List of top English Questions asked in CBSE CLASS XII

What is the author’s perception of the limitations of knowledge and learning?
‘Nature may have tricks up her sleeve to check us if the chemists exploit her too greedily.’ Discuss.
When Shaw makes a statement he supports it with a number of examples. Identify two sections in the text which explain a statement with examples. Write down the main statement and the examples.
Notice how this contributes to the effectiveness of the writing.
What change in the depiction of reality does the author foresee for future novelists?
Respect for elders is not to be confused with blind obedience. Discuss.
How does the process of inquiry lead to true freedom?
Notice the use of personal pronouns in the two texts. Did this make you identify yourself more with the topic than if it had been written in an impersonal style? As you read the texts, were you able to relate the writer’s thoughts with the way you lead your own life?
What is the string of varied thoughts that the mark on the wall stimulates in the author’s mind?
What are the ways in which people are subjected to greater control in the personal spheres than in the wider political sphere?
List the common misconceptions about ‘freedom’ that Shaw tries to debunk.
While the poet respected her grandmother’s sentiments of royal grandeur, we can also see that she revolts against it. Identify the lines which bring this out.
Is it ‘selfishness’ and ‘callousness’ that makes the poet break her childhood promise to her grandmother of renovating the house? Why does she do nothing about rebuilding the house?
Which lines reveal the poet’s criticism of class distinctions?
Why, according to Krishnamurti, are the concepts of freedom and discipline contradictory to one another?
What do you understand of the conflict in the poet’s conscience?
What did you think the poem was about when you read the first few lines?
What makes the depiction of a crumbling village house so authentic in the poem? Is this a common feature of most village houses in the context of rapid urbanisation? Is the poet speaking from actual experience?
Why is the act of nature described as ‘precise’?
What makes for the differences between the timekeeping of the various clocks? What is the implicit comparison?
Which of the following reflects the poet’s attitude towards communal disharmony
1. Critical condemnation
2. Helpless acceptance
3. Wistful lament
Does the poem bring out the contrast between tradition and modernity? Illustrate your answer with examples from the poem.
From which line does the import of the title strike the reader?
What aspects of Indian society and history get highlighted in the poem?
Is the poet’s attitude a representation of how the average Indian feels both towards human violence and nature’s fury?
What is the contrast between the liveliness of the swans and human life?