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Solution| English CB Questions: CBSE | Class 12 | Board Exam 2024
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- Dec 28, 2022
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Updated: Jan 28
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Index of Lesson Hyperlinks
The Last Lesson
Competency Based Short Answer Type | 2 Marks | 30-40 Words
Q1. “Will they make them sing in German, even the pigeons?” A language loses its significance when it becomes the victim of colonial expansion. Justify with reference to the story.
Answer: Franz’s remark about pigeons “singing in German” shows how colonial rule forces a foreign language on people. The order from Berlin made German compulsory in Alsace schools. Even nature seems threatened. This shows how a language loses importance when a powerful ruler replaces it with another.
Q2. M. Hamel went on to talk of the French language, saying that it was the most beautiful language in the world — the clearest, the most logical.. Explain the emotions of M. Hamel attached to French language in this context.
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