Revision: Fictious Section >> Reading Skills English Core Commerce (English Medium) Class 12 CBSE
- How Do Chimps Drink Water from the Waterholes?
- Read the Passage Carefully. 1. I Remember My Childhood as Being Generally Happy and Can Recall Experiencing Some of the Most Carefree Times of My Life. but I Can Also Remember, Even More Vividly, Moments of Being Deeply Frightened. as a Child, I Was Truly Terrified of the Dark and Getting Lost. These Fears Were Very Real and Caused Me Some Extremely Uncomfortable Moments.
- 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 ?
- 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 and a Format You Consider Suitable.
- Write a Summary of the Above Passage in About 100 Words.
- How is the Social Life at Raveloe Different from that at Lantern Yard ?
- Attempt a Character Sketch of Squire Cass.
- Dolly Winthrop Has a Very Noble Nature. Comment.
- Griffin Failed Not Only as a Son and a Scientist, but Also as a Human Being. Comment. (The Invisible Man)
- Attempt a character sketch of Mrs. Hall.
- How Did Griffin Meet His End ?
- When and How Did the People of Iping Grow Suspicious of the Invisible Man ?
- Read the passage given below: 1. Very often, we do not take the first step towards a good cause because we say to ourselves, "The task is so big.
- Read the passage below: 1. Our history makes it evident that the Indian Plastics Industry made a vigorous beginning in 1957 but it took more than 30 years for it to pervade Indian lifestyles.
- Answer Any Two of the Following Questions in About 30‒40 Words: (A) How Does Kamala Das Try to Put Away the Thoughts of Her Ageing Mother? (B) Which is the Exotic Moment that the Poet Refers to in 'Keeping Quiet'? (C) What Are the Difficulties that Aunt Jennifer Faced in Her Life?
- Answer Any Six of the Following Questions in 30‒40 Words: (A) Why Did Gandhiji Feel that Taking the Champaran Case to the Court Was Useless? (B) Why Did the Peddler Derive Pleasure from His Idea of the World as a Rattrap?
- What Were Watson'S Observations on the Stick Left Behind by Dr. Mortimer? How Far Did Sherlock Holmes Prove Him Wrong?
- Who Was Selden? Why Was He on the Moor?
- Write a Character Sketch of Mr. Barrymore in About 125 Words
- Describe Miss Stapleton'S First Encounter with Sir Henry in About 125 Words
- Read the Passage Given Below and Answer the Questions that Follow: 1. Air Pollution is an Issue Which Concerns Us All Alike. One Can Willingly Choose Or Reject a Food, a Drink Or a Life Comfort, but Unfortunately There is Little Choice for the Air We Breathe. All, What is There in the Air is Inhaled by One and All Living in Those Surroundings.
- Read the Passage Given Below and Answer the Questions that Follow: the Term Dietary Fibres Refers Collectively to Indigestible Carbohydrates Present in Plant Foods. the Importance of These Dietary Fibres Came into the Picture When It Was Observed that the People Having Diet Rich in These Fibres, Had Low Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Dental Caries and Gall Stones.
- Answer Any Three of the Following in 30-40 Words Each: (A) Why Has the Poet’S Mother Been Compared to the ‘Late Winter’S Moon’? (B) the Poet Says, ‘And Yet, for These Children, These Windows, Not this Map, Their World.’ Which World Do These Children Belong To? Which World is Inaccessible to Them? (C) What Was the Plea of the Folk Who Had Put up the Roadside Stand?
- Answer any three of the following questions in 30-40 words each: (a) What did M. Hamel tell them about the French language? What did he ask them to do and why? (b) Why does Asokamitran call Subbu, ‘a charitable and improvident man’?
- Answer the Following in 30-40 Words Each: (A) Why Do You Think the Booking Clerk Refused to Accept the Money? Why Did the Narrator Get Out So Fast? (B) Why Could the Russian Research Vessel, ‘The Akademik Shokaskiy’ Not Move Any Further? What Did the Captain Decide Then?
- ..... and Clear Rills that for Themselves a Cooling Covert Make "Gainst the Hot Season; the Mid Forest Brake,
- ...........On Their Slag Heap, These Children Wear Skins Peeped Through by Bones and Spectacles of Steel
- (A) What Does the Poet'S Smile in the Poem, 'My Mother at Sixty-six' Show?
- Answer the Following Question in 120 – 150 Words: How Do You Perceive Dr. Kemp Based on His Interaction with Griffin ? (The Invisible Man)
- Far Far from Gusty Waves These Children'S Faces. like Rootless Weeds, the Hair Torn Round Their Pallor;
- Aunt Jennifer'S Tigers Prance Across a Screen, Bright Topaz Denizens of a World of Green. They Do Not Fear the Men Beneath the Tree; They Pace in Sleek Chivalric Certainty.
- Answer Any Four Of the Following Questions In 30-40 Words Each:(A) Why Did Franz Not Want to Go to School that Day? (B) What Was Sophie'S Ambition in Life? How Did She Hop
- Answer the Following Question in 120-150 Words: How Does Dr. Cuss'S Encounter with Griffin End in a Disaster?
- Answer the Following Question in 120-150 Words: What Kind of Life Did Silas Lead at Lantern Yard?
- Answer Any Four of the Following Questions in 30-40 Words Each :(A) Why Was Franz Not Scolded for Reaching the School Late that Day?
- (A) What Did Franz Wonder About When He Entered the Class that Day? (B) What Shocking Experience Did Douglas Have at Ymca Pool?
- Mrs. Hall is Greedy but Efficient in Her Business. Attempt a Character Sketch of Mrs. Hall.
- Nancy Lammeter is a Typical Country Girl. Comment.
- ''What a Thunderclap These Words Were to Me!'' (Franz). What Were Those Words and What Was Their Effect of Franz?
- (A) Describe the Irony in Saheb'S Name. (B) Why Was Gandhiji Opposed to C.F. Andrews Helping Him in Champaran?
- Answer Any Four Of the Following Questions In 30 – 40 Words Each : (A) After Initial Reluctance Why Did the Lawyers Tell Gandhiji that They Were Ready to Follow Him into Jail?
- Read the Passage Given Below : 1. Maharana Pratap Ruled Over Mewar Only for 25 Years. However, He Accomplished So Much Grandeur During His Reign that His Glory Surpassed the
- Answer Any Four of the Following In 30-40 Words Each: (A) Why Was the Peddler Amused at the Idea of the World Being a Rattrap? (B) Why Did Gandhiji Agree to a Settlement of Mere 25 Percent?
- Answer Any Four Of the Following In 30 – 40 Words Each: (A) How Did His Experience at the Ymca Swimming Pool Affect Douglas?
- Answer Any Four Of the Following Questions In 30-40 Words Each: (A) How Could the Peddler Enter the Forge Without Being Noticed by the Blacksmith?
- Answer Any Four Of the Following In 30 – 40 Words Each (A) What Precautions Were Taken for the Smooth Conduct of Evan'S O-level Examination ?
- Answer the Following in 120-150 Words : Within a Few Days of His Arrival in Iping, People Became Suspicious of Griffin. Why?
- Answer Any Four Of the Following in 30−40 Words Each:(A) What Did Garbage Mean to the Children of Seemapuri and to Their Parents?
- Answer Any Four Of the Following in 30 − 40 Words Each :(A) What Does Saheb Look for in the Garbage Dumps?(B) How Was Gandhi Treated at Rajendra Prasad'S House?
- Answer Any Four Of the Following in 30 − 40 Words Each:(A) "It is His Karam, His Destiny." What is Mukesh'S Family'S Attitude Towards Their Situation?
- Answer Any Four Of the Following Questions in 30 - 40 Words Each :(A) What Kind of Gold Did the People of Seemapuri Look for in the Garbage ? (Lost Spring)
- Read the Passage Given Below and Answer the Questions that Follow: the Term Dietary Fibres Refers Collectively to Indigestible Carbohydrates Present in Plant Foods.
- You Are Smitha/Sunil, Secretary Avm Housing Society. You Are Going to Organize a Yoga Camp. Write a Notice in Not More Than 50 Words, Urging the Members of Your Society to Com
- Answer Any Three of the Following in 30-40 Words Each: (A) Why Has the Poet’S Mother Been Compared to the ‘Late Winter’S Moon’?
- Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) are products that sell quickly at relatively low cost. FMCG is the fourth-largest sector in the Indian economy. There are three main segments in the sector
- Read the Passage Given Below and Answer the Questions that Follow: Thackeray Reached Kittur Along with a Small British Army Force and a Few of His Officers.
- The Most Alarming of Man’S Assaults Upon the Environment is the Contamination of Air, Earth, Rivers, and Sea with Lethal Materials.
- Read the Passage Given Below and Answer the Questions that Follow: the Most Alarming of Man’S Assaults Upon the Environment is the Contamination of a
- Read the following passage and answer the questions that follow: 1. Too many parents these days can't say no, As a result, they find themselves raising 'children'
- Read the passage given below: (1) Ratan, a global brand in Dairy products, works on a business model popularly known as, 'The Ratan Model'.
- Too Many Parents These Days Can't Say No as a Result, They Find Themselves Raising 'Children' Who Respond Greedily to the Advertisements Aimed Right at Them.
- The Most Alarming of Man’S Assaults Upon the Environment is the Contamination of Air, Earth, Rivers, and Sea with Lethal Materials. this Pollution is for the Most Part Irrevocable;
- When we think of the game of cricket, we come to the conclusion that it is primarily a game that depends on
- The Most Alarming of Man’S Assaults Upon the Environment is the Contamination of Air, Earth, Rivers, and Sea with Lethal Materials
- Read the Passage Given Below Carefully :1. for Four Days, I Walked Through the Narrow Lanes of the Old City, Enjoying the Romance of Being in a City Where History Still Lives - in Its Cobblestone Stre
- Read the Passage Given Below : 1. We Often Make All Things Around Us the Way We Want Them. Even During Our Pilgrimages We Have Begun to Look for Whatever Makes Our Heart Happy, Gives Comfort to
- Read the Passage Given Below :It is Surprising that Sometimes We Don'T Listen to What People Say to Us. We Hear Them, but We Don'T Listen to Them.
- The Most Alarming of Man’S Assaults Upon the Environment is the Contamination of Air, Earth, Rivers, and Sea with Lethal Materials.
- How bird hits happen, why they are a concern? New Delhi June 20 At least two bird strike incidents happened on Sunday. Why are bird strikes a concern?
- When you grow up in a place where it rains five months a year, wise elders help you to get acquainted with the rain early. They teach you that it is ignorant to think that it is the same rain falling
- Every Morning Ravi Gives His Brain an Extra Boost. We'Re Not Talking About Drinking Strong Cups of Coffee Or Playing One of Those Mind-training Video Games Advertised All Over Facebook
- Keeping Cities Clean is Essential for Keeping Their Residents Healthy. Our Health Depends Not Just on Personal Hygiene and Nutrition, but Critically Also on How Clean We Keep Our Cities and Their
- Maharana Pratap ruled over Mewar only for 25 years. However, he accomplished so much grandeur during his reign that his glory surpassed the boundaries of countries and time
- .To ensure its perpetuity, the ground is well held by the panther both in space and in time. It enjoys a much wider distribution over the globe than its
- People tend to amass possessions, sometimes without being aware of doing so. They can have a delightful surprise when they find something useful which they did not know they owned.
- Seagulls, as you know, never falter, never stall. To stall in the air is for them a disgrace and a dishonour. But Jonathan Livingston Seagull, unashamed, stretching his wings
- We Sit in the Last Row, Bumped About but Free of Stares. the Bus Rolls Out of the Dull Crossroads of the City, and We Are Soon in Open Countryside,
- Read the Following Extract and Answer the Questions that Follow: with Ships and Sun and Love Tempting Them to Steal... for Lives that Slyly Turn in Their Cramped Holes from Fog to Endless Night?
- Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow: Perhaps the Earth can teach us as when everything seems dead and later proves to be alive. Now I’ll count upto twelve
- Read the Following Extract and Answer the Questions that Follow: All Lovely Tales that We Have Heard Or Read; an Endless Fountain of Immortal Drink. Pouring Unto Us from the Heaven'S Brink.
