CBSE 2016 Class 12 English Outside Delhi Set 1 Paper

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SECTION - C
(LITERATURE : TEXT BOOKS AND LONG READING TEXT)

Read the extract given below and answer the questions that follow:
Now we will count to twelve
and we will all keep still.
For once on the face of the Earth
let's not speak in any language,
let's stop for one second,
and not move our arms so much.
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Question : 34
Total: 52
Describe the pun on the word, 'arms'.
Solution:  
The pun on the word 'arms' is that if we won't move our arms then we will never lift 'arms' i.e. weapons. Symbolically by this he means no war or no violence.
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