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

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Both Derry and Lamb are victims of physical impairment, yet each has a different attitude from the other. Comment.

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In case of a difference of opinion it is generally the adult who has his way. Comment on how Jack justifies the mother Skunk's action?

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After robbing the Vicar, Griffin came back to find the Halls in his room. How did he manage to turn them out?

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After coming to Raveloe, for fifteen years, earning and hoarding money remained a passion for Silas. Comment.

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Griffin is an evil character. Wherever he goes he carries destruction with him. Comment.

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Attempt a character sketch of Squire Cass.

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

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) Whose loveliness will keep on increasing?

(b) Identify the phrase which says that 'it' is immortal.

(c) What is a 'bower'?

(d) Why do we need sweet dreams, health and quiet breathing in our lives?
 

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

Old

familiar ache, my childhood's fear,

but all I said was, see you soon,

Amma,

all I did was smile and smile and

smile... ... ...

a) What does the phrase, 'familiar ache' mean?

b) What was the poet's childhood fear?

c) What do the first two lines tell us about the poet's feelings for her mother?

d) What does the repeated use of the word, 'smile' mean?

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Teachers always advise their students to dream big. Yet, the same teachers in your classrooms find fault with Sophie when she dreams. What is wrong with Sophie's dreams?

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
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) Whose loveliness will keep on increasing?

(b) Identify the phrase which says that 'it' is immortal.

(c) What is a 'bower'?

(d) Why do we need sweet dreams, health and quiet breathing in our lives?

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

Old

familiar ache, my childhood's fear,

but all I said was, see you soon,

Amma,

all I did was smile and smile and

smile... ... ...

a) What does the phrase, 'familiar ache' mean?

b) What was the poet's childhood fear?

c) What do the first two lines tell us about the poet's feelings for her mother?

d) What does the repeated use of the word, 'smile' mean?

Answer the following question in 120 – 150 words: 

Teachers always advise their students to dream big. Yet, the same teachers in your classrooms find fault with Sophie when she dreams. What is wrong with Sophie's dreams?

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

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) Whose loveliness will keep on increasing?

(b) Identify the phrase which says that 'it' is immortal.

(c) What is a 'bower'?

(d) Why do we need sweet dreams, health and quiet breathing in our lives?

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

Old

familiar ache, my childhood's fear,

but all I said was, see you soon,

Amma,

all I did was smile and smile and

smile... ... ...

a) What does the phrase, 'familiar ache' mean?

b) What was the poet's childhood fear?

c) What do the first two lines tell us about the poet's feelings for her mother?

d) What does the repeated use of the word, 'smile' mean?

Answer the following question in 120 – 150 words: 

Teachers always advise their students to dream big. Yet, the same teachers in your classrooms find fault with Sophie when she dreams. What is wrong with Sophie's dreams?

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow :
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Perhaps a huge silence
might interrupt this sadness
of never understanding ourselves
and of threatening ourselves with
death.

(a) How can we bring about a 'huge silence'?
(b) Why is silence called 'huge'?
(c) What do we do for lack of understanding?
(d) What does this lack ultimately lead to?

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

I saw my mother,
beside me,
doze, open mouthed, her face
ashen like that
of a corpse and realized with
pain
that she was as old as she
looked but soon
put that thought away,.......

(a) What worried the poet when she looked at her mother ?
(b) Why was there pain in her realization ?
(c) Why did she put that thought away ?
(d) Identify the figure of speech used in these lines.

Answer the following in 120-150 words:
Giving a bribe is an evil practice. How did the Tiger King bribe the British officer to save his kingdom ? How do you view this act of his ?

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Dr. Sadao was a patriotic Japanese as well as a dedicated surgeon. How could he honour both the values ? 

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Describe the circumstances which keep the workers in the bangle industry in poverty.