MCQs on Deep Water by William Douglas
Q1. Who is the writer of ‘Deep Water’?
Options:
(i) Alphonse
Daudet
(ii)
William Douglas
(iii)
Khushwant Singh
(iv)
Anees Jung
Q2. “Deep Water’ is an
extract from:
Options:
(i) Men and
Mountains
(ii)
Go East: Young
Men
(iii)
The Early Years
(1974)
(iv)
The Court Years
(1980)
Q3. The lesson Deep Water
reveals how the author was nearly drowned ……………………………………..
Options:
(i) In a
pond
(ii)
In a swimming
pool
(iii)
In a river
(iv)
In Bay of Bengal
Q4. Tell the age of
William Douglas when he decided to learn how to swim.
Options:
(i) Ten or
eleven years
(ii)
Eight or nine
years
(iii)
Twelve or
thirteen years
(iv)
None of the above
Q5. Name the site of the swimming
pool in which William Douglas finally decided to learn how to swim.
Options:
(i) Y. M.
B. A.
(ii)
Y. M. C.W.
(iii)
Y. M.W.A.
(iv)
Y. M. C. A.
Q6. What does Y. M. C. A.
stand for?
Options:
(i) Young
Men Clever Association
(ii)
Young Men Cute
Association
(iii)
Young Men City
Association
(iv)
Young Men
Christian Association
Q7. Fill in the blank
given in the line taken from the text of Deep water:
The ……………………….. River was treacherous
(unfaithful).
Options:
(i) Yatima
(ii)
Yaqueena
(iii)
Yakima
(iv)
Yashima
Q8. What does the narrator's mother say
about the Yakima River?
Options:
(i)
It was very deep.
(ii)
It had very dirty
water.
(iii)
It was
treacherous.
(iv)
It had shallow
water.
Q9. From which book is the lesson Deep Water
taken
Options:
(i)
Of Men and
Mountains
(ii)
Go East Young Man
(iii)
Points of
Rebellion
(iv)
The Night of the
People
Q10. How deep was the YMCA pool
at the deeper end?
Options:
(i)
9 feet
(ii)
Ten feet
(iii)
Three feet
(iv)
Five feet
Q11. How deep was the YMCA pool
at the shallow end?
Options:
(i)
9 feet
(ii)
Ten feet
(iii)
Three feet
(iv)
Five feet
Q12.
What did the narrator get before going to the pool?
Options:
(i)
A pair of wings
(ii)
A pair of water wings
(iii)
A pair of bats
(iv)
A pair of plastic pads
Q13.
What did the narrator hate to show?
Options:
(i)
His fat legs
(ii)
His skinny legs
(iii)
His thin arms
(iv)
His thin body
Q14.
What was the narrator’s age when he was taken to California beach by his
father?
Options:
(i)
Three or five years
(ii)
Three or four years
(iii)
Three or six years
(iv)
Three or seven years
Q15.
On which beach did the narrator’s father take him when he was three or four
years old?
Options:
(i)
California
beach
(ii)
Coronado Beach
(iii)
Kalaloch Beach
(iv)
East Beach
Q16. How did the
misadventure at the Y.M.C.A. pool happen with the narrator?
Options:
(i)
A boy of eighteen
years threw him into the pool.
(ii)
The narrator himself
jumped into the pool.
(iii)
The narrator’s foot
slipped and he fell down into the water.
(iv)
None of the above
Q17.
When the narrator was going down the water of the pool, 9 feet seemed to him
…………………… (Fill in the blank by using the correct options given below)
Options:
(i)
One hundred feet
(ii)
Ninety feet
(iii) Ninety-nine feet
(iv) Ninety-six feet
Q18. Fill in the blank by using the correct options given below:
'I
imagine it Bob to the surface like ...........
Options:
(i)
Cork
(ii)
Rubber
(iii)
A piece of wood
(iv)
None of the above
Q19.
Who said the following words: "All we have to fear is fear itself."
who said these words?
Options:
(i)
President Roosevelt
(ii)
President Bill Clinton
(iii)
President Barak Obama
(iv)
President Bush
Q20.
'What do you think you can do to me?', these words spoken by Douglas to
...........
Options:
(i)
Fear
(ii)
Terror
(iii)
His instructor
(iv)
His mother
Q21.
Whenever terror struck again, Douglas would stand talking to
....................?
Options:
(i)
Terror
(ii)
Fear
(iii)
His instructor
(iv)
His mother
Q22.
How many times does Douglas say that he had to do exhaling and inhaling exercises?
Options:
(i)
Hundreds of times
(ii)
One hundred times
(iii)
Three hundred times
(iv)
Five hundred times
Q23.
Fill in the blanks with the correct phrase taken from the given four options:
“Stark
(real but harsh) terror took an even deeper hold on me, like a great…………………………….
Options:
1.
current of water
2.
A nightmare
3.
charge of electricity
4.
loud cry
Q24.
Fill in the blank:
Douglas
practised swimming five days a week and………………each day.
(i)
An hour
(ii)
Two hours
(iii)
Three hours
(iv)
Four hours
Q25.
Whose help did Douglas take to overcome the fear of water?
Options:
(i)
His old teacher
(ii)
An Instructor
(iii)
His friend
(iv)
A villager
Q26.
How many times did the terror return in the author’s mind while swimming in
Lake Wentworth?
Options:
(i)
Once
(ii)
Twice
(iii)
Thrice
(iv)
None of the above
Q27.
Where is the Lake Wentworth situated?
Options:
(i)
New Hampshire
(ii)
California
(iii)
India
(iv)
Germany
Q28.
William Douglas was a friend and advisor of ..........................
Options
(i)
President Roosevelt
(ii)
President Barak Obama
(iii)
President Bill Clinton
(iv)
President Bush
Q29.
What did William Douglas do to save himself when he was drowning?
Options:
(i)
He left everything to God
(ii)
He used his mind to push himself up
(iii)
He kept crying
(iv)
None of the above
Fill in the
Q30. Write the correct
meaning of the underlined word given in the following sentence:
“My toes reached out as if to grab
them.”
(i)
Cease
(ii)
Seize
(iii)
Eat
(iv)
escape
