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Class 12 English: Going Places Q&A

1. The document contains 37 multiple choice and short answer questions about the short story "Going Places" by Arun Joshi, which is part of the CBSE Class 12 English syllabus. 2. The questions cover details about the main characters Sophie and Jansie, their differing personalities and aspirations, and Sophie's fantasies about meeting a sports star named Danny Casey. 3. Many questions ask students to contrast Sophie and Jansie or Sophie's dreams with her realistic circumstances and analyze how realistic or unrealistic Sophie's ambitions are.

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Class 12 English: Going Places Q&A

1. The document contains 37 multiple choice and short answer questions about the short story "Going Places" by Arun Joshi, which is part of the CBSE Class 12 English syllabus. 2. The questions cover details about the main characters Sophie and Jansie, their differing personalities and aspirations, and Sophie's fantasies about meeting a sports star named Danny Casey. 3. Many questions ask students to contrast Sophie and Jansie or Sophie's dreams with her realistic circumstances and analyze how realistic or unrealistic Sophie's ambitions are.

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  • Flamingo (Prose) - Going Places

LPS GLOBAL SCHOOL, NOIDA

CBSE Question Bank


CLASS: XII SUBJECT: ENGLISH (301)
FLAMINGO (PROSE)
8. GOING PLACES Marks
1. What thoughts came to Sophie's mind as she sat by the canal? (2011) 2
2. Why didn’t Sophie want Jansie to know about her story with Danny? (2011) 2
3. Did Geoff keep his promise to Sophie? How do you know? (2011) 2
4. How did Sophie’s father react when Geoff told him about her meeting with Danny 2
Casey? (2011)
5. What thoughts came to Sophie’s mind as she sat by the canal? (2011) 2
6. Which was the only occasion when Sophie got to see Danny Casey in person? 2
(2011)
7. Why did Jansie discourage Sophie from entertaining thoughts about the sports-star, 2
Danny Casey? (2011)
8. Why did Sophie not want Jansie to know anything about her meeting with Danny 2
Casey? (2012)
9. What do you think of Sophie’s dream about her career? (2012) 2
10. Though Sophie and Jansie were good friends, how were they basically different 2
from each other? (2012)
11. Why did Sophie want to keep her story with Danny a secret from Jansie? (2012) 2
12. Why does Jansie discourage Sophie from living in a world of fantasy? (2013) 2
13. Why did Sophie not want Jansie to know about her story with Danny? (2013) 2
14. How do we know that Sophie’s family lived in poor circumstances? (2013) 2
15. Why did Sophie like her brother Geoff more than any other person? (2013) 2
16. Whom did Sophie like more than anyone else in the story? Why? (2013) 2
17. Why was Sophie jealous of Geoff’s silence? (2013) 2
18. Did Geoff keep up his promise? How do you know? (2013) 2
19. What is unrealistic about Sophie’s dreams of her future life? (2013) 2
20. Why did Sophie long for her brother’s affection? (2014) 2
21. How are Jansie and Sophie different from each other? (2014) 2
22. Why is Sophie attracted to Danny Casey? (2014) 2
23. What was Sophie’s ambition in life? How did she hope to achieve that? (2017) 2
24. What was Sophie’s ambition in life? How did she hope to achieve that? (2017) 2
25. Why did Jansie discourage Sophie from having dreams? (2017) 2
26. Contrast Sophie’s real world with her fantasies. (2011) 5
27. Compare and contrast Sophie and Jansie highlighting their temperament and 5
aspirations. (2012)
28. Has Sophie met Danny Casey? What details of her meeting with Danny Casey did 5
she narrate to her brother? (2014)
29. What were Sophie’s plans for her future? Why would you call her dreams 5
unrealistic? (2014)
30. Every teenager must dream big. Yet the dream should also be rooted to the ground. 5
Write a character sketch of Sophie in the light of this remark. (2015)
31. How different is Jansie from Sophie? (2015) 5
32. It is not unusual for a lower middle - class girl to dream big. How unrealistic were 5
Sophie’s dreams? (2015)
33. Every teenager has a hero/heroine to admire. So many times, they become role 5
models for them. What is wrong if Sophie fantasises about Danny Gassy and is
ambitious in life? (2016)
LPS34. Describe
GLOBAL the fantasies
SCHOOL, NOIDA Sophie had1 about Danny Case. (2016) 5
35. Geoff and Sophie are different from each other, though they belong to the same 5
family. Comment with examples from the text. (2016)
36. In one's approach to life, one should be practical and not live in a world of dreams. 5
How is Jansie’s attitude different from that of Sophie? (2018)
37. Attempt a character sketch of Sophie as a girl who lives in her dreams. (2012, 5
2019)

LPS GLOBAL SCHOOL, NOIDA 1 LPS GLOBAL SCHOOL, NOIDA CBSE Question Bank CLASS: XII

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