List of top English Questions

Give a character-sketch of Mr. Lamb on the basis of the play 'On the Face of It'.
Describe Sadao as a true doctor. (from 'The Enemy')
Who was Hana? How was Sadao married with her? (from 'The Enemy')
What surprised the author most about Antarctica? (from 'Journey to the End of the Earth')
Why did the Maharaja start hunting tigers? (from 'The Tiger King')
Write the central idea of the poem 'Aunt Jennifer's Tigers'.
Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions that follow (from 'Keeping Quiet' by Pablo Neruda):
If we were not so single-minded
about keeping our lives moving,
and for once could do nothing,
perhaps a huge silence
might interrupt this sadness
of never understanding ourselves
and of threatening ourselves with death.

a) What do we lose in our single-minded desire? (2)
b) What is the 'sadness' that the poet talks about? (2)
c) How are we threatening ourselves? (2)
Write the central idea of the poem 'A Thing of Beauty'.
Write the central idea of the poem 'Keeping Quiet'.
How is the Grand Central Station a symbol of escape? (from 'The Third Level')
Why did Saheb's family migrate to India? (from 'Lost Spring')
What did the author think when he was drowning in deep water? (from 'Deep Water')
Why do you think Gandhiji considered the Champaran episode to be a turning-point in his life? (from 'Indigo')
Do you think that the title of the story 'Going Places' by A. R. Barton is appropriate? Explain.
Why do you think that the peddler was a great philosopher? (from 'The Rattrap')
What was the condition of Franz when his name was called in the class? (from 'The Last Lesson')
Translate the following passage into English: सही शिक्षा का वास्तविक ध्येय हमारे बौद्धिक स्तर को उठाना है। बौद्धिक स्तर को उठाने का अर्थ विद्यार्थी के मस्तिष्क में दुनिया भर के तथ्य और आँकड़े भरना नहीं है, बल्कि उसे इस योग्य बनाना है कि वह दूसरे के दृष्टिकोण को ठीक प्रकार से समझ सके। साथ ही शिक्षा का ध्येय मौलिक चिन्तन की क्षमता विकसित करना है। सच्ची शिक्षा हमें यह सिखाती है कि हम किस प्रकार दूसरे के दृष्टिकोण से समझौता करें और किस प्रकार अपने विचारों को दूसरों के समक्ष प्रस्तुत करें।
Use the pair 'Pain — Pane' in your own sentences to make the difference in their meanings clear.
Use the pair 'Affect — Effect' in your own sentences to make the difference in their meanings clear.
Change into Passive voice: Why have you not completed your work?
Correct the sentence: No sooner the train stopped than I got down.
Change into Positive degree: Iron is the most useful metal.
Correct the sentence: My friend is senior than I.
Combine into a Complex sentence: He is poor. He is not dishonest.
'A foreigner who settles in another country' is