CLASS-XII Subject :English Question Bank Literature Answer the following questions:- DEEP WATER Q1. How did the instructor build a swimmer out of Douglas? Q2. What is the misadventure that Douglas speaks about? Q3. What are the series of emotion and fear that Douglas experienced when he was thrown into the pool? What plans did he make to come to the surface? Q4.How did Douglas make sure that he conquered the old terror? INDIGO Q1. How did the Champaran episode become the turning point in Gandhi ji s life? Q2.Why did Rajkumar Shukla invite Gandhi ji to champaran? Q3. How did Gandhi ji solved the problem of Indigo farmers? Q4. Why did Gandhi ji agree to a settlement of 25% refend to the farmers? How did it influence the peasant- landlord relationship in champaran? RATTRAP Q1. Why was the crofter so talkative and friendly with the peddler? Q2.Why did he show the 3o kroners to the peddler? Q3. What made the peddler think that he had indeed into a rattrap? Q4. What made the peddler accept Edla s invitation? Q5. Why did the peddler sign himself as captain Von Stahle? Q6. How does the peddler interpret the act of kindness and hospitality shown to him?
GOING PLACES Q1. How different is Jensie from Sophie? Q2. Is it not unusual for a lower middle class girl to dream big? How realistic were Sophie dream? Q3. Dreams and reality are facets of the same coin, which are important to live an happy life. Elaborate THE TIGER KING Q1. Why do you think was the Maharaja endangered of losing his throne? How he was able to avert the danger? Q2. Why did the Maharaja decide to get married? Q3. How did the tiger s king Dewan prove to be resourceful? Q4. Who was the tiger king? What is the story associated with the birth of the tiger king? THE ENEMY Q1. Why was Dr. Sadao not sent abroad along with the troops? Q2. How did Sadao helps the American soldier to escape? Q3. What explains the attitude of the general in the matter of the enemy soldier? Was it human consideration, lack of national loyality, derelication of duty or simply self absorption? ON THE FACE OF IT Q1. How did lamb s meeting with Derry become a turning point in Derry s life? Q2. What are the ways by which Mr. Lamb tries to overcome the feeling of loneliness and disappointment? Q3. How is Derry s and Mr. Lamb s behavior and attitude different towards people because of their physical impairment? MEMORIES OF CHILDHOOD
Q1. How did Zitkala sa first day in the land of apples began? Q2. Both Bama and Zitakala sa are victims of discrimination that is practices in the society. what kind of experience did both of them go through? THE LAST LESSON Q1. Who occupied the back benches in the class room on the day of the last lesson. Why? Q2. Why did M. Hamel write Vive La France on the blackboard? Q3. We ve all a great deal to reproach ourselves with, said M. Hamel. Comment.? SHOULD HIZARD HIT MOMMY Q1. How is an adult s perspective on life different from that of a child? Explain with reference to the lesson, should wizard hit mommy? Q2. How does Jo want the story to end? EVAN TRIES AN O- LEVEL Q1. Describe the precautions taken by the prison officer to prevent Evans from escaping? Q2. What clues did the answer sheet of Evans provide to the Governor? Q3. What did the Detective superintendent inform the Governor about Evans? Q4. What purpose did the question paper and the correction slip serve? How did it help both the criminals and the Governor? LOST SPRING Q1. What did the garbage means to the children of seemapuri and to their parents? Q2. What does Saheb look for in the garbage dumps? Q3. It is his karam, his destiny. What is Mukesh s family s attitude towards the situation?
POETRY Answer the following questions: My mother at sixty six 1. Compare the world inside the car and outside the car. 2. What is the familiar ache of the poetess and why does it keep returning to her? 3. What do sprinting trees and merry children symbolise? 4. Describe the late winter's moon and its comparison with the poet's mother. An elementary school classroom in a slum 1. Two worlds are mentioned in the poem. What are they?elaborate 2. What should the important and powerful people do to improve the condition of the children living in slums? 3. Why does the poet say, 'history is there's who's language is the sun'? 4. Why is the hair of the children in the poem compare to rootless weeds? Keeping quiet 1. What kind of dream world does the poet visualise? 2. Why does the poet urge us to keep quiet? 3. What kind of sadness shall prevail otherwise? Explain. 4. How would man benefit by being still for a while? A thing of beauty 1. How is the pall of despondence moved away from our dark spirits? 2. How is grandeur associated with mighty dead? 3. What message does the poet wish to convey through this poem?
4. How is the beautiful thing provide us with sweet dreams? Aunt Jennifer's Tigers 1. Why do you think Aunt Jennifer's hand are fluttering through the wool? 2. Why is she finding the needle hard to pull? 3. How has Aunt Jennifer created the Tigers?What traits of Tiger do they reveal? 4. What ordeals do you think Aunt Jennifer is surrounded by? 5. Why do you think AuntJennifer created animals contrasting her personality?