ENGLISH GUESSED BY: HAMID KHAN CLASS: XII
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS FOR XII ENGLISH – 2025
Twenty Minutes With Mrs. Oakentubb (Important)
Q.1 When did He decide to take revenge from Mrs. Oakentubb?
Q.2 Explain the importance of the label on Mrs. Oakentubb’s suitcase. Why does she hide it?
Q.3 What was the melodramatic ending of the play?
Reflection on the Re-awakening East (Important)
Q.1 Why does Bertrand Russel consider industrialization a condition of survival in the modern world?
Q.2 What suggestion does Bertrand Russell give to the Asian nations for their development?
Q.3 What is modern cosmopolitanism according to Bertrand Russel?
Pakistan and the Modern World (Important)
Q.1 What does Liaquat Ali Khan put forward as the two main duties of the western world today?
Q.2 What are the demands our freedom makes on us?
Q.3 What are the differences mentioned by Liaquat Ali Khan about Muslim and Hindu believes?
Q.4 ‘Our administrative machinery had to be built from the scratch’. Explain
The Day the Dam Broke (Important)
Q.1 “The Day the Dam Broke describes Thurber’s sardonic but affectionate view of life”. Justify the
comment.
Q.2 What happened in the movie theater as described by Aunt Edith Taylor?
Q.3 Why was Dr. Mallory running and crying “it’s got us” in the lesson The Day the Dam Broke?
Act III of A Sliver Box (Important)
Q.1 In what way does the Act III of Silver Box criticize the British Society? Discuss briefly.
Q.2 Did Jones get the fair trial in the lesson “Act III of The Silver Box”?
Q.3 What was the case of two homeless girls?
The Devoted Friend
Q.1 Do you think the Miller was sincere and devoted to little Hans?
Q.2 What is the moral of the story “The Devoted Friend”?
Q.3 What happened to Hans when he went to fetch the doctor?
Q.4 Why Miller does not go to see little Hans in winter?
The World As I See It
Q.1 What are the ordinary objects of human endeavour in the eye of Albert Einstein?
Q.2 What is Einstein’s idea about democracy?
Q.3 What is Einstein’s attitude to war in the essay “The World As I See It”?
Q.4 What does it mean by ‘a man can do as he will but not will as he will’?
An Astronomer’s View of Universe
Q.1 Why the existence of life is a mystery in the Universe according to James Jeans?
Q.2 How does James Jeans justify his assertion that ‘the Universe appears to be actively hostile to life
like our own’?
The Seven Ages of Man (Important)
Q.1 Highlight the features of sixth stage in “The Seven Ages of Man”.
Q.2 How did Shakespeare describe fourth sage in the poem “The Seven Ages of Man”?
Q.3 When a man turns into Justice according to Shakespeare?
Lines from An Essay on Man (Important)
Q.1 According to Allexander Pope, hope springs eternal in the human breast. Discuss.
Q.2 “Man never Is but always To be blest”. Explain this line in the poem.
Q.3 What does ‘wait the great teacher death’ mean in the poem “An Essay on Man”?
The Man of Life Upright (Important)
Q.1 Describe the qualities of a man who leads an upright life.
ENGLISH GUESSED BY: HAMID KHAN CLASS: XII
Lines from Samson Agonists (Important)
Q.1 Who was Samson? How did he destroy his enemies?
Q.2 Do you agree that Samson symbolizes the human spirit at its bravest and strongest?
Music When Soft Voices Die
Q.1 Write the theme of the poem “Music When Soft Voices Die”.
The Solitary Reaper (Important)
Q.1 How Wordsworth enjoyed but did not understand the song of the maiden?
Q.2 What was the theme of the maiden sang in the poem “The Solitary Reaper”?
Q.3 How did the poet compare the song of the reaper with the song of two different birds?
Lines from Ulysses
Q.1 What is the message or moral of the poem “Lines from Ulysses”?
Q.2 How Ulysses encourages his sailors in the poem “Lines from Ulysses”?
Q.3 “push off and sitting well in order smite”, explain the given line.
Lines from Endymion
Q.1 What ideas the Keats expressed in the poem “Endymion” about the impact of the beauty on human
life?
Q.2 ‘A thing of beauty is a joy forever’. What does it mean by Keats?
Say Not the Struggle Not Availth
Q.1 What message does the poem “Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth” convey?
Q.2 “If hopes were dupes, fear may be liars”, explain the line.
The Prisoner of Zenda
Q.1 “Heaven does not make the right man King.” Whose comment is this and what does it mean?
Q.2 Why did Lady De Mauban betray Duke Michael? Explain briefly.
Q.3 Why was Michael helpless and not in a position to expose Rassendyll although he knew that
Rassendyll was an imposter?
Q.4 Who were “the six” and what kind of role did they play in the novel in Prisoner of Zenda?
Q.5 Michael is a detestable character. Discuss
Q.6 Which incident in the novel “The Prisoner of Zenda” do you like the most and why?
Q.7 How did Princess Flavia prove in the end of the novel that she wanted to uphold the honour and
prestige of her homeland and family?
Q.8 Describe the Coronation Ceremony.
Q.9 Who deserves to be the king of Ruritania? Comment briefly.
Q.10 Who was the real Prisoner of Zenda and why?
Q.11 Who persuaded Rassendyll to impersonate as King and why?
Q.12 What is Ball? What is the importance of Ball in the novel?
Important Character Sketches
(a) Black Michael (b) Madam De Muban
(c) Rudolf Rassendyll (d) Princess Flavia
Important Essays
(a) Democracy in Pakistan (b) Impact of Social Media on Youth
(c) AI is dangerous or beneficial (d) The Impact of Global Warming in Pakistan
(e) Karachi: A diversified city (f) Readers are the leaders
Comprehension Passage
(a) Reflections on the Re-awakening of East (b) Pakistan and the Modern World
