List of top English Questions asked in CBSE CLASS XII

Which are the lines that refer to magical elements?
Count the syllables in the lines of ‘The Divine Image’. Do you see a pattern? The first line has eight and the second line has six syllables. Two syllables make a foot in poetry. Here the first syllable of each foot is unstressed and the second syllable is stressed.
What is poetic ecstasy likened to?
Does the poem have a real geographical location? How does the poet mix up the real and the imaginary to give a sense of the surreal?
Pick out
1. contrasting images that are juxtaposed throughout the poem.
2. images that strike the eye and images that strike the ear, both positive and negative.
3. the words used to describe the movement of water.
What is the discordant note heard at the end of the third stanza? Can we relate this to the grandeur and turmoil that are a part of an emperor’s life?
Blake’s poetry expresses one aspect of his multi-dimensional view of human experience—of mankind once whole and happy, now fallen into discord and tyranny, from which it must be rescued. Explain with reference to these two poems.
How do Mercy, Pity, Peace and Love get distorted in the human brain?
How would you explain the lines For Mercy has a human heart, Pity a human face, And Love, the human form divine, And Peace, the human dress.
How are these two matched poems related to each other in content? How is the human being depicted in the Song of Innocence and how is he/she depicted in the Song of Experience? Do we find both aspects working in an average human being?
Certain words in the poem have been capitalised. Can you think of reasons for this?
Why was her final vindication important to Tao Ying?
Tao Ying was very careful about spending money. What were her reasons for refusing the compensation offered by the temple officials?
Pick out instances from the story to show that official rules are often arbitrary.
How did Tao Ying’s son influence the way she led her life?
What made Tao Ying decide whether to buy a ticket or not when she rode a bus alone?
Why does Harry’s return prove to be a disappointment for Bessie?
What were Harry’s reasons for coming to meet old Hagberd?
Were the old lady’s scales a reliable measure of height and weight? What convoluted logic were her measurements based on?
Why did Tao Ying change her intention to buy another ticket?
How does Captain Hagberd prepare for Harry’s homecoming?
How did Bessie begin to share Hagberd’s insanity regarding his son?
Why did she insist on buying tickets both for herself and her son that day?
What was the conflict between the mother and son?
Did Tao Ying really intend to cheat at the temple?