My Last French Lesson! Why, I hardly knew how to write ! I should never learn any more! I must stop there, then! Oh, how sorry I was for not learning my lessons, for seeking birds 'eggs or going sliding on the Saar! My books, that had seemed such a nuisance a while ago, so heavy to carry, my grammar, and my history of the saints, were old friends now that I couldn't give up and M. Hamel, too; the idea that he was going away, that I should never see him again, made me forget all about his ruler and how cranky he was. Poor man! It was in honour of this last lesson that he had put on his fine Sunday clothes, and now I understood why the old men of the village were sitting there in the back of the room. It was because they were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more. It was their way of thanking our master for his forty years of faithful service and of showing their respect for the country that was theirs no more.
(The Last Lesson)
Choose the correct option: What is the tone of the speaker in the expression ‘I hardly knew how to write ...... how sorry I was for not learning my lessons’?
Choose the correct option: What is the tone of the speaker in the expression ‘I hardly knew how to write ...... how sorry I was for not learning my lessons’?
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- Confused
- Regretful
- Surprised
- Happy
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The Correct Option is B
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Choose the correct option:
The speaker refers to ‘seeking birds’ egg’ and ‘sliding on the Saar’ as
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- Part of his routine
- His daily routine
- Source of distraction from learning
- Fun time with friends
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The Correct Option is C
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What is reflected through the shift in the speaker’s perception of his books through his expression of calling them his ‘old friends’ rather than considering them as ‘nuisance’?
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Select the correct option from those given in brackets to fill in the blank:
“It was because they were sorry too….” They were sorry for _________(not following the government order / not learning their language).
Select the correct option from those given in brackets to fill in the blank:
“It was because they were sorry too….” They were sorry for _________(not following the government order / not learning their language).
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What is inferred from the expression ‘the country that was theirs no more’?
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What does M. Hamel’s ruler reflect about his image?
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Top Questions on Reading Comprehension
Read the passage carefully:
(1) This report presents findings from the Youth Aspirations in India Survey in which 5,764 youth between the ages of 15 and 30 were asked about their employment, education, and skilling aspirations.
(2) Indian youth valued higher education. 50 percent of respondents aspire to attain a post-graduate degree, 24 percent a PhD, and 21 percent a bachelor's degree. Only 2 percent of respondents hope to attain a college or vocational diploma as their highest form of education.
(3) Respondents have a strong preference for attaining higher education degrees. At the same time, there is an awareness of changing skills requirements and an interest in augmenting their skills. 76 percent of youth report being very interested in pursuing a skills development programme. 70 percent of youth identified more employment opportunities as the main motivation for wanting to pursue skills development training.
(4) A study related to their job preference reveals their strong desire for job security and opportunities for career advancement. It is evident from the following data:
(5) In the context of technological adoption and digitization, jobs and tasks, along with the competencies required to execute them, are changing. 86 percent of youth feel very or moderately up to date with changes in skills requirements. Yet, 39 percent of youth feel very prepared or prepared for their ideal job, while 16 percent of youth feel either not prepared or very unprepared for their ideal job.
(6) Female respondents' education and employment aspirations match, if not exceed, those of male respondents. Yet, female respondents face discriminatory biases in hiring, have less paid work experience than their male counterparts, and face greater barriers in pursuing skills development opportunities. 60 percent of female respondents, for example, report having no paid work experience, compared to 54 percent of male respondents. In addition, 15 percent of female respondents report personal biases such as marital status, gender, age, or family background as a main barrier to employment compared to 9 percent of male respondents. While more female respondents report being very interested in participating in a skills development programme, only 19 percent have enrolled in a programme, compared to 26 percent of male respondents.
Answer the following questions, based on the given passage:
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What does the writer mean by the phrase ‘indoor shooting’ in the first line of the extract?
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Those were the days of mainly indoor shooting, and only five percent of the film was shot outdoors. I suppose the sets and studio lights needed the girls and boys to be made to look 1 ugly in order to look presentable in the movie. A strict hierarchy was maintained in the make-up department. The chief make-up man made the chief actors and actresses 2 ugly, his senior assistant 3 'second' hero and heroine, the junior assistant the main comedian and so forth. The players who played the crowd were the responsibility of the office boy. (Even the make-up department of the Gemini Studio 4 had an 'office boy')
On the days when there was crowd-shooting, you could see him mixing his paint in a giant vessel and slapping it on the crowd players. The idea was to close every pore on the surface of the face in the process of applying 1 make-up- CBSE CLASS XII - 2025
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Complete the following suitably: "Years. I take it steady." The above line speaks of the speaker's _________
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Mr. Lamb :
When I go down the streets, the kids shout “Lamey Lamb’. But they will come into the garden, into my house; it’s a game. They're not afraid of me. Why should they be? Because I’m not afraid of them, that’s why not.
Derry
Did you get your leg blown off in the war?
Mr. Lamb :
Certainly
Derry
How will you climb on a ladder and get the crab apples down, then?
Mr. Lamb :
Oh, there’s a lot of things I’ve learned to do and plenty of time for it. Years. I take it steady. (On the Face of it)
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