something precious and permanently lovable.

ସାରମର୍ମ :
ଫୁଲଗୁଡ଼ିକ ଭଳି ଲହରୀମାଳା ମଧ୍ଯ ନୃତ୍ୟ କରୁଛନ୍ତି, ମାତ୍ର ଡାଫୋଡ଼ିଲ୍‌ର ପ୍ରଫୁଲ୍ଲତା ଲହରୀମାଳାର ପ୍ରଫୁଲ୍ଲତାଠାରୁ ଢେର ବେଶି । ସମଗ୍ର ପରିବେଶ ଆନନ୍ଦପ୍ରଦ ରହିଛି ଏବଂ ସେହି ଆନନ୍ଦ କବିଙ୍କ ହୃଦୟକନ୍ଦରକୁ ବିଗଳିତ କରିଛି । ସେହି ଚମତ୍କାର ଦୃଶ୍ୟ ଉପରେ କବିଙ୍କ ଆଖିଯୋଡ଼ିକ ଲାଖିଯାଇଛି । ସେହି ମନୋଲୋଭା ଦୃଶ୍ୟ ଯେ ଭବିଷ୍ୟତରେ ତାଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ଆନନ୍ଦର ଉତ୍ସ ହେବାକୁ ଯାଉଛି ବୋଲି କବି ଅନୁଭବ କରିପାରି ନାହାନ୍ତି । ସଂକ୍ଷେପରେ କହିଲେ, ଫୁଲଗୁଡ଼ିକର ଦୃଶ୍ୟ କବିଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ସମ୍ପଦ ଆଣିଦେଇଛି କାରଣ କବିଙ୍କ ଚିନ୍ତାଧାରା ସେଗୁଡ଼ିକୁ ବେଳକୁବେଳ କିଛି ମହାର୍ଘ ଓ ପରମ ଆନନ୍ଦକାରୀ ବସ୍ତୁରେ ରୂପାନ୍ତରିତ କରିବାରେ ଲାଗିଛି ।

Glossary
nationalistic : promoting nationalism
out-did : surpassed (ଅତିକ୍ରମ କଲା |)
sparkling : shining (ଉଜ୍ଜ୍ୱଳ)
Out-did …. waves : The dancing of the daffodils seemed even more spontaneous and cheerful than that of the waves. (ଅଧିକ ଆନନ୍ଦପ୍ରଦ ଥିଲା)
glee : mirth (ଆନନ୍ଦ)
A poet …. gay : The poet identified himself with the daffodils. The sight might not have appealed to ordinary folk, but to a poet, it was a gay inspiration. (କବିଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ପ୍ରେରଣାର ଉତ୍ସ ପାଲଟିଥିଲା )
gay : light-hearted and carefree (ଜଞ୍ଜାଳଶୂନ୍ୟ)
jocund : joyful (ଅତ୍ୟନ୍ତ ଖୁସୀ)
gazed-and gazed : The poet’s eyes were fixed on the beautiful sight of dancing daffodils ( ଆଖୁ ଲାଖ୍ ରହିଥୁଲା)
little thought : no thought ( ଭାବନା ନ ଥିଲା)
show : sight (ଦୃଶ୍ୟ) The poet here refers to the beauty created by the dancing waves and daffodils.

Stanza – 4
For oft, ………………………………………………………the daffodils.
This stanza describes the wealth of delight the ‘show’ has bestowed on the poet. The sight of the golden daffodils becomes a thing of the past. Time flies by. In later years, when he lies on his couch in a thoughtful mood, the lovely picture of the sprightly daffodils flashes upon his imagination and fills his entire being with joy. Thus the lovely sight proves to be a source not only of immediate pleasure but of lasting joy as well. This experience brings about a profound change in the poet’s mode of perception as well as a deeper spiritual life.

ସାରମର୍ମ :
ଏହି ପଦଟି ସୁନ୍ଦର ଡାଫୋଡ଼ିଲ୍‌ଗୁଡ଼ିକର ଦୃଶ୍ୟ କବିଙ୍କୁ ପ୍ରଦାନ କରିଥିବା ଆନନ୍ଦରୂପକ ସମ୍ପଦ ବିଷୟରେ ବର୍ଣ୍ଣନା କରିଛି । ସୁନେଲୀ ଡାଫୋଡ଼ିଲ୍‌ଗୁଡ଼ିକର ଦୃଶ୍ୟ ଅତୀତ ପାଲଟି ଯାଇଛି । ସମୟ ଗଡ଼ିଚାଲିଛି । ପରବର୍ତ୍ତୀ କାଳରେ କବି ଯେତେବେଳେ ଦୁଃଖଦ ମନରେ ଖଟିଆରେ ଗଡ଼ି ପଡ଼ିଛନ୍ତି, ସେତେବେଳ ସତେଜ ଡାଫୋଡ଼ିଲ୍‌ଗୁଡ଼ିକର ମନୋଲୋଭା ଦୃଶ୍ୟ ତାଙ୍କ କଳ୍ପଦୃଷ୍ଟିରେ ଭାସିଯାଇଛି ଓ ତାଙ୍କର ସାରା ଶରୀରରେ ଭରିଦେଇଛି ଆନନ୍ଦର ଶିହରଣ । ଏହିପରି ସେହି ସୁନ୍ଦର ଦୃଶ୍ୟ କେବଳ ତାତ୍‌କ୍ଷଣିକ ଆନନ୍ଦର ଉତ୍ସ ନୁହେଁ ବରଂ ପରମାନନ୍ଦର ଉତ୍ସ ଭାବେ ପ୍ରମାଣିତ ହୋଇଛି । ଏହି ଅନୁଭବ କବିଙ୍କର ଦୃଷ୍ଟିଭଙ୍ଗୀ ଓ ଆଧ୍ୟାତ୍ମିକ ଜୀବନଶୈଳୀ ଉପରେ ଗଭୀର ପ୍ରଭାବ ପକାଇଛି ।

Glossary
Oft : often (ଅନେକରିବା)
Vacant : not thinking of anything in particular (ଶୂନ୍ୟ)
Pensive : sad and thoughtful (ଦୁଃଖ ଏବଂ ଚିନ୍ତାପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ)
flash upon : ଚମକି ଉଠିବା
inward eye: here it means the mind that contemplates imagination not the eye proper that only sees (ଆଭ୍ୟନ୍ତରୀଣ ଚକ୍ଷୁ)
bliss : great joy (ସୁଖ)
solitude: the state of loneliness (ଏକାକୀ)
They flash …. solitude : The poet was in a happy mood in the jocund company of the waves and flowers. That was the experience of the ‘outer eyes’ but that of the ‘inward eye’ was more joyful. The feeling of sympathy with the waves and the flowers and to the breeze in their glee and the Wordsworthian emotion recollected in tranquillity expressed ‘in themselves’ — A. C. Bradley
bliss of solitude : Solitude is a recurrent theme in Wordsworth’s poetry. Here it means ‘a supreme delight that comes out of loneliness. Coleridge says that ‘inward eye’ should be reserved for higher uses i.e. mental and spiritual delight. He adds that the thoughts and images in this poem are too great for the subject. vide : Biographia Literania. The last stanza is also reminiscent of Wordsworth’s The Solita?Reaper The music in mv heart I bore Long after it was heard no more

Introducing the Poet
William Wordsworth (1770-1850) is perhaps the best-known of all the Romantic poets. He was born in the Lake District, in Cumberland, his love of the English Lakes never left him and remained to the end a major influence in all he wrote. Wordsworth launched his poetic career in a company with S.T. Coleridge; they jointly published Lyrical Ballads. He was one of the greatest poets of the country and of natural life. As a nature poet and a poet willing and able to see the man against a backdrop of nature, he has no equal. He excels at taking one particular moment of experience and conveying it richly with a hint of moral comment. His greatest contribution to English literature was A Return to Nature. His idea of nature is related to the concept of unity, the idea of poetic power, and even his moral beliefs. Nature is seen in many aspects of Wordsworth’s work. At its deepest in ‘The Prelude’, ‘Tintern Abbey’, Nature is seen as possessing a definite mystical bond with man’s spirit. Nature in its moral aspects is seen in poems such as ‘Tintern Abbey’ and especially ‘The Prelude’. Wordsworth became a master of all forms of poetry: narrative verse, ballads, lyrical poems, sonnets, odes, and elegies. He was a conscious, deliberate poet. He had a fine mastery of language. To him, “Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquillity.”

About the Poem
The title ‘Daffodils ’ is likely to suggest a poem in worshipful praise of the flowers so named. The poem, composed in 1807, is an instance of emotion recollected in tranquillity. ‘Daffodils’ describes the beauty and power of the flowers. More significantly, it is a vivid dramatic record of the poet’s encounter with a charming spectacle of nature. On careful reading, the poem turns out to be a beautiful, dramatic lyric on the poet’s spiritual conversion in the company of Nature. The fact that Wordsworth achieves his purpose in ‘Daffodils’ through the use of simple, spontaneous, yet sweet and forceful language bears witness to his poetic greatness and excellence.

Summary
The poem gives vent to a personal experience. In one of his wanderings, the poet happened to catch sight of a host of golden daffodils fluttering and dancing in the breeze by the side of a lake. They also reminded him of the stars at night in brightness and multitude. They were ‘tossing their heads in sprightly dance’. The waves were dancing too, but the glee of the lovely flowers was far greater than that of the waves. The entire atmosphere was one of joy and this joy swelled the poet’s heart. The sight had also another and a more profound effect on the mind of the poet. In later years, when he was in a pensive mood, the lively picture of the dancing daffodils flashed upon his ‘inward eye’ and filled his mood of solitude with immense joy.

ସାରାଂଶ:
କବିତାଟି ଏକ ବ୍ୟକ୍ତିଗତ ଅନୁଭୂତିକୁ ଭାବପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣଭାବେ ପରିପ୍ରକାଶ କରିଛି । ଥରେ ବୁଲୁବୁଲୁ କବି ୱାର୍ଡସ୍ୱର୍ଥ ଏକ ହ୍ରଦକୂଳରେ ଗୁଡ଼ିଏ ସୁନେଲି ରଙ୍ଗର ଡାଫୋଡ଼ିଲ୍‌ ଫୁଲର ସମ୍ଭାର ପବନ ଲହରୀରେ ଦୋଳି ଖେଳୁଥ‌ିବାର ଦେଖ‌ିବାକୁ ପାଇଲେ । ସେହି ଫୁଲଗୁଡ଼ିକ କବିଙ୍କୁ ଉଜ୍ଜଳ ରାତ୍ରିରେ ଆକାଶରେ ଚିକିମିକି କରୁଥିବା ଅସଂଖ୍ୟ ତାରକାମାନଙ୍କୁ
ମନେପକାଇ ଦେଇଥିଲା । ସେହି ଫୁଲଗୁଡ଼ିକ ମୁଣ୍ଡ ହଲାଇ ଜୀବନ୍ତ ନୃତ୍ୟ କଲାଭଳି ପ୍ରତୀୟମାନ ହେଉଥିଲା । ଲହରୀମାଳା ଡେଇଁ ଡେଇଁ ନୃତ୍ୟ କରୁଥିଲେ ହେଁ ଏହି ସୁନ୍ଦର ଫୁଲଗୁଡ଼ିକର ଆନନ୍ଦ ତା’ଠାରୁ ଅନେକ ଗୁଣରେ ଅଧିକ ଥିଲା । ସମଗ୍ର ପରିବେଶ ଆନନ୍ଦବିଭୋର ଥିଲା ଏବଂ ସେହି ଆନନ୍ଦ କବିଙ୍କ ହୃଦୟକୁ ଉଦ୍‌ବେଳିତ କରିଥିଲା । ସେହି ଦୃଶ୍ୟ କବିଙ୍କ ମନରେ ଆଉ ଏକ ଗଭୀର ପ୍ରଭାବ ପକାଇଥିଲା । ପରବର୍ତ୍ତୀ ଜୀବନରେ କବିଙ୍କ ମନ ଯେତେବେଳେ ଦୁଃଖରେ ଭରିଯାଇଥିଲା, ନୃତ୍ୟରତା ଡାଫୋଡ଼ିଲ ଫୁଲଗୁଡ଼ିକର ସୁନ୍ଦର ଦୃଶ୍ୟ ତାଙ୍କ ଅନ୍ତଃଚକ୍ଷୁ ସମ୍ମୁଖରେ ଭାସିଯାଇଥିଲା ଏବଂ
ତାଙ୍କ ନିରୋଳା ମନରେ ଆନନ୍ଦ ଭରି ଦେଇଥିଲା ।

CHSE Odisha Class 12 English Solutions Chapter 1 My Greatest Olympic Prize

November 16, 2023November 15, 2023 by Veerendra

Odisha State Board CHSE Odisha Class 12 Invitation to English 1 Solutions Chapter 1 My Greatest Olympic Prize Textbook Exercise Questions and Answers.

CHSE Odisha 12th Class English Solutions Chapter 1 My Greatest Olympic Prize

CHSE Odisha Class 12 English My Greatest Olympic Prize Text Book Questions and Answers

Unit-wise Gist and Glossary:

UNIT – I:
Gist:
Jesse Owens takes us back to the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin where nationalistic feelings were running high because of Hitler’s reference to his country’s participants who belonged to a ‘master race’. His words produced no effect on Owens. Everyone looked forward to winning his long jump event, because a year before, he as a university student had set a world record in that field. But his surprise knew no bounds at the sight of a German called Luz Long touching the pit at almost 26 feet on his practice. Owens learned that Hitler hoped to win the jump. In his view, Luz Long’s victory would cement the Nazi’s Aryan superiority theory. He was a Negro and was bent on showing his superiority.
ସାରମର୍ମ :
ଜେସି ଓୟେସ ଆମ୍ଭମାନଙ୍କୁ ୧୯୩୬ ମସିହାରେ ବର୍ଲିନ୍‌ଠାରେ ଅନୁଷ୍ଠିତ ଗ୍ରୀଷ୍ମକାଳୀନ ଅଲିମ୍ପିକ୍ କ୍ରୀଡ଼ାର ପୃଷ୍ଠଭୂମିକୁ ନେଇ ଯାଇଛନ୍ତି ଯେଉଁଠାରେ କି ନିଜ ଦେଶର ଖେଳାଳିମାନେ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ଜାତିର ଅନ୍ତର୍ଭୁକ୍ତ ବୋଲି ହିଲର୍‌ଙ୍କ ମନ୍ତବ୍ୟ କାରଣରୁ ପ୍ରବଳ ଜାତୀୟତା ଭାବନା ସୃଷ୍ଟି ହୋଇଥିଲା । ତାଙ୍କ କଥାର କୌଣସି ପ୍ରଭାବ ଓୟେସଙ୍କ ଉପରେ ପଡ଼ିନଥିଲା । ଲମ୍ବଡ଼ିଆରେ ତାଙ୍କର ବିଜୟକୁ ସମସ୍ତେ ଆଗ୍ରହର ସହିତ ଅପେକ୍ଷା କରିଥିଲେ, କାରଣ ବର୍ଷକ ପୂର୍ବରୁ ଜଣେ ବିଶ୍ବବିଦ୍ୟାଳୟ ଛାତ୍ର ଭାବରେ ସେ ଏହି କ୍ଷେତ୍ରରେ ବିଶ୍ଵରେକର୍ଡ ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠା କରିଥିଲେ । ମାତ୍ର ଲୁଜ୍ ଲଙ୍ଗ୍ ନାମକ ଜଣେ ଜର୍ମାନ୍ ଅଭ୍ୟାସ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟାୟରେ ପ୍ରାୟ ୨୬ ଫୁଟ୍ ଡେଇଁବାର ଦେଖୁ ତାଙ୍କ ବିସ୍ମୟର ସୀମା ରହିଲା ନାହିଁ । ହିଟ୍‌ଲର୍ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଡିଆଁରେ ବିଜୟୀ ହେବାର ଆଶା ରଖୁଛନ୍ତି ବୋଲି ଓୟେସ ଜାଣିବାକୁ ପାଇଲେ । ତାଙ୍କ ମତରେ, ଲୁଜ୍ ଲଙ୍ଗ୍‌ଙ୍କ ବିଜୟ ନାଜୀମାନଙ୍କର ‘ଆର୍ଯ୍ୟ-ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠତ୍ୱ’ ସିଦ୍ଧାନ୍ତକୁ ନିଶ୍ଚିତରୂପେ ଦୃଢ଼ୀଭୂତ କରିବ । ସେ ଜଣେ ନିଗ୍ରୋ ଥିଲେ ଏବଂ ନିଜର ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠତ୍ଵ ପ୍ରତିପାଦନ ପାଇଁ ବଦ୍ଧପରିକର ହେଲେ ।

Glossary:
Olympic Games: a modern revival of the greatest of games or festivals of ancient Greece. The Olympic Games are held every four years, each time in a different country. (ଅଲିମ୍ପିକ୍ କ୍ରୀଡ଼ା)
Adolf Hitler : (1889-1945) Nazi dictator of Germany (ଜର୍ମାନୀର ନାଜୀ ଶାସକ)
childishly : ପିଲାଳିଆ ଭାବରେ
performers : competitors (ପ୍ରତିଯୋଗୀମାନେ)
master race: superior to all other races (ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ଜାତି)
Hitler held that Germans were superior to all other races.
nationalistic: promoting nationalism (especially, a narrow kind of nationalism) (ଜାତୀୟତା)
all-time high: the highest ever (ସର୍ବାଧ୍ବକ)
I …. six years: Owens had tried hard for six years.
set : established (ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠିତ)
26 feet 8 inches: 8.13 metres (୮.୧୩ ମିଟର)
hands down: very easily (ଅତି ସହଜରେ)
I surprise : Owens’ surprise knew no bounds (ଓବେନ୍ସଙ୍କ ଆଶ୍ଚର୍ୟ୍ୟର ସୀମା ନ ଥିଲା)
startled : greatly shocked and surprised (ଆଶ୍ଚର୍ଯ୍ୟ ହୋଇଗଲେ |)
hitting : touching (ଛୁଇଁବା)
leaps : jumps
evidently : clearly
under wraps : secret
Nazis: members of Hitler’s National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP)
Aryan-superiority: The Aryans are superior to all other races. (ଆର୍ଯ୍ୟ-ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠତ୍ୱ)
After all : ମୋଟାମୋଟି ଭାବେ
hot under the collar: very angry (ରାଗୀ)
determined: firmly decided
Der Fuhrer: the leader in German (Used with special reference to Hitler) (ଜର୍ମାନ୍ ନେତା ହିଟଲର୍ )

Think it out:
Question 1.
Why were nationalistic feelings running high during the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin?
Answer:
Nationalistic feelings were running high during the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin because of Hitler’s Nazi theory that Germans were superior to all other races.

Question 2.
‘I wasn’t too worried about all this’. What does “this” refer to – Hitler’s beliefs or winning a gold medal?
Answer:
‘This’ refers to Hitler’s beliefs.

Question 3.
Why wasn’t Owens worried?
Answer:
Owens was not worried, because he had shed his blood, sweat, and tears for six years, with the Games in his mind.

Question 4.
Why did everyone expect Owens to win the long jump easily?
Answer:
Everyone expected Owens to win the long jump easily, because, a year before the advent of the Berlin Olympic Games, he, as a university student, had established the world record of 26 feet 8] inches (8.13 meters).

Question 5.
What was the surprise that awaited Jesse Owens in Berlin?
Answer:
The surprise that awaited Jesse Owens was a tall German boy, Luz Long’s amazing performance of hitting the pit at almost 26 feet on his practice jumps.

Question 6.
What did he learn from people about Luz Long?
Answer:
He learned from people about Luz Long that Hitler had kept him secretly hoping he would be the jump winner.

Question 7.
Do you think Nazis’ Aryan-superiority theory meant that Germans were superior to Negroes? How did Owens feel about it – angry or bothered?
Answer:
I don’t think Nazis’ Aryan-superior theory meant that Germans were superior to Negroes. Owens felt angry about it.

Question 8.
What made Owens determined to beat Luz Long?
Answer:
The fact that made Owens determined to beat Luz Long was that he was a Negro and against this backdrop, he would disprove Hitler’s Aryan superiority theory.

UNIT – II

Gist:
In the writer’s view, anger is the worst enemy of an athlete, because this base passion leads him or her to commit mistakes. The results of the first two qualifying jumps for Owens were dismal. He was utterly disgusted. His failure in the two qualifying jumps made him kick the pit. In the meantime, to his stunned disbelief, he found Luz Long, the tall German long jumper, offered him a firm handshake. He wore a nice look. Owens tried to conceal his nervousness, but Long understood his anger.

In spite of being trained in the Nazi youth movement, he was a glorious exception. He did not believe in the concept of Aryan supremacy. The blue-eyed and remarkably handsome Long eventually noticed that his anger had abated and advised Owens to draw a line a few inches at the back of the board and focus on making his take-off from there. He said to Owens that to come first in the trials was of no use and the next day was crucial. Luz Long’s words worked wonders. Owens’ tension vanished and he qualified for the jump with great confidence.
ସାରମର୍ମ :
ଲେଖକଙ୍କର ମତରେ, କ୍ରୋଧ ଖେଳାଳିର ସବୁଠାରୁ ବଡ଼ ଶତ୍ରୁ । କାରଣ ଏହି ଘୃଣ୍ୟ ପ୍ରବୃତ୍ତି ଯୋଗୁଁ ସେ ଭୁଲ୍ କରି ବସେ । ଓୟେସ୍‌ଙ୍କର ଯୋଗ୍ୟତା ପର୍ଯ୍ୟାୟରେ ପ୍ରଥମ ଦୁଇଟି ଲମ୍ଫ ନୌରାଶ୍ୟଜନକ ଥିଲା । ସେ ଭୀଷଣ ଭାବରେ ବିରକ୍ତ ହୋଇଗଲେ । ଯୋଗ୍ୟତା ପର୍ଯ୍ୟାୟର ପ୍ରଥମ ଦୁଇଟି ଡିଆଁରେ ଅସଫଳ ହୋଇ ସେ ଭୂଇଁକୁ ଗୋଇଠା ମାରିଥିଲେ । ଏହି ସମୟରେ ସେ ଜର୍ମାନ୍‌ର ଡେଙ୍ଗା ଲମ୍ବଡିଆଁ ପ୍ରତିଯୋଗୀ ଲୁଜ୍ ଲଙ୍ଗ୍ ତାଙ୍କ ସହିତ କରମର୍ଦ୍ଦନ କରିବାକୁ ହାତ ବଢ଼ାଇଥବା ଦେଖୁ ବିସ୍ମିତ ହେଲେ । ସେ ବନ୍ଧୁତ୍ଵପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଦୃଷ୍ଟିରେ ଚାହିଁ ରହିଥିଲେ । ଓୟେନ୍ସ ନିଜର କ୍ରୋଧକୁ ଲୁଚାଇବାକୁ ଚାହୁଁଥିଲେ ହେଁ ଲଙ୍ଗ୍ ତାହା ବୁଝିପାରିଥିଲେ । ନାଜି ଯୁବ ଆନ୍ଦୋଳନରେ ପ୍ରଶିକ୍ଷିତ ହୋଇଥିଲେ ହେଁ ସେ ଏକ ଚମତ୍କାର ବ୍ୟତିକ୍ରମ ଥିଲେ । ସେ ଆର୍ଯ୍ୟ-ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠତ୍ୱରେ ବିଶ୍ଵାସ କରୁନଥିଲେ । ନୀଳାଭ ନୟନ ଓ ସୁଗଠିତ ଶରୀରଧାରୀ ଲଙ୍ଗ୍ ଦେଖ‌ିଲେ ଯେ ଓୟେନ୍‌ସ୍‌ଙ୍କ ରାଗ ପ୍ରଶମିତ ହୋଇଗଲାଣି । ସେ କାଠପଟା କିଛି ଇଞ୍ଚ ପଛରୁ ଏକ ଗାର ଟାଣି ଓ ସେହି ଗାରକୁ ନଜରରେ ରଖି ସେହିଠାରୁ ଡିଆଁ ଆରମ୍ଭ କରିବାକୁ ଓୟେସ୍‌ଙ୍କୁ ଉପଦେଶ ଦେଲେ । ଯୋଗ୍ୟତା ପର୍ଯ୍ୟାୟରେ ପ୍ରଥମ ହେବାର କିଛି ଆବଶ୍ୟକତା ନାହିଁ ଏବଂ ବାସ୍ତବରେ ପରବର୍ତ୍ତୀ ଦିନ ହିଁ ଗୁରୁତ୍ଵପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ବୋଲି ସେ ଓୟେସ୍‌ଙ୍କୁ କହିଥିଲେ । ଲୁଜ୍ ଲଙ୍ଗ୍‌ଙ୍କର ପରାମର୍ଶ ଯାଦୁ ଭଳି କାମ କଲା । ଓୟେସ୍‌ଙ୍କ ଚିନ୍ତା ଉଭେଇଗଲା ଏବଂ ସେ ଦୃଢ଼ ଆତ୍ମବିଶ୍ଵାସ ସହ ଶେଷ ଡିଆଁ ପାଇଁ ଯୋଗ୍ୟତା ହାସଲ କରିଥିଲେ ।

Glossary:
athlete : କ୍ରୀଡ଼ାବିତ୍
exception : ବ୍ୟତିକ୍ରମ
leapt : jumped (ଡେଇଁଲେ)
beyond : ବାହାରେ
bitterly : with hatred ଭାବରେ )
kicked : ଗୋଇଠା ମାରିଲେ
disgustedly : ବିରକ୍ତିପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଭାବେ
firm handshake : ଦୃଢ଼ ହ୍ୟାଣ୍ଡସେକ
twist : (here) speech accent (ଉଚ୍ଚାରଣ ଭଙ୍ଗୀ )
hide : ଲୁଚାଇବା
mastered : acquired complete knowledge or skill (ଦକ୍ଷତା ହାସଲ କରିବା)
a bit : a little (ସ୍ଵଳ୍ପ/ଅଳ୍ପ)
slang : words used informally; words used in talk by a group or class of people (ଅନୌପଚାରିକ ଭାଷା)
must be eating you : must be agitating your mind
anger : କ୍ରୋଧ
took pain : took trouble (ଅସୁବିଧାରେ ପକାଇଲା)
reassure : to say something to make somebody less frightened (ପୁନଃ ଆଶ୍ୱାସନା ଦେବା )
schooled : trained (ପ୍ରଶିକ୍ଷିତ)
movement : ଚଳନ
strikingly : impressively
handsome : ସୁନ୍ଦର
calmed : cooled (ଶାନ୍ତ ହେଲା )
counts : matters (ଆବଶ୍ୟକ କରେ)

Think it out:
Question 1.
What does a coach say about an angry athlete?
Answer:
A coach says that an angry athlete will commit mistakes. In other words, he says that anger is an athlete’s worst enemy.

Question 2.
What were the results of the first two qualifying jumps for Owens?
Answer:
The results of the first two qualifying jumps for Owens were miserable. He jumped from several inches outside the take-off board for a no-jump.

Question 3.
Why did Owens kick the pit?
Answer:
Owens kicked the pit because he failed during the trials. He was disgusted.

Question 4.
Who offered Owens a firm handshake? Was he friendly or hostile?
Answer:
Luz Long, a German long jumper offered him a firm handshake. He was friendly.

Question 5.
Why did Long speak to Owens during the trials? Did he mean to make friends with Owens or to find out what was troubling him?
Answer:
Long spoke to Owens during the trials to help him. He wanted to find out what was troubling Owens.

Question 6.
“he really looked the part” – What does this mean? Does it mean Long was trying to play the part of an Aryan or he looked as if he belonged to a superior race?
Answer:
‘He really looked the part’ means Luz Long was trying to play the part of an Aryan.

Question 7.
How did Luz Long help Jesse Owens in qualifying for the final jumps?
Answer:
Luz Long helped Jesse Owens in qualifying for the final jumps by advising him to draw a line a few inches at the back of the take-off board and focussing on his start from there.

Question 8.
“Tomorrow is what counts.” – What did Long mean by this? Does he mean that Owens would win the next day or that their performance the next day would matter much?
Answer:
Long means that Owens would win the next day.

Question 9.
Did Owens qualify for the final jump? How did he do that?
Answer:
Thanks to Long’s friendly advice, Owens qualified for the final jump. Brimming with confidence, he drew a line a full foot behind the board and advanced to jump from there and qualified for the final jump.

UNIT – III

Gist:
A real friendship sprang up between Jesse Owens and Luz Long when the former went to the latter’s room and dwelt on varied topics for two hours. The moment they had been waiting for had arrived at last. Luz smashed his own past record and encouraged Owens to give his best performance. Jesse Owens won the event, setting the Olympic record of 26 feet 5 4 inches. Luz congratulated him and shook his hand warmly in spite of Hitler’s angry look at them. Owens felt genuine friendship for Luz at that moment. The most fabulous Olympic prize for him was the friendship he formed with. Long, but not the gold medal he won in the long jump. In Owens’ view, Long epitomized the philosophy of Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of modem Olympic Games – the essence of the Olympic Games lies not in winning but in participating. Good fight, but not conquest is the hallmark of life.
ସାରମର୍ମ :
ଯେତେବେଳେ ଓୟେସ୍ ଲୁଜ୍ ଲଙ୍ଗ୍‌ଙ୍କ କୋଠରିକୁ ଯାଇ ଦୁଇ ଘଣ୍ଟା ଧରି ବିଭିନ୍ନ ବିଷୟରେ ଆଲୋଚନା କଲେ, ସେତେବେଳେ ଦୁଇଜଣଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ପ୍ରକୃତ ବନ୍ଧୁତା ଗଢ଼ି ଉଠିଲା । ସେମାନଙ୍କର ଅପେକ୍ଷା କରିବାର ମୁହୂର୍ତ୍ତ ଆସିଗଲା । ଲୁଜ୍ ନିଜର ପୂର୍ବ ରେକର୍ଡ ଭାଙ୍ଗିଲେ ଏବଂ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠତ୍ୱ ପ୍ରତିପାଦନ କରିବାକୁ ଓୟେସ୍‌ଙ୍କୁ ଉତ୍ସାହିତ କଲେ । ଓୟେସ୍ ପ୍ରତିଯୋଗିତାରେ ଜିତିଲେ ଏବଂ ୨୬ ଫୁଟ ୫୪ ଇଞ୍ଚ ଡେଇଁ ଅଲିମ୍ପିକ୍ ରେକର୍ଡ ସ୍ଥାପନ କଲେ । ଲୁଜ୍ ଲଙ୍ଗ୍ ହିଟ୍‌ଲର୍‌ଙ୍କ କ୍ରୋଧପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଚାହାଣି ସତ୍ତ୍ଵେ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଅଭିନନ୍ଦନ ଜଣାଇଲେ ଏବଂ ଖୁସିରେ କରମର୍ଦ୍ଦନ କଲେ । ସେହି ମୁହୂର୍ତ୍ତରେ ଓୟେନ୍ସ ଲୁଜ୍‌ଙ୍କ ପ୍ରତି ଅନାବିଳ ବନ୍ଧୁତ୍ଵଭାବ ଅନୁଭବ କଲେ । ଲମ୍ବଡ଼ିଆରେ ସ୍ଵର୍ଣ୍ଣପଦକ ଜିତିବା ଅପେକ୍ଷା ଲୁଜ୍‌ଙ୍କ ସହ ସ୍ଥାପିତ ସମ୍ପର୍କ ତାଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ସର୍ବଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ଅଲିମ୍ପିକ୍ ପୁରସ୍କାର ଥିଲା । ଆଧୁନିକ ଅଲିମ୍ପିକ୍ କ୍ରୀଡ଼ାର ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାତା ପେରୀ ଡି କୁବରଟିନ୍‌ଙ୍କ ଦର୍ଶନ ଯାହାକି ଅଲିମ୍ପିକ୍ କ୍ରୀଡ଼ାର ମହତ୍ତ୍ବ ବିଜୟୀ ହେବାରେ ନୁହେଁ ଅଂଶଗ୍ରହଣ କରିବାରେ ରହିଛି, ଲଙ୍ଗ ତାହାର ଜ୍ଵଳନ୍ତ ଉଦାହରଣ ଥିଲେ । ଜୀବନର ମହତ୍ତ୍ବ ବିଜୟପ୍ରାପ୍ତ କରିବା ନୁହେଁ ଉତ୍ତମରୂପେ ସଂଘର୍ଷ କରିବା ଉପରେ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟବସିତ ।

Glossary:
real : genuine (ବାସ୍ତବ)
beat : defeat (ହରେଇବା )
peak performance : best ever performance ( ସର୍ବୋତ୍କୃଷ୍ଟ କୃତିତ୍ଵ)
at the instant: at once (ସଙ୍ଗେ ସଙ୍ଗେ)
congratulating : ଅଭିନନ୍ଦନ
26 feet 5 1/4 inches: 8.6 metres (୮.୬ ମିଟର)
despite : in spite of (ସତ୍ତ୍ୱେ)
glared : looked with anger (କ୍ରୋଧରେ ଚାହିଁଲେ)
fake : false (କୃତ୍ରିମ)
24-carat friendship : genuine friendship (ପ୍ରକୃତ ବନ୍ଧୁତା)
epitome : (here) a typical representation of the ideal (ପ୍ରକୃଷ୍ଟ ଉଦାହରଣ )
taking part : participating (ଭାଗ ନେବା)
conquering : winning (ଜିତିବା)

Think about it:
Question 1.
When did Owens and Long realize that they had become friends?
Answer:
Owens and Long realized that they had become friends after the former went to the latter’s room and talked for two hours concerning track and field, themselves, the global scenario, and a dozen other topics.

Question 2.
Who was Coubertin? What was his ideal?
Answer:
Coubertin was the founder of the modem Olympic Games. His idea was that in life not winning but fighting in the right spirit was very important.

Question 3.
Why has Luz Long been called a fine example of Coubertin’s ideal?
Answer:
Luz Long has been called a fine example of Coubertin’s ideal because the former took a leaf out of the latter’s book, ‘The important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part. The essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.”

Question 4.
What do you think was the greatest Olympic Prize for Jesse Owens – the gold medal he won in the long jump, or the friendship he formed with Luz Long?
Answer:
I think the greatest Olympic Prize for Jesse Owens was the friendship he formed with Luz Long.

Post-Reading Activities:
Doing with words :
(a) ‘Childish’ is an adjective. We can make it an adverb by adding ‘ly’ – ‘childishly’. Now add ‘ly’ to make the following adjectives adverbs: easy, real, bitter, disgusted, clear, physical, friend, final, certain, sudden
Answer:
easy – easily
real – really
bitter – bitterly
disgusted – disgustedly
clear – clearly
physical – physically
friend – friendly
final – finally
certain – certainly
sudden – suddenly

(b) Replace the italicized words in each of the following sentences with idiomatic expressions given in brackets :
(an all-time high, hands down, under wraps, hot under the collar, look the part)
(i) The plan was carefully kept secret.
(ii) Tendulkar’s double century is the highest-ever individual score in a one-day cricket match.
(iii) You’d never guess he was a security guard; he doesn’t appear to be suited to the job.
(iv) Delhi daredevils won the IPL cup very easily.
(v) The policeman was very angry because the criminal escaped.
Answer:
(i) The plan was carefully kept under wraps.
(ii) Tendulkar’s double century is an all-time high individual score in a one-day cricket match
(iii) You’d never guess he was a security guard; he doesn’t look the part.
(iv) Delhi daredevils won the IPL cup hands down.
(v) The policeman was hot under the collar because the criminal escaped.

(c) Make sentences of your own using the following expressions :
(i) Make a fool of oneself
(ii) have one’s eye on
(iii) (to be) in for a surprise
(iv) ebb out
(v) no exception
Answer:
(i) Make a fool of oneself – He made a fool of himself by turning up drunk to a TV chat show.
(ii) have one’s eye on – I have got my eye on a new DVD player.
(iii) (to be) in for a surprise – The players could be in for a surprise if they expect an easy victory.
(iv) ebb out – Enthusiasm for reform ebbed out.
(v) no exception – Climbers are brave people, and Sharat is no exception.

CHSE Odisha Class 12 English My Greatest Olympic Prize Important Questions and Answers

I. Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs) with Answers:

Question 1.
Who is the writer of “My Greatest Olympic Prize”?
(A) Jessie Owens
(B) Luz Long
(C) Adolf Hitler
(D) Churchill
Answer:
(A) Jessie Owens

Question 2.
Jessie Owens belongs to which country?
(A) America
(B) England
(C) Germany
(D) Italy
Answer:
(A) America

Question 3.
Why had Jessie Owens come to Germany?
(A) to play football
(B) to play cricket
(C) to participate in the Commonwealth Games
(D) to participate in the Olympic event
Answer:
(D) to participate in the Olympic event

Question 4.
In which year this Olympic event was organized?
(A) 1935
(B) 1937
(C) 1936
(D) 1938
Answer:
(C) 1936

Question 5.
In which season this Olympic event was organized?
(A) Winter
(B) Summer
(C) Spring
(D) Rainy
Answer:
(B) Summer

Question 6.
What did Adolf Hitler childishly insist?
(A) His performers were members of a ‘master race’
(B) His performers were members of Nordic races
(C) His performers were members of Aryan races
(D) All the above
Answer:
(D) All the above

Question 7.
Why was not Jessie Owens worried about Hitler’s attitude?
(A) because he had known him
(B) because he had not full confidence in himself
(C) He had trained himself for six years
(D) None of the above
Answer:
(C) He had trained himself for six years

Question 8.
What was he thinking when he was coming over the boat?
(A) to fight well
(B) was confused about what to do
(C) to take the gold medal
(D) to play whatever may be
Answer:
(C) to take the gold medal

Question 9.
On which event had he decided to participate?
(A) high jump
(B) running
(C) long jump
(D) swimming
Answer:
(C) long jump

Question 10.
What was the record he had created a year before as a university student?
(A) by jumping 26 feet 8 1/4 inches
(B) by jumping 26 feet 7 1/4 inches
(C) by jumping 26 feet 8 1/2 inches
(D) by jumping 26 feet 8 1/3 inches
Answer:
(A) by jumping 26 feet 8 1/4 inches

Question 11.
Why was he surprised when the time came for the long jump trials?
(A) he saw Hitler there inspiring his performers
(B) he saw a tall boy hitting the pit at almost 26 feet on his practice leaps
(C) he saw a tall boy hitting the pit at almost 25 feet
(D) he saw how Hitler was encouraging them to win the gold medal
Answer:
(B) he saw a tall boy hitting the pit at almost 26 feet on his practice leaps

Question 12.
What was the name of Jessie Owen’s rival?
(A) Hitler
(B) Churchill
(C) Luz Long
(D) None of the above
Answer:
(C) Luz Long

Question 13.
Why had Hitler kept him under secret?
(A) Hoping Luz Long would not be known to others.
(B) Hoping Luz Long should not talk to others.
(C) Hoping Luz Long would win the jump.
(D) All the above
Answer:
(C) Hoping Luz Long would win the jump.

Question 14.
Why did Jessie Owens think if Long won, it would add some new support to the Nazis’ Aryan Superiority Theory?
(A) because Hitler was a great leader
(B) because Hitler had organized the Olympic event in Berlin
(C) because Hitler had told his performers were members of a ‘master race’
(D) All the above
Answer:
(C) because Hitler had told his performers were members of a ‘master race’

Question 15.
What did Jessie Owens determine?
(A) to respect Hitler’s thoughts
(B) became nervous to know Hitler’s attitude
(C) promised to show the leader and his master race who was superior and who wasn’t
(D) None of the above
Answer:
(C) promised to show the leader and his master race who was superior and who wasn’t

Question 16.
What does an angry athlete do?
(A) An angry athlete easily wins the match
(B) An angry athlete becomes a looser
(C) An angry athlete makes mistakes
(D) All the above
Answer:
(C) An angry athlete makes mistakes

Question 17.
Why was Jessie Owens disqualified in his first two trials?
(A) He was nervous.
(B) He was afraid of Hitler.
(C) He jumped from several inches beyond the take-off board for a no-jump.
(D) He could not understand the rule.
Answer:
(C) He jumped from several inches beyond the take-off board for a no-jump.

Question 18.
Jessie Owens could not clear two of the three long jump trials because he
(A) was nervous
(B) was over-confident
(C) was angry over the ‘master race’ theory of Hitler
(D) feared that Luz Long might defeat him
Answer:
(C) was angry over the ‘master race’ theory of Hitler

Question 19.
The important thing in Olympics is
(A) taking part
(B) playing tricks
(C) giving trials
(D) All the above
Answer:
(A) taking part

Question 20.
The essential thing in life is
(A) conquering
(B) earning money
(C) fighting well
(D) winning prize
Answer:
(C) fighting well

Question 21.
Who is referred as Der Fuhrer?
(A) Luz Long
(B) Jessie Owens
(C) Hitler
(D) None of the above
Answer:
(C) Hitler

Question 22.
Jessie Owens was
(A) an American Negro
(B) an Australian
(C) a German
(D) a swimmer
Answer:
(A) an American Negro

Question 23.
The motto of the Olympics is
(A) Slow and steady wins the race
(B) Participation is more important than winning
(C) Faster, Higher, Stronger
(D) Winning is more important than participation
Answer:
(B) Participation is more important than winning

Question 24.
Luz Long, the German athlete had
(A) a dull face
(B) a strikingly handsome, chiseled face
(C) a tanned face
(D) a dusky complexion
Answer:
(B) a strikingly handsome, chiseled face

Question 25.
Luz Long suggested Owens to
(A) draw a line a few inches in the back of the board and then take off
(B) run fast
(C) not to participate in the finals
(D) foul in the last attempt
Answer:
(A) draw a line a few inches in the back of the board and then take off

Question 26.
Jessie Owens considers his friendship with Luz Long as a
(A) 18-carat friendship
(B) 22-carat friendship
(C) 24-carat friendship
(D) 25-carat friendship
Answer:
(C) 24-carat friendship

Question 27.
The founder the Modem Olympic Games is
(A) Bill Gates
(B) MalalaYousafzae
(C) Pierre de Coubertin
(D) Mahatma Gandhi
Answer:
(C) Pierre de Coubertin

Question 28.
Luz Long was schooled in
(A) an International English medium school
(B) Nazi Youth Movement
(C) an urban school in Germany
(D) none of the above
Answer:
(B) Nazi Youth Movement

Question 29.
The two friends talked for two hours on
(A) the political situation of Germany
(B) about Hitler’s behavior
(C) about track and field, the world situation, and a dozen other things
(D) all the above
Answer:
(C) about track and field, the world situation, and a dozen other things

Question 30.
What helped Owens qualifying for the finals?
(A) Long’s true and comforting words
(B) His anger for Hitler
(C) His determination
(D) Long qualifying for the finals easily
Answer:
(A) Long’s true and comforting words

Question 31.
Where did Owens walk over to that night?
(A) To the Olympic ground
(B) To the Olympic village
(C) Luz Long’s room
(D) To his coach’s quarters
Answer:
(C) Luz Long’s room

Question 32.
How long did Owens and Long talk?
(A) For an hour
(B) For two hours
(C) For few hours
(D) Till morning
Answer:
(B) For two hours

Question 33.
Owens and Luz Long didn’t talk about _____________.
(A) track and fields
(B) themselves
(C) the world situation
(D) other athletes
Answer:
(D) other athletes

Question 34.
What did Owens know Luz wanted him to do?
(A) Give his best
(B) Let him win
(C) Try to beat him
(D) Participate in the games
Answer:
(A) Give his best

Question 35.
Luz long wanted Owens to give his best, even if that meant _____________.
(A) Owen’s win
(B) Proving the Aryan supremacy theory wrong
(C) Owen’s defeat
(D) Hitler getting angry
Answer:
(A) Owen’s win

Question 36.
Who broke his own past record?
(A) Luz Long
(B) Jesse Owens
(C) Both Long and Owens
(D) None of them
Answer:
(A) Luz Long

Question 37.
Luz Long breaking his own past record pushed Owens on to _____________.
(A) difficult situation
(B) peak performance
(C) annoying situation
(D) breaking his own record
Answer:
(B) peak performance

Question 38.
What was the Olympic record set by Owens?
(A) 26 feet 8 1/4 inches
(B) 28 feet 61/4 inches
(C) 26 feet 5 1/4 inches
(D) 28 feet 8 1/4 inches
Answer:
(C) 26 feet 5 1/4 inches

Question 39.
How far were the stands where Hitler was glaring at the two athletes?
(A) Less than a hundred yards
(B) A hundred meters
(C) Less than a hundred meters
(D) A hundred inches
Answer:
(A) Less than a hundred yards

Question 40.
Who was/were by the narrator’s side congratulating him for the win?
(A) Jesse Owens
(B) Adolf Hitler
(C) Luz Long
(D) Other American athletes
Answer:
(C) Luz Long

Question 41.
What was the greatest Olympic prize for Jesse Owens?
(A) Setting the Olympic record
(B) Proving Hitler wrong
(C) Beating Hitler’s best athlete
(D) The friendship of Luz Long
Answer:
(D) The friendship of Luz Long

Question 42.
Who is the father of the modem Olympic games?
(A) Jesse Owens
(B) Pierre de Coubertin
(C) Luz Long
(D) Adolf Hitler
Answer:
(B) Pierre de Coubertin

Question 43.
What according to Coubertin is the most important thing in the Olympic Games?
(A) Winning
(B) Participating
(C) Making friends
(D) Setting world records
Answer:
(B) Participating

Question 44.
Coubertin said that the most important thing in life is not conquering but _____________.
(A) participating
(B) playing with a friendly spirit
(C) helping each other in need
(D) fighting well
Answer:
(D) fighting well

Question 45.
Who was/were the epitome of Coubertin’s ideal?
(A) Jesse Owens
(B) Luz Long
(C) The Olympic participants
(D) German athletes
Answer:
(B) Luz Long

Question 46.
Which of the following is not an adverb?
(A) Easily
(B) Bitterly
(C) Physically
(D) Silly
Answer:
(D) Silly

Question 47.
He had kept his plans _____________.
(A) hands down
(B) hot under collars
(C) under secret
(D) under wraps
Answer:
(D) under wraps

Question 48.
Tendulkar’s double century is the _____________ individual score in a one-day cricket match.
(A) all-time highest
(B) all-time high
(C) all-time best
(D) all-time record
Answer:
(B) all-time high

Question 49.
You’d not believe he was a security guard, he doesn’t _____________.
(A) appear like that
(B) seem like that
(C) look that part
(D) look the part
Answer:
(D) look the part

Question 50.
He was expected to win the match very easily. (Replace the itallic portion with a suitable idiomatic expression).
(A) under hands
(B) hands down
(C) hands up
(D) under wraps
Answer:
(B) hands down

Question 51.
He has always been very angry with the ways of his neighbor. [Replace the bold word with a suitable idiomatic expression]
(A) on guards
(B) hot-headed
(C) red under the hands
(D) hot under the collar
Answer:
(D) hot under the collar

Question 52.
Which of the following means “to behave in a very silly way”?
(A) Have one’s eyes on
(B) To be in for a surprise
(C) Hot under the collar
(D) Make a fool of oneself
Answer:
(D) Make a fool of oneself

Question 53.
Owens’ had his _____________the long jump.
(A) hands down
(B) eyes on
(C) wraps under
(D) eyes at
Answer:
(B) eyes on

Question 54.
He doesn’t know that he is _____________when he reaches home.
(A) making fool of himself
(B) no exception
(C) little hot under the collar
(D) in for a surprise
Answer:
(D) in for a surprise

Question 55.
All his tension seemed to _____________.
(A) get out
(B) take out
(C) go out
(D) ebb out
Answer:
(A) get out

II. Short Type Questions with Answers:

Question 1.
Why were nationalistic feelings running high during the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin?
Answer:
Nationalistic feelings were running high during the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin because of Hitler’s Nazi theory that Germans were superior to all other races.

Question 2.
How did Luz Long push the narrator on to setting the Olympic record?
Answer:
Luz Long went out to the field the next day trying to beat Owens if he could. But Owens knew that Luz Long wanted him to do his best even if that meant his winning. As it turned out, Luz broke his own past record. In doing so he pushed the narrator on to setting the Olympic record, the peak of performance.

Question 3.
Why did everyone expect Owens to win the long jump easily?
Answer:
Everyone expected Owens to win the long jump easily, because, a year before the advent of the Berlin Olympic Games, he, as a university student, had established the world record of 26 feet 8\ inches (8.13 meters).

Question 4.
What was the surprise that awaited Jesse Owens in Berlin?
Answer:
The surprise that awaited Jesse Owens was a tall German boy, Luz Long’s amazing performance of hitting the pit at almost 26 feet on his practice jumps.

Question 5.
What made Owens determined to beat Luz Long?
Answer:
The fact that made Owens determined to beat Luz Long was that he was a Negro and against this backdrop, he would disprove Hitler’s Aryan superiority theory.

Question 6.
What does a coach say about an angry athlete?
Answer:
A coach says that an angry athlete will commit mistakes. In other words, he says that anger is an athlete’s worst enemy.

Question 7.
What were the results of the first two qualifying jumps for Owens?
Answer:
The results of the first two qualifying jumps for Owens were miserable. He jumped from several inches outside the take-off board for a no-jump.

Question 8.
How did Luz Long help Jesse Owens in qualifying for the final jumps?
Answer:
Luz Long helped Jesse Owens in qualifying for the final jumps by advising him to draw a line a few inches at the back of the take-off board and focussing on his start from there.

Question 10.
When did Owens and Long realize that they had become friends?
Answer:
Owens and Long realized that they had become friends after the former went to the latter’s room and talked for two hours concerning track and field, themselves, the global scenario, and a dozen other topics.

Question 11.
What did they discuss in Luz Long’s room in the Olympic village?
Answer:
They discussed in Luz Long’s room in the Olympic village for two hours about track and field, themselves, the world situation, and a dozen of other things.

Question 12.
When did Owens and Long realize that they had become friends?
Answer:
After discussing a lot of things like the track, and field, the world situation, etc. in Luz Long’s room in the Olympic village, Owens finally got up to leave, and they both knew that a real friendship had been formed.

Question 13.
Who was Coubertin? What was his ideal?
Answer:
Coubertin was the founder of the Modem Olympic Games. His ideal was ‘The important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part.

Question 14.
Why has Luz Long been called a fine example of Coubertin’s ideal?
Answer:
Luz Long has been called a fine example of Coubertin’s ideal because he proved this by supporting Owens who is his immediate rival in the games when he was disturbed. He was a real hero.

Question 15.
Throw light on Hitler’s theory of the ‘master race’.
Answer:
Hilter’s theory of ‘master race’ states that the Germans belonged to the Aryan race that cut other peoples to size. There was a tinge of arrogance about his tone.

Question 16.
“I wasn’t too worried about all this.” What did ‘this’ signify here?
Answer:
‘This’ signified the fact that Owens was not bothered about Hitler’s slogan of Aryan superiority which gave rise to unprecedented nationalistic feelings.

Introducing the Author:
James Cleveland “Jesse” Owens (1913-1980), an American track and field athlete, is an icon in the world of sports. In 1936, Owens arrived in Berlin to compete for the United States in the Summer Olympics. Adolf Hitler was using the games to show the world a resurgent Nazi Germany. He and other government officials had high hopes that German athletes would dominate the games with victories (the German athletes achieved a “top of the table” medal haul). Meanwhile, Nazi propaganda promoted concepts of “Aryan racial Superiority” and depicted ethnic Africans as inferior.

Owens’ surprised many by winning four- gold medals: On August 3, 1936, he won the 100 m sprint, defeating Ralph Metcalfe; on August 4, the long jump (later crediting friendly and helpful advice from Luz Long, the German competitor he ultimately defeated), on August 5, the 200 m sprint; and after he was added to the 4 x 100 m relay team, following a request by the Germans to replace a Jewish-American sprinter, he won his fourth on August 9, a performance not equaled until Carl Lewis, won gold medals in the same events at the 1984 Summer Olympics. These four gold, medals made Jesse Owens globally famous. In 1955, President Dwight D. Eisenhower honored Owens by naming him ‘an Ambassador of sports’.

About the Topic:
In this essay, Jesse Owens gives vent to his experiences of the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin. Nationalistic feelings were running high in Germany. However, Owens was not worried at all. He was endowed with an unflinching faith in his abilities. Owens set a world record in the long jump defeating the famous German Athlete Luz Long. This essay also deals with Owens’ lasting friendship with him and the spirit of the Olympic Games.

Summary:
The writer takes us back to the summer of 1936 when the Olympic Games took place in Berlin. Adolf Hitler’s slogan of ‘Aryan racial superiority’ sparked intense patriotic feelings. However, Owens was unmoved. He had shed blood, sweat, and tears for the last six years for this moment. He was keen on winning the gold medal, especially in the long jump. Everyone expected him to come out successful in that final event quite easily. A great surprise was in store for Owens.

He noticed a tall German boy named Luz Long perform an amazing performance on his practice leaps. He learned from people that Hitler had kept him secret. The Nazi leader hoped Luz Long to win the jump. Owens was a Negro. Hitler’s theory that Germans were superior to Negroes filled him with anger. Owens was determined to cut Hitler’s vanity to size. Anger had an adverse effect on Owens. The first two of his three qualifying jumps were a dismal failure. His setback in the trial disgusted him. Bitterness gripped him.

To – his stunned disbelief, Luz Long came to Owens and talked to him in a cordial manner. He understood that the American athlete was angry. He frankly said that he did not believe in Aryan supremacy. Luz Long had a lean, muscular frame, clear blue eyes, fair hair, and an impressively handsome face. He saw that Owens’ anger had abated. Lung advised him to draw a line a few inches at the back of the board and focus on his start from there. His advice worked wonders. Owens qualified for the final jump.

That night Owens met Luz Long in his room in the Olympic village to thank him for his timely advice. Their two-hour talk embraced so many things. They were bound by a genuine friendship. The moment everyone had waited for came at last. Luz surpassed his own record. His spectacular feat compelled Owens to give his best performance. And he set the world record of 26 feet 5 inches in his final jump. Despite Hitler’s angry look at them, Luz congratulated Owens and warmly shook his hand with a sweet smile.

‘Owens’ feeling for Luz was indefinable at that moment. In short, the greatest Olympic v prize for Jesse Owens was not the gold medal he won in the long jump, but the friendship > he established with Luz Long. Owens states that Luz Long was a perfect example of an athlete as epitomized by the philosophy of Pierre de Coubertin, founder of the modern Olympic Games. To Coubertin, participation in the Olympics Games is more important than victory. Besides, the essence of life lies not in conquering but in fighting in the right spirit.

ସାରାଂଶ:
ଲେଖକ ଆମ୍ଭମାନଙ୍କୁ ୧୯୩୬ ମସିହା ଗ୍ରୀଷ୍ମଋତୁରେ ବର୍ଲିନ୍‌ଠାରେ ଅନୁଷ୍ଠିତ ହୋଇଥ‌ିବା ଅଲିମ୍ପିକ୍ କ୍ରୀଡ଼ାର ପୃଷ୍ଠଭୂମିକୁ ନେଇ ଯାଇଛନ୍ତି । ଆଡ଼ଲଫ୍ ହିଟ୍‌ଲର୍‌ଙ୍କ ଆର୍ଯ୍ୟ-ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠତ୍ଵ ପ୍ରଚାରବାଣୀ ପ୍ରବଳ ଦେଶପ୍ରେମ ଭାବନା ସୃଷ୍ଟି କରିଥିଲା । ମାତ୍ର ଏହା ଓୟେସଙ୍କୁ ପ୍ରଭାବିତ କରିନଥିଲା । ଏହି ମୁହୂର୍ତ୍ତ ପାଇଁ ସେ ସ୍ବେଦ, ଅଶ୍ରୁ, ରକ୍ତକଣିକା ଦେଇ ବିଗତ ୬ ବର୍ଷ ଧରି ନିଜକୁ ପ୍ରସ୍ତୁତ କରିଥିଲେ । ବିଶେଷତଃ ଲମ୍ବଡ଼ିଆଁରେ ସ୍ବର୍ଣ୍ଣପଦକ ଜିଣିବାପାଇଁ ସେ ନିଶ୍ଚିତ ଥିଲେ । ସେ ଅନ୍ତିମ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟାୟରେ ସହଜରେ ସଫଳ ହେବେ ବୋଲି ସମସ୍ତେ ଆଶା କରିଥିଲେ । ଗୋଟିଏ ବିରାଟ ବିସ୍ମୟ ଓୟେସ୍‌ଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ଅପେକ୍ଷା କରି ରହିଥିଲା । ଜଣେ ଡେଙ୍ଗା ଜର୍ମାନ୍ ବାଳକର ଅଭ୍ୟାସ ଡିଆଁରେ ବିସ୍ମୟକର କୃତିତ୍ଵ ସେ ଦେଖିବାକୁ ପାଇଲେ । ହିଟ୍‌ଲର୍ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଗୋପନୀୟଭାବେ ରଖିଥ‌ିବାର ସେ ଲୋକମାନଙ୍କଠାରୁ ଜାଣିବାକୁ ପାଇଲେ ।

ନାଜି ନେତାଜଣକ ଲୁଜ୍ ଲଙ୍ଗ ଲମ୍ବଡିଆରେ ପଦକ ଜିତିବେ ବୋଲି ଆଶା କରୁଥିଲେ । ଓୟେସ୍ ଜଣେ ନିଗ୍ରୋ ଥିଲେ । ‘ଜର୍ମାନ୍‌ମାନେ ନିଗ୍ରୋମାନଙ୍କଠାରୁ ଉତ୍କୃଷ୍ଟ’ – ହିଟଲର୍‌ଙ୍କର ଏହି ସିଦ୍ଧାନ୍ତ ତାଙ୍କ ମନରେ କ୍ରୋଧ ସୃଷ୍ଟି କରିଥିଲା । ସେ ହିଲର୍‌ଙ୍କର ବୃଥା ଗର୍ବକୁ ଖର୍ଚ କରିବାକୁ ନିଶ୍ଚୟ କଲେ । କ୍ରୋଧ ଓୟେସଙ୍କ ଉପରେ ପ୍ରତିକୂଳ ପ୍ରଭାବ ପକାଇଲା । ତାଙ୍କର ଯୋଗ୍ୟତା ପର୍ଯ୍ୟାୟ ପ୍ରଥମ ତିନୋଟି ଡିଆଁ ମଧ୍ୟରୁ ପ୍ରଥମ ଦୁଇଟି ଦୟନୀୟ ଭାବେ ବିଫଳ ହେଲା । ଯୋଗ୍ୟତା ପର୍ଯ୍ୟାୟର ବିଫଳତା ତାଙ୍କୁ ଅସନ୍ତୁଷ୍ଟ କଲା । ତିକ୍ତତା ତାଙ୍କୁ ଜାବୁଡ଼ି ଧରିଲା । ତାଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ଅବିଶ୍ଵାସ୍ୟ ମନେ ହେଉଥିଲେ ହେଁ ଲୁଜ ଲଙ୍ଗ ଓୟେସଙ୍କ ନିକଟକୁ ଆସି ଆନ୍ତରିକ ଭାବେ କଥାବାର୍ତ୍ତା କଲେ । ଆମେରିକାନ୍‌ କ୍ରୀଡ଼ାବିତ୍ ଜଣକ ରାଗି ଯାଇଛନ୍ତି ବୋଲି ସେ ବୁଝିପାରିଥିଲେ । ସେ ‘ଆର୍ଯ୍ୟ- ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠତ୍ୱ’ ସିଦ୍ଧାନ୍ତକୁ ବିଶ୍ଵାସ କରନ୍ତି ନାହିଁ ବୋଲି ସ୍ପଷ୍ଟଭାବେ ପ୍ରକାଶ କଲେ ।

ଲୁଜ୍ ଲଙ୍ଗଙ୍କର ପତଳା, ମାଂସପେଶୀ ବହୁଳ ଚେହେରା, ଉଜ୍ଜ୍ଵଳ ନୀଳ ଆଖୁ, ସୁନ୍ଦର କେଶ ଓ ଅନ୍ୟମାନଙ୍କୁ ପ୍ରଭାବିତ କରୁଥ‌ିବା ଭଳି କମନୀୟ ମୁଖମଣ୍ଡଳ ଥିଲା । ଓୟେସଙ୍କ କ୍ରୋଧ ପ୍ରଶମିତ ହେଉଥବାର ସେ ଦେଖ‌ିଲେ । ବୋର୍ଡର କିଛି ଇଞ୍ଚ୍ ପଛରେ ଏକ ଗାର ଟାଣି ସେଠାରେ ଧ୍ୟାନ କେନ୍ଦ୍ରୀଭୂତ କରି ଡେଇଁବାକୁ ଲୁଜ୍ ଲଙ୍ଗ୍ ତାଙ୍କୁ ଉପଦେଶ ଦେଲେ । ତାଙ୍କର ଉପଦେଶ ବିସ୍ମୟକରଭାବେ କାମ କଲା । ଶେଷ ଡିଆଁ ପାଇଁ ଓୟେ ଯୋଗ୍ୟ ବିବେଚିତ ହେଲେ । ସେହି ରାତିରେ ଓୟେନ୍ସ ଲୁଜ୍ ଲଙ୍ଗ୍ଙ୍କୁ ତାଙ୍କ ଅଲିମ୍ପିକ୍ ଗ୍ରାମସ୍ଥିତ ପ୍ରକୋଷ୍ଠରେ ସାକ୍ଷାତ୍ କରି ସମେୟାପଯୋଗୀ ଉପଦେଶ ନିମନ୍ତେ ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ ଜ୍ଞାପନ କଲେ । ସେମାନଙ୍କ ଦୁଇଘଣ୍ଟାର କଥୋପକଥନ ଅନେକ ବିଷୟ ଉପରେ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟବସିତ ଥିଲା । ସେମାନେ ମିତ୍ରତା ବନ୍ଧନରେ ଆବଦ୍ଧ ହୋଇଗଲେ । ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କ ଅପେକ୍ଷିତ ମୁହୂର୍ତ୍ତ ଶେଷରେ ଉପସ୍ଥିତ ହେଲା। ଲୁଜ୍ ତାଙ୍କ ପୂର୍ବ ରେକର୍ଡ ଭଙ୍ଗ କଲେ ।

ତାଙ୍କର ଦର୍ଶନୀୟ ଲମ୍ଫ ଓୟେସଙ୍କୁ ତାଙ୍କ ସର୍ବଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ କୃତିତ୍ୱ ପାଇଁ ବାଧ୍ୟ କଲା । ସେ ଶେଷ ଡିଆଁରେ ୨୬ ଫୁଟ୍ ୫% ଇଞ୍ଚ ଡେଇଁ ବିଶ୍ଵ ରେକର୍ଡ ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠା କଲେ । ହିଟ୍‌ଲର୍‌ଙ୍କ କ୍ରୋଧପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଚାହାଣି ସତ୍ତ୍ବେ ଲୁଜ୍ ଲଙ୍ଗ ମିଠା ହସ ହସି ତାଙ୍କ କରମର୍ଦ୍ଦନ କଲେ । ସେହି ସମୟରେ ଲୁଜ୍‌ଙ୍କ ପ୍ରତି ତାଙ୍କ ମନର ଭାବନା ଅବର୍ଣ୍ଣନୀୟ ଥିଲା । ସଂକ୍ଷେପରେ କହିବାକୁ ଗଲେ, ଲମ୍ବଡିଆଁରେ ଜିତିଥିବା ସ୍ଵର୍ଣ୍ଣପଦକ ନୁହେଁ, ବରଂ ଲୁଜ୍ ଲଙ୍ଗଙ୍କ ସହ ସ୍ଥାପିତ ବନ୍ଧୁତ୍ବ ତାଙ୍କ ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ଅଲିମ୍ପିକ୍ ପୁରସ୍କାର ଥିଲା । ଓୟେନ୍ସ କହିଛନ୍ତି ଯେ ଆଧୁନିକ ଅଲିମ୍ପିକ କ୍ରୀଡ଼ାର ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାତା ପେରୀ ଡି କୁବରଟିନ୍ ଚିନ୍ତାଧାରା ଅନୁସାରେ ଲୁଜ୍ ଲଙ୍ଗ ଜଣେ କ୍ରୀଡ଼ାବିତ୍‌ ପ୍ରକୃଷ୍ଟ ଉଦାହରଣ ଥିଲେ । କୁବରଟିନ୍‌ଙ୍କ ମତରେ, ଅଲିମ୍ପିକ୍ କ୍ରୀଡ଼ାରେ ବିଜୟୀ ହେବା ଅପେକ୍ଷା ଅଂଶଗ୍ରହ କରିବା ଅଧୂକ ଗୁରୁତ୍ଵପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ । ଏତଦ୍‌ବ୍ୟତୀତ ଜୀବନର ମହତ୍ତ୍ଵ କେବଳ ବିଜୟପ୍ରାପ୍ତି ଉପରେ ନୁହେଁ, ବରଂ ଉତ୍ତମ ମନୋଭାବ ନେଇ ସଂଘର୍ଷ କରିବା ଉପରେ ପର୍ଯ୍ୟବସିତ ।