List of top English Questions

Why does the narrator say, “I landed and was not sorry to walk away from the old Dakota…”?
Was Anne right when she said that the world would not be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old girl?
How did Pablo Neruda know that somebody behind him was looking at him?
Quote the words used by Ram Mohan Roy to say that every religion teaches the same principles
In spite of all the rationality that human beings are capable of, most of us are suggestible and yield to archaic superstitions.
What do you infer from Sam’s letter to Charley?
Can a “simple jab of the knife” kill a tree? Why not?
Who do you think helped the narrator to reach safely? Discuss this among yourselves and give reasons for your answer.
What do you think the last two lines of the poem mean? (Looking back, does the poet regret his choice or accept it?)
What kind of a person do you think the narrator, a veterinary surgeon, is? Would you say he is tactful as well as full of common sense?
The story has many instances of unexpected reactions from the characters to others’ behaviour. Pick out instances of these surprises.
Why did Eveline review all the familiar objects at home?
This episode describes the silly behaviour of a rich woman who is foolishly indulgent, perhaps because she is lonely. Do you think such people are merely silly, or can their actions cause harm to others?
Why do you think Eveline let go of the opportunity to escape?
Looking back at the story, when do you think Ausable thought up his plan for getting rid of Max? Do you think he had worked out his plan in detail right from the beginning? Or did he make up a plan taking advantage of events as they happened?
Who had written the letter, to whom, and when?

Given below are some emotions that Kezia felt. Match the emotions in Column A with the items in Column B. 

AB
1. fear or terror(i) father comes into her room to give her a goodbye kiss 
2.  glad sense of relief (ii) noise of the carriage grows fainter 
3. a “funny” feeling, perhaps of understanding(iii) noise of the carriage grows fainter 
 (iv) speaking to father 
 (v) going to bed when alone at home 
 (vi) father comforts her and falls asleep 
 (vii) father stretched out on the sofa, snoring
“Toto was a pretty monkey.” In what sense is Toto pretty?
Why does Anne need to give a brief sketch about her family? Does she treat ‘Kitty’ as an insider or an outsider?
Why does Douglas as an adult recount a childhood experience of terror and his conquering of it? What larger meaning does he draw from his experience?
Who tried to invade the earth in the twenty-first century?
How do the shadows before noon differ from the shadows after noon? What do the two kinds of shadow represent?
"Ausable did not fit any description of a secret agent Fowler had ever read.” What do secret agents in books and films look like, in your opinion? Discuss in groups or in class some stories or movies featuring spies, detectives and secret agents, and compare their appearance with that of Ausable in this story. (You may mention characters from fiction in languages other than English. In English fiction you may have come across Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, or Miss Marple. Have you watched any movies featuring James Bond?)
What was Kezia’s father’s routine
(i) before going to his office?
(ii) after coming back from his office?
(iii) on Sundays?
What symbol from Nature does the poet invoke to say that there can be life under apparent stillness?