{"id":795,"date":"2021-05-25T12:56:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T12:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/class12.studyguruji.in\/?p=795"},"modified":"2023-10-07T04:13:13","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T04:13:13","slug":"7-a-child-born-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/class12.studyguruji.in\/?p=795","title":{"rendered":"7. A Child Born"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">B. 1.1. Read the following sentences and write \u2018T\u2019 for true and \u2018F\u2019 for false statements<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n(i) In a traditional society, a pregnant woman has to follow the conventional procedure of childbirth.<br \/>\n(ii) Even taboos and prohibitions help to manage anxiety.<br \/>\n(iii) Western women suffer mostly because they have to manage everything on their own.<br \/>\n(iv) In traditional societies, childbirth is a family affair.<br \/>\n(v) The family support and conventional procedure lessen mother-infant mortality.<br \/>\n(vi) Freedom to live our own lives is more important than prenatal mortality.<br \/>\n(vii) Western people do not think that all mothers-in-law are unjust and vindictive.<br \/>\n(viii) Silent opposition in international conferences is not a major difficulty in the way of feminists.<br \/>\n(ix) In many traditional societies, the relation between mother and child is more important than that between husband and wife.<br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">(i) T, (ii) T, (iii) T, (iv) T, (v) F (vi) T, (vii) F, (viii) F, (ix) T.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">B. 1.2. Answer the following questions briefly :<\/span><\/b><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">Q 1 &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">How are the ways of managing childbirth in traditional societies useful?<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">In traditional societies, there are many different ways to manage childbirth. They are useful primarily because they are accepted culturally and collectively. The expectant mother is free from the anxiety of reinvesting the procedures. The ritual approach to pregnancy surrounds a pregnant woman with taboos, rituals, and prohibitions. This helps the anxiety manageable because the observance of all those prohibitions and rites keeps the woman actively involved.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">Q 2 &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">A pregnant woman in a traditional society does not feel that she is alone. Why?<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">In a traditional society, a pregnant woman never feels that she is alone because the ritual observances of pregnancy involve the support and participation of her husband, her family, and members of her community. Thus, it enhances her sense of security and her conviction that it is not the pregnancy that is conducting her, but it is she who is conducting the pregnancy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">Q 3 &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">What is the superstition associated with acquiring new clothes and instruments for baby Before birth?<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">A diehard superstition is that if clothes and equipment are acquired for the baby before it is born, it would be a had luck. So the baby comes in the world without napkins and a scribe.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">Q 4 &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u2018In our anxiety to avoid death, we may have destroyed the significance of the experience\u2019 What is the \u2018experience\u2019 the writer refers to?<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">The writer is talking about the experience of free people to live in their own way, and according to their own sense of values.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">Q 5 &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">What is the \u2018tourism of anthropologies\u2019 that the writer talks about?<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">In many societies, women go from their mother\u2019s houses at marriage to live with their mother-in-law and the wives of her husband\u2019s brothers. It is the tourism of anthropologies that such women do not become members of their new family until they have borne a child.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">Q 6 &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">What compels women to withdraw into silent opposition in international fora?<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">There are two reasons why women are compelled to withdraw into silent opposition. Firstly, the discussions are held in a language that those women cannot speak fluently. Secondly, they get tired of being told about their own lives instead of being consulted.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">Q 7 &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">Why had Sudanese women officials stopped going to international conferences?<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Though the Sudanese women officials considered going to international conferences a treat, they did not want to participate in them. The reason was that they felt they were told about there own lives and were not consulted.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">B.2.1. Read the following sentences and write \u2018T\u2019 for true and \u2019F\u2019 for false statements<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n(i) A Sylheti woman may not visit her mother\u2019s house during pregnancy.<br \/>\n(ii) For Sylheti women, the whole matter of pregnancy is one of celebration.<br \/>\n(iii) Garlands of turmeric and garlic are worn to please gods.<br \/>\n(iv) The songs they sing are about the lives of women in Bengal.\u201d<br \/>\n(v) Visiting the mother\u2019s house is one of the rewards of pregnancy.<br \/>\n(vi) In Bangladesh, Rupthoka is a kind of sweet dish.<br \/>\n(vii) All technological changes cause social developments.<br \/>\n(viii) Childbirth in modem hospitals is more brutal.<br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">(i) F, (ii) T, (iii) F, (iv) T (v) T, (vi) F (vii) T (viii) T.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">B.2.2. Complete the following sentences on the basis of the lesson<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n(a) The potential is alive in the memory of her community.<br \/>\n(b) She will have others, for many of the rituals of pregnancy involve the participation of the others who should support her.<br \/>\n(c) ID societies, except for remarkable accidents, birth is always attended.<br \/>\n(d) The description provided by the Amnesty for Women of typical Muslim marriage was no more than a coarse libel.<br \/>\n(e) In many traditional societies in Africa and India, the biological family is deliberately weakened by enforced<br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">(a) catastrophes, approach,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">(b) reinforcements, observances,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">(c) non- technocratic,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">(d) ethnocentric,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">(e) abstinence or actual separation of parents.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">B.2.3. Answer the following questions briefly<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">Q 1 &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">Where do Sylheti women go to stay during the last stage of pregnancy?<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">In the last stage of pregnancy, Sylheti women go to their parents\u2019 house to live.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">Q 2 &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">What is the reward of pregnancy for a young Sylheti woman?<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">The reward of pregnancy for a young Sylheti woman is that she goes to stay with her parents, and gets an opportunity to live with her mother and sisters.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">Q 3 &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">How are children of the joint family in Bangladesh looked after?<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">All the small children of the joint family in Bangladesh are looked after by the whole family. One of the daughters-in-law bathes them all; another cooks food and yet another feeds them. It is only at night that die children go to their respective mothers to sleep.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">Q 4 &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">What is the worst impact of western medicine in traditional societies?<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">The impact of western medicine in traditional society is the impact of modernization. The doctors are arrogant, the medicines are expensive, there is much display of shining equipment, and little regard for the health of the patient.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">Q 5 &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">What is the immediate impact of poverty in the medical field?<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">The immediate impact of poverty in the medical field is the cultural dominance of western technology.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">C. 1.\u00a0\u00a0Long Answer Questions\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">Q 1 &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">What is the role of rituals in managing childbirth in traditional societies?<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">In traditional societies, the birth of a child is a special occasion. A number of rituals are observed in which a pregnant woman, her family, and even the community participate. The observance of these rituals keeps the pregnant woman actively involved. She also gets a central place. She feels strong because she gets the support of her husband and the family. Some of the rituals are sensible, while others have the effect of magic. The pregnant woman feels that the pregnancy is not conducting her, but she is conducting the pregnancy. These rituals are culturally accepted, and a pregnant woman is not under any anxiety to reinvent them.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">Q 2 &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">The experience of childbirth is very significant. But modern technology has deprived the potential mother of this significant experience. How?<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Childbirth is a unique experience in the life of a potential mother. In non-technological and traditional societies, she is pampered; she is praised for her courage; she has to observe taboos and rituals; she gets the support of her husband and her family. The childbirth is always attended. In fact, the whole period of pregnancy is a period of celebration.? After the child is born, there is singing and dancing.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">But modem technology has deprived her of this significant experience. In hospitals, there are unconcerned doctors and nurses, costly but impersonal equipment, expensive drugs. The potential mothers are ignored. While the nurses are busy with their sophisticated modem equipment. Births are very far from normal. Childbirth turns from a climatic personal experience into a personal disaster.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">Q 3 &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">Describe the western interpretation of a bride\u2019s longing for a child in a traditional society.<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">many traditional societies women still go from their mother\u2019s home after marriage to live with her mother-in-law and her husband\u2019s joint family. Some anthropologists in the west unjustly believe that she is not accepted as a member of her new family so long as she does not bear a child. So she longs to have a child. The western interpretation is that they are backward, cruel and wrong, and the mothers-in-law are unjust and vindictive.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">Q 4 &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">How do languages come in the way of a better understanding of women\u2019s problems?<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">At international a fora, the debates are conducted in a language that many women, who still live among women in traditional societies, cannot speak fluently. They simply withdraw in silent opposition. This presents one of the difficulties to understand their problems. The same difficulty is also experienced at sophisticated hospitals where the patients and doctors and nurses speak different languages.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">Q 5 &#8211;<\/span><\/strong><strong><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">Describe the rewards of pregnancy as experienced by Sylheti women.<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">A young pregnant Sylheti woman goes to her mother\u2019s house for the last few months of pregnancy and the first three months of the baby\u2019s life. There she has the opportunity to live with her brothers and sisters. There she gets all the attention and care. She is given to eat what she likes to eat. In fact, the whole period of pregnancy is a period of celebration. When the baby is born, it is an occasion of joy. When the baby is a week old, he is given new clothes, and the mother is given a sari. Then there is feasting, singing, and dancing. It is an all women\u2019s affair who gather and sing and joke. The singing goes on all night. Men just come in to have a look at the baby. Thus, the mother\u2019s achievement is celebrated which is a reward of pregnancy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">Q 6 &#8211;<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<b>Does the writer want to say that the use of western medicine in childbirth is producing horrible results? Do you agree with her views?<\/b><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">The writer admires the traditional societies where childbirth is a rewarding experience. The potential mother gets all the care and support of her family. Even after the baby is born, the joint family helps her to look after it. The anxiety of bearing a child is absent. But western medicine is depriving her of these joys. The mother has to bear the anxiety. Besides, in poor societies the dominance of western technology is total. I do not agree with her views. Firstly, she concedes that over the last fifty years, western medicines have reduced the number of prenatal and perinatal mortality.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">The mother and the baby enjoy better health. It is also ensured that the baby is protected from a number of fatal diseases. In itself, it is a marvelous achievement. Methods adopted in nontechnical societies are full of risks. It is wrong to presume that the western system takes away the freedom of people to live their own way. In India, pregnant women in cities and towns visit hospitals regularly to ensure safe childbirth. This does not in any way L hinders them to observe their cultural rituals and taboos. If they live in a joint family, they can continue to have all their benefits too.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">Q 7 &#8211;<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<b>What could be the worse fates than death for a pregnant woman?<\/b><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">God creates a miracle through a woman. She gives birth to a baby that keeps the human race going on. If a pregnant woman dies, the baby also dies. The hopes of the human race die. God does not like a pregnant woman to die. He wants her to live and create life. But if she dies, it is because of our carelessness and negligence. It is a misfortune that can be avoided with the help of modem science. So people, and especially women, should be educated so that no pregnant woman or her baby ever dies.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">Q 8 &#8211;<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">\u00a0<b>What are the problems of a modern woman in matters of pregnancy and childbirth?<\/b><\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">In the modem time s joint families have disintegrated and nuclear families are coming up. Sometimes circumstances force young couples to live I far away from their families. In such cases, modem women have a number of problems to face in matters of pregnancy. During her second stage of pregnancy and after the birth of childbirth she needs the support of someone. Of course, the modem woman enjoys some benefits of modem medical science and technology. She can visit a hospital and monitor every development. They can ensure safe delivery. But that is not all. She feels insecure. She needs support and helps to bring up her baby. So either some female relative is called to help her, or she goes to stay with her mother or mother-in-law during this period.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">C.2. Group Discussion<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">Discuss the following in groups or pairs:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">Q 1 &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">Childbirth is not the responsibility of the pregnant woman alone; it is a matter of family concern as well.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Childbirth is a matter of joy and celebrations in all cultures all over the\u2019 world. It ensures the continuation of the human race. The woman\u2019s role to bear the child and to bring it up is most important. She risks her life to create life. She needs not only encouragement and praise but support and help. The human child has a long period of infancy. It needs continuous looking after. A woman has many other responsibilities as well. So it is not only her responsibility but a matter of concern of the whole family, rather the whole society, to support a pregnant woman and her baby after it is born.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">Q2 &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">The relationship between mother and child is more important than the relationship between husband and wife.<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">There is no doubt that the relationship between mother and child is most important It is natural. Both mother and child have a strong bond between them. But a wife needs the support of her husband, and the child needs the love of its father, so it is difficult to say whether the relationship between mother and child is more important than the relationship between husband and wife. A family is a well-knit unit and relations between husband, wife and the children must be sweet and harmonious.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">C. 3. Composition Write a paragraph of about 100 words on each of the following<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">1.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">Rituals: their value in our cultural life.<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">Rituals are prevalent in all cultures. They have their values. Rituals connected with birth help the mother to feel she is not alone. The rituals connected with marriage give the bride and groom a time to develop love and intimacy, and the families to come closer. Rituals connected with death help the bereaved family to overcome their grief. They bring a sense of oneness in a community because rituals need the participation of community also, they also help to bring variety in our life. If there are no rituals, fairs and festivals life will be done and monotonous. Many rituals are associated with our common heritage and help to keep our culture and traditions alive. But with the advance of modernizations, many rituals are dying out. Their observance in cities is dwindling. Chatt Puja, Sama-chakra festival, Makar Sakranti is the unique identity of Bihar and is observed wherever the people of Bihar may live.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\">2.\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">Family is the hub of our social life.<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">A society is made up of families. A family is a society in miniature. All values come from the family. Whatever be the functions, festivals, rituals, they are celebrated by the family. When there is chat all families observe it with great fervor. Though it is the activity of each family, the whole society appears to be celebrating it together. Diwali is celebrated by each family. But it becomes the festival of the whole society. Marriages, births, etc. are a family matter. But they are never celebrated without the participation of the community. So whatever be the activity of a family it is reflected in our society. Indeed family is the hub of our social life.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">D. WORD STUDY<br \/>\nD. 1. Dictionary Use<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">Ex. Correct the spelling of the following words<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0<\/span><\/b><b><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1258 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/class12.studyguruji.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bihar-Board-Class-12-English-Book-Solutions-Chapter-7-A-Child-Born.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/class12.studyguruji.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bihar-Board-Class-12-English-Book-Solutions-Chapter-7-A-Child-Born.png 400w, https:\/\/class12.studyguruji.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Bihar-Board-Class-12-English-Book-Solutions-Chapter-7-A-Child-Born-300x176.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">D.2. Word Formation<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">Add suffix \u2018-able\u2019 to the following words and fill in the blanks with the new words to complete the sentences (in some cases the final \u2018e\u2019 is. to be dropped.)<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\nwork, knowledge, consider, understand accept, agree, use, deplore.<br \/>\n(i) We did not find Varsha\u2019s proposal\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<br \/>\n(ii) Safdar has already spent\u2026\u2026\u2026.. amount in the repairing work.<br \/>\n(iii) The act of violence is quite\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..<br \/>\n(iv) The refills are not\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..<br \/>\n(v) Everyone found his behavior quite\u2026\u2026\u2026.<br \/>\n(vi)\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 knowledge of a car cannot make you a good mechanic.<br \/>\n(vii) Nikhat is quite\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 you can seek advice from her.<br \/>\n(viii) Since he has been ill for a long period, his irritating nature is quite\u2026\u2026\u2026..<br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">(i) acceptable, (ii) considerable, (iii) deplorable, (iv) usable, (v) agreeable, (vi) Workable, (vii) knowledgeable, (viii) understandable.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">D. 3. Word-meaning<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">Ex. 1. Fill in the blanks with suitable phrases given in the box.<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n<\/span><b><i><span lang=\"EN-US\">At bay, at the expense of, in order to, in response to, to ward off, look after, take care of, look at<\/span><\/i><\/b><b><i><\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n(a) Pragya\u2019s fever was not severe but it was the doctor\u2019s assurance which kept her fear\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..<br \/>\n(b) It is not proper to ask others to\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. your newborn babies.<br \/>\n(c) This time team India played seriously\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. win the match.<br \/>\n(d) Development of a nation can never be achieved\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 common people\u2019s aspirations.<br \/>\n(e) Many women and children joined the freedom struggle movement\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 Gandhiji\u2019s call.<br \/>\n(f) The teacher infused confidence in the children\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. their fear of darkness.<br \/>\n(g) Everyone admiringly\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 the paintings.<br \/>\n(h) The new gardener\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. the plants with great affection.<br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">(a) at bay, (b) take care of, (c) in order to, (d) at the expense of, (e) in response to, (f) inward off, (g) looked at, (h) looks after.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: red;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\">E. Grammar<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white; margin: 0cm;\"><span style=\"font-family: times;\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #3333ff;\">Read the text to find out appropriate prepositions and fill in the blanks to complete the sentences:<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\"><br \/>\n(a) All the members\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. family participate\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. the function.<br \/>\n(b) The scientists were actively involved\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 holding the natural calamities\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 bay.<br \/>\n(c) Pregnant women are advised to cling\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. a proper diet habit.<br \/>\n(d) The nurses were quite cooperative\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. breastfeeding.<br \/>\n(e) Modem obstetric is responsible\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 the decrease\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.. maternal mortality the past century.<br \/>\n(f) The west thinks that\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 many traditional societies, the relations\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. spouses are exploitative.<br \/>\n<\/span><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color: #00b050;\">Ans &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span lang=\"EN-US\">(a) of, in; (b) in, at; (c) to; (d) about; (e) for, in, in; (f) in, between.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>B. 1.1. 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