The story ‘The Last Lesson’ highlights which human

tendency?
A) Male Chauvinism
B) Procrastination
C) Courage
D) Cowardice
 According to the author what was garbage for the parents?
A) Means of entertainment
B) Means of joy
C) Means of sorrow
D) Means of survival
What was Asokamitran’s job in
the studio?
A) to arrange pancakes
B) to arrange make up kits
C) to serve water
D) cut out newspaper clippings on a
wide variety of subjects and store
them in files.
What were the things being taken for granted by the people of Alsace?
A) Teachers of the school
B) Time and school
C) People around
D) Money and power
What does The Last Lesson symbolize?
A) Loss of money
B) Loss of family
C) Loss of land
D) Loss of language and freedom
Sophie told Geoff that Danny
was unable to sign an
autograph for her because
A) his secretary did not allow it
B) he didn’t have paper or pen
C) he said he’d do it later
D) he was in a hurry to go horrie
What makes the working conditions of the children worst in the glass industry?
A) Dark dingy cells without light and air
B) Dazzling and sparking of welding light
C) High temperature
D) All of these
What made the Peddler finally
change his ways?
A) Edla’s beauty
B) His mistaken identity
C) His greed
D) Kindness and care
The author compares his legs to
_______
A) Sticks
B) Dead weights
C) Tree trunks
D) All of these
Why did Spender visit the
studio?
A) to deliver a speech
B) to gossip with the workers
C) to check the workers
D) to know the film making
The instructor was finished but
the author was not. Why?
A) He still experienced fear
B) He was not confident
C) He did not rely on the instructor
D) None of these
What do the marching soldiers under the windows represent?
A) The Dawn of Prussia in the defeat of French people
B) The defeat of Prussia
C) The victory of French
D) None of these
When people are enslaved, what key do they have to the prison, according to M.Hamel?
A) their behaviour
B) power
C) aggressiveness
D) mother tongue
 The expression ‘Thunder Clap” in the lesson means _______.
A) loud but not clear
B) loud and clear
C) startling and unexpected
D) unpleasant
Which language would the students study from the next day?
A) English
B) German
C) Dutch
D) Spanish
What is the central theme of the story Lost Spring?
A) Pitiable Poor children and their lost childhood
B) Garbage
C) Life of refugees
D) Spring Season
“Vive la France” means
A) Long Live France
B) We love France
C) I Love France
D) We Live in France
Concluding his last lesson by writing ‘Vive la France!’ on the blackboard shows that M.
Hamel- (SQP 2020-21)
A) was overwhelmed with emotions.
B) wanted to distract all attending class that day.
C) was keen on not leaving the country.
D) wanted to teach French participles through it.
On his way to school, Franz says that he had the strength to resist and chose to hurry off to
school. The underlined phrase suggests that Franz was (SQP 2021-22)
A) hesitant.
B) threatened.
C) tempted.
D) repentant.
 Why is the author calling garbage ‘gold’ in the story?
A) Because they sell the entire heap of garbage at a high price
B) Because it turns golden yellow in colour like gold
C) Because they find gold in it
D) Because it provides them with valuable things that they cannot buy
Where was Saheb employed?
A) At a tea stall in Seemapuri
B) At a saree shop
C) At a jewellery shop
D) At a sweet shop
What does the title ‘Lost Spring’ symbolise?
A) Lost blooming childhood
B) Autumn season
C) Lost money
D) Lost age
How is Mukesh’s attitude different from that of his family?
A) Being daring, firm and clear
B) Being a fighter
C) Being a coward
D) Not clear
What false promise did the author make to Saheb-e-Alam?
A) Providing a oster home
B) Getting him a job
C) Providing free food
D) Opening a school
‘Hearing him, one wonders if he has achieved what
many have failed in their lifetime. He has a roof
over his head!’ Which of the following is true, in
the context of the given line?
A) The husband of the elderly woman had earned
sufficient to get a roof over his head
B) The writer gives a positive picture for Mukesh’s family
C) By saying so, the writer suggests that Mukesh could
become a motor mechanic
D) Mukesh’s father had earned enough to get a roof over
his head
Why did Douglas’ mother
recommend that he should learn
swimming at the Y.M.C.A
swimming pool?
A) Because it was local
B) Because it was clean
C) Because it was supervised
D) Because it was shallow and safe
How did Douglas make sure that
he had conquered the old
terror?
A) By visiting California
B) By jumping into the waters
C) By taking a lesson from the
instructor
D) By swimming into the lake
Wentworth
The most appropriate justification for the
title of the chapter ‘Deep Water’ is that
(CBSE QB, 2021)
A) it’s about the dangerous depth of the
swimming pool.
B) It reveals the author’s lack of surety about
overcoming his fear of swimming.
C) it underlines the author’s fear of water and how
he overcomes it.
D) it includes the methods of the author’s coach
to overcome the fear of deep water
What could be the possible
reason for the author’s going to
the pool when no one else was
there?
A) He was shy
B) He reached early
C) He wanted to practice alone
D) None of these
“All we have to fear is fear
itself.” The quote is by _______
A) Douglas
B) Roosevelt
C) Washington
D) None of them
“I paddled with my new water
wings, watching the other boys
and trying to learn by aping
them.” The word ‘aping’ means-
A) To meet an Ape
B) To behave like an Ape
C) To copy someone
D) All of these
Where did the writer go when
he was 3 or 4 years old in the
story?
A) Washington
B) New Zealand
C) California
D) Canada
How did the author learn
swimming?
A) With the help of a rope
B) With the help of a friend
C) With the help of his mother
D) With the help of a swimming
instructor
Why does the peddler knit up
various kind of thoughts?
A) Because of greed
B) Because of travelling
C) Because of loneliness and
poverty
D) None
In peddler’s view, what does the
world look like?
A) A Rat
B) A Jungle
C) A Jigsaw
D) A Rattrap
According to thepeddler, what
leads us to various miseries?
A) Attractions
B) People
C) Friends
D) Wishes and greed of comfort
Why did the peddler have to
take shelter?
A) Because of his wishes
B) Because he wants to steal
C) Because he wants to be with his
friends
D) Because he had no home
Why did Elda bring the Peddler
to her house for Christmas
cheer?
A) Because she knew him
B) He was very funny
C) He was good looking
D) Because of his resemblance to
her father’s old friend
What is the meaning of Saheb -e- Alam?
A) Owner
B) Rich man
C) Poor man
D) Lord of the Universe
Why did Peddler sign himself as
Captain Von Stahle?
A) He didn’t want to hurt them
B) Because he forgets his name
C) Because he wants to meet Edla’s
expectations of him being an
armyman
D) He wanted to hide his true
identity
When does the ironmaster
realise his mistake?
A) when the peddler speaks
B) when he sees an old photograph
C) when the peddler changes
clothes and cleans his face
D) All of these
Why did Edla plead her father
not to send the Vagabond away?
A) Because of her father
B) Because he resembled her
father’s friend
C) Because she liked him
D) Because of sympathy and his
poor life condition
 Why does Sophie feel jealous of
her brother?
A) because he has several friends
B) because he is a mechanic
C) because he reveals his secret
D) because of inability to reach
unknown areas of his mind
The crofter had been kind. Then
why did the peddler steal his
money?
A) He had lured the poor man by
showing him money
B) The vagabond needed money
C) The crofter had been selfish for
he had needed company
D) All of these
What is the message conveyed
in the lesson Indigo?
A) Efficient lawyers make a country
successful
B) Speak aloud for your rights
C) Wise and courageous leadership
can resolve any problem.
D) None
How did Gandhiji help peasants
of Champaran?
A) By fighting and securing justice
for them
B) By hiring lawyers for them
C) By educating them
D) By providing financial help
What problems were faced by
the Champaran Indigo
sharecroppers?
A) Poverty
B) Were forced to grow Indigo
C) Unable to raise voice
D) Illiteracy
Why did Gandhiji decide to go to
Muzaffarpur?
A) To have detailed information of
the sharecroppers of Champaran
B) To have information about
lawyers
C) To know different capacities of
the people
D) To have a personal bond with the
people
Why did Mr. Shukla meet
Gandhiji?
A) to seek his guidance for his own
upliftment
B) to get ideas to be famous
C) to learn the art of speaking
D) to seek his help for the poor
sharecroppers
Why did Gandhiji agree to the
planter’s offer of 25% refund to
the farmers?
A) Because of money
B) Because of fear of loss
C) Because of fear of power
D) Because more than money,
prestige of farmers was important
When was Gemini studio set up?
A) 1920
B) 1930
C) 1910
D) 1940
How was the Gemini studio
influenced by the plays staged
by MRA?
A) They imitated their styles
B) They imitated their dialogues
C) They imitated their story
D) They imitated their sets and
costumes
What was the brand name of
the make-up material that
Gemini studio bought?
A) Pancake
B) Mancake
C) Fancake
D) latincake
Why did everybody in the studio
think of giving some work to the
author?
A) because of the idle appearance
of his work
B) because he was an office boy
C) because he was a helper
D) none
How was Kothamanglam Subbu
treated in the Gemini studio?
A) with hatred
B) rudely
C) disrespectfully
D) with high respect
What does V.S. Naipaul feel
about interviews?
A) It is a horrifying experience
B) he is happy on being interviewed
C) some people are wounded by
interviews
D) none
How does Umberto Eco find so
much time to write so much?
A) using early morning time and
missing exercise
B) by being multidextrous
C) using his family time for work
D) by using empty spaces (free
times) like waiting for someone,
break time
 What was distinctive (special)
about Eco’s academic writing
style?
A) His realistic narrative style with
trial and errors
B) his interrogative style
C) his monotonous unrealistic style
D) fictitious imaginative style
What is the reason for huge
success of the novel The Name
of The Rose?
A) mystic
B) metaphysics and medieval
history period used
C) detective style and theology
D) All these
Why do most celebrity writers
despise being interviewed?
A) they don’t like journalists
B) unwarranted intrusion in their life
C) they face financial losses
D) none of these
What do Umberto’s works for
children speak about ?
A) his passion for children
B) children are nuisance
C) children love to be happy
D) non-violence and peace
The story Going Places revolve
around whom?
A) a fat boy named Geoff
B) an old couple, the Weasles
C) a teenage girl Sophie, her family
and friends
D) none of these
What did Sophie tell Geoff one
day that made him look
surprised?
A) she had seen a ghost
B) she had met her principal
C) she had got a job
D) she had met Danny Casey
Geoff never took Sophie out
with him because he thought
she was
A) immature
B) badly behaved
C) too young
D) too restless
Where does Sophie visit to meet
Casey in her imagination?
A) a football ground
B) in the match
C) in a hotel
D) a secret place near canal