CBSE Class 12 Pre-Board Exam 2024-25: English Most Important Questions with Answers

The CBSE Class 12 pre-board exams for 2024-25 are an important step in your exam preparation. These exams help you check how well you’re prepared for the final board exams.

To help you study better, we’ve created a list of the most important English questions with answers. This English question focuses on essential topics to help you perform well.

The CBSE Pre-board Exam English questions cover key topics. They include objective, short/long answer, and competency-based questions, all matching the latest exam pattern.

CBSE 12 Pre-board Exam 2024-25 English Most Important Questions

1. What inference can you draw about Sophie's relationship with her father from the story 'Going Places'?

Ans. Suggested value points -

- Sophie wanted her father’s approval / support

- father always showed disdain /disapproval of her stories

- Sophie did not share friendly or loving relationship with father

- father was realistic and practical while Sophie was imaginative and a day dreamer

- father was aggressive and Sophie tried to avoid facing him

2. We miss a thing when we are in fear of losing it. Substantiate this statement with two examples from 'The Last Lesson', how the people in the story suddenly realised how precious their language was to them.

Ans. Suggested value points -

- everyone looked sad and regretful about not learning French

- M. Hamel talked of importance of French language / brought new copies which looked like little flags

- Franz felt sorry for not learning lessons / realized books as old friends

- village people sat quietly in the back benches

- old Hauser, former Mayor and Former Postmaster were present

- old Hauser had tears in his eyes and his voice trembled with emotions

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3. What did the peddler say in his defence when it was clear that he was not the person the ironmaster thought him to be ? (The Rattrap)

Ans. Suggested value points -

- made no attempt to hide / cheat

- never pretended to be anything but a poor trader

- had pleaded and obeyed to be allowed to stay in the forge

- was ready to put on his rags and go away

4. What does "The God That Failed' refer to ? (Poets and Pancakes)

Ans. Suggested value points -

- low priced paperback student edition to commemorate 50^th anniversary of the Russian revolution

- failure of communism

- name of the book written by six eminent writers including Stephen Spender

5. What according to Umberto Eco is the belief that most journalists and publishers have ? (The Interview)

Ans. Suggested value points -

- believe that people like trash / easy reading and don’t like difficult reading experiences

- puzzled by the success of the serious novel ‘The Name of the Rose’

6. It is said that the 'Face is a mirror of one's emotions.' Why did the poet 'smile and smile' ? (My Mother at Sixty-six)

Ans. Suggested value points -

- wanted to hide her own emotions from her mother

- reassured herself and her mother

- concealed her fear and anxiety of losing her mother

- tried to put up a brave front

7. What confusion does the Dewan have when the Tiger King broaches the topic of his marriage ? (The Tiger King)

Ans. Suggested value points -

- thought the King wanted to marry him

- thought the King wanted to marry a tiger / bring a tiger queen

8. My Antarctic experience was full of such epiphanies, says Tishani Doshi. Which experience does she consider the best and why ? (Journey to the End of the Earth)

Ans. Suggested value points -

- climbing down the gangplank and walking on the frozen ocean

- walking on stark whiteness that spread out forever

- 180 meters of living, breathing salt water underneath them

- watching Crabeater seals stretching and sunning themselves on ice

9. Zitkala-Sa says, "Eating by formula wasn't the hardest trial in that first day." What does she mean by 'Eating by formula'? (Memories of Childhood)

Ans. Suggested value points -

- pattern of eating

- ringing the bells to regulate eating

- first bell to move into the dining room, second bell to draw chair and start praying, third bell to sit and use cutlery / fork and knife to eat

10. Imagine you are John Keats, the poet of 'A Thing of Beauty'. What advice might you offer to Robert Frost, the poet of 'A Roadside Stand' in the context of his "The sadness that lurks near the open window' ? Pen down your advice in a letter to Frost on how to deal with sadness. You may begin this way:

Dear Robert,

I have recently read your poem 'A Roadside Stand' and .........

You may end this way:

Despite the fact that our lives are full of sorrow and suffering, the beautiful things around us give us the strength to endure the sadness of life.

Warmly

John Keats

Ans. Suggested value points -

- life is full of sorrow and sufferings

- life has a cycle of ups and downs

- inspite of despondence, inhuman dearth of noble nature, gloomy ways of life

- nature provides solace

- enjoy the beautiful mountain scene / country side / village land / natural and fresh products

- things of beauty around us provide us eternal joy

- being close to nature brings peace and harmony

- should not lose hope

- have an optimistic view of life

11. Create a comprehensive comparison of the themes present in 'Aunt Jennifer's Tigers' and 'My Mother at Sixty-six'. Specifically discuss the different ways each poem addresses the concept of struggle and resilience.

Ans. Suggested value points -

Aunt Jennifer’s tigers

- suppressed by patriarchal society

- endures the ordeals of her marriage

- desirous of strength and freedom

- resilience able to express herself beautifully through her art - creation of tigers

- tigers symbolic of freedom and chivalry / fearlessness and pride

My Mother at Sixty Six

- reflects true struggle of fulfilling worldly duties and duties as a daughter

- leaves her mother with reassurance

- hides her emotions through her smile

- makes a promise to see her soon

- mother’s ageing and appearance reflects her struggle and resilience

12. Dr. Sadao is disturbed and in a dilemma since he has decided to help the enemy soldier. Describe his conflict and the challenges faced in the form of a diary entry.

Ans. Suggested value points -

- conflict between duty as a patriot and duty as a doctor

- could not ignore the wounded soldier even though he was an enemy / American prisoner of war

- all the house helps were scared / refused to help the enemy and left work

- wrote a letter to the chief of police but did not send it

- informed General Takima in detail about the incident

- was assured of assassination of the soldier

- waited in vain for three nights

- decided to help him escape to a nearby island

13. In the story "The Third Level', reality and fantasy are interwoven. Justify.

Ans. Suggested value points -

Reality

- post world war II scenario of 20^th century

- wants to escape from reality

- took subway, reached 3^rd level

- only two levels exist at the Grand Central Station

- Sam, his psychiatrist calls it a waking dream wish fulfillment

- buys old style currency from all his money

- keeps looking for 3^rd level but never finds it again

- Sam goes missing – finds Sam’s letter in grandfather’s collection of first day covers

Fantasy

- Charley’s imaginative description of the 3^rd level

- old locomotive, smaller rooms , fewer ticket windows and train gates, Old looking information booth

- open gas flame lights, brass spittoons on the floor, pocket gold watch with cover

- “The World” news paper edition dated 11^th June 1894

- use of old style currency notes

- old dressing style of men and women

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