Past 60 years repeated short questions from Book 2 Second Years Most Repeated Questions for Examination.
A successful way to obtain high marks in the annual examination.
There are 79 Important Short Questions with Answers.
Q 1. How has the total number of stars in the universe been exemplified?
Ans 1. The total number of stars in the universe is equal to the total number of grains of
sand on all the seashores of the world.
Q 2. How far is one star from the other in the universe?
Ans 2. One star from the other is at a distance like a ship on an empty ocean.
Q 3. How did our earth come into being?
Ans 3. A wandering star came near the sun and raised a tide on its surface. This tidal
pull formed a mountain. This mountain broke into pieces. These pieces began to
revolve around the sun. Our earth is one of them.
Q 4. How did life start on Earth?
Ans 4. Life started on earth in the form of unicellular organisms and then into complex
organisms and finally human beings.
Q 5. What are temperature belts?
Ans 5. Temperature belts are zones where the temperature is neither too hot nor too cold
and where life is possible.
Q 6. What are the sanitary conditions of our cities today?
Ans 6. Today our city streets are paved and cleaned regularly and throwing garbage in
the streets is against the law.
Q 7. What change has Science brought about superstitions?
Ans 7. Now people are not afraid of black cats, broken mirrors, and No. 13. They accept
those ideas as are supported by facts.
Q 8. How did thrifty housewives preserve food in the past?
Ans 8. They preserved food by canning, pickling, salting, drying, etc in the past.
Q 9. Write two departments in which Scientific Method has helped us the most.
Ans 9. Some departments are;
i. Sanitation Department
ii. Health Department
iii. Agriculture Department
iv. Building Department.
Q 10. How has the problem of the supply of water to Los Angeles been solved?
Ans 10. Water has been supplied to Los Angeles from the Colorado River, 544 km away
through sealed pipes or aqueducts.
Q 11. How does financial pressure affect the student’s studies?
Ans 11. The students have to earn side by side getting an education. As a result, they
neither earn well nor study well and fail.
Q 12. What are the responsibilities of college authorities?
Ans 12. They should help the student by diagnosing the difficulty of the student,
through cooperation between the teacher, parents, and college doctor.
Q 13. Who is the writer of this Essay “Why Boys Fail in College?
Ans 13. Herbert E Hawkes is the writer of this essay.
Q 14. How can the student overcome his nervous habits?
Ans 14. The student himself can overcome his nervous habits, the others can only point
them out.
Q 15. Why are the parents bound to bear the expenses of a student’s education?
Ans 15. They are responsible for the student’s education as they brought the boy into the
world.
Q 16. What were unexpected respites?
Ans 16. Unusual breaks were called unexpected respites, i.e. sudden dismissal from school
due to some crisis, football match, or due to other reasons.
Q 17. What was the writer’s attitude towards house maid’s call on Monday Morning?
Ans 17. The writer called the housemaid’s call on Monday Morning a ‘summons to
damnation’.
Q 18. What were the unfulfilled wishes of the writer?
Ans 18. The writer could not buy a tricycle in Childhood. He had no money to buy ice
cream. He bought his bicycle with prize money.
Q 19. On what holidays was the writer the happiest?
Ans 19. The writer was the happiest in Summer Holidays.
Q 20. What were the writer’s feelings on Friday afternoon?
Ans 20. He felt like an escaped prisoner on Friday afternoon. They were also very
happy on Friday evening as there were two full holidays lying ahead.
Q 21. How many books were presented to the troops?
Ans 21. Two million books were presented to the troops.
Q 22. What kinds of books were presented to the troops?
Ans 22. Outdated books, old magazines, etc were presented to the troops.
Q 23. Where did the writer live?
Ans 23. The writer lived in a flat in Chelsea
Q 24. Why was the writer afraid to throw books into the river?
Ans 24. He was afraid of throwing books into the river that the others may take him for
a thief or a murderer.
Q 25. What did the writer feel about books when he had thrown them into the river?
Ans 25. The writer felt very sad about books after he had thrown them into the river.
Q 26. How did the writer come to know of his ailments?
Ans 26. The writer came to know of his ailments when he was reading a book on
medicine in British Museum Library.
Q 27. How did the writer explain his ailments to the doctor?
Ans 27. He told the doctor about the disease he had not caught instead of telling him
about the diseases he had caught.
Q 28. What kind of disease he was spared from?
Ans 28. He was spared from the housemaid’s knee.
Q 29. How did the writer examine his tongue?
Ans 29. He stretched out his tongue and examined its tip with one eye.
Q 30. What was the prescription?
Ans 30. It was,
“1 lb beefsteak every 6 hours,
Ten miles walk every morning,
Bed at 11 sharp every night,
And don’t stuff your head with things
You don’t understand”.
Q 31. What frightened the writer in the Bank?
Ans 31. Everything in the bank frightened the writer – the wickets, the sight of money,
the clerks, etc.
Q 32. What did the Bank Manager understand when the writer wanted to see him
alone?
Ans 32. He took him for a doctor or a millionaire with a great account.
Q 33. Why did the staff laugh at the writer?
Ans 33. The staff laughed at the writer’s funny behavior in the bank.
Q 34. Why did he write the cheque wrong?
Ans 34. He wrote the check wrong in confusion.
Q 35. Where did the writer keep his money after this adventure?
Ans 35. He kept his money in the pockets of his trousers and socks.
Q 36. Why does a Chinese farmer not want to shift to cities?
Ans 36. China’s farmer does not want to shift to cities because he has every facility in
villages like industry, medical and educational facilities, etc.
Q 37. What is the nature of Chinese machines and equipment?
Ans 37. They are indigenous. They produce bigger, faster, better, and cheaper results.
Their parts can be replaced easily.
Q 38. What is the historical background of China?
Ans 38. They faced colonialism. They did not even have the life of Oxen and horses.
Even its existence was confused with one of its provinces.
Q 39. What is the system of Farming in China?
Ans 39. In China average size of farming concerns is growing through the system of
communes.
Q 40. What is the cause of China’s progress?
Ans 40. China progressed because of them;
i. New found companionship
ii. Common purpose and
iii. Discipline of Mass Organization.
Q 41. What are three situations of real hunger?
Ans 41. i. Having nothing to eat ii. Never having enough to eat.
iii. Wondering where the next meal is coming from.
Q 42. What do the stories of Robin Hood tell us?
Ans 42. Robin helped the needy with trAns porting food, robbing the rich to feed the
poor or poaching for them from the Royal Forests.
Q 43. How do famines occur?
Ans 43. Famines occur when;
i. There is less food, and more people to eat.
ii. Failure of crops due to rain
iii. Failure of crops due to some disease.
Q 44. How can poor countries better their living standard?
Ans 44. Poor countries can better their living standard by controlling birthrate and
utilizing their resources.
Q 45. What is the most important and difficult to achieve in controlling
population?
Ans 45. Limit the size of a family is the most important and difficult thing about
controlling population.
Q 46. Give an account of the early career of Abd-al-Rahman I.
Ans 46. Abd-al-Rahman I was a striking young man, tall, lean, and with red hair. He was a
capable and strong man. He belonged to the Umayyad family.
Q 47. Give an account of Abd-al-Rahman I dramatic escape.
Ans 47. Once, Abbasid soldiers reached him chasing him to the river Euphrates. He with his
younger brother dashed into a river. He succeeded in crossing the river but his brother
was killed
Q 48. Give an account of Abd-al-Rahman I adventure in Africa.
Ans 48. He kept on wandering in Africa from tribe to tribe to save himself from the spies
of the enemy. Then he went to Ceuta.
Q 49. How did Abd-al-Rahman deal with the governor appointed by the Abbasid
caliph, to contest his rule?
Ans 49. He killed him, preserved his head in salt and camphor, and sent it to the
The Abbasid caliph in Baghdad.
Q 50. What did the Abbasid caliph say on receiving the head of his governor?
Ans 50. He said, “Thank be to Allah for having placed the sea between us and such a
foe”.
Q 51. What did Abd-al-Rahman do to make himself strong and beautify his capital?
Ans 51. He prepared a well-trained army of 40,000 soldiers to strengthen himself. He built a
palace of 400 rooms. It was a masterpiece of architecture.
Q 52. Give an account of the all-around progress made by the Arabs under Abd-alRahman III.
Ans 52. He constructed 700 mosques and 300 public baths. He covered the city with a
wall around it.
Q 53. What was the performance of the writer in the paper?
Ans 53. He wrote question No.1 and put a bracket around it like (1) and put some blots
on it.
Q 54. How did Mr. Somervell teach English?
Ans 54. He taught English with the help of different chalks by breaking a long sentence
into its parts.
Q 55. Where was the writer placed in the school?
Ans 55. He was placed in the Third or lowest division of the fourth or bottom.
Q 56. Why does the writer prefer English to Latin & Greek?
Ans 56. He preferred English to Greek as it was necessary for practical life and earning
money.
Q 57. Why did the Headmaster select the writer for admission to Harrow?
Ans 57. The headmaster selected the writer for admission to Harrow as he did not
depend upon paper manifestations, but rather the inner ability of the writer.
Q 58. How was Christopher inspired to take up that journey?
Ans 58. He was inspired to take up that journey when his foster mother frightened him
to send him to Timbuktu in childhood.
Q 59. What was a special feature of Gardhia?
Ans 59. Flies were in abundance in Gardhia. Everything was covered with flies.
Q 60. How was Christopher saved in his last adventure in Abangrit?
Ans 60. With the help of Professor Claude Balangernon, Christopher was saved at In
Abangrit by desert petrol parties.
Q 61. Who was Professor Balangernon?
Ans 61. He was French, Christopher’s friend in Tamanrasat and he devoted himself to
educating Taureg People.
Q 62. Why did Christopher and his companions slaughter the camel?
Ans 62. They slaughtered the Camel to get food and water from its stomach to save
their lives.
Q 63. How vast is the Sahara Desert?
Ans 63. The Sahara Desert is so vast that if a giant puts England in its middle, it would be
quite difficult to find it.
Q 64. What is something special about El Golia?
Ans 64. It is full of greenery, waterfalls, and meadows. It is a true oasis in the desert.
Q 65. How were the allies hailed in Turkey?
Ans 65. They were hailed as liberators in Turkey.
Q 66. What was the reaction of the Turks when the Greeks attacked Izmir?
Ans 66. They were annoyed when the Greeks attacked Izmir.
Q 67. What was the most historical reply of Mustafa Kaman to the King?
Ans 67. I shall stay in Anatolia until the nation has won its independence.
Q 68. What was the most striking reform of Mustafa Kamal?
Ans 68. The abolition of the veil was the most striking reform of Mustafa Kamal.
Q 69. Why did Mustafa Kamal revolt against the King?
Ans 69. He revolted against the king because the king was a puppet in the hands of allies who
wanted to divide Turkey.
Q 70. How did Fleming’s family become a medical family?
Ans 70. His one brother was an oculist and the other was an optician. His one sister married a
doctor and the other a veterinary surgeon.
Q 71. Before Fleming how were the wounds treated?
Ans 71. Before Fleming, wounds were treated with carbolic acid which did more harm
to white blood cells.
Q 72. How was penicillin discovered?
Ans 72. Penicillin was discovered accidentally when a mold spore dropped on a culture
plates and the microbes on them began to disappear.
Q 73. How did Fleming become famous?
Ans 73. Fleming became famous when Sir Almroth wrote a letter to the Times telling the
world who had made the discovery.
Q 74. Narrate a story of personal thanks to Fleming in medical gatherings.
Ans 74. In Italy a man with three children reached Fleming and said, “If these children
are alive, they owe it to you”, then pointing to Fleming he told his children, “Never
forget to ask God in your prayers to bless this man”.
Q 75. How was Pasteur Institute built?
Ans 75. Pasteur Institute was built with the contribution received from all over the
world.
Q 76. How was Pasteur convinced to study silk-worm disease?
Ans 76. French Government convinced him to study Silk Worm Disease. Moreover, he
himself was sympathetic to the suffering people.
Q 77. Exemplify Pasteur’s patriotism?
Ans 77. He put 150 francs on the Altar and returned his degree to Germany.
Q 78. Why did Pasteur forget to attend his marriage ceremony?
Ans 78. He was so absorbed in studying Silk Worm Disease that he forgot his marriage
ceremony and was fetched by his friend.
Q 79. How was the vaccine discovered?
Ans 79. The vaccine was discovered by attenuating the weakened germs and injecting them
into the healthy body to make it immune to a serious attack of the disease.