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Mr. Chips is an English novel written by Hames Hilton, a well-known writer. His writing is famous for his fascinating choice. In this novel, Mr. Chips is a school teacher whose life is not extraordinary but someone made his life great. She was Katherine with unique and attractive nature and ideas. She was up-to-date and open-minded. Both meet in an incident and began to love each other. Their love soon changed to marriage. He got to love not only her but also the members of the school after marriage. His ideas and thoughts radically changed. But she died during the period of giving birth to their first baby. There are many incidents and ups and downs discussed in his life. Brookfield has given much importance to novelists.

Mr. Chips Important Questions For Class 12

Q.1. What did Chips say to the young Colley, the son of the Colley whom Chips punished first at Brookfield?

Ans: Chips said to him, Colley, your father was the first boy I ever punished when I came here twenty-five years ago. He deserved it then and you deserve it now.

Q.2. Describe the atmosphere in the Hall when Chips took his first class?

Ans: There was a sudden silence when Mr. Chips entered the classroom. The wall clock was ticking behind him. There were smells of ink and varnish. The red rays of the setting sun were coming in through the glass windows. The sudden hush in the classroom frightened Mr. Chips. He felt a bit nervous.

Q.3. How did Mr. Wetherby advise Chips on the day of his interview at Brookfield?

Ans: He asked Chips to give his zeal of youth to Brookfield and it would give him something in return. He asked him not to allow anyone to play tricks with him. He asked him to take up a firm attitude to keep discipline.

Q.4. What was the name of Chips’ doctor and how often did he visit Chips?

Ans: The name of Chips’ doctor was Merivale. He called upon chips every fortnight.

Q.5. For how much time did Chips work at Melbury School and why did he not like it? Ans: Chips worked at Melbury School for a year. He did not like it because he had been a bit tired and anxious there.

Q.6. How did Chips measure his time when he lived at Mrs. Wickett’s house?

Ans: Chips measured his time by the signals of the past. He lives his life according to the bells of Brookfield.

Q.7. What did Chips’ doctor say about Chips?

Ans: The doctor said that he was fitter than he was. He would not get any horrible disease. He would die a natural death. He called Chips a matchless old boy.

Q.8. What did Chips do after the last bell of Brookfield when he lived at Mrs. Wickett’s House?

Ans: After the last bell of Brookfield, chips wound up the clock, put the wire guard in front of the fire, turned out the gas, and carried a detective novel to bed.

Q.9. How did the boys look when Chips took his first class at Brookfield?

Ans: The big hall was full of five hundred wicked boys. They looked like lusty barbarians ready to attack him.

Q.10. What kind of fellow was Mr. Wetherby?

Ans: Wetherby was the headmaster of Brookfield in 1870. He was ill than when Chips joined it. He liked and respected chips. He was very gentle and cooperative. He had vivid eyes.

Q.11. How did Chips enjoy sleep?

Ans: Sleep came to him swiftly and peacefully. His days and nights were equally full of dreaming.

Q.12. What mischief was made in the very first class of Chips at Brookfield and who made it?

Ans: A boy dropped a desk lid. His name was Colley.

Q.13. When was the structure of the building of Brookfield rebuilt and extended?

Ans: The main structure of the building of Brookfield was rebuilt and extended, in the reign of George I.

Q.14. Was Chips an ambitious teacher?

Ans: In his early twenties, he wanted to get a headship or a senior mastership. It was after many repeated failures that he realized the unfitness of his qualifications.

Q.15. When did Chips retire and what was presented to him on the day of his retirement? Ans: Chips retired in 1913 at the age of sixty-five. At the time of retirement, he was presented with a cheque, a writing desk, and a clock.

Q.16. What was the social and academic status of Chips?

Ans: Chips in a social and academic sense was respectable, but he was no more brilliant.

Q.17. What was Chips’ status at Brookfield at sixty?

Ans: At sixty, he was Brookfield in his person. He was the guest of honor at Old Brookfieldian dinners.

Q.18. How did Brookfield look?

Ans: Brookfield lay behind a line of ancient elms. It looked reddish brown. It consisted of a group of the eighteenth-century building.

Q.19. What kind of people did Brookfield supply?

Ans: It supplied judges, members of parliament, peers and bishops, merchants, etc.

Q.20. Did Brookfield enjoy a good repute?

Ans: There had been a rise and fall in its luck. However, it remained a good school of the second rank.

Q.21. What kinds of books did Chips have in his room?

Ans: The books were chiefly classical. There were a few books of history and detective novels.

Q.22. How was Chips’ room decorated at Mrs.Wickett’s house?

Ans: His room was furnished simply and with schoolmasterly taste. There were a few bookshelves, a mantelpiece, easy- chairs, and some pictures.

Q.23. What was the condition of Mrs. Wickett’s house?

Ans: The house itself was ugly and affected but comfortable. It was situated near Brookfield.

Q.24. With what did Chips serve the boys?

Ans: He served the boys with walnut-cake tea and crumpets soaked in butter.

Q.25. What did Chips tell Mrs. Wickett about Major Collingwood?

Ans: He told her that once he had punished Collinwood for climbing onto the gymnasium roof to get a ball out of the gutter. He might have broken his neck.

Q.26.How did Chips feel in the company of women?

Ans: Chips did not care for women. He never felt at ease with them. He considered the new woman of the nineties such a monstrous creature that filled him with horror.

Q.27. How did Katherine Bridges look?

Ans: She had blue flashing eyes and freckled cheeks and smooth straw-colored hair.

Q.28. What did Katherine think about women’s rights?

Ans: She believed that women ought to be admitted to universities. She even thought that they ought to have a vote.

Q.29. Why did Chips not like Bernard Shaw and Ibsen and cycling?

Ans: Chips was a conventional person. He did not like Bernard Shaw and Ibsen for their disturbing plays. He did not like women taking up bicycling because he was against the freedom of women.

Q.30. What did Chips see while climbing on Great Gable?

Ans: One day, climbing on Great Gable, he saw a girl waving excitedly from a dangerous-looking edge.

Q.31. Why did Katherine begin to like Chips?

Ans: She began to like Chips because he had gentle and quiet manners. She liked his honest views though they were outdated. She also liked his brown charming, eyes.

Q.32. What was the profession of Katherine?

Ans: She was a governess out of a job but she had already saved a little money.

Q.33. What were the political views of Katherine?

Ans: In politics, she had radical views. She was impressed by the people like Bernard Shaw and William Morris. She thought that women ought to have a vote.

Q.34. Where and with whom did Chips go during the summer vacation of 1896?

Ans: He went up to the Lake District in 1896 with his colleague Rowden.

Q.35.What did Katherine say to Chips on the night before the wedding?

Ans: She said that she felt like a new boy beginning his first term with Chips. She asked if she should call him ‘Sir’ or ‘Mr. Chips’ would be right. Then she said, “Good-Bye Mr. Chips”.

Q.36. What did Chips remember about the time he spent with Katherine in Lake District? Ans: He remembered the evening strolls with her. He remembered her cool voice and gay laughter. She had always been a happy person. They had been so eager, planning a future together, but he had been a bit serious about it, even a little awed.

Q.37. Where was Katherine married from?

Ans: She had no parents. She was married from the house of an aunt in Ealing.

Q.38.Was Katherine pleased with Chips being a teacher?

Ans: She enjoyed living among the boys. She was happy that Chips was a teacher and not a lawyer or a broker or a dentist or a big businessman. She liked the teaching profession.

Q.39. What influence did Katherine Bridges exercise on Chips?

Ans: Katherine exerted a great influence on Chips. She made him a new man. She broadened his views and opinion. Before marriage, Chips was a dry person. She made him affectionate and kind. His eyes gained sparkle. His humor became mature. He became popular.

Q.40. Describe the quarrel between Ralston and Chips.

Ans: One day, Ralston asked Chips to retire. He said that Chips’ methods of teaching were slack and old-fashioned. His habits were slovenly. He disobeyed him. His pronunciation was wrong. He was slack and obstinate. Chips flamed up to hear this. He refused to retire.

Q.41. Write a note on Chips’ humor.

Ans: Chips had a keen sense of humor. He amused people with his little witty jokes. Everybody waited for his new joke. His humor was harmless.

Q.42. What was Chips’ performance as a teacher before marriage?

Ans: The teacher feels bored in teaching the same lesson for years. So was the case with Chips before marriage. He worked well. He gave service, satisfaction, and confidence, everything except inspiration.

Q.43. What kind of fellow was Mr. Chips before marriage?

Ans: Before marriage, he had been a dry natural sort of person. He was liked in general in Brookfield but he had nothing to be popular and loved.

Q.44. How much popular was Katherine in Brookfield?

Ans: She was very popular with boys and masters alike. She won Brookfield as she had won Chips.

Q.45. Was Katherine more intelligent than Chips?

Ans: She was sharper than he. He could not reject her ideas even when he disagreed with them.

Q.46. What changes did Katherine bring in Chips?

Ans: She made him a new man. His eyes gained sparkle. His humor became rich and mature, He began to feel strong. His discipline improved. He became popular.

Q.47. Did Katherine always plead Chips for leniency?

Ans: No, on rare occasions, she urged him on strictness when he was inclined to be forgiving. She asked him to punish the rude and arrogant type of boys.

Q.48. What memories of Katherine haunted Chips?

Ans: In his memory, he saw Katherine rushing along the stone corridors, laughing at some mistake in the essay he checked, taking part in the concerts, and tending him her good advice.

Q.49. Did Chips take a class on the day when his wife and child died?

Ans: Yes, he took his fourth form as usual after the call-over.

Q.50. What change did the death of his wife bring in Chips? (his feelings on Katherine’s death)

Ans: Just as marriage added something to his life, so did grief. After the death of his wife, Chips became suddenly the kind of man whom the boys classed as “old”. He found himself to be a horrifying nightmare. He wished to die like her. He found himself to be in a continuous trance. He was totally preoccupied.

Q.51. What was the April foolery Chips faced?

Ans: On 1st April 1898, while he was staying at his desk, someone said that there were letters for him. He opened them one by one. All the letters contained a blank sheet of paper. He thought that it was strange.

Q.52. How did Katherine urge Chips to forgive the students for their mistakes?

Ans: She urged Chips to give them a chance. She asked him to talk to them and they would be all right. She asked him to tell them that they would be punished if they repeated the mistake.

Q.53. How did Ralston look?

Ans: He was a young man of thirty-seven. He was glittering with Firsts and Blues. He had a personality that could reduce the Big Hall to silence with the mere lifting of an eyebrow.

Q.54. What duty was assigned to the boys of Brookfield when the railwaymen were on strike?

Ans: The railwaymen were on strike. The soldiers were driving the engines. Stones were being thrown at trains. The boys of Brookfield were asked to guard the railway line.

Q.55. When did Chips become the acting head of Brookfield?

Ans: Meldrum had succeeded Wetherby as Head and held the office for thirty years. In 1900, He died suddenly from Pneumonia and Chips became the Acting Head of Brookfield.

Q.56. Did Ralston know Brookfield and its traditions?

Ans: No, he knew neither Brookfield nor its traditions. He could estimate neither the toughness of Brookfield’s tradition nor its readiness to defend itself and its defenders.

Q.57. What sort of person was Ralston?

Ans: He was ruthless, ambitious, energetic, and a fine power-transmitter.

Q.58. How did people come to know about the quarrel between Ralston and Chips? Ans: A small boy, who was waiting outside to see Ralston, heard the entire row between the two. He told his friends about it and the boys conveyed the news to their parents. Soon the news spread around.

Q.59. What allegations did Ralston put on Chips?

Ans: Ralston said that Chip’s methods of teaching were old and lazy and his personal habits were slovenly. He blamed him that he ignored his instructions, which was rank insubordination.

Q.60.What did Chips say in the farewell speech?

Ans: In the speech, he made many little jokes. There were several Latin quotations in it. There was also a reference to the Captain of the School who had overstated Chip’s services.

Q.61. Who was the successor of Ralston and what kind of man was he?

Ans: Chatteris was the successor of Ralston. He was modern, friendly, and sympathetic. He wisely accepted Chips. Chips also liked him much.

Q.62. When / why did Ralston leave Brookfield?

Ans: Ralston left Brookfield in 1911 to better himself. He was offered the headship of one of the greater public schools.

Q.63. What happened to Chips in 1913? OR Why did Chips retire? OR At what age Chips retired?

Ans: In 1913, Chips had bronchitis and was off duty for nearly the whole of the winter term. This made him decide to resign. Then he was sixty-five.

Q.64. What were the activities of Chips after his retirement?

Ans: He invited boys to tea, watched matches, and dined with the Head and the masters took on the preparation of the new edition of the Brookfeldian Directory, wrote articles, and read the newspaper and detective novels.

Q.66. When did Chips receive his farewell party?

Ans: At the final end-of-term dinner, in July 1913, he received his farewell party. He also made a speech there.

Q.65. How did Chips feel when Chatteris told him about his problems and disease?

Ans: Chips had not known anything about him. When he learned that Chatteris was ill with diabetes and overworked, he was shocked because Chips liked him.

Q.66.What did Chatteris read out on every Sunday night during the war?

Ans: On every Sunday night, after evening service, Chatteris read out the names of the old boys who were killed in the war. He also told their short biographies were a very moving sight.

Q.67. Write a brief note on Mr. Chatteris.

Ans: Chatteris succeeded Ralston. He was a young man of thirty-four. He was suffering from diabetes. He had to work until midnight. He fell ill and died in April 1917.

Q.68. Write a brief note on Mr. Merivale.

Ans: Mr. Merivale was Chip’s doctor. He visited Chips every fortnight or so. He would often say that Chips was fitter than he. He called Chips a remarkable old boy. He said that Chips had got no disease except old age. He said that Chips would die a natural death.

Q.69. When / how did Chips perform as the head of Brookfield? (second headship)

Ans: He worked as Head in 1917 and 1918. He handled problems and dealt with complaints and requests. He became very kind, gentle, and confident. He kept a sense of proportion.

Q.70. How did Chips feel when he rejoined Brookfield?

Ans: He felt very fit. The actual work was not tiring for him. He felt very happy. For the first time in his life, he felt necessary to Brookfield.

Q.71. What sort of jokes did Chips make when he joined Brookfield again during the war? Ans: Besides his old jokes he also made new jokes about the O.T.C. and the food rationing system and the anti-air-raid blinds that had to be fitted on all the windows.

Q.72. What did Doctor Merivale say about Chips’ health?

Ans: The doctor said that Chips was fitter than he was. He would not get any horrible disease. He would die a natural death.

Q.73. Who was Mrs. Wickett?

Ans: Mrs. Wickett was a kind lady. In the past, she had been in charge of the linen room at Brookfield.

Q.74. How did Katherine help Chips in matters of discipline?

Ans: He was very rigid in maintaining discipline. Many times, Katherine advised Chips on the matter of discipline. She urged his discipline to improve. He became popular with students. People began to love him.

Q.75. What were Chips’ feelings on the death of his wife?

Ans: Katherine and her newborn child died on 1st April 1898. It was a deep shock for Chips. On the death of his wife, Chips found himself to be a horrifying nightmare. He wished to die like her. He found himself to be in a continuous trance. He was totally preoccupied.

Q.76. What was Chips’ reaction to Ralston’s allegations?

Ans: He thought that Ralston was running the school like a factory to turn out a snob-cultural based on money and machines. He thought that Ralston was lessening the old good traditions.

Q.77. How did Chatteris die?

Ans: He was suffering from diabetes. He had to work until midnight. He fell ill and died in April 1917.

Q.78. What were Chips’ outdoor activities during the last years of his life?

Ans: He invited boys to tea, watched matches, dined with the Head and the masters, wrote articles, and read newspaper and detective novels.

Q.79. What was Chips’ will?

Ans: In 1930, Chips made his will. Expect the legacies to the mission and to Mrs. Wickett, he left all he had to find an open entrance scholarship to the School.

Q.80.How did Chips face his first class at Brookfield?

Ans: The big hall was full of five hundred wicked boys. They looked like lusty barbarians ready to attack him.

Q.81. Why did Ralston ask Chips to retire?

Ans: In 1908, when Chips had just reached sixty, Ralston asked him to retire. He said that Chips’ methods of reaching were old and lazy and his personal habits were slovenly.

Q.82. Who was Merivale?

Ans: Mr. Merivale was Chips’ doctor. He visited Chips every fortnight or so.

Q.83. Why did Chips join Brookfield again?

Ans: Chatteris told him that the young masters had joined the army. He had to take the classes until midnight. He said that he could no longer continue like that.

Q.84.What is the contribution of Brookfield School of England?

Ans: Brookfield served England in both peace and war. During peace, it gave England judges, members of parliament, merchants, etc. During the war, its grounds were used as a training camp for the soldiers.

Q.85.What is the most thrilling incident of the Novel?

Ans: One day, climbing on Great Gable, Chips saw a girl on a dangerous ledge. He thought that she was in trouble. He ran to help her. But he slipped and wrenched his foot. The girl came to help him. During this period they fell in love with each other and finally married. This is the most important incident of the novel.

Q.86. What changes did the marriage bring in Chips?

Ans: Before marriage Chips was a dry person. After marriage, he became affectionate to Katherine and broadened his views and opinions. His eyes gained sparkle. His humor became rich and mature. His discipline improved. He became popular. People began to love him.

Q.87. How did Chips come across Katherine Bridges?

Ans: One day, climbing on Great Gable, Chips saw a Katherine on a dangerous ledge. He thought that she was in trouble. He ran to help her. But he slipped and wrenched his foot. She came to help him. During this period, they fell in love with each other and finally married.

Q.88. Why did students, teachers, and parents turn against Ralston?

Ans: Ralston was not liked in Brookfield. He was feared and respected. However, after the row with Chips, the dislike rose to the point where it conquered fear and destroyed even respect.

Q.89. Describe Chips’ experience at Brookfield on the first day.

Ans: The big hall was full of five hundred boys. They looked like lusty barbarians ready to attack him.

Q.90. Describe any two changes brought about by Katherine in the life of Chips.

Ans: She made him a new man. His eyes gained sparkle. His discipline improved.