NCERT Solutions for Class 12 English Kaleidoscope Essay Chapter 2 The Mark On The Wall

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Ncert Solutions for Class 12 Kaleidoscope English Essay 2 The Mark On The Wall can be found in this article with its download link. This essay is written by the novelist and essayist Virginia Woolf. Her writings are well known for their psychological angles. This essay is a perfect example of the concept of a ‘stream of consciousness’.

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The Mark on The Wall Summary

This is a first-person narrative essay, just like most of the ‘stream-of-consciousness’ essays. Stream of consciousness can be described as “a narrative style that tries to capture a character’s thought process in a realistic way”. This can be considered a kind of interior monologue. 

  • The essay starts with the setting of a living room on a January day. The author is sitting in her living room, smoking and looking at the fire.
  • Suddenly a thought occurred to her that the coals in the fireplace and the cavalcade of knights are somehow alike.
  • The author hence tried to distract herself from this thought by focusing on a black mark on a wall.
  • The ‘stream of consciousness’ was evident in the next part as the author’s mind flows from one topic to another.
  • While she was thinking about knowledge of the time span of modern civilization to gender roles, she tried to get back to the core of her thought by focusing on that black spot on the wall.
  • Suddenly another voice makes her aware that she is not alone in that room and realizes that the black spot on the wall is actually a small snail.

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CBSE CLASS XII Related Questions

  • 1.
    Read the passage given below :
    Modern technology plays a vital role in reducing road accidents and improving traffic flow. A study in three major cities — Delhi, Bengaluru, and Mumbai — found that using smart cameras, GPS tracking, and automated traffic lights improved safety significantly. AI-based monitoring systems detect traffic violations and alert authorities instantly. Drivers using navigation apps report fewer delays and accidents. Advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), like lane departure warnings and automatic braking, have made vehicles safer.
    Mobile apps now alert drivers about congested routes and road hazards. In India, the introduction of e-challan systems has improved traffic rule enforcement and reduced human error. Moreover, data from surveillance cameras helps authorities identify accident-prone areas for quick intervention. Technology not only saves time but also saves lives by ensuring safer, smarter roads.
    Based on your understanding of the passage, answer the questions given below:


      • 2.
        Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
        Solomon Margolin regarded her quietly. She had had her own share of troubles. She had suffered in silence for her two brothers, even for Hans, the Nazi. She had gone through a prolonged change of life. Now her face was flushed and covered with beads of sweat. He earned more than enough to pay for a maid, yet Gretl insisted on doing all the housework herself, even the laundry. It had become a mania with her. Every day she scoured the oven. She was forever polishing the windows of their apartment on the sixteenth floor and without using a safety belt.
        (A Wedding in Brownsville)


          • 3.
            What is the contrast between the vitality of the swans and the decline of human life?


              • 4.
                Read the following poem ‘The Rain’ by Kamala Das :
                We left that old ungainly house
                When my dog died there, after
                The burial, after the rose
                Flowered twice, pulling it by its
                Roots and carting it with our books,
                Clothes and chairs in a hurry.
                We live in a new house now,
                And, the roofs do not leak, but, when
                It rains here, I see the rain drench
                That empty house, I hear it fall
                Where my puppy now lies.
                Alone..
                Based on your understanding of the poem, answer the questions given below:


                  • 5.
                    Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
                    What needs my Shakespear for his honour’d Bones,
                    The labour of an age in piled Stones,
                    Or that his hallow’d reliques should be hid
                    Under a Star-ypointing Pyramid?
                    Dear son of memory, great heir of Fame,
                    What need’st thou such weak witness of thy name?
                    Thou in our wonder and astonishment
                    Hast built thy self a live-long Monument.
                    (On Shakespear. 1630)


                      • 6.
                        Discuss the 'House of Enlightenment' and what it symbolizes for Balu.

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