MCQs on Indigo-Louis Fischer-CBSE English for Class 12

 Multiple Choice Questions of Indigo

1.Who was Rajkumar Shukla?

Ans. A sharecropper

2. Who is the writer of Indigo?

Ans. Louis Fischer

3. Where was the annual convention of the Indian National Congress party being held?

Ans. Lucknow

4. How many delegates were present to attend the annual convention of the Indian National Congress Party?

Ans. 2301

5. From where did Rajkumar Shukla come to meet Gandhiji?

Ans. From Champaran

6. Where did Rajkumar Shukla take Gandhiji to pass the night after reaching Patna?

Ans. at Dr. Rajndra Prasad’s house

7. What did the servants at dr. Rajendra’s house think of Gandhiji?

Ans. As a peasant like Raj Kumar Shukla

8. Why was Gandhiji not allowed by the servants to draw water from the well at Dr. Rajendra Prasad’s house?

Ans. Due to the social evil untouchability or Because the servants did not know Gandhiji

9. Why did Gandhiji decide to go to Muzzafarpur which was on the way to Champaran?

Ans. Gandhiji wanted to gather(get) more information about the sharecroppers’ problems.

10. To whom did Gandhiji send a telegram?

Ans. to G.B. Kripalani

11. Where had Gandhiji met G. B. Kripalani?

Ans. At Tagore’s Shantiniketan School

12. Where was G. B. Kripalani a professor?

Ans. At Arts College in Muzzaffarpur

13. For how many days did Gandhiji stay at Muzaffarpur?

Ans. For 2 days

14. In whose house did Mahatama Gandhi stay at Muzaffarpur?

Ans. in the home of Professor Malkani

15. Where did Malkani serve as a teacher?

Ans. In a Government School

16. What was an extraordinary thing, according to Gandhiji at Muzaffarpur?

Ans. Giving shelter in one’s house to the advocates of ‘home rule’

17. Where was the author born?

Ans. in Philadelphia.

18. Which University was the author a member of?

Ans. at Princeton University
19. Indigo is an excerpt from which book of the author?

Ans. The Life of Mahatma Gandhi

20. Why was Motihari back with peasants?

Ans. Because people from nearby places reached there to support Gandhiji

21. What was Gandhiji’s demand from the British landlords in the beginning?

Ans. To refund 50% of the payment to the farmers

22. How much did Indigo planters offer to pay?

Ans. To refund 25% of the money they had taken

23. Who briefed Gandhiji at Muzaffarpur about the sharecroppers’ problems?

Ans. Lawyers

24. Why did Raj Kumar Shukla come to Lucknow at the Annual Congress party session?

Ans. To complain against the injustice being done to the peasants under the landlord system in Bihar

25. Who was Sir Edmund in the lesson Indigo?

Ans. Lieutenant Governor in British administration

26. What was the statement that Gandhiji read pleading himself guilty?

Ans. He was not a law breaker and came to render humanitarian and national service
27. Why did Gandhi consider the Champaran episode a turning point?

Ans. The fear of the British was removed from the minds of Indian people

28. How did Kasturba help Gandhiji?

Ans. She told the women of the villages about cleanliness.

29.At what time did the train reach Muzaffarpur?

Ans. At Midnight

30. What were Indians in smaller localities afraid of in those days? (Indigo)

Ans.To show sympathy for the advocates of Home Rule

31. For what did Gandhiji chide the lawyers of Muzaffarpur?

Ans. For collecting a big fee

32. What was the chief commercial crop in Champaran?

Ans. Indigo

33. In which country was synthetic indigo developed?

Ans. Germany

34. Which place was Gandhiji advised leaving at once?

Ans. Tirhut

 

 

 

MCQs on Deep Water by William Douglas-CBSE ENglish for Class 12

 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