ClassXII.
English practice Questions
Answer the following questions in 40 to 50 words
[Link] traditions and lineage, condemn thousands of children to a life of
abject poverty and choke their aspirations can we change this?
2) What does Umberto Eco mean by the concept of ‘Interstices’ in our lives?
3) Seemingly small everyday wins are actually the greatest learnings of life.
Comment on the statement with reference chapter “Deep Water”.
4)Despite his philosophical insights, the vagabond fails to resist temptations.
What would you attribute this to? Explain with reference to any instance from
the text.
5) ‘In all instances of frustration, you will always find the anger directed
towards a single person openly or covertly Do you think it is right to direct
our anger towards someone who is not responsible ”or the cause of anger?
Justify reference to the story ‘Poets and Pancakes’.
6) You are Vishwanath,living at 7C..189, Ist floor, Ramjas Colony,
Muzaffarpur. Write a letter to Editor of a National daily expressing concern
about the burden of heavy bags the young children carry to school and
suggestions to overcome it.( 120 to 150 words)
7. Read the given extracts and answer the questions given.
A)For once on the face of the Earth
Let’s not speak in any language,
let’s stop for one second, and not move our arms so much.
It would be an exotic moment without rush, without engines, we would all be
together
In a sudden strangeness.
i)The poet uses the word “let’s” to
a)Initiate a conversation between the poet and the readers.
b)Invite readers as part of the poem’s larger call to humanity.
c) welcome readers into the world of the poem and its subject.
d)Address readers as fellow members of the human race.
(ii) State whether the given statement is TRUE or FALSE, with reference to
the extract
The poet employs words like “exotic” and “strangeness” to emphasize the
frenetic activity and chaos that usually envelops human life.
(iii) Complete the sentence appropriately.
Here ‘On the face of the earth” refers to….
……….
iv) What message do these lines highlight “let’s not speak in any language”?
(v) Read the statements given below carefully. Choose the option that best
describes these statements, w poem.
Statement I The poem ‘Keeping Quiet calls for change as much in the
individual as human society at large.
Statement II The poem ‘Keeping Quiet’ implies that individual change will
lead to bigger societal change.
Statement III Neruda believes that when people come together as a
community, they will be transformation in each person
(a) Statement 1 is True, Statement II is False, and Statement III cannot be
inferred.
(b)Statement 1 and II cannot be inferred, Statement III is True.
© Statement I is True, Statements II and III cannot be inferred.
d)Statement I cannot be inferred, Statement II cannot be inferred,
Statement III is False.
(vi) Select the option that is NOT true about the context of the given stanza:
(a) It highlights the importance of everyone being together suddenly for
once.
(b)It emphasizes the frenetic activity and chaos that usually envelops
human life.
(c) It indicates the unfamiliarity of a sudden moment without rush or
without engine.
(d)It directs us towards keeping quiet and how we would all be together in
that silence.
(B) Then all effort ceased relaxed Even my legs felt limp, and a blackness
swept over my brain. It wiped out fear out terror There was no more panic. It
was quiet and peaceful Nothing to be afraid of This is nice to be drown go to
sleep no need to jump too tired to jump, it’s nice to be carried gently to float
along in the space ….tender arms around me……tender arms like Mother’s
……now I must go to sleep….I crossed to oblivion, and the curtain of life fell.
a)What is the purpose of using “………” in the above passage
b)Which line best describes the poet’s lost consciousness?
i)“It was quiet and peaceful
ii) I crossed to oblivion
iii) Tender arms like Mother’s
iv)“It wiped out fear
c) Explain any one possible inference that can be drawn from the line, “I
crossed to oblivion, and the curtain of life fell”
d)Complete the sentence:
As the narrator’s fear and panic dissipate, he experiences……..
e)The mest appropriate justification for the title of the chapter ‘Deep Water is
that
i)It’s about the dangerous depth of the swimming pool
ii)) it reveals the author’s lack of surety about overcoming his fear of
swimming
iii) it underlines the author’s fear of water and how he overcomes it
iv) it includes the methods of the author’s coach to overcome the fear of
deep water
(e) How does the narrator’s emotional journey in the extract reflect a shift
from panic and fear to a tranquil drowsiness and a desire for sleep?
C) ( During one of the long dark evening just before Christmas, the master
Smith and his helper sat in the dark forget the furnace waiting for the pig
iron, which had been put in the fire, to be ready to put on the anvil. Every
now and one of them got up to stir the glowing mass with a long iron bar,
returning in a few moments dripping with perspiration though, as was the
custom he wore nothing but a long shirt and a pair of wooden shoes.
(1)Based on the extract, what can be inferred about the working
conditions of the master Smith and his helper?
(ii) How do the actions of the master Smith and his helper indicate the
intensity of their work?
(ii) The phrase “long dark evening just before Christmas” suggests:
(a) A sense of anticipation
(b)) An aura of festivity
© A dreary and monotonous environment
d)Brightness and joy
(v) Which of these words from the extract conveys the heat and
strenuousness of the work?
(a) Anvil
(b)Wooden shoes
(c) Perspiration
(d)Christmas
(v) Describe the attire of the workers in the forge
vi) From the extract, what can one deduce about the traditions or customs
associated with the forge workers?
