UNIT 8 - OFF TO OUTER SPACE TOMMOROW - TWO MARKS QUESTIONS

UNIT 8 - OFF TO OUTER SPACE TOMMOROW - TWO MARKS QUESTIONS

1. State the reason for the poet to say ‘Calendars and clocks are useless in space

Ans: The poet says this because there are no seasons and no day and night.

2. The speaker has the feeling that he is imprisoned. What might have been the reason for him to have such a feeling?

Ans: The speaker is alone and he feels lonely. He cannot have contact with anybody. No one can visit him.

3. Why do the tea cups circle around him?

Ans: There is no gravity in space. So tea cups circle around him.

4. Give some instances of daily routine mentioned in the poem ‘Off to Outer Space Tomorrow Morning’?

Ans: Writing letters, people visiting, knocking at the door phone contact. The speaker cannot do all these things because he is in space.

5. How has the poet described the life in space?

Ans: He has mentioned that there is absence of gravitation pull in space. Everything keeps on swirling inside the rocket. The concept of day and night doesn’t apply in space. There will be no communication in the form of letters and mails with the outer world. Calendars and clocks are useless in space. Totally, we can say that life in space is totally in contrast to life on earth.