HSC Arts Class 12 - Tamil Nadu Board of Secondary Education Question Bank Solutions

Sketch the character of:

i) Robert Baldwin

ii) John Gresham.

Who do you think exhibits true friendship–Baldwin or Gresham? Justify your answer.

Now match the idioms under column A with their meanings in column B:

Imagine you are Baldwin and your partner is Gresham. Try your best to persuade your partner to confess the truth. Build a conversation describing how both of you would react in such a situation. Work in pairs.

‘ A friend in need is a friend indeed’. Does this hold good in all situations? Share your views with your class.

Adventures, expeditions, and explorations are always exciting. Especially when they are real and if it is the first of its kind, it is even more thrilling. The only question that comes to one’s mind is what makes one to take up such tasks that involve high risks. It is the spirit of formidable adventure and certain qualities which make them achieve such feats.

Tick the qualities that are required to achieve such a feat.

What did Hillary do with his wet boots?

Name an equipment and a tool carried by the climbers during their expedition.

Why did Hillary become clumsyfingered and slow-moving?

What did Hillary find in a tiny hollow?

When did Hillary feel a sense of freedom and well being?

What did Hillary mean by saying “We had had enough to do the job, but by no means too much”?

How did the mountaineers belay?

Why was the original zest fading away?

What did Edmund Hillary do to escape the large overhanging ice cornices?

What did Tenzing and Edmund Hillary gift to the Gods of lofty Summit? How did they do it?

What did the photograph portray?

The soft snow was difficult and dangerous. Why?

How did the firm snow at the higher regions fill them with hope?