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ENGLISH
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

SECTION "A" (COMPULSORY)

(MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS)

Note: Secure full marks through reading the literature i.e. Prose, Poems and Plays thoroughly.
SECTION "B"
(SHORT QUESTION & ANWERS)

1- What did Quaid e Azam tell about his people few days after he landed in Karachi?
2- Why does English have such a large vocabulary?
3- How does F. Sherwood Taylor define the term 'Science'?
4- Differentiate between 'scientific' and 'unscientific' work.
5- Describe the behavior of the soldiers on the ship 'Birkenhead'.
6- What are the four contributions made by science to the welfare of society? Answer with
reference to the lesson "Science and Society"
7- Why was Manning certain of Charlton's guilt after peering closely into his face?
8- Why was there a roar of laughter when the author left the bank?
9- The author, Stephen Leacock, was a respected university teacher and a highly successful
writer. Do you think this is a true story?
10- What are the origins of the word Yacht, sandwich and admiral?
11- Why did Kashmir not join Pakistan?
12- What did the Baroness plan to do with Amalie after the New Year festivities were over? How
did her plan fail?
13- At what point in the play does the audience realize that Charlton is lying in order to throw
suspicion on King?
14- What is the climax or element of humor in the story, My Bank Account?
15- Why did the Congress leaders spend most of the Second World War in prison?
16- Why were the Baron and the Baroness angry with Amalie?
17- How successful has the United Nations organization been so far in preventing wars?
18- What is the function of the International Bank/WHO/UNESCO/UNICEF?
19- What is the designation of the Chief Officer of the United Nations? For how long and by
whom is he appointed?
20- What did people decide on 23rd March 1940?
21- What, in your opinion, was the reason of the Quaid-e-Azam's sadness after independence?
22- Why does the writer apply the word "terrible" to the first year of Pakistan's history as an
independent state?
23- Describe a heroic action that took place after the Birkenhead went down.
24- What are the limitations of science in regard to the service for the society?
25- What would have happened if there had been a panic on the 'Birkenhead'?
26- What everyday incident is narrated by the poet to convey the idea in his poem "The
Toys--
27- What is the chief sentiment in the lines from The Lay of the Last Minstrel?
28- What did Napoleon ask his soldier? And what was the soldier's reply`
29- What is the message of the poem "Incident of the French Camp"?
30- What is the message behind the poem. I Had Reached Your Doorsteps-