CBSE Class 12 English Core — Going Places / Lost Spring / My Mother at Sixty-Six / A Thing of Beauty — NCERT Flamingo

Answer ANY ONE of the following two questions in 120-150 words ($1 \times 5 = 5$): (A) Sophie in 'Going Places' and Mukesh in 'Lost Spring' aspire for a better life yet external forces shape their realities and opportunities. Discuss. OR (B) How is the transient nature of beauty and life portrayed in the poems 'My Mother at Sixty Six' and 'A Thing of Beauty'?