Commerce (English Medium) Class 11 - CBSE Question Bank Solutions

Astrologers' perceptions are based more on hearsay and conjecture than what they learn from the study of the stars. Comment with reference to the story.

There is mention of three communities in the story: the Marathas, the Mughals, the Anglo-Indians. Which language do you think they used within their communities and while speaking to the other groups?

Indian society has moved a long way from the way the marriage is arranged in the story. Discuss.

Do you think that the ruled always adopts the language of the ruler?

What kind of a person do you think the narrator is?

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to take issue with

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to give vent to

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to stand on one's feet

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to be wound up

What do you understand of Einstein’s nature from his conversations with his history teacher, his mathematics teacher and the head teacher?

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to meet one's match

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?