Science (English Medium) Class 12 - CBSE Question Bank Solutions

Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.

Why did the shopkeeper sell the wooden tiger at a cheap price?

Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.

Derek wants to go back to Mr. Lamb's house against his mother's will. What does this tell you about Mr. Lamb?

Mr. and Mrs. Agarwal of Pushp Farms, Kolkata, are hosting a party on the occasion of the twenty-first birthday of their daughter, Vinita. Write a letter of invitation to Sonakshi, their niece, giving details of the date, time and venue in about 50 words.

Both Bama and Zitkala-Sa experienced the harsh reality of discrimination in their childhood. Instead of letting it pull them down, they both found a way to overcome it. You wish to include a cameo* of both in your upcoming blog post.

As a part of the research, compare and contrast the experiences faced by the two and their response/s to these experiences, in 120-150 words.

Answer the following question in about 40-50 words.

How can we say that the vadai packet incident reveals that the writer lacked the cognitive and emotional maturity required to understand the implications of untouchability?

Answer the following in about 120-150 words.

Both Bama and Zitkala-Sa were from marginalised communities. They challenged the system to bring dignity into their lives. Justify.

Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow:

1. Who is the speaker? Who is he speaking to? (1)
   1. Appa; Bama
   2. Bama; Amma
   3. Bama; The Zamindar
   4. Annan; Bama
2. Select the option that best describes the speaker in the above extract: (1)
   I. marginalized
   II. practical
   III. idealistic
   IV. curious
   V. aggressive
   Select the most appropriate option:
   1. I and II
   2. III and IV
   3. II and IV
   4. IV and V
3. Complete the following statement with reference to the community: (1)
   The treatment meted out to the community was ______.
4. Which of the following summarizes the author's opinion about the study? (1)
   1. Childhood should be spent in experiential learning.
   2. Studying is better than playing.
   3. Studying is essential to the nation's development.
   4. Studying leads to social reforms and progress.

Did the author believe in the prophetic ability of Frau Frieda?

Why did he think that Frau Frieda’s dreams were a stratagem for surviving?

Why does the author compare Neruda to a Renaissance pope?

Discuss in groups

In spite of all the rationality that human beings are capable of, most of us are suggestible and yield to archaic superstitions.

Discuss in groups

Dreams and clairvoyance are as much an element of the poetic vision as religious superstition.

The story hinges on a gold ring shaped like a serpent with emerald eyes. Comment on the responses that this image evokes in the reader.

The craft of a master storyteller lies in the ability to interweave imagination and reality. Do you think that this story illustrates this?

Bring out the contradiction in the last exchange between the author and the Portuguese ambassador

‘In concrete terms,’ I asked at last, ‘what did she do?’ ‘Nothing,’ he said, with a certain disenchantment. ‘She dreamed.’

Comment on the ironical element in the story.

Name the two characters in this story whom Eveline liked and loved, and two she did not. What were the reasons for her feelings towards them?

Describe the conflict of emotions felt by Eveline on the day she had decided to elope with Frank.

Why do you think Eveline let go of the opportunity to escape?

What are the signs of Eveline’s indecision that we see as the hour of her departure with Frank neared?