This document contains a list of questions related to English literature from the 1st year, covering prose, poems, and plays. Some of the questions ask about specific details and events within the works, such as what Jinnah said to his people after arriving in Karachi or why Lucy became part of nature. Other questions ask about broader themes and lessons, such as the limitations of science, what constitutes a happy life according to a poet, or what lesson is learned from a particular poem. The works referenced include "The Count of Monte Cristo" and poems like "The Abbot of Canterbury" and "The Toys".

1. SOURCE: “INSTITUTE OF QUALITY EDUCATION”
M.SALMANHANZALA
“IMPORTANT QUESTIONS OF 1ST
YEAR ENGLISH”
PROSE:
Q) Describe the tragedy of Birkenhead? If there were panic in that incident what would have
happened?
Q) What did Jinnah say to his people after a few days he landed in Karachi?
Q)Why does the writer apply the word “terrible” to the first year of Pakistan’s history as an
independent state? Why did Kashmir not join Pakistan?
Q) What does UNESCO mean and what are its functions? What are the functions of General
Assembly of UNO?
Q) What was the reaction of people in the bank after the author left? What was the manager’s
reaction when he knew that the author was not a detective?
Q) What was the legend of cernogratz family?
Q) What are the limitations of science in regard to the service of society?
Q) What crime had been committed at Newcastle? Why did Manning never believe that kind
was the murderer?
Q)On what account Lucy become the part of the nature?
Q)why did manning never believe that Mr.King was murderer?
POEMS:
Q) Describe the qualities of the character of a happy life according to the poet. What is a
ballad?
Q) What were three question asked by the king in “the Abbot of Canterbury”? How did the
shepherd save abbot from death announced by King John?
Q) Briefly describe the tragedy of the village, Auburn.
Q) In What sense Lucy became the part of nature? Explain. How did Lucy’s parents come to
know of her tragic death?
Q) Who wrote the poem “the Lay of the last Minstrel”? What was its message?
Q) What lesson do we learn from the poem “incident of the French Camp”?
Q)Wisdom is a God gifted thing, which could be bestowed upon anyone without education,
support your answer in the light of the poem “ The Abbot of Canterbury’.
Q)why does Coventory Patmore give the title,” The Toys’, to his poem?What does it represent?
PLAY:
Q) What is organized butchery of boys in the eyes of Mrs.Meldon? Why does she say so? Why
does Mrs. Meldon hate war? Explain. Q) Who was Eddie and what happened to him?
Q) What are the views of Prof. Corrie about women? Is he justified? Q) Prof. Corrie was as
ambitious person. How can you justify it?
Q) How did Mercedes fall in the trap of Fernand Mondego? What was the basis of hatred
between Morcerf and Monte Cristo?
Q) Why did Albert not fight a duel with the count of monte cristo? When and how did the Count
of Morcerf betray his country?
Q)why did Albert make an apology to the count of Monte Cristo and on what account did he
refuse to fight a duel? Q) was the punishment of the count of Morcerf justified? State with
reasons.