Commerce (English Medium) कक्षा १२ - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for English Core

Chimps making their own fishing rods is an indication that 

We know that chimps are intelligent because 

Orangutans use big leaves during a downpour because

The black kite may start a fire because

Big male elephants throw logs at electric fences because 

Why are animals considered as intelligent as humans ? 

What strategy do chimps use to open hard shells and fruits ? 

What do elephants do to prevent water from evaporating ? 

Give an example from the passage that proves the crow to be an intelligent bird.

How does a black kite spread wildfire ? 

How do chimps drink water from the waterholes?

What caused a blow to man’s ego ?

What inference can you draw from the action of the female gorilla described in para 2 ? 

Why do dolphins cover their long noses with sponges or shells ? 

To what end have humans used their superior intelligence ?

(a) crushing/destructive (pars 1)
(b) used to (pare 2)
(c) searching (pare 4)

On the basis of your understanding of the above passage, make notes on it using headings and subheadings.  Use recognizable abbreviations (wherever necessary – minimum four) and a format you consider suitable.  Also supply an appropriate title to it. 

Write a summary of the above passage in about 100 words. 

You are Kumar/Ankita, Secretary, West End Cooperative Group Housing Society, Vasundhara. Write a  notice in not more than 50 words requesting the members to attend a meeting of the society to discuss the  problem of irregular supply of drinking water to the residents. 

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

Those who prepare green wars,
wars with gas, wars with fire,
victory with no survivors,
would put on clean clothes
and walk about with their brothers
in the shade, doing nothing.

(a) Whom does the word ‘those’ refer to?
(b) What does the poet mean by : ‘put on clean clothes’?
(c) Describe the irony in the third line.
(d) When can a person walk about with ‘their’ brothers?