Unit Test 1- Class 12

 

📚 CLASS XII ENGLISH MCQs

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30 Multiple Choice Questions

📖 SECTION A: PROSE – My Greatest Olympic Prize

Q1. In which city were the 1936 Olympic Games held?

A. New York

B. London

C. Berlin

D. Paris

✅ Correct Answer: C. Berlin

💡 The 1936 Summer Olympic Games were held in Berlin, Germany, under Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime.

Q2. What was Adolf Hitler’s "master race" theory regarding his athletes?

A. They were better trained than others.

B. They were naturally superior to other races.

C. They had more nationalistic feelings.

D. They were destined to win every event due to wealth.

✅ Correct Answer: B. They were naturally superior to other races.

💡 Hitler promoted the racist belief that Germans belonging to an "Aryan master race" were naturally superior to other groups.

Q3. For how many years did Jesse Owens train with the Olympic Games in mind?

A. Two years

B. Four years

C. Six years

D. Eight years

✅ Correct Answer: C. Six years

💡 Jesse Owens had trained, worked hard and disciplined himself for six years in preparation for the 1936 Olympic Games.

Q4. Which specific event did Jesse Owens expect to win "hands down"?

A. 100 meters

B. 200 meters

C. Long jump

D. 4×100 meter relay

✅ Correct Answer: C. Long jump

💡 Owens held the world record in the running broad jump and expected to win the event easily.

Q5. Who was the German athlete that Hitler had kept "under wraps"?

A. Pierre de Coubertin

B. Luz Long

C. Jesse Owens

D. Der Führer

✅ Correct Answer: B. Luz Long

💡 Luz Long was a tall German long jumper whom Hitler hoped would demonstrate supposed Aryan superiority.

Q6. Why did Jesse Owens perform poorly during the initial long-jump trials?

A. He was angry and disturbed by Hitler's Aryan-superiority theory.

B. He was physically injured.

C. He had not trained enough.

D. The weather conditions were poor.

✅ Correct Answer: A. He was angry and disturbed by Hitler's Aryan-superiority theory.

💡 His anger affected his concentration and he fouled his initial trial jumps.

Q7. What advice did Luz Long give Jesse Owens to help him qualify for the finals?

A. To jump with his eyes closed.

B. To run faster toward the pit.

C. To draw a line a few inches behind the take-off board.

D. To ignore the presence of Hitler.

✅ Correct Answer: C. To draw a line a few inches behind the take-off board.

💡 Long advised Owens to aim a few inches behind the board so that he would not foul.

Q8. What does Owens consider to be his "greatest Olympic prize"?

A. His four gold medals.

B. Setting a new world record.

C. His 24-carat friendship with Luz Long.

D. Beating Hitler's "master race."

✅ Correct Answer: C. His 24-carat friendship with Luz Long.

💡 Owens valued his genuine friendship with Luz Long more than his Olympic medals.

Q9. Who was the founder of the modern Olympic Games mentioned in the text?

A. Luz Long

B. Jesse Owens

C. Pierre de Coubertin

D. Adolf Hitler

✅ Correct Answer: C. Pierre de Coubertin

💡 Pierre de Coubertin was the founder of the modern Olympic movement.

Q10. According to the founder of the Olympics, what is the "essential thing in life"?

A. Winning

B. Conquering others

C. Fighting well

D. Achieving fame

✅ Correct Answer: C. Fighting well

💡 Coubertin emphasized that the important thing is not merely winning, but competing and fighting well.

🌼 SECTION B: POETRY – Daffodils

Q11. With what does the poet compare his wandering in the poem's opening?

A. A lake

B. A cloud

C. A star

D. A breeze

✅ Correct Answer: B. A cloud

💡 The poet compares his wandering to a lonely cloud.

Q12. Where exactly did the poet see the "host of golden daffodils"?

A. On top of the hills and vales

B. Beside the lake, beneath the trees

C. In the middle of the Milky Way

D. Scattered across his garden

✅ Correct Answer: B. Beside the lake, beneath the trees

💡 The poet saw the golden daffodils beside the lake and beneath the trees.

Q13. How does the poet describe the number of daffodils he saw?

A. A hundred

B. A thousand

C. Ten thousand

D. A million

✅ Correct Answer: C. Ten thousand

💡 Wordsworth uses hyperbole to describe the enormous number of daffodils.

Q14. The daffodils are compared to the stars because they are:

A. Cold and distant.

B. Small and white.

C. Continuous and twinkling.

D. High above the hills.

✅ Correct Answer: C. Continuous and twinkling.

💡 The flowers are compared to stars because their long, continuous line seems to shine and twinkle.

Q15. What were the daffodils doing when the poet encountered them?

A. Sleeping in the shade.

B. Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

C. Singing a song of nature.

D. Growing in a straight line.

✅ Correct Answer: B. Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

💡 The poet personifies the flowers as if they were dancing happily in the breeze.

Q16. What "wealth" did the sight of the daffodils bring to the poet?

A. Actual gold and riches.

B. Success in his career as a poet.

C. The spiritual joy and comfort of the memory.

D. A farm house near the lake.

✅ Correct Answer: C. The spiritual joy and comfort of the memory.

💡 The memory of the beautiful scene gives the poet lasting happiness and inner comfort.

Q17. What is the poet's "inward eye" according to the text?

A. His physical eyesight.

B. His imagination and memory.

C. A dream he had at night.

D. His sense of touch.

✅ Correct Answer: B. His imagination and memory.

💡 The "inward eye" refers to the poet's inner vision, especially memory and imagination.

Q18. The "bliss of solitude" refers to the happiness found in:

A. A large crowd.

B. The company of friends.

C. Being alone with one's thoughts.

D. Dancing with others.

✅ Correct Answer: C. Being alone with one's thoughts.

💡 Solitude means being alone. Here it refers to peaceful happiness while reflecting alone.

Q19. What happens to the poet's heart when he lies on his couch in a pensive mood?

A. It feels empty and sad.

B. It fills with pleasure and "dances with the daffodils."

C. It yearns to return to the lake.

D. It becomes "vacant."

✅ Correct Answer: B. It fills with pleasure and "dances with the daffodils."

💡 The memory of the flowers fills his heart with happiness even when he is alone.

Q20. What is the primary figure of speech in "I wandered lonely as a cloud"?

A. Metaphor

B. Simile

C. Hyperbole

D. Personification

✅ Correct Answer: B. Simile

💡 The comparison uses the word "as", making it a simile.

🩺 SECTION C: SHORT STORIES – The Doctor's Word

Q21. Why did people often hesitate to call Dr. Raman until the patient was "on his last legs"?

A. He was very expensive.

B. He lived too far away.

C. His presence was associated with an "ominous" finality.

D. He was known for being incompetent.

✅ Correct Answer: C. His presence was associated with an "ominous" finality.

💡 Dr. Raman was usually called for very serious cases, so people associated his arrival with approaching death.

Q22. What was Dr. Raman’s standard visiting fee?

A. Ten rupees

B. Twenty-five rupees

C. Fifty rupees

D. One hundred rupees

✅ Correct Answer: B. Twenty-five rupees

💡 Dr. Raman charged a fixed fee of twenty-five rupees for home visits.

Q23. Dr. Raman's opinion was highly valued because he acted more like a:

A. Judge pronouncing a verdict.

B. Priest offering a blessing.

C. Comedian telling jokes.

D. Servant to the family.

✅ Correct Answer: A. Judge pronouncing a verdict.

💡 Dr. Raman was known for giving clear and uncompromising opinions about a patient's condition.

Q24. How long was the "classic friendship" between Dr. Raman and Gopal?

A. Twenty years

B. Thirty years

C. Forty years

D. Fifty years

✅ Correct Answer: C. Forty years

💡 Their friendship went back forty years to their childhood days.

Q25. How did Dr. Raman learn that his friend Gopal was ill?

A. Gopal’s wife visited his clinic.

B. He saw Gopal’s son sitting in his consulting hall.

C. He received a telegram.

D. He happened to pass by Lawley Extension.

✅ Correct Answer: B. He saw Gopal’s son sitting in his consulting hall.

💡 Dr. Raman noticed Gopal's son among the patients waiting in his consulting hall.

Q26. What was Dr. Raman’s immediate reaction after examining Gopal for the first time?

A. He told the wife Gopal would live.

B. He administered an injection and sat silently for over an hour.

C. He performed surgery on the spot.

D. He asked for coffee and biscuits.

✅ Correct Answer: B. He administered an injection and sat silently for over an hour.

💡 Realising the seriousness of Gopal's condition, Dr. Raman gave him an injection and carefully watched him.

Q27. What did Dr. Raman call the slight improvement in Gopal’s pulse at 8:00 p.m.?

A. A miraculous recovery.

B. A sign of the medicine working.

C. A "false flash-up."

D. A puzzle to science.

✅ Correct Answer: C. A "false flash-up."

💡 Dr. Raman regarded the temporary improvement as a misleading sign rather than a real recovery.

Q28. What was the "death sentence" Dr. Raman feared if he asked Gopal to sign the will?

A. Subbiah and his gang would take the money.

B. The law would consider it invalid.

C. It would destroy Gopal's small remaining chance of survival.

D. Gopal's wife would become giddy and faint.

✅ Correct Answer: C. It would destroy Gopal's small remaining chance of survival.

💡 Dr. Raman feared that making Gopal think about his death would destroy his remaining hope.

Q29. Why did Dr. Raman eventually tell Gopal that he was "going to live"?

A. Because the pulse had truly stabilized.

B. To give him hope and potentially save his life with a "doctor's word."

C. He was tired of Gopal asking questions.

D. He wanted to trick Subbiah.

✅ Correct Answer: B. To give him hope and potentially save his life with a "doctor's word."

💡 Dr. Raman believed that giving Gopal hope might help him survive.

Q30. What was Dr. Raman’s final conclusion about Gopal’s survival the next morning?

A. It was entirely due to the glucose and brandy.

B. His assistant had been right all along.

C. How he survived would be a "puzzle" to him all his life.

D. It proved that words never save lives.

✅ Correct Answer: C. How he survived would be a "puzzle" to him all his life.

💡 Dr. Raman was amazed by Gopal's unexpected recovery and considered it a mystery.

⚡ QUICK REVISION ⚡

• 🏅 My Greatest Olympic Prize → Jesse Owens and Luz Long
• 🇩🇪 1936 Olympics → Berlin
• 🤝 Greatest Olympic Prize → Friendship with Luz Long
• 🌼 Daffodils → William Wordsworth
• ☁️ Opening comparison → Cloud
• ⭐ Daffodils → Compared with stars
• 👁️ Inward eye → Memory and imagination
• 🩺 The Doctor's Word → Dr. Raman and Gopal
• 💰 Visiting fee → Twenty-five rupees
• ❤️ Doctor's word → Hope and encouragement

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