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

What symbol from Nature does the poet invoke to say that there can be life under apparent stillness?

Choose a quiet corner and keep still physically and mentally for about five minutes. Do you feel any change in your state of mind?

What pleasure does a beautiful thing give us? Are beautiful things worth treasuring?

List the things of beauty mentioned in the poem.

List the things that cause suffering and pain.

What does the line, ‘Therefore are we wreathing a flowery band to bind us to earth’ suggest to you?

What is the example of national integration that the author refers to?

What makes human beings love life in spite of troubles and sufferings?

Why is ‘grandeur’ associated with the ‘mighty dead’?

Do we experience things of beauty only for short moments or do they make a lasting impression on us?

What image does the poet use to describe the beautiful bounty of the earth?

What work did the 'office boy' do in the Gemini Studios? Why did he join the studios? Why was he disappointed?

Why did the author appear to be doing nothing at the studios?

Notice these words and expressions in the text. Infer their meaning from the context.

1. treacherous
2. subdued my pride
3. flailed at the surface
4. fishing for landlocked salmon
5. misadventure
6. bob to the surface like a cork
7. curtain of life fell
8. back and forth across the pool

What is the “misadventure” that William Douglas speaks about?

What were the series of emotions and fears that Douglas experienced when he was thrown into the pool? What plans did he make to come to the surface?

Why was the office boy frustrated? Who did he show his anger on ?

How did this experience affect him?

Who was Subbu's principal? 

Why was Douglas determined to get over his fear of water?