IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR ENGLISH SUBJECT (RISING SUN -1)
Essay questions from all 5 Units
- How does the Lin Yutang bring out the importance of the Art of Reading?
- Describe the does Lin Yutang bring out the difference between the life of the man who reads and the man who does not read.
- How does Ayyar bring out his wit and scholarship in his discussion with Englishmen? Elucidate the title.
- Bring out the important points the author was trying to convey in ‘How I Argued while in England.’
- How did the ‘Merchant of Death’ become a ‘Messenger of Peace’?
- Explain the significant traits in the character and personality of Alfred Nobel.
- Give an account of Rachel Carson’s life and her achievements.
- What were the different assignments given by the American Government to Carson. Explain.
- How is death portrayed in Dickinson’s ‘Because I could not stop for Death’.
- Describe the relationship between Emily Dickinson’s and her companion in the carriage.
- ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening’ Contrasts the world of beauty with the world of human obligation. – Discuss.
- Critically evaluate the journey in “Enterprise”.
- Explain how the mystery of Oliver’s parentage is solved?
- “Oliver Twist” portrays child Labour – Evaluate.
- Discuss the characters of Nancy, Fagin and Mr. Brownlow.
Short Questions From All 5 Units
- What is the key to all reading?
- When can reading be called an art?
- What is Lin Yutang’s concept of beauty?
- What should Indians be able to do if they were really equal?
- What is Ayya’s concept of completeness? How complete are humans when they are born?
- How does Alfred Noble ‘a merchant of death’ turn to be ‘a messenger of peace’?
- Name the title of the book written by Bertha and presented to Noble.
- List out the different inventions/ discoveries done by Alfred Noble.
- What was the assignment given to Carson by the Bureau of Fisheries? What did she do?
- What was the impact of ‘Silent Spring’?
- Name the occupants in the carriage.
- What were the places which Emily passed in the poem ‘Because I could not stop for Death?
- Where does Robert Frost stand?
- What did the little horse think about Robert?
- How do the pilgrims realize that home is the place where they can have grace?
- What is an enterprise?
- Which place the poet describes in ‘Notes Towards a poem that can never be written’.
- Where is Oliver Twist born?
- Write a short note on the death of Fagin.
- Write a note on the conditions of the Workhouse and orphanages.