Commerce (English Medium) Class 12 - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for English Core

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

A thing of beauty is a joy forever
Its loveliness increases, it will never
Pass into nothingness; but will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.

(a) Which two qualities of beauty are mentioned here?
(b) How does it give calm to a troubled mind?
(c) What does the word ‘bower’ mean?
(d) How does beauty lead to ‘a sleep full of sweet dreams’?

Why did Aunt Jennifer decide to create animals so different from her own character ? 

What change did Saheb feel working at the tea shop ?

Why did Jansie not approve of Sophie’s dream ? 

Why did McLeery bring a smallish semi-inflated rubber ring to Oxford Prison ? 

Why was Dr. Sadao not sent abroad with the troops during the war ? 

Why did Roger Skunk go to visit the owl ? 

The Tiger King wanted to protect himself from a tiger attack. Describe the difficulties created by him for  his officials and subjects.

How did Mr. Lamb transform Derry's life ? 

Both Bama and Zitkala-Sa face difficult situations in their lives.
Describe how they face these situations. 

How did the Champaran episode prove to be a turning point in India's freedom struggle ?

When and how did the peddler realise that he had fallen into a rattrap ? How could he get out of it ? 

The Last Lesson shows that people suddenly realised how precious their language was to them.
Comment.

Why did Silas have to leave Lantern Yard ? (Silas Maurer)

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 ?