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Book : Kaliedoscope - Short Stories Ncert Solutions | Chapter - 5 English - Short Stories
Class : 12th
Subject : English
Chapter : 5
Chapter Name : One Centimetre
Q1 How did Tao Ying’s son influence the way she led her life?
Answer. Tao Ying did not belong to a family of importance, she was not an educated lady but
lived a humble life. Her life greatly influenced her son's life. She wanted to set a good example
in front of her son, she would always remain gracious and gentle in front of her son. She always
kept her up to mark and poise to set a good impression upon her son.
Page : 87 , Block Name : Understanding the text
Q2 Pick out instances from the story to show that official rules are often arbitrary.
Answer. The events that depict arbitrariness is, when Tao Ying buys a ticket for Xiao Ye, even
though there is no need for him to buy. The old lady is shown keeping scales imbalanced for the
reason, to make the populace feel good about themselves.
Page : 87 , Block Name : Understanding the text
Q3 Tao Ying was very careful about spending money. What were her reasons for refusing the
compensation offered by the temple officials?
Answer. For Tao Ying, Xiao Ye mattered more than anything else in the world the compensation
that temple officials were distributing were of no importance to her. Tao Ying believed that day’s
happiness cannot be bought and happiness of her son was above everything.
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Class : 12th
Subject : English
Chapter : 5
Chapter Name : One Centimetre
Q1 How did Tao Ying’s son influence the way she led her life?
Answer. Tao Ying did not belong to a family of importance, she was not an educated lady but
lived a humble life. Her life greatly influenced her son's life. She wanted to set a good example
in front of her son, she would always remain gracious and gentle in front of her son. She always
kept her up to mark and poise to set a good impression upon her son.
Page : 87 , Block Name : Understanding the text
Q2 Pick out instances from the story to show that official rules are often arbitrary.
Answer. The events that depict arbitrariness is, when Tao Ying buys a ticket for Xiao Ye, even
though there is no need for him to buy. The old lady is shown keeping scales imbalanced for the
reason, to make the populace feel good about themselves.
Page : 87 , Block Name : Understanding the text
Q3 Tao Ying was very careful about spending money. What were her reasons for refusing the
compensation offered by the temple officials?
Answer. For Tao Ying, Xiao Ye mattered more than anything else in the world the compensation
that temple officials were distributing were of no importance to her. Tao Ying believed that day’s
happiness cannot be bought and happiness of her son was above everything.
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Book : Kaliedoscope - Short Stories Ncert Solutions | Chapter - 5 English - Short Stories
Page : 87 , Block Name : Understanding the text
Q4 Why was her final vindication important to Tao Ying?
Answer. Tao Ying felt it was important to clear things to her son that she was not wrong about
his height and that she was not trying to exempt him intentionally from the ticket. Her son’s trust
in her, mattered more than anything to her, even that compensation didn’t matter anything to
her.
Page : 87 , Block Name : Understanding the text
Q1 Comment on the significance of the first sentence of the story to its theme.
Answer. The sentence that mentions about the arbitrary nature of rules and how Tao Ying's
ideology of the world was based on her values, that didn’t always match her values. Both theme
and first sentence reflect the same meaning of arbitrariness of rules.
Page : 87 , Block Name : Appreciation
Q2 Would you describe the author’s portrayal of Tao Ying’s character in the story as
sympathetic, critical or realistic?
Answer. She is realistic and analyses the whole situation in advance. She makes sure that she
acts within the diameter of her taught values as her son is influenced by her.
Page : 87 , Block Name : Appreciation
Q3 Identify the episodes that bring out the ambivalent attitude to ethics commonly seen in
human life?
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Page : 87 , Block Name : Understanding the text
Q4 Why was her final vindication important to Tao Ying?
Answer. Tao Ying felt it was important to clear things to her son that she was not wrong about
his height and that she was not trying to exempt him intentionally from the ticket. Her son’s trust
in her, mattered more than anything to her, even that compensation didn’t matter anything to
her.
Page : 87 , Block Name : Understanding the text
Q1 Comment on the significance of the first sentence of the story to its theme.
Answer. The sentence that mentions about the arbitrary nature of rules and how Tao Ying's
ideology of the world was based on her values, that didn’t always match her values. Both theme
and first sentence reflect the same meaning of arbitrariness of rules.
Page : 87 , Block Name : Appreciation
Q2 Would you describe the author’s portrayal of Tao Ying’s character in the story as
sympathetic, critical or realistic?
Answer. She is realistic and analyses the whole situation in advance. She makes sure that she
acts within the diameter of her taught values as her son is influenced by her.
Page : 87 , Block Name : Appreciation
Q3 Identify the episodes that bring out the ambivalent attitude to ethics commonly seen in
human life?
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Book : Kaliedoscope - Short Stories Ncert Solutions | Chapter - 5 English - Short Stories
Answer. Ambivalent means having mixed kind of feeling about something, while ethic means
set of moral values. Ambivalent attitude to ethics is commonly visible in the story when Tao Ye
pays for her son's bill and the old lady is kind enough to keep the scale inaccurate in order to
flatter people.
Page : 87 , Block Name : Appreciation
Q4 How effectively does the narrative technique adopted in this story illustrate ‘unity of
thought’?
Answer. The narrator depicts all the emotions of its people. Depicting personal thoughts,
feelings emotions connects readers to the plot very closely. As the ancient rules put down by
Aristotle tells about the unity of time, action, and place, in the same way narrator maintains the
unity of thought that makes narration more understandable and connective to readers. By
depicting the inner most thoughts, inner character is shown of the character.
Page : 87 , Block Name : Appreciation
Q1 The way a child looks at the world is very different from that of an adult.
Answer. Children do not analyse deeply and rationally as adults do that makes them
quick in giving their review . Children view others and learn from them how they need to
react in a particular situation. Children do not understand the deeper truth and reasons
that affects their response to world deeply.
Page : 87 , Block Name : Talking about Text
Q2 There is always a gap between what we really are and what we wish to appear to be
to others.
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Answer. Ambivalent means having mixed kind of feeling about something, while ethic means
set of moral values. Ambivalent attitude to ethics is commonly visible in the story when Tao Ye
pays for her son's bill and the old lady is kind enough to keep the scale inaccurate in order to
flatter people.
Page : 87 , Block Name : Appreciation
Q4 How effectively does the narrative technique adopted in this story illustrate ‘unity of
thought’?
Answer. The narrator depicts all the emotions of its people. Depicting personal thoughts,
feelings emotions connects readers to the plot very closely. As the ancient rules put down by
Aristotle tells about the unity of time, action, and place, in the same way narrator maintains the
unity of thought that makes narration more understandable and connective to readers. By
depicting the inner most thoughts, inner character is shown of the character.
Page : 87 , Block Name : Appreciation
Q1 The way a child looks at the world is very different from that of an adult.
Answer. Children do not analyse deeply and rationally as adults do that makes them
quick in giving their review . Children view others and learn from them how they need to
react in a particular situation. Children do not understand the deeper truth and reasons
that affects their response to world deeply.
Page : 87 , Block Name : Talking about Text
Q2 There is always a gap between what we really are and what we wish to appear to be
to others.
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Book : Kaliedoscope - Short Stories Ncert Solutions | Chapter - 5 English - Short Stories
Answer. In today's world people don't show who they really are due to the fear of being
rejected or not being accepted by the society. The society greatly affects the person and
the way he presents himself to the outside world.
Page : 87 , Block Name : Talking about Text
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Answer. In today's world people don't show who they really are due to the fear of being
rejected or not being accepted by the society. The society greatly affects the person and
the way he presents himself to the outside world.
Page : 87 , Block Name : Talking about Text
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Document Details
| Board / Org | NCERT |
| Exam | Class 12 |
| Type | Solution |
| Pages | 5 |
| Updated | 30 Apr 2026 |