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

Why does something so ordinary and commonplace as giving water to a wayfarer become so significant to Prakriti?

Why is the girl named Prakriti in the play? What are the images in the play that relate to this theme?

How does the churning of emotions bring about self-realization in Prakriti even if at the cost of her mother’s life?

How does the mirror reflect the turmoil experienced by the monk as a result of the working of the spell?

What is the role of the mother in Prakriti’s self-realization? What are her hopes and fears for her daughter?

‘Acceptance of one’s fate is easy. Questioning the imbalance of the human social order is tumultuous.’ Discuss with reference to the play.

How does the dramatic technique suit the theme of the play?

By focusing attention on the consciousness of an outcast girl, the play sensitizes the viewer/reader to the injustice of distinctions based on the accidents of human birth. Discuss how individual conflict is highlighted against the backdrop of social reality.

‘I will enthrone you on the summit of all my dishonor, and build your royal seat of my shame, my fear, and my joy’. Pick out more such examples of the interplay of opposites from the text. What does this device succeed in conveying?

‘Shadow, mist, storm’ on the one hand, ‘flames, fire,’ on the other. Comment on the effect of these and similar images of contrast on the viewer/reader.

How genuine is the love that Manjula expresses for her sister?

The sister does not appear in the play but is central to it. What picture of her is built in your mind from references in the play?

When the image says—‘Her illness was unfortunate. But because of it, she got the best of everything’

What is the nature of Manjula’s reply?

When the image says—‘Her illness was unfortunate. But because of it, she got the best of everything’

How can it be related to what follows in the play?

What are the issues that the playwright satirizes through this TV monologue of a celebrity?

‘Broken Images’ takes up a debate that has grown steadily since 1947—the politics of language in Indian literary culture, specifically in relation to modern Indian languages and English. Discuss.

The play deals with a Kannada woman writer who unexpectedly produces an international bestseller in English.

Can a writer be a truly bilingual practitioner?

The play deals with a Kannada woman writer who unexpectedly produces an international bestseller in English.

Does writing in an ‘other tongue’ amount to a betrayal of the mother tongue?

Why do you think the playwright has used the technique of the image in the play?

The play is called a monologue. Why is it made to turn dialogic?