NCERT Solutions for Class 12 English (Kaleidoscope Short Stories) Chapter 5 One Centimetre

Ans : Tao Ying did not belong to a family of importance, she was not an educated lady but lived a humble life. Her life greatly influenced her son's life. She wanted to set a good example in front of her son, she would always remain gracious and gentle in front of her son. She always kept her up to mark and poise to set a good impression upon her son. 

Ans : The events that depict arbitrariness is, when Tao Ying buys a ticket for Xiao Ye, even though there is no need for him to buy. The old lady is shown keeping scales imbalanced for the reason, to make the populace feel good about themselves. 

Ans : For Tao Ying, Xiao Ye mattered more than anything else in the world the compensation that temple officials were distributing were of no importance to her. Tao Ying believed that day’s happiness cannot be bought and happiness of her son was above everything. 

Ans : Tao Ying felt it was important to clear things to her son that she was not wrong about his height and that she was not trying to exempt him intentionally from the ticket. Her son’s trust in her, mattered more than anything to her, even that compensation didn’t matter anything to her. 

Ans : The sentence that mentions about the arbitrary nature of rules and how Tao Ying's ideology of the world was based on her values, that didn’t always match her values. Both theme and first sentence reflect the same meaning of arbitrariness of rules.