Maharashtra HSC English Important Questions 2026

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Maharashtra HSC English Important Questions 2026 should be practiced after completing the syllabus so that you can easily understand the answer the questions and can check the level of preparation. You can practice writing answers for a variety of questions to get familiar with different type of questions and there format. In addition, you can also check the marks allotted to different questions. Accordingly, you can prepare the topics for board exams. Through regular practice of writing answers, you will also be able to judge your performance. If facing difficulty in any of the questions, you can focus on the related topics. Use of correct grammar for writing answers will help you to score higher marks. Ensure you write proper sentences for answers instead of answering in one word. Continue reading the article to go through the Maharashtra HSC English Important Questions 2026 to prepare for board exams.

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Maharashtra HSC English Important Questions 2026 - Prose

Question 1. Right on time the next day, everyone gathered at the gate of the garden. At the time king had told them, the guards opened the gates and handed out the sacks. Men, women and children started roaming around the beautiful garden. They spotted juicy apples and plump mangoes hanging from the trees. They picked these till they saw ripe pomegranates bursting with juice, grapes and colourful flowers no one had seen before. People went about picking whatever they wished for and filling their sacks with them. But as they walked further into the garden it become wilder, more like a forest, and there they saw trees laden with apples of gold, mangoes of silver and flowers studded with gems and jewels! Everyone emptied their sacks of the fruits they had collected earlier and flowers. They all forgot that they had said they had more than enough for their needs at home. Greed took over their minds and all they could think about was adding more and more valuables to their sacks. The fruits which they had picked earlier, and had tasted to be as sweet as nectar, now lay in heaps around the garden-forgotten and left to rot. Then with their sacks filled right to the top, the citizens made their way to the rear gate of the garden where the king was waiting. But what was this? To their astonishment they found a raging stream stopping their way. Water gushed down from behind some rocks and rushed over pebbles and big boulders through the garden. The stream was narrow, but the current was strong. There were no boats to take the people across. Clearly, the only way was to swim. But how could they swim with such heavy sacks filled with gold and silver fruits and flowers? The people stood by the stream for a long time scratching their heads. Then one young man did what they all knew needed too done. He simply abandoned his sack by the stream, waded into the water, then swam across to the other side. Slowly the others to followed suit. Sadly, some wailing in distress, they left their sacks filled with what they had thought was the riches of a lifetime, and dived into the stream. Then they walked up to their king – wet, unhappy and angry.

A1. True / False –– Read the following sentences and write down true sentences:

(1) Everyone gathered late at the gate of the garden.

(2) Everyone emptied their sacks of the fruits they had collected earlier.

(3) People walked up to their king happily.

(4) The steam was narrow, but the current was strong.

A2. Find out the reasons –

Find out the reasons for the following statements:

(i) Everyone emptied their sacks of fruits they had collected earlier _____ .

(ii) The people stood by the stream for a long time scratching their heads_____ .

A3. Point out ––

Point out two instances from the passage showing greedy nature of people.

(i) ______________________________________________________

(ii) ______________________________________________________

A4. Pick out ––

Pick out the qualifying words from the extract for the following nouns:

(i) mangoes

(ii) apples

(iii) pomegranates

(iv) flowers

A5. Personal response:

“Greed for money is the common tendency of people.’’ Explain in brief.

A6. Grammar ––

Rewrite the following sentences in the ways instructed:

(i) They spotted juicy apples and plump mangoes hanging from the trees. (Rewrite using ‘‘not only… but also’’.)

(ii) Everyone gathered at the gate of the garden. (Frame a Wh-question to get the underlined part as an answer.)

Question 2. Read the extract and complete the activities given below: (12) [18] “I don’t believe in taking the right decisions. I take decisions, I take decisions and then make them right.” One of them make them right. One of the Ratan Tata’s inspiring words which made me dream beyond shadows. I feel fortunate that I discovered him in the early stage of my life and now I am using his teachings to mould my future the way I want. Even though Ratan Tata was born in a very posh family of India, he never took money and power for granted. He graduated from Riverdale country from New York, Ratan Tata began his career in the Tata Group working on the shop floor of Tata Steel. After working for almost 10 years he was appointed as the director-in-charge of the National Radio and Electronics Company Limited (NEL.CO) in order to help its struggling finances. He worked hard building a better consumer electronics division but the economic recession and union strikes prevented him from achieving success and this success helped Tata to be appointed as the chairman of the Tata Group of companies. He started with a very basic job in his father’s company and today he owns a billion dollar company. The tag of greatness does not come without making any sacrifices and this tag on Ratan Tata suits to its best. Tata group launched its passenger car Tata Indica in the year 1998 but Tata Indica was a failure in its first year and the experiment seemed to be failing. Many people started advising Ratan Tata that he should sell the passenger car business. Ratan Tata also agreed to this and a proposal was given to Ford, they showed interest too. The three-hour meeting at Ford headquarters in Detroit, chairman of Ford (Bill Ford) said to Ratan Tata, “Why did you enter in the passenger car business when you were not knowing of it. It will be a favour if we buy this business from you.” Ratan Tata decided to move back home. While travelling he was very tense as the feeling of being insulted was on his mind. After earlier failures, Tata Motors did well with its business of passenger cars but in the same period, Ford did very bad. In 2008 when Ford was on its way of bankruptcy, Tata Group offered Ford to buy its luxury car brand, Jaguar, Land Rover. Ford arrived in Mumbai for the meeting. In the meeting, Bill Ford said to Ratan Tata, you are doing a big favour for us by buying- Jaguar- Land Rover is now owned by Tata Group and is currently making profits.

A1. Rewrite the following sentences as per their occurrence in the extract:

(a) He was appointed as the Director-in-charge of the National Radio and Electronics Company Limited.

(b) Tata Group launched its passenger car ‘Tata Indica’ in the year 1998.

(c) Bill Ford said to Ratan Tata, “You are doing a big favour for us by buying Jaguar-Land Rover.”

(d) He graduated from Riverdale country from New York.

A2. Explain:

The writer says, “I don’t believe in taking right decisions, I take decisions and then make them right.”

A3. Give reasons:

Ratan Tata decided to sell his passenger car business.

A4. Personal Response:

Right decision at the right time is important success.

Express your opinion.

A5. Grammar:

Do as directed.

(i) He worked hard building a better consumer electronics division. (Rewrite the sentence using the infinitive form of the underlined word)

(ii) Tata Group launched the passenger car Tata Indica. (Rewrite it beginning with ‘The passenger car Tata Indica…..’)

A6. Vocabulary:

Give antonyms.

(i) Profit

(ii) Prevent

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Maharashtra HSC English Important Questions 2026 - Poetry

Question 1. Read the following extract and complete the activities given below:

'Canst hear', said one, 'the breakers roar?

For methinks we should be near the shore'.

'Now where we are I cannot tell,

But I wish I could hear the Inchcape Bell'.

They hear no sound, the swell is strong;

Though the wind hath fallen they drift along,

Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock,

'O Christ! it is the Inchcape Rock!"

Sir Ralph the Rover tore his hair;

He curst himself in his despair;

The waves rush in every side,

The ship is sinking beneath the tide.

But even in his dying fear

One dreadful sound could the Rover hear

A sound as if with the Inchcape Bell,

The Devil below was ringing his knell.

A1. Rearrange the following incidents as per their occurrence in the poem:

(a) Sir Ralph the Rover cursed himself in despair.

(b) The vessel strikes with a shivering shock.

(c) The mariner wished to hear the Inchcape Bell.

(d) Ralph the Rover heard one dreadful sound.

A2. Complete the tree diagram to describe the reasons that resulted in the sinking of the ship.

A3. Accept any reasonably correct answer.

A4. Poetic devices:

The figure of speech -'Inversion' the word order is changed for rhyme. Correct order should be: 'The Rover could hear one dreadful sound.'

A5. Composing lines:

[Accept any reasonably correct answer/lines]

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Question 2. Read the given extract and then do all activities that follow:

I celebrate the virtues and vices

of suburban middle-class people

Who overwhelm the refrigerator

and position colourful umbrellas

near the garden that longs for a pool:

For my middle-class brother

this principle of supreme luxury:

What are you and what am I, and we

go on deciding the real truth in this world.

The truth of that dream we buy on credit

of not going to the office on Saturday, at last,

and the merciless bosses whom the worker

manufacturers in indivisible granaries

where executioners were always born

and grow up and always multiply

We heroes and poor devils, the feeble,

the braggarts, the unfinished,

and the capable of everything impossible

as long as it’s not seen or heard.

A1. Web ––

Complete the web diagram by giving the features of suburban middle class people and their mentality from the extract.

A2. Poetic Device ––

Figure of speech:

We heroes and poor devils,

the feeble, the braggarts, the unfinished,

and capable of everything impossible

as long as it’s not seen or heard

Name the figure of speech in the above lines and find

out another example of the same from the extract and write it down.

A3. Personal Response:

“Middle-class people are ambitious and active in our country.” Explain your views in brief.

A4. Poetic creativity ––

The word order in line no. 1 and 3 has been changed. It is an instance of inversion. Compose two lines of your own using inversion in blank lines.

The virtues and vices, I celebrate

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The refrigerator, we overwhelm

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Question 3.

(A) Read the following extract and answer the questions given below:

Old women do not fly on magic wands

nor make obscure prophecies

from ominous forests.

They just sit on vacant park benches

in the quiet evenings,

call doves by their names

and charm them with grains of maize.

Or, trembling like waves

they stand in endless queues in

government hospitals.

(1) What do old women do in the quiet evenings?

(2) Do you feel old women should be looked after by their families? Justify your answer.

(3) Name and explain the figure of speech in the following line: ‘Or, trembling like waves.’

(4) Pick out two pictorial images from the extract.

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Maharashtra HSC English Important Questions 2026 - Reading and Composition

Question 1. Read the extract and do the activities that follow:

Tom : Well, you see, we saw that skull, and those white grinning things – and we thought the place was haunted – at least, that’s what Ginger thought.

Dentist : (laughing) Great Scott! So that’s the explanation. I happen to be a dentist, and what you saw were some of my models used for fitting artificial teeth.

Ginger : Then – those rows of grinning teeth are –

Dentist : (picking up a model fitted with artificial teeth) Just some of my workmanship.

Tom : (Pointing to the skull) But – what about that? That’s the thing that scared us the most. George : Scared you, you mean. It didn’t frighten me.

Dentist : (going up L.C, and patting the skull). Ah! This is just a little prize exhibit of mine that I keep for ornamental purposes. I call him Percy.

Alfie : (still unconvinced). But what about those awful screams we heard?

Ginger : We thought someone was being murdered.

Dentist : H’m! I’m afraid that doesn’t speak very well for my painless dentistry. Those screams came from some of my patients in the surgery.

Tom : (laughing). I say, what a set of chumps we’ve been! Fancy getting so scared over nothing at all.

Ginger : Well, I must admit old George was the only one who wasn’t in a blue funk.

George : (to dentist). We’re awfully sorry for causing so much row.

Dentist : Don’t mention it – unless, of course, you’re referring to the singing. (Crossing R). Come on, I’ll show you out this way.

Tom : (Crossing R.C.) Come on, Alfie.

Ginger : (addressing the skull). So long, Percy.

George : (going up R. to dentist). I must say you’re being awfully decent about this.

Dentist : That’s all right. (looking hard at Gorge). By the way, aren’t you George Harlow? George : (surprised). Yes, that’s right.

Dentist : I thought I’d seen you somewhere before. Why, I know your father well!

George : Do you, sir?

Dentist : Yes, rather. He was only speaking about you the other night. You’ve been having some trouble with two back teeth, haven’t you?

George : (becoming suddenly nervous). N – no – that is – not much.

B1. Complete – –

Complete the following sentences:

(i) The white grinning things were actually _______ .

(ii) The name of the little prize exhibit was _______ .

(iii) The awful screams came from ______ .

(iv) There was only a single boy who did not get scared. He was _______ .

B2. Convert the dialogue into a story:

Convert the above extract into a story form in about 50 words.

Question 2.

Read the following extract and extent it by adding an imaginary paragraph of your own in about 120 words: Rosalind and Orlanda were married at once in the forest and on the same day Oliver who was no longer selfish and wicked, married Celia. Just as they were going to be married, a messenger came to ask Duke senior to go back to his dukedom. Celia’s father, Duke Frederick, had mended his wicked ways and asked his brother to return. Frederick had set out with an army to fight the old Duke, but on his way he had met a wise and holy man, who had persuaded him that it was wrong and wicked to drive his elder brother from the court. So Frederick had given up the dukedom and the good Duke could go home again. There was great rejoicing in the forest of Arden, under the greenwood tree. Frederick was forgiven, and Duke senior and his followers returned from the forest to live happily in their own homes.

Maharashtra HSC English Important Questions 2026 - Writing Skills

Question 1. E-mail writing:

(1) You are looking forward to start a Computer Institute in your area. You initially need 20 PCs. Prepare/Draft an E-mail to the city-dealer of DELL Computers demanding a moderate quotation for the same. (in about 100-150 words).

Question 2. Speech Writing:

(1) You are an active member of an NGO working for water-conservation. Prepare a speech for the school children / students where you are invited on the eve of 'World Environment Day' to guide them about water-harvesting. Your speech should not exceed 150 words.

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