NCERT Class 12 Chapter 19 Question Answer। On Science Fiction। English Medium।

Understanding the Text

1. What makes for the distinction between the various genres of

fiction—‘a sports story’, ‘a Western story’, ‘a jungle story’ and

science fiction?

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2. How does Asimov establish that John Campbell was wrong in

his opinion that it is not possible for a science fiction mystery

to be fair to a reader in the same way as a classical mystery is?

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3. What are the pitfalls that the writer of science fiction mystery

must guard against?

Talking about the Text

Discuss in small groups

1. Imagination and fantasy help human beings to speculate upon

the possible explanations for the complexity and

unpredictability of the phenomena in the universe.

2. The difference that science and technology have made to everyday

life today was visualised in science fiction fifty years ago.

Appreciation

1. Discuss the author’s attitude towards the pre-scientific

imagination and the tone he adopts while talking about it.

2. Observe how the paragraph, as a form, has been used in the

essay. Some paragraphs consist of just one sentence. What

purpose do you think the author had in putting them in this

manner?

3. Mark the linkers used by the author to connect the point he

makes in one paragraph with that in the next. For example,

Let me explain the difference that makes in the last line of para

1 of Section II. These are called discourse markers or discourse

signalers.