List of top English Questions

What do you understand of Dr Margolin’s past? How does it affect his present life?
How did Pablo Neruda know that somebody behind him was looking at him?
Quote the words used by Ram Mohan Roy to say that every religion teaches the same principles
The story has many instances of unexpected reactions from the characters to others’ behaviour. Pick out instances of these surprises.
Why did Eveline review all the familiar objects at home?
Why do you think Eveline let go of the opportunity to escape?
What symbol from Nature does the poet invoke to say that there can be life under apparent stillness?
What are the different ways in which Tilly’s parents could have reacted to her behaviour? What would you have done if you were in their place?
Do you think Tilly’s mother was alarmed by them?
Point out the difference between the slavery of man to Nature and the unnatural slavery of man to Man.
The story is a satire on the conceit of those in power. How does the author employ the literary device of dramatic irony in the story?
How, in your opinion, can Mukesh realise his dream?
Why did Tilly’s family come to Thailand?
List the places that Gandhi visited between his first meeting with Shukla and his arrival at Champaran.
What is the author’s indirect comment on subjecting innocent animals to the willfulness of human beings?
How did this experience affect him?
Examine the noun phrases in these sentences from the text.
• This may be particularly significant in understanding the class basis of the rapid spread of Buddhism, in particular, in India.
What is the parallel drawn between myths and legends of the past and science fiction?
What gives science fiction its validity?
Which literary works does the author have in mind when he refers to ‘Open Sesame’ or the concept of winged horses or flying carpets?
What makes for the distinction between the various genres of fiction—‘a sports story’, ‘a Western story’, ‘a jungle story’ and science fiction?
How does Asimov establish that John Campbell was wrong in his opinion that it is not possible for a science fiction mystery to be fair to a reader in the same way as a classical mystery is?
What are the pitfalls that the writer of science fiction mystery must guard against?
Discuss the author’s attitude towards the pre-scientific imagination and the tone he adopts while talking about it.
What is Sen’s interpretation of the positions taken by Krishna and Arjuna in the debate between them? [Note Sen’s comment: ‘Arjuna’s contrary arguments are not really vanquished... There remains a powerful case for ‘faring well’ and not just ‘faring forward’.]