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WorksheetsCBSE XII English - Flamingo
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
What is the message of the poem "A Thing of Beauty"?
Beauty never fades
Beauty lifts spirits high
Beauty is a joy forever
All of these
‘Will go on prancing’ relates to which of the following:
Spirit of freedom of the tigers will continue to exist.
Tigers, a protected species, will never cease to exist.
Tigers are formidable and will continue to intimidate.
The spirit of male dominance will have a perennial presence.
This poem Aunt Jennifer's Tigers contains contrast between:
The transience of life and the endurance of art
The colour in the screen and the ivory needle
The confidence of the tigers and the fear that Aunt Jennifer feels
All of the above
Complete the line:
"Find even the ______ needle hard ___ ____"
Type the three letters in the correct order. One space between each one. Lower case (no capitals)
(a)
Who are the greedy good doers?
What does ‘inhuman dearth of noble natures’ refer to?
Despair and despondence of life
Darkened ways
Selfish and self-centred behaviour
Grandeur of the dooms
Everlasting impression of beauty is preserved in
Loveliness
A quiet bower
Memory
Dreams
Every morning we are
Passing into nothingness
Searching for a quiet bower
Wreathing a flowery band
Thinking of darkened ways
"Perhaps the Earth can teach us" . Name the poetic device(s) in this line.
Personification & metaphor
Metaphor
Personification
Simile
the poet wants people to forget their language to..........
think of strategies to win a war
to reflect about welfare of humanity
to plan our career
all the above
Now we shall count till twelve
The poetic device in the above line is...
Epithet
Transferred Epithet
Alliteration
Metaphor
Why does the poet look out of the window?
to look out at the trees
to distract herself
to look at the children
to cure her boredom
Name the literary device used in the line ‘ her face ashen like that of a corpse
metaphor
simile
alliteration
personification
Where was the mother sitting?
in front of the poet
Beside the poet
behind the poet
beside the driver
From where were the children spilling out?
home
neighbourhood
school
car
Why did Sophie get angry with Geoff?
because he doesn't speak to her
because he revealed her secret to Jansie's brother
because of his silence
because he did not play with her
Words had to be prized out of him like stones out of a ground.
it was difficult to get information out of him
it was difficult to locate him in a shop
ii was difficult to speak to him
it was difficult to locate him in factory
Name of Sophie's younger brother
Frank
Tom Finney
Geoff
Derek
What's the relation between the two given statements?
Statement 1-Subbu was a brahmin.
Statement 2-He faced uncertain and difficult times.
Statement 1 is the cause for statement 2.
Statement 2 is inferred of statement 1.
They are independent of each other.
The two given statements are in sync.
What do you understand by the term 'nationally integrated' as mentioned in chapter
People working together for a common national interest
People from different religion and cultures working together.
People with the same spirit of nationalism.
People with same cultural and religious backgroun
Schools were opened in how many villages?
two
six
some
four
Annual Convention of Indian National Congress party in Lucknow was held in
1918
1915
1917
1916
How many protracted interviews did Gandhiji have with the Lieutenant Governor, Sir Edward Gait?
6
3
8
4
Looking at Gandhiji's support to the peasants, the lawyers of Champaran decided to
give a court arrest
fight for the peasants for free
plan out a strategy to support Gandhiji
all the above
‘‘It was an extraordinary thing ‘in those days,’’ Gandhi commented, “for a government professor to harbour a man like me”. Who is Gandhiji referring to in his statement
Professor J.B. Kripalani, of the Arts College in Muzzafarpur
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Professor Malkani, a teacher in a government school
None of the above
After a long chase to meet Gandhiji, Raj Kumar Shukla got a chance to meet Gandhiji at
Kanpore
Calcutta
Ahmedabad
Sevagram
What is the theme of The Rattrap?
essential goodness in a human being can be awakened through understanding and love
inherent goodness is there in all people
kindness and compassion should be shown even to criminals
criminals are also kind people
The beggar agreed that he was an acquaintance of the iron master because he would get .........
A couple of Kroner
Lot of Christmas food
Couple of gifts.
Couple of drinks
The Ramsjo iron mill was owned by a------------ironmaster
famous
prominent
notorious
skilled
Beggar kept away from the main road because
The road was not good
He would be caught by the sheriff
The crofter would trace him
People would see him
what was the month mentioned in the story?
(a)
The rattrap seller was a........
Thief
business man
trap maker
vagabond
How did M. Hamel hold himself responsible for not teaching French properly? (Select the correct answers)
M. Hamel had sent his students to water the flowers quite often.
M. Hamel remained quite ill most of the time.
Sometimes he went fishing and did not take class.
M. Hamel gave holidays to children to go fishing himself.
"Will they make them sing in German, even the pigeons"? Whose words are these?
M. Hamel
Franz
Old Hauser
Blacksmith
"Don't go so fast bub; you'll get to your school in plenty of time." Who says this dialogue and to whom?
M.Hamel to Franz
Franz to M.Hamel
Blacksmith to Franz
Villagers to Franz
"But you are not the worst. We have all a great deal to reproach ourselves with." Who says this dialogue and to whom?
Alphonse Daudet to the reader
Franz to M.Hamel
M.Hamel to the villagers
M.Hamel to Franz
The frail looking woman in Mukesh 's house is his
Sister
Sister- in -law
mother
Aunt
Sahib came to Delhi in the year
1972
1982
1992
1971
'Glibly' means
Seriously
Mockingly
Casually
Gingerly
The meaning of Sahib-e-Alam means
God of the kingdom
Officer Incharge
Lord of the universe
Lord of the village
When the narrator asks Sahib why he doesn't wear slippers, he mentions
his mother didn't take them off the shelf.
Tradition to stay without slippers
he is not habitual of wearing
All the above.
