61 Important questions from General English for 12th class
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Marks Divisionđ
Class : 12thSubject : General English
Year : 2025
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Writing skills/grammar: 40 marks
Project: 20 marks
Unseen Passage: 10 marks
Textbooks: 30 marks
Total : 100 marks
JKBOSE , 2025
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[ Flamingo]
1]What had been put up on the bulletin-board?
2]The people in this story suddenly realise how precious their language is to them. What shows you this? Why does this happen?
3]What was Franz expected to be prepared with for school that day?
4]Is Saheb happy working at the tea-stall? Explain.
5] What makes the city of Firozabad famous?
6]. Mention the hazards of working in the glass bangles industry.
7]What is the “misadventure ” that William Douglas speaks about?
8] How did Douglas overcome his fear of water?
9]What made the peddler think that he had indeed fallen into a rattrap?
10] Why was Edla happy to see the gift left by the peddler?
11] Draw the character sketch of the peddler ? [The Rattrap]
12]Why did Gandhi agree to a settlement of 25 per cent refund to the farmers?
13]How was Gandhi able to influence lawyers? Give instances?
14] What work did the ‘office boy’ do in the Gemini Studios? Why did he join the studios? Why was he disappointed?
15]Did the people at Gemini Studios have any particular political affiliations?
16] Who was the Boss of Gemini Studios?
17] Why was Kothamangalam Subbu considered No. 2 in Gemini Studios?
18]Why do most celebrity writers despise being interviewed?
19] Do you think Umberto Eco likes being interviewed? Give reasons for your opinion.
20]Where was it most likely that the two girls would find work after school?
21]Does Geoff believe what Sophie says about her meeting with Danny Casey?
22] How would you describe the character and temperament of Sophie’s father?
[Poetry ]
23] What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels?
24]What does the poet want for the children of the slums? How can their lives be made to change?
25]Do you think the poet advocates total inactivity and death?
26]What is the ‘sadness’ that the poet refers to in the poem?
27]List the things of beauty mentioned in the poem.
28]What makes human beings love life in spite of troubles and sufferings?
29]What image does the poet use to describe the beautiful bounty of the earth?
30] What was the plea of the folk who had put up the roadside stand?
31] What is the ‘childish longing’ that the poet refers to? Why is it ‘vain’?
32]Why do you think Aunt Jennifer’s hands are ‘fluttering through her wool’ in the second stanza? Why is she finding the needle so hard to pull?
33]Do you sympathise with Aunt Jennifer? What is the attitude of the speaker towards Aunt Jennifer?
[Vistas ]
34]Would Charley ever go back to the ticket counter on the third
35]The modern world is full of insecurity, fear, war, worry and stress.’ What are the ways in which we attempt to overcome them? [The Third Level]
36] Who is the Tiger King? Why does he get that name?
37]What will the Maharaja do to find the required number of tigers to kill?
38]The world’s geological history is trapped in Antarctica.’ How is the study of this region useful to us?
39]Why is Antarctica the place to go to, to understand the earth’s present, past, and future?
40]Will Dr Sadao be arrested on the charge of harbouring an enemy?
41]What will Dr Sadao do to get rid of the man?
42]Dr Sadao was compelled by his duty as a doctor to help the enemy soldier. What made Hana, his wife, sympathetic to him in the face of open defiance from the domestic staff?
43]What is it that draws Derry towards Mr Lamb in spite of himself?
44]Will Derry get back to his old seclusion or will Mr Lamb’s brief association effect a change in the kind of life he will lead in the future?
45] The two accounts that you have read above are based in two distant cultures. What is the commonality of theme found in both of them?
Very very important questions
46] Explain the given lines :
Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
out of their homes, but after the airport’s
security check, standing a few yards
away, I looked again at her, wan, pale
as a late winter’s moon and felt that old
familiar ache.
47] How in your opinion can Mukesh realise his dream ?
48] Why did the peddler leave a Christmas gift for Edla ?
49] How was Gandhi able to influence lawyers ? Give two examples ?
50] In the poem ' Keeping Quiet ' does the poet advocate total inactivity and death ?
51] What do you infer from Sam's letter to charley?
52 ] Why do celebrities find fault with an interview ?
53] The reader's sympathy is with the peddler right from the beginning of the story . Why is this so ? Is the sympathy justified?
54] Why is Antarctica the place to go to the understand the past , present and future of the planet earth ?
Questions from the JKBOSE English paper , March 2023 :
55) How can child labour be eliminated?
56) Do you think the third level was a medium of escape for Charley ? Why?
57) Did the peddler expect the kind hospitality that he received from the crafter ? Discuss?
58 Discuss the title '' The Lost Spring '' ?
59) How is mother tongue important to a person? discuss its significance ?
60) The writer suddenly realises how important their language is to them? What shows you this?
61) Stanza:
Driving from my parent’s
home to Cochin last Friday
morning, I saw my mother,
beside me,
doze, open mouthed, her face
ashen like that
of a corpse and realised with
pain
that she was as old as she
looked.
62. Edit the following passage:
Somebody knocked on his door. As soon as I opened the door, I got my friend standing there. I was delighted and welcomed him inside. He has come to invite me on the marriage of his sister next week. It was to look place in a near by banquet hall. I accepted the invitation and finally him for the same. My mother served us with tea and arm snacks. He left soon as he had to upload some other people to the same purpose.
63. Why does the poet feel her old familiar acts and what is her childhood fear ? (My Mother at Sixty Six)
(64) What symbols from nature does the poet invoke to say that there can be life under apparent stillness ?
(Keeping Quiet)
(65) What is the "childish longing" that the poet refers to? Why is it "Vain"?
(A Roadside Stand)
66. Why do you think Gandhi considered the Champaran episode to be turning point in his life ? (Indigo)
67. Did the peddler respect the confidence exposed on him by the center ? Explain. (The Rat Trap)
68. The story is a satire on the conceit of those in power. How does the author employ the literary device of dramatic irony in the story. (The Tiger King)
69. Mr. Lamb and Derry are two highly contrasting characters. Highlight the contrasting traits in their characters.
70. How did Mr. Lamb’s meeting with Derry become a turning point in Derry’s life ?
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[Writing skills / Grammar]
[40 marks ]
1. Note-making [ 5 marks ]
2. Summarising [ 5 marks ]
3. Advertisement/ Invitation and replies [ 4 marks ]
4. Letter writing [ 6 marks ]
5. Resume / Job application [ 6 marks ]
6. Article / dabate /speech/pp/Personal experience/ humourous writing/creative writing [ 6 marks ]
7. Editing [ 8 marks ]
[These questions will help you to pass. However, you need to understand the chapters line by line if you are studying for the position or the distinction. ]
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