MP Board 12th English Long Answer Questions Flamingo Prose Question Bank

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Instructions- Answer the following questions in about 75 words.

The Last Lesson

1. How did the order from Berlin change the atmosphere in the school?
2. What did Mr. Hamel, Franz and the villagers regret for during the last lesson?
3. Justify the title of the story ‘The Last Lesson’.

The Lost Spring

1. Give a brief account of life and activities of the people like Saheb-e-Alam settled in Seemapuri.
2. How is Mukesh’s attitude towards his situation different from that of Saheb? Why?
3. Who was Mukesh? What did he want to do in his life and what did he not want to follow?
4. Children like Saheb often go for private jobs in very small age. Is this their final destiny? How can such situation be overcome?
5. What did the narrator notice in the locality where Mukesh lived? What was the condition of bangle makers?
6. Every other house in Firozabad is engaged in glass industry. Even then the makers remain in miserable condition. What are the reasons? Explain with the suggestions to overcome this situation.
7. Who was Saheb? What was the plight that compelled him to wander in the streets of Delhi for rag picking?
8. What is the vicious circle of middlemen? How are they trapped since the time of their forefathers? Can they get organised? If not, why? Explain.
9. ’Lost Spring’ explains the grinding poverty and traditions that condemn thousands of people to a life of abject poverty. Do you agree? Why/Why not?
10. The bangle makers of Firozabad make beautiful bangles and make everyone happy but they live and die in squalor. Elaborate.
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Deep Water

1. How does Douglas make clear to the reader the sense of panic that gripped him as he almost drowned? Describe the details that have made the description vivid.
2. How did Douglas overcome his fear of water?
3. When Douglas realised that he was sinking, how did he plan to save himself?
4. What did Douglas experience as he went down to the bottom of the pool for the first time?
5. How did William Douglas’s aversion to water begin?
6. Why did William Douglas use the YMCA pool and not Yakima River to learn swimming?
7. What happened when ‘a big bruiser of a boy’ tossed Douglas into the YMCA pool? How did Douglas plan to come out?
8. Which two incidents in Douglas’ early life made him scared of water?
9. Why did Douglas prefer to go to YMCA swimming pool to learn swimming?
10. What did Douglas feel and do when he was pushed into the swimming pool?

The Rattrap

1. How does the peddler interpret the acts of kindness and hospitality shown by
   the crofter, the iron master, and his daughter?
2. Describe the instances in the story that show that the character of the iron master is different from that of his daughter in many ways?
3. What made the peddler finally change his ways?
4. How does the metaphor of the rattrap serve to highlight the human predicament?
5. The story focuses on human loneliness and the need to bond with others.
   Elaborate this statement.

Indigo

1. Why is Rajkumar Shukla described as being resolute?
2. What was the attitude of the average Indian in smaller localities towards advocates of ‘Home Rule’?
3. What was Gandhi’s politics intertwined with?
4. Discuss the qualities of a good leader with reference to Gandhi’s role in Champaran movement.
5. How do we know that ordinary people also contributed to the freedom movement of India?

Poets and Pancakes

1. What is the example of the national integration that the author refers to?
2. Subbu is described as a many-sided genius. List four of his special abilities.
3. Why was the moral Rearmament Army welcomed at the studios?
4. Name one example to show that Gemini Studios was influenced by the plays staged by MRA?
5. What made the lawyers stand out from the others at Gemini Studios?
6. Why was the office boy frustrated? Who did he show his anger on?
7. How did the author discover who the English visitor to the studios was?
8. What does the writer mean by ‘the fiery misert’ of those subjected to makeup?
9. Why was the author appear to be doing nothing at the studios?
10. What caused the lack of communication between the Englishman and the people at Gemini Studios?
11. Why was the legal adviser referred to as the opposite by others?
12. Why is the Englishman‘s visit referred to as unexplained mystery?
13. Why was Kothamangalam Subbu considered No. 2 in Gemini Studios?
14. How does the author describe the incongruity of an English poet addressing the audience at Gemini Studios?
15. What do you understand about the author’s literary inclinations from the account?

The Interview

1. What do you understand by ‘thumbprints on his windpipe?
2. What are some of the positive views on interviews?
3. How does Denis Brian express about interview?
4. What did The English novelist and academic David Lodge comment about
   Umberto Eco?
5. Do you think Umberto Eco likes being interviewed? Give reasons for your
   opinion.
6. What type of novel is ‘The Name of The Rose’?
7. What did Rudyard Kipling say about interviews?
8. What puzzled the journalists and the publishers?
9. Why did Kipling dislike being interviewed?
10. What is the reason for the huge success of the novel ’The Name of The Rose’?
11. Write a note on writing style of Umberto Eco?
12. What did one of the professors say about Eco’s Doctoral dissertation?
13. What was distinctive about Eco’s academic writing style?
14. Express your opinion on ‘Interviews’

Going Places

1. How would you describe the character and temperament of Sophie’s father?
2. Why does Jansie discourage her to have such dreams?
3. What are the indicators of her family’s financial status?
4. Why did Sophie like her brother Geoff more than any other person? From her perspective, what did he symbolize?
5. Sophie and Jansie were classmates and friends. What were the differences between them that show up in the story?
6. What impression do you form of Sophie on reading the story “Going Places’?
7. What socio-economic background does Sophie belong to?
8. Sophie’s dream and disappointments are all in her mind. Discuss.
9. It is natural for teenagers to have unrealistic dreams. What would you say are the benefits and disadvantages of such fantasizing?
10. What was Sophie’s dream? How was it unrealistic?
11. How was Jansie different from Sophie? How were Sophie and Jansie different?
12. Differentiate between Sophie and Janise’s attitude towards life.
13. Attempt a character sketch of Sophie in your own words.
14. How is Sophie a daydreamer?
15. How Sophie’s father is is a good guardian?