AP Board 2nd Year English Exam 2025-26: Most Important Question with Answers for Last Minute Revision

The AP Intermediate 2nd Year English exam is tomorrow, February 26, 2026—and now is the time to do your last-minute revision.

We have provided BIEAP's previous year papers, the latest exam pattern, and the marking scheme, along with the most expected and important questions and answers. It covers all sections—Prose, Poetry, Non-Detailed Text, Grammar, Vocabulary, and Writing Skills.

You can also easily download the PDF from the table below. Start revising now and score great marks in tomorrow's exam!

AP Inter 2nd Year English Important Questions 2026

Prose:

Unit 1. Of Studies (Sir Francis Bacon)

1. What according to Bacon is the theme ‘Of Studies’?

2. How does Bacon emphasize the value of experience?

3. What did Bacon mean in the line “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested?”

Unit 2. The Secret Of Work (Swami Vivekananda)

1. How can the miseries of the world be cured, according to Swami Vivekananda?

2. What does Vivekananda say about a man of character?

3. Explain the things that guide the conduct of human beings.

Unit 3. J.C. BOSE (Aldous Huxley)

1. Explain the views of Huxley about the instruments for experimentation.

2. How did J C Bose record the heart beats of a plant?

3. How did J C Bose prove that plants experience pain like other living beings?

Unit 4. In Celebration Of Being Alive (Dr Christian Barnard)

1. What were the views of Dr Barnard’s father about suffering? In what way did Barnard`s views differ from his father’s?

2. Who were the driver and the mechanic in the Grand Prix held at the Cape Town Red Cross Children`s hospital? In what way was the choice of their roles suitable?

3. What lessons did Dr Barnard learn from the two children?

Unit 5. Learning From The West (N.R. Narayana Murthy)

1. Give a list of the lessons that Narayana Murthy feels we should learn from the West.

2. ‘Our attitude towards family life is not reflected in our attitude towards community behaviour.’ Explain this statement keeping in view the points made by Narayana Murthy in the essay ‘Learning from the West’.

3. ‘Indians become intimate even without being friendly.’ Illustrate this statement with an example from Narayana Murthy’s speech.

Poetry

Unit 1. On His Having Arrived At The Age Of Twenty-Three (John Milton)\

1. ‘Time and tide wait for no man’ is an old saying. Discuss this in the context of the poem “On His Having Arrived at the Age of Twenty-Three.”

2. Attempt a critical appreciation of the poem “On His Having Arrived at the Age of TwentyThree.”

Unit 2. The Tables Turned (William Wordsworth)

1. Why does Wordsworth consider Nature to be a good teacher?

2. Do you prefer to gain knowledge through books or become wise through experience of Nature? Give reasons in support of your answer with reference to the poem “The Tables Turned”

Unit 3. The Builders (H.W. Longfellow)

1. What is the appropriateness of the title ‘The Builders?’ Do you agree with the poet about building one’s own life?

2. What is the central idea of the poem ‘The Builders?’

Unit 4. Any Woman (Katharine Tynan)

1. How does the poetess portray the bond between the mother and her children in the poem ‘Any Woman’?

2. The poem ‘Any Woman’ is a celebration of the glory of womanhood. Illustrate.

Unit 5. A Challenge To Fate (Sarojini Naidu)

1. Why are people generally afraid of fate? How did Sarojini Naidu challenge such a fearful fate?

2. What is the theme of the poem ‘A Challenge to Fate’? What is the life lesson we can learn from the poem?

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