CBSE Board Class 12 English Exam 2025 : Most Repeated Questions from Last 10 Years; Download Free PDF

Most Repeated Questions in Class 12 English: Find the most repeated questions from CBSE board exams for Class 12 English These questions are chosen to help you prepare for the CBSE Board Exam 2025. They include questions based on the latest exam pattern for effective preparation.

Practicing these most repeated questions can help you score better and improve your overall marks. Read the full article below for all the details.

CBSE Class 12th English Most Repeated Questions 2025 for Board Exam

The Last Lesson

Q1. What was the order from Berlin and what changes did it cause in the school? (AU India 2013)

What changes did the order from Berlin cause in the school? (Delhi 2012)

What was the mood in the classroom when M Hamel gave his last French lesson? (Delhi 2009)

Q2. Franz thinks, “Will they make them sing in German, even the pigeons?” What does this tell us about the attitude of the Frenchmen? (All India 2011)

Q3. How did M Hamel say farewell to his students and the people of the town? (All India 2012)

Q4. What words did M Hamel write on the blackboard before dismissing the last class? What did they mean? (Compartment 2014)

Q5. “What a thunderclap these words were to me!” What were the words that shocked and surprised the narrator? (Delhi 2013)

Q6. Who did M. Hamel blame when Franz was unable to answer a question on French participles? (SQP 2019-20)

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Lost Spring

Q1. Describe the irony in Saheb’s name. (Delhi 2016)

Q2. How was Mukesh different from other bangle makers? (Comptt. Delhi 2016)

Q3. The youngsters echo the lament of their elders who have been doing the mind-numbing toil of bangle-making since long. This is the reason that the writer says that little has moved with time, it seems, in Firozabad. (SQP 2020-21)

Q4. Why does Anees Jung say that the bangle makers are caught in a vicious web? (CBSE SQP 2019-20)

Q5. What do we come to know about the author of Lost Spring, Anees Jung, through her interactions with Saheb and Mukesh? (SQP 2022-23)

Q6. What does the description of Mukesh’s family in Lost Spring reveal about gender roles? (SQP 2022-23)

Deep Water

Q1. How did Douglas finally get rid of the fear he had of water? (Delhi 2009)

Q2. How did the incident at the YMCA pool affect Douglas? (All India 2009)

Q3. When Douglas realized that he was sinking, how did he plan to save himself? (Delhi 2010)

Q4. Why did Douglas go to Lake Wentworth in New Hampshire? (Delhi 2011)

Q5. Which two frightening experiences did Douglas have in water in his childhood? (Comptt. Delhi 2012)

Q6. What sort of terror seized Douglas as he went down the water with a yellow glow? How could he feel that he was still alive? (Delhi 2010)

The Rattrap

Q1. Why was the crofter so talkative and friendly with the peddler? (Delhi 2011)

Q2. Why did the peddler decline the invitation of the ironmaster? (Delhi 2012)

Q3. Who was the owner of Ramsjo iron mills? Why did he visit the mills at night? (All India 2012)

Q4. Why did the peddler think that the world was a rattrap? (All India 2009)

Q5. Why did the peddler knock on the cottage by the roadside? How was he treated by the owner of the cottage? (Compartment 2014)

Q6. Explain the metaphor of the rattrap in context of the story by Selma Lagerlöf. (CBSE Sample Paper 2020)

Indigo

Q1. Why do you think the servants thought Gandhi to be another peasant? (Delhi 2010)

Q2. Why did Gandhiji feel that taking the Champaran case to court was useless? (Delhi 2014 Modified)

Q3. How did the Champaran peasants react when they heard that a Mahatma had come to help them? (Compartment 2014)

Q4. Why did Gandhiji object to CF Andrews’ stay in Champaran? (Foreign 2009)

Q5. Why do you think Gandhi considered the Champaran episode to be a turning point in his life? (All India 2011)

Q6. Explain the possible reasons for Gandhi’s quick popularity among the peasants of Champaran. (CBSE QB,2021)

Poets and Pancakes

Q1. Who was Subbu’s enemy? Why? (2008 Delhi)

Q2. What kind of effect does Asokamitran’s style of writing have on the reader? (CBSE QB, 2021)

Q3. Discuss the significance of the make-up room in the chapter, ‘Poets and Pancakes’. (CBSE QB, 2021)

Q4. The people left in ‘utter bafflement’ after the English poet’s speech. Mention two things the speaker could have kept in mind before addressing an audience to avoid such a reaction. Give your rationale for it. (CBSE QB, 2021)

Q5. Why was the Moral Re-armament Army welcomed at the Gemini Studios? (2010 Outside Delhi; 2011 Outside Delhi)

Q6. Account for Subbus importance in Gemini Studios. (2009 Outside Delhi)

The Interview

Q1. What was distinctive about Eco’s academic writing style? (CBSE 2004)

Q2. What is the reason for the huge success of the novel, The Name of the Rose? (CBSE 2008)

Q3. Why do most celebrity writers despise being interviewed? (CBSE 2003, 2005, 2010)

Going Places

Q1. Why didn’t Sophie want Jansie to know about her meeting with Danny? (CBSE 2011)

Q2. Why did Jansie discourage Sophie from entertaining thoughts about the sports star Danny Casey? (CBSE 2011)

Q3. Damn that Geoff, this was a Geoff thing not a Jansie thing: Why did Sophie say so? (CBSE 2010)

Q4. What thoughts come to Sophie’s mind as she sit by the canal? (CBSE 2011)

Q5. Why did Sophie long for her brother’s affection?

Why did Sophie like her brother more than any other person? (CBSE 2010)

My Mother at Sixty Six

Q1. Why are the young trees described as ‘sprinting’? (Delhi 2012,2010)

Q2. What do the parting words of the narrator and her smile signify?(All India 2010)

Q3. What does the narrator mean by ‘all I did was smile and smile and smile…’?

A smile does not always indicate happiness.’ Does My Mother at Sixty-Six reflect this statement? Justify your response with an example from the poem. (CBSE Sample Paper 2022)

Q4. State the common issue faced by most of the aged in the current times, with reference to the poem My Mother at Sixty-six. (CBSE Sample Paper 2022)

Q5. Kamala Das speaks of ‘an old familiar ache…’ What do you think is the reason for this feeling? (CBSE Sample Paper 2020)

Keeping Quiet

Q1. Which is the exotic moment that the poet refers to in ‘Keeping Quiet’? (Delhi 2014)

What does Neruda mean by ‘an exotic moment without rush’ in his poem, ‘Keeping Quiet’? (CBSE Sample Paper 2020)

Q2. What is the sadness the poet refers to in the poem ‘Keeping Quiet’? (All India 2011, 2014)

Q3. How, according to Neruda, can keeping quiet change our attitude to life? (Compartment 2014)

Q4. What are the different kinds of war mentioned in the poem that the poet is against? (All India 2013)

Q5. Give two reasons why, according to Pablo Neruda, is ‘keeping quiet’ is essential to attaining a better, more peaceful world. (CBSE Sample Paper 2022)

A Thing of Beauty

Q1. How does a thing of beauty provide us shelter and comfort? (CBSE 2013)

Q2. Why and how is ‘grandeur’ associated with the ‘mighty dead’? (Delhi 2011)

Q3. Which objects of nature does Keats mention as sources of joy in his poem, ‘A Thing of Beauty’? (All India 2015)

Q4. What are the things that cause miseries, sorrows and sufferings to man? (All India 2015)

Q5. What spreads the pall of despondence over our dark spirits? How is it removed? (All India 2013)

Q6. Rationalize why Keats uses the metaphor ‘an endless fountain of immortal drink’ in his poem, A Thing of Beauty. (CBSE Sample Paper 2021)

A Roadside Stand

Q1. Why do the people who run the roadside stand wait for the squeal of brakes so eagerly? (2003 Delhi)

Q2. Explain: “soothe them out of them wits” with reference to the poem ‘The Roadside Stand’. (2005 Delhi)

Q3. Why does Robert Frost sympathize with the rural poor? (2009 Delhi, 2011 Comptt. Outside Delhi)

Q4. What news in the poem ‘A Roadside Stand’ is making its round in the village? (2013 Outside Delhi)

Q5. State any two characteristics that can be inferred about the people from the countryside in The Roadside Stand. (CBSE Sample Paper 2022)

Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers

Q1. What are the difficulties that Aunt Jennifer faced in her life? (Delhi 2014)

Q2. How does Aunt Jennifer express her bitterness and anger against male dominance? (Compartment 2014)

Q3. How do ‘denizens’ and ‘chivalric’ add to our understanding of the tigers’ attitudes? (All India 2012)

Q4. How are Aunt Jennifer’s tigers different from her? (All India 2014, CBSE Sample Ppaer 2019)

Q5. Why did Aunt Jennifer choose to embroider tigers on the panel? (Delhi 2012, All India 2009)

Q6. How can we say that marriage was a compromise for Aunt Jennifer? Support your response with two justifications. (CBSE Sample Paper 2022)

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