HSC Commerce इयत्ता १२ - Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education Question Bank Solutions for English

What does the ‘rule of the road’ mean?

Why should individual liberty be curtailed?

How would a reasonable person react when his actions affect other person’s liberty?

Define ‘liberty’ as perceived by the author.

According to the author, what are we more conscious of?

What is the foundation of social conduct?

How can we sweeten our life’s journey?

What does the traffic policeman symbolize?

What is ‘liberty’ according to the old lady?

How would ‘liberty’ cause universal chaos?

Why is there a danger of the world getting ‘liberty drunk’?

‘Curtailment of private liberty is done to establish social order’ – Do you agree?

What do you infer from Gardiner’s essay ‘On the rule of the Road'?

Explain in your own words, "What freedom means?"

"My right to swing my fist ends, where your nose begins." Elucidate with reference to, ‘On the Rule of the Road’.

Civilization can only exist when the public collectively accepts constraints on its freedom of action – Explain.

Now the teacher will read the following words. Listen carefully to the stress in each word. Write against each word whether it is a noun or a verb and mark the stress.

The most noticeable difference between American and British English is in the vocabulary usage. There are hundreds of everyday words that are different. 

Some British English words are given in column ‘A’. Write their corresponding American English word is Column ‘B.

Similarly there is a difference in the spelling of certain words between American and British English. In Column ‘A’ words are spelled in American. Write down the corresponding British English spelling for those words in column ‘B’. (The first one is done for you)