NCERT English Class 12 | Chapter 3 | Deep Water | MCQs |

1. How old was the author when the incident take place?

A. Ten years old

B. Eleven years old

C. Ten or eleven years old

D. Eleven or twelve years old

Answer: (C) Ten or eleven years old

2. Which river has been mentioned as ‘treacherous’ in the passage?

A. Yakima River

B. Huang Ho River

C. Tsang Po River

D. Mississippi River

Answer: (A) Yakima River

3. What did the author fear the most/

A. Fire

B. Water

C. Air

D. Earth

Answer: (B) Water

4. Who threw the author into the swimming pool?

A. A big bully girl

B. His father

C. A big bruiser boy

D. His mother

Answer: (C) A big bruiser boy

5. What was ruined because of the author’s fear?

A. Cycling trips

B. Fishing trips

C. Trekking trips

D. Hiking trips

Answer: (B) Fishing Trips

6. What was the author deprived of because of his fear?

A. Boating

B. Canoeing

C. Swimming

D. All of the above

Answer: (D) All of the above

7. How many days a week did the author practice to come out of his fear/

A. Seven days

B. Six days

C. Four days

D. Five days

Answer: (D) Five days

8. Name the author of ‘Deep Water’?

A. Anees Jung

B. William Douglas

C. Margaret Atwood

D. Kazuo Ishiguro

Answer: (B) William Douglas

9. What type of a piece is the ‘Deep Water’?

A. Biographical piece

B. Motivational piece

C. Inspirational piece

D. Autobiographical piece

Answer: (D) Autobiographical piece

10. In which lake did the author swim?

A. Lake Wentworth

B. Lake Wullar

C. Lake Huron

D. Lake Erie

Answer: (A) Lake Wentworth

11. What is the setting of the passage?

A. Europe

B. United States of America

C. Canada

D. Mexico

Answer: (B) United States of America

12. What is the ‘theme’ of the passage?

A. Experience of fear and ways to overcome it

B. Experience of heartbreak and overcoming it

C. Experience of bullying and overcoming it

D. None of the above

Answer: (A) Experience of fear and ways to overcome it

13. What is the antonym for the word ‘aversion’

A. Hatred

B. Desire

C. Wish

D. Preference

Answer: (B) Desire

14. Find the synonym of the word ‘treacherous’ from the following options

A. Dangerous

B. Harmless

C. Crucial

D. None of the above

Answer: (A) Dangerous

15. What does the following phrase mean ‘frightened out of my wits’?

A. Terrified

B. Scared enough to lose one’s minds

C. Scared till death

D. All of the above

Answer: (B) Sacred enough to lose one’s minds

Read the following passage and answer the questions

 ‘The experience had a deep meaning for me…’

16. What experience is the author talking about?

A. Trekking

B. Swimming

C. Canoeing

D. Diving

Answer: (B) Swimming

17. Where according to the author is ‘terror’?

A. Death

B. Life

C. Fear of struggles

D. Fear of death

Answer: (D) Fear of death.

18. Why did the experience have a deep meaning for the author?

A. Because he conquered his fear

B. Because he conquered death

C. Because he understood death

D. Because he understood life

Answer: (A) Because he conquered his fear.

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