NCERT Solution Class 11 English Snapshots Chapter 1 The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
Summary of Class 11 English Chapter 1
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Question-Answer
Question 1:
You will probably agree that this story does not have breathless adventure and exciting action. Then what in your opinion makes it interesting?
Answer
The story is interesting not because of thrilling action but due to its themes of honesty, innocence, and childhood adventure. Aram and Mourad belong to the Garoghlanian tribe, “famous for their honesty”. The humour of Uncle Khosrove’s outbursts (“It is no harm. Pay no attention to it.”) and the boys’ dilemma about stealing vs. borrowing make it engaging. The tension between their poverty and their values holds the reader’s interest.
NCERT Solution Class 11 English Snapshots Chapter 1 The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
Question 2:
Did the boys return the horse because they were conscience-stricken or because they were afraid?
Answer
The boys returned the horse because they were conscience-stricken, not afraid. John Byro recognized the horse but trusted their honesty: “The horse is the twin of my horse, if not more alike than twin brothers. But the fame of your family for honesty is well known to me.”. Mourad felt guilty and realized they could not betray the family’s reputation. So, they returned the horse secretly.
NCERT Solution Class 11 English Snapshots Chapter 1 The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
Question 3:
“One day back there in the good old days when I was nine and the world was full of every imaginable kind of magnificence, and life was still a delightful and mysterious dream…” The story begins in a mood of nostalgia. Can you narrate some incident from your childhood that might make an interesting story?
Answer
The story begins with Aram recalling his childhood: “One day back there in the good old days when I was nine and the world was full of every imaginable kind of magnificence…”. Similarly, from my childhood, I remember a day when my friends and I climbed a mango tree, pretending to be explorers. We thought we had discovered a “secret world” among the branches. That innocent adventure, though small, remains unforgettable—just like Aram’s memory of the white horse.
NCERT Solution Class 11 English Snapshots Chapter 1 The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
Question 4:
The story revolves around characters who belong to a tribe in Armenia. Mourad and Aram are members of the Garoghlanian family. Now locate Armenia and Assyria on the atlas and prepare a write-up on the Garoghlanian tribes. You may write about people, their names, traits, geographical and economic features as suggested in the story
Answer
The Garoghlanian tribe was an Armenian tribe, poor in wealth but rich in values. Aram narrates: “We were famous for our honesty. We had been famous for our honesty for something like eleven centuries, even when we had been the wealthiest family in what we liked to think was the world.”.
(1) People & Names: Members included Aram (narrator), Mourad (his cousin), Uncle Khosrove.
(2) Traits: Poverty, love of freedom, eccentricity, but above all honesty and trustworthiness.
(3) Geography: Armenian homeland, near Assyria (ancient Mesopotamian region).
(4) Economy: Poor; they owned little but valued reputation over material wealth.
Thus, the Garoghlanian family symbolizes the triumph of values over poverty.
NCERT Solutions Class 11 English Chapter 1 The Summar of the Beautiful White Horse
