LEC-1,CH-7, THE INTERVIEW ,CLASS-12TH, BOOK-FLAMINGO, EXPLAINED BY MAMTA PERVANA

The Interview NCERT Solution


1. How does Eco find the time to write so much?

Ans. Eco is a university professor who attends academic conferences all week. He finds so much time to write in the empty spaces that we all have in our lives, just like the structure of atoms and Universe. He terms these empty spaces as ‘interstices’. If he is waiting for someone coming to his house via the escalator, he would use that time to write an essay rather than sit idle. Therefore, he considers himself a scholar who writes novels on Sundays.



2. What was distinctive about Eco’s academic writing style?

Ans. Generally, academic scholars write false hypothesis, rectify them and then give conclusions. On the other hand, Umberto takes the readers through the journey of his research, quoting all the trials and errors to reach the conclusion. His narrative style of writing made him distinctive.



3. Did Umberto Eco consider himself a novelist first or an academic scholar?

Ans. Umberto Eco identifies himself with the academic community. According to him, he is a university professor who attends academic conferences all week and writes novels on Sundays.




4. What is the reason for the huge success of the novel, The Name of the Rose?

Ans. The novel, The Name of the Rose is a hard-read, differentiating it from other novels. It is a detective narrative that contains metaphysics, theology and medieval history. Thus, it targeted the audience that is not interested in an easy reading experience, probably not all the time. However, the success of the novel still remains a mystery. According to Umberto, had the novel been written ten years earlier or later, it would have not attracted the same proportion of the audience.

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Class 12 English The Interview Question Answers Lesson 7 – Extract Based Questions
Extract-based questions are of the multiple-choice variety, and students must select the correct option for each question by carefully reading the passage.



A. Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow:

Since its invention a little over 130 years ago, the interview has become a commonplace of journalism. Today, almost everybody who is literate will have read an interview at some point in their lives, while from the other point of view, several thousand celebrities have been interviewed over the years, some of them repeatedly. So it is hard to supervise the opinions of the interview of its functions, methods and merits very considerably.




1. What is an interview? What’s its place in journalism?
Ans. An interview is a one-on-one conversation between an interviewer and an interviewee. It is commonplace in journalism.

2. What is the relation of an interview with a celebrity?
Ans. Though, according to the text, most of the celebrities despise interviews but several thousand times, celebrities have been interviewed over the years, some of them repeatedly.

3. What is an interview for a literate person?
Ans. For a literate person, an interview is an exciting content through which he comes to know about their idols.

4. Name the chapter and the writer.
Ans. The chapter is ‘The Interview’ by Christopher Silvester.



B Read the given extract and answer the questions that follow:

Yet despite the drawbacks of the interview, it is a supremely serviceable medium of communication. “These days, more than at any other time, our most vivid impressions of our contemporaries are through interviews, Denis Brian has written. “Almost everything in a moment reaches us through one man asking questions of another.” Because of this, the interviewer holds a position of unprecedented power and influence.




1. Despite the drawbacks, what is an interview?
Ans. Despite the drawbacks, an interview is a supremely serviceable medium of communication.

2. Through which medium do we get the most vivid impressions of our contemporaries?
Ans. Through interviews, we get the most vivid impressions of our contemporaries.

3. How, according to Denis Brian, almost everything in a moment reaches us?
Ans. According to Denis Brian, almost everything in a moment reaches us through one man asking questions to another.

4. Because of interviews, what position does the interviewer hold?
Ans. Because of interviews the interviewer holds a position of unprecedented power and influence.