QUESTION BANK

SUBJECT – ENGLISH
TOPIC – “THE LAST LESSON”
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS:
Read the following extracts and answer the questions that follow.
Q1. It was so warm, so bright! The birds were chirping at the edge of the woods; and in the open field
back of the sawmill the Prussian soldiers were drilling. It was all much more tempting than the rule for
participles, but I had the strength to resist, and hurried off to school. When I passed the town hall there
was a crowd in front of the bulletin-board. For the last two years all our bad news had come from there
— the lost battles, the draft, the orders of the commanding officer — and I thought to myself, without
stopping, “What can be the matter now?” Then, as I hurried by as fast as I could go, the blacksmith,
Wachter, who was there, with his apprentice, reading the bulletin, called after me, “Don’t go so fast,
bub; you’ll get to your school in plenty of time!”
i. What does the extract say about the narrator’s attitude towards French?
a. French was equally appealing to him as the beauty of nature.
b. He attends the lesson out of compulsion.
c. He was eager to receive the French lesson
d. He lacked interest in the lesson.
Answer: He lacked interest in the lesson.

ii. What can be inferred about the living condition of the place?
a. Everybody lived in peace and harmony.
b. Natives are intimidated by the foreign presence
c. The inhabitants coexisted with external force without qualms
d. There is a sense of uneasiness looming around the environment.
Answer: There is a sense of uneasiness looming around the environment

iii. Identify the factor that does not serve the purpose of implying the theme.
a. The reference to the bulletin board.
b. The presence of Prussian soldiers
c. The description of nature.
d. The narrator’s stand on French lesson.
Answer: The description of nature.

iv. Name the figure of speech used in the statement “Don’t go so fast, bub; you’ll get to your school in
plenty of time!”
a. Sarcasm
b. Paradox
c. Antithesis
d. Anaphora
Answer: . Sarcasm

Q2. How it must have broken his heart to leave it all, poor man; to hear his sister moving about in the
room above, packing their trunks! For they must leave the country next day.
(a) Who are ‘they’ here?
A. M. Hamel and his sister.
B. Franz
C. Villager
D. Houser
Answer: M. Hamel and his sister.

b) Why is M. Hamel’s heartbroken?

A. Because he has to leave the country the next day
B. Because of transfer
C. Because of retirement
D. Because of student’s misbehaviour.
Answer: Because he has to leave the country the next day
C) Why do they have to leave the country?
A. German would be taught in place of French.
B. French will be taught now.
C. New languages will be taught.
D. He has got a new job.
Answer: German would be taught in place of French.

d) Who is packing the trunks?

A. M. Hamel’s sister
B. M. Hamel’s wife
C. M. Hamel’s father
D.M. Hamel’s servant
Answer: M. Hamel’s sister

Q3. …reading the bulletin, called after me, “Don’t go so fast, bub; you’ll get to your school in plenty of
time!’’ I thought he was making fun of me and reached M. Hamel’s little garden all out of breath.
(a) Who was called ‘bub’?
(i) M. Hamel
(ii) villagers
(iii) Franz
(iv) postmaster
Answer: Franz
(b) Identify the tone in which the speaker said the words , “Don’t go so fast, bub; you’ll get to your
school
in plenty of time!’’?
(i) sarcastic
(ii) humorous
(iii) depressive
(iv) cheerful
Answer: Sarcastic

(c) M. Hamel taught the children.............................

(i) German
(ii) French
(iii) Russian
(iv) English
Answer: French
(d) Who advised him not to hurry?
(i) The teacher
(ii) The classmates
(iii) Friends
(iv) A villager
Answer: A villager

Q4. Then, as I hurried by as fast as I could go, the blacksmith, Wachter, who was there, with his
apprentice, reading the bulletin, called after me, “Don’t go so fast, bub; you’ll get to your school in
plenty of time!” I thought he was making fun of me, and reached M. Hamel’s little garden all out of
breath.
(i)The phrase ‘called after me’ here refers to
a. tease someone.
b. shout at
c. Summon or request something
d. To cause embarrassment
Answer: shout at
(ii)Who was called ‘bub’ here ?
a. Franz
b. M. Hamel
c. Villagers
d. Postmaster
Answer: Franz

(iii) What has M. Hamel’s little garden been referred to in the extract?
a. His country
b. His home
c. His garden
d. His school
Answer: His garden

(iv) Which word in the passage means same as ‘sufficient’?

a. breath
b. plenty
c. fast
d. hurried
Answer: plenty

Q5. Poor man! It was in honour of this last lesson that he had put on his fine Sunday clothes, and now
I understood why the old men of the village were sitting there in the back of the room. It was because
they were sorry, too, that they had not gone to school more.
i. Who was called ‘Poor man’?
(a) Old Hauser
(b) Franz
(c) M. Hamel
(d) Wachter
Answer: M. Hamel
ii. What feelings were expressed by the villagers when they came to attend the last lesson?
(a) regret for not learning French
(b) thanking their master for his forty years of faithful service
(c) showing their respect for the country that was theirs no more.
(d) All of the above
Answer: All of the above
iii. Why did the country belong to them no more?
(a) Because they were leaving the country.
(b) Because Germans had taken over their country.
(c) Because it was destroyed in the war.
(d) Because their country was merging with Prussia.
Answer: Because Germans had taken over their country.
iv. M. Hamel says, “...that’s the great trouble with Alsace; she puts off _________ till tomorrow.
(a) time
(b) money
(c) language
(d) learning
Answer: learning

Q6 Franz saw a huge crowd assembled in front of the bulletin board, but did not stop. How would you
evaluate his reaction?
a) Franz was too little to care about the news of lost battles.
b) Nobody in Franz’s family was in the army, so it did not matter.
c) Bad news had become very normal, so he went about his task.
d) It was too crowded for Franz to find out what news was up on the board.
Answer: Bad news had become very normal, so he went about his task.

Q7. All at once the church-clock struck twelve. Then the Angelus. At the same moment the trumpets of
the Prussians, returning from drill, sounded under our windows. M. Hamel stood up, very pale, in his
chair. I never saw him look so tall. “My friends,” said he, “I—I—” But something choked him. He could
not go on. Then he turned to the blackboard, took a piece of chalk, and, bearing on with all his might,
he wrote as large as he could — “Vive La France!” Then he stopped and leaned his head against the
wall, and, without a word, he made a gesture to us with his hand — “School is dismissed — you may
go.”

i. What does 'Angelus' refer to?

(a) Sound of church bell ringing.
(b) Roman catholic prayer.
(c) Sound of thanks giving.
(d) A prayer sung in a group.
Answer: Roman catholic prayer.
ii. What does the trumpets of the Prussians imply?
(a) Igniting patriotic fervour
(b) Playing the band to reduce war stress
(c) People of Alsace are now enslaved
(d) Prussians cheering up the victory over France
Answer: Prussians cheering up the victory over France
iii. Why is M. Hamel pale?
(a) He feels emotional and heart-broken.
(b) He is unwell.
(c) He is annoyed.
(d) He doesn’t like the sound of the trumpets.
Answer: He feels emotional and heart-broken.
iv. What does Franz mean when he says , ‘"I never saw him look so tall."
(a) M. Hamel had grown physically taller.
(b) M. Hamel seemed very confident.
(c) Franz had developed a lot of respect for M. Hamel.
(d) Franz looked at his teacher in a different way that day.
Answer :. Franz had developed a lot of respect for M. Hamel.

Q 8. While I was wondering about it all, M. Hamel mounted his chair, and, in the same grave and gentle
tone which he had used to me, said, "My children, this is the last lesson I shall give you. The order has
come from Berlin to teach only German in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine. The new master comes
tomorrow. This is your last French lesson..."
i. What was the tone of M. Hamel when he was addressing his students?
(a) cheerful
(b) excited
(c) heart-broken
(d) angry
Answer: heart-broken
ii. The grave and gentle tone in which M. Hamel spoke after getting the order from Berlin was due to:
(a) his patriotic feeling for his country
(b) his love for his mother tongue
(c) the grief of not being able to teach French in future
(d) All of these
Answer: the grief of not being able to teach French in future
iii. When would M. Hamel leave?
(a) the same day
(b) the next day
(c) after one week
(d) after two weeks
Answer: the next day
iv. What did M. Hamel want from the students on the last day of French lesson?
(a) To give him a farewell.
(b) To oppose the order from Berlin.
(c) To be very attentive.
(d) To guard their language.
Answer: To guard their language

Q9 What a thunderclap these words were to me! Oh, the wretches; that was what they had put up at
the town-hall! My last French lesson! Why, I hardly knew how to write! I should never learn any more!
I must stop there, then! Oh, how sorry I was for not learning my lessons, for seeking birds’ eggs, or
going sliding on the Saar! My books, that had seemed such a nuisance a while ago, so heavy to carry,
my grammar, and my history of the saints, were old friends now that I couldn’t give up. And M. Hamel,
too; the idea that he was going away, that I should never see him again, made me forget all about his
ruler and how cranky he was.
i. “What a thunderclap these words were to me!”. The words were:
(a) loud and clear.
(b) startling and unexpected.
(c) pleasant and welcome.
(d) None of these
Answer: startling and unexpected.

ii. Who are called as ‘Wretches’?

(a) People of France
(b) Germans
(c) Prussians
(d) None of these
Answer: Germans
iii. What regret did Franz have?
(a) that he could never play in the school.
(b) that he did not learn French.
(c) that he would miss his old friends and M. Hamel.
(d) None of these
Answer: that he did not learn French
iv. What had been put up on the bulletin-board at the town-hall?
(a) The news of the lost battles
(b) The draft of the commanding officer
(c) The order from Berlin to teach only German in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine.
(d) All of these
Answer: The order from Berlin to teach only German in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine.
Q10. What do the marching soldiers under the windows represent?
(a) The Dawn of Prussia in defeat of French people
(b) The defeat of Prussia
(c) The victory of French
(d) None of these
Answer: The Dawn of Prussia in defeat of French people
 ATAL SAHODAYA

L-2 LOST SPRING

TEXT-FLAMINGO

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS BASED ON AN EXTRACT

A. Food is more important for survival than an identity. “If at the end of the day we can feed
our families and go to bed without an aching stomach, we would rather live here than in
the fields that gave us no grain,” say a group of women in tattered saris when I ask them why
they left their beautiful land of green fields and rivers. Wherever they find food, they pitch
their tents that become transit homes. Children grow up in them, becoming partners in
survival. And survival in Seemapuri means rag-picking. Through the years, it has acquired
the proportions of a fine art. Garbage to them is gold. It is their daily bread, a roof over
their heads, even if it is a leaking roof. But for a child it is even more.

1. “Food is more important for survival than an identity”. Why?

a. It leads us to immortality
b. Food is the necessity of life
c. Food is an obligation one needs to satisfy in ones life
d. There is no requirement for an identity card
Answer: (b) Food is the necessity of life

2. The phrase “transit home” refers to the dwellings that are-

a. Unhygienic
b. Inadequate
c. Fragile
d. Temporary.
Answer: (d) Temporary

3. Why has rag picking acquired the proportions of a fine art?

a. Rag picking has regained its lost status.
b. A segment of rag pickers is skilled in fine arts.
c. Only a few people are expert in rag picking.
d. Rag picking has attained the position of a skill.
Answer: (d) Rag picking has attained the position of a skill.
4. Identify the figure of speech used in the sentence “Garbage to them is gold.”
a. Hyperbole
b. Simile
 c. Synecdoche
d. Personification
Answer: (a) Hyperbole

B. Savita, a young girl in a drab pink dress, sits alongside an elderly woman, soldering pieces of
glass. As her hands move mechanically like the tongs of a machine, I wonder if she knows the
sanctity of the bangles she helps make. It symbolizes an Indian woman’s suhaag, auspiciousness
in marriage. It will dawn on her suddenly one day when her head is draped with a red veil, her
hands dyed red with henna, and red bangles rolled onto her wrists. She will then become a bride.
Like the old woman beside her who became one many years ago. She still has bangles on her

5. “As her hands move mechanically, like the tongs of a machine, I wonder if I wonder if she knows the
sanctity of the bangles she helps make.” Identify the literary device used in the sentence.
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Contrast
d. Alliteration
Answer: (a) Simile

6. “I wonder if she knows the sanctity of the bangles she helps make.” The underlined phrase symbolizes:
a. Richness
b. Auspiciousness associated to bangles
c. Bangle making requires purity
d. Making of bangles requires a sanction
e. Answer: (b) Auspiciousness associated to bangles

7. Why does the author wonder if Savita knows the sanctity of the bangles she helps make?
a. because she is too young to know that it symbolizes an Indian woman’s Suhag, an auspiciousness in
marriage
b. because she hasn’t seen any sanctity associated to bangles.
c. because she is immature and impractical
d. all of the above
Answer: (a) because she is too young to know that it symbolizes an Indian woman’s Suhag,
auspiciousness in marriage

8. “She still has bangles on her wrist but no light in her eyes.” Why does the author say so?
a. Mukesh’s grandmother had seen her husband go blind with the dust from polishing the glass of
bangles
b. Like Savita, the young girl, the grandmother also does not know the sanctity of the bangles.
c. The grandmother has not enjoyed even one full meal in her entire lifetime
d. The grandmother has grown too old.
Answer: (a) Mukesh’s grandmother had seen her husband go blind with the dust from polishing the
glass of bangles

STAND ALONE MCQs

 9. What resonated with survival in Seemapuri?
a. Food
b. Identity
c. Rag picking
d. Garbage
Answer: (c) Rag picking

10. “The steel canister seems heavier than the plastic bag he would carry so lightly over his shoulders.”
Identify the literary device used in the sentence.
a. Simile
b. Metaphor
c. Contrast
d. Paradox
Answer: (c) Contrast

11. Why did ragpickers stay barefoot according to Anees Jung?

a. Because of perpetual state of poverty
b. Because of the nexus between politicians, bureaucrats, policeman
c. It was tradition for them to stay barefoot
d. It was easy for them to do rag picking when they are barefoot
Answer: (a) Because of perpetual state of poverty

12. “Sahib-e-Alam which means the Lord of the universe is directly in contrast to what Saheb is in reality.”
which device is used here?
a. Metaphor
b. contrast
c. simile
d. irony
Answer: (d) irony

13. “And survival in Seemapuri means rag picking through the years it has acquired the proportions of a
fine art.” Name the device.
a. Paradox
b. Metaphor
c. Contrast
d. Hyperbole
Answer: (d) Hyperbole

14. Saheb’s discarded and worn-out tennis shoes are an indication-

a. To procure different ones
b. A dream comes true
c. His being ambitious
d. And insults to sports itself
Answer: (b) A dream come true

15. What two distinct worlds does the author see in the lives of the bangle makers?
a. Policemen – bureaucrats
b. Sahukaras – policemen
c. Middlemen – poor people
d. Poor people – influential people
Answer: (d) poor people-influential people

16. It is karam, his destiny”’ says Mukesh’s grandmother who has watched her own husband go blind with
the dust from polishing the glass of bangles. What character trait of the grandmother is shown?
a. Religious
b. Atheist
c. Superstitious
d. Fatalist
Answer: (d) Fatalist

17. Why did bangle makers lack initiative and ability to dream?
a. They had no leader.
b. They were not a part of any cooperative
c. Their mind-numbing toil left them with no energy
d. Daring was not part of their growing up
e. Answer: (c) Their mind-numbing toil left them with no energy

18. Name the forces responsible for poor condition of bangle makers.
a. Caste and poverty
b. Vicious circle of sahukaras middlemen, policeman, bureaucrats and politician
c. No zeal to initiate
d. Both a and b
Answer: (d) Both a and b

19. How was Mukesh different from his family members?

a. He had connections with influtential people
b. He was daring
c. He was willing to work hard to achieve his dream
d. He wanted to be a motor mechanic
Answer: (c) He was willing to work hard to achieve his dream

20. Why did bangle makers not organize themselves into a cooperative?
a. They had no leaders
b. Dare was not a part of their growing up.
c. They feared that police would beat them.
d. All the above
Answer: All the above
 Flamingo-Deep Waters
MCQ’s
Q1. How old was Douglas when he went to YMCA for learning swimming?
a. 3-4 years
b. 5-6 years
c. 10-11 years
d. 12-13 years
Answer: 10-11 years
Q2. What is the name of the autobiography of William Douglas?
a. Men from Mountains
b. Of Men and Mountains
c. From Mountains to Men
d. From Men to Mountains
Answer: Of Men and Mountains
Q3. 'But I subdued my pride and did it.' Which word can replace the word 'pride' in the given line?
a. Arrogance
b. Comfort
c. Self esteem
d. Shyness
Answer: Self- esteem
Q4. 'I was frightened'. Why was the author frightened?
a. because he felt breathless and out of life for sometime.
b. because his father laughed instead of consoling him.
c. because the waves had hurt him.
d. all of the above
Answer: because he felt breathless and out of life for sometime.
Q5. 'My introduction to the Y.M.CA. swimming pool revived unpleasant memories and stirred childish
fears. ‘Childish fears’ refers to-
a. the fearful experience in childhood.
b. the fears known only to children.
c. the fear a child would feel in the pool.
d. the silly things that came to his mind.
Answer: the silly things that came to his mind.
Q6. Why did Douglas sit at the side of the pool?
a. He was waiting for his friends.
 b. He was hesitant in going in the pool alone.
c. He was waiting for his instructor.
d. He was looking at the clean tiled bottom of the pool.
Answer: He was hesitant in going in the pool alone.
Q7. Why did Douglas land in a sitting position in the pool?
a. because this is how the boy who had thrown him desired.
b. because this is how the boy who had thrown him desired.
c. because it happened so quickly that Douglas could hardly react.
d. because the boy had thrown him with a lot of force.
Answer: because it happened so quickly that Douglas could hardly react.
Q8. Which of the following statement isn't true as per Douglas' plan to come out of the pool?
a. As soon as he hits the bottom of the pool, he would jump up.
b. He would come to the surface of the pool.
c. He would lie flat on the surface of the pool.
d. He would swim to the edge of the pool.
Answer: He would swim to the edge of the pool.
Q9. Which of the following emotions did Douglas experience when he was coming up ?
a. Desperation
b. Helplessness
c. Suffocation
d. All of these
Answer: All of these
Q10. ‘And then in the midst of terror came a touch of reason.’ Which of the following words can replace the
word ‘reason’ in the above line?
a. Logic
b. Sense
c. Cause
d. Fear
Answer: Sense
Q11. My toes reached out as if to grab them. Why did Douglas want to grab the tiles at the bottom of the
pool?
a. He was too tired now and wanted to rest there.
b. He had surrendered to the situation.
c. It was a move to make a jump up from the bottom of the pool.
d. He was full of terror and wanted to grab the tiles for security.
Answer: It was a move to make a jump up from the bottom of the pool.
Q12. When Douglas says he had crossed to oblivion, he means that-
a. he had crossed to the other side of the pool
b. he had crossed to the safer side of the pool
c. he had touched the threshold of death.
d. he had become unconscious.
Answer- he had become unconscious.
Q13. “But I was only fooling”. Who is the speaker of this line ?
a. The big boy who threw him in the pool.
b. The man who brought him out of the pool
c. His mother
d. William Douglas.
Answer: The big boy who threw him in the pool.
Q14. Of the following what is NOT true about the feelings of Douglas after the experience in the pool.
a. The slightest amount of work would depress him.
b. He often had a sick feeling in his stomach
c. He kept crying very often
d. He kept recalling the dreadful experience for many days
Answer: He kept crying very often.
Q15. Why did Douglas want to overcome his fear?
a. He wasn’t able to enjoy fishing
b. He felt it as a handicap for himself
c. He wanted to enjoy boating and canoeing
d. All the above
Answer: All the above
Q16. How much time did the instructor take to teach Douglas to swim?
a. Many weeks
b. 5 months
c. 7 months
d. 1 year
Answer: 7 months
Q17. What does Douglas mean when he says- “But I was not finished”.
a. He had yet not learnt to swim.
b. He wanted to learn some more styles of swimming.
c. He was not yet confident on himself.
d. All of these
Answer: He was not yet confident on himself.
Q18. What did Douglas do to ensure he had overcome his fear completely?
a. He tried to swim in the pool alone for another few months.
b. He went to different natural water bodies to try swimming.
c. He practised swimming regularly for a year.
d. He asked his instructor to give him a lot of practice.
Answer: He went to different natural water bodies to try swimming.
Q19. Name the figure of speech in the line- “Well, Mr. Terror, what do you think you can do to me?”
a. Personification
b. Metaphor
c. Oxymoron
d. Hyperbole
Answer: Personification
Q20. “I shouted with joy.” Why did Douglas shout with joy?
a. He was able to swim across the other shore of Warm Lake and back.
b. He had conquered his fear of water.
c. He could swim like Doug Corpron
d. His voice was echoed back by Gilbert Peak.
Answer: He had conquered his fear of water.
 MY MOTHER AT SIXTY-SIX (POETRY- FLAMINGO)
Multiple Choice Questions based on extract:
I looked again at her, wan, pale
As a late winter’s moon and felt that old familiar ache, my childhood’s fear,
But all I said was, see you soon, Amma
All I did was smile and smile and smile…...

1. What was the poet’s childhood fear?

(a) Fear of separation from her mother
(b) Fear separation from her parents
(c) Fear of not doing well in academics
(d) Fear of separation from her father
Answer: fear of separation from her mother
2. What is the poetic device used in the lines 1-2?
(a) Metaphor
(b) Alliteration
(c) Simile
(d) Allegory
Answer: simile
3. Explain: ‘late winter’s moon’.
(a) Shining brilliantly
(b) Dull and obscure
(c) Vibrant
(d) Cold
Answer: dull and obscure
4. What is the reason behind the repetition of the word ‘smile’?
(a) Hope of seeing her mother again
(b) Lay stress on the emotional side
(c) Make the poem attractive
(d) Poet likes the word
Answer: hope of seeing her mother again
And
Looked out at Young
Trees sprinting, the merry children spilling
Out of their homes, but after the airport’s
Security check, standing a few yards
Away, I looked again at her, wan, pale
As a late winter’s moon and felt that old familiar ache...
 5. What is the most likely reason the poet capitalized ‘Young Trees’?
(a) Convey a clearer meaning
(b) Highlight the adj- noun combination
(c) Enhance the contrast
(d) Draw a connection with the title
Answer: enhance the contrast
6. Choose the option that appropriately describes the relationship between the two statements
given below.
Statement 1: The poet knows her mother has aged.
Statement 2: The poet feels the pain of separation.
(a) Beginning- ending
(b) Cause- effect
(c) Question- answer
(d) Introduction- conclusion
Answer: cause- effect
7. Choose the option that completes the sentence given below.
Just as the brightness of the winter’s moon is veiled behind the haze and mist, similarly, _______,
(a) The pain of separation has shaded mother’s expression
(b) Age has fogged mother’s youthful appearance.
(c) Growing up has developed a seasoned maturity in the poet
(d) Memories warm the heart like the pale moon in winter.
Answer: age has fogged mother’s youthful appearance
8. Choose the correct option out of the ones given below:
1. Simile: the merry children spilling, Metaphor: old familiar ache
2. Metaphor: pale as a late winter’s moon, Imagery: young trees sprinting
3. Imagery: all I did was smile, Personification: the merry children spilling
4. Personification: young trees sprinting, Simile: pale as a late winter’s moon
(a) Option 1
(b) Option 2
(c) Option 3
(d) Option 4
Answer: option 4
Stand- alone MCQs
9. The mood in the last two lines is that of
(a) Regret
(b) Guilt
(c) Acceptance of reality
(d) Anger
 Answer: acceptance of reality
10. What was the expression on the narrator’s face?
(a) Smiling face
(b) Angry look
(c) Sarcastic expression
(d) Frowning face
Answer: smiling face
11. The poem is made up of
(a) Twenty lines
(b) A single sentence
(c) Ten stanzas
(d) Five stanzas
Answer: a single sentence
12. Quote an example of alliteration used in the poem.
(a) Like ashen
(b) Smile, smile and smile
(c) Friday morning
(d) None of these
Answer: none of these
13. What is the universality of the theme of the poem?
(a) Death is a truth
(b) Life is a reality
(c) Everyone is happy
(d) To show old age
Answer: death is a truth
14. Why does the poet feel parted, upset and sad?
(a) Because of her fears
(b) Because she was getting late
(c) Fear of missing her flight
(d) Because of her duty towards mother and her own needs
Answer: because of her duty towards mother and her own needs
15. What does ‘ashen face’ signify?
(a) color of face
(b) face is covered with ash
(c) pale and lifeless face of poet’s mother
(d) an ugly face
Answer: pale and lifeless face of poet’s mother
 16. What do the running trees signify?
(a) Fast moving appearance
(b) Speed of the moving car
(c) Fast moving change in human life from childhood to old age
(d) None of these
Answer: fast moving change in human life from childhood to old age
17. She soon put that thought out of her mind and
(a) Smiled
(b) Laughed heartily
(c) Cried bitterly
(d) Looked out of the window
Answer: looked out of the window
18. What does the narrative single sentence style of the poem highlight?
(a) Poet’s feelings
(b) Poet’s insecurities
(c) Poet’s thoughts
(d) Poet’s intertwining thoughts
Answer: poet’s intertwining thoughts
19. Who lives at Cochin?
(a) Poet
(b) Her parents
(c) Both a and b
(d) None of them
Answer: poet
20. What is the tone of the poem towards the end?
(a) Sad
(b) Hopeless
(c) Cheerful
(d) Resignation with acceptance
Answer: Resignation with acceptance
 KEEPING QUIET
1. What can human beings learn from nature?
(a) beauty

(b) keeping quiet

(c) to be happy
(d) working in silence
Answer: (d) working in silence

2. The last line of the poem is

(a) and later proves to be alive
(b) life is what it is about
(c) I want no truck with death
(d) and you keep quiet and I will go
Answer: (d) and you keep quiet and I will go

3. What is the poetic device used in ‘Cold sea’

(a) personification
(b) transferred epithet
(c) metaphor
(d) alliteration
Answer: (b) transferred epithet

4. ‘Without rush, without engines’ refers to

(a) no noise
(b) no hurry to go anywhere
(c) both a and b
(d) none of the above
Answer: both a and b

5. ‘I want no truck with death’ means

(a) will not die of the truck accident
(b) will not struggle for death
(c) have no association or deal with death
(d) will not drive a truck
Answer: (c) have no association or deal with death

6. The type of wars the poet talks about are

(a) green wars, wars with gas, wars with fire
(b) verbal wars
 (c) technological warfare
(d) nuclear wars
Answer: (a) green wars, wars with gas, wars with fire

7. ‘Fishermen in the cold sea would not harm whales. The poet is here referring to
(a) The hard work of the fishermen
(b) The man being responsible for harming environment
(c) The man being responsible for extinction of marine life
(d) He considers fishing a tiring profession
Answer: The man being responsible for extinction of marine life

8. Why does the poet appeal to the readers to keep quiet ?

(a) To bring peace to the world
(b) To unite the world
(c) To introspect and reflect
(d) To remain inactive
Answer: To introspect and reflect

9. What symbol from nature does the poet use to prove that keeping quiet is not total inactivity?
(a) sun
(b) soil
(c) earth
(d) nature
Answer: earth

10. How will silence benefit the man and nature?

(a) both will be friends
(b) man will know nature better
(c) man will be healthy
(d) man will stop hurting nature and nature would get time to revive
Answer: (d) man will stop hurting nature and nature would get time to revive

11. What would everyone feel at that exotic moment?

(a) happy
(b) content
(c) peaceful
(d) strange blissful oneness
Answer: (d) strange blissful oneness
 12. Why is the poet asking everyone not to speak any language?

(a) to avoid noise

(b) to avoid people
(c) to avoid wars
(d) to avoid conflicts and misunderstanding
Answer: (d) to avoid conflicts and misunderstandings

13. What is the sadness in the poem that the poet speaks about?
(a) Conflict with our ownseleves
(b) Fear of Death
(c) Not clear of the purpose of our existence
(d) All of these
Answer: All of these

14. What does hurt hand refer to?

(a) Growing needs of the man
(b) Unfulfilled desires
(c) Growing greed of man
(d) Growing insensitivity of man to pain
Answer: (d) growing insensitivity of man to pain

15. Of the following images what does the poet not condemn?

(a) (b) (c) (d)

16. What does the title of the poem suggest?

(a) inactivity
(b) noise
(c) unhappiness
(d) maintenance of silence
Answer: (d) maintenance of silence

17. How does the poet perceive life?

(a) as stillness
(b) as silence
(c) a continuous evolution of nature
(d) a noisy place
Answer: (c) a continuous evolution of nature

18. What is the rhyming scheme used in the poem?

(a) enclosed rhyme
(b) monorhyme
(c) sonnet
(d) free verse
Answer: (d) free verse

19. What is the essence or message of the poem?

(a) Introspection and retrospection to be more peaceful and be in harmony
(b) To prosper
(c) To be happier
(d) To reach out to more people
Answer: (a) Introspection and retrospection to be more peaceful and be in harmony

20. Statement 1: The poet appeals to all to remain quiet for sometime.
Statement 2: The poet does not appeal to anyone to be inactive.
a. Statement 1 is true but statement 2 is false.
b. Statement 2 is true but statement 1 is false.
c. Both the statements are true.
d. Both the statements are false.
 MCQ of
An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum
1. Stephen Spender concentrates in the poem on the themes of:
a) Social Injustice and Class Injustice.
b) Class Injustice and Social Inequalities.
c) Social Injustice and Class Inequalities.
d) Both a and b.
Answer: c) Social Injustice and Class Inequalities.
2. An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum refers to:
a) Primary school children.
b) Middle school children.
c) Higher school children.
d) Lower middle school children.
Answer: a) Primary school children
3. The stunted unlucky heir is a victim of:
a) Genetic Disorder
b) Anxiety Disorder
c) Cognitive Disorder
d) Sleep Disorder
Answer: a) Genetic Disorder
4. One un noted boy is, representative of:
a) Hope and brightness
b) Grim and despair
c) Dark reality of life
d) Both b and c
Answer: a) Hope and brightness
5. Stephen Spender is petitioning______________ to bring transformation in the lives of slum children.
a) Governors and Bureau crats
b) Governors and Inspectors
c) Governors and Visitors
d) Both b and c
Answer: d) Both b and c
6.’ White and Green leaves ‘refer to
a) Pages of books and Greenery.
b) Pages of books and Nature.
c) Pages of books and Trees.
d) Pages of books and Grass.
Answer: b) Pages of books and Nature
7. The literary device in’ rat's eyes’ is :
a) Simile
b) Metaphor
c) Alliteration
d) Assonance
Answer: b) Metaphor
8.’ Sour cream ‘symbolizes:
a) a glorious future
b) Faded dreams
c) Bitter whiteness
d) Unpleasant picture
Answer: b) Faded dreams
9. Run azure on gold sands, and let their tongues,
Run naked into books
The expression Run has _______________ poetic device
a) Repetition
b) Anaphora
c) Alliteration
d) Assonance
Answer: b) Anaphora
10.. Far, Far from gusty waves stresses upon
a) How far the children are from home.
b) How far the children are from brightness.
c) Children are very far from progressive and civilized world.
d) Children are very far from progressive life.
Answer: c) Children are very far from progressive and civilized world.
11.’ Like rootless weeds refers that
a) Slum children are unsafe
b) Slum children are insecure
c) Slum children are underfed
d) Slum children are weak
Answer: c) Slum children are insecure.

12. The walls in the school classroom are adorned with

a) Donations, civilized dome and open-handed map.
b) Shakespeare's head and beautiful picture of Tyrolese valley.
c) Openhanded map
d) Both a and b
 Answer: d) Both a and b

13. ‘Catacombs’ symbolizes:

a) Darkness and illiteracy among slum children.
b) Pathetic and grim life of slum children.
c) Endless sufferings and miseries of slum children.
d) Sad and deprived life of slum children.
Answer: c) Endless sufferings and miseries of children

14. Slyly in the poem means

a) Jointly
b) Secretly
c) Unitedly
d) Lively
Answer: b) Secretly

15. Which world is awarded on the open-handed map

a) Rich and glamorous world

b) Bleak and dull world
c) Wonderful and worth seeing world
d) Progressive and lifeless world

Answer: c) Wonderful and worth seeing world

16. History theirs whose language is sun. The sun in this line refers to
a) Love and warmth
b) Brightness and glimmer
c) Love and support
d) Richness and prosperity
Answer: a) Love and warmth

17. The transformation can be brought in the lives of slum children by:
a) Showing them blue sky and golden sands.
b) Educating and giving them knowledge.
c) Teaching them Art and Craft.
d) Both a and b.
 Answer: d) Both a and b

18 the hair torn round their pallor shows that the children were
a) Malnourished and thin.
b) Unhygienic and plump.
c) Sad and depressed.
d) Like rootless weeds
Answer: d) were like rootless weeds

19 Shakespeare is wicked because:

a) They do not like Shakespeare.
b) They are ignorant about Shakespeare.
c) They are not taught about Shakespeare.
d) They do not want to know about Shakespeare.
Answer: c) They are not taught about Shakespeare

20.
Which line from poem suits the above image
a) The tall girl with her weighed down head.
b) The paper seeming boy with rat's eyes.
c) One unnoted boy with dreams in his eyes.
d) These children’s faces like rootless weeds.
Answer: d) These children’s faces like rootless weeds.
 THE THIRD LEVEL
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS

1. Which railway station is central to the story?

(a) New Haven and Hartford
(b) Trans-Continental
(c) Grand Central
(d) Oxford Grand
Answer: (c) Grand Central

2. What does 'The Third Level' refer to?

(a) a level in the game that Charley was playing
(b) the third floor of the Roosevelt Hotel
(c) the third floor of the office where Charley was working
(d) an additional imaginary floor at the Grand Central Station
Answer: (d) an additional imaginary floor at the Grand Central Station

3. “He said I was unhappy. That made my wife kind of mad.” Why did the wife react so?
(a) implies marital discord.
(b) implies the wife’s incapability to manage the household.
(c) implies that the wife is the root of the narrator’s problem.
(d) the wife disagrees with the doctor’s diagnosis.
Answer: (c) implies that the wife is the root of the narrator’s problem.

4. The genre of the chapter ‘The Third Level’ is ___________.

(a) science fiction
(b) adventure
(c) satire
(d) drama
Answer: (a) Science Fiction
5. Charley says, "Yes, I’ve taken the obvious step". Which step is he talking about?
(a) entering the Third level
(b) narrating the incident to his wife
(c) talking to the railroad authorities about the incident
(d) talking to his psychiatrist friend about the incident
Answer: (d) talking to his psychiatrist friend about the incident

6. First day covers are ____________.

(a) envelopes mailed by people to themselves on the first day of the year.
(b) envelopes mailed by people to themselves on the first day when a new stamp is issued.
(c) envelopes mailed by people to themselves on the first day of the month.
(d) envelopes mailed by people to their grandfathers on the first day when a new stamp is issued.
Answer: (b) envelopes mailed by people to themselves on the first day when a new stamp is issued.

7. "The modern world is full of insecurity, fear, war and worry". who said this?
(a) Charley
(b) Psychiartist friend Sam
(c) Louisa
(d) Grandfather
Answer: (b) Psychiartist friend Sam

8. The date on the newspaper ‘The World’ was _________.

(a) July 11,1984
(b) June 11, 1894
(c) June 11, 1984
(d) July 11, 1894
Answer: (b) June 11, 1894

9. Which one of these was NOT seen by Charley when he landed at the Third Level?
(a) The man in the booth wearing a green eyeshade
(b) flickering gaslights
(c) so many beards, sideburns and fancy mustaches
(d) people lining up for the approaching metro
Answer: (d) people lining up for the approaching metro
10. How does Charley describe Galesburg?
(a) a serene wonderful town
(b) a Utopian city
(c) a town for sophisticated people
(d) a city bustling with activity
Answer: (a) a serene wonderful town

11. The end of the story brings out __________.

(a) Satire
(b) Pathos
(c) Irony
(d) Tragedy
Answer: (c) Irony

12. Read the following two statements and identify the correct relation between them.
STATEMENT 1 – Charley swears to see a third level at the Grand Central Station.
STATEMENT 2 – Charley wants to seek attention.
(a) Statement 1 is right but Statement 2 is false.
(b) Statement 1 is false but Statement 2 is right.
(c) Statement 1and 2 are correct.
(d) Statement 1 and 2 are incorrect.
Answer: (a) Statement 1 is right but Statement 2 is false.

13. The comparison of the Grand Central Station with a tree is an example of a ________.
(a) simile
(b) metaphor
(c) anachronism
(d) allegory
Answer: (b) metaphor

14. Why couldn’t Charley purchase the tickets at the third level?
(a) he didn’t have adequate amount of money.
(b) he didn’t have the proper style of notes.
(c) the ticket-collector refused to sell him.
(d) he changed his mind at the last minute.
Answer: (b) he didn’t have the proper style of notes.

15. Which face among the given options has a handlebar moustache?

(a) face A
(b) face B
(c) face C
(d) face D
Answer: (d) face D

16. What is Charley’s attachment to Galesburg?

(a) he went to school there.
(b) he learnt farming there.
(c) he played professional baseball there.
(d) he liked to live in a peaceful town.
Answer: (a) he went to school there.
17. Which of the following dress is known as ‘leg of mutton sleeve’?

(a) dress 1
(b) dress 2
(c) dress 3
(d) dress 4
Answer: (b) dress 2

18. Read the following two statements and select the correct option.
STATEMENT 1 – Charley is unhappy with the modern day lifestyle and longs for the simple times.
STATEMENT 2 – Charley converted all his money to old-style bills to purchase tickets to Galesburg.
(a) Statement 1 is right but Statement 2 is false.
(b) Statement 1 is false but Statement 2 is right.
(c) Statement 1and 2 are correct.
(d) Statement 1 and 2 are incorrect.
Answer: (c) Statement 1and 2 are correct.

19. Which of the following patient room is most likely to be a psychiatrist’s?

Room 1 Room 2

Room 3
Room 4
(a) Room 1
(b) Room 2
(c) Room 3
(d) Room 4
Answer: (d) Room 4

20. According to Charley, who was fond of stamp collecting?

(a) President Carter
(b) President Roosevelt
(c) President Garfield
(d) President Cleveland
Answer: (b) President Roosevelt
 THE ENEMY
QUESTION BANK
Q.1. Where did Dr. Sadao first meet Hana?
a) at the Japanese university
b) at his neighbour’s home
c) at the American university
d) at the home of his American professor
Answer: d) at the home of his American professor

Q.2. The characteristic of Dr. Sadao’s father which is incorrect is?

a) he did not play with him
b) he sent his son to America because he liked the country
c) he did not joke with him
d) he had infinite plans for him
Answer: b) he sent his son to America because he liked the country

Q.3. Dr. Sadao knew that he would not be sent with the troops because
a) he was a famous surgeon
b) the General might need an operation
c) the Japanese government wanted him to pursue his discovery of “wound cleaning”
d) the General knew his late father
Answer: b) the General might need an operation

Q.4. On examination of the unconscious white man lying on the beach, Dr. Sadao found out….
a) he had been shot on the left side of his upper back
b) he had been shot on the right side of his upper back
c) he had been shot on the right side of his lower back
d) he had been shot on the left side of his lower back
Answer: c) he had been shot on the right side of his lower back
Q.5. After the General recovered from his operation, he confirmed to Dr. Sadao that he did not send the
assassins because
a) of lack of patriotism
b) of lack of dereliction of duty
c) he forgot his promise to Dr. Sadao
d) the assassins were unavailable at that time
Answer: c) he forgot his promise to Dr. Sadao

Q.6. In the first meeting of Dr. Sadao with the General, the option which the General chose regarding the
white man was?
a) send soldiers to dump the white man in the sea
b) send soldiers to kill the white man
c) send assassins to kill and dispose of the body of the white man
d) send Police to arrest the white man
Answer: c) send assassins to kill and dispose of the body of the white man

Q.7. The burden of waiting for assassins by Dr. Sadao ended after?
a) the first night
b) the fourth night
c) the second night
d)the third night
Answer: d) after the third night

Q.8. Fathom is a unit for measurement of?

a) area
b) volume
c) depth
d) weight
Answer: c) depth
Q.9. What did Dr. Sadao not provide the white man with at the time of his departure?
a) boat
b) gun
c) food and bottled water
d) flashlight
Answer: b) gun

Q.10. Dr. Sadao’s most important instruction to the white man while planning his departure was?
a) eat raw fish
b) until you saw a Korean fishing boat
c) use flashlight at the instant the sun drops over the horizon
d) a fire would be seen
Answer: b) until you saw a Korean fishing boat

Q.11. For the old gardener, the best of fertilizers is?

a) eggshells
b) coffee grounds
c) banana peels
d) blood
Answer: d) blood

Q.12. The messenger came to the door in official uniform and Hana thought?
a) he has come to arrest Dr. Sadao and herself
b) he has come to arrest the white man
c) he has come to arrest Dr. Sadao
d) he has come with an important message.
Answer: c) he has come to arrest Dr. Sadao
Q.13. How shall I do the anesthetic, Hana asked? Dr. Sadao replied-
a) simply saturate the cotton and hold it near his nose
b) simply fill the syringe from the bottle and administer an injection on the leg
c) simply pour the contents of the bottle on the wound
d) simply fill the syringe from the bottle and administer injection on the arm
Answer: a) simply saturate the cotton and hold it near his nose

Q.14. While performing the operation, Dr. Sadao had the habit of?
a) speaking with the patient
b) saying a prayer
c) listening to music
d) looking up to the ceiling
Answer: a) speaking with the patient
Q.15. Hana crouched close to the sleeping face of the young American and thought?
a) she should not assist Dr. Sadao in the operation
b) the police might catch them performing the operation
c) it was a piteously thin face, and the lips were twisted
d) some family friends may unexpectedly visit them
Answer: c) it was a piteously thin face and the lips were twisted

Q.16. The concluding argument by Yumi for not washing the white man was?
a) I have never washed a white man
b) I am a poor person and it is not my business
c) I will not wash so dirty a one now
d) I have never washed any man
Answer: b) I am a poor person and it is not my business

Q.17. He spelled it out: “U.S. Navy.” The man was a prisoner of war! The thought which did not occur to
Dr. Sadao and Hana was?
a) he has escaped and that is why he is wounded
b) can we put him back in the sea
c) all Americans are my enemy
d) that Dr. Sadao will have to perform the operation to save his life
Answer: d) that Dr. Sadao will have to perform an operation to save his life

Q.18. “I feel I ought to thank you, Doctor, for having saved my life.” Dr. Sadao responded as?
a) I was just following the profession as a doctor
b) I ought, of course, to give you to the police
c) Don’t thank me too early
d) I do not know myself what I shall do with you
Answer: c) Don’t thank me too early

Q.19. An escaped prisoner of war washed up on the shore in front of Dr. Sadao’s house on
a) the twenty-fifth day of February
b) on the twenty-first day of February
c) on the twenty-ninth day of February
d) on the twenty-seventh day of February
Answer: b) on the twenty-first day of February
Q.20. Tokonoma refers to:
a) the floor of a Japanese room
b) a cupboard in a Japanese room
c) a decoration space in a Japanese room
d) a window in a Japanese room
Answer: c) a decoration space in a Japanese room
 WRITING SECTION
NOTICE WRITING
MCQS
1. Your school is going to organize a cultural evening to collect funds for the covid victims of slums.
Draft a notice to be placed on the notice board of your school . mention all the required details. You
are Mukul, Head Boy of the school.

ABC PUBLIC SCHOOL

DWARKA

NOTICE
15August 2021
Fund Collection For Covid victims

A cultural evening is being organized by our school in the school to collect

Funds for the Covid victims of slum. Students are requested to participate whole heartedly for its
great success.
M
Mukul
(Head Boy)

Which one of the following is missing in the above Notice?

[a] date of the event
[b] date and time of the the event
[c] date ,time and venue of the event
[d]None
Answer: [c] date ,time and venue

2. You are Ram , secretary of CBA Residents’ welfare Association, Vikas Puri, New Delhi.
Water Supply will be restricted for two days due to repair work of pipe line. Inform residents about it
.

CBA RESIDENTS’ WELFARE ASSOCIATION

VIKAS PURI, NEW DELHI

NOTICE
15 August 2021
[a]…………………………………..

This is to inform all the residents that there will no water supply for [b]………………..
 Due to [c]……………. In the pipeline ,so everyone is advised to store [d] ……………… , to avoid
inconvenience.

[a] [i] No water supply [ii]Power cut [iii]Due to Repair work -No water supply[iv]arrange water
[b][i] two days [ii]three days[iii] four days [iv] none of the above
[c][i] repaired[ii] repairing [iii] repairs [iv] repair
[d] [i] water [ii] water tank[iii] water storage [iv]
Answer:[a] [iii]Due to repair- work no water supply

[b] [i] two days

[c] [iv] repair
[d] [i] water
[3] You are Akash and you want to change your name , which of the following will be used
for this purpose?
[i]Advertisement [ii] Notice [iii] Public Notice [iv] Institutional Notice
Answer: [iii] Public Notice

[4] The content of the notice must have ……

[i]What [ii] When [iii] why [iv] All the above
Answer : [iv] All the above.

[5] A notice is a ………….. means of communication.

[i] formal [ii] informal [iii] verbal [iv] oral
Answer: [i] Formal

[6] Through Notice one can

[i] inform [ii] invite [iii] aware [iv] all the above
Answer: [iv]. All the above
[7] At the end of the notice it is a must to mention…………….
[i] Name only [ii] Name, Signature and post [iii] post only [iv] None
Answer: [ii]Name, Signature and post

[8] Notice can be written for ……………. Purposes.

[i] General [ii] Specific [iii] General and specific both [iv] None
Answer : [iii] General and specific both

[9] Govt. issues the notices through…….

[i] Display boards [ii] Public Notice board [iii] Newspaper [iv] none
Answer: [iii] Newspaper

[10] A notice is incomplete without mentioning……..

[i] Its purpose
[ii] All the details
[iii] Name and signatures of the concerned person
[iv] All the above
Answer:[iv] All the above

[11] You lost your black bag in the school play ground what description will you be giving?
[i] Found a black bag
[ii] lost a black bag containing books….
[iii] lost a black and white bag
[iv] None
Answer: [ii] lost a black bag containing books.

[12] Which one of the following is irrelevant for notice ?

[i] Date
[ii] Details of the event
[iii] Name of the concerned person
[iv] Age of the concerned person
Answer: [iv] Age of the concerned person

[13] A notice can be given in the columns of a newspaper in the form of

[i] An article
[ii] Display advertisement
[iii] A classified advertisement
[iv] A Report
Answer: [iii] A classified advertisement

[14] A notice should be written in ….

[i] First person ,present tense
[ii] First person , past tense
[iii] Third person, present tense
[iv] Third person ,past tense
Answer: [iii] Third person , present tense

[15] Which of the following is mentioned on the top of the Notice?

[i] Notice
[ii] Date
[iii] Name of the Institution
[iv] Name of the issuing authority
Answer: [iii] Name of the Institution

[16] Language of the notice must be

[i] Easy to understand
[ii] Clear and concise
iii] Must cover all the relevant points
[iv] All the above
Answer : All the above

[17]. Which of the following is correct form to be written in the format ?

[i] abc public school
[ii] Abc public school
[iii] ABC public school
[iv] ABC PUBLIC SCHOOL
Answer: ABC PUBLIC SCHOOL

[18] Where will you place the content while writing a notice?
[i] Before NOTICE
[ii] Before heading
[iii] After heading
[iv] After signature
Answer: After heading

[19] Notice is an informal document?

[i] True
[ii] False
Answer: False

[20] While writing a notice- future time references predominate over other tense forms.
[i] True
[ii] False
Answer: True
 ADVERTISEMENT
1.Which type of advertisement is written by an employer who is looking for the services of a person in his
organisation?
(a)Situation Vacant
(b)Situation Wanted
(c)Accommodation Required
(d) Job Available
Answer: (a) Situation Vacant

2.A person looking for tenants for his/her property writes this type of advertisement:
(a)Accommodation Required
(b)To Let
(c)For Sale
(d)Sale and Purchase
Answer:(b) To Let

3. SALE/PURCHASE
Wanted second hand car, in good condition,2019 model, medium sedan, good mileage,
Maruti and Honda preferred, preferably owner driven, fully insured, documents should
What isbe
missing in the
in order. above advertisement?
Interested sellers contact: Simar Singh, A40, Ashok Nagar, Delhi.
(a)colour of the car
(b)reason for buying
(c)terms and conditions
(d)contact number
Answer:(d) contact number

4.Find the correct order of the following ‘Lost and found’ advertisement.
I. Wearing black collar
II. Finder will be rewarded
III. Contact: A.K Das, Civil Lines, Hyderabad,9834562780
IV. Lost golden brown spaniel,2 years old, Whippy
(a)I,II,III,IV
(b)IV,II,III,I
(c)IV,I,II,III
(d)IV,III,II,I
Answer:(c)IV,I,II,III

5.Heritage Travels, Central Market, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi, offers attractive holiday packages to Goa for
3nights /4 days, 4 star accommodation, all meals, sight seeing, airport transfers, special discounts on bulk
bookings.
Choose the most appropriate heading for the above classified advertisement:
(a)Sale/Purchase
(b)Tours & Travels
(c)Accommodation Available
(d) Package Available
Answer: (b) Tours & Travels

6.Which of these is not an appropriate category of a classified advertisement?

(a)Situation Vacant
(b)Groom Wanted
(c Birthday Event
(d)Sale/Purchase
Answer: (c) Birthday Event

7. Which of these phrases is inappropriate for a classified advertisement titled ‘Groom

Wanted’?
(a) Salary Negotiable
(b)Salary in 6 figures
(c)Well mannered
(d)Well educated
Answer: (a) Salary Negotiable

8. Select the most appropriate phrase for a classified advertisement titled ‘Accommodation Wanted’
(a)Well mannered
(b)Heavy discount
(c)Fully furnished
(d)Price negotiable
Answer: (c) Fully furnished

9.Which of these is true about Notices and not about Advertisements?

(a)An appropriate title
(b)Use of sentences
(c)Limit of 50 words
(d)All the above
Answer: (b) Use of sentences

10.Amazon India wants to hire new delivery boys, what will be the most appropriate title for the classified
advertisement to be printed in the newspaper?
(a)Situation Wanted
(b)Situation Vacant
(c)Sales Boy Available
(d)Job Wanted
Answer: (b) Situation Vacant

11.Your pet dog went missing from your house for the last two days. Which of the following piece of
information should not be a part of the classified advertisement?
(a)Breed
(b)Height
(c)Colour of collar belt
(d)Qualities
Answer: (d) Qualities

12.Which of the following is an appropriate heading for a classified advertisement if you are looking for a
house on rent?
(a)Accommodation Wanted
(b)Wanted a House
(c) To-Let
(d)House for Sale
Answer: (a)Accommodation Wanted

13.Yamaha 100cc motorbike fully loaded with accessories for sale. Done 8000 km, excellent condition,
2013 model, expected price Rs 28,000 (non-negotiable). Genuine buyers contact: Raj Malhotra, Mob:
9xxxxxx120.
Supply a suitable heading to the above classified advertisement
(a)Vehicle for Sale
(b)Vehicle Wanted
(c)Matrimonial
(d)Tours and Travels
Answer: (a) Vehicle for Sale

14.An electronic engineer who has recently returned from the U.S. and looking for a suitable job in the IT
industry, what will he not mention in the classified advertisement to be inserted in the newspaper?
(a)Qualifications
(b)Experience
(c)Complexion
(d)Salary Expected
Answer: (c) Complexion

15.A classified advertisement is (i) published on road side walls (ii) published in newspaper (iii) an audio-
video advertisement (iv) published in magazines
Choose the most appropriate option from the ones given below:
(a)Only (i) is correct
(b)Only (iv) is correct
(c)Both (i) and (iii) are correct
(d)Both (ii) and (iv) are correct
Answer: (d) Both (ii) and (iv) are correct

16.You are looking for a match for your son who is working as a Senior Manager in an MNC in Gurugram.
You want to write a classified advertisement giving all the necessary details. Identify the type of classified
advertisement from the options given below:
(a)Marriage
(b)Looking for a Bride
(c)Matrimonial
(d)None of these
Answer:(c) Matrimonial
Amit Bajaj’s pet dog has been missing for the last one week. Draft a suitable advertisement for him for the
classified columns of the local daily.
17_________________
Missing pet dog, Walter, Saint Bernard,18_________ ,white tail,1 year old ,brown collar with
retractable leash, missing since 10th March 2021 from central park, Model Town, Delhi,
19______,contact:20________________________

Choose the most appropriate option:

17.
(a)Missing
(b)Lost and Found
(c)Lost!Lost!Lost!
(d)Kennel
Answer: (a)Missing

18.
(a)smart
(b)white fur
(c)mix breed
(d)clever
Answer:(b) white fur

19.
(a)reward
(b)suitable reward for information
(c)price negotiable
(d)cash prize
Answer: (b)suitable reward for information

20.
(a)Amit Bajaj,18/37
(b)Amit Bajaj,18/37, Model Town
(c)Amit Bajaj,18/37, Model Town, Delhi
(d) Amit Bajaj,18/37, Model Town, Delhi,9811XXXXXX
Answer:(d)Amit Bajaj,18/37, Model Town, Delhi,9811XXXXXX
 PART 1
SPEECH WRITING
The following are the different paragraphs of a script. However, the paragraphs have been putin the wrong
sequence. Answer the questions given below :

A. Hence, my friends! I conclude by saying that……………

B. We must learn to manage our time effectively and judiciously. Some of the ways
tomanage time well are…………………………………………....

C. Good morning teachers and my dear friends! I am Shiva/Shivani of class XII. Today, I
am going to express my views on the topic ……………………….

D. However, there are some prominent causes of this rampant problem. Nowadays, people
waste their time in unproductive activities such as playing video games, watching television,
using mobile phones etc…………………….

E. It is rightly said : ‘Time and tide wait for none’. Once lost, it cannot be retrieved or
restored. Therefore, it is very essential to manage our time for a blissful, successful and
happy life. Time management is the key to a happy and successful life. It makes us more
productive, satisfied and goal-oriented in our life……………………………...

Question 1. The given paragraphs seem to be parts of a ……………….

a. Letter
b. Article
c. Speech
d. ReportAnswer

1:c

Question 2. What should be the correct sequence of the paragraphs to draft a coherent piece.

a. E-C-B-D-A
b. C-B-E-D-A
c. C-E-D-B-A
d. A-B-C-D-EAnswer 2

:c

Question 3. Which of the following seems to be an appropriate title of the given composition?
 a. Time and tide wait for none
b. Importance of Time management
c. Mantra of success
d. Some of the ways to manage time

Answer 3 : b
Question 4. Which of the paragraphs seems to be discussing the SOLUTIONS ORSUGGESTIONS regarding the
topic/theme of the composition?

a. Para A
b. Para B
c. Para C
d. Para D
e. Para EAnswer

4:b
Question 5. Which of the paragraphs seems to be discussing the MAIN IDEA/TOPIC/THEMEof the given
composition?

a. Para A
b. Para B
c. Para C
d. Para D
e. Para EAnswer

5:e
Question 6. Which of the paragraphs seems to be the INTRODUCTORY PARA of the givencomposition?

a. Para A
b. Para B
c. Para C
d. Para D
e. Para EAnswer

6:c

Question 7. Which of the paragraphs seems to be the CONCLUSION of the given composition?

a. Para A
b. Para B
c. Para C
d. Para D
e. Para EAnswer
7:a
Question 8. Which of the paragraphs seems to be discussing the REASONS OF THEPROBLEM in the given
composition?

a. Para A
b. Para B
c. Para C
d. Para D
e. Para EAnswer

8:d
Question 9. Which of the following is written at the end of the composition?

a. Writer’s name
b. Yours sincerely
c. Thank you
d. Yours trulyAnswer

9:c
 PART 2
ARTICLE WRITING
Question 10. The article can be made more interesting by …….

a. writing long sentences the entire time.

b. writing short sentences the enitre time.
c. asking rhetorical questions.
d. using really formal language.Answer

10 : c

Question 11. Statement: Humour is an integral part of articles.

a. True
b. False Answer

11 : b

Question 12. Subheadings are useful in articles because...

a. They help organise ideas.

b. They keep things fresh.
c. They don't do anything useful.
d. They repeat the important points

Answer 12 : a
Question 13. In article writing, a by-line is…….

a. an extra piece of information

b. the name of the writer
c. pointless
d. part of a goal lineAnswer

13 : b

Question 14. What should NOT be included in an article?

a. Writer’s own opinion

b. Rhetorical questions
c. A range of different techniques to persuade/argue
d. Lots of technical language and jargon.Answer

14 : d
Question 15. Why should the last paragraph make some reference to the opening paragraph?
 a. To make it look neater
b. It shouldn't, ideally
c. To confuse the reader
d. To draw the points together and conclude

Answer 15 : d
Question 16. An article needs a headline...

a. only if you can think of one

b. that is catchy and encourages people to read it
c. to be in capital letters and bold
d. to be long and detailed

Answer 16 : b
Question 17. Which of the following is the first part of an article?

a. Writer's name
b. Conclusion
c. Heading
d. Body Answer

17 : c

Question 18. This part of the article will help you recognize who wrote it.

a. heading
b. conclusion
c. by line
d. body Answer

18 : c
Question 19. In here, you will find the main part of the article.

a. conclusion
b. body
c. opinion
d. heading

Answer 19 : b
Question 20. An article is basically written for a small audience/readers.

a. True
b. False Answer

20 : b