Commerce (English Medium) कक्षा ११ - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for English Core

The school system often curbs individual talents. Discuss.

How do you distinguish between information gathering and insight formation?

You will probably agree that this story does not have breathless adventure and exciting action. Then what in your opinion makes it interesting?

Did the boys return the horse because they were conscience-stricken or because they were afraid?

“One day back there in the good old days when I was nine and the world was full of every imaginable kind of magnificence, and life was still a delightful and mysterious dream. ” The story begins in a mood of nostalgia. Can you narrate some incident from your childhood that might make an interesting story?

The story revolves around characters who belong to a tribe in Armenia. Mourad and Aram are members of the Garoghlanian family. Now locate Armenia and Assyria on the atlas and prepare a write-up on the Garoghlanian tribes. You may write about people, their names, traits, geographical and economic features as suggested in the story.

This play, written in the 1950s, is a humorous and satirical depiction of the status of the mother in the family.
 What are the issues it raises?

This play, written in the 1950s, is a humorous and satirical depiction of the status of the mother in the family.
Do you think it caricatures these issues or do you think that the problems it raises are genuine? How does the play resolve the issues? Do you agree with the resolution?

If you were to write about these issues today what are some of the incidents, examples and problems that you would think of as relevant?

Is drama a good medium for conveying a social message? Discuss.

Read the play out in parts. Enact the play on a suitable occasion.

Discuss in groups plays or films with a strong message of social reform that you have watched.

What impressions of Shahid do you gather from the piece?

How do Shahid and the writer react to the knowledge that Shahid is going to die?

Look up the dictionary for the meaning of the word ‘diaspora’. What do you understand of the Indian diaspora from this piece?

“I have done something; oh, God! I've done something real at last.” Why does Andrew say this? What does it mean?

There lies a great difference between text book medicine and the world of practising physician. Discuss.

Do you know of any incident when someone has been brought back to life from the brink of death through medical help. Discuss medical procedures such as organ transplant and organ regeneration that are used to save human life.

Narrate 'The Tale of Melon City' in your own words.

What impression would you form of a state where the King was 'just and placid'?