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CBSE XII English - Flamingo

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the message of the poem "A Thing of Beauty"?

a)

Beauty never fades

b)

Beauty lifts spirits high

c)

Beauty is a joy forever

d)

All of these

2.

‘Will go on prancing’ relates to which of the following:

a)

Spirit of freedom of the tigers will continue to exist.

b)

Tigers, a protected species, will never cease to exist.

c)

Tigers are formidable and will continue to intimidate.

d)

The spirit of male dominance will have a perennial presence.

3.

This poem Aunt Jennifer's Tigers contains contrast between:

a)

The transience of life and the endurance of art

b)

The colour in the screen and the ivory needle

c)

The confidence of the tigers and the fear that Aunt Jennifer feels

d)

All of the above

4.

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)  

5.
Why didn't the polished traffic stop at the roadside stand?
a)
they didn't like that place
b)
their focus was their interest of earning huge benefits
c)
they were greedy
d)
all these
6.
What promise was the government making to relocate the villagers?
a)
to give them all the luxuries
b)
to show them movies
c)
their all needs will be looked after
d)
all these
7.

Who are the greedy good doers?

a)
the government
b)
old people
c)
The Rural people
d)
The polished city folk
8.
Which words in the poem show that the poet was feeling hurt over the poor plight of rural folk?
a)
sometimes I feel I can hardly bear
b)
The thought of so much childish longing in vain
c)
I can't help owning the great relief it would be To put these people at one stroke out of their pain
d)
All these
9.

What does ‘inhuman dearth of noble natures’ refer to?

a)

Despair and despondence of life

b)

Darkened ways

c)

Selfish and self-centred behaviour

d)

Grandeur of the dooms

10.

Everlasting impression of beauty is preserved in

a)

Loveliness

b)

A quiet bower

c)

Memory

d)

Dreams

11.

Every morning we are

a)

Passing into nothingness

b)

Searching for a quiet bower

c)

Wreathing a flowery band

d)

Thinking of darkened ways

12.

"Perhaps the Earth can teach us" . Name the poetic device(s) in this line.

a)

Personification & metaphor

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Simile

13.

the poet wants people to forget their language to..........

a)

think of strategies to win a war

b)

to reflect about welfare of humanity

c)

to plan our career

d)

all the above

14.

Now we shall count till twelve

The poetic device in the above line is...

a)

Epithet

b)

Transferred Epithet

c)

Alliteration

d)

Metaphor

15.

Why does the poet look out of the window?

a)

to look out at the trees

b)

to distract herself

c)

to look at the children

d)

to cure her boredom

16.

Name the literary device used in the line ‘ her face ashen like that of a corpse

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

alliteration

d)

personification

17.

Where was the mother sitting?

a)

in front of the poet

b)

Beside the poet

c)

behind the poet

d)

beside the driver

18.

From where were the children spilling out?

a)

home

b)

neighbourhood

c)

school

d)

car

19.

Why did Sophie get angry with Geoff?

a)

because he doesn't speak to her

b)

because he revealed her secret to Jansie's brother

c)

because of his silence

d)

because he did not play with her

20.

Words had to be prized out of him like stones out of a ground.

a)

it was difficult to get information out of him

b)

it was difficult to locate him in a shop

c)

ii was difficult to speak to him

d)

it was difficult to locate him in factory

21.

Name of Sophie's younger brother

a)

Frank

b)

Tom Finney

c)

Geoff

d)

Derek

22.

What's the relation between the two given statements?

Statement 1-Subbu was a brahmin.

Statement 2-He faced uncertain and difficult times.

a)

Statement 1 is the cause for statement 2.

b)

Statement 2 is inferred of statement 1.

c)

They are independent of each other.

d)

The two given statements are in sync.

23.

What do you understand by the term 'nationally integrated' as mentioned in chapter

a)

People working together for a common national interest

b)

People from different religion and cultures working together.

c)

People with the same spirit of nationalism.

d)

People with same cultural and religious backgroun

24.

Schools were opened in how many villages?

a)

two

b)

six

c)

some

d)

four

25.

Annual Convention of Indian National Congress party in Lucknow was held in

a)

1918

b)

1915

c)

1917

d)

1916

26.

How many protracted interviews did Gandhiji have with the Lieutenant Governor, Sir Edward Gait?

a)

6

b)

3

c)

8

d)

4

27.

Looking at Gandhiji's support to the peasants, the lawyers of Champaran decided to

a)

give a court arrest

b)

fight for the peasants for free

c)

plan out a strategy to support Gandhiji

d)

all the above

28.

‘‘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

a)

Professor J.B. Kripalani, of the Arts College in Muzzafarpur

b)

Dr. Rajendra Prasad

c)

Professor Malkani, a teacher in a government school

d)

None of the above

29.

After a long chase to meet Gandhiji, Raj Kumar Shukla got a chance to meet Gandhiji at

a)

Kanpore

b)

Calcutta

c)

Ahmedabad

d)

Sevagram

30.

What is the theme of The Rattrap?

a)

essential goodness in a human being can be awakened through understanding and love

b)

inherent goodness is there in all people

c)

kindness and compassion should be shown even to criminals

d)

criminals are also kind people

31.

The beggar agreed that he was an acquaintance of the iron master because he would get .........

a)

A couple of Kroner

b)

Lot of Christmas food

c)

Couple of gifts.

d)

Couple of drinks

32.

The Ramsjo iron mill was owned by a------------ironmaster

a)

famous

b)

prominent

c)

notorious

d)

skilled

33.

Beggar kept away from the main road because

a)

The road was not good

b)

He would be caught by the sheriff

c)

The crofter would trace him

d)

People would see him

34.

what was the month mentioned in the story?

(a)  

35.

The rattrap seller was a........

a)

Thief

b)

business man

c)

trap maker

d)

vagabond

36.
Though Douglas was frightened, he was not
a)
afraid to die
b)
going to survive
c)
out of his wits
d)
able to shout for help
37.
He practised in the pool
a)
ten times a week
b)
five days a week
c)
twice a week
d)
thrice a week
38.
Douglas had to repeat exhaling and inhaling exercises
a)
hundred times
b)
forty times
c)
fifty times
d)
ten times
39.
At the end of the experience, Douglas felt
a)
happy
b)
released
c)
sad
d)
victorious
40.
What distance Douglas covered while swimming across the lake Wentworth?
a)
4 miles
b)
3 miles
c)
5 miles
d)
2 miles
41.
How did Douglas make sure that he had conquered the old terror?
a)
By visiting California
b)
By jumping into the waters
c)
By taking a lesson from the instructor
d)
By swimming into the lake Wentworth
42.

How did M. Hamel hold himself responsible for not teaching French properly? (Select the correct answers)

a)

M. Hamel had sent his students to water the flowers quite often.

b)

M. Hamel remained quite ill most of the time.

c)

Sometimes he went fishing and did not take class.

d)

M. Hamel gave holidays to children to go fishing himself.

43.

"Will they make them sing in German, even the pigeons"? Whose words are these?

a)

M. Hamel

b)

Franz

c)

Old Hauser

d)

Blacksmith

44.

"Don't go so fast bub; you'll get to your school in plenty of time." Who says this dialogue and to whom?

a)

M.Hamel to Franz

b)

Franz to M.Hamel

c)

Blacksmith to Franz

d)

Villagers to Franz

45.

"But you are not the worst. We have all a great deal to reproach ourselves with." Who says this dialogue and to whom?

a)

Alphonse Daudet to the reader

b)

Franz to M.Hamel

c)

M.Hamel to the villagers

d)

M.Hamel to Franz

46.

The frail looking woman in Mukesh 's house is his

a)

Sister

b)

Sister- in -law

c)

mother

d)

Aunt

47.

Sahib came to Delhi in the year

a)

1972

b)

1982

c)

1992

d)

1971

48.

'Glibly' means

a)

Seriously

b)

Mockingly

c)

Casually

d)

Gingerly

49.

The meaning of Sahib-e-Alam means

a)

God of the kingdom

b)

Officer Incharge

c)

Lord of the universe

d)

Lord of the village

50.

When the narrator asks Sahib why he doesn't wear slippers, he mentions

a)

his mother didn't take them off the shelf.

b)

Tradition to stay without slippers

c)

he is not habitual of wearing

d)

All the above.