List of top English Questions asked in MPBSE Class XII Board

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Sadao knew that his education was his father's chief concern. For this reason he had been sent at twenty two to America to learn all that could be learned of surgery and medicine. He had come back at thirty, and before his father died he had seen Sadao become famous not only as a surgeon but as a scientist. Because he was perfecting a discovery which would render wounds entirely clean, he had not been sent abroad with the troops. Also, he knew, there was some slight danger that the old General might need an operation for a condition for which he was now being treated medically, and for this possibility Sadao was being kept in Japan.
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Yes, in spite of all
Some shape of beauty moves away the pall
From our dark spirits. Such the sun, the moon.
Trees old, an young, sprouting a shady boon
For simple sheep; and such are daffodils
With the green world they live in; and clear rills.
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It had happened when I was ten or eleven years old. I had decided to learn to swim. There was a pool at the Y.M.C.A. in Yakima that offered exactly the opportunity. The Yakima river was treacherous. Mother continually warned against it, and kept fresh in my mind the details of each drowning in the river. But the Y.M.C.A. pool was safe. It was only two or three feet deep at the shallow end; and while it was nine feet deep at the other, the drop was gradual. I got a pair of water wings and went to the pool. I hated to walk naked into it and show my skinny legs. But I subdued my pride and did it.
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Coal is a natural resource which constitutes approximately 85 percent of the total fossil fuel reserves in the world. The coal deposits of India occur in two distinct stratigraphic horizons: Gondwana and its territories. Gondwana coal contributes about 99% of the country's coal resources. These mines are located in peninsular India, in the South Eastern quadrant, bound by the 78°E longitude and the 24°N latitude, thus, leaving a major part of the country devoid of any coal deposits. The major Gondwana coalfields are represented by isolated basins, which occur along prominent present day rivers such as Damodar, Koel, Sone, Mahanadi, Pench and Godavari. The relatively minor resource of tertiary coal is located on the either extremities of peninsular India.
Coal can be broadly classified in two categories - coking and non-coking. Coking coal are those which have cacking property and which is used in metallurgical industries. Again depending on the quality of coke produced by this coal, it is sub-divided into prime coking coal, medium coking coal, and semi-coking coal. Similarly, non-coking coal is also categorized in seven grades (Grade A to G), depending on its caloric value.
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The Gita is not an aphoristic work; it is a great religious poem. The deeper you dive into it, the richer the meanings you get. It being meant for the people at large, there is pleasing repetition. With every age, the important word will carry new and expanding meanings. But its central teaching will never vary. The seeker is at liberty to extract from this treasure any meanings he likes so as to enable him to enforce in his life the central teaching.
Nor is the Gita a collection of do's and don'ts. What is lawful for one may be unlawful for another. What may be permissible at one time, or in one place, may not be so at another time, and in another place. Desire for fruit is the only universal prohibition. Desire lessness is obligatory.
The Gita has sung the praises of knowledge, but it is beyond the mere intellect. It is essentially addressed to the heart and capable of being understood by the heart. Therefore the Gita is not for those who have no faith. The author makes Krishna say:
"Do not entrust this treasure to him who is without sacrifice, without devotion without the desire for this teaching and who denies Me. On the other hand those who will give this precious treasure to My devotees will by the fact of this service assuredly reach Me. And those who, being free from malice, will with faith absorb this teaching, shall, having attained freedom, live where people of true merit go after death."
What symbol from nature does the poet invoke to say that there can be life under apparent stillness?
What is it that draws Derry towards Mr. Lamb in spite of himself?
Do you think that the third level was a medium of escape for Charley? Why?
How do we know that ordinary people too contributed to the freedom movement?
Why is 'grandeur' associated with the 'mighty dead'?
What are the indications for the future of humankind?
How did Douglas overcome his fear of water?
What will Dr. Sadao and his wife do with the man?
What could be some of the reasons for the migration of people from villages to cities?
What is suggested by the image 'massive weight of uncle's wedding band'?
What will the Maharaja do to find the required number of tigers to kill?
Why do you think the servants thought Gandhi to be another peasant?
What makes human beings love life in spite of troubles and sufferings?
Subbu is described as a many-sided genius. List two of his special abilities.
Why didn't Sophie want Jansie to know about her story with Danny?
Why are the young trees described as 'springing' in the poem 'My Mother at Sixty-Six'?
What will counting up to twelve and keeping still help us achieve?
What did Franz notice that was unusual about the school that day?
What makes the city of Firozabad famous?
How did the instructor 'build a swimmer' out of Douglas?