List of top English Questions

Almost all of us have some role model in our lives. We wish to follow her/him as she/he act as a continuous source of inspiration for us. Write a personality profile of the person who has become a role model for you and has greatly inspired you (200-250 words). 
 

You have been invited to attend the wedding of your friend's sister next week. Respond to the invitation, regretting your inability to accept the invitation. Give a suitable reason (40-50 words). 
 

The roads in your area in a very bad shape. Write a letter to the Editor of English daily highlighting the problem of the dilapidated roads in your area and asking the concerned authorities to improve these roads as soon as possible (120-150 words). 
 

How did Dr. Sadao resolve the conflict in his mind between his loyalty to his country and his duty as a doctor? 
 

Derry and Mr. Lamb both are victims of physical impairment, but their attitudes towards life are completely different. Explain. 
 

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She enteres followed by a valet, carrying on his arm a big fur coat. She was not at all pretty, so seemed modest and quite shy. In the forge everything was just as it had been earlier in the evening. The master blacksmith and his apprentice still sat in their bench, and iron and charcoal still glowed in the furnace. The stranger had stretched oneself out on the floor and lay with a piece of pig iron under his head and his hat pulled down over his eyes. As soon as the young girl caught sight of him, she went up and lifted his hat. The man was evidently used to sleeping with one eye open. He jumped up abruptly and seemed to quite frightened. My name is Edla Willmansson said the girl.
Why did Sophie wriggle when Geoff told her father that she had met Danny Casey?
Answer any one of the following questions in 150-200 words:
Why is Antarctica the place to go to understand the earth's present, past and future?
Answer any one of the following questions in 120-150 words:
What is it that draws Derry towards Mr. Lamb in spite of himself?
What was the plea of the folk who had put up the roadside stand in the poem "A Roadside Stand"?
Answer any two of the following questions in 40-50 words each:
How do 'denizens' and 'chivalric' add to our understanding of the tigers' attitudes in "Aunt Jennifer's Tigers"?
How did Douglas make sure that he conquered the old terror?
Answer any three questions of the following in 40-50 words each:
What changes did the order from Berlin cause in school that day?
Do you think Umberto Eco likes being interviewed? Give reasons for your opinion.
What makes human beings love life in spite of troubles and sufferings?
How did the Champaran episode change the plight of the peasants?
Name the poem and its poet.
How could man achieve this 'exotic moment'?
You are an academic counsellor. You have been invited to speak on the topic, "Books are our Best Friends". Write a speech giving your views on books, how they can be our best friends and how they happen to be better than real human friends (200-250 words). (6)
Read the following poetic extract and briefly answer the questions that follow :
Now we will count to twelve
and we will all keep still.
For once on the face of the Earth
let's not speak in any language,
let's stop for one second,
and not move our arms so much.
It would be an exotic moment
Without rush, without engines,
We would all be together
in a sudden strangeness.

Why does the poet want us to keep quiet?
What does the poet mean by 'not move our arms'?
Find at least one example of a poetic device from the above lines.
Sunshine Higher Secondary School Srinagar/Jammu require the services of a physical Education Lecturer on contract for two years. You have read their advertisement and you know that you have the required qualification for applying this post. Write your resume (4 marks) along with a covering letter/application (2 marks) (120-150 words). (6)
You want to sell your flat as you are going abroad. Draft a classified advertisement for it to be published in a local newspaper (40-50 words). (4)
For the aesthetic development students must --------- (complete the sentence.)