List of top English Questions

What is Behrman’s masterpiece? What makes Sue say so?
What impression would you form of a state where the King was ‘just and placid’?
What guesses are made by Think–Tank about the books found on earth?
What does Anne write in her first essay?
Mention three ways in which the author’s grandmother spent her days after he grew up.
How does the poet imagine her to be, after death? Does he think of her as a person living in a very happy state (a ‘heaven’)? Or does he see her now as a part of nature? In which lines of the poem do you find your answer?
How did Mandela’s understanding of freedom change with age and experience?
How did Mandela’s ‘hunger for freedom’ change his life?
How did Douglas overcome his fear of water?
Do you think the feeling of depression Johnsy has is common among teenagers?
What do you think Dinamani is the name of? Give a reason for your answer.
Do you think the title of this story is suitable for it ? Can you think of any other title(s) ?
What did he find in a secret drawer? Who do you think had put it in there?
Why did Margie’s mother send for the County Inspector?
What happens to a linguistic minority in a state? How do you think they can keep their language alive? For example:
Punjabis in Bangalore
Tamilians in Mumbai
Kannadigas in Delhi
Gujaratis in Kolkata
Did Lencho try to find out who had sent the money to him? Why/Why not?
What do you think happens in the end? Does the child find his parents?
In what ways did the British officers exploit Indians?
Have you seen anybody winnow grain at home or in a paddy field? What is the word in your language for winnowing? What do people use for winnowing? (Give the words in your language, if you know them.)
Which language do you think the author and his grandmother used while talking to each other?
Do you think Jim Macpherson came back from the war? How do you know this?
What did Margie write in her diary?
Answer the question in few words or in couple of sentences.
Scientific intervention is necessary to unearth buried mysteries.
How old are Margie and Tommy?
Answer the question in few words or couple of sentences.
Describe the shifts in the narration of the events as indicated in the three sections of the text. Give a subtitle to each section.