12th Eng.Questions And answers Set-1
Question Bank Chapter Wise
XII ENGLISH
QUESTION BANK 2020-21
LAST LESSON BY ALPHONSE DOUDET
1- What was Franz expected to be prepared with for school that day?
2-What did Franz notice that was unusual about the school that day?
3- What had been put on the bulletin board?
4-How did Franz's feelings about M Hamel and school change?
5- Why do you think, little Franz was afraid of being scolded?
6-Who was Wachter? What did ask Franz and why? How did Franz react?
7-What tempted Franz to stay away from school?
8-Why had the villagers come to school that day? How did they look?
9-How did M Hamel pay tribute to the Last Lesson?
10- What impression do you form of M Hamel on the basis of your study The Last Lesson?
11-How is the title the last lesson relevant to the story?
12-Why does Franz think of bunking off the class?
13-What changes did the order from Berlin cause in the school that day?
14-Why are Franz apprehensive on seeing the crowd around the bulletin board?
15-What a thunderclap these words were to me which were the words that shocked and surprised little Franz?
16-How does arouse patriotic feelings in the people of Alsace?
17-when a people are enslaved; as long as they hold fast to their language it is if they hold the key to their prison ,comment on the basics of a story "The last lesson"
18-A teachers should be a friend a philosopher and a guide for his student. Do you think M Hamle fits into this image of a teacher?discuss.
CHAPTER-2
LOST SPRING By Aneese Jung
Q1-what is Saheb looking for in the garbage dumps? Where is he and where has he come from?
Q2-- What Explanation does the author offer for children not wearing shoes?.
Q3--Is Saheb happy working at the tea stall? Explain.
Q4- What makes the city of Firozabad famous?
Q5. Mention the hazards of working in the glass bangle industry.
Q6. How is Mukesh's attitude different from that of his family?
Q7-What could be some of the reasons for the migration of people from villages to cities?
Q8-Why should child labour be eliminated and how?
Q9-..Why can't bangle makers of Ferozabad organize into a cooperative?.
10 What story did a man from Udipi once tell the author?
11- How is the garbage heaps wrapped in wonder for the children?
12- Seemapuri is a place on the periphery of Delhi yet Miles away from it.Why?
13- What is the full name of Saheb?
14 Write the Character sketch of Saheb and Mukesh.
15-Why do slums like Seemapuri mushroom around big cities?
16-Explain the use of literary device in the sentence "an army of barefoot boys who appear like the morning birds and disappear at noon.
17-Mukesh a rebel. Do you agree ?give reason in the support of your answer?
18-Describe the atmosphere in the glass furnace. How does working in them affect the young children.
19-What forces conspire to keep the workers in the bangle industry of Firozabad in poverty?
Character-3
Deep Water by William Douglas
Q1- What is the" misadventure" that William Douglas speaks about?
2- What were the series of emotions and fears that Douglas experienced when he was thrown into the pool.What plan did he make to come out to the surface?
3- How did this experience affect him?
4- Why was Douglas determined to get over his fear of water?
5-How did the instructor' build a swimmer' out of Douglas?
6-How did Douglas make sure that he conquered the old terror?
7- How did Douglas overcome his fear of water?
8- When Douglas realised that he was sinking, how did he plan to save himself?
9-How did Douglas finally get over of the fear he had of water?
10-" All we have to fearis fear itself"
The narrator in the lesson: Deep Water 'quotes. Roosevelt while narrating his experience of going Deep in water and all the rest of it' narrate the story.
11- How did the incidents at the Y.M.C.A.pool affect William Douglas later in his life?
12-What handicap did Douglas suffer from? How did he overcome that?
13- Douglas uses sensory details to create a vivid image of the unfortunate experience in the pool. What might be impact on the reader if the narration were more informative than sensory?
14-Childhood fears are deeply entrenched in our mind. Determination, hard work and right training are needed to get rid of them? comment on the statement in the light of Douglas to overcome his fear of water?
15-Deep Water is an autobiographical account of the writer's personal experience. How does the writer make clear to the readers the sense of panic that gripped him as he almost drowned?
Chap- 4
THE RATTRAP
1-From where did the peddler get Idea of world being a rattrap?
2-Did the peddler expect the kind of hospitality that he received from the Crofter?
3-Why was the Crofter so talkative and friendly with the peddler?
4-Why did the Crofter show thirty kronor to the peddler?
5-Did the peddler respect the confidence reposed in him by the Crofter?
6-What made the peddler think that he had indeed fallen into rattrap?
7-Why did the peddler decline the invitation?
8-What made the peddler accept Edla willmanson's invitation?
9-When did the iron master realize his mistake?
10-Why did Edla still entertain the peddler even after she knew the truth about him?
11-Why was Edla happy to see the gift left by the peddler?
12-Why did the peddler sign himself as captain von Stahle?
13-what made the peddler finally change his ways?
14- Attempt the character sketch of Crofter
15- Attempt the character sketch of the rattrap peddler.
16-What are the instances in the story that show that the character of the ironmaster is different from that of his daughter in many ways?Chapter-5 INDIGO by LOUIS FISCHER
1- Why is Raj Kumar Shukla described as being 'resolute'?
2- Why do you think the servants thought Ganghiji to be another peasant?
3-List the places that Ganghiji visited between his first meeting with Shukla and his arrival in Champaran?
4- What did the peasants pay the British Landlord as rent? What did the British now want instead and why? What would be the impact of synthetic Indigo on the prices of natural Indigo?
5-. Why did Ganghiji agree to a settlement of 25% refund to the farmers?
6- How did the episode of Gandhiji change the plight of the peasants?
7- How was Ganghiji able to influence lawyers? Give reasons.
8- How do we know that ordinary people too contributed to the freedom movement?
9-How did Gandhi help the poor in champaran to achieve freedom from fear? What made Indigo sharecropping disappeare?
10-What were the problems the sharecroppers of Indigo were facing in Champaran?
11-What made the British landlords obtain agreement from peasants to pay them compensation amount for being released from 15% agreement?
12-Why did Gandhi not accept CF Andrews helpling him during the Champaran movement?
13-What does Gandhi refer to as conflict of duties?
14-What idea do you get about Gandhiji from the chapter Indigo by Louis Fischer?
15-What made Mahatma Gandhi declare the battle of champaran is wonderful?
16-How did the court scene at Motihari change the course of India's struggle for freedom?
17-Why did Gandhiji considered freedom from fear more important than legal justice for the poor peasants of Champaran?
Ch-6
POETS And PANCAKES by Ashokamitran
1. What does the writer mean by the fiery misery' of those subjected to make-up'?
Q2. What is the example of national integration that the author refers to?
Q3. What work did the 'office boy do in the Gemini Studios? Why did he join the studios? Why was he disappointed?
Q4. Why did the author appear to be doing nothing at the studios?
Q5. Why was the office boy frustrated? Who did he show his anger on?
Q6. Who was Subbu's principal?
Q7. Subbu is described as a many-sided genius. List four of his special abilities.
Q8. Why was the legal adviser referred to as the opposite by others?
Q9. What made the lawyer stand out from the others at Gemini Studios?
Q1O. Did the people at Gemini Studios have any particular political affiliations?
Q11. Why was the MRA(Moral Rearmament Army) welcomed at the Studios?
Q12. Name one example to show that Gemini Studios was influenced by the plays staged by MRA
Q13. What caused the lack of communication between the Englishman and the people at Gemini Studios?
Q14.Why was Kothamangalam Subbu considered No. 2 in Gemini Studios?
15. How does the author describe the incongruity of an English poet addressing the audience at Gemini
Studios?
Q16.Why is the Englishman's visit referred to as unexplained mystery?
17. Who was the English visitor to the studios?
Q18. How did the author discover who the English visitor to the studios was?
Q19. What does The God that Failed' refer to?
Ch-7 The Interview by Christopher Silvester
Q1. What are some of the positive views on interviews?
Q2 Why do most celebrity writers despise being interviewed?
Q3. What is the belief in some primitive cultures about being photographed?
Q4. What do you understand by the expression "thumbprints on his windpipe"?
Q5. Who, in today's world, is our chief source of information about personalities?
Q6. Do you think Umberto Eco likes being interviewed? Give reasons for your opinion?
Q7. How does Eco find the time to write so much?
Q8.. What was distinctive about Eco's academic writing style?
Q9. Did Umberto Eco consider himself a novelist first or an academic scholar?
Q10- What is the reason for the huge success of the novel, The Name of the Rose?
Q11. How did Rudyard Kipling look at interviews?
Q12. Why did Lewis Carroll have a horror of the interviewer?
Q13. What does Umberto Eco mean by the concept of Interstices in our lives?
Ch-8 Going Places
1-Q1.Where was it most likely that the two girls would find work after school?
2-What were the options that Sophie was dreaming of? Why does Jansie discourage her from having such dreams?
3-Why did Sophie wriggle when Geoff told her father that she had met Danny Casey?
4-Q2.Does Geoff believe what Sophie says about her meeting with Danny Casey?
5-Does her father believe her story?
6-How does Sophie include her brother Geoff in her fantasy of her future?
7-Which country did Danny Casey play for?
8-Why didn’t Sophie want Jansie to know about her story with Danny?
8-Did Sophie really meet Danny Casey?
9-Which was the only occasion when she got to see Danny Casey in person?
10-Sophie and Jansie were classmates and friends. What were the differences between them that show up in the story?
11-How would you describe the character and temperament of Sophie’s father?
12-Why did Sophie like her brother Geoff more than any other person? From her perspective, what did he symbolise?
13-What socio-economic background did Sophie belong to? What are the indicators of her family’s financial status?
14-Why does -Jansie say : “Soaf, you really should be sensible” ?
15-Compare and contrast Sophie and Jansie?
16-What job is Geoff engaged in? How does he differ from his sister, Sophie?
17-Why was Sophie jealous of Geoff’s silence?
18-How does Sophie’s father react when Geoff tells him about her meeting with Danny Casey?
19-Who was Danny Casey? How did the members of Sophie’s family react towards him?
20-Did Geoff keep his promise? How do you know?
Poem-1 My Mother at Sixty Six by Kamala Das.
Q1.Where was the poet driving to? Who was sitting beside her?
2-What did she notice in the World outside?
3- Why is the poet's mother compared to the late winter's moon?
4-What is the poet's familiar ache and why does it return?
5-What was the poet's childhood fear?
6-What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels?
7-Why are the young trees described as sprinting?
8- What do the parting words of the poet and her smile signify?
9- How did the mother look like at the airport?
10. Find out the meaning of the words-a.doze b. Corpse c.realize d.sprinting e.spilling out f.merry.g.wan.
Poem 2. KEEPING QUIET BY PABLO NERUDA
1.What will counting up to twelve and keeping still help us to achieve?
2-Why does Pablo Neruda urge us to keep still?
3-Which is the exotic moment that the poet refers to in ' keeping quiet'?
4-How might a huge silence interrupt the sadness of men?
5-What will happen if there is no rush or running of engines?
6- How many kinds of wars mentioned in the poem Keeping Quiet?
7-What can the earth teach us?
8-What do the fishermen usually do in the cold sea.
9- What do you understand by'the face of the Earth'?
10- what do you mean by a. twelve b.exotic c.green wars d.survivors
Poem3. A Thing Of Beauty' by John Keats
1- List the things of Beauty mentioned in the poem.
2- List the things that cause suffering and pain.
3- What does the line' Therefore are we wreathing a flowering band to bind us to earth' suggest to you?
4- What makes human beings love life in spite of troubles and sufferings?
5- Why is 'grandeur' associated with mighty dead?
6- What image does the poet use to describe the beautiful bounty of the Earth?
7- We does the poet say about the loveliness of beautiful things?
8-how can you say that nature is the storehouse of joy?
9-What is immortal drink?How do we get it?
10-What are the clear rills?
11-what is immortal drink?
12-explain ' the mighty dead'
Poem 4. A Roadside Stand
Q1-Why do the people who run the roadside stand wait for the squeal of brakes so eagerly?
2-Explain: “soothe them out of them wits” with reference to the poem The Roadside Stand’
3-Why does Robert Frost sympathise with the rural poor?
4-What was the plea of the folk who had put up the roadside stand?
5-What is the ‘childish longing’ of the folk who had put up the roadside stand? Why is it ‘in vain’?
6-Why didn’t the ‘polished traffic’ stop at the roadside stand?
7-What news in the poem ‘A Roadside Stand’ is making its round in the village?
8-Why do people at the roadside stand ask for city money?
9-Where was the new shed put up? What was its purpose?
10-Who are referred to as ‘the flower of cities’?
11-What are N and S signs?
12-Explain why merciful have been called ‘greedy good-doers’ and ‘beneficent beasts of prey’?
13-The government and other social service agencies appear to help the poor rural people, but actually do them no good.
14-Why do the cars stop there occasionally?
15-Have you ever stopped at a roadside stand ? What have you observed ?
Poem-5 Aunt Jennife's Tigers by Adrienne Rich
Q1. What do you know about aunt Jennifer's tigers?
2-Where do they live?Are they fearless? Give an example.
3-Why do Aunt Jennifer's fingers flutter?
4-What is Uncle's wedding band?
5-What will happen after Aunt's death?
6- What do mean by "Massive weight of Uncle's wedding band"?
7-What are aunt Jennifer's Tigers doing?
8-How do they pace?
9-where did she make the tigers?
10-How was she pulling the needle?
11-What do you mean by a- Chivalric b- ordeals c- denizens d- Topaz d- pace - e- ringed- sleek f- massive h- panel.
Vistas
Ch.1 The Third Level by Jack Finney
1- What does the third level refer?
2- Would Charlie ever go back to ticket- counter on the third level to buy ticket to Galesburg for himself and his wife?
3-Do you think that the third level was a medium of escape for Charlie? Why?
4- how did Charley reach the Third Level of the grand Central station?
5-what is Charlie's strange experience at Grand Central Station?
6-why did Charlie run away from the Third Level?
7-what was Sam's answer to Charlie's dilemma?
8-Does Charlie agree that stamp collecting habit is a way of escapism ?why?
9-Why was Charlie not able to get to Galesburg?
10- How did Sam reach Galesburg?
11-How did Sam mail reach Charlie?
Ch-2 The Tiger King
1-Who is the hero of the story The Tiger King? How may he be identified?
2-How was crown Prince Jang Jung Bahadur brought up?
3-What did the astrologer say he would do if the maharaja killed the hundredth tiger?
4-How did the maharaja stand in danger of losing his Kingdom itself? How did he ward off the crisis?
5-Who were famed for swallowing sheep whole in the kingdom of the maharaja?
6-How did the hundredthTiger take its final revenge upon the tiger king?
7-Who is the tiger king ? Why does he get that name?
8-What did the maharaja do to find the required number of tigers to kill?
9-How did the maharaja prepare himself for the hundredth tiger which was supposed to decide his fate?
10- How did the tiger king die?
11-Who actually killed the hundredth Tiger? why?
12-What did the maharaja and Diwan do to avoid the danger of losing The throne?
13-What did the astrologers depict about the child when he was born?
14-The story is a satire on the conceit of those in power? How does the author employ the literary device of dramatic irony in the story?
15-what is the author's indirect comment on subjected innocent animals to the wilfulness of human beings?
16-How would you describe the behaviour of the maharaja’s Minions towards him? Do you find them truly sincere towards him or are they driven by fear when they obey him Do we find a similarity in the today's political order?
17-Describe the great miracle which took place when Prince was only 10 days old?
Ch-3 A Journey To The End Of the Earth by Tishani Doshi
Q1-How do geological phenomena help us to know about the history of mankind?
2-What kind of indications do we get while visiting Antarctica to save Earth?
3-How can a visit to the Antarctica be an enlightening experience?
4-Why is a visit to Antarctica important to realise the effect of global warming?
5-How is Antarctica a crucial element in the debate on climate change?
6-What was the objective of the ‘Students on Ice Programme’?
7-Why is Antarctica and its understanding important for the survival of the world?
8-How did the Antarctica amaze the writer when he first saw it?
9-Why is Antarctica the place to go to if we want to study the earth’s past, present and future?
10-What do you think is the reason behind the success of the programme, ‘Students on Ice’?
11-How was Antarctica a chilling prospect for a South Indian, Tishani Doshi?
12-What are phytoplanktons? How are they important to our ecosystem?
13-Why does Tishani Doshi call her trip to Antarctica a “Journey to the End of the Earth”? What experience did she have during this expedition?
14-What are Geoff Green’s reasons for including high school students in the Students on Ice Expedition?
15-Take care of the small things and the big things will take care of themselves.’ What is the relevance of the statement in the context of the Antarctica environment?
16-When did the author start her journey to Antarctica and what had she to pass through?
Ch-4 The Enemy by Pearl & Buck
Q1 Who was Dr Sadao? Where was his house?
2. Will Dr Sadao be arrested on the charge of harbouring an Enemy?
3. Will Hana help the wounded man and wash him herself?
4. What will Dr Sadao and his wife do with the man?
5. What will Dr Sadao do to get rid of the man?
6. Why did the messenger come to Dr Sadao? What did Hana think about it?
7.Why did the servants leave Dr Sadao's house?
8. Hana told Yumi to wash the soldier. How did Yumi react?
9- How did the gardener react when Dr Sadao today him about the wounded American Soldier?
10.How did Dr Sadao rise above narrow prejudices of race and country to help a human being on need??
11. Dr Sadao was compelled by his duty as a doctor to help an Enemy soldier.What made Hana,his wife, sympathetic to him in the face of open defiance from the domestic staff?
Ch-5 On The Face Of It by Susan Hill
1- Who is Mr Lamb? How does Derry get into his garden?
2- Do you think all this will change Derry's attitude towards Mr Lamb?
3- According to Derry, What do people think and say about him?
4-What did Derry's mother think of Mr Lamb?
5- What qualities of Mr Lamb attracted Derry to him?
6 How did Mr Lamb try to give courage and confidence to Derry?
7- How did Mr Lamb's meeting with Derry become a turning point in his life?
8- How do Mr Lamb and Derry differ in their thoughts,traits and attitude to life?
9-Why and How did Derry enter Mr Lamb's garden?
10- Why does Derry say.,." I am not afraid of the people.. people afraid of me"?
11- How did Derry get his burnt face?
12-Why does Derry go back to Mr Lamb?
13- How does Mr Lamb console Derry?
14- How does Mr Lamb meet his tragic end?
16- Write a brief note on Mr Lamb and Derry.
Ch-6. Memories of childhood
1-why did Zitkala-Sa feel that early morning at the school was discordant?
2-what did Zitkala-Sa notice when they were walking in single line to the dining hall?
3-why was Zitkala-Sa embarrassed when she reacted to the sound of the first bell at the breakfast table what was expected of them?
4-why was the writer so averse to having her haircut ? what did she do to escape this ordeal?
5-What did Bama notice with regard to an elder from their Street? What explanation did her brother give her for this strange behaviour?
6-What advice did Bama’s brother give her so that she may overcome the humiliation of being born an untouchable?
7-What communities did Bama and Zitkala-Sa belong to? Why did the two feel deep sense of alienation?
8-Why did Zitkala-Sa resist the cutting of her hair?
9-What distracted Bama most on her way back from school?
10-How can we say that vadai packet incident reveals that the writer lacked the cognitive and emotional maturity required to understand the implication of untouchability?
11-The two accounts that you read above based are based on two distant cultures what is the commonality of theme found in both of them?
12-Bama experience is that of a victim of the caste system what kind of discrimination does Zitkala-Sa experience depict ?what are their responses to their respective situation?
13-It may take a long time for oppression to be resisted but the seeds of rebellion are sowed early in the life? Do you agree that injustice in any form cannot escape being noticed by even children?
14-untouchability is not only a crime it is
inhuman too ?why and how did Bama decide to fight against it?
1-I had been tossed about in the air like a wooden puppet and now my long hair was shingled like a coward's
What inference about the life of Zitkala-Sa can be drawn from the above statement,
2-Why Derry was startled as soon as he entered the Garden?
3-"Bama and Zitkala-Sa though victims of o system that crushes their aspirations are determined to break out, comment
4-Inclusive education is a step to bring the people with deformities into mainstream so as to build up their confidence and morale
To what context do you of inclusive Education Consider the importance
5-What is it that draws Drerry towards Mr Lambs in spite of Himself?
6-Both Bama and Zitkala-Sa belonged to the Marginalized Communities. They both face discrimination in their Childhood, What are the similarities in the lives of two though they belong to the different Culture.
Set-3 'The Enemy
1) The influence of belief in tradition such as religion, family bonds, or patriotism can be used to develop the narrative techinques like setting motivation, sources of conflict, and pacing Analyse how the writer incorporated Such influence to good effect in story, The Enemy Support your answer with valid textual evidence
2) I must get rid of this man for your sake How did Dr. Sadao act like a perfect husband?
3) what risk did Dr Sadao run in harbouring the enemy American soldier in his house-
4) 'It's important to be a good human being than being a professional or a true patriot. Elaborate with reference to character of Sadao in 'The Enemy.
5) What were feelings of Dr Sadao and his wife on sering the wounded Man? what did finally decide to do?
6) Tom is amlable young boy. Elucidate
7) Sadas's indecisiveness eventually helped him to do right thing.State your opinion on this with relevant incidents from chapter 'The Enemy.
8) What was dilemma faced by Dr Sadan and Hana after encountering the injured American Solader
The Enemy by Pearl & Buck
Q1 Who was Dr Sadao? Where was his house?
2. Will Dr Sadao be arrested on the charge of harbouring an Enemy?
3. Will Hana help the wounded man and wash him herself?
4. What will Dr Sadao and his wife do with the man?
5. What will Dr Sadao do to get rid of the man?
6. Why did the messenger come to Dr Sadao? What did Hana think about it?
7.Why did the servants leave Dr Sadao's house?
8. Hana told Yumi to wash the soldier. How did Yumi react?
9- How did the gardener react when Dr Sadao today him about the wounded American Soldier?
10.How did Dr Sadao rise above narrow prejudices of race and country to help a human being on need??
11. Dr Sadao was compelled by his duty as a doctor to help an Enemy soldier.What made Hana,his wife, sympathetic to him in the face of open defiance from the domestic staff?
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