Class 12 · English · CBSE Board · 2020–2025

The Interview — Class 12 English PYQs

6 questions from this chapter, asked in 4 Class 12 exams between 2020–2025 — every question paper set included, duplicates removed.

6questions

4Class 12 exams

2020–2025years covered

Questions asked per year

20251 Qs 20241 Qs 20231 Qs 20203 Qs

Practice questions first 6 of 6 — free

Q12025

Answer Logic

What valid reason does Rudyard Kipling have to call an interview immoral ? (The Interview)

Q22024

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What evidence from the text reveals that Rudyard Kipling did not walk the talk?

Q3MCQ2023

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(B)Read the following extract and answer the questions that follow : Similarly, we have a lot of empty spaces in our lives. I call them interstices. Say you are coming over to my place. You are in the elevator and while you are coming up, I am waiting for you. This is an interstice, an empty space. I work in empty spaces. While waiting for your elevator to come up from the first to the third floor, I have already written an article ! (i) Umberto Eco, was

(A)a professor of semiotics, an author

(B)an interviewer, a novelist

(C)a journalist, a professor

(D)a publisher, an author (ii) Rationalise, to support the given statement : Similarly, we have a lot of empty spaces in our lives. (iii) Rewrite the sentence by replacing the underlined phrase with its inference : I call them interstices. (iv) On the basis of the extract, study the two statements, I and II given below : I. Umberto Eco works even in the spare time between activities. II. Umberto Eco does not like to be interviewed. Choose the most appropriate option :

(A)I can be inferred from the extract, but II cannot

(B)I cannot be inferred from the extract, but II can

(C)I and II are true

(D)II is the reason for I (v) Replace the underlined word with its antonym from the extract. Umberto Eco does not like to waste time. He writes an article while he is proceeding to the elevator. (vi) Umberto Eco's views on his manner of work are based on _________.

(A)facts

(B)an interview

(C)his blog

(D)hypothesis

Q42020

Answer Logic

What are some of the positive views on interviews?

Q52020

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What does Umberto Eco mean by the concept of 'Interstices' in our lives?

Q62020

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Why did Rudyard Kipling dislike being interviewed? Give two reasons.

Why practise The Interview PYQs?

The Interview has appeared in 4 Class 12 English exams we track between 2020–2025. CBSE Board examiners consistently reuse concepts and question patterns from this topic — practising its previous year questions is the most reliable way to know exactly what to expect in your exam.

The Interview — Class 12 English PYQs

Questions asked per year

Practice questions first 6 of 6 — free

Why practise The Interview PYQs?

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