List of top English Questions asked in CBSE CLASS XII

Notice the adjectives in phrases such as ‘infant loves’ and ‘brave clearnesse’. What is the meaning of these adjectives?
(i) in isolation
(ii) as part of these phrases
Why has the poet pitted the flight of Time against the ‘lazy leaden-stepping hours’ and ‘the heavy Plummets pace’?
Instead of ‘A Lecture Upon Love’ the poet calls the poem ‘A Lecture Upon the Shadow’. What is the effect that this has on our reading of the poem?
The poet seems to be addressing his beloved in the poem. What is the message he wishes to convey to her?
Comment on the use of the image of the shadows for the idea that the poet wants to convey
In which section of the play does Mr. Lamb display signs of loneliness and disappointment? What are the ways in which Mr. Lamb tries to overcome these feelings?
Love is described as light. What makes the poet talk about shadows?
Dr Sadao was compelled by 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?
How would you explain the reluctance of the soldier to leave the shelter of the doctor’s home even when he knew he couldn’t stay there without risk to the doctor and himself?
What explains the attitude of the General in the matter of the enemy soldier? Was it human consideration, lack of national loyalty, dereliction of duty or simply self absorption?
While hatred against a member of the enemy race is justifiable, especially during war time, what makes a human being rise above narrow prejudices?
Do you think the doctor’s final solution to the problem was the best possible one in the circumstances?
Does the story remind you of ‘Birth’ by A. J. Cronin that you read in Snapshots last year? What are the similarities?
Is there any film you have seen or novel you have read with a similar theme?
Who is Mr. Lamb? How does Derry get into his garden?
Do you think all this will change Derry’s attitude towards Mr. Lamb?
‘The world’s geological history is trapped in Antarctica.’ How is the study of this region useful to us?
What are Geoff Green’s reasons for including high school students in the Students on Ice expedition?
‘Take care of the small things and the big things will take care of themselves.’ What is the relevance of this statement in the context of the Antarctic environment?
Why is Antarctica the place to go to, to understand the earth’s present, past and future?
Who was Dr Sadao? Where was his house?
Will Dr Sadao be arrested on the charge of harbouring an enemy?
Will Hana help the wounded man and wash him herself?
What will Dr Sadao and his wife do with the man?
Will Dr Sadao be arrested on the charge of harbouring an enemy?