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English Core · 2022 · 2 marks
CBSE 2022 · Region 2 · Set 3 · Q5
What was ironic about Roger Skunk's mother saying, 'What is that awful smell?' Why did she say this?
What was ironic about Roger Skunk's mother saying, 'What is that awful smell ?' Why did she say this ?
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Irony
smell of roses considered awful by the mother ($\displaystyle 1$/)
Why
wanted her son to smell like other skunk/ strong sense of identity/ Did not care about her son not having friends/ wanted her son to smell like her. ($\displaystyle 1$/)
CBSE Class 12 English Core past-paper question from the 2022board exam, with the answer as CBSE’s own marking scheme gives it. Where our answers come from.