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HBSE Class 12 English Vistas Important Question Answer 2026
Chapter 1 – The Third Level
Q1. What unusual things did charley see at the third level?
Ans – When Charley reached on the third level, there were fewer ticket windows. Light was dim. Rooms were smaller. Everyone in the station dressed like 1890s. A newsboy had copies of a newspaper ( the world ) that had not been published for years. It was a June 11, 1894 edition.
Q2. Describe Charley’s experience at the third level.
Ans – When Charley reached on the third level, there were fewer ticket windows. Light was dim. Rooms were smaller. Everyone in the station dressed like 1890s. A newsboy had copies of a newspaper ( the world ) that had not been published for years. It was a June 11, 1894 edition. Charley go toward the ticket window. He decided to buy two tickets for Galesburg. He wanted to go there with his wife. But then he found that only old style bills were accepted there. But Charley had new style dollars.
Q3. How does Charley reach the third level? Most Important
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How did Charley come to know that Sam had found the third level? Most Important
Ans – One day, Charley got late at his office. He wanted to go home quickly. He decided to take the subway from the Grand Central Station. He was to catch his train from second level. When Charley reached there, he got lost in wrong corridor. He kept walking in corridor which went left and slanting downwards. At the end, he went down a short and he found himself on the third level. Here everything was different. Here everyone dressed like 1890s something. When he went to the ticket window, he found that only old style bills were accepted here.
Chapter 2 – The Tiger King
Q1. Why did the dewan think of procuring a tiger? Most Important
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Why did Dewan think of procuring a tiger from the zoo?
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How did the dewan procure the hundredth tiger for the Tiger King?
Ans – The tiger king had vowed to kill one hundred tigers for ensuring a long life for herself. But after killing 99 tigers, there was no tiger left in his kingdom. As the days passed, Maharaja grew restless. Many officers lost their jobs. The diwan, afraid of losing his job, decided to procure a tiger from the People’s park in Madras. It had been kept hidden in the diwan house.
Q2. Why did the Maharaja decide to get married?
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What was the unforeseen hurdle that brought the Maharaja’s tiger hunt to a halt?
Ans – Within the ten years of hunting, there were no tigers to be found in the forest of Pratibandapuram. So the Maharaja decide to marry a royal family so that he can complete his vow.
Q3. Give a brief account of killing of ninety nine tigers by the king.
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Why did the king decide to kill 99 tigers? Explain.
Ans – The chief Astrologer said that the king will be died from 100th tiger. The King of Pratibandapuram vowed that he would attend all the matters after killing one hundred tigers. He killed many tigers one by one. After some time, all the the tigers were extinct from the kingdom. So king decide to marry a girl from royal family where he can hunt tigers. After some time, problem increases very much because there was no tiger left in nearby kingdoms and he killed 99 tigers and his vow was just pending from one tiger.
Q4. Who was Tiger King? How did he get that name? Most Important
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Why did the Tiger King take a vow to kill one hundred tigers?
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Justify the title of the chapter ‘The tiger king’. Most Important
Ans – The Maharaja of Pratibandapuram has been called tiger king. When he become king, he heard about a prophecy that had been made at the time of his birth. The chief astrologer had said that the prince will die from a tiger. So king killed a tiger to prove chief astrologer predication wrong. But when the king meet the chief astrologer, he said, “Your majesty may kill ninety-nine tigers in exactly the same manner, but you must be careful with the hundredth tiger. Now Maharaja took a vow to attend all the matters after killing hundred tigers. He started killing tiger one after other. Thus he came to be called the Tiger King.
Q5. Giving a bribe is an evil practice. How did the Tiger King bribe the British Officer to save his kingdom? How do you view this act of his?
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How did the Tiger King bribe the British officer to save his kingdom? How do you view this act?
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How did the Maharaja overcome the difficulty a high ranking British Officer created?
Ans – The British officer wanted to hunt tigers in Pratibandapuram. He only wanted to be photographed, holding gun and standing on tiger’s body. The actual killing could be done by the Tiger king himself. But the Tiger king didn’t agree even to this. However, he didn’t want to annoy the British officer since then he stood in danger of losing his kingdom. For save the kingdom, Maharaja sent fifty expensive diamond rings to officer’s wife as a bribe. He hoped that she would choose one or two and sent the rest back. But she kept all of them. No doubt, it was an act of bribery. The Tiger king’s act of offering the bribe springs from his concern for his own life, but the officer’s wife act of accepting the bribe shows his greed.
Q6. How did Tiger King meet his end?
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How did the hundredth tiger take its revenge upon the Tiger King?
Ans – On the occasion of third birthday of his son, the Tiger king decided to give a special gift to his son. He had given all time to hunting and had no time for his son. So he decided to give a special gift to his son. He found a wooden tiger in a toyshop and thought it was a perfect gift. That day, father and son kept playing with that wooden toy. It has been made by unskilled carpenter. It had tiny slivers all over the surface. One of these pierced the Maharaja’s right hand. He pulled it out but it causes infection in his hand and soon it spread all over arm. Three famous surgeons decided to operate. When they came out of the operating theatre, they announced, “The operation was successful. The Maharaja is dead.” Thus the hundredth tiger kill the tiger king.
Chapter 3 – Journey to the End of the Earth
Q1. How long was Tishani Doshi’s journey to Antarctica? Most Important
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How long was the author’s journey to Antarctica?
Ans – Tishani Doshi says that the journey began 13.09 degree north of the Equator in Madras. It involved crossing nine time zones, six checkpoints, three bodies of water and at least three ecospheres. She had to travel over 100 hours in combination of car, aeroplane and ship.
Q2. How did Tishani Doshi feel when she set first foot on Antarctica continent?
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Why was Tishani Doshi filled with relied and wonder when he set foot on the Antarctica continent?
Ans – Tishani Doshi first emotion was that of relief. It was relief at the sight of Antarctica’s expansive white landscape and uninterrupted blue horizon. The she was filled with wonder at its immensity and isolation. She wondered how there could have been a time when India and Antarctica were part of the same land mass named Gondwana.
Q3. What was the aim of ‘Students on Ice’ programme?
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Why do you think the writer considered her program ‘Students on Ice’ a success?
Ans – Its aim was to take high school students to the ends of the world. Thus they could get inspiring educational opportunities. Through their experiences, they could develop a new understanding and respect for their planet. Thus as future policy makers, they could help to save the planet from the present dangers.
Q4. “The world’s geological history is trapped in Antarctica.” How is the study of this region useful to us?
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Why do people go to Antarctica? Explain.
Ans – Antarctica is the only place where we can know about our past, present and future of globe. Mostly people go to Antarctica to understand this. The study of Antarctica can tell us how our globe took its present day shape. It can tell us how there was a time when India and South America was a part of supercontinent name Gondwana. Then Million years ago, India pushed northward and jammed against Asia continent. This movement forms Himalayas. The study of Antarctica tells us that it is the only place in the world that never had any human population. It had ice cores that stores our past from half million years old carbon records. Thus here we can know our past, present and future. Its melting glaciers tells about the consequences of Global warming. so we can say that the world’s geological history is trapped in Antarctica.
Chapter 4 – The Enemy
Q1. Will Dr. Sadao be arrested on the charge of harbouring an enemy? Most Important
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Why was Dr. Sadao not arrested on the charge of harbouring an enemy?
Ans – Yes, Dr. Sadao could be arrested on the charge of harbouring an enemy. But he was a patriot to the backbone. He did not want to give shelter to the enemy. He merely did his duty as a backbone. He did not want to give shelter to the enemy. He merely did his duty as a doctor. He told everything plainly to the old General. He was a renowned and respected citizen of his country. Therefore the possibility of his arrest was very remote.
Q2. Who was Dr. Sadao? Where was his house? Most Important
Ans – Dr. Sadao was a famous Japanese surgeon and also a famous scientist. Dr Sadao’s house was built on a spot of the Japanese coast where as a little boy he had often played. The low, square stone house was set upon rocks well above a narrow beach that was outlined with bent pines.
Q3. Why was Dr. Sadao kept in Japan and not sent abroad with the troops? Most Important
Ans – Dr. Sadao was a famous surgeon and scientist. He was perfecting a discovery that could make wounds entirely clean. Moreover, he was treating the old General medically, and the General could need an operation also. So Dr. Sadao was not sent abroad with the troops.
Q4. How did Dr. Sadao rise above narrow prejudice of race and country for assisting a human being in need? Discuss.
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Why and how did Dr. Sadao help the prisoner of war to escape?
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How did Doctor Sadao help the ‘PoW’ to escape? What human values do you find in his act?
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“If all the Japanese were like you, there wouldn’t have been a war” said Tom. Justify his statement.
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Evaluate the character of Dr. Sadao as a doctor as well as a patriot. Most Important
Ans – As all the doctors are trained for save life. Dr. Sadao had been trained not to let a man die if he could help it. When Dr Sadao and his wife Hana saw a man on the beach of the sea who has pistol shot in his back. So decided to help the man. When they saw the face of the man, it was an American prisoner of war. Dr Sadao didn’t want to help of the enemy. But at the same time, he could not ignore his duty as a doctor. So he took the man to his house and did all that he could do to save the life. He treated him as a wounded person who needed help. Therefore, when Tom says, “If all Japanese were like you, there wouldn’t have been a war.” He is fully justified in making this statement. Ware are born out of prejudice, hatred, narrow-mindedness against the people of other countries. And Dr Sadao had none of such bad qualities. He once thought of handling him over to the police, but couldn’t do so. He was certain that they would kill him. So Dr Sadao helped the man to escape in a boat. In doing so, Dr Sadao rose above narrow prejudice of race and country and acted as a truly humanitarian way.
Chapter 5 – On the Face of It
Q1. What is it that draws Derry towards Mr. Lamb? Most Important
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What qualities of Mr. Lamb attracted Derry to him?
Ans – Derry sees that Mr Lamb is quite different from others. Mr Lamb expresses no feeling of repulsion on seeing Derry’s burnt face. Rather, he talks to him in a loving manner. He even welcomes him to the garden. Naturally, this geniality draws Derry towards Mr Lamb.
Q2. Why do people avoid Derry?
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Why does Derry not want to meet people?
Ans – Derry is fourteen year old boy whose one side of his face has completely burnt. People look at him with a sense of shock or fear. People avoid Derry and make fun of him. Derry also hates his face. So Derry did not want to meet people.
Q3. What does Mr. Lamb tell Derry about his own physical deformity? (On the Face of It)
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What change took place in Derry when he met Mr. Lamb?
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How did Mr. Lamb’s meeting with Derry become a turning point in Derry’s life?
Ans – Derry is a victim of his own inferiority complex. The one side of his face is all burned. People avoid Derry and look at him with a sense of shock or fear. It feels Derry with a deep pain. He is afraid of seeing himself into the mirror. He avoids people and thinks that no one love him. One Day, When Derry enters into Mr Lamb garden and meet him then his life and thinking completely changed. Mr Lamb shows no shock or fear after seeing his burnt face. Rather he talks him in a loving manner. He tells Derry to never think of his burnt face. He says to Derry that you have two arms, two legs, ears, eyes, tongue and a brain. And if he has a firm minded, he can do better than others. Such word changed Derry’s thinking and bring a new change into him. Now he did not care about his looks. He wants to live the way Mr Lamb has been living. He wants to see, hear and think in his own way. Now he did not care about other peoples.
Chapter 6 – Memories of Childhood
Q1. How were Zitkala Sa’s hair cut? Most Important
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How was Zitkala-Sa’s long hair shingled?
Ans – Zitkala-Sa was tied fast in a chair. She cried aloud. She kept shaking her head all the while. She felt the blades of the scissors against her head. She heard them cut off one of her thick braids. Then she lost her spirit and stopped struggling. Thus her long hair was shingled.
Q2. How could the dalits throw away humiliation and earn respect according to Bama’s brother? (Memories of Childhood)
Ans – The village landlord sends the elderly man to get some vadai for him. The man comes holding out the packet by its sting. He is not supposed to touch the packet because his touch could pollut6e the vadail. When Bama’s elder brother, Annan, explains to why he has to carry the packet by its string. Bama’s mind filled with revolt. Her elder brother advised her when he came on holdiay. He says to her, “Study with care and learn all you can. If you are always ahead in your lessons, people will come you of their own accord and attach themselves to you. ” Bama followed this and many people became her friends and earned respect.
Q3. What message do we get from the story – We Too are Human Beings?
Ans – This is a story of Tamil Dalit girl named Bama. She describes how an elder of their street has to act in a humiliating manner simply because he belongs to the Dalit community. She was pained to see how the upper castle people treated the Dalits in a humiliating manner. They thought that even the touch of a Dalit would pollute them. Dalit communities suffered from the racial prejudice of those who considered themselves to be superior to them.
Q4. What did Zitkala-Sa feel when her long hair was cut?
Ans – Zitkala-Sa felt rather anguished and indignant when her long hair was cut. She lost her spirit and felt as helpless as a puppet. She got the feeling of being an animal driven by a herder and desperately looked for some comfort. With her hair being shingled like a coward’s, she moaned in anguish. She also felt she had lost her distinct cultural recognition and identity.