NCERT English Class 12 | Chapter 8 | Going Places | MCQs |

1. What did Sophie see outside the pub?

A. Her dad’s bicycle

B. Her brother’s car

C. Her mother’s motorcycle

D. Derek’s tricycle

Answer: (A) Her dad’s bicycle.


2. What did Sophie realise when she went to meet Danny?

A. Danny would come

B. Danny would not come

C. She was hungry

D. She was thirsty

Answer: (B) Danny would not come.


3. The place Sophie chose to meet Danny was ________ according to her.

A. A hidden alley

B. A perfect place

C. Behind the walls

D. Near the trees

Answer: (B) A perfect place


4. Geoff had talked about Sophie’s meeting with Danny Casey with

A. The entire neighbourhood

B. Frank

C. Jansie

D. The teachers in school

Answer: (B) Frank


5. By whom was the match witnessed on Saturday?

A. The whole family

B. Only father and Sophie

C. Geoff alone

D. Sophie, father, Derek and Geoff

Answer: (D) Sophie, father, Derek and Geoff.


6. Which country did Danny Casey play for?

A. Ireland

B. Finland

C. England

D. Denmark

Answer: (A) Ireland


7. 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 home

Answer: He didn’t have paper or pen.


8. Why did Geoff never take Sophie out with him?

A. She was immature

B. She behaved badly

C. She was too young

D. She was too restless

Answer: (C) She was too young.


9. Sophie feels jealous of her brother because

A. He keeps silent

B. He is a mechanic

C. He reveals his secret

D. Of inability to reach unknown areas of his mind

Answer: (D) Of inability to reach unknown areas of his mind.


10. Geoff’s silence symbolises __________ in Sophie’s view?

A. Distant places

B. His vague personality

C. His jovial nature

D. Wandering of his mind to distant places

Answer: (D) Wandering of his mind to distant places.


11. Sophie’s father was

A. A kind hearted person

B. A loving and caring person

C. A hard-core realistic person

D. Carefree person

Answer: (C) A hard-core realistic person.


12. Jansie tells Sophie to

A. Talk unrealistic

B. Be wise

C. Be practical

D. Be sensible and not to dream big

Answer: (D) Be sensible and not to dream big.


13. ‘I wish he was an Englishman’. These words were spoken with reference to

A. Geoff

B. Derek

C. Danny Casey

D. A passenger in the Bus

Answer: (D) A passenger in the Bus.


14. Enumerate – Words had to be prized out of him like stones out of a ground.

A. It was difficult to speak to him

B. It was difficult to locate him in a shop

C. It was difficult to locate him in factory

D. It was difficult to get information out of him

Answer: (D) It was difficult to get information out of him.


15. What is the meaning of the word “gawky”?

A. Awkward, Ungainly.

B. Noisy, Beautiful

C. Very useful

D. Gainful

Answer: (A) Awkward, Ungainly.


16. A. R. Barton is recognised as

A. A modern writer

B. Author of Going Places

C. Lives in Zurich and writes in English

D. All these

Answer: (D) All these


17. What are the advantages and disadvantages of fantasizing?

A. Helps in dreaming big but useless

B. Helps in achieving big but awkward

C. Develops creative imagination but makes people self-obsessed.

D. None of these

Answer: Develops creative imagination but makes people self-obsessed.


18. Select the antonym of ‘Exultant’

A. Sorrowing

B. Gloomy

C. Overjoyed

D. Both (A) and (B)

Answer: (D) Both A. and B.


1. The Last Lesson MCQs

2. Lost Spring MCQs

3. Deep Water MCQs

4. The Rattrap MCQs

5. Indigo MCQs

6. Poets and Pancakes MCQs

7. The Interview MCQs

8. Going Places MCQs

9. My Mother  at Sixty-six MCQs

10. An Elementary School  Classroom in a Slum MCQs

11. Keeping Quiet MCQs

12. A Thing of Beauty MCQs

13. A Roadside Stand MCQs

14. Aunt Jennifer's Tigers MCQs

 

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