Science (English Medium) Class 12 - CBSE Question Bank Solutions for English Core

Give an example from the passage that proves the crow to be an intelligent bird.

How does a black kite spread wildfire ? 

How do chimps drink water from the waterholes?

What caused a blow to man’s ego ?

What inference can you draw from the action of the female gorilla described in para 2 ? 

Why do dolphins cover their long noses with sponges or shells ? 

To what end have humans used their superior intelligence ?

(a) crushing/destructive (pars 1)
(b) used to (pare 2)
(c) searching (pare 4)

On the basis of your understanding of the above passage, make notes on it using headings and subheadings.  Use recognizable abbreviations (wherever necessary – minimum four) and a format you consider suitable.  Also supply an appropriate title to it. 

Write a summary of the above passage in about 100 words. 

You are Kumar/Ankita, Secretary, West End Cooperative Group Housing Society, Vasundhara. Write a  notice in not more than 50 words requesting the members to attend a meeting of the society to discuss the  problem of irregular supply of drinking water to the residents. 

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

Those who prepare green wars,
wars with gas, wars with fire,
victory with no survivors,
would put on clean clothes
and walk about with their brothers
in the shade, doing nothing.

(a) Whom does the word ‘those’ refer to?
(b) What does the poet mean by : ‘put on clean clothes’?
(c) Describe the irony in the third line.
(d) When can a person walk about with ‘their’ brothers?

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:

A thing of beauty is a joy forever
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) Which two qualities of beauty are mentioned here?
(b) How does it give calm to a troubled mind?
(c) What does the word ‘bower’ mean?
(d) How does beauty lead to ‘a sleep full of sweet dreams’?

Why did Aunt Jennifer decide to create animals so different from her own character ? 

What change did Saheb feel working at the tea shop ?

Why did Jansie not approve of Sophie’s dream ? 

Why did McLeery bring a smallish semi-inflated rubber ring to Oxford Prison ? 

Why was Dr. Sadao not sent abroad with the troops during the war ? 

Why did Roger Skunk go to visit the owl ? 

The Tiger King wanted to protect himself from a tiger attack. Describe the difficulties created by him for  his officials and subjects.