List of top English Questions asked in CBSE CLASS XII

How does the process of inquiry lead to true freedom?

According to the author, the masses are prevented from realising their slavery; the masses are also continually reminded that they have the right to vote. Do you think this idea holds good for our country too?

‘Nature may have tricks up her sleeve to check us if the chemists exploit her too greedily.’ Discuss.

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.

Which lines reveal the poet’s criticism of class distinctions?

List the common misconceptions about ‘freedom’ that Shaw tries to debunk.

Why, according to Krishnamurti, are the concepts of freedom and discipline contradictory to one another?

What are the ways in which people are subjected to greater control in the personal spheres than in the wider political sphere?

What do you understand of the conflict in the poet’s conscience?

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?

What aspects of Indian society and history get highlighted in the poem?

Does the poem bring out the contrast between tradition and modernity? Illustrate your answer with examples from the poem.

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?

What did you think the poem was about when you read the first few lines?

Is the poet’s attitude a representation of how the average Indian feels both towards human violence and nature’s fury?

From which line does the import of the title strike the reader?

What makes for the differences between the timekeeping of the various clocks? What is the implicit comparison?

Why is the act of nature described as ‘precise’?

Which of the following reflects the poet’s attitude towards communal disharmony
1. Critical condemnation
2. Helpless acceptance
3. Wistful lament

What do ‘the light tread’ and ‘the sore heart’ refer to?

What is the contrast between the liveliness of the swans and human life?

What contributes to the beauty and mystery of the swans’ lives?

What do you understand by ‘Psalteries of Summer’?

What imagery does the poet use to delineate Summer’s day more picturesquely than any painter could?

In which lines are creatures attributed with human qualities? How does this add to the beauty of the Summer’s day?