Questions Class 12th English

 Practice Exercises 

Q: Answer ANY TWO of the following three questions, in about 40-50 words.

i. How did Franz find teaching and learning on the last day?

ii. What qualities of Mr. Lamb drew Derry toward him?

iii . When did the author start her journey to Antarctica and what had she to pass through?

Q.. Answer ANY ONE of the following two questions, in about 120-150 words.

A. Sophie lives in her fantasies. She hopes to make it big. You realize that the modern day youth are also

like that. You decide to write an article about the need to dream and how can it prove to be harmful sometimes.

Or

(Going Places)

B. Imagine a child from the farmer's family migrates to the city for their education. As the child, write back

to your family telling them whether you would or would not want to turn into a city person.

Use the context of the poem "A Roadside Stand" in mind to pen down this letter.

has escaped from jail."

iv. Identify the line from the text that bears evidence to the fact that Edla felt that the man was frightened. 1

V. Which is the most likely reason Edla calling him captain?

(a) He was looking like captain,

(b) He was mistaken as a captain.

(c) He was looking alike thief.

(d) He had escaped from jail.

vi. Complete the sentence with ONE word.

Edla had two doubts about the man-one is that he was a thief and another is that he had escaped from

Q:  Answer ANY FIVE of the following six questions, in about 40-50 words.

i. What followed when Gandhiji arrived at Champaran?

ii. Why do most celebrity writers hate to be interviewed?

(Indigo)(The Interview)(The Last Lesson)(A Roadside Stand)

iii. How were the parents and M. Hamel responsible for the children's neglect of the French language?

iv. Bring out the contrast between the urban rich and the rural poor.

V. What is the significance of the state of total inactivity or quietude that the poet urges in "Keeping Quiet"?

vi. What kind of mother's face has been described in 'My Mother at Sixty-Six"?

Q:  Answer ANY TWO of the following three questions, in about 40-50 words.

i. Where did Charley go after reading Sam's note and why? What did he come to know about it?

(The Third Level)

ii. Why was Tishani Doshi filled with relief and wonder when he set foot on the Antarctic continent?

(Journey to the End of the Earth)

iii. What kind of a garden does Mr Lamb possess? Why is he attached to it? 

On the face of it

Q: Answer ANY ONE of the following two questions, in about 120-150 words.

A. In Prose section, Indigo, chapter points out how an effective leadership can overcome any problem.

Or

Imagine yourself to be a motivational speaker who has to address high school students. Write this address

Q:  in 120-150 words elaborating on occurrences from the text to inspire your audience and to convince them about the importance of leadership.

Or

B. Mother continually warned against it, and kept fresh in my mind the details of each drowning in the river.

In Prose section, 'Deep Water' includes this comment on William Douglas.

In "My Mother at Sixty Six', we are told that -

'But after the airport's security check, standing a few yards away. I looked again at her, wan, pale as a

late winter's moon'

Imagine a conversation between Kamla Das and William Douglas as friends. Create this exchange with

reference to the extracts given above.

Q: Answer ANY ONE of the following two questions, in about 120-150 words.

A.

'The modern world is full of insecurity, fear, war, worry, tension and stress, Discuss with reference to

"The Third Level"

V. Why did the narrator sit on the side of the pool?

The word 'bruiser in the extract means vi. Complete the sentence with one word.

(a) To enjoy the beauty of the pool

(c) To wait for the coach

10. Answer ANY FIVE of the following six questions, in about 40-50 words.

(b) He was afraid of entering the pool alone

(d) To prepare himself mentally to enter

i. Why did the girl close the door when the ironmaster opened the door for the peddler to go?

(The Rattrap)

(Indigo)

ii. Why did Gandhi agree to a settlement of 25 per cent refund to the farmers?

iii. How did the poet prove that there can be life under apparent stillness in the poem 'Keeping Quiet".

iv. Why does the wedding band 'sit heavily upon Aunt Jennifer's hand?

V. How can 'mighty dead' be things of beauty?

(Aunt Jennifer's Tigers)

(A thing of Beauty)

vi. What caused the lack of communication between the Englishman and the people at Gemini Studios?

Q: Answer ANY TWO of the following three questions, in about 40-50 words.

What were the feelings of Dr. Sadao and his wife on seeing the wounded man? What did they finally decide to do?

(The Enemy)

ii. What arguments does Charley offer to show his disagreement with the psychiatrist's diagnosis?

(The Third Level)

iii. Do you think all this will change Derry's attitude towards Mr. Lamb?

(On the Face of 18)

Q:  Answer ANY ONE of the following two questions, in about 120-150 words.

A. The characters in prose sections, Mukesh in The Lost Spring and Sophie in Going Places are two different kinds of daydreamers. One is who fulfilled his dreams in real and the other is one who always lives in imaginary dreams. The daydreaming can affect our lives positively as well as negatively. Imagine yourself as a motivational speaker who has to address high school students. Write this address in about 120-150 words elaborating on occurrences from the two texts highlighting realistic and unrealistic

types of day dreaming.

Or

B. Imagine a child from the farmer's family migrates to the city for their education. As the child, write back to your family telling them whether you would or would not want to turn into a city person.

Use the context of the poem "A Roadside Stand" in mind to pen down this letter.

Q: Answer ANY ONE of the following two questions, in about 120-150 words.

A.

(A Roadside Stand)

Q: 

On returning home, Bama narrated the funny stories to her elder brother Annan. Her brother explained her that it is not funny in anything she told to him, instead all these incidents shows caste discrimination.

As she understood the events, she felt disgusted and sad.

Imagine vourself to be BAMA and discuss what the Constitution of India does for this.