NCERT Solutions for Class 11 English (Woven Words) Essays 5 What is a Good Book

Class : 11th

Subject : English

Chapter : 5(Essays)

Chapter Name : What is a Good Book

Q1 What, according to Ruskin, are the limitations of the good book of the hour?

Answer. According to Ruskin, the good book was just like a newspaper or a letter but in good
print. It conveys the voice of the author to numerous people and preserve their ideas and voice
for future generations. The good book isn’t true or useful like a true book either.

Q2 What are the criteria that Ruskin feels that readers should fulfil to make themselves fit for the
company of the Dead.

Answer. Hard-working readers are fit for the company of the dead. Society's wealth and name
fame cannot buy compassion but rather love and kind thought does the work.

Q3 Why does Ruskin feel that reading the work of a good author is a painstaking task?

Answer. A good reader does not keep his ideas on the surface, rather only a hard-working
reader can detect the underlying meaning. The reader should be patient in order to understand
the real meaning of life. A reader is compared to gold miner he needs to dig in deep in order to
reach the area of value and importance.