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Evans Tries an O-level Class 12 MCQ Questions with Answers English Chapter 7

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MCQ Questions for Class 12 English Vistas Chapter 7 Evans Tries an O-level with Answers

Evans Tries An O Level MCQ Chapter 7 Question 1.

Evans wanted to take an O-Level examination in

(A) French
(B) German
(C) Italian
(D) panish
Answer:
(B) German

Explanation:
It was in early March when the Governor of Oxford Prison rang up the Secretary of Examination Board that one of their prisoners, Evans, wanted to take an O-Level examination in German.

MCQ Of Evans Tries An O Level Chapter 7 Question 2.

What did the prison officers used to call Evans?

(A) Evans the Magician
(B) Evans the Shrewd
(C) Evans the Break
(D) Evans the Fool
Answer:
(C) Evans the Break

Explanation:
The prison officers used to call Evans – Evans the Break because thrice he had escaped from the prison already.

Evan Tries O Level MCQ Class 12 Chapter 7 Question 3.

How will you categorize ‘Evans Tries an O-level?

(A) The narration of Evans’ talent.
(B) A satire.
(C) Battle of wits between the criminal and the jail authorities.
(D) Tragic conflict between the criminal and the jail authorities.
Answer:
(C) Battle of wits between the criminal and the jail authorities.

Explanation:
The police tries to trace the clues left by the criminals and apprehend them on the basis of these. On the other hand, the criminals devise a fool-proof plan and try to leave no clues which might help in identification later on. Since the legal system is based on evidence-both human and material-police as well as criminals and their lawyers, use their wits to turn the case in their favour and win it.

Evans Tries An O-Level MCQ Class 12 Question 4.

What would McLeery need if he had to sit for some length of time?

(A) A small inflated rubber ring.
(B) A paper knife.
(C) A copy of the Bible.
(D) The newspaper, ‘The Church Times’.
Answer:
(A) A small inflated rubber ring.

Explanation:
McLerry said that he was suffering from piles and he needed it if he had to sit for some length of time.

MCQs Of Evans Tries An O Level Chapter 7 Question 5.

How did the Governor, Oxford Prison, describe Evans to the Secretary Examinations Board?

(A) He was very aggressive.
(B) He was violent.
(C) He was a congenital kleptomania.
(D) He was shrewd but was also a lazy fellow.
Ans.
(C) He was a congenital kleptomania.

Explanation:
The Governor said that Evans was quite a pleasant sort of chap. He had no record of violence, He was one of the stars at the Christmas concert. But he was just a congenital kleptomaniac.

Evans Tries An O Level MCQs Class 12 Question 6.

What information was given by the detective Superintendent to the Governor?

(A) McLeery had spotted Evans.
(B) Evans was seen near Elsfield way.
(C) They chased Evans but lost him.
(D) All of these.
Answer:
(D) All of these.

Explanation:
The detective superintendent informed the Governor that McLeery had spotted Evans drive off along Elsfield way. After getting the car number, they started chasing but lost track and thought that Evans might have come back to the city.

MCQ Evans Tries An O Level Class 12 Question 7.

Why did Evans drape a blanket around his shoulder?

(A) To conceal his efforts of changing dress to look like McLeery
(B) Because he was feeling cold
(C) To hide himself from the police
(D) All of these
Answer:
(A) To conceal his efforts of changing dress to look like McLeery

Explanation:
In between intervals of Stephens’ peeping into the cell, Evans was changing into the Parson’s dress to look like McLeery. So, in order to conceal his effort to keep them in place, Evans draped a blanket round his shoulder. Stephens was misled into believing that Evans was feeling cold.

MCQ On Evans Tries An O Level Class 12 Question 8.

Look at the statements given below. Choose the option that correctly identifies which statements are fact and which are opinion:

Evans Tries An O Level MCQ Chapter 7

(A) Fact – (i) and (iv); Opinion – (ii) and (iii)
(B) Fact – (ii) and (iii); Opinion – (i) and (iv)
(C) Fact – (i) and (ii); Opinion – (iii) and (iv)
(D) Fact – (ii) and (iv); Opinion – (i) and (iii)
Answer:
(B) Fact – (ii) and (iii); Opinion – (i) and (iv)

Evans Tries An O Level MCQ Class 12 Chapter 7 Question 9.

“God Almighty! There’s far more going on than I -” “Always will be, sir.” What can be collected from the aforesaid conversation between the Governor and Evans?

(A) The Governor realized that he was likely to lose his job very soon.
(B) Evans proved that criminals are always one step ahead of the police.
(C) There were always schemes afoot unknown to prison authorities.
(D) The Governor’s confidence in his control over the prison stood shattered.
Answer:
(C) There were always schemes afoot unknown to prison authorities.

Evans Tries An O Level MCQ With Answers Question 10.

A trope is a common device or theme used to describe situations or characters in a story. Given below are some typical tropes found in a prison escape narrative. Choose the option that is NOT a trope used in the story ‘Evans Tries an O-LeveT.

(i) Prison Changes People – Spending time in prison can change one’s personality, for better or for worse.
(ii) Master of Disguise – When a character masquerades as someone else.
(iii) Wardens Are Evil – The prison is run by a ruthlessly corrupt administrator.
(iv) The Guards Must Be Crazy – Prison staff make it almost too easy for prisoners to escape.
(v) Breaking Out the Boss – Members of a gang bust their boss out of jail.
(vi) Passive Rescue – A character who rescues someone from prison without using aggression or violence to break them out.
(vii) Prison Escape Artist – A character who is known for escaping prison multiple times.

(A) Options (ii), (iii) and (vi)
(B) Options (i), (iii) and (v)
(C) Options (ii), (iv) and (v)
(D) Options (i), (iv) and (vi)
Answer:
(B) Options (i), (iii) and (v)

Extract based MCQs

Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow:

I.”They’re not – they don’t honestly think I’m goin’ to try to – ” “They’re taking no chances, Evans. Nobody in his senses would take any chance with you.”
“Who’s goin’ to listen in?” “I’ll tell you who’s going to listen in, laddy. It’s the Governor himself, see? He don’t trust you a bloody inch – and nor do I. I’ll be watching you like a hawk, Evans, so keep your nose clean. Clear?” He walked towards the door. Evans nodded. He’d already thought of that and number two handkerchief was lying ready on the bunk — a neatly folded square of off-white linen. “Just one more thing, Einstein.” “Ya? Wha’s ‘at?” “Good luck, old son.”

Question 1.

Which of the following qualities of Jackson do NOT come through in the given extract?

(A) Soft-hearted
(B) Gullible
(C) Sceptical
(D) Authoritative
Answer:
(B) Gullible

Question 2.

“Nobody in his senses would take any chance with you”. Why not?

(A) Jackson did not like Evans and was keen to get rid of him.
(B) Evans had quite a reputation for escaping from prisons.
(C) Evans had been transferred to Oxford prison and needed care.
(D) The Governo’r was uneasy about Evans’ German O-Level exams.
Answer:
(B) Evans had quite a reputation for escaping from prisons.

Question 3.

In the given extract, “Einstein” is meant as a .

(A) compliment
(B) misconception
(C) taunt
(D) provocation
Answer:
(C) taunt

Question 4.

The above extract employs several idiomatic expressions. Which of the following is not an idiom?

(A) To not trust an inch
(B) To watch like a hawk
(C) To keep nose clean
(D) To be ready on the bunk
Answer:
(D) To be ready on the bunk

II. “Perhaps you won’t be with us next September, Evans.” James Roderick Evans appeared to ponder the Governor’s words deeply. “No. P’r’aps I won’t,” he said. As the prison van turned right from Chipping Norton on to the Oxford road, the hitherto silent prison officer unlocked the handcuffs and leaned forward towards the driver, “For Christ’s sake get a move on! It won’t take ’em long to find out -‘ “Where do ye suggest we make for?” asked the driver, in a broad Scots accent. “What about Newbury?” suggested Evans.

Question 1.

How would you describe Evans in the above extract?

(A) Solemn
(B) Cheeky
(C) Anxious
(D) Cheerful
Answer:
(B) Cheeky

Question 2.

A ‘broad accent’ is that which is :

(A) applied widely, all over the world.
(B) recognised by broadcasters.
(C) associated with the traditional speech of the local people.
(D) developed over several years for the purposes of special communication.
Answer:
(C) associated with the traditional speech of the local people.

Question 3.

Evans suggested Newbury because :

(A) the police had already been to Newbury and would not expect to find him there.
(B) he was being playful and wanted to crack another joke at the police’s expense.
(C) he wanted the thrill of another chase and the opportunity to outsmart authorities.
(D) he did not want to risk going to a new place, and opted for something more familiar.
Answer:
(A) the police had already been to Newbury and would not expect to find him there.

Question 4.

Silent: Loud :: Ponder:

(A) Meditate
(B) Repeat
(C) Exaggerate
(D) Overlook
Answer:
(D) Overlook

III. “If s a slightly unusual request, Governor, but I don’t see why we shouldn’t try to help. Just the one fellow, you say?”

Question 1.

Who is ‘I’ here?

(A) Evans
(B) Oxford Prison Superintendent
(C) Governor
(D) Secretary of the Examinations Board
Answer:
(D) Secretary of the Examinations Board

Question 2.

Who made a slightly unusual request?

(A) Evans
(B) Governor
(C) Station Head Officer
(D) Commissioner of Police
Answer:
(B) Governor

Question 3.

Why, according to the Governor, had Evans started taking classes in O-level German?

(A) To upgrade his academic qualification
(B) To pass time in the prison
(C) To become a translator
(D) To reform himself
Answer:
(A) To upgrade his academic qualification

Question 4.

Why did Evans select German only for his O-level examination?

(A) He knew the German teacher
(B) He loved the language
(C) He was planning to shift to Germany
(D) None of these
Answer:
(A) He knew the German teacher

IV. “Oh, don’t worry about that. I’ll be sending you all the forms and stuff. What’s his name, you say?

Question 1.

Who is the speaker here?

(A) Secretary of the Examination Board
(B) Governor of Oxford Prison
(C) James Roderic Evans
(D) None of these
Answer:
(A) Secretary of the Examination Board

Question 2.

Whom is he talking to?

(A) Secretary of the Examination Board
(B) Governor of Oxford Prison
(C) James Roderic Evans
(D) None of these
Answer:
(B) Governor of Oxford Prison

Question 3.

Which forms and stuff is the speaker talking about?

(A) To release the prisoner
(B) To confer a degree
(C) To appear for an exam
(D) To extend the course duration
Answer:
(C) To appear for an exam

Question 4.

Which exam will he appear for in German?

(A) A-level
(B) E-level
(C) G-level
(D) O-level
Answer:
(D) O-level

V. “I said, “Good luck”. Good luck for tomorrow.” “Oh. Thanks, er, I mean, er, Danke Schon.” “You haven’t a cat in hell’s chance of getting through, of course, but – ” “I may surprise everybody.”

Question 1.

Who is wishing ‘Good luck’?

(A) German student
(B) German teacher
(C) Prison Governor
(D) Examination Controller
Answer:
(B) German teacher

Question 2.

Who is being wished good luck?

(A) Evans
(B) Douglas
(C) Dr.Sadao
(D) McLeery
Answer:
(A) Evans

Question 3.

What does ‘cat in a hell chance’ mean?

(A) Good
(B) Excellent
(C) Almost no
(D) Moderate
Answer:
(C) Almost no

Question 4.

What does the phrase “I may surprise everybody” actually turn into?

(A) The prisoner escaped the prison
(B) Student cleared the exam with flying colours.
(C) The student did not appear for the exam.
(D) The prisoner was shot while trying to escape.
Answer:
(A) The prisoner escaped the prison

VI. “Can you come outside a minute, sir? You too, Stephens.”

Question 1.

Who speaks these words?

(A) Jackson
(B) McLeery
(C) Governor
(D) None of these
Answer:
(A) Jackson

Question 2.

Why has McLeery come to the prison?

(A) To carry out his duty as Examiner
(B) To carry out his duty as Invigilator
(C) To carry out his duty as Prison incharge
(D) To carry out his duty as Governor
Answer:
(B) To carry out his duty as Invigilator

Question 3.

Who is the examinee?

(A) James Roderick Evans
(B) McLeery
(C) Jackson
(D) Stephens
Answer:
(A) James Roderick Evans

Question 4.

Other than Stephens, who is the other person who is asked to come out?

(A) Jackson
(B) Governor
(C) McLeery
(D) Evans
Answer:
(C) McLeery

VII. “Would you mind if I put a blanket round shoulders, sir? It’s a bit parky in ‘ere, isn’t it?” Silence.

Question 1.

Who wrote these lines?

(A) Susan Hill
(B) Colin Dexter
(C) KamalaDas
(D) Jack Finney
Answer:
(B) Colin Dexter

Question 2.

Who are T and ‘you’ in the above lines?

(A) Evans and Jackson
(B) Evans and McLeery
(C) Jackson and Stephens
(D) Jackson and Evans
Answer:
(B) Evans and McLeery

Question 3.

What was the real motive of T draping his shoulder with a blanket?

(A) To cut his hair
(B) To change his makeup
(C) To change into parson’s dress
(D) To change into student uniform
Answer:
(C) To change into parson’s dress

Question 4.

Who was Stephens supposed to call in case of any change in the cell?

(A) Jackson
(B) Evans
(C) Governor
(D) McLeery
Answer:
(A) Jackson

VIII. “And which one of you two morons was it who took Evans for a nice little walk to the main gates and waved him bye-bye?”

Question 1.

Who speaks these words?

(A)Governor
(B) Stephens
(C) Jackson
(D) McLeery
Ans.
(A)Governor

Question 2.

To whom are these words spoken to?

(A) McLeery and James Roderick
(B) Stephens and Jackson
(C) Stephens and James Roderick
(D) McLeery and Jackson
Answer:
(B) Stephens and Jackson

Question 3.

Who was the one who had escorted Evans to the main gates?

(A) McLeery
(B) Jackson
(C) Stephens
(D) James Roderick
Answer:
(C) Stephens

Question 4.

Why is the speaker angry?

(A) Evans had cut his hair
(B) Evans had cleared the exam
(C) Evans had escaped from the prison
(D) Evans had learnt German
Answer:
(C) Evans had escaped from the prison

IX. “I don’t think there’s anyone – ” “Yes, there is. You’ll find one of your ambulances picked him up from Elsfield Way about – ”

Question 1.

Who is the speaker of the second line?

(A) Stephens
(B) Governor
(C) Superintendent
(D) McLeery
Answer:
(B) Governor

Question 2.

Who is the speaker asking for?

(A) Stephens
(B) Jackson
(C) McLeery
(D) Evans
Answer:
(C) McLeery

Question 3.

Why was the ambulance called?

(A) To take Evans to the hospital
(B) To take Governor to the hospital
(C) To take Jackson to the hospital
(D) To take McLeery to the hospital
Answer:
(D) To take McLeery to the hospital

Question 4.

Where did the person to be hospitalized go?

(A) Injured
(B) Escaped
(C) Died
(D) None of these
Answer:
(B) Escaped

MCQ Questions for Class 12 English with Answers

On the Face of it Class 12 MCQ Questions with Answers English Chapter 6

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MCQ Questions for Class 12 English Vistas Chapter 6 On the Face of it with Answers

On the Face of it MCQ Chapter 6 Class 12 Question 1.

Derry was scared that if he didn’t go back to Mr. Lamb.

(A) Mr. Lamb would not let him in.
(B) Mr. Lamb would make other friends
(C) he wouldn’t be able to pick crab-apples
(D) he’d never go anywhere in the world again
Answer:
(D) he’d never go anywhere in the world again

Explanation:
He adopted Mr. Lamb’s ideology happily and decided to lead a normal life like all others.

MCQ Of On the Face of it Class 12 Question 2.

Mr. Lamb called Derry blessed:

(A) because he was young
(B) because he had a mother
(C) because he had friends
(D) because except a burnt face, he had a perfectly healthy body
Answer:
(D) because except a burnt face, he had a perfectly healthy body

Explanation:
Lamb told Derry how to overcome his physical deformity. Lamb called him blessed because he had got two arms, two legs, ears, eyes, a brain and a tongue except the burnt face. Mr Lamb himself had a leg of tin.

On the Face of it Class 12 MCQ Question 3.

How did Mr. Lamb relate Beauty and the Beast?

(A) They were relative to each other.
(B) They were indifferent to each other.
(C) They were God’s Grace.
(D) They were part of destiny.
Answer:
(A) They were relative to each other.

Explanation:
Mr. Lamb means that different people hold different perceptions. While one person might find someone or something beautiful, another person might find that person or thing beastly.

On the Face of it MCQs Chapter 6 Question 4.

What was Mr. Lamb’s attitude towards life?

(A) He wanted to survive with the problems.
(B) He wanted to struggle with disability.
(C) He wanted to live life to the fullest.
(D) He wanted to look for sympathy.
Answer:
(C) He wanted to live life to the fullest.

Explanation:
Mr. Lamb didn’t want to waste his life in regrets. Derry liked to be alone:

MCQ On the Face of it Chapter 6 Class 12 Question 5.

Derry liked to be alone.

(A) because of burnt face
(B) because he couldn’t bear with people’s comments
(C) because of inferiority complex
(D) All of these
Answer:
(D) All of these

Explanation:
Derry had a burnt face which people used to hate and pass foul comments, so Derry had developed inferiority complex and he liked seclusion.

On the Face of it MCQ With Answers Question 6.

Mr. Lamb kept the door of his garden open:

(A) to let the animals come in
(B) to get fresh air
(C) to avoid opening the door again and again
(D) to have fine contact with the outer world and enjoy
Answer:
(D) to have fine contact with the outer world and enjoy

Explanation:
Mr. Lamb always kept his gate open because he did not mind strangers entering his house. He was an extremely social person and was ever ready to welcome anyone who entered his garden.

MCQs Of On the Face of it Chapter 6 Question 7.

If Derry were in a library at the beginning of the play, which of the following sections of books would he NOT explore?

(i) Science fiction
(ii) Fantasy
(iii) Self-help
(iv) Non-fiction

(A) Options (i) and (ii)
(B) Options (ii) and (iii)
(C) Options (iii) and (iv)
(D) Options (i) and (iv)
Answer:
(B) Options (ii) and (iii)

On the Face of it MCQ Class 12 Chapter 6 Question 8.

“Ah, but do you care if you never kiss them.” What does Mr. Lamb aim to do with such a statement?

(A) Empower Derry to take charge.
(B) Inspire Derry to have dreams.
(C) Comfort Derry by distracting him.
(D) Question Derry about his desires.
Answer:
(A) Empower Derry to take charge.

Question 9.

Choose the option that best constitutes a message from the play:

(A) People’s attitude should not stop one from experiencing life.
(B) What people say has no bearing upon how one feels about things.
(C) People cannot be changed. One can and should only change oneself.
(D) One’s opinions cannot be based on what people say behind one’s back.
Answer:
(A) People’s attitude should not stop one from experiencing life.

Question 10.

Based on the slogans and tag lines, for which of the following brands might Mr. Lamb be a suitable brand

On the Face of it MCQ Chapter 6 Class 12

(A) Options (i), (ii), (iii)
(B) Options (ii), (iii), (iv)
(C) Options (iii), (iv), (v)
(D) Options (iv), (v), (i)
Answer:
(D) Options (iv), (v), (i)

Extract Based MCQs

Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow:

I. MR LAMB: Look, boy, look…. what do you see?
DERRY: Just….grass and stuff. Weeds.
MR LAMB: Some call them weeds. If you like, then…. a weed garden, that. There’s fruit and there are flowers, and trees and herbs. All sorts. But over there…. weeds. I grow weeds there. Why one green, growing plant is called a weed and another ‘flower’? Where’s the difference. It’s all life…. growing. Same as you and me.
DERRY: We’re not the same.
MR LAMB: I’m old. You’re young. You’ve got a burned face, I’ve got a tin leg. Not important. You’re standing there…. I’m sitting here. Where’s the difference?

Question 1.

Like the play, the given extract is a study in contrasts. What does Mr. Lamb seek to do by bringing up distinctions?

(A) To explain that weeds are important and should be valued and cared for as much as flowers.
(B) To emphasize that distinctions are made by man to serve specific purposes and uses.
(C) To highlight that labels are arbitrary and essentially reflect a common life experience.
(D) To remind Derry that the only difference that matters is that of attitude and experience.
Answer:
(C) To highlight that labels are arbitrary and essentially reflect a common life experience.

Question 2.

How would you describe Derry’s tone when he says – “We’re not the same”?

(A) Angry
(B) Perplexed
(C) Gloomy
(D) Practical
Answer:
(C) Gloomy

Question 3.

Look at the given images of books. In which of the following are you NOT likely to find Mr. Lamb’s words as given in the extract?

MCQ Of On the Face of it Class 12

(A) Options (i) and (iii)
(B) Options (i) and (iv)
(C) Options (ii) and (iv)
(D) Options (ii) and (iii)
Answer:
(B) Options (i) and (iv)

Question 4.

Which of the following represents Mr. Lamb’s analysis of flowers and weeds?

(A) Comparison is an act of violence against the self.
(B) If you have a garden in your library, everything will be complete.
(C) One man’s freedom fighter is another man’s terrorist.
(D) The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff.
Answer:
(C) One man’s freedom fighter is another man’s terrorist.

II. DERRY: What do you do all day?
MR LAMB: Sit in the sun. Read books. Ah, you thought it was an empty house, but inside, it’s full. Books and other things. Full.
DERRY: But there aren’t any curtains at the windows.
MR LAMB: I’m not fond of curtains. Shutting things out, shutting things in. I like the light and the darkness and the windows open, to hear the wind.
DERRY: Yes. I like that. When it’s raining, I like to hear it on the roof.
MR LAMB: So you’re not lost, are you? Not altogether? You do hear things. You listen.
DERRY: They talk about me. Downstairs, when I’m not there.

Question 1.

According to Mr. Lamb, what does the idea of being Tost’ signify?

(A) He, who does not hear what other people say, is lost.
(B) He, who does not appreciate man and nature, is lost.
(C) He, who does not pause to reflect on wind and rain, is lost.
(D) He, who is closed off to nature and its wonders, is lost.
Answer:
(D) He, who is closed off to nature and its wonders, is lost.

Question 2.

Read the following analysis of Mr. Lamb’s character based on the given extract. Choose the option that fills in the given blanks most appropriately:

Mr. Lamb’s (i) ———- and daily activities reflected the values he lived by and the kind of person
he was. His openness, inquisitiveness and his (ii) ———– to nature were embodied in his work and words. Being close to and experiencing (iii) —— the heart of was not only significant to him, but was at finding meaning and (iv)———- in life.

(A) (i) preferences; (ii) attainment; (iii) nature; (iv) direction
(B) (i) choices ; (ii) loyalty; (iii) the world ; (iv) hope
(C) (i) words ; (ii) attitude; (iii) gardening; (iv) worthiness
(D) (i) sermons; (ii) proximity; (iii) life; (iv) values
Answer:
(A) (i) preferences; (ii) attainment; (iii) nature; (iv) direction

Question 3.

Choose the option that best describes the sequence of Derry’s emotions in the above extract:

(A) shyness – friendliness – reluctant acceptance
(B) inquisitiveness – nostalgia – mild sadness
(C) curiosity – measured delight – disappointment
(D) defiance – excitement – grouchy insecurity
Answer:
(C) curiosity – measured delight – disappointment

Question 4.

“You do hear things. You listen.” Choose the option that captures the difference between hearing and listening.

hear: listen:: —– : —–
(A) shut in: shut out
(B) smile: laugh
(C) act: reflect
(D) chance: attend
Answer:
(C) act: reflect

III. “I thought it was empty….an empty house”.

Question 1.

Who is ‘I’ here?

(A) Derry
(B) Mr. Lamb
(C) Susan Hill
(D) Jack
Answer:
(A) Derry

Question 2.

Who is the owner of the house?

(A) Derry
(B) Mr. Lamb
(C) Susan Hill
(D) Jack
Answer:
(B) Mr. Lamb

Question 3.

Why does ‘I’ enter the house?

(A) To steal apples
(B) To get his ball back
(C) To greet the neighbors
(D) Out of curiosity
Answer:
(D) Out of curiosity

Question 4.

How does ‘I’ feel when he sees the owner?

(A) Excited
(B) Pleasured
(C) Embarrassed
(D) Indifferent
Answer:
(C) Embarrassed

IV “What have you changed the subject for? People always do that. Why don’t you ask me? Why do you do what they all do and pretend it isn’t true and isn’t there?”

Question 1.

Who is the speaker?

(A) Derry
(B) Mr. Lamb
(C) Derry’s mother
(D) Mr. Lamb’s wife
Answer:
(A) Derry

Question 2.

Which subject was being talked about?

(A) English
(B) Burnt and ugly face
(C) Tin leg
(D) Nature
Answer:
(B) Burnt and ugly face

Question 3.

Who changed the subject and why?

(A) Derry
(B) Mr. Lamb
(C) Derry’s mother
(D) Mr. Lamb’s wife
Answer:
(B) Mr. Lamb

Question 4.

What did people do when they looked at Derry?

(A) Sympathised with him
(B) Loved him
(C) Afraid of him
(D) Did not notice him
Answer:
(C) Afraid of him

V “But you can put on trousers and cover it up and no one sees, they don’t have to notice and stare.”

Question 1.

Who is ‘you’ conversing with?

(A) Derry
(B) Mr. Lamb
(C) His wife
(D) Susan Hill
Answer:
(A) Derry

Question 2.

Why do children call ‘you’ Lamey-Lamb?

(A) He could not walk
(B) He had a golden leg
(C) He had a tin leg
(D) He had no legs
Answer:
(C) He had a tin leg

Question 3.

In what context does the speaker say these words?

(A) His burnt face
(B) His amputated hand
(C) His distorted head
(D) His large ears
Answer:
(A) His burnt face

Question 4.

How does ‘you’ respond?

(A) Tries to keep the speaker quiet
(B) Tries to alter the view of the speaker
(C) Tries to alter the appearance of the speaker
(D) None of these
Answer:
(B) Tries to alter the view of the speaker

VI.”So you will. But the world won’t. The world’s got a whole face, and the world’s there to be looked at.

Question 1.

From which lesson have these lines been taken?

(A) The Enemy
(B) Should Wizard Hit Mommy
(C) On The Face of It
(D) Deep Water
Answer:
(C) On The Face of It

Question 2.

Who is ‘you’ here?

(A) Derry
(B) Mr. Lamb
(C) Jack
(D) Jo
Answer:
(A) Derry

Question 3.

What problem is ‘you’ talking about?

(A) Amputation of leg due to an accident
(B) Burning of face due to acid
(C) Distortion of head due to a blow
(D) None of these
Answer:
(B) Burning of face due to acid

Question 4.

Who gives this reply?

(A) Derry
(B) Mr. Lamb
(C) Jack
(D) Jo
Answer:
(B) Mr. Lamb

VII. “And think of all those people worse off than you. Think, you might have been blinded, or born deaf, or have to live in a wheelchair or be daft in your head and dribble.”

Question 1.

Who is the speaker of these words?

(A) Jack
(B) Jo
(C) Derry
(D) Mr. Lamb
Answer:
(C) Derry

Question 2.

How have people been sermonizing to Derry about his burnt face?

(A) To be brave
(B)To be sympathetic
(C) To be patient
(D) To be happy
Answer:
(A) To be brave

Question 3.

How does Derry feel about this sermonising?

(A) Liked
(B) Disliked
(C) Indifferent
(D) Displeased
Answer:
(B) Disliked

Question 4.

Pick up a word from above lines which is similar in meaning as ‘fall slowly in drops or a thin stream’.

(A) Worse
(B) Deaf
(C) Daft
(D) Dribble
Answer:
(D) Dribble

VIII. “So you believe everything you hear, then”

Question 1.

Who is the speaker of the above lines?

(A) Derry
(B) Lamb
(C) Dr. Sadao
(D) Tom
Answer:
(B) Lamb

Question 2.

About which incident the listener is talking about he had heard?

(A) Two women talking about his face
(B) Two men talking about his leg
(C) Two children making fun of him
(D) Everyone around him
Answer:
(A) Two women talking about his face

Question 3.

How did Derry feel about it?

(A) They were cruel
(B) They were sympathetic
(C) They were happy
(D) They were indifferent
Answer:
(A) They were cruel

Question 4.

How does Mr. Lamb interpret the conversation?

(A) Sympathetic
(B) Casual
(C) Funny
(D) Serious
Answer:
(B) Casual

IX. “I am not fond of curtains. Shutting things out, shutting things in. I like the light and the darkness, and the windows open, to hear the wind.”

Question 1.

Whose house is being referred here?

(A) Dr. Sadao
(B) Humi
(C) Lamb
(D) Douglas
Answer:
(C) Lamb

Question 2.

What things the house is full of?

(A) Books
(B) Dust
(C) Garbage
(D) Paintings
Answer:
(A) Books

Question 3.

Why is ‘I’ not fond of curtains?

(A) They shut things in
(B) They shut things out
(C) They are useless
(D) They are waste of money
Answer:
(B) They shut things out

Question 4.

What does the listener like to hear?

(A) Barking of dog
(B) Honking of vehicles
(C) Calmness of the nature
(D) Pitter patter of rain
Answer:
(D) Pitter patter of rain

X. “What’ll he ever do? What’s going to happen to him when we’ve gone? How ever will he get on in this world?”

Question 1.

Who is the author of this story?

(A)Derry
(B) Derry’s mother
(C) Derry’s father
(D) Lamb
Answer:
(A)Derry

Question 2.

Where is he willing to go?

(A) School
(B) College
(C) Lamb’s house
(D) Playground
Answer:
(C) Lamb’s house

Question 3.

Why does Derry want to return to Lamb’s garden?

(A) To get his ball
(B) To make fun of him
(C) To exchange books
(D) To keep his promise
Answer:
(D) To keep his promise

Question 4.

What does Derry see when he returns to Lamb’s garden?

(A) The flowers have been plucked
(B) The apples have been plucked
(C) Lamb is lying on the ground
(D) Lamb is watering the plants
Answer:
(C) Lamb is lying on the ground

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Should Wizard Hit Mommy Class 12 MCQ Questions with Answers English Chapter 5

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MCQ Questions for Class 12 English Vistas Chapter 5 Should Wizard Hit Mommy with Answers

Should Wizard Hit Mommy MCQ Class 12 Chapter 5 Question 1.

What change did Jo want in the story’s end?

(A) Skunk to smell of roses.
(B) Skunk’s mommy to relent.
(C) Wizard to hit mommy.
(D) Animals to love skunk.
Answer:
(C) Wizard to hit mommy.

Explanation:
Because it was due to the mother’s action that Roger started smelling bad again

MCQ Of Should Wizard Hit Mommy Class 12 Question 2.

How did Mommy skunk behave with the wizard?

(A) She became angry and hit the wizard.
(B) She was pleased and so hugged the wizard.
(C) She was indifferent to the wizard.
(D) She didn’t meet the wizard.
Answer:
(A) She became angry and hit the wizard.

Explanation:
She didn’t like Skunk smelling like roses.

Should Wizard Hit Mommy MCQs Class 12 Chapter 5 Question 3.

The smell of roses was ——— for mommy Skunk.

(A) pleasant
(B) unusual
(C) heavenly
(D) awful
Answer:
(D) awful

Should Wizard Hit Mommy MCQ With Answers Question 4.

With which character of the story did Jack associate himself?

(A) An old man
(B) An Owl
(C) A Skunk
(D) Akid
Answer:
(A) An old man

Explanation:
The wizard’s voice was one of Jack’s own favorite effects. So he wanted to be the old wizard.

MCQ Should Wizard Hit Mommy Class 12 Chapter 5 Question 5.

Should Wizard hit mommy?’ is a ———— within a story.

(A) story
(B) digression
(C) metaphor
(D) moral
Answer:
(A) story

Explanation:
Should wizard hit mommy is a story within a story where the father usually tells his daughter the same story of a creature named Roger.

MCQ On Should Wizard Hit Mommy Class 12 Question 6.

Jo, a 4-year-old child, is symbolic of ———- in the story.

(A) obstinacy
(B) smartness
(C) innocence
(D) rebelliousness
Answer:
(D) rebelliousness

Explanation:
A 4-year-old child is innocent.

Question 7.

Why did Jo differ in opinion from her father?

(A) Because she was a child
(B) Because she was unable to see beyond facial expressions
(C) Because she wanted a happy ending
(D) All of these
Answer:
(D) All of these

Explanation:
Because she was only on 4-year-old child and didn’t have any mature understanding.

Question 8.

Jo disapproved —————-.

(A) Roger’s mother having rosy smell
(B) Wizard hitting Roger’s mother
(C) Roger’s mother hitting the wizard
(d) Roger’s mother hitting Roger
Answer:
(C) Roger’s mother hitting the wizard

Explanation:
The wizard had done a good job and Skunk had gained many friends and so it was wrong on mommy Skunk’s part to behave selfish and hit the wizard instead of rewarding him.

Question 9.

“Daddy” “What?” “Roger Skunk. You said Roger Fish.” “Yes. Skunk.”The above dialogue shows Jo to be ——— and her father to be ———. Choose the correct option to complete the following sentence.

(A) confused; exhausted
(B) rude; careless
(C) vigilant; hasty
(D) isrespectful; disinterested
Answer:
(C) vigilant; hasty

Question 10.

“Jack didn’t like women when they took anything for granted; he liked them apprehensive, hanging on his words.” Choose the option with the correct reference to the textual statement given above.

(A) The way Jo was looking out of the window as if she was not interested annoyed Jack.
(B) The way Clare was shifting the furniture downstairs was irksome to Jack.
(C) The way Jack was not able to make Jo sleep on time was making him restless.
(D) The way the skunk’s mommy in the story didn’t listen to his son, irritated Jack.
Answer:
(A) The way Jo was looking out of the window as if she was not interested annoyed Jack.

Extract Based MCQs

Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow:

I. “Over the crick and there will be the wizard’s house.” And that’s the way Roger Skunk went and pretty soon he came to a little white house and he rapped on the door.” Jack rapped on the window sill and under the covers Jo’s tall figure clenched in an infantile thrill. “And then a tiny little old man came out, with a long white beard and a pointed blue hat and said, “Eh? What is? Whatcher want? You smell awful.” The wizard’s voice was one of Jack’s own favorite effects; he did it by scrunching up his face and somehow whining through his eyes, which felt for the interval rheumy. He felt being an old man suited him.

Question 1.

Choose the option that tells the location of the wizard’s house when Jack says “over the crick”.

Should Wizard Hit Mommy MCQs Class 12 Chapter 5

(A) Option 1
(B) Option 2
(C) Option 3
(D) Option 4
Answer:
(C) Option 3

Question 2.

Select the option that tells you about Jack being a great storyteller.

1. Jack knew the right way to the wizard’s house as if he had been there.
2. Jack was commendable at giving his story realistic details.
3. Jack’s delivery of speech with sound effects was remarkable.
4. Jack looked like a really old man as if he was the wizard.

(A) 1,2
(B) 2,3
(C) 3,4
(D) 1,4
Answer:
(B) 2,3

Question 3.

Pick the option that suitably decodes the wizard’s message when he says “Eh? Whatzis? Watcher want?”.

(A) What is this? What can you want?
(B) What’s this? What do you want?
(C) Who? What can I do?
(D) Who are you? What you want?
Answer:
(B) What’s this? What do you want?

Question 4.

What was Jo’s reaction to Jack’s knock on the window?

(A) She stiffened in anticipation of something thrilling.
(B) She held on to the covers tightly and compressed her lips.
(C) She relaxed, knowing that her father was around to protect her.
(D) She instantly responded in the voice of another character.
Answer:
(A) She stiffened in anticipation of something thrilling.

II. “All right. He said, ‘But Mommy, all the other little animals run away,’ and she said, ‘I don’t care. You smelled the way a little skunk should have and I’m going to take you right back to that wizard,’ and she took an umbrella and went back with Roger Skunk and hit that wizard right over the head.” “No,” Jo said, and put her hand out to touch his lips, yet even in her agitation did not quite dare to stop the source of truth. Inspiration came to her. “Then the wizard hit her on the head and did not change that little skunk back.”

Question 1.

Roger Skunk’s mommy was ——- and ——– when she got to know the truth about her son’s aromatic body. Choose the option to fill in the blank correctly.

1. vexed
2. dissatisfied
3. hostile
4. disheartened

(A) 1,2
(B) 2,3
(C) 3,4
(D) 1,4
Answer:
(D) 1,4

Question 2.

Choose the option that appropriately shows a quote giving away the message Roger’s mommy wanted to give Roger.

Quote 1	Quote 2	Quote 3	Quote 4
Wanting to be someone else is the waste of the person you are.	Growing up means realizing a lot of your friends aren’t really your friends.	Confidence is the best makeup you could ever wear.	It takes nothing to join the crowd. It takes everything to be alone.

(A) Quote 1
(B) Quote 2
(C) Quote 3
(D) Quote 4
Answer:
(A) Quote 1

Question 3.

Pick the option listing the reason Jo wanted to change her father’s narrative.

(A) Jo was getting bored of her father controlling the entire narrative.
(B) Jo thought of the skunk’s mother as a villain for not letting him make friends.
(C) Jo was interrupting her father’s narrative just to annoy him and have fun.
(D) Jo liked the wizard more and so she took pity on him for getting beaten.
Answer:
(B) Jo thought of the skunk’s mother as a villain for not letting him make friends.

Question 4.

Choose the correct option with respect to the statements given below.

Statement 1: Jo was adding bits to the story created by her own imagination.
Statement 2: Jack was tired and felt relaxed since he didn’t have to complete the whole story.

(A) Statement 1 can be inferred from the extract but Statement 2 cannot be.
(B) Statement 1 cannot be inferred from the extract but Statement 2 can be.
(C) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 can be inferred.
(D) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 cannot be inferred.
Answer:
(A) Statement 1 can be inferred from the extract but Statement 2 cannot be.

III. Jo was starting to fuss with her hands and look out of the window, at the crack of day that showed under the shade. She thought the story was all over. Jack didn’t like women when they took anything for granted; he liked them apprehensive, hanging on his words. “Now, Jo, are you listening?” “Yes” “Because this is very interesting. Roger Skunk’s mommy said, ‘What that awful smell?’ “who at?” “And, Roger Skunk said, ‘its me, Mommy. I smell the roses’. And she said” ‘Who made you smell like that?’ And he said, ‘The wizard/ and she said, ‘Well, of all the nerve. You come with me and we’re going right back to that very awful wizard.”

Question 1.

Choose the option that best demonstrates the relevant traits of Jo and Jack respectively, based on the extract provided.

(A) Curious and irritable
(B) Patient and irritable
(C) Curious and lethargic
(D) Patient and lethargic
Answer:
(A) Curious and irritable

Question 2.

“Jo was starting to fuss with her hands”. This means that Jo was :

(A) feeling anxious
(B) getting restless
(C) feeling lazy
(D) fighting sleep
Answer:
(B) getting restless

Question 3.

Jo’s “What?” indicated what she was feeling. Pick the option that correctly states these feelings.

1. terror
2. surprise
3. ignorance
4. displeasure
5. joy
6. approval

(A) 1 and 3
(B) 2 and 4
(C) 3 and 6
(D) 4 and 5
Answer:
(B) 2 and 4

Question 4.

Mommy says, ‘Well, of all the nerve.’ This reveals her:

(A) approval, surprise and pleasure
(B) pleasure, hope and approval
(C) betrayal, disapproval and hurt
(D) shock, anger and disapproval
Answer:
(D) shock, anger and disapproval

IV. This custom, begun when she was two, was itself now nearly two years old and his head felt empty.

Question 1.

Who is ‘she’ in the above lines?

(A) Joanne
(B) Jack
(C) Joanne’s sister
(D) Witch
Answer:
(A) Joanne

Question 2.

From which lesson have these words been taken?

(A) Deep Water
(B) The Enemy
(C) Should Wizard Hit Mommy?
(D) The Third Level
Answer:
(C) Should Wizard Hit Mommy?

Question 3.

What custom is being referred to here?

(A) Morning walking
(B) Storytelling
(C) Self-eating
(D) Doing magic
Answer:
(B) Storytelling

Question 4.

Whose head is being referred here?

(A) Owl
(B) Wizard
(C) Skunk
(D) Jack
Answer:
(D) Jack

V. Having a fresh hero momentarily stirred Jack to creative enthusiasm. “All right,” he said.

Question 1.

Who is ‘Jack’ here?

(A) Father
(B) Owl
(C) Skunk
(D) Wizard
Answer:
(A) Father

Question 2.

Who is ‘a fresh hero’?

(A) Owl
(B) Skunk
(C) Tortoise
(D) Mouse
Answer:
(B) Skunk

Question 3.

What was the problem of this ‘fresh hero’?

(A) Bad humour
(B) Distorted face
(C) Awful smell
(D) Limping
Answer:
(C) Awful smell

Question 4.

How could Jo know about this creature?

(A) In the class
(B) In the mall
(C) In the TV
(D) In the Zoo

VI. “Won’t he see the owl?” she asked in a high and faintly roughened voice.

Question 1.

Who is ‘she’ in the above lines?

(A) Owl’s wife
(B) Skunk’s mother
(C) Jack’s daughter
(D) Jo’s mother
Answer:
(C) Jack’s daughter

Question 2.

Why did ‘she’ suggest ‘he’ to see the owl?

(A) To get rid of the smell
(B) To get rid of the headache
(C) To get past the tigers
(D) To reach the Zoo
Answer:
(A) To get rid of the smell

Question 3.

How did Jo know about the owl?

(A) The story was new
(B) The story was unexpected
(C) The story was predictable
(D) The story was a science fiction
Answer:
(C) The story was predictable

Question 4.

Where did ‘he’ find the owl?

(A) On the roof
(B) In an old house
(C) On top of a big tree
(D) In the bedroom cupboard
Answer:
(B) In an old house

VII. “Are magic spells real?” This was a new phase, just this last month, a reality phase. When he told her spiders eat bugs, she turned to her mother and asked, “Do they really?”.

Question 1.

Who put up the question “Are magic spells real?”

(A) Jack
(B) Jill
(C) Jo
(D) Jimmy
Answer:
(C) Jo

Question 2.

Why did he/she ask this question?

(A) When she heard the word ‘wizard’.
(B) When she heard the word ‘magic’.
(C) When she heard the word ‘spells’.
(D) When she heard the word ‘abracadabra’.
Answer:
(B) When she heard the word ‘magic’.

Question 3.

What answer did ‘he’ give?

(A) They’re real
(B) They’re real in mythology
(C) They’re real in stories
(D) They’re not real
Answer:
(C) They’re real in stories

Question 4.

What does the word ‘phase’ mean?

(A) The face of a person
(B) Particular time in a sequence of events
(C) American spelling for ‘face’
(D) Particular sequence of events
Answer:
(B) Particular time in a sequence of events

VIII. “And then a tiny little old man came out, with a long white beard and a pointed blue hat, and said, “Eh? Whatzis? Whatcher want?

Question 1.

Who is the speaker of these words?

(A) Jo
(B) Owl
(C) Jack
(D) Skunk
Answer:
(C) Jack

Question 2.

Who is ‘tiny old man’ here?

(A) Owl
(B) Jack
(C) Skunk
(D) Wizard
Answer:
(D) Wizard

Question 3.

Why did tiny old man come out?

(A) Skunk had knocked at his door
(B) Wizard had knocked at his door
(C) Jack had knocked at his door
(D) Owl had knocked at his door
Answer:
(A) Skunk had knocked at his door

Question 4.

Where did the old man live?

(A) Red house
(B) White house
(C) Black house
(D) Green house
Answer:
(B) White house

IX. So, he took them back to the wizard and was very happy and ran out into the woods and all the other little animals gathered around him because he smelled so good.

Question 1.

Who is ‘he’ in the above lines?

(A) Owl
(B) Roger Skunk
(C) Wizard
(D) Jack
Answer:
(B) Roger Skunk

Question 2.

What was asked to ‘he’?

(A) To go back
(B) To pay seven pennies
(C) To learn the chapter
(D) None of these
Answer:
(B) To pay seven pennies

Question 3.

What would other animals call ‘he’ earlier?

(A) Smelly Skunk
(B) Fragrant Skunk
(C) Stinky Skunk
(D) Fairy Skunk
Answer:
(C) Stinky Skunk

Question 4.

Who solved the problem of ‘he’ and how?

(A) Wizard
(B) Owl
(C) Jack
(D) Mother Skunk
Answer:
(A) Wizard

X. Jo sat up, her hands dabbling in the air with genuine fright. “But Daddy, then he said that the other little animals run away!” Her hands skittered off, into the underbrush.

Question 1.

Why did Jo start dabbling her hands in the air?

(A) To show her happiness
(B) To show her anger
(C) To show her displeasure
(D) To show her excitement
Answer:
(C) To show her displeasure

Question 2.

What was Jo apprehensive of?

(A) Children will again humiliate skunk
(B) Children will start playing with skunk
(C) Children will like the company of skunk
(A) Children will again humiliate skunk
Answer:
(A) Children will again humiliate skunk

Question 3.

What does ‘skittered’ mean?

(A) Moved excitedly
(B) Hit hard
(C) Cleared the way
(D) Proceeded hurriedly
Answer:
(D) Proceeded hurriedly

Question 4.

What is ‘underbrush’?

(A) Small plants
(B) Potted plants
(C) Wild plants
(D) None of these
Answer:
(A) Small plants

XI. “Well, we’ll see. Now at least have a rest. Stay on the bed. You’re a good girl.”

Question 1.

Who is the author of these words?

(A) John Updike
(B) Jack Finney
(C) Colin Dexter
(D) Susan Hill
Answer:
(A) John Updike

Question 2.

Who is the speaker of the above words?

(A) Jo
(B) Jack
(C) Wizard
(D) Owl
Answer:
(B) Jack

Question 3.

What had the girl asked for?

(A) To tell the story again with a different ending
(B) To tell a new story
(C) To ask the wizard to hit Mother skunk
(D) Never to tell a story again
Answer:
(A) To tell the story again with a different ending

Question 4.

Where did Jack go after telling a story to Jo?

(A) To sleep
(B) To help his wife
(C) To office
(D) To meet a client
Answer:
(B) To help his wife

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The Enemy Class 12 MCQ Questions with Answers English Chapter 4

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MCQ Questions for Class 12 English Vistas Chapter 4 The Enemy with Answers

The Enemy MCQ Chapter 4 Question 1.

When did Sadao feel that he got his reward as a doctor?

(A) When the prisoner could escape.
(B) When he got recognition from the government.
(C) When his servants returned.
(D) When his wife appreciated him.
Answer:
(A) When the prisoner could escape.

Explanation:
The doctor felt rewarded after saving the soldier’s life as a sincere doctor escape.

The Enemy Class 12 MCQ Question 2.

What did Sadao decide to do when the assassins did not come?

(A) He decided to kill the prisoner himself.
(B) He decided to
(C) He decided to hand him over to the police.
(D) He decided to
Answer:
(B) He decided to

Explanation:
When the General’s men did not come to kill the American, Sadao decided to save his life. Dr. Sadao gave his boat to the young soldier, arranged food for him and provided him valuable information which helped him escape successfully. This is how Sadao helped the American soldier flee and thereby saved his life.

MCQ Of The Enemy Chapter 4 Question 3.

Who said – ‘Why are we different from other Japanese?’

(A) Yumi
(B) the General
(C) Sadao
(D) Hana
Answer:
(D) Hana

Explanation:
They were definitely different from the other Japanese because they had not given up their humanity, especially Dr. Sadao, who had not forgotten a physician’s duty, despite facing the chance of being condemned as a traitor.

Enemy MCQ Chapter 4 Class 12 Question 4.

What was the attitude of all the servants in Sadao’s household when they came to know about the prisoner being treated by Dr. Sadao?

(A) They were happy with their master.
(B) They felt that he deserved a reward.
(C) They were very critical of him.
(D) They wanted him to let the soldier die.
Answer:
(C) They were very critical of him.

Explanation:
The servants didn’t like the idea of giving shelter to an enemy in the house. Yumi, the governess of the children, stubbornly refused to wash the white man and threatened to leave the job if she was forced.

The Enemy MCQs Chapter 4 Question 5.

What did Hana tell Yumi, the servant when she refused to help?

(A) She said that Yumi could get out of the house.
(B) Hana told her to go back to the baby’s room.
(C) Hana instructed her to go and cook food.
(D) Hana told that they would hand over the prisoner to the police after making him conscious.
Answer:
(D) Hana told that they would hand over the prisoner to the police after making him conscious.

Explanation:
She wanted to make the servants understand the seriousness of the situation.

The Enemy MCQ Class 12 Question 6.

War between which two nations is mentioned in the story, ‘The Enemy’?

(A) Japan and Korea
(B) Israel and America
(C) Malaysia and America
(D) Japan and America
Answer:
(D) Japan and America

Explanation:
Dr was from Japan; Prisoner was an American.

Class 12 The Enemy MCQ Question 7.

Which of the following character traits are highlighted in Dr. Sadao?

(A) An excellent doctor
(B) A compassionate human being
(C) Sincere and responsible citizen
(D) All of these
Answer:
(D) All of these

Explanation:
Dr. Sadao was an excellent doctor and a true human being.

MCQs Of The Enemy Chapter 4 Class 12 Question 8.

“Those scars,” she murmured, lifting her eyes to Sadao. The ‘scars’ DO NOT indicate:

(A) torture perpetrated on prisoners of war.
(B) superiority of Japan over America.
(C) the quest for supremacy in war.
(D) the rumours of torture often heard.
Answer:
(B) superiority of Japan over America.

Class 12 English The Enemy MCQ Question 9.

Pick the quote that best describes the theme of the story.

(A) World belongs to humanity, not to this leader, that leader or that king or prince or religious leader.
(B) You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
(C) The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.
(D) To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity.
Answer:
(C) The purpose of human life is to serve, and to show compassion and the will to help others.

Enemy Class 12 MCQ Chapter 4 Question 10.

‘She did not wish to be left alone with the white man.’ Why did Hana feel so, despite having studied in America? This was so because:

(A) being Japanese, it wasn’t appropriate to stay on with a stranger.
(B) America and Japan were not allies in the ongoing World War.
(C) He was someone she’d recognized from her past in America.
(D) her husband had cautioned her against the American.
Answer:
(B) America and Japan were not allies in the ongoing World War.

Extract Based MCQs

Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow:

I. The man moaned with pain in his stupor but he did not awaken.”The best thing that we could do would be to put him back in the sea,” Sadao said, answering himself. Now that the bleeding has stopped for the moment, he stood up and dusted the sand from his hands. “Yes, undoubtedly that would be best,” Hana said steadily. But she continued to stare down at the motionless man.”If we sheltered a white man in our house we should be arrested and if we turned him over as a prisoner, he would certainly die,” Sadao said. “The kindest thing would be to put him back into the sea,” Hana said. But neither of them moved. They were staring with curious repulsion upon the inert figure.

MCQ On The Enemy Chapter 4 Class 12 Question 1.

In which of the following options can the underlined words NOT be replaced with ‘stupor’?

(A) She hung up the phone feeling as though she had woken up from a slumber.
(B) The manager complained about the employee’s sluggishness.
(C) He seemed to be in a trance when the doctor called upon him last week.
(D) Seeing him in a daze, the lawyer decided not to place him in the witness box.
Answer:
(B) The manager complained about the employee’s sluggishness.

Enemy MCQ Class 12 Chapter 4 Question 2.

Pick the option that best describes Sadao and Hana in the passage.

(A) Sadao: scrupulous
(B) Sadao: daring
(C) Sadao: prudent
(D) Sadao: wary
Answer:
(C) Sadao: prudent

Hana: Wary
Hana: Prudnt
Hana: suspicious
Hana: daring

MCQ The Enemy Chapter 4 Class 12 Question 3.

Pick the idiom that best describes the situation in which Sadao and Hana were in.

(A) To be like a fish out of water
(B) Like water off a duck’s back
(C) To be dead in the water
(D) To be in hot water
Answer:
(D) To be in hot water

MCQ Of The Enemy Class 12 Chapter 4 Question 4.

Choose the correct option with reference to the two statements given below.

Statement 1: Sadao and Hana cared about the soldier but were worried about the consequences of being considerate.
Statement 2: Sadao and Hana wanted to shirk their responsibilities of looking after an injured soldier, who could be an American.

(A) Statement 1 is true but Statement 2 is false.
(B) Statement 1 is false but Statement 2 is true.
(C) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are true.
(D) Both Statement 1 and Statement 2 are false.
Answer:
(A) Statement 1 is true but Statement 2 is false.

II. “I wondered, Your Excellency,” Sadao murmured. “It was certainly very careless of me,” the General said. “But you understand it was not lack of patriotism or dereliction of duty.” He looked anxiously at his doctor. “If the matter should come out you would understand that, wouldn’t you” “Certainly, Your Excellency,” Sadao said. He suddenly comprehended that the General was in the palm of his hand and that as a consequence, he himself was perfectly safe. “I swear to your loyalty. Excellency,” he said to the old General “and to your zeal against the enemy”

Enemy MCQ Questions Chapter 4 Question 1.

Pick the option that best describes the word ‘dereliction’ as used in the passage.

(i) Evasion
(ii) Deterioration
(iii) Negligence
(iv) Carelessness
(v) Dilapidation
(vi) Mmanagement

(A) (ii), (iii) and (vi)
(B) (i), (iv), and (v)
(C) (ii), (iv) and (vi)
(D) (i), (iii) and (iv)
Answer:
(D) (i), (iii) and (iv)

Class 12 English Chapter 4 The Enemy MCQ Question 2.

At the end of the conversation with the General, Sadao felt:

(A) rejuvenated and guilt-free
(B) conceited and egotistic
(C) refreshed and self-conscious
(D) relieved and guilt-free
Answer:
(D) relieved and guilt-free

The Enemy Chapter 4 MCQ Question 3.

Read the analysis of the General based on the given extract. Choose the option that fills in the given blanks most appropriately:

The General (i) ———- power but is (ii) ——— of the obligations of his job. He is so (iii) ——— with his health that he forgets to send the assassins to kill the prisoner. Due to his (iv) ———– interests, he doesn’t want to expose Sadao and agrees to keep the prisoner’s escape a secret.

(A) (i) fantasizes; (ii) lonely; (iii) consumed ; (iv) vested
(B) (i) relishes; (ii) weary; (iii) self-absorbed; (iv) selfish
(C) (i) fancies; (ii) apathetic; (iii) negligent; (iv) worthless
(D) (i) desires; (ii) concerned; (iii) indisposed; (iv) narrow
Answer:
(B) (i) relishes; (ii) weary; (iii) self-absorbed; (iv) selfish

MCQ The Enemy Class 12 Question 4.

Pick the option that best matches the idioms with ‘hand’ with their meanings.

Meanings

(A) in the care of somebody good and knowledgeable
(B) to reveal a secret about one’s plans
(C) do harm to someone who has been kind to you
(D) two or more people who are in collusion

Idioms

1. hand in glove
2. in good hands
3. tip one’s hand
4. bite the hand that feeds you

(a) 1-A; 2-D; 3-C; 4-B
(b) 1-B; 2-C; 3-D; 4-A
(c) 1-D; 2-A; 3-B; 4-C
(d) 1-C; 2-A; 3-D; 4-B
Answer:
(c) 1-D; 2-A; 3-B; 4-C

III. But at this moment the door opened and she looked out, a dark-blue woollen haori over her kimono. She came to him affectionately and put her arm through his as he stood, smiled and said nothing.

MCQ Questions Of The Enemy Class 12 Question 1.

Who is ‘she’ in the above lines?

(A) Louisa
(B) Bana
(C) Hana
(D) None of these
Answer:
(C) Hana

Question 2.

What is a ‘kimono’?

(A) Loose, knee-length Japanese garment
(B) Coat like garment
(C) Japanese robe with wide sleeves
(D) Japanese shirt
Answer:
(C) Japanese robe with wide sleeves

Question 3.

Where were the two standing?

(A) On the roof
(B) In the verandah
(C) At the clinic
(D) In the hotel room
Answer:
(B) In the verandah

Question 4.

Where had they first met?

(A) Dr. Sadao’s clinic
(B) Army mess
(C) Departmental store
(D) Professor Harley’s home
Answer:
(D) Professor Harley’s home

IV. It was at this moment that both of them saw something black come out of the mists. It was a man.

Question 1.

Who are ‘both’ here?

(A) Hana and her husband
(B) Bana and her husband
(C) Mrs. and Mr. Harley
(D) Commissioner and his wife
Answer:
(A) Hana and her husband

Question 2.

From where was the man flung up?

(A) Airplane
(B) Ocean waves
(C) Heavy winds
(D) Back seat of the car
Answer:
(B) Ocean waves

Question 3.

Who was the man who had come out of the mists?

(A) Black man
(B) Red Indian
(C) White man
(D) A drunkard
Answer:
(C) White man

Question 4.

Who did the doctor initially mistake him for?

(A) Pilot
(B) Captain of a ship
(C) Local trader
(D) Fisherman
Answer:
(D) Fisherman

V. Sadao stopped Hana at his side and turned the man’s head. They saw the face. ‘A white man!’ Hana whispered. Yes, it was a white man.

Question 1.

What did Dr. Sadao see when he turned the face of the man?

(A) Man with yellow hair
(B) Man with yellow beard
(C) Man showing signs of being tortured
(D) All of these
Answer:
(D) All of these

Question 2.

In what state was the white man lying?

(A) Unconscious
(B)Dead
(C) Sleeping
(D) Drunk
Answer:
(A) Unconscious

Question 3.

Which part of the body of young man had wound?

(A) Left side of upper back
(B) Head and chest
(C) Both the legs
(D) Right side of lower back
Answer:
(D) Right side of lower back

Question 4.

To which of these the white man belongs to?

(A) US Army
(B) US Navy
(C) Japanese Army
(D) Japanese Navy
Answer:
(B) US Navy

VI. “What shall we do with this man?” Sadao muttered. But his trained hands seemed of their own will to be doing what they could to stanch the fearful bleeding.

Question 1.

Who was Sadao?

(A) Japanese army captain
(B) Japanese surgeon
(C) America traitor
(D) America spy
Answer:
(B) Japanese surgeon

Question 2.

Why was the man bleeding?

(A) Gun wound
(B) Knife cut
(C) Arm decapitated
(D) Ear severed
Answer:
(A) Gun wound

Question 3.

What did Dr. Sadao do to stop the bleeding?

(A) Bandaged the wound
(B) Packed the wound with sea moss
(C) Left it as it is
(D) None of these
Answer:
(B) Packed the wound with sea moss

Question 4.

What did Sadao and his wife decide to do later?

(A) Put him back into the sea
(B) Hand him over to the police
(C) Give him shelter at their home
(D) Admit him to the nearest hospital
Answer:
(C) Give him shelter at their home

VII.But neither of them moved. They were staring with a curious repulsion upon the inert figure.

Question 1.

Who are ‘they’ here?

(A) Hana and her husband
(B) Mrs. and Mr. Harley
(C) Karnala Das and her mother
(D) Maria and her brother
Answer:
(A) Hana and her husband

Question 2.

Who were ‘they’ staring at with great repulsion?

(A) White man belonging to USA
(B) White man belonging to UK
(C) Dark man belonging to Nigeria
(D) Fair complexioned fellow Japanese
Answer:
(A) White man belonging to USA

Question 3.

What was the state of the ‘inert figure’?

(A) Dead
(B) Unconscious
(C) Dizzy
(D) In good spirits
Answer:
(B) Unconscious

Question 4.

What does ‘inert’ mean here?

(A) Healthy
(B) Smiling
(C) Self-contained
(D) Motionless
Answer:
(D) Motionless

VIII. I cannot bear for you to touch him/ she said. ‘We shall have to tell the servants he is here. I will tell Yumi now. She can leave the children for a few minutes and she can wash him.’

Question 1.

Who is the speaker of the above lines?

(A) DtSadao
(B) Hana
(C) Bama
(D) Karnala Das
Answer:
(B) Hana

Question 2.

Why is he needed to be washed?

(A) Too dirty
(B) Filled with blood
(C) Covered in oil
(D) Body washed with saltwater
Answer:
(A) Too dirty

Question 3.

Who was Yumi?

(A) Teacher
(B) Colleague
(C) Servant
(D) Doctor
Answer:
(C) Servant

Question 4.

Who did eventually wash ‘he’?

(A) Dr. Sadao
(B) Hana
(C) Yumi
(D) Yumi’s mother
Answer:
(B) Hana

IX. In the afternoon, the second thing happened. Hana, working hard on unaccustomed labor, saw a messenger come to the door in official uniform.

Question 1.

Which day had two things happened?

(A) The day the war broke.
(B) The day of the arrival of the American prisoner.
(C) The day Japan won the war.
(D) The seventh day after the arrival of the American prisoner.
Answer:
(D) The seventh day after the arrival of the American prisoner.

Question 2.

What was the second thing that happened on the very day?

(A) His servants left
(B) General sent him a message
(C) Received a message from the office
(D) None of these
Answer:
(B) General sent him a message

Question 3.

Which of the following was giving trouble to the General?

(A) Liver
(B) Heart
(C) Gallbladder
(D) Lungs
Answer:
(C) Gallbladder

Question 4.

Why was Hana working in spite of having servants?

(A) The servants were on leave.
(B) The servants had gone to buy groceries.
(C) The servants had left the job.
(D) The servants had died.
Answer:
(C) The servants had left the job.

X.’Is it not enough? ‘Indeed it is/ she replied. ‘I am very sorry.’

Question 1.

Who is the speaker of the first line?

(A) Dr. Sadao
(B) Hana
(C) The white man
(D) The General’s Messenger
Answer:
(D) The General’s Messenger

Question 2.

Whom is ‘he/she’ addressing to?

(A) Dr. Sadao
(B) Hana
(C) The white man
(D) The General’s Messenger
Answer:
(B) Hana

Question 3.

Why did ‘she’ say sorry later?

(A) She had realized her mistake
(B) She had hit him on the nose
(C) She had accidentally stepped on him
(D) She could not remember his name
Answer:
(A) She had realized her mistake

Question 4.

How did ‘she’ feel when the speaker and doctor left?

(A) Exhausted from work
(B) Exhausted from fright
(C) Exhausted from excitement
(D) None of these
Answer:(B) Exhausted from fright

XI.’You are so well that I think if I put my boat on the shore tonight, with food and extra clothing in it, you might be able to row to that little island not far from the coast.

Question 1.

Who is T in the above lines?

(A) Dr. Sadao
(B) Hana
(C) Tom
(D) Yumi
Answer:
(A) Dr. Sadao

Question 2.

Who is ‘you’ in the above lines?

(A) Dr. Sadao
(B) Hana
(C) Tom
(D) Yumi
Answer:
(C) Tom

Question 3.

What things did T give to you?

(A) Woollen cap
(B) Deck of cards
(C) Bandages
(D) None of these
Ans.
(D) None of these

Question 4.

What instructions did ‘you’ give to T before leaving?

(A) Give signal when food was over
(B) Eat raw fish
(C) Not to kindle the fire
(D) All of these
Answer:
(D) All of these

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Class 12 History Chapter 1 MCQ Question 1.
Which of these is the other name of Harappan Civilisation?
(a) Aryan Civilisation
(b) Indus Valley Civilisation
(c) Vedic Civilisation
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (b) Indus Valley Civilisation

Bricks Beads And Bones Class 12 MCQ Question 2.
Which of these sites of Harappan Civilisation belong to Haryana?
(a) Kalibangan
(b) Lothal
(c) Banawali
(d) Shortugai

Answer

Answer: (c) Banawali

History Chapter 1 Class 12 MCQ Question 3.
Which of these is the feature of Harappan Civilisation?
(a) Urban planning
(b) Drainage system
(c) Citadel and Lower town
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (d) All of these

History Class 12 Chapter 1 MCQ Question 4.
From where did Harappans get gold?
(a) South India
(b) Central India
(c) Himalayan Region
(d) Chotta Nagpur region

Answer

Answer: (a) South India

Harappan Civilization MCQ Class 12 Question 5.
Which of these was the source of copper for Harappans?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Rajasthan
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Gujarat

Answer

Answer: (b) Rajasthan

Chapter 1 History Class 12 MCQ Question 6.
Which of these was the cause of decline of Harappan civilisation?
(a) Climatic Change
(b) Floods
(c) Deforestation
(d) All of these

Answer

Answer: (d) All of these

Ch 1 History Class 12 MCQ Question 7.
Which of these was not worshipped by the Harappan?
(a) Nature
(b) Goddess
(c) Indra
(d) Pashupatinath

Answer

Answer: (c) Indra

Class 12 History Ch 1 MCQ Question 8.
Which of these is the other name of Harappan Civilisation?
(i) Aryan civilisation
(ii) Indus Valley Civilisation
(iii) Vedic Civilisation
(iv) Early Civilisation
(a) Only (i) and (ii) are true
(b) Only (i) and (iii) are true
(c) Only (ii) and (iv) are true
(d) Only (iii) and (ii) are true

Answer

Answer: (c) Only (ii) and (iv) are true.

History Chapter 1 MCQ Class 12 Question 9.
Consider the following statement:
1. After independence, most of the Harappan civilisation centres went over to Pakistan.
2. The Harappan script has been deciphered.
3. Rulers had an important role in Harappan civilisation.
4. Dead were buried in Harappa.
Which of the above is correct statement?
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 1, 3 and 4
(c) 1, 2, 3 and 4
(d) 2, 3 and 4

Answer

Answer: (b) 1, 3 and 4

MCQ History Class 12 Chapter 1 Question 10.
Consider the following statements regarding Indus Vally civilisation:
1. The Harappan seal is probably the most distinctive feature of the Harappan civilisation.
2. Evidences of canal irrigation have been found at a site called shortughai.
3. Mohenjodaro was a city laid in an unplanned manner.
4. Copper was brought from Kolar region of Karnataka.
Which of the given statements is/are incorrect?
(a) 1, 2, 3
(b) 3, 4
(c) 1, 2, 4
(d) 2,4

Answer

Answer: (b) 3, 4

MCQ Of Harappan Civilization Class 12 Question 11.
Which of the following things were found at craft production centres in Harappan civilisation?
1. Carnelian
2. Jasper
3. Crystal
4. Quartz
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 3, 4
(c) 2, 3, 4
(d) 2, 4

Answer

Answer: (b) 1, 2, 3 and 4

Harappan Civilization Class 12 MCQ Question 12.
Consider the following statements about the seals of Proto-Shiva.
1. There is a mention of a diety ‘Rudra’ in ancient religious texts.
2. Later on Rudra word was used for Shiva.
3. Rudra is not mentioned as Pashupati in Rigveda.
4. Depiction of Pashupati does not match the mention of Rudra in Rigveda.
Which of the given statements is/are correct?
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4
(b) 1, 2, 3
(c) 2, 3, 4
(d) 1, 3, 4

Answer

Answer: (a) 1, 2, 3, 4

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