NCERT English Class 11 | Chapter 6 | The Browning Version | MCQs |

1. What is the name of Harris's wife, Mr. Crocker?

A. Miley Crocker – Harris

B. Haley Crocker – Harris

C. Millie Crocker – Harris

D. None of the above

Answer: (A) Millie Crocker – Harris


2. On the last day of school, what did Taplow do?

A. Timepass

B. Completing homework

C. Extra work

D. Nothing

Answer: (C) Extra Work


3. How did Frank react when Mrs. Crocker–Harris arrived?

A. He was relieved

B. He was happy

C. He was nervous

D. None of the above

Answer: (A) He was relieved.


4. Does Taplow think that Mr. Crocker–Harris is biased?

A. No

B. Yes

C. Maybe

D. Can’t say

Answer: (A) No


5. What is Taplow’s age?

A. Five

B. Fourteen

C. Sixteen

D. Twenty

Answer: (C) Sixteen


6. Who is Frank?

A. Parent

B. Principal

C. Student

D. Teacher

Answer: (D) Teacher


7. Which book Taplow was reading?

A. Julius Caesar

B. English novel

C. The Agamemnon

D. History textbook

Answer: (C) The Agamemnon


8. Millie Crocker – Harris, how would you describe her?

A. fat woman, forties

B. thin woman, in her twenties

C. thin women, smartly dressed

D. Thin Woman, late thirties, smartly dressed

Answer: (D) Thin Woman, late thirties, smartly dressed.


9. Who has written ‘The Browning Version’?

A. Terence Rattigan

B. Mr. Edgar S. Woolard

C. Mr. Lester Brown

D. Kushwant Singh

Answer: (A) Terence Rattigan


10. Why was Mr. Crocker– Harris named 'Hardly Human' by Taplow?

A. He is all shriveled up

B. He is very rude to everyone

C. He finds peace in failing students

D. Because he is a sadist

Answer: (B) He is all shriveled up.


11. What does the word ‘Slacker’ mean?

A. An active person

B. An agile person

C. A lazy person

D. A smart person

Answer: (C) A lazy person


12. Why is Taplow required to perform extra work?

A. because he was called by his teacher

B. because he was there to help his teacher

C. because he didn’t performed well in his studies

D. because he has missed his previous week due to illness

Answer: (D) because he has missed his previous week due to illness.


13. What does ‘Remove’ mean in the chapter?

A. get rid of

B. unfasten

C. take away something

D. a division in British Schools

Answer: (D) a division in British Schools.


14. What sets Mr. Crocker–Harris apart from other educators?

A. as he is rude

B. as he is old

C. as he is strict

D. as he is not biased

Answer: (D) as he is not biased.


15. In the absence of her husband, what did Millie suggest to Taplow?

A. to go to the chemist to get her prescription filled

B. to play golf

C. to wait

D. to go to his home

Answer: (A) to go to chemist to get her prescription filled.


16. Who said the lines, ‘Come along, Taplow. Do not be so selfish as to keep a good joke to yourself.’?

A. Millie

B. Frank

C. Principal

D. Mr. Crocker-Harris

Answer: (B) Frank


17. What short name does Taplow call Mr. Crocker–Harris in his absence?

A. Harris

B. Crock

C. Crocker

D. Teacher

Answer: (B) Crock


18. What was special about Mr. Crocker Harris?

A. He declared the result on the last day of term

B. He declared the result beforehand

C. He declared the result after everyone had declared

D. All of the above

Answer: (A) He declared the result on the last day of term.


Poem: Childhood                                      by Markus Natten

1. Why do adults talk and preach about love but don't show it in their actions?

A. because they do not want to

B. because they are hypocrites

C. because they are double-faced

D. because they invest in only those whom they find interesting

Answer: (B) because they are hypocrites


2. Where did the poet use antithesis in a poem when two opposite words are used together in a sentence?

A. Forgotten place

B. Hell and Heaven

C. Preached of love

D. Infant’s face

Answer: (B) Hell and Heaven


3. After what age did the poet realize that he had lost his childhood?

A. Ten

B. Eleven

C. Twelve

D. Thirteen

Answer: (B) Eleven


4. When the poet realized he could use his mind however he wanted, what did he notice about himself?

A. He sensed his own individuality and a separate personality

B. He sensed that he is as intelligent as his friends

C. He sensed that he could use his mind in creative work

D. He sensed that he is very smart

Answer: (A) He sensed his own individuality and a separate personality.


5. What word is the antonym of 'hidden'?

A. Out

B. Partial

C. Open

D. Closed

Answer: (A) Out


6. Who is the poet of the poem ‘Childhood’?

A. Shirley Toulson

B. Walt Whitman

C. Markus Natten

D. Naipul

Answer: (C) Markus Natten


7. Where did he see himself as a child now?

A. Only in his memories

B. In other kids

C. In an infant’s face

D. Nowhere

Answer: (C) In an infant’s face


8. When the poet lost his childhood, what did he learn about himself?

A. that he is dumb

B. that he is very intelligent

C. that he can use in whatever way he wants

D. None of the Above

Answer: (C) that he can use in whatever way he wants.


9. What did the poet come to understand about adults?

A. they have to earn money

B. that they are mature

C. they are cunning

D. they are not what they seem to be

Answer: (D) they are not what they seem to be.


10. What was it in the Geography book that the poet couldn't find?

A. Country

B. Island

C. End to sky

D. Hell and Heaven

Answer: (D) Hell and Heaven


11. What did the poet learn about Hell and Heaven?

A. They were in India

B. They were in America

C. They were imaginary places

D. They could be found in Geography books

Answer: (C) They were imaginary places.


12. What is the subject of the poem "Childhood"?

A. Poet’s father childhood

B. Poet’s lost childhood

C. Childhood of every person

D. Childhood of poet’s child

Answer: (B) Poet’s lost childhood.


13. What is the meaning of the word ‘ceased’?

A. Starting of something

B. Come to an end

C. In the middle

D. To chase something

Answer: (B) Come to an end.


14. According to the poet, adults are _______

A. Hypocrites

B. Smart

C.  Lovable

D. Intelligent and Cunning

Answer: (A) Hypocrites


15. Which of the following is NOT one of the options where the poet believes his childhood has passed him by?

A. The time when he realized that adults were hypocrites

B. The time when he ceased to be twelve

C. The time when he realized that hell and heaven could not be found in Geography

D. None of the above

Answer: (B) The time when he ceased to be twelve.


16. In the following line, what poetic device has been used?

Was it when I found my mind was really mine

A. Similie

B. Metaphor

C. Alliteration

D. Personification

Answer: (C) Alliteration


17. Who are ‘they’ in the poem?

A. Poet’s parents

B. Poet’s cousins

C. Poet’s friends

D. Adults around the poet

Answer: (D) Adults around the poet.


18. What is that day in the poem?

A. The day poet loses his childhood

B. The day poet loses his car

C. The day poet loses his book

D. The day poet loses his mind

Answer: (A) The day poet loses his childhood.


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