5 Most important questions of Going Places CBSE class 12 English
These are the 5 MOST IMPORTANT QUESTIONS OF “Going Places” from Flamingo CBSE/NCERT class 12 English. Here is also a video for a summary and introduction of Going places.
Question 1. What were the options Sophie was dreaming of? Why does Jansie discourage her from having such dreams?
Answer. Sophie dreams of stepping out of the confines of her lower middle-class status. She wishes to buy a boutique, if ever she is able to make big money. She thinks she could be a manager in some establishment and thus save money. She even dreams of becoming an actress or a fashion designer. Jansie discourages Sophie from having such dreams because they are wild and can never be realized. Earmarked for a biscuit factory it was senseless for Sophie to pursue such dreams as they could only lead her astray or fall into depression.
Question 2. Does Geoff believe what Sophie says about her meeting with Danny Casey?
Answer. Geoff does not completely believe in Sophie’s story about her meeting with Danny Casey, the Irish football prodigy. Although he shares a strong bonding with his sister, who shares all her secrets with him, he cannot draw himself into believing her story. He dismisses it as the unlikeliest thing. He even tries to make Sophie the reality by telling her that Danny would never keep his promise of meeting her again to give her the autograph.
Question 3. What did Sophie find most fascinating in her brother Geoff?
Answer. Sophie was captivated by her brother’s lost and inquisitive eyes. He hardly ever spoke, but in his silence, his eyes seemed to be roving in some distant recesses of his mind, of which Sophie knew nothing. Sophie was most fascinated by his evasiveness and wanted to transverse with him in this enigmatic world.
Question 4. Coming back home from the canal Sophie once again starts picturing Casey outside Royce’s. What does the incident show about her nature?
Answer. Sophie picturing Casey outside Royce’s for the second time shows the poignancy of her imagination. Her fantasizing is so life-like that she visualizes all the nuances of her hero’s voice and expressions vividly. She transports herself instantaneously, at will to the world of make-believe without bothering about what others have to say about it.
Question 5. What socio-economic background did Sophie belong to? What are the indicators of her family’s financial status?
Answer. Sophie belonged to the lower middle strata of society. Her father worked hard for his living and his labour reflected on his face which was grimy and stank of sweat. Her mother was bent, her back gone crooked with the burden of the household work. Her brother Geoff worked as an apprentice mechanic. The family lives in a small house that displayed their humble living with dirty linen piled in one corner and the room smelling of the stove. Her friend Jansie time and again referred to the fact that they were earmarked for the biscuit factory where they would earn very meager wages. When Sophie shared her dream of having a boutique with her family, her down-to-earth father reminded her that much more than a boutique their poverty-stricken family needed to have a decent house. All these indicators go on to prove that the family had a poor financial status.
Video credit :- Harshita Solanki
Video on summary and introduction of class 12 CBSE English Chapter ‘ Going Places’
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