ACADEMIC ENGLISH

Bihar Professional Center provides you Bihar Matriculation and Intermediate English knowledge on it’s portal to understand the concept and make preparation to score good in your exam.

10th Class(Matric)

Prose

1 The Pace For Living     R.C. Hutchinson      P3

1 The Pace For Living     R.C. Hutchinson      P3

Intermediate English(11th & 12th)

Bihar Intermediate English Book is named as RAINBOW. It is divided in to two parts as two books. 

RAINBOW PART-I for Class XI and 

RAINBOW PART-II for Class XII. 

It is same for Arts, Science and Commerce.

Again, each book is divided into 3 sections:

I. Prose(गद्य): The ordinary language people use in speaking or writing.

II. Poetry(काव्य): A piece of writing in which the words are arranged in separate lines, often ending in rhyme. 

III. Read, Think and & Enjoy: This section is used and help the students to encouragement of reading and enjoyment.

Curriculum of 11th & 12th

11th Contents

Prose

  1. Animals in Prison –Jawahar Lal Nehru P-3
  2. Nalanda: Ancient Seat of Learning – Dr. Rajendra Prasad P-19
  3. A Snake in the Grass – R. K. Narayan P-29
  4. On The Rule of the Road – A.G. Gardiner P-37
  5. The Scientific Point of View – J. B. S. Haldane P-46
  6. I Pass the Delhi Test – Sunil Gavaskar P-59
  7. The Leader of Men – Siddhartha Chowdhury P-68
  8. Mother India– Subhash Chandra Bose P-83
  9. National Unity, Nation and Nationality – JP Narayan P-89
  10. Dolly at the Dentist – G.B. Shaw P-98
  11. The Three Vows– Mulk Raj Anand  P-110
  12. Exceptional Role of Newspapers in Development –  K. R. Narayanan    P-123 

Poetry

  1. Where The Mind is Without Fear – Ravindranath Tagore  P-129
  2. The Marriage of True Minds – William Shakespeare  P-133
  3. The Chimney Sweeper – William Blake P138
  4. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening – Robert Frost P-144
  5. The Lamentations of the Old Pensioner – W. B. Yeats P-147
  6. Three Years She Grew – William Wordsworth  P-151 
  7. Village Song – Sarojini Naidu P-156
  8. Follower – Seamus Heaney P-161
  9. Voice of the Unwanted Girl – Sujata Bhatt P-165
  10. South Delhi Murder – Tabish Khair P-171

Read, Think and Enjoy

  1. Three Days to See – Helen Keller P-179
  2. Stonemasons, My Father and Me – Namdeo Dhasal P-184
  3. Unemployed Hope – Umeshwar Prasad P-186
  4. Lankapuri – Krishna Kumar P-189
  5. Letter To Martha – Dennis Brutus P-195
  6. Of Remembering God – Kabir  P-197
  7. Letter To Cork – Dean Mohammed P-199
  8. I Am The Daughter of The Land of Dravida – Amrita Pritam P-202
  9. Spring – Awadh Behari Lall P-204

12th Contents

Prose

  1. Indian Civilization and Culture – Mahatma Gandhi P-5
  2. Bharat is My Home – Dr Zakir Hussain P-15
  3. A Pinch of Snuff – Manohar Malgaonkar P-21
  4. I Have a Dream – Martin Luther King, Jr. P-33
  5. Ideas that have Helped Mankind – Bertrand Russell P-41
  6. The Artist – Shiga Naoya P-48
  7. A Child is Born – Germaine Greer P-57
  8. How Free is the Press – Dorothy L. Sayers P-69
  9. The Earth – H.E. Bates P-82
  10. India Through a Traveller’s Eyes – Pearl S. Buck P-95
  11. A Marriage Proposal – Anton Chekhav  P-106

Poetry

  1. Sweetest Love I Do Not Goe – Jone Donne  P-126
  2. Song of Myself – Walt Whitman  P-132
  3. Now The Leaves Are Falling Fast – W.H. Auden P137
  4. To Autumn – John Keats P-142
  5. An Epitaph – Walter de la Mare P-147
  6. The Soldier – Rupert Brooke  P-151 
  7. Macavity: The Mystery Cat – T. S. Eliot P-155
  8. Fire-Hymn – Keki N. Daruwala P-161
  9. Snake – D.H. Lawrence  P-166
  10. My Grand Mother’s House – Kamala Das P-174

Read, Think and Enjoy

  1. Marriage Is A Private Affair – Chinua Achebe P-179
  2. The Ice Age Commeth – Jayant V Narliker P-185
  3. Teaching of English in India – Amarnath Jha P-199
  4. A Far Cry from Africa – Walcott P-203
  5. The Grand Beginning – Meira Kumar P-205
  6. A Trick – R.K. Sinha  P-210
  7. Cold Wave – K.A. Abbas P-216
  8. The Martyrs’ Memorial – Amrendra Kumar P-226
  9. Preface to Bombay – London – Newyork – Amitava Kumar P-229