Chapter wise CBSE Class 12 English NCERT Solutions 2023 Download

TABLE OF CONTENT

• Chapter-Wise Syllabus of CBSE Class 12 English
• Class 12 English NCERT Solutions FLAMINGO – PROSE
• Class 12 English NCERT Solutions FLAMINGO – POETRY
• Class 12 English NCERT Solutions VISTAS
• Benefits Of Studying from CBSE class 12 English NCERT Solutions?
• TakeAway
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS 

Q1. Why was Franz reluctant to go to school? Ans. His French teacher said that he would ask questions on participles. He had not prepared and learned the rules about participles. 

Q2. Why had M Hamel put on his fine Sunday Clothes?Ans. After the order from Berlin had come, only German would be taught in schools and not French M. Hamel knew that it was his last French lesson. It was the honor of the last lesson that he had put on his fine Sunday clothes which he put on inspection and Prize Distribution Day. 

Q3. What is the irony in the name “Saheb-e-Alam”? Ans. ‘Saheb-e-Alam’ means the ‘Lord of the Universe’ but Saheb was oblivious of what it meant. Contrary to what his name represented, he roamed the streets with his friends, an army of barefooted boys scrounging in the garbage heaps to make both ends meet. 

Q4. Why have the ragpickers settled in Seemapuri? Ans. Several families like Saheb have been the victims of nature’s fury. They left Dhaka after storms swept away their fields and houses and settled in seemapuri. 

Q5. How did the peddler earn his livelihood? What kind of life did he live? Ans. The peddler earned his livelihood by selling small rat traps of wire, which he used to make himself from the material got by begging in the stores or at big farms. But this was not so profitable, so he had to beg or even steal. He roamed about like a vagabond all alone. He lived a sad and monotonous life with no one to welcome him. 

Q6. How did the crofter treat the peddler and why? Ans. The crofter was a lonely man without a wife or child. He craved and desired human company to share his loneliness. He welcomed the peddler and offered him porridge, supper, and even tobacco. He played cards with him. He even showed him his earnings and let him know where it was kept. 

Q7. What were the future plans, Sophie? Ans. Sophie lives in a world of dreams. She aspired to have a boutique after leaving school. She told her friend Janie that in order to save money, she would work as a manager. She also toyed with the idea of working as an actress. 

Q8. How did Sophie react when Geoff told her father that she had met Daney Casey? Ans. Sophie had shared her secret of meeting Daney Casey with her brother Geoff. When Geoff told his father about this, Sophie wriggled because of the possible contempt of his father. She was afraid that her father would never believe it.

Long Answer Type Questions

Q1. Our language is a part of our culture and we are proud of it. Describe how regretful M. Hamel and the village elders are for having neglected their native language. Ans. Value Points 

• According to the latest order from Berlin, only German was to be taught in the schools to Alsace & Lorraine
• This affected everyone badly as everyone was repenting for having wasted the time and not learning French.
• M. Hamel felt guilty for sending his students for his personal tasks.
• The parents of the students never bothered and sent children to work on a farm or at mills.
• Elders showed regret too – they neither learned French themselves nor did they encourage their children.
• Of course, M. Hamel, villagers, and even Franz – all were honest enough to accept the mistake of neglecting the French language.

Q2. Write a Speech for your morning assembly on the topic “Significance of language / Mother Tongue in our Life”.Ans. Value Points 

• Language empowers countrymen.
• A better understanding of the Subject-matter.
• Used as a weapon to fight a cause.
• Better expression.
• Everyone should feel proud of one’s mother tongue.

Q3. Explain the significance of the title ‘Lost Spring”. 

• Spring is the season of optimism and hope. It symbolizes life.
• But, unfortunately, millions of children in our country waste their childhood in rag picking and other hazardous industries.
• The joys of childhood, the vibrance of spring is lost either in the garbage or in dingy cells with furnaces.
• The grinding poverty and traditions condemn these children to a life of exploitation.
• They see very little hope of escaping from their impoverished life of misery & deprivation.
• Moreover, years of mind-numbing toil have killed all initiative and the ability to dream.
• They are entangled in a spiral that moves from poverty to apathy to greed and to injustice.

Q4. What rattrap was the peddler trapped in? How did he come out of it? Ans. Key points 

• The whole world a rattrap
• A world full of temptations
• Shelter food, joy, and riches – are the baits.
• The bait that he fell for was at the crofter’s house
• Blamed the crofter for having been tempted with his bait.
• Initially refused the office of ironmaster thinking it to be another bait.
• After meeting with Edla, he got reformed and returned the thirty kroner in a rattrap.