Hornbill (Poem): Childhood · Class 11 · CBSE · Science English
Why does the speaker say that childhood may have gone when he noticed that adults were not what they appeared to be?
Practice question from Hornbill (Poem): Childhood (Class 11 · CBSE · Science English), with the correct answer and a step-by-step solution.
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Why does the speaker say that childhood may have gone when he noticed that adults were not what they appeared to be?
- A.Because he discovered that adults often preach love and behave differently in practice.Correct answer
- B.Because he learned that adults are physically stronger than children.
- C.Because he began to imitate every habit of adults.
- D.Because he wanted to avoid responsibility completely.
Solution
The speaker loses some of his childhood innocence when he recognises the contradiction between adults’ claims about love and their actual behaviour. This awareness of hypocrisy makes him see the adult world more critically.
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