12TH ENGLISH IMPORTANT QUESTION ANSWERS PART 3 FEB 4 2026

 

Which is considered the oldest work In Tamil? When was It written?
Answer : Tolkappiyamis consideredthe oldest work in Tamil. It was written
about 200 BCE

What Is the evidence that support the finding of the old st Tamil work?
Answer : The oldest work in Tamil, the Tolkappiyamcontains parts that date
back to about 200 BCE

Mention the Tamil works that dat to th first two centuries of the current era
Answer : The Sangamanthologies and the Pattupattu date to the first two
centuries of the current era.

Name th Tamil work that p ks volume on ethics
Answer : Thirukkural speaksvolumes on ethics.

What are the other classi Ilanguage mentioned by the author?
Answer : Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, Chinese, Persianand Arabic are the other
classicallanguages mentioned by 162 the author.

Canyou define and list the themes explored in the Tamil Literature? Why?
Answer : Indian sensibility, ethics, different facets of human existence and
Tamil Hinduism are some of the themes explored in Tamil literature. Tamil is
the only pre-modern Indian literature to treat the subaltern extensively.

What is unique about Tamil and its ources?
Answer : Tamil constitutes the only literary tradition native to India that is
not derived from Sanskrit. It is one of the primary independent sources of
modern Indian culture and tradition

What is George I.Hart? What's the main theme of his letter?
Answer : Mr. George I. Hart is a linguistic anthropologist. The main theme
of his letter is the position of Tamil as a classical language.

What is the first criterion that Mr. George I. Hart mentions about Tamil as a
classical language?
Answer : The first criterion mentioned by Mr. George I. Hart is the
considerable ancientness of Tamil language.

What are the first great secular body of poetry written in India before
Kalidasa's works?
Answer : The Sangam Anthologies and the Pattupattu are the first great
secular.body of poetry written in India.

What are the characteristics of Tamil that ma.ke it enjoy indigenous
literary tradition?
Answer : Tamil has its own poetic theory, its own grammatical tradition, its
own aesthetics and a large body of literature.

What are the unique features that qualify Tamil to stand as one of the
greatest classical adition and the literatures of the world?
Answer : The nicety and solidity of the literary works, their varied scope and
their universality qualify Tamil to stand as one of the greatest classical
traditions and literatures of the world.

Suprerne works in Tamil elevate to be treated as sacred as Vedas. How?
Answer : The great sacred works of Tamil Hinduism began with the
Sangam Anthologies. They have lent fundamental support to the
development of modern Hinduism. Their ideas were taken into the
Bhagavata Purana and other texts. Tamil has its own works as sacred as the
Vedas, and they are recited alongside Vedic mantras in the Vaisnava
temples of South India.

Tamil is a touchstone to understand the Dravidian's nature and
development. Elucidate
Answer : Just as Sanskrit is the source of the modern Indo-Aryan
languages, classical Tamil is the source of modern Tamil and Malayalam.
Tamil is the most conservative of Dravidian languages. It is the touchstone
that linguists must consult to understand the nature and development of
Dravidian

How do you correlate the richness of Tamil-language with Indian culture?
Answer : Thirukkural, one of the greatest works on ethics adds to the glory
of Indian culture. The Sangam Anthologies have lent fundamental support to
the development of modern Hinduism. So it is the central part of richness of
Indian culture

What is ‘liberty’ according to the old lady?
Answer : According to the old lady, walking where she likes is her personal
liberty. She thinks that people have got liberty now. She gives importance to
individual liberty

How would ‘liberty’ cause universal chaos?
Answer : If an individual asserts his liberty and ignores the liberty of others,
it would cause universal chaos. If everybody gets in everybody's way nobody
would reach anywhere.

Why is there a danger of the world getting ‘liberty drunk’?
Answer : Everyone asserts his liberty and does what he likes to do.
Everyone gets in everybody's way. Individual liberty is given priority. So there
is a danger of the world getting 'liberty drunk'.

‘Curtailment of private liberty is done to establish social order’ – Do you
agree?
Answer : Yes, I agree to the point of view that curtailment of private liberty
is done to establish social order. Liberty is a social contract. If everyone has
his own way of asserting individual liberty, nobody would get anywhere.
There will be utter chaos and confusion everywhere