Nobel Lecture by Mother Teresa Question Answer Class 11 Second Semester
1. What was the occasion of gathering together?
Ans. Mother Teresa and many other people gathered together to thank God as Mother was awarded the Nobel peace prize.
2. With what did Mother Teresa want to start her Nobel Lecture?
Ans. Mother Teresa wanted to start her Nobel Lecture with the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi
3. When was the prayer of St. Francis of Assisi composed?
Ans. The prayer of St. Francis of Assisi was composed 400-500 years ago.
4. When is this prayer prayed everyday?
Ans. Mother Teresa and her sisters pray this prayer everyday after Holy Communion.
5. Who was St. Francis?
Ans. St. Francis of Assisi was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher who was bestowed Sainthood in the 13th century.
6. Who is the son of God?
Ans. Jesus christ is the son of God.
7. Whom did God give his son to and why?
Ans. God gave his son to Virgin Mary because he loved the world very much.
8. Why did Jesus become man?
Ans. Jesus became man to bring the good news to the poor.
9. Where did Virgin Mary go to give the good news and when?
Ans. As soon as Jesus came into her life, Virgin Mary went to give the good news to her cousin, Elizabeth.
10. Who was the first messenger of peace?
Ans. The unborn child in the womb of Elizabeth was the first messenger of peace.
11. Who, according to St. John, is a liar?
Ans. According to St. John, a person is a liar if he says that he loves God but he does not love his neighbour.
12. Why did Jesus die on the cross?
Ans. Jesus died on the cross to show greater love to the people of the world.
13. Why have we been created?
Ans. We have been created in God’s image to love and to be loved.
14. Among whom can we find Jesus?
Ans. We can find Jesus among the hungry, the naked, the homeless, the sick, the one in prison, the lonely and the unwanted.
15. What did Mother Teresa never forget?
Ans. Mother Teresa never forgot an opportunity she had in visiting an old age home.
16. “This is the hunger of our people”-Which ‘hunger’ is referred to here?
Ans. The hunger’ referred to here is the hunger of love.
17. Why were the old parents of the old age home looking at the door?
Ans. The old parents of the old age home were looking towards the door with a false hope that their sons and daughters would come to visit them.
18. Why did not the old parents smile?
Ans. The old parents did not smile because they were hurt as their sons and daughters had forgotten them.
19. What struck Mother most in the old age home?
Ans. The fact that struck Mother most in the old age home was that there was no smile on the faces of the old parents in the old age home.
20. What was Mother Teresa surprised to see in the west?
Ans. Mother Teresa was surprised to see that Many young boys and girls in the west were addicted to drugs.
21. Who, according to Mother Teresa, are responsible for the misery of the western children?
Ans. According to Mother Teresa, parents are responsible for the misery of the western children because they are very busy and they have no spare time for their children.
22. What, according to Mother Teresa, is the greatest destroyer of peace today?
Ans. According to Mother Teresa, the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion.
23. Why is abortion the greatest destroyer of peace today?
Ans. Abortion is the greatest destroyer of peace today because it is a direct war, a direct killing and a direct murder by the mother herself.
24. How did Mother Teresa fight against abortion?
Ans. Mother Teresa fought against abortion by adoption and by teaching people natural family planning
25. What does God say very clearly in the scripture?
Ans. In the scripture God says very clearly that even if a mother can forget her child, he will not forget us because he has carved us in the palm of his hand.
26. Why do quite a number of children in India and Africa die?
Ans. Quite a number of children in India and Africa die due to malnutrition, hunger and many other reasons.
27. What message did Mother Teresa send to all hospitals, clinics and police stations?
Ans. Mother Teresa sent message to all hospitals, clinics and police stations not to destroy a child as her organisation would accept the unwanted children.
28. “That is the blessing of God for us”-What ‘blessing’ is referred to here?
Ans. The demand of child from the childless couples are increasing day by day and it is the blessing of God for them.
29. What was the positive result of natural family planning in Kolkata in last six years?
Ans. In the last six years in Kolkata the families that followed natural family planning had 61,273 babies less.
30. Who, according to Mother Teresa, are very great people and why?
Ans. According to Mother Teresa, the poor people are very great people because they can teach us so many beautiful things.
31. How many people did Mother Teresa pick up from the street?
Ans. Mother Teresa picked up four people from the street.
32. What did the man whom Mother Teresa had picked up from the drain say at her home?
Ans. The man whom Mother Teresa had picked up from the drain said that he had lived like an animal in the street and was going to die like an angel.
33. Who took care of the four people picked up from the street?
Ans. Mother Teresa took care of the worst one and the other three were looked after by other sisters.
34. Who had a beautiful smile on her face and what did she tell Mother Teresa?
Ans. One of the four people when they had picked up from the street smiled at Mother Teresa and said, “Thank you” before dying.
35. How was the condition of the man picked up from the drain?
Ans. The man picked up from the drain was half eaten with worms.
36. What, according to Mother Teresa, do we need to bring peace in our family?
Ans. According to Mother Teresa, we need to get together and love one another to bring peace in our family.
37. Where, according to Mother Teresa, does love begin?
Ans. According to Mother Teresa, love begins at home.
38. To whom did the little Hindu boy donate sugar and why?
Ans. A little Hindu boy donated his suger to the children of Mother Teresa because there was scarcity of sugar in Kolkata.
39 How old was the little Hindu boy?
Ans. The little Hindu boy was four years old.
40. What did the little Hindu boy say to his parents?
Ans. The little Hindu boy told his parents that he would not eat sugar for three days and give his sugar to Mother Teresa for her children.
41. What did Mother Teresa say about the little Hindu boy?
Ans. Mother Teresa said that the little Hindu boy knew how to share love.
42 How did Mother Teresa feel while staying in Norway?
Ans. While staying in Norway Mother Teresa felt that she was in the convent of Calcutta with the sisters
43. Who informed Mother Teresa about the hungry family with eight children?
Ans. A gentleman informed Mother Teresa about the hungry family with eight children.
44. What did the lady of the Hindu family do after getting the rice?
Ans. After getting the rice the lady of the Hindu family divided some rice among her children and went out to give the rest rice to her Muslim neighbour.
45. “They are hungry too”-Who is the speaker? Who are ‘they’?
Ans. Here the speaker is the lady of the Hindu family. They are their Muslim neighbours.
46. Why did not Mother bring more rice that evening?
Ans. Mother did not bring more rice that evening because she wanted the children to enjoy the joy of sharing.
47. How many children would be benefitted from the Nobel prize money?
Ans. The children of the whole world would be benefitted from the Nobel prize money.
48. Why did Mother Teresa intend to make home with the Nobel prize money?
Ans. Mother Teresa believed that love begins at home. If she could make home for the poor, more and more love would spread. So, Mother Teresa intended to make home with Nobel prize money.
49. Why is the poverty of the west more difficult to remove?
Ans. The poverty of the west is more difficult to remove because they suffer from psychological poverty, mainly the poverty of love.
50. What is advice of Mother Teresa on meeting each other?
Ans. Mother Teresa advises the audience to meet each other with a smile.
51. Why should we meet each other with a smile?
Ans. We should meet each other with a smile because smile is the beginning of love.
52. Why does Mother Teresa tell us to pray for her sisters and brothers?
Ans. Mother Teresa tells us to pray for her sisters and brothers so that they may remain faithful to the gift of God, to love him and serve him in the poor together with us.
53. From whom did Mother receive 15 dollars?
Ans. Mother Teresa received 15 dollars from a man who had been on his back for twenty years.
54. Which part of his body can the man move and what is his only companion?
Ans. The man can only move his right hand and the only companion that he enjoys is smoking.
55. How did Mother Teresa spend the 15 dollars?
Ans. With the 15 dollars Mother Teresa bought bread and gave to those who were hungry.
56 Where, according to Mother Teresa, can we find Jesus?
Ans. According to Mother Teresa, we can find Jesus in our hearts, in the poor that we meet, in the smile that we give and receive.
57. “Let us make that one point”-What is the ‘one point’?
Ans. Mother Teresa makes one point clear that no child will be unwanted and we shall always meet each other with a smile.
58. Why did the professors from the United States come to Calcutta?
Ans. The professors from the United States came to Calcutta to visit Mother’s house.
59. What advice did Mother Teresa give to the professors?
Ans. Mother Teresa advised the professors to smile at each other and make him for each other in their family.
60. Why did Mother Teresa find it sometimes very difficult to smile at Jesus?
Ans. Mother Teresa found it sometimes very difficult to smile at Jesus because he could be very demanding sometimes.
61. Why did Mother believe that she would go to heaven?
Ans. Mother Teresa believed that she would go heaven because she spread God’s love.
62. How can the Nobel peace prize be a gift of the Norwegian people?
Ans. The Nobel peace prize can be a gift of the Norwegian people if they become a burning light in the world of peace.
63. From where is the Nobel peace prize given?
Ans. The Nobel peace prize is given from Norway.
64. Which country does Mother Teresa want to be the nest of love?
Ans. Mother Teresa wants Norway to be the nest of love.
65. What, according to Mother Teresa, is the importance of smile?
Ans. According to Mother Teresa, smile is very important because smile is the beginning of love and it brings harmony and brotherhood among us.
66. Whom, according St. John, should we love to love God?
Ans. According to St. John, we should love our neighbours to love God.
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