STD: 12th (ARTS BRANCH) SUBJECT : ENGLISH
Q.1) The incorrect option showing the character and his / her qualities is -
A) Astrologer: clear and mystical
B) Guru Nayak: manipulative and arrogant
C) Astrologer’s wife: cunning and aggressive
D) Groundnut seller: Enthusiastic and innovative
Q.2) The professional equipment which the Astrologer did not have is …....
A) Cowrie shell
B) Lemon and cowrie shell
C) A notebook
D) A bundle of Palmyra writing
Q.3) Select the person who took more subtle and effective revenge from the lesson ‘On
Saying Please’.
A) The lift man
B) The narrator
C) The conductor
D) Chesterfield
Q.4) According to the narrator, the Astrologer’s success in his profession is primarily
due to...
A) Luck
B) The bargains he drives
C) His appearance and understanding of people
D) None of the above
Q.5) Guru Nayak is looking for the man who tried to kill him
A) to take revenge
B) to get an apology
C) to demand an explanation
D) to prove that the man was unsuccessful
Q.6) Discourtesy is a legal offence from the lesson ‘On saying please’
(State whether the sentence is True or False)
A) True
B) False
Q.7) The bus conductor’s help to the narrator was
A) To allow him to travel without ticket
B) To ask him to bring money for buying tickets
C) To give him tickets without taking money
D) None of the above
Q.8) Find the reason for the liftman's uncivilized behaviour -
A) The passenger was rude and ill-mannered towards him.
B) The passenger was his enemy.
C) the liftman was discourteous person.
D) None of the above
Q.9) ….... and …......: These little words keep the machine of life oiled and running
sweetly.
A) Give and take
B) Please and thank you
C) Courtesy and civility
D) Good manners and bad manners
Q.10) A positive change came in Soapy's mind when he reached at
A) His childhood home
B) The church
C) The jail
D) The restaurant
Q.11) Soapy remembered his good old days while listening to the Anthem.
(State True or False)
A) True
B) False
Q.12) The punishment given to Soapy by the judge was
A) 2 months prison
B) 3 months prison on island
C) 4 months prison
D) 5 months prison on island
Q.13) The theme of ‘The Cop and the Anthem’ is
A) Freedom and discipline
B) Freedom and confinement
C) Love and hatred
D) None of the above
Q.14) The black bow had been presented to Soapy by lady missionary on …......
A) Valentine Day
B) Rose Day
C) Thanksgiving Day
D) Chocolate Day
Q.15) The child has been asking for sweets for so many days.
(Choose the correct option to identify the tense in the above sentence.)
a) Present continuous
b) Present perfect continuous
c) Present perfect
d) Past continuous.
Q.16) The policeman refused to accept Soapy to even as a clue.
(Choose the correct option to get a negative sentence of the given sentence.)
a) The policeman does not accept soapy even as a clue.
b) The policeman do not accept Soapy even as a clue.
c) The policeman did not accept Soapy even as a clue.
d) None of the above.
Q.17) State the antonym of ‘Boorish’.
A) Rude
B) Rough
C) Polite
D) Vulgar
Q.18) State the synonym of ‘Cheerful.’
A) Happy
B) Joyful
C) Glad
D) All of the Above
Q.19) There is …...... hawker at ….... door.
(Choose the correct option to complete the given sentence.)
A) a, a
B) an, a
C) a, the
D) an, the
Q.20) He said, “Honesty is the best policy”.
(Choose the correct option to get indirect speech of the given sentence.)
A) He said that Honesty was the best policy.
B) He said that Honesty is the best policy.
C) He said Honesty is the best policy.
D) He said that Honesty is always the best policy.
Q.21) The poem ‘Song of the Open Road’ is about
A) the poet’s readiness to begin the journey of life
B) The poet’s journey to his native place
C) The poet's complaint for safe journey
D) None of the above
Q.22) The mood of the speaker in the poem ‘Song of the Open Road’ is
A) Regretful
B) Hopeful
C) Serious
D) Thoughtful
Q.23) Still here I carry my delicious burden, in this line ‘old delicious burden’ means
A) Luggage
B) The food he carries
C) The stress he bears during the travels
D) The sweet memories of the past
Q.24) Select only the true statement about the poet's journey in the poem ‘Song of the
Open Road’.
A) He wants to postpone the journey.
B) He wants to create contacts with famous people.
C) He prays for good fortune.
D) He wants to carry fond memories of the good people
Q.25) The message of the poem ‘Song of the Open Road’ is -
A) The poet is optimistic and he likes to fill the life of people with joy and hope
B) The poet wants to travel throughout the world with his friends.
C) The poet chooses the road of life with his family members.
D) The poet chooses the road of life filled with cities and men and women.
Q.26) The figure of speech of the line: ‘afoot and light-hearted I take to the Open Road’
is
A) Metaphor
B) Inversion
C) Climax
D) Personification
Q.27) The poem ‘Indian Weavers’ is written in the …...... form.
(Choose the correct option)
A) Narrative
B) Free verse
C) Dialogue
D) Question and answer
Q.28) ‘Cycle of the human life’ is the theme of the poem ‘Indian Weavers’.
(Choose the correct option about the given sentence.)
A) Agree
B) Disagree
Q.29) The weaver's weave …....... in the cold night.
(Choose the correct option to fill in the blank)
A) wedding well for queen
B) Robes for the Newborn child
C) Shroud for a dead man’s funeral
D) All of the above
Q.30) The word ‘Solemn’ from ‘Indian Weavers’ means
A) Serious
B) Holy
C) Happy
D) Satisfy
Q.31) Identify the incorrect pair of words -
A) at the break of day --- early in the morning
B) gay --- unhappy
C) at the fall of night --- at the evening
D) halcyon --- kingfisher
Q.32) Sarojini Naidu talks about …........ in human life.
A) Childhood stage
B) Adulthood stage
C) Old age stage
D) All of the above
Q. 33) The figure of speech of the line - ‘why do you weave a garment so bright? …....
like the plumes of a peacock’
A) Simile
B) Metaphor
C) Imagery
D)Alliteration
Q.34) The poem ‘The Inchcape Rock’ is written by
A) Sarojini Naidu
B) Robert Saudi
C) Walt Whitman
D) Edgar Guest
Q.35) The mariners give blest to …......
A) Abbot of Aberbrothok
B) Sir Ralph Rover
C) Robert Southey
D) Sailors
Q.36) Choose the correct figure of speech.
‘No stir in the air, no stir in the sea’
A) Repetition
B) Metaphor
C) Inversion
D) Simile
Q.37) Sir Ralph bent over from the boat to.......
A) to ring the Inchcape bell
B) to give respect the Inchcape bell
C) to cut the bell from the Inchcape float
D) None of the above
Q.38) The purpose of cutting the Inchcape bell was
A) Robbery of the Inchcape bell
B) Sailors won’t bless the Abbot of Aberbrothok
C) Ships strike the Inchcape bell
D) Sound of the Inchcape bell disturb sailors
Q.39) Sir Ralph the Rover cursed himself because
A) The ship was sinking
B) The bell was sinking
C) The boat was floating
D) None of the above
Q.40) Choose the correct figure of speech
‘On a buoy in the storm it floated and swung.’
A) Alliteration
B) Personification
C) Simile
D) Metaphor
Q.41) The purpose of summary writing is to....
A) To lengthen the original text
B) To put comment on the given passage
C) To write the sentences in odd even format
D) To give the reader clear, objective picture of the text
Q.42) What is mind mapping similar to?
A) Note making
B) Note taking
C) Drawing
D) None of the above
Q.43) Where should main Idea be written?
A) At bottom
B) At centre
C) At end
D) At top
Q.44) The twigs in mind mapping are formed from …...........
A) Idea of less quality
B) Idea as of great importance
C) Ideas of least quality
D) Ideas of lesser importance
Q.45) ‘The Canterbury Tales’ is written by
A) Malory
B) Geoffrey Chaucer
C) Virgil
D) Murasaki Shikibu
Q.46) Choose the correct pair of the 'novel and its writer'.
A) Tale of Genji – Samuel Richardson
B) Frankenstein- Merry Shelley
C) The Wuthering Heights- Charlotte Bronte
D) Evelina- Ann Radcliff
Q.47) The first Indian English novel 'Rajmohan's Wife' is written by ………….
A) Raja Rao
B) Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay
C) R. K. Narayan
D) Mulkraj Anad
Q.48) The main protagonist of the extract 'To Sir with Love' is
A) Denham
B) Ricky Braithwaite
C) Mr. Florian
D) Miss Phillips
Q.49) In the novel ‘To Sir with Love’, E.R.Braithwaite could not get the job because -
A) He was not qualified
B) He was a black person
C) He was not extraordinary
D) He was not confident
Q. 50) Gothic novel contains........
A) Terror and supernatural.
B) Mystery and thriller.
C) Horror and haunted buildings.
D) All of the above
