Class 12 English - Vistas - Chapter Should Wizard hit Mommy NCERT Solutions | What makes Jack feel caught in an uglymi

Why is an adult’s perspective on life different from that of a child’s?

What is the moral issue that the story raises?

What is your stance regarding the two endings to the Roger Skunk story?

How does Jo want the story to end and why?

What do you think was Jo’s problem?

Who is Jo? How does she respond to her father’s story-telling?

What possible plot line could the story continue with?

Why does Jack insist that it was the wizard that was hit and not the mother?

Who is the Tiger King? Why does he get that name?

Who was Dr Sadao? Where was his house?

The two accounts that you read above are based in two distant cultures. What is the commonality of theme found in both of them?

What does the third level refers to?

‘The world’s geological history is trapped in Antarctica.’ How is the study of this region useful to us?

What kind of a person was Evans?

It may take a long time for oppression to be resisted, but the seeds of rebellion are sowed early in life. Do you agree that injustice in any form cannot escape being noticed even by children?

What are Geoff Green’s reasons for including high school students in the Students on Ice expedition?

What were the precautions taken for the smooth conduct of the examination?

Bama’s experience is that of a victim of the caste system. What kind of discrimination does Zitkala-Sa’s experience depict? What are their responses to their respective situations?

Would Charley ever go back to the ticket counter on the third level to buy tickets to Galesburg for himself and his wife?

Do you agree that between crime and punishment it is mainly a battle of wits?

Will the clues left behind on the question paper put Evans back in prison again?

What were the precautions taken for the smooth conduct of the examination?

While we condemn the crime, we are sympathetic to the criminal. Is this the reason why prison staff often develop a soft corner for those in custody?

How would you describe the behaviour of the Maharaja’s minions towards him? Do you find them truly sincere towards him or are they driven by fear when they obey him? Do we find a similarity in today’s political order?

Philately helps keep the past alive. Discuss other ways in which this is done. What do you think of the human tendency to constantly move between the past, the present and the future?

You have read ‘Adventure’ by Jayant Narlikar in Hornbill Class XI. Compare the interweaving of fantasy and reality in the two stories.

We need a new system for the age of ecology - a system which is embedded in the care of all people and also in the care of the Earth and all life upon it. Discuss.

How would you explain the reluctance of the soldier to leave the shelter of the doctor’s home even when he knew he couldn’t stay there without risk to the doctor and himself?