List of top English Questions asked in CBSE Class X

Who tried to invade the earth in the twenty-first century?
"Ausable did not fit any description of a secret agent Fowler had ever read.” What do secret agents in books and films look like, in your opinion? Discuss in groups or in class some stories or movies featuring spies, detectives and secret agents, and compare their appearance with that of Ausable in this story. (You may mention characters from fiction in languages other than English. In English fiction you may have come across Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, or Miss Marple. Have you watched any movies featuring James Bond?)
Why did such a large number of international leaders attend the inauguration? What did it signify the triumph of?
Do you think this is a real-life episode, or mere fiction? Or is it a mixture of both?
There are two kinds of conflict in the story: between humans and nature, and between humans themselves. How are these conflicts illustrated?
Are there people like Lencho in the real world? What kind of a person would you say he is? You may select appropriate words from the box to answer the question. greedy, naive, stupid, ungrateful,selfish, comical, unquestioning.
What was Valli’s deepest desire? Find the words and phrases in the story that tell you this.
What guesses are made by Think–Tank about the books found on earth?
What does Anne write in her first essay?
How did Mandela’s ‘hunger for freedom’ change his life?
Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why/Why not?
Why does the conductor refer to Valli as ‘madam’?
How does Ausable manage to make Max believe that there is a balcony attached to his room? Look back at his detailed description of it. What makes it a convincing story?
Do you think Horace Danby was unfairly punished, or that he deserved what he got?
Why does Valli refuse to look out of the window on her way back?
Bholi had many apprehensions about going to school. What made her feel that she was going to a better place than her home?
What are the subtle ways in which the lady manages to deceive Horace Danby into thinking she is the lady of the house? Why doesn’t Horace suspect that something is wrong?
Do you think Tricki was happy to go home? What do you think will happen now?
Noodle avoids offending Think-Tank but at the same time he corrects his mistakes. How does he manage to do that?
Would you agree that the “depths of oppression” create “heights of character”? How does Mandela illustrate this? Can you add your own examples to this argument?
Why do Bholi’s parents accept Bishamber’s marriage proposal?
If you were in Noodle’s place, how would you handle Think-Tank’s mistakes?
Why was the twentieth century called the ‘Era of the Book’?
Why did Bholi at first agree to an unequal match? Why did she later reject the marriage? What does this tell us about her?
Does she find her teacher different from the people at home?