Heroes Question Answers 1
01 (First Year at Harrow)
Answer These Questions:
1) The writer says that the examiners ask the questions which the students cannot answer
and do not ask those which they can answer. Is the complaint just?
فنصماتہکےہہکنحتمموہ وساالتوپےتھچںیہنجاکاطبلملعوجابںیہندےےتکساوروہوساالتںیہنوپےتھچنجاکاطبلملعوجابدےےتکسںیہ۔ایکہیاکشتیدرتسےہ؟
Ans: No, the complaint is not just. It is the complaint of the dull students. In fact,
the writer did not like Latin and mathematics. Therefore, he could not answer the
questions about these subjects. اکشتیدرتسںیہنےہ۔ہیدنکذنہہبلطیکاکشتیےہ۔،ںیہن
درتقیقحفنصمالینیطزابناورراییضدنسپںیہنرکاتاھت۔اسےیلوہاِناضمنیمےسقلعتموساالتےکوجاابتںیہندےاتکساھت۔
2) What sort of questions are asked by your examiners? اہمترےنحتممسکمسقےکوساالتوپےتھچںیہ؟
Ans: Our examiners ask easy as well as difficult questions. They ask such questions as may
mark off the bright students from the dull ones.
امہرےنحتممآاسنوساولںےکاسھتاسھتلکشموساالتیھبوپےتھچںیہ۔وہاےسیوساالتوپےتھچںیہوجاکیذنیہاطبلملعوکدنکذنہاطبلملعےساتممزرکےتکسںیہ۔
3) Why could Churchill not do well in examinations? رچلچ ااحتمانت ںیم رتہب اکررکدیگ ویکں ہن داھکاکس؟
Ans: Churchill did not like Latin and mathematics. He could not answer the questions about
these subjects. Therefore, Churchill could not do well in the examination.
رچلچالینیطزابناورراییضدنسپںیہنرکاتاھت۔وہاناضمنیمےسقلعتموساالتےکوجابںیہندےاتکساھت۔ایسےیلرچلچااحتمنںیمایھچاکررکدیگہنداھکداکس۔
4) How did Churchill do his Latin paper? رچلچےناانپالینیطاکرپہچ سکرطحایک؟
Ans: Churchill did his Latin paper badly. He just wrote his name, question ‘1’ and put a
bracket round it thus ‘(1)’. Then unknowingly, he put a blot and many dirty marks on
the paper. )۔1(اھکلاوراسربمنےکرگداسرطحےسربٹکیاگلیئ1وسال،رچلچےناانپالینیطاکرپہچرُبیرطحےسلحایک۔اسےنرصفاانپانماھکل
ے
رھپالوعشریوطررپاسےناکیدہبھاگلایاوررپےچرپتہبےسدنگےاشنن ئ
اگلدی۔
5) Churchill was taught English at Harrow and not Latin and Greek. Was it a gain or loss?
رچلچوک"ےہرو"ںیماشلگنڑپاھیئیئگہنہکالینیطاورویانین۔ایکہیافدئہاھتایاصقنن؟
Ans: Churchill did not learn Latin and Greek. But it proved to be no loss for him. He learnt
English only. And Learning English proved to be a gain in his practical life. رچلچےنالینیطاور
ویانینںیہنیھکیسیھت۔نکیلاسےکےیلہیوکیئاصقنناثتبہنوہا۔اسےنرصفارگنزیییھکیسیھت۔اوراسیکیلمعزدنیگںیمارگنزییانھکیساسےکےیلوسددنماثتبوہا۔
6) What good did Churchill’s three Years’ Stay at Harrow do him?رچلچوک"ےہرو"ںیمنیتاسلےکایقمےسایکافدئہوہا؟
Ans: By staying three years at Harrow, Churchill learnt English thoroughly. This helped
him a lot in his practical life. ریہوںیمنیتاسلےکایقمےسرچلچےنارگنزییرپوبعراحلصرکایل۔ا ِسےنیلمعزدنیگںیماسیکتہبدمدیک۔
7) How did the knowledge of English stand Churchill in good stead after years?
ارگنزییےکملعےنرچلچوکاسولںدعبااھچاقممسکرطحدای؟
Ans: The knowledge of English helped Churchill in his practical life. He faced no difficulty
in the daily affairs of life. He became a successful politician.
ارگنزییےکملعےنیلمعزدنیگںیمرچلچیکدمدیک۔اُےسزدنیگےکروزرمہےکاعمالمتںیموکیئلکشمشیپہنآیئ۔وہاکیاکایمبایستسداننبایگ۔
8) Write an appreciation or criticism of Churchill’s views in regard to the study of Latin,
Greek and English and their value in earning a living.
دیقنتیاجزئہںیل۔/ویانیناورارگنزییےکاطمہعلاورروزاگرامکےنںیمانیکاتیمہےکابرےںیمرچلچےکایخالتاکرعتیفی،الینیط
Ans: English is an international language. It enables one to understand the national as well
as international issues. While, Greek and Latin are no more important now.
ارگنزیینیباالوقایمزابنےہ۔ہیوقیماورنیباالوقایماعمالمتےنھجمسےکاقلبانبیتےہ۔ہکبجالینیطاورویانینزابںینابامہںیہنرںیہ۔
Composed by: M. Umair Nasir
, Heroes Question Answers 2
02 (Hitch-Hiking across the Sahara)
Answer These Questions:
1) Give an idea of the size of the Sahara. How does the writer compare it with England?
اسجتماکوصترشیپرکںی۔فنصماساکاڈنیلگنےکاسھتسکرطحومازہنرکاتےہ؟/احصرہےک مجح
Ans: The Sahara occupies the complete Width of North Africa. It is many times the size of
Great Britain. It would be difficult to find out England if it were placed in the middle
of the Sahara desert.
احصرہامشیلارفہقییکلمکمابملیئرپالیھپوہاےہ۔ہیاسجتمںیمرباطہینےسیئکانگڑباےہ۔ارگرباطہینوکرحصاےئاحصرہےکدرایمنںیمرھکدایاجےئوتاےسالتشرکانیھبلکشموہاجاگیئ۔
2) What had Christopher’s foster-mother to do with his desire to see the distant places?
رکوٹسرفیکدوردرازےکاقمامتوکدےنھکییکوخاشہےساسیکراضیعامںاکایکقلعتاتنبےہ؟
Ans: Christopher was a naughty boy. His foster-mother used to threaten him to send him to
Timbuktu. The threat aroused in him a keen desire to visit this city.
رکوٹسرفرشاریتڑلاکاھت۔اسیکراضیعامںاےسوٹکبمٹجیھبدےنییکدیکمھدایرکیتیھت۔اسدیکمھےناسےکادنراسرہشوکدےنھکیوکدشدیوخاشہدیپارکدی۔
3) How did Christopher manage to get a seat in the weapon’s carrier?
رکوٹسرفایھتہروںےسدلیاگڑیںیمتسشناحلصرکےنںیمویکرکناکایمبوہا؟
Ans: The civilians were not allowed to travel in the military truck. But Christopher showed
the officer a permit from the War Ministry. In fact, the permit had later been
cancelled. But the officer could not see the stamp of cancellation. Therefore,
Christopher got a seat in the weapons’ carrier.
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وزارتگنجاکااجزتانہمداھکای۔تقیقحںیمہیااجزتانہموسنمخرکدایایگاھت۔رگمآرسیفوسنمیخیکرہمہن رہشویںوکوفیجرٹکںیمرفسرکےنیکااجزتںیہنیھت۔رکوٹسرفےنرفیجارسفوک
دھکیاپای۔ایسرطحرکوٹسرفےنایھتہروںےسدلیاگڑیںیمتسشناحلصرکیل۔
4) What was the most noticeable feature of the desert city, named Ghardaia?
رحصایئرہشاغردہیاکبسےسزایدہامنایںرصنعایکاھت؟
Ans: Flies were in plenty there. Food was completely covered with flies. Even the faces of
Children were covered with flies.
واہںایھکمںڑبیدعتادںیمںیھت۔وخراکلمکموطررپویھکمںےسڈیکھریتہ۔ٰیتحہکوچبںےکرہچےویھکمںےسڈےکھرےتہےھت۔
5) How did they manage to drive the heavy truck in the trackless desert with its soft sand?
ےبراہرحصاںیماسیکرنمرتیرپاوہنںےناھبریرٹکالچےناکااظتنمےسیکایک؟
Ans: They placed steel mesh before the wheels of the truck to make a runway. The truck
moved on this runway easily. In this way, they drove the truck in the desert.
اوہنںےنراہتسانبےنےکےیلرٹکےکویہپںےکےچینولےہیکاجایلںاھچبدںی۔اسراےتسرپرٹکآاسینےسآےگڑباتھایگ۔اوہنںےناسرطحرحصاںیمرٹکالچای۔
6) Describe the journey through the land of Thirst and Death. ایپساورومتیکرسزنیمرپرفساکاحلایبنرکںی؟
Ans: The part of the desert where they killed a camel to get water was known as the Land of
Thirst and Death. It was an area of dry wells. They faced a sand storm there.
ایپساورومتیکرسزنیمےکانمےسوہشمراھت۔ہیکشخونکؤںواالالعہقاھت۔واہںاناکاسانمرتیےکاکیوطافن،رحصااکوہہصحاہجںاوہنںےناپیناحلصرکےنےکےیلاوٹنذحبایکاھت
ےسوہا۔
Composed by: M. Umair Nasir
01 (First Year at Harrow)
Answer These Questions:
1) The writer says that the examiners ask the questions which the students cannot answer
and do not ask those which they can answer. Is the complaint just?
فنصماتہکےہہکنحتمموہ وساالتوپےتھچںیہنجاکاطبلملعوجابںیہندےےتکساوروہوساالتںیہنوپےتھچنجاکاطبلملعوجابدےےتکسںیہ۔ایکہیاکشتیدرتسےہ؟
Ans: No, the complaint is not just. It is the complaint of the dull students. In fact,
the writer did not like Latin and mathematics. Therefore, he could not answer the
questions about these subjects. اکشتیدرتسںیہنےہ۔ہیدنکذنہہبلطیکاکشتیےہ۔،ںیہن
درتقیقحفنصمالینیطزابناورراییضدنسپںیہنرکاتاھت۔اسےیلوہاِناضمنیمےسقلعتموساالتےکوجاابتںیہندےاتکساھت۔
2) What sort of questions are asked by your examiners? اہمترےنحتممسکمسقےکوساالتوپےتھچںیہ؟
Ans: Our examiners ask easy as well as difficult questions. They ask such questions as may
mark off the bright students from the dull ones.
امہرےنحتممآاسنوساولںےکاسھتاسھتلکشموساالتیھبوپےتھچںیہ۔وہاےسیوساالتوپےتھچںیہوجاکیذنیہاطبلملعوکدنکذنہاطبلملعےساتممزرکےتکسںیہ۔
3) Why could Churchill not do well in examinations? رچلچ ااحتمانت ںیم رتہب اکررکدیگ ویکں ہن داھکاکس؟
Ans: Churchill did not like Latin and mathematics. He could not answer the questions about
these subjects. Therefore, Churchill could not do well in the examination.
رچلچالینیطزابناورراییضدنسپںیہنرکاتاھت۔وہاناضمنیمےسقلعتموساالتےکوجابںیہندےاتکساھت۔ایسےیلرچلچااحتمنںیمایھچاکررکدیگہنداھکداکس۔
4) How did Churchill do his Latin paper? رچلچےناانپالینیطاکرپہچ سکرطحایک؟
Ans: Churchill did his Latin paper badly. He just wrote his name, question ‘1’ and put a
bracket round it thus ‘(1)’. Then unknowingly, he put a blot and many dirty marks on
the paper. )۔1(اھکلاوراسربمنےکرگداسرطحےسربٹکیاگلیئ1وسال،رچلچےناانپالینیطاکرپہچرُبیرطحےسلحایک۔اسےنرصفاانپانماھکل
ے
رھپالوعشریوطررپاسےناکیدہبھاگلایاوررپےچرپتہبےسدنگےاشنن ئ
اگلدی۔
5) Churchill was taught English at Harrow and not Latin and Greek. Was it a gain or loss?
رچلچوک"ےہرو"ںیماشلگنڑپاھیئیئگہنہکالینیطاورویانین۔ایکہیافدئہاھتایاصقنن؟
Ans: Churchill did not learn Latin and Greek. But it proved to be no loss for him. He learnt
English only. And Learning English proved to be a gain in his practical life. رچلچےنالینیطاور
ویانینںیہنیھکیسیھت۔نکیلاسےکےیلہیوکیئاصقنناثتبہنوہا۔اسےنرصفارگنزیییھکیسیھت۔اوراسیکیلمعزدنیگںیمارگنزییانھکیساسےکےیلوسددنماثتبوہا۔
6) What good did Churchill’s three Years’ Stay at Harrow do him?رچلچوک"ےہرو"ںیمنیتاسلےکایقمےسایکافدئہوہا؟
Ans: By staying three years at Harrow, Churchill learnt English thoroughly. This helped
him a lot in his practical life. ریہوںیمنیتاسلےکایقمےسرچلچےنارگنزییرپوبعراحلصرکایل۔ا ِسےنیلمعزدنیگںیماسیکتہبدمدیک۔
7) How did the knowledge of English stand Churchill in good stead after years?
ارگنزییےکملعےنرچلچوکاسولںدعبااھچاقممسکرطحدای؟
Ans: The knowledge of English helped Churchill in his practical life. He faced no difficulty
in the daily affairs of life. He became a successful politician.
ارگنزییےکملعےنیلمعزدنیگںیمرچلچیکدمدیک۔اُےسزدنیگےکروزرمہےکاعمالمتںیموکیئلکشمشیپہنآیئ۔وہاکیاکایمبایستسداننبایگ۔
8) Write an appreciation or criticism of Churchill’s views in regard to the study of Latin,
Greek and English and their value in earning a living.
دیقنتیاجزئہںیل۔/ویانیناورارگنزییےکاطمہعلاورروزاگرامکےنںیمانیکاتیمہےکابرےںیمرچلچےکایخالتاکرعتیفی،الینیط
Ans: English is an international language. It enables one to understand the national as well
as international issues. While, Greek and Latin are no more important now.
ارگنزیینیباالوقایمزابنےہ۔ہیوقیماورنیباالوقایماعمالمتےنھجمسےکاقلبانبیتےہ۔ہکبجالینیطاورویانینزابںینابامہںیہنرںیہ۔
Composed by: M. Umair Nasir
, Heroes Question Answers 2
02 (Hitch-Hiking across the Sahara)
Answer These Questions:
1) Give an idea of the size of the Sahara. How does the writer compare it with England?
اسجتماکوصترشیپرکںی۔فنصماساکاڈنیلگنےکاسھتسکرطحومازہنرکاتےہ؟/احصرہےک مجح
Ans: The Sahara occupies the complete Width of North Africa. It is many times the size of
Great Britain. It would be difficult to find out England if it were placed in the middle
of the Sahara desert.
احصرہامشیلارفہقییکلمکمابملیئرپالیھپوہاےہ۔ہیاسجتمںیمرباطہینےسیئکانگڑباےہ۔ارگرباطہینوکرحصاےئاحصرہےکدرایمنںیمرھکدایاجےئوتاےسالتشرکانیھبلکشموہاجاگیئ۔
2) What had Christopher’s foster-mother to do with his desire to see the distant places?
رکوٹسرفیکدوردرازےکاقمامتوکدےنھکییکوخاشہےساسیکراضیعامںاکایکقلعتاتنبےہ؟
Ans: Christopher was a naughty boy. His foster-mother used to threaten him to send him to
Timbuktu. The threat aroused in him a keen desire to visit this city.
رکوٹسرفرشاریتڑلاکاھت۔اسیکراضیعامںاےسوٹکبمٹجیھبدےنییکدیکمھدایرکیتیھت۔اسدیکمھےناسےکادنراسرہشوکدےنھکیوکدشدیوخاشہدیپارکدی۔
3) How did Christopher manage to get a seat in the weapon’s carrier?
رکوٹسرفایھتہروںےسدلیاگڑیںیمتسشناحلصرکےنںیمویکرکناکایمبوہا؟
Ans: The civilians were not allowed to travel in the military truck. But Christopher showed
the officer a permit from the War Ministry. In fact, the permit had later been
cancelled. But the officer could not see the stamp of cancellation. Therefore,
Christopher got a seat in the weapons’ carrier.
ِ
وزارتگنجاکااجزتانہمداھکای۔تقیقحںیمہیااجزتانہموسنمخرکدایایگاھت۔رگمآرسیفوسنمیخیکرہمہن رہشویںوکوفیجرٹکںیمرفسرکےنیکااجزتںیہنیھت۔رکوٹسرفےنرفیجارسفوک
دھکیاپای۔ایسرطحرکوٹسرفےنایھتہروںےسدلیاگڑیںیمتسشناحلصرکیل۔
4) What was the most noticeable feature of the desert city, named Ghardaia?
رحصایئرہشاغردہیاکبسےسزایدہامنایںرصنعایکاھت؟
Ans: Flies were in plenty there. Food was completely covered with flies. Even the faces of
Children were covered with flies.
واہںایھکمںڑبیدعتادںیمںیھت۔وخراکلمکموطررپویھکمںےسڈیکھریتہ۔ٰیتحہکوچبںےکرہچےویھکمںےسڈےکھرےتہےھت۔
5) How did they manage to drive the heavy truck in the trackless desert with its soft sand?
ےبراہرحصاںیماسیکرنمرتیرپاوہنںےناھبریرٹکالچےناکااظتنمےسیکایک؟
Ans: They placed steel mesh before the wheels of the truck to make a runway. The truck
moved on this runway easily. In this way, they drove the truck in the desert.
اوہنںےنراہتسانبےنےکےیلرٹکےکویہپںےکےچینولےہیکاجایلںاھچبدںی۔اسراےتسرپرٹکآاسینےسآےگڑباتھایگ۔اوہنںےناسرطحرحصاںیمرٹکالچای۔
6) Describe the journey through the land of Thirst and Death. ایپساورومتیکرسزنیمرپرفساکاحلایبنرکںی؟
Ans: The part of the desert where they killed a camel to get water was known as the Land of
Thirst and Death. It was an area of dry wells. They faced a sand storm there.
ایپساورومتیکرسزنیمےکانمےسوہشمراھت۔ہیکشخونکؤںواالالعہقاھت۔واہںاناکاسانمرتیےکاکیوطافن،رحصااکوہہصحاہجںاوہنںےناپیناحلصرکےنےکےیلاوٹنذحبایکاھت
ےسوہا۔
Composed by: M. Umair Nasir
