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English Core · 2025 · 5 marks
CBSE 2025 · Region 7 · Set 1 · Q12
Analyse how freedom is curbed in the context of Franz in 'The Last Lesson' and Saheb in 'Lost Spring'.
Analyse how freedom is curbed in the context of Franz in 'The Last Lesson' and Saheb in 'Lost Spring'.
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Franz
Alsace and Lorraine taken over by Prussians
imposition of German language / last lesson of French language
not allowed to study their mother tongue any more
school would no more be the same as before
Saheb
poverty stricken/ partner in survival
started working at a tea stall / lost his carefree look / steel canister was heavier than the plastic bag
no longer his own master
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CBSE Class 12 English Core past-paper question from the 2025board exam, with the answer as CBSE’s own marking scheme gives it. Where our answers come from.