q_ QUES. Extract Base marks eat] (4 wer the O. 1. Read thé extract given below and me 4) questions that follow. eleven years It had happened when I was et old. I had decided to learn to swim. ed pool at the ¥.M.C.A. in Yakima oe one exactly the opportunity. The Ya inst treacherous. Mother continually warned en it, and kept fresh in my mind the details © paar A Y.M.C.A. pool was drowning in the river. But the fect deep at the safe. It was only two or three shallow end; and while it was nine feet deep at the other, the drop was gradual. I got.a pair of water wings and went to the pool. I hated to walk naked into it and show my skinny legs. But I subdued my pride and did it. (a) Name the story and its writer. (b) When did the writer decide to learn to swim? (c) Where did the writer decide to learn swimming? (d) Why did his mother warned him against swimming in the Yakima River? Ans. (a) The name of the story is Deep Water written by William Douglas. (b) The writer decided to learn to swim when he was about ten or eleven years old. (c)The writer decided to learn swimming in the pool at Y.M.C.A. in Yakima. (d) His mother warned him against swimming in the Yakima River because many people had drowned there. Scanned with CamScannerSHORT ANSWEE DZE Questions i frighteni (marks eq 4, Which two fig ening experience." in water in his childhood ? Ces dig a . [ce Which two incidents in Douglas on fe cared of water? c seca B incident occurred wien 4 Was s old at a beach in Californ; ked Douglas down and he, : * pouglas have or made him s Ans. The first about four year: strong wave knoc. puried in water. The next incident occurred at the YMCA Pi 0] when he was ten or eleven. A big bully of ab tossed him into the deep end of the pool. He ue down to the bottom and almost drowned in the pool. Q. 2. Ho begin? Ans. William D when he was t father took him to w did William Douglas’ aversion to water ; [CBSE 2013] jouglas' aversion to water started hree or four years old and his the beach in California. They stood together in the surf. He hung onto his father, yet the waves knocked him down and swept over him. He was buried in water. His breath was gone and he was frightened. His father laughed, but there was terror in his heart at the overpowering force of the waves. Q. 3. How did Douglas’ introduction to YMCA pool revive his childhood fear of water? [CBSE 2017] Ans. Unpleasant memories were revived when he went to the YMCA pool for the first time. Childish fears were stirred. In a little while he gathered confidence. He watched other boys Scanned with CamScannerEnglish Core xn paddling on water with their water wings. He tried to learn by imitating them. He did this two or three times on different days. 2m - tae! mathar racammand that Scanned with CamScannerand swimming, besides ruining his social life. ne Sc hachn deep meaning did his experience at @ YMCA swimming pool have for Douglas? . [CBSE (Al) 2016 Ans. After his near death experience at the YMCA pool, Douglas started fearing water. He could not enjoy any water sports or go fishing. He decided to overcome his fear and learnt swimming again. He became confident and understood that ‘all that we have to fear is fear itself. Q. 7. ‘All we have to Fear is fear itself’. When did Douglas learn this lesson? [CBSE (Al) 2016] Ans. These words mean that we fear, fear the most. Those who have undergone this experience of fear can only appreciate its worth. Douglas faced it twice in life. He had a terrible fear of water. He could not go for swimming, canoeing, boating, rafting, etc. He realized that it would ruin his life since it was following and haunting him wherever he went. Fear is our hard core enemy. Scanned with CamScannerQ. 9. What did Douglas experience when he went down to the bottom of the pool for the first time? [CBSE 2011 Ans. When Douglas went down the water for the first time, he was afraid but confident with his mind working over a plan that as his feet will touch the floor, he will jump up and pop up likea cork on top and paddle to the edge of the pool. Q. 10. Why was Douglas determined to get over his fear of water ? [NCERT, CBSE 2012] Ans. Douglas regretted being deprived of enjoying water activities like canoeing, boating, swimming, fishing, etc. The wish to enjoy them and the craving to regain his lost confidence, while being in water, made him try every possible means to get tid of his fear. He was finally able to overcome this mental handicap by getting himself a swimming instructor and further ensuring that no residual fear was left. Q. 11. How did the instructor turn Douglas into a swimmer? [CBSE 2013, 14] Ans. The instructor adopted a systematic method to turn Douglas into a swimmer.The instructor put a belt around him. A rope attached to the belt went through a pulley then ran on an overhead cable. Thus, he was made to go back and forth across the pool hour after hour. Then he taught Douglas to breathe while swimming, and finally the leg movements and other strokes. — aba Le Scanned with CamScannerMAU CULYUTISU 41s awe ~- LONG Answer Tyre QUESTIONS (6 marks each) Q. 1. What happened at the YMCA swimming pool which instilled fear of water in Douglas’ mind? [CBSE (F} 2015] Ans. When Douglas was learning swimming at the YMCA pool at the age of ten or eleven, one day while sitting beside the pool waiting for other people to come, a muscular bully picked him up and threw him into the deep end of the pool. As Douglas realised that he might drown, he made three attempts to come up to the water surface, but failed and fell unconscious. Ultimately he was rescued by someone, but this episode in his life reinforced the fear of water in Douglas’ mind which he had first felt when, at the age of three or four, he had been completely swamped by a huge wave at the seaside in California. : His father held on to him at that time to save him from drowning, but at the YMCA pool there was nobody. : 7 erience at the YMCA O. 2. How did Douglas exp te wlan dhite ASoa ne? Scanned with CamScannerQ. 3. Describe the efforts made by Douglas ¢ save himself from, drawing in YMCA swimmi ) pool. . [CBSE (AN) 2073 Ans. When Douglas was picked and tosseq inte the deep end of the pool, he was frightened, but not yet frightened out of his wits. On the way down, he planned that when his feet hit the bottom, he would make a big jump, come to the surface, lie flat on it, and paddle to the edge of the pool. He imagined he would bob to the surface like a cork. Instead, he came up slowly. He opened his eyes and saw nothing but water. He flailed at the surface of the water, swallowed and choked. He tried to bring his legs up, but they hung as dead weights, paralysed and rigid and he went down again. He struck at the water expanding his strength, remembering that he had to hit the bottom of the floor. But second time too he failed to come up to the surface. And then sheer, stark terror seized him. The third time he went down he tried to scream but ultimately found himself losing consciousness and started sinking to the bottom of the pool with total silence enveloping him. Q. 4. “I crossed to oblivian and the curtain of life Scanned with CamScanner0. 5. How did Douglas overcome his fear of water? or Describe the efforts made by Do overcome his fear of water. [CBSE (F) 2015] Ans. After a few years of unsuccessfully trying yarious methods to overcome his fear of water, Douglas decided to get an instructor and learn to swim. The instructor systematically taught him how to swim, starting from the basics and taking all the required safety measures, which gave Douglas confidence. After six months of training, Douglas swam the length of the pool up and down for three months. But he was still not satisfied. So, he swam two miles across Lake Wentworth in New Hampshire. Then, he swam across Warm Lake and back. He shouted with joy, and Gilbert Peak returned the echo. He had Conquered his fear of water. INCERT] uglas to Scanned with CamScannero. 6. Douglas fully realised the truth of Roosevelt's statement ‘All we have to fear is fear itself. How did this realisation help him brush aside his fear and become an expert swimmer? [CBSE [F} 2014] Ans. Roosevelt said, ‘‘All we have to fear is fear itself." Douglas had experienced both the sensation of dying and the terror that fear of it can produce. Strong will, hard determination, courage and toil as well as honest labour win over all our terrors and fears. The will to live brushes aside all our fears. This realisation made him resolve to learn swimming by engaging an instructor. This instructor, piece by piece, built Douglas into a swimmer. Then, he went to Lake Wentworth, dived at Triggs Island and swam two’ Tiles across the lakes to Stamp Act Island. inal , he had conquered hi his fear of water. Scanned with CamScannerQ. 1. All we have to fear is fear itself and optimism are two things that help OUrag, survive in the period of stress. Comment oY value of being courageous with reference ie the chapter ‘Deep Water’. the Ans. Everyone in this world comes face to fa with difficulties at some stage in his life ag life, a mixture of joys and sorrows. These dif icultiog are like touch-stone. They test a Person's will-power as well as his Perseverance anq courage. It is only his optimistic and courageous point of view of life that helps his survive in the period of stress. Douglas also faced the fear of water since his childhood. He never wanted to go near the pool and thus avoided it. But then he decided to get rid of this fear as he had realised that all we have to fear is fear itself. He took the help of an instructor, who guided him into becoming a good swimmer. His aversion to water was. gone. The fear of water which had haunted him for years had been overcome by him by his courage and perseverance. He made all his efforts to conquer his fear of water. In the same way, a person must not led any feat overpower him. We should face life boldly and courageously. Courage and determination 9° -hand .in hand. If one decides to achieve something, he can very well do it with the help of his positive thinking. ~ 7 Scanned with CamScanner