Intermediate F.Sc F.A ICS I.Com English XII Short Questions Good Bye Mr. Chips Chapter 1

Intermediate F.Sc F.A ICS I.Com English XII Short Questions Good Bye Mr. Chips Chapter 1 2nd Year English Notes Online Taleem Ilmi Hub Class 12th

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Q 1. How did Chips measure time?

Ans. Like an old sea captain, Chips measured time by the signals of the past for he lived at Mrs. Wickett’s, just across the road from the school.

Q 2. What was the problem with Mr. Chips as diagnosed by Dr. Merivale? What did Chips’s doctor say about him?

Ans. According to Dr. Merivale, nothing was wrong with Mr. Chips. It was only anno domini that he thought was the most fatal disease. He added that his chest also put strain on his heart.

Q 3. What was name of Chips’ doctor and how often did he visit Chips?

Ans. Dr. Merivale was Chips’ doctor. He came fortnightly to check up Chips and gave useful pieces of advice about his health.

Q 4. What advice did Dr. Merivale give to Mrs. Wickett about Chips?

Ans. Merivale advised her to look after him because his chest put a strain on his heart when he had grown old.

Q 5. Why did Chips like summer?

Ans. Chips liked summer because it was his favourite season. He did not like winter because he had bronchitis and in winter his chest put a strain on his heart when eastern winds blew over the fenlands.

Q 6. Why did Chips not like Melbury School?

Ans. Chips taught at Melbury School from 1869 to 1870. He did not like the school because he had been ragged there a good deal. He could not maintain discipline in his class so he left it and joined Brookfield.

Q 7. Who was Mr. Wetherby?

Ans. Mr. Wetherby, a fatherly and courteous character, was the headmaster of the school in 1870. He interviewed Mr. Chips and gave him some useful pieces of advice.

Q 8. What kind of person/Head Mr. Wetherby was?

Ans. Mr. Wetherby was a kind and fatherly person. He was very courteous. He gave some useful pieces of advice to Mr. Chips for his betterment as a teacher.

Q 9. How did Chips look in his youth?

Ans. He was a fair complexioned young man. He had side whiskers and high collars. He dressed himself according to the fashion of his age.

Q 10. How did Mr. Wetherby advice Mr. Chips?

Ans. Mr. Wetherby gave very useful pieces of advice to Mr. Chips regarding maintaining discipline in his class. He advised him to take up a firm attitude from the beginning and not to let anyone play tricks at him. He also advised him to serve Brookfield with devotion.

Q 11. How did Mr. Chips take his first class?

Ans. It proved to be a difficult task for him because the hall was full of five hundred mischievous boys ready to attack him. He assumed a scowl to hide his nervousness. Somebody dropped a desk lid. Chips quickly caught and punished him.

Q 12. What did Chips say when the grandson of the first Colley arrived at Brookfield?

Ans. He said, “You are a splendid example of inherited tradition. Your grandfather could never Ablative Absolute. He was a stupid fellow. Your father was not much better, but I believe that you are the biggest fool of the lot!”

Q 13. Who was Colley? Why and how did Chips punish him?

Ans. Colley was the first boy punished by Chips because he had dropped the desk lid while Chips was taking his first class. Chips asked him to write hundred lines as a punishment. He became an alderman of London and a baronet later.

Q 14. Why did Chips keep the Brookfield time instead of the Greenwich Time?

Ans. He kept the Brookfield and not the Greenwich Time because he had timed the activities of his life according to the bells of Brookfield as he lived at Mrs. Wickett’s house across the road near the school.

Q 15. How did he end his day’s activities at Mrs. Wickett’s?

Ans. He wound up the clock after the last bell, put the wire guard in front of the fire, turned out the gas, and carried a detective novel to bed. That was how he concluded his day’s activities.

Q 16. Describe the day of preliminary interview of Mr. Chips?

Ans. It was a sunny day of July, with the air full of flower scents and the plick-plock of cricket on the field could also be heard. Brookfield was playing against Barnhurst School.

Q 17. Describe Mr. Chips’ first meeting with Mr. Wetherby?

Ans. Mr. Chips had a very pleasant meeting with Mr. Wetherby, who was an old man then and remained very courteous and fatherly to Mr. Chips. He gave very useful pieces of advice to Mr. Chips about improving the discipline of his class.

Q 18. Why was 1870 easy to remember?

Ans. Chips joined Brookfield in 1870 and it was easy to remember the year because of Franco-Prussian war.

Written By: Asad Hussain