CHAPTER 4 LIBERTY AND DISCIPLINE(William Slim) Class 11th Complete Solution

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                     LIBERTY AND DISCIPLINE

Q. How does the author define liberty? 

Ans. Liberty' is the freedom to think what we like, say what we like, work at what we like and go where we like. Liberty is the birthright of each and every person. But even then, it is not a personal affair. It is a compromise or social contract. 

Q. What is discipline? 

Ans. Discipline is restraint on liberty. It trains people to obey rules and orders and punishes them if they don't do. Discipline is very necessary in every field of society. It is only discipline that enables men to live in a society and yet retain individual liberty. 

Q. Why should one keep to the left? 

Ans. Keeping to the left while going on a road is the rule of the road. We should obey this rule of the road not only for our own advantage but also for the rights of others. If we don't do so, we will not only endanger others but ourselves also. 

Q. How does pure discipline differ from enforced discipline ? 

Ans. The discipline that comes from our inside is pure discipline. And the discipline that is enforced on us from outside is enforced discipline. Since discipline is a restraint on liberty it is quite natural that man has an inclination to avoid this restraint. 

Q. What types of liberty do the British believe in ? 

Ans. The British believe in four types of liberty. They want the liberty to think what they like. They want the liberty to say what they like. They want to have liberty to work at ney like. They want to have the liberty to go where they like. 

Q. Why does one have a natural inclination to avoid discipline? 

Ans. Discipline trains people to obey rules and orders and punishes them if they dont do so. It is a restraint on liberty. So it is quite natural that man has an inclination to avoid this restraint. 

Q. Why is discipline unavoidable for a modern man ? 

Ans. Modern man lives in complex communities in which every person is dependent on others. So discipline is unavoidable for a modern man. If every man were free to do what he liked, there would be chaos everywhere. So discipline is very necessary for modern man in every field of society. 

Q. How did the author acknowledge the salute of a private soldier 

Ans. The author was a brand new second-lieutenant at that time. Once he was walking on to parade. A private soldier passed him and saluted him. The author acknowledged the salute of that soldier with an airy wave of his hand. 

Q. How did the Colonel punish the author for not returning a salute properly ? 

Ans. The Colonel rebuked the author for not returning a salute properly. He punished the Author for this. He made the author march in front of the whole batalion and practise before the  Maiors cane how to return a salute. "Discipline begins with the officers," he said to the author 

Q. What did the Colonel tell the author about discipline ? 

Ans. The author had not returned the salute of a private soldier properly. The Colonel him tor this and also punished him. He made the author practice betore the Sergeant rs ane how to return a salute. The Colonel told the author that discipline begins with the officers. 

Q. How can the leader build up the leadership of his team ? 

Ans. The leader can build up the leadership of his team on the discipline of understanding In order to inculcate a sense of discipline in his team, he must first realize his own responsibility. He must display high standards of discipline in his own life. Only then he can succeed in building up the leadership of his team. 

Q. What, according to the author, was not a new technique invented in the last war?

Ans. According to the author, taking men into one's confidence was not a new technique invented in the last war. He says that leaders have always followed this technique to lead the people by winning their confidence. This art is a must in a successful leader. It helps i building good rapport between the leader and his followers. 

Q. How can you say that discipline is not derogatory ? 

Ans. It is only discipline that enables people to live in community and yet retain individua liberty. It does put some check on our freedom, but it does not cut down our individua freedom. It makes man truly free. Totalitarian discipline with its slogan-shouting masses is deliberately designed to submerge the individual. 

Q. What type of discipline is deliberately designed to submerge the individual ? 

Ans. Totalitarian discipline with its slogan-shouting masses is deliberately designed to ahmerge the individual. Totalitarian discipline means a system of government in which shere is only one political party that has complete power and control over the people. 

Q. How does the author commend the role of British railway signalmen in the last war? 

Ans. The author says that in the blitz of the last war, not even a single British Railway signalman left his post. They stood in the heaWhat, according to the author, is meant by democracy? rt of the target area. They didn't leave their place. They put their job before themselves. They knew the importance of their work for their country. 

Q. How can a nation overcome an economic or military crisis 

Ans. A nation can overcome an conomic or military crisis with the help of discipline only. Any nation without discipline surely goes to the dogs. And no work or progress is possible without a disciplined living. Rather there is bound to be confusion, disorder and chaos. 

Q. What, according to the author, is meant by democracy? 

Ans. According to the author, democracy means that responsibility is decentralised. And no one can avoid doing something he should do. He says that a nation can overcome an economic or military crisis with the help of discipline only. 

                 Long  Answer Type Question

Q. How does history teach us the need of a disciplined living ? Explain. 

Ans. From history, we have learnt that whenever the sense of order or discipline in a nation, its economic life declines completely Its standard of living falls and its security vanishes. Then the nation goes into the hands of either some more powerful militant power or a dictator. In short, any nation without discipline surely goes to the dogs. And no work or progres is possible without a disciplined living. Rather there is bound to be confusion, disorder and chaos. Modern man lives in complex communities in which every person is dependent on others. So discipline is unavoidable for a modern man. 

Q. What is the relationship between liberty and discipline? 

Ans. Liberty is the freedom to think hat we like, say what we like, work at what we like and go where we like. Discipline is a restraint on liberty. It trains people to obey rules and orders and punishes them if they don't do. Liberty is the birth right  of each and every person. But even chen, it is not a personal affair. It is a compromise or social contract.If every man were free to do what he liked, there would be chaos everywhere.So discipline is very necessary in every field of society. It is only discipline that enables men to live in a society and yet retain individual liberty. We can have discipline without liberty, but we cannot have liberty without discipline.

Q What does indiscipline lead to ? 

Ans. Indiscipline leads to confusion and chaos in a society. It creates corruption, lawlessness and disorder all around. It creates violence also among the people. The evil elements in the SOciety look for excuses to createviolence, Security for the poor and the weak vanishes. Indisciplineeats into the roots of our moral, social and national life. Whenever the sense of order or discipline fades in a nation, its economic life declines completely. Its standard of Aving falls and its security vanishes. Then the nation goes into the hands of either some more powerful militant power or a dictator. And an indisciplined nation surely goes to the egs 

Q. How can an officer inculcate a sense of discipline in his subordinates? 

Ans. In order to inculcate a sense of discipline in his subordinates, an officer must firs realize his own responsibility. He must display high standards of discipline in his own life Only then can his teaching or his instructions have an effect on his subordinates. In this chapter, the writer tells us that once he acknowledged the salute of a private soldier with an airy wave of his hand. And his Colonel punished him for not réturning the salute properly He made the author march in front of the whole battalion and practise before the Sergeant Majors cane how to return the salute. He said to the writer, "Discipline begins with the officers."

Q. Whatare the advantages of discipline? 

Ans. Discipline is very necessary in every field of society. It means training ot the mind and character. It trains people to obey rules and orders. It does put some checks on our freedom. But it does not cut down our individual freedom. In fact, it is the foundation of al freedom. It makes man truly free. It enables man to live in the society and yet retain individual liberty. It helps in maintaining law and order in the society. It is only discipline whic enables a nation to march on the way to progress.