List of top English Questions

Compare and contrast the atmosphere in and around the Baudhnath shrine with the Pashupatinath temple.
What actions of the schoolmates change the author’s understanding of life and people, and comfort him emotionally? How does his loneliness vanish and how does he start participating in life?
Why did Santosh’s parents agree to pay for her schooling in Delhi? What mental qualities of Santosh are brought into light by this incident?
The author has used gentle humour to point out human foibles. Pick out instances of this to show how this serves to make the piece interesting.
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?
How are the earth’s principal biological systems being depleted?
The author’s experience at Hor was in stark contrast to earlier accounts of the place. Give reason.
Why do Bholi’s parents accept Bishamber’s marriage proposal?
What finally kills the tree?
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?
Why is Bholi’s father worried about her?
Is this a true story? Which part of this poem do you feel is the most important?
Do you think the Indian princes were short-sighted in their approach to the events of 1757?
Which picture, according to you, reveals the first sparks of the fire of revolt?
Who is an artisan? Why do you think the artisans suffered? (picture 3)
In picture 2 what do you understand by the Company’s “superior weapons”?
If Tilly’s award was to be shared, who do you think she should share it with — her parents or her geography teacher?
How are Meghna and Almas’s stories similar?
What did the dogs in Galle do?
What do people say about the elephants of Yala National Park?
How do you think her geography teacher felt when he heard about what Tilly had done in Phuket?
Where did the Smith family and the others on the beach go to escape from the tsunami?