HS 3rd Semester English Last Minute Suggestion 2026-27 ( Exclusive Suggestion)

1. What was the title bestowed upon Kalam’s mother’s forebear? Answer: ‘Bahadur’
2. What was Kalam’s physical appearance as a child? Answer: Short and undistinguished
3. What was Kalam’s father’s attitude towards people’s gratitude? Answer: He was humble
4. What did Kalam’s mother place before him to eat? Answer: A banana leaf
5. How did Kalam feel about the Arabic prayers despite not understanding them? Answer: He was convinced they reached God
6. What kind of text is “Strong Roots”? Answer: Autobiography
7. What was the social status of Kalam’s father? Answer: Middle-class
8. What was Kalam’s emotional state during his childhood? Answer: Very secure
9. Where was Kalam’s ancestral house located? Answer: On Mosque Street
10. What was the material used to build Kalam’s ancestral house? Answer: Limestone and brick
11. What was Kalam’s understanding of the Arabic prayers chanted in the mosque? Answer: He had not the faintest idea of their meaning
12. Which state did Rameswaram belong to? Answer: Tamil Nadu
13. What was Kalam’s father’s attitude towards people’s gratitude? Answer: He was humble
14. How would Kalam’s father manage the family’s finances? Answer: He would avoid unnecessary comforts
15. What lesson does the author learn from his father’s words about troubles and sufferings? Answer: To view challenges as opportunities for growth and self-discovery
16. What does the essay, “Strong Roots” highlight about Kalam’s childhood neighborhood? Answer: It was a place of harmony
17. Why did people wait for Kalam’s father outside the mosque? Answer: To seek his blessings
18. How many children did Kalam’s parents have? Answer: Many
19. Where did Kalam live with his family? Answer: In their ancestral house
20. When was Kalam’s ancestral house built? Answer: In the 19th century
21. What did Kalam’s father say about prayer? Answer: It made possible a communion of the spirit between people
22. What emotional response did Kalam experience after hearing his father’s words about his role as a helper and the nature of human suffering? Answer: Strange energy and enthusiasm
23. What value did Kalam’s father emphasize through his explanation of prayer? Answer: The unity and equality of all people
24. What was the nature of the discussions between Kalam’s father and Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry? Answer: Informal and spiritual
25. What did Kalam’s father believe people should do instead of seeking external help? Answer: They should look within themselves for the enemy of fulfilment
26. What was the effect of Kalam’s father’s words regarding prayers on him? Answer: He felt a strange energy and enthusiasm
27. What was Kalam’s father’s first activity of the day? Answer: Reading the namaz before dawn
28. How did people of different religions interact with Kalam’s father? Answer: They respected him
29. What does “lineage” mean? Answer: A person’s ancestry or heritage
30. What was the atmosphere like in Kalam’s childhood neighborhood? Answer: Harmonious and respectful
31. What did Kalam’s mother serve him at lunch? Answer: Pizza and pasta
32. At what time did Kalam’s father start his day? Answer: 4 am
33. Why according to Kalam’s father, do people look for someone to help them? Answer: Because they have a feeling of loneliness
34. What did Kalam’s father mean by “communion of the spirit”? Answer: A transcendent spiritual connection
35. What, according to Kalam’s father, do people try to propitiate with prayers and offerings? Answer: Demonic forces
36. What did the author’s father mean by “fear-ridden vision of destiny”? Answer: A negative and fearful perspective on one’s life challenges
37. What can be inferred about Kalam’s upbringing from his essay “Strong Roots”? Answer: He was raised in a diverse, tolerant environment
38. Who was Pakshi Lakshmana Sastry as mentioned in APJ Abdul Kalam’s autobiographical essay, “Strong Roots”? Answer: The high priest of Rameswaram temple
39. How did Kalam’s father respond to his question about the relevance of prayer? Answer: He offered a simple yet profound insight
40. According to Kalam’s father, what is the effect of prayer on one’s sense of self? Answer: It transcends one’s physical boundaries

Chapter 3: The Bet

1. What did the lawyer read after finishing the New Testament? Answer: the history of religions and Theology
2. What motivates the banker to try to settle the bet with the lawyer? Answer: financial gain
3. What was the banker’s state of mind as he approached the garden wing? Answer: determined and resolute
4. What book did the lawyer read after the tenth year of his confinement? Answer: the New Testament
5. How many years did the lawyer like to stay in solitary confinement? Answer: 15 years
6. What is the metaphor used to describe the lawyer’s reading habits? Answer: swimming in the sea among broken pieces of wreckage
7. Why did the banker think the watchman was not responding to his calls? Answer: because he was asleep
8. What kind of punishment does the banker think humane? Answer: Capital punishment
9. How did the lawyer approach reading during the last two years of his confinement? Answer: He read an extraordinary amount, quite haphazard
10. Why do the guests of the banker’s evening party consider the death sentence useless? Answer: It is inhuman
11. What was the lawyer’s attitude towards reading during the last two years of his confinement? Answer: He was eager and desperate casual
12. What spurs the bet between the banker and the lawyer? Answer: Nature of punishment
13. What did the banker take out of his safe before going to the garden wing? Answer: the key of the lawyer’s cell
14. What did the lawyer ask to be sent to him along with a book on chemistry? Answer: a novel, a text book of medicine, and some treaties on philosophy or theology
15. How old was the lawyer when he volunteered to spend fifteen years confinement? Answer: 25 years
16. Where did the banker think the watchman had taken shelter from the bad weather? Answer: the kitchen or the greenhouse
17. How many volumes had the lawyer mastered in four years during his fifteen years of solitary stay in the banker’s cell? Answer: 600
18. How would you describe the lawyer’s reading habits during the last two years of his confinement? Answer: random and chaotic
19. Why was the lawyer grasping at different pieces of knowledge? Answer: Because he wanted to save his life from confusing ideas
20. Where did the lawyer and the banker make the bet? Answer: in the banker’s house
21. Which of the following items was not provided to the lawyer in the cell? Answer: newspapers
22. How did fifteen years’ of solitary confinement affect the physical appearance of the lawyer? Answer: He became old
23. At what point during his 15-year isolation did the lawyer cease to play the piano? Answer: in the first year
24. What were the things the banker found to provide to the lawyer during his fifteen years’ solitary confinement? Answer: all of them
25. What did the banker think about the lawyer sitting by the table in his solitary cell? Answer: He was seeing millions in dreams

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1. Who first watched the lawyer going out of his solitary cell? Answer: the watchman and the servants
2. Which mountain summits did the lawyer imagine to climb while reading books in his cell? Answer: elbruz and Mont Blanc
3. What did the banker plan to do with the lawyer a few hours before his release? Answer: kill him
4. Which musical instrument did the lawyer play? Answer: piano
5. How many minutes ago did the lawyer come out of his cell? Answer: five minutes ago
6. Who visited the lawyer in his imagination during his 15-year confinement? Answer: beautiful, ethereal women
7. Why did the lawyer write a note for the banker? Answer: to reveal his contempt for money
8. On what date and year did the lawyer begin his 15-year solitary confinement in the banker’s garden? Answer: 14th November, 1870
9. Whom did the banker call twice approaching the garden wing to visit the lawyer’s cell? Answer: the watchman
10. When was the lawyer released from the banker’s garden after 15 years as per the bet? Answer: 14th November, 1885
11. How old was the lawyer at the time of his release from the banker’s cell? Answer: 40 years old
12. Whose enchanting songs did the lawyer imagine hearing while reading books during his solitary confinement? Answer: the songs of Sirens
13. Who did the banker want to blame for his proposed murder of the lawyer? Answer: the watchman
14. How did the lawyer in his note compare the men of genius to? Answer: frozen slag
15. How was the weather that night before the release of the lawyer after his fifteen years imprisonment? Answer: dark and cold, with rain

Chapter 4: Our Casuarina Tree

1. On what do the eyes of the poet rest as she opens the casement at dawn? Answer: The Casuarina tree
2. What is the tone of the poet in the poem “Our Casuarina Tree”? Answer: Reverential
3. Which natural object is winding round and round the rugged trunk of the Casuarina tree? Answer: Creeper
4. The poet imagines that the Casuarina Tree rises near the– Answer: Stars
5. There are scars, indented deep in the trunk of the Casuarina tree. What causes the scars? Answer: Climbing creeper
6. What does the Casuarina tree symbolise? Answer: Enduring beauty
7. The garden which contains the Casuarina tree overflows with a sweet song often– Answer: at nights
8. “But gallantly the giant wears the scarf.” A comparison between two things are stated here. They are— Answer: giant: Casuarina and scarf: creeper
9. Which colour of flowers does the Casuarina Tree produce according to the poem? Answer: crimson
10. In the 1st stanza of the poem “Our Casuarina Tree” the tree provides shelter to- Answer: Creeper, bird and bee
11. “But gallantly the tree wears the scarf.”- Which ‘scarf’ does the Casuarina tree wear? Answer: the curling creeper
12. The summit of the Casuarina tree reaches up to the stars. What is highlighted here? Answer: The tree’s height
13. Our Casuarina Tree” is a/an- Answer: ode
14. Despite the tight hold of the climbing creeper the Casuarina tree thrives. What quality of the tree is suggested here? Answer: Fury
15. Sung Darkling from our tree while men repose”-What does the “Darkling” suggest? Answer: Nocturnal birds
16. All day, on the branches of the tree are gathered— Answer: bird and bee
17. What is the central theme of the poem “Our Casuarina Tree”? Answer: Nature’s impermanence
18. Like a python winding round and round the rugged trunk…”- Which figure of speech does the above line contain? Answer: Simile
19. Whom does the poet address in the poem “Our Casuarina Tree”? Answer: The Casuarina Tree
20. Where from come the songs of the darkling for reposeful persons as mentioned in the poem “Our Casuarina Tree”? Answer: The Casuarina tree
21. Where do the puny offspring of the baboon leap about and play as stated in the poem “Our Casuarina Tree”? Answer: On the lower branches of the tree
22. The poet of “Our Casuarina Tree” observes a family of baboons on the tree in- Answer: winter
23. The Casuarina tree in the poet’s garden shelters a family of- Answer: baboon’s
24. What do the baboon’s puny offspring do on the lower branches of the Casuarina tree? Answer: Leap about and play
25. “And far and near kokilas hail the day” What does “kokilas” refer to? Answer: Birds
26. The baboon sitting on the Casuarina tree is- Answer: gray
27. How does the baboon sit on the crest of the Casuarina tree on winter mornings? Answer: Like a sentinel
28. “And to their pastures wend our sleepy cows”- What are the cows doing? Answer: Grazing
29. The baboon, while sitting on the crest of the Casuarina tree, watches- Answer: the sunrise
30. Where does the baboon sit on the Casuarina tree? Answer: On its crest

Chapter 5: Ulysses

1. Ulysses says,” I have become a name.” Here he suggests that Answer: he has been called by different names
2. The homeland of Ulysses was Answer: Ithaca
3. Ulysses transferred the kingship of Ithaca to his Answer: son
4. Ulysses embodies the concept of heroism through Answer: discovery and exploration
5. How does Ulysses motivate his mariners for undertaking a fresh voyage? Answer: by appealing to their sense of bravery
6. The basic theme of Tennyson’s “Ulysses” is Answer: the quest for knowledge and adventure
7. Ulysses did not like to settle in Ithaca because Answer: he desired to be a wanderer
8. Ulysses’s attitude to his heroic past experiences is Answer: nostalgic
9. “You and I are old.”-Who are the persons referred to here? Answer: Ulysess and his comariners
10. Ulysses called upon his mariners to Answer: get ready for another perilous journey
11. How does Ulysses describe his island of Ithaca? Answer: barren crags
12. Ulysses wants “the baths Of all the western stars,” until he dies. What is the symbolic significance of the” western stars” here? Answer: exploration and Discovery
13. The tone of Ulysses’ speech in the poem “Ulysses” is Answer: melancholic
14. ‘Ulysses’ by Tennyson is a/an Answer: Dramatic monologue
15. How does Ulysses view old age in the poem “Ulysses”? Answer: as an opportunity to show his courage and determination
16. He works his work, I mine. Two different works implied here are Answer: law making and voyages
17. According to Ulysses, what is ‘noblest toil’ in life? Answer: facing challenges and seeking adventure
18. The silent auditors of the poem “Ulysses ” is/are Answer: the friends of Ulysses
19. Originally the character Ulysses is the legendary hero of the mythology of the Answer: Greek
20. Ulysses decides to embark on a new journey at the beginning of the poem” Ulysses”. Why? Answer: He is haunted by a great spirit of adventure
21. The mariners of Ulysses took the thunder and the sunshine with equal temperament welcoming both Answer: with carefree attitude
22. Ulysses cannot rest from Answer: travel
23. Ulysses hopes that his son Telemachus will pay to meet adoration to his Answer: household gods
24. The long day wanes: the slow moon climbs.” What does the “slow moon” signify to Ulysses. Answer: the slow but steady spirit of adventure of the voyagers
25. Ulysses drank delight of battles with his Answer: peers
26. According to Ulysses, all experience is Answer: unattainable
27. What according to Ulysses is the most distinguished trait of the character of Telemachus? Answer: He is the most blameless
28. Ulysses observes that humans’ godlike striving for knowledge and experience may not be Answer: unbecoming
29. I cannot rest from travel: I will drink life to the lees. The figure of speech used here is Answer: Metaphor
30. Ulysses have suffered greatly and also Answer: enjoyed greatly

Chapter 6: Riders to the Sea

1. Which dialect is used by J.M. Synge in ‘Riders to the Sea’? Answer: Hiberno-English
2. In which islands was the settings of ‘Riders to the Sea’ set? Answer: Aran islands
3. Why did Nora enter softly, hiding the bundle under her shawl? Answer: She wanted to hide the matter from her Mother.
4. What is the name of the person who is supposed to have drowned as narrated in the beginning of the drama Riders to the Sea’? Answer: Michael
5. Which number is used as a sign of bad luck in ‘Riders to the Sea’? Answer: Number 9
6. What did Maurya ask Nora to give her when the body of Bartley was brought in? Answer: Holy water
7. John Millington Synge was a — Answer: English writer.
8. Cathleen was Nora’s— Answer: cousin
9. What type of drama is ‘Riders to the Sea’? Answer: One-act drama
10. What did the young priest say about not stopping Bartley from going to the Galway fair? Answer: He was sure that Almighty God would not leave Maurya destitute with no son living.
11. What did the bundle that Nora brought under her shawl contain? Answer: A shirt and a stocking
12. ‘… and great sleeping in the long nights after Samhain’-What is ‘Samhain’? Answer: An Irish festival held on November 1
13. Which animal was seen by Cathleen to eat the rope? Answer: The pig with black feet
14. Where, according Bartley, was the rope bought from? Answer: From Connemara
15. In ‘Riders to the Sea’ which colour symbolizes blood and death? Answer: Red
16. Why did Cathleen hang the rope on a nail? Answer: The pig with the black feet was eating it.
17. since the day Bride Dara seen the dead man with the child in his arms”-‘Bride Dara’ is a character of — Answer: Celtic mythology
18. Where did Cathleen keep the rope for safety? Answer: On a nail by the white boards
19. Where was Maurya when Nora came back to the cottage with the bundle? Answer: She was lying in the inner room
20. Where was the body of the drowned Michael found? Answer: Donegal
21. What was Maurya’s first reaction after her return from the seaside to meet Bartley? Answer: She was waiting
22. Which particular quality of the play, “Riders to the Sea”, makes it a universal tragedy? Answer: The eternal fight between nature and human beings
23. Bartley told Cathleen to sell– Answer: the pig
24. What, according to Cathleen, is obligatory for a young man to do? Answer: To go to the sea for living
25. What was the shirt of Michael and Bartley made of? Answer: Flannel
26. How many sons of Maurya remain alive after Michael’s death? Answer: One
27. What did Maurya forget to buy for the coffin? Answer: Nails
28. Which sentiment is the final outcome of the play “Riders to the Sea”? Answer: Calm resignation
29. In J.M. Synge’s play “Riders to the Sea”, what was the cause of Bartley’s death? Answer: The grey pony knocked him into the sea.
30. At most, how many days does Bartley expect to be away at Galway Fair? Answer: Four days
31. What, according to Maurya, does the ‘star against the moon’ indicate? Answer: The rising of the sea
32. Why did Nora sit down with her back to the door when Maurya entered the cottage? Answer: She did not want Maurya to see that she was crying.
33. How did Maurya complain when Bartley did not listen to her advice? Answer: She called Bartley hard and cruel man.
34. Who supported Bartley’s decision of going to the sea? Answer: Cathleen
35. Why did Maurya forbid Bartley to go into the sea? Answer: She had the premonition that he would be drowned like her other sons.
36. How did Nora identify the stocking of Michael? Answer: By counting the stitches
37. How does Maurya find solace and acceptance at the end of the play “Riders to the Sea”? Answer: She realised that death is inevitable; she must be satisfied.
38. Which animals are kept in the cottage of Maurya? Answer: Horse, sheep and pigs.
39. Whom did Maurya see to ride the red mare? Answer: Michael
40. When was Bartley expected to come back home from his journey to Galway? Answer: In two to four days