12TH ENGLISH IMPORTANT QUESTION ANSWERS PART 2 FEB 4 2026

 

What are the author's views on China tea?
Answer : The author says that one should select Indian or Ceylonese tea.
China tea may be economical but there is not much stimulation in it. One
does not feel wiser, braver or more optimistic after drinking it.

How does adding sugar affect the taste of tea?
Answer : According to the author, tea without sugar gives the real taste.
Sugar destroys the taste of tea. It is as good as adding pepper and salt. If
we add sugar, we taste only the sugar, and not the tea.

Elucidate the author's ideas about tea pots.
Answer : Tea should be prepared in teapot only. The teapot should be
made of china or earthenware. Silver or Britannia ware teapots produce
inferior tea and enamel pots are worse, though curiously enough a pewter
teapot is not so bad

What thoughts troubled Dr. Christiaan Barnard as he neared the end of his
career as a heart surgeon?
Answer : Dr. Christiaan Bernard thought about the suffering of the people
and it troubled him as he neared the end of his career as a heart surgeon.

What were Dr. Barnard's feelings when he was hospitalized after an
accident?
Answer : When he was hospitalized after the accident he experienced
agony, fear and anger. He questioned himself why that had happened to
him.

When and where did the accident occur?
Answer : The accident had happened a few years ago. When he was
crossing a street with his wife, a car knocked him down.

Ho did the hospitalization of Dr. Barnard and his wife affect their routine?
Answer : Dr. Barnard could not do the scheduled surgery and he and his
wife could not look after their young baby

What would have been said by Dr. Barnard's father when he met with an
accident?
Answer : His father would have said that it was the will of God and God
would like to test him.

What does the author call Grand Prix?
Answer : The unattended trolley was moved by two handicapped boys -
one blind and another one with one hand. He calls this Grand Prix.

How did the two boys get the trolley to play with?
Answer : The nurse left the breakfast trolley unattended. The two boys took
the trolley for their fun.

What was the reaction of the nurse when the boys scattered the plates and
silverwares?
Answer : The nurse was very angry and scolded the boys when they
scattered the plates and silverwares. 85

Detail the statistics Dr. Barnard has provided in his speech
Answer : To prove that suffering is prevalent in this world Dr. Barnard gives
the following statistics. Out of 125 million children born this year, 12 million
are unlikely to reach the age of one and another six million will die before the
age of five.

What happened when the doctor couple were crossing the street?
Answer : While the doctor couple were crossing the street after a lovely
meal together, a car hit him and knocked him into his wife. She was thrown
into the other lane and struck by a car coming from the opposite direction.

What injuries did they sustain in the accident?
Answer : He had eleven ·broken ribs and a perforated lung. His wife had a
badly fractured shoulder.

Dr. Barnard couldn't find any nobility in suffering. Why?
Answer : As a doctor Dr. Barnard saw every day the patients' suffering as
they were moving about in sweatsoaked bed. He could not find any nobility
in the crying of a lonely child in a ward at night.

Why does Dr. Barnard find suffering of children heartbreaking?
Answer : Dr. Barnard has always found the suffering of children particularly
heartbreaking because of their total trust in doctors and nurses. They believe
they will be helped by them. If they are not cured they accept their fate. They
do not make any complaint.

What did Hillary do with his wet boots?
Answer : Hillary cookedthe boots on the stove to remove the frozen ice
from them

Name an equipment and a tool carried by the climbers during their
expedition
Answer : Oxygencylinder and ice-axeare carried by the climbers during
their expedition

Why did Hillary become clumsy-fingered and slow-moving?
Answer : The oxygen was running out so he becameclumsy-fingeredand
slow-moving

What did Hillary find in a tiny hollow?
Answer : Hillary found two oxygen cylinders left by the previous climbers

When did Hillary feel a sense of freedom and well-being?
Answer : When Hillary removed the oxygen cylinder he felt a sense of
freedom and well-being.

What did Hillary mean by saying "We had had enough to do the job, but by
no means too much"?
Answer : When they reached their tent they had to do a lot of work but
because of the sense of success the work did not seem to be much.

What did Hillary and Tenzing drink and eat before starting their expedition?
Answer : They drank lemon juice and ate sardines on biscuts.