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Grade - 12 English Text and Grammar
Grade - 12 English Text and Grammar
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1
When Aunt is dead, her ______ hands will lie.
Wrinkled
Old
Terrified
Weak
2
What do you mean by embarrassed?
Cunning
Excited
Enchanted
Awkward
3
"Even the Ivory needle is hard to pull". Why is it hard for the Aunt?
She is frightened
She is confused
She is tired
She is nervous
4
The pictures of contrast shown on the walls of the classroom are_______
Building and Dome
Shakespeare
World maps
All of the above
5
Subbu had a separate identity as a poet science......
He was certainly capable of more complex and higher form of poetry
All of the above
He was deliberately chosen to address his poetry to the masses
He composed several truly original story poem
6
I never went back to the Pool. (Choose the correct affirmative sentence)
I always will go back to the pool
Going back to the pool will never happen
I always avoided to go back to the pool
I seldom went back to the pool again
7
Why did Gandhiji chide the lawyers?
As their demands were not genuine
As they collected big fees from the share croppers
They harassed the villagers
They supported Britishers
8
Why were the old men of the villagers sitting in the class?
All of the above
Because they were sorry
That they had not gone to school
To show respect to their country that was theirs no more.
9
Most of the 'arable' land in Champaran was divided into large estates. What does 'arable' mean?
Cultivable
Unfertile
Waste
None of the above
10
The man with the rattraps did not answer anythings to this. (Choose the correct assertive)
The man with the rattraps argued to answer anything to this.
The man with the rattraps stopped answering anything to this.
The man with the rattraps refused to answer anything to this.
The man with the rattraps objected to answer anything to this.
11
He jumped up abruptly. (Choose the correct exclamatory)
How he jumped abruptly!
Wow! He jumped abruptly.
How abruptly he jumped!
Abruptly he jumped!
12
Why has the mother been compared to the 'late winter's moon'?
her skin was wrinkled and saggy
as she did not smile
as she looked at the sky
her face was ashen and pale
13
"Going Places" deals with the theme of______.
Heritage sites
Mysteries of life
Changing world
Adolescent fantaising
14
A raodside stand that too pathetically pled. (FOS)
Personification
Pun
Paradox
Synecdoche
15
Douglas sat on the side of the pool. Why?
He sat on the side to wait for others
The water was still
He was timid about going in alone
The place was quiet
16
lcy horror would grab my heart (choose the correct passive voice)
My heart is grabbed by icy horror
I was grabbed by icy horror
My heart is grabbed by icy horror
Someone grabbed my heart with icy horror
17
M. Hamel said that he would question us on......
Articles
Preposition
Participles
Tenses
18
Freedom from fear is more important than______ for the poor (Complete the line choosing the correct word)
Poverty
Luxury
Education
Legal Justice
19
Tiny vestiges of the old terror would return. What does the term 'vestiges' refer to?
Fear
Flash back
Remaining parts
Memory
20
A frail young woman is cooking the evening meal. Who is she?
Mukesh's sister
Wife of Mukesh's elder brother
Mukesh's grandmother
Mukesh's Mother
21
Did I not Promise You to kill him? (Choose the correct assertive sentence)
I did not Promise You to kill him
I Promised you to kill him
I Promise You to kill him
I Promised You not to kill him.
22
Rajkumar Shukla met Gandhiji, for the first time, in________.
Lucknow
Cawnpore
Kolkata
Ahmedabad
23
Gandhiji never believed in________.
Political equality
Complete equality in all respects
Social Equality
Equality of opportunities
24
M. Hamel stoodup, very pale, in his chair when.....
The clock struck twelve
Villagers sitting on the last bench
He saw the bulletin board
Hausen had brought and old printer
25
__________ causes suffering and pain in the poem. 'A thing of beauty'.
Despondence
Clooney Days
O'er - darkened ways
All of the above
26
While greedy good doers, beneficient beasts of prey (FOS)
Paradox
Metaphor
Oxymoron
Anthithesis
27
We have a lot of empty spaces in our lives. I call them_______.
Interstices
Vacuoles
Voids
Atoms
28
Who are Aunt Jenifer's tigers?
Chivalric peoples
Men
Her own constraints
Real Animals
29
The tigers in the panel that she made, Will go on prancing, proud and unafraid. (FOS)
Aliteration & Climax
Personification & Anticlimax
Simile and Pun
Antithesis & Climax
30
Find the origin of the word 'Barbeque'
Russian
Spanish
Dutch
Italian
31
The court case against Gandhiji was dropped due to the orders from_______.
the magistrate
the lieutenant - Governor
the secretary
the commissioner
32
As soon as he went into the room, he locked the door. (Choose the correct sentence with No sooner......)
No sooner did he went into the room than he locked the door
No sooner he went into the room than he locked the door
No sooner did he go into the room then he locked the door
No sooner did he go into the room than he locked the door
33
Kamala Das' poem 'My mother at Sixty - Six is a________.
Ode
Iyrical idiom
Elegy
Sonnet
34
He will die unless he is operated. (Use if')
He will die if he won't be operated
If he is not operated, he will die
If he is not operated, he won't die
He will die if he is operated
35
Who gave the permission to the tramp to stay in the forge?
The helper
Master Blacksmith
Nils Olof
The Apprentice
36
According to Gandhiji one can serve the society________.
If he is talented
If he worked honestly
If he used his talent wisely
If he earned well
37
The Bulletin - Board was __________.
at the town hall
in the classroom
in the school
by the roadside
38
How old was the writer when he decided to learn to swim?
12 years
10 years
1 year
6 years
39
'The stunted, unluck heir of twisted bones, reciting a father's gnarled disease'. The above line describes.
City School children
Class inequalities in slum children
Poverty in villages
Normal Children
40
A thing of beauty is joy forever.
Epigram
Pun
Personification
Apostrophe
41
Caroline writes in her diary yet despite the drawbacks of the interview, it is_______.
A crime
Supremely serviceable medium of communication
Cowardly and vile
Immoral, so I refuse to be interviewed
42
The slightest exertion upset me, making me_______ in the knees and sick to my stomach.
Wobbling
Wobbled
Wobble
Wobbly
43
The writer of the lesson "The Third Level" is__________.
Susan Hill
Jack Finney
Johan Updike
Colin Dexter
44
A Roadside stand is erected for......
Livelihood
Advertising
attracting the crowd
Competition
45
"Don't go so fast, bub; you'll get to your school in plenty of time!'
Wachter
Villager
Alphonse Daudet
Old Hauser
46
The city folk who drove through country side hardly paid any heed to roadside stand. Which line brings the out meaning
The polished traffic passed with a mind ahead
Of all thousand selfish cars that pass
And another to ask could they sell it a gallon of gas
Of signs that with N turned wrong and S turned wrong
47
The big bellows groaned and burning coal cracked. (Turn into Simple)
The burning coal cracked before the bif bellows groaned
When the big bellows groaned, burning coal cracked
The big bellows groaned while the burning coal cracked
Inspite of the big bellows groaning, the burning coal cracked.
48
Health conditions were miserable. (Choose the correct Interrogative)
Are the health condition miserable?
Did the health condition miserable?
Were the health conditions miserable?
Is the health condition miserable?
49
________ had developed synthetic indigo.
Russia
England
France
Germany
50
There is no school in my neighborhood. (Choose the correct Interrogative sentence)
Is there any school in your neighborhood?
Is there some school far from my neighborhood?
Have they any school in the neighborhood?
There is no school in neighborhood. Is it?
51
"Garbage to them is gold" is an expression of literary experience. Which device?
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Simile
Antithesis
52
The children's faces are compared to 'rootless weeds'. This means they are
Ill - fed
Insecure
Wasters
Secure
53
What would be an 'exotic moment' for the poet?
All of the above
Stop the rat race
Quiet Introspection
Mutual understanding
54
He had read our minds correctly. (Choose the correct Interrogative sentence)
Did he read our minds correctly?
Had he read our minds correctly?
Shall he read our minds correctly'
He had read our mind correctly Isn't he?
55
Jansie linking arms with her along the street; looked doubtful. (Make Compound)
Jansie linking arms with her and along the street looked doubtful
Linking arms Jansie looked doubtful with her along the street.
But Jansie linking arms looked doubtful with her along the street.
Jansie linked arms with her along the street and looked doubtful
56
All I did was smile & smile ans Smile (FOS)
Repetition & Consonance
Consonance, Pun
Assonances, Simile
Metaphor and Alliteration
57
He accepted the fur coat. (Choose the correct Negative)
He didn't accept the fur coat
He should accept the fur coat
He will not accept the fur coat
He rejected the fur coat
58
He had a genuine love for anyone he came across. (Choose the correct Question Tag)
Isn't he?
Hadn't he?
Did he?
Had he?
59
All night Gandhiji remained awake. (choose the correct Negative)
All night Gandhiji can't sleep
All night Gandhiji did not sleep
All night Gandhiji avoided to remain awake
All night Gandhiji remained a sleep
60
What is the vicious circle mentioned by the author?
Sahukars
Policemen
Bureaucrats and Politicians
All of the above
61
Gandhi chided the lawyers for collecting big fee. Choose the correct complex sentence)
Gandhi chided the lawyers so that they collected big fee
Gandhi chided the lawyers because they collected big fee
Gandhi chided the lawyers therefore they collected big fee
Gandhi chided the lawyers so that they collected big fee
62
"Deep Water" is an excerpt from_________.
Treacherous Yakima river
Of Men and Mountains
Fear of water
Terror and fear
63
Selma Lagerlof is a _________writer.
Swedish writer
French writer
Russian water
American writer
64
And looked at Young trees sprinting. (FOS)
Synecdoche
Personification
Paradox
Metaphor
65
Who was waiting for Gandhiji at the station on 15 April 1917?
Rajendra Prasad
Rajkumar Shukla
Kriplani with a large body of students
Mr. Andrews
66
Now the peasant saw that he had rights and defenders. (Use "too" correctly)
The peasant too saw that he had rights and defenders now
The peasant saw that he had both rights and defenders too
The peasant saw too many rights and defenders
Now too the peasant saw that he had rights and defenders
67
What could the crazy idea be? (Choose the correct Assertive Sentence)
It could be a crazy idea
It should be a crazy idea
How carzy the idea is!
It couldn't be a crazy idea
68
The Paper-seeming boy with rat's eyes. (FOS)
Synecdoche
Simile
Irony
Metaphor
69
Full form of Y.M.C.A. is________.
Young Mens Christian Association
Young Mens Cultural Association
Young Master Club Associations
Youth Management Cultural Association
70
Trees, old and young, sprouting a shady boon. (Pick out the figures of speech)
Metonymy
Metaphor
Litotes
Antithesis
71
After the grammar, what did M. Hamel teach?
He asked them to scratch something on the paper
He taught them a lesson in writing
None of the above
He made them drew flags
72
Jansie linking with her along the street; looked doubtful. (Choose the correct compound sentence)
Jansie linked arms with her along the street and looked doubtful
But Jansie linking arms looked doubtful with her along the street
Linking arms Janise looked doubtful with her along the street
Jansie linking arms with her and along the street looked beautiful
73
Suddenly the book assumed tremendous significance. (Choose the correct passive sentence)
The book assumed tremendous significance
Tremendous significance was assumed suddenly by the book
Suddenly the book has been assumed tremendous significance
Significance tremendously book assumed
74
But when feet hit the bottom, I summoned all my strength. (Choose correct Simple Sentence)
I hit the bottom with my feet so I summoned all my strength
Hitting the bottom with my feet, I summoned all my strength
Summoning all my strength I hit the bottom
Hitting the bottom, my feet so I summoned all my strength
75
Mukesh's grandmother attributes her husband going blind with______ (Complete the line using the correct option)
Smoke
Old age
Dust from polishing the glass
Infection
76
____was a reporter for 'Private eye' for few years and has written features for vanity fair.
Christopher Silvester
Ashokamitran
Louis Fischer
Anees Jung
77
What does bangle symbolize for an Indian woman?
Bondage
Compulsion
Suhaag
Love
78
The Author of 'Deep water' is_______.
Alphonse Daudet
Louis Fischer
Anees Jung
Willian Douglas
79
"If I start a school, will you come"? (What did Saheb reply?)
Yes, smiling broadly
Yes, proudly
Yes, hesitantly
Yes, smiling cunningly
80
Gandhiji _______to go first to Muzaffarpur, which was on route to Champaran.
decided
Decidedly
Decide
Decisive
81
When the young girl opened the package she found______. (Complete the lines)
A small rattrap and in it lay few blank papers
A small rattrap and in it lay three 10 kronor notes
A small rattrap and in it lay two wrinkled 5 kronor notes
A big rattrap and in it lay two wrinkled 10 kronor notes
82
It will never pass into nothingness. (FOS)
Personification
Litotes
Simile
Antithesis
83
But I subdued my pride and did it. (Choose the correct exclamatory)
Hurrah! I subdued my pride and did it.
What I subdued my pride and did it!
Oh! I subdued my pride and did it.
How I subdued my pride and did it!
84
'All we have to fear is fear itself' - Who said these words......
Anees Jung
William Douglas
Saheb - e - Alam
Roosevelt
85
'Thumbprint on his windpipe' means
Uncomfortable position
Discomfort
Unpleasant posture
Pleasant Deposition
86
The make - up room had the look of a hair - cutting salon because______
There were large mirrors at all angles
Both A and B
There were incandescent lights
Many were subjected to the misery of make - up
87
I will walk. Choose the correct interrogative]
I will walk, Won't I?
Wouldn't I Walk?
Won't I walk?
Shall I walk?
88
I had reached the station before the arrival of the train. (Identify the type of sentence)
Simple
Compound
Complex
None
89
I am not as old as he is (Choose the correct degree of comparison)
He is older than me
He is the oldest one
He is not older than I
He is older than I am
90
Actress don't work full time. (Choose correct Affirmative sentence)
Full time is optional for actresses.
Actresses avoid working full time
Actresses have to work full time.
Do actresses work full time?
91
The series of emotions that Douglas experienced when he was thrown into the pool was______.
None of the above
Head throbbed
Lungs ached
Suffocation
92
My legs wouldn't move. (Choose the correct affirmative)
My legs would remains still
My legs would always remains still
My legs remained still
My legs would always keep on moving
93
I asked him for an autograph for little derek. (Passive Vocie)
He was asked by little Derek for an autograph.
He was asked for an autograph for little Derek by me.
Little Derek was asked for an autograph by me.
I asked little Derek for an autograph.
94
What does Umberto Eco considered himself for?
Professors
Novelist
Scholar
Academic Scholar
95
'Keeping Quiet' by Pablo Neruda talks about
Constraints of life
Need for quiet introspection
necessity of human relationships
death
96
What made the peddler finally change his ways?
He was already a decent man
The love and affection he got
He was forced to change
He was not willing to change
97
The adjective form of Prodigy is ___
Prodigiously
Prodegeous
Prodigious
Prodigality
98
That's why they left. (QT)
Did they?
Didn't they?
Isn't it?
Haven't they?
99
The iron master assumed that he felt embarrassed because of________.
Unfamiliar place
young workmen
his miserable clothing
not knowing anyone
100
Why are they not able to organise themselves into a cooperative?
Because they fear that they will be doing something illegal
Because they fear that they will be beaten up
Because they fear that they will be dragged to jail
All of the above
