Science (Hindi Medium) कक्षा १२ - CBSE Question Bank Solutions

Answer the following question in 40-50 words. 

How does Narayan use humor in the novel, and what effect does it have on the story?

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Comment on the father-son relationship in the novel ‘The Financial Expert.’

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The Grand Malgudi Circus is a prominent setting in R.K. Narayan's novel "A Tiger for Malgudi". Discuss.

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How does "A Tiger for Malgudi" explore the theme of the relationship between humans and animals?

“What man calls civilization always results in deserts. Man is never on the square he uses up the fat and greenery of the earth. Each generation wastes a little more of the future with greed and lust for riches”- Don Marquis

With our modern awareness of ecology are we likely to make sufficient progress in conservation, or are we still in danger of damaging the earth beyond repair? Write a discursive essay discussing the issue being raised.

"That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. It is dearness only which gives everything its value."- Thomas Paine

Do we value only what we struggle for? Plan your response, and then write an essay to explain your views on this issue. Be sure to support your position with specific points and examples. (You may use examples from your reading, observations, and inputs from subjects such as History, Science and literature)

Certainly anyone who insists on condemning all lies should think about what would happen if we could reliably tell when our family, friends, colleagues, and government leaders were deceiving us. It is tempting to think that the world would become a better place without the deceptions that seem to interfere with our attempts are genuine communication. On the other hand, perhaps there is such a thing as too much honesty. - Adapted from Allison Kornet, "The Truth About Lying"

Would the world be a better place if everyone always told the complete truth? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.

It is widely believed that people do their best work when they are promised rewards for their achievements. Our schools and workplaces operate on the assumption that good work occurs when people are competing for grades, money, or recognition from others. In truth, the prospect of rewards provided by others can inhibit and limit people’s drive and creativity. People do their best work when motivated from within by their enjoyment of a particular challenge and their satisfaction in doing something well.

What do you think motivates people to do their best? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observation.

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She had consented to go away, to leave her home.

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Strange that it should come that very night to remind her of the promise to her mother, her promise to keep the home together as long as she could.

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She prayed to God to direct her, to show her what was her duty.

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Frank would take her in his arms, fold her in his arms.

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Her time was running out but she continued to sit by the window, leaning her head against the window curtain, inhaling the odor of dusty cretonne.

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Not long before, when she had been laid up for a day, he had read her out a ghost story and made toast for her at the fire.

Why does Milton feel it is not necessary to put up a monument in stone for Shakespeare?

What does the ‘weak witness of thy name’ refer to?

How does Milton describe Shakespeare as the source of inspiration for all succeeding generations of poets?

What is the best tribute that posterity has bestowed on Shakespeare?

How do Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love get distorted in the human brain?

Blake’s poetry expresses one aspect of his multi-dimensional view of human experience—of mankind once whole and happy, now fallen into discord and tyranny, from which it must be rescued. Explain with reference to these two poems.