SAMPLE QUESTIONS OF CBSE CLASS 12(XII) ENGLISH CORE II THE RATTRAP

A.    
Answer the following questions in
very short      5×1=5  

a)      
What
did the old man prepare for supper?

b)     
Which
card game did the rattrap peddler and the old man play?

c)      
After
how much time did the peddler come to the old man’s house?

d)     
Where
did the canal lead to?

e)      
In
which month did the incident take place?

f)      
Whom
did the ironmaster mistake the rattrap peddler to be?

g)     
What
was the name of the wife of the ironmaster?

B.     
Answer the following in about 30-40
words(any five):- 5×3=15

a.      
How
did the rattrap peddler manage his livelihood?

b.      
What
was the philosophy of life connected to the rattrap by the rattrap?

c.      
How
did the rattrap peddler loot the man near the highway?

d.      
How
did the peddler reach the forge and how was he mistaken?

e.      
How
did the peddler reach the manor house?

f.       
How
did the ironmaster react when the truth was exposed and how did the peddler
answer back?

g.      
How
was the life of the peddler during the Christmas in the manor house?

h.      
Comment
on the ending of the story.