HBSE Class 12 English PYQs + 4 Most Important Questions | Flamingo, Vistas & Poetry | Board Exam 2026 Revision by Principal Sir

Here are HBSE / CBSE Class 12 English – PYQs + 4 Most Important Questions from Flamingo (Prose + Poetry) and Vistas — specially selected exam-focused questions that repeatedly come in boards and are highly predictable for HBSE papers.

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📘 FLAMINGO – PROSE (Important Questions + PYQs)

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✅ 1. The Last Lesson

Most Important Questions

1. Why did Franz feel regret at the end of the lesson?

2. What was M. Hamel’s last message to the villagers?

3. How did the classroom atmosphere change that day?

4. Why was French called the most beautiful language?

Common PYQs

• What announcement shocked Franz?

• Why were villagers sitting at the back benches?

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✅ 2. Lost Spring

1. Why is Saheb called “not his own master”?

2. Contrast Saheb and Mukesh’s attitudes towards life.

3. What does bangle-making symbolise?

4. How does poverty destroy childhood?

PYQs:

• Why does Mukesh want to be a motor mechanic?

• Describe garbage as “gold” for ragpickers.

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✅ 3. Deep Water

1. What childhood incident created fear of water in Douglas?

2. How did the instructor help him overcome fear?

3. Explain the phrase “All we have to fear is fear itself.”

4. What lesson about courage does Douglas learn?

PYQs:

• Describe the YMCA pool incident.

• How did Douglas finally conquer fear?

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✅ 4. The Rattrap

1. Why did the peddler think the world is a rattrap?

2. Role of Edla in transforming the peddler.

3. Contrast ironmaster and Edla’s behaviour.

4. What is the significance of the Christmas gift?

PYQs:

• Why did the peddler steal money?

• Why did he leave a letter for Edla?

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✅ 5. Indigo

1. How did Gandhi fight injustice peacefully?

2. Why were British landlords afraid of Gandhi?

3. Explain civil disobedience in the chapter.

4. What lesson did peasants learn from Gandhi?

PYQs:

• Why did Gandhi insist on recording statements?

• Describe Gandhi’s simplicity.

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✅ 6. Poets and Pancakes

1. What does “pancakes” refer to?

2. Character sketch of Subbu.

3. Why was Gemini Studios chaotic?

4. How did the author meet Stephen Spender?

PYQs:

• Role of makeup department.

• Why did office boy feel neglected?

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✅ 7. The Interview

1. Why did some writers oppose interviews?

2. Mukund Padmanabhan’s opinion on interviews.

3. Umberto Eco’s secret of productivity.

4. What is Eco’s “empty space” concept?

PYQs:

• Why does Eco call himself a professor who writes novels?

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✅ 8. Going Places

1. Character sketch of Sophie.

2. Contrast Sophie and Jansie’s dreams.

3. Why does Sophie imagine meeting Danny Casey?

4. Theme of dreams vs reality.

PYQs:

• Why does Geoff remain silent listener?

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📗 FLAMINGO – POETRY (4 Most Important Questions Each)

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🌿 My Mother at Sixty-Six

1. Theme of ageing and separation.

2. What do trees and children symbolise?

3. Explain poet’s smile at the end.

4. Fear of loss in the poem.

PYQ: What is the central idea?

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🌿 An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum

1. Contrast between rich and poor education.

2. What is Shakespeare’s head?

3. Meaning of “Break O Break Open”.

4. Role of education in change.

PYQs appear almost every year.

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🌿 Keeping Quiet

1. What does “count to twelve” suggest?

2. Importance of silence.

3. Why does poet talk about fishermen?

4. Difference between inactivity and stillness.

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🌿 A Thing of Beauty

1. Why is beauty a “joy forever”?

2. Role of nature in healing.

3. Meaning of “endless fountain”.

4. Human suffering vs beauty.

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🌿 A Roadside Stand

1. Problems of rural poor.

2. Who are greedy good-doers?

3. Poet’s sympathy for villagers.

4. Theme of economic inequality.

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🌿 Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers

1. Symbolism of tigers.

2. Oppression in marriage.

3. Contrast between aunt and tigers.

4. Feminist theme.

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📙 VISTAS – IMPORTANT QUESTIONS + PYQs

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✅ The Third Level

1. Why does Charley escape into fantasy?

2. Meaning of third level.

3. Sam’s letter significance.

4. Theme of escapism.

PYQ: Why does Charley collect old coins?

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✅ The Tiger King

1. Satire on kingship.

2. Why did astrologer predict danger from tigers?

3. Irony in king’s death.

4. Theme of fate vs arrogance.

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✅ Journey to the End of the Earth

1. Antarctica as climate warning.

2. Importance of geological history.

3. Students on Ice programme.

4. Climate change message.

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✅ The Enemy

1. Character sketch of Dr. Sadao.

2. Conflict between duty and patriotism.

3. Role of Hana.

4. Why did General spare Sadao?

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✅ On the Face of It

1. Character of Derry.

2. Lamb’s philosophy of life.

3. Importance of positive thinking.

4. Theme of isolation.

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✅ Memories of Childhood

1. Zitkala-Sa’s resistance to authority.

2. Bama’s caste discrimination experience.

3. Role of education in empowerment.

4. Social injustice theme.

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🎯 SUPER IMPORTANT (MOST REPEATED HBSE BOARD FOCUS)

If you want HIGH-SCORING revision, focus most on:

⭐ The Rattrap
⭐ Indigo
⭐ Going Places
⭐ Deep Water
⭐ A Roadside Stand
⭐ Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers
⭐ The Enemy
⭐ On the Face of It