List of top English Questions

What qualities of Mr. Lamb attracted Derry to him? (from 'On the Face of It')
Read the following extract carefully and answer the questions:
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever
Its loveliness increases, it will never
Pass into nothingness, but will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams and health and quiet breathing.

a) What does the poet feel about a thing of beauty?
Write the central idea of the poem: 'My Mother at Sixty-six' (Kamala Das)
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever
Its loveliness increases, it will never
Pass into nothingness, but will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams and health and quiet breathing.

c) Name the poet and the poem from which the above extract has been taken.
Write the central idea of the poem: 'Keeping Quiet' (Pablo Neruda)
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever
Its loveliness increases, it will never
Pass into nothingness, but will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams and health and quiet breathing.

b) Why will a thing of beauty never pass into nothingness?
What was the childhood incident that made Douglas afraid of water? (from 'Deep Water')
Answer in about 80 words: What are the hazards of working in the glass bangles industry? (from 'Lost Spring')
Answer in about 80 words: Why was Kothamangalam Subbu considered No.-2 in Gemini Studios? (from 'Poets and Pancakes')
What had been put up on the bulletin board? (from 'The Third Level')
What did the peasants pay the British landlords as rent and why? (from 'Indigo')
Correct the sentence: Ramesh is senior than me in service.
Use the pair of words 'Berth — Birth' in your own sentences to make the difference in their meanings clear.
What was the content of the letter written by the peddler to Edla? (from 'The Rattrap')
Use the pair of words 'Cheque — Check' in your own sentences to make the difference in their meanings clear.
Correct the sentence: Dinu died from cholera.
Translate the following passage into English:
रात अंधेरी थी। घड़ी में बारह बज रहे थे। कुत्ते भी भौंक रहे थे। रामराज गहरी नींद में सो रहा था। मैं शोर-गुल सुनकर अकस्मात जाग उठा। रामराज को भी आवाज लगाई। हम दोनों ने देखा कि कुछ लोग एक ही दिशा में भाग रहे थे। कुछ देर में ज्ञात हुआ कि पड़ोस के मकान में आग लग गयी थी।
'What cannot be heard' is:
Which of the following sentences is correct?
Change into indirect narration: My father said to me, ‘Do not wash your hands here.’
Combine into a Complex sentence: Govind is too terrified to speak.
Combine into a Simple sentence: Sheela is very weak in Physics. She cannot pass the examination.
Change into indirect narration: ‘Shall I ever see my brother-in-law again?’ Ramu wondered.
Transform into Passive Voice: Do not do this work.
Transform into an Interrogative sentence: Her glamour can never fade.