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About the Author – A. R. Barton is a modern writer, who lives in Zurich and Writes in English. His story, “Going Places” is  about a adolescent girl living in her fantasy world. Sophie is a hopeless romantic who takes refuge from the harsh monotony of everyday life by creating her own world full of fantasies.… Continue reading Summary of Going Places – Class 12 CBSE: 2022

The story, “Deep Waters” is  about how the writer overcame his fear of water and learned swimming. When he was three or four years old the writer had gone to the beach in California with his father. The waves the beach knocked him down and he went underwater. The experience bred a permanent fear of… Continue reading Deep Water Class 12 CBSE Question and Answers: 2022

About the Writer:  WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS was born in Maine, Minnesota, on October 16, 1898, and raised in Yakima, Washington. He entered Whitman College in 1916, but his studies were interrupted by military service in World War I. Douglas was graduated from Whitman in 1920 and taught school for two years before attending law school… Continue reading Summary of Deep Water – Class 12 CBSE: 2022

Here we discuss about the short story ‘Lost Spring’ written by Anees Jung, Flamingo, CBSE class 12 textbook. Go through Lost Spring summary and solved questions. Short Questions: 1. “But promises like mine abound in every corner of his bleak world.” What promise does the author recall? In what context was it made? The inquisitive author… Continue reading Lost Spring Summary, Solved Question and Answers CBSE 12

Here we discuss about the short story ‘The Last Lesson’ written by Alphonse Daudet, Flamingo, CBSE class 12 textbook. Go through The last Lesson summary and solved questions. Short Questions: 1. What does M. Hamel say about the importance of language to an ‘enslaved people’? Hamel advises his students to guard French language from the onslaught from… Continue reading The Last Lesson Summary, Solved Question and Answers CBSE 12

Here we discuss about the short story ‘Deep Water’ written by William Douglas, Flamingo, CBSE class 12 textbook. Go through Deep Water summary and solved questions. Short Answers: 1. Which factors led Douglas to re-use the YMCA Pool? Much to the relief of Douglas, Y.M.C.A. pool was safe. It was only two to three feet deep at… Continue reading Deep Water Summary, Solved Questions and Answers CBSE 12

Here we discuss about the short story ‘The Rattrap’ written by Selma Lagerlof, Flamingo, CBSE class 12 textbook. Go through the The Rattrap summary and solved questions 1. Why did the peddler sign himself as Captain Von Stahle? The ironmaster has invited the peddler to his house mistaking him for Captain Von Stahle. The possibilities of sumptuous… Continue reading The Rattrap Summary, Solved Questions and Answers CBSE 12

Indigo Summary: Indigo is written by Louis Fischer who narrates Gandhiji’s struggle at Champaran for the poor people. The peasants at Champaran were sharecroppers with the British planters. The peasants produced Indigo on 15% of the land area and according to an old agreement, they had to give it as rent to the landlords. It… Continue reading Indigo Summary, Solved Questions and Answers for CBSE-Class 12 (Flamingo)

Going Places Summary: Going Places is a story written by A.R.Barton that discusses about teenagers and their dreams. Far fetched from the reality, the teen age period is all about aspirations, the desire to reach the sky, do the undone, see the unseen. They believe to achieve the impossible. Mostly, at this age, they have… Continue reading Going Places Summary, Solved Questions and Answers for CBSE 12