English 12th Model Question Paper – 4

English 12th Model Question Paper – 4

SECTION – A (Objective Type Questions)

**Instructions:** Answer all the questions below. Each question has four options, out of which only one is correct.
1. He is poor, …….. he is honest.
(A) and (B) but (C) so (D) because
2. Choose the correct spelling:
(A) Occasion (B) Ocasion (C) Occashon (D) Okasion
3. The synonym of ‘Active’ is:
(A) Dull (B) Busy (C) Lazy (D) Slow
4. The antonym of ‘Advance’ is:
(A) Proceed (B) Forward (C) Retreat (D) Move
5. Bread and butter …….. my favorite breakfast.
(A) are (B) is (C) were (D) have
6. Choose the correct sentence:
(A) He gave me many advices. (B) He gave me much advice. (C) He gave me lots of advices. (D) He gave me many advice.
7. He said to me, “What are you doing?” (Choose the correct indirect speech)
(A) He asked me what I was doing. (B) He told me what you are doing. (C) He asked me that what am I doing. (D) He said what I was doing.
8. A person who cannot read or write is called:
(A) Literate (B) Illiterate (C) Orphan (D) Blind
9. Choose the correct spelling:
(A) Beautiful (B) Beautifull (C) Batiful (D) Beautifol
10. She has been living in this city …….. five years.
(A) from (B) for (C) since (D) in
11. ‘Indian Civilization and Culture’ is written by:
(A) Mahatma Gandhi (B) Dr. Zakir Hussain (C) Martin Luther King Jr. (D) H. E. Bates
12. ‘Bharat is My Home’ is an extract from the speech given by:
(A) Dr. Zakir Hussain (B) Mahatma Gandhi (C) Shiga Naoya (D) Pearl S. Buck
13. ‘A Pinch of Snuff’ is written by:
(A) Manohar Malgaonkar (B) Anton Chekhov (C) H. E. Bates (D) Bertrand Russell
14. ‘I Have a Dream’ was delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. on:
(A) August 28, 1963 (B) January 15, 1950 (C) July 4, 1776 (D) December 25, 1960
15. ‘Ideas That Have Helped Mankind’ is written by:
(A) Bertrand Russell (B) Germaine Greer (C) Dorothy L. Sayers (D) Shiga Naoya
16. Sevi was a twelve-year-old Japanese boy who had a hobby of collecting:
(A) stamps (B) gourds (C) coins (D) matchboxes
17. ‘A Child is Born’ talks about traditional ways of childbearing in:
(A) western societies (B) eastern societies (C) African and Asian societies (D) modern societies
18. Who wrote ‘Macavity: The Mystery Cat’?
(A) T. S. Eliot (B) W. H. Auden (C) Rupert Brooke (D) Walter de la Mare
19. ‘The Soldier’ is a/an …….. poem.
(A) romantic (B) patriotic (C) satirical (D) melancholic
20. ‘Snake’ is a poem composed by:
(A) D. H. Lawrence (B) John Keats (C) Walt Whitman (D) John Donne
21. John Donne is well known for his:
(A) songs and sonnets (B) epic poems (C) historical plays (D) ballads
22. Walt Whitman considers himself as:
(A) a king (B) the same as everyone else (C) a philosopher (D) a teacher
23. ‘Now the Leaves Are Falling Fast’ is written by:
(A) W. H. Auden (B) John Keats (C) Percy Bysshe Shelley (D) William Wordsworth
24. Keats’ poetry is pre-eminently characterized by:
(A) sensuousness (B) nationalism (C) satire (D) didacticism
25. The name of Noni’s grandmother in ‘My Grandmother’s House’ is not mentioned, but the poem is written by:
(A) Kamala Das (B) Toru Dutt (C) Sarojini Naidu (D) Anita Desai
26. Keki N. Daruwalla is a renowned poet writing in:
(A) English (B) Hindi (C) Urdu (D) Sanskrit
27. ‘An Epitaph’ expresses the poet’s grief for a:
(A) dead lady (B) dead child (C) soldier (D) friend
28. Old English period witnessed the influence of:
(A) Scandinavian and Latin languages (B) French language only (C) Hindi and Sanskrit (D) Greek only
29. The Middle English period started around:
(A) AD 1150 (B) AD 1066 (C) AD 1500 (D) AD 1350
30. The printing press was introduced in England by William Caxton in:
(A) 1476 (B) 1500 (C) 1600 (D) 1385
31. He is looking …….. his lost pen.
(A) at (B) for (C) after (D) into
32. Smoking is injurious …….. health.
(A) to (B) for (C) of (D) with
33. Choose the correct sentence:
(A) She speaks the truth. (B) She speak truth. (C) She is speak truth. (D) She telling truth.
34. The antonym of ‘Accept’ is:
(A) Receive (B) Reject (C) Take (D) Agree
35. The synonym of ‘Brave’ is:
(A) Coward (B) Fearful (C) Courageous (D) Timid
36. Who wrote ‘Hamlet’?
(A) William Shakespeare (B) John Milton (C) Christopher Marlowe (D) Ben Jonson
37. Indian culture is known for its unique quality of:
(A) adaptability and unity (B) rigidity (C) isolation (D) weakness
38. Dr. Zakir Hussain pledged himself to the loyalty of our:
(A) past culture (B) whole past culture (C) modern state (D) future plans
39. The English language of the present day is known as:
(A) Modern English (B) Old English (C) Middle English (D) Early English
40. English is used as a …….. language in India.
(A) second (B) native (C) foreign (D) mother tongue
41. Choose the correct preposition: He is angry …….. me.
(A) with (B) at (C) on (D) by
42. Choose the correct sentence:
(A) One of the boys is absent. (B) One of the boys are absent. (C) One boys is absent. (D) One boys are absent.
43. Passive voice of ‘She sings a song’ is:
(A) A song is sung by her. (B) A song was sung by her. (C) A song has been sung by her. (D) She is sung by a song.
44. The antonym of ‘Joy’ is:
(A) Happiness (B) Sorrow (C) Delight (D) Pleasure
45. Choose the correct spelling:
(A) Grammar (B) Grammer (C) Gramer (D) Gramar
46. Water boils …….. 100 degree Celsius.
(A) at (B) in (C) on (D) by
47. The synonym of ‘Wealth’ is:
(A) Poverty (B) Riches (C) Debt (D) Loss
48. Who is regarded as the Father of Modern English Literature?
(A) Geoffrey Chaucer (B) William Shakespeare (C) John Dryden (D) George Bernard Shaw
49. ‘Ode to Autumn’ is a poem full of:
(A) sorrow (B) autumn beauty and maturity (C) winter cold (D) rain
50. The modern English period extends from:
(A) AD 1500 to the present day (B) AD 1150 to 1500 (C) Up to AD 1066 (D) AD 1400 to 1600

Answer Sheet (1–50)
1. (B)
2. (A)
3. (B)
4. (C)
5. (B)
6. (B)
7. (A)
8. (B)
9. (A)
10. (B)
11. (A)
12. (A)
13. (A)
14. (A)
15. (A)
16. (B)
17. (C)
18. (A)
19. (B)
20. (A)
21. (A)
22. (B)
23. (A)
24. (A)
25. (A)
26. (A)
27. (A)
28. (A)
29. (A)
30. (A)
31. (B)
32. (A)
33. (A)
34. (B)
35. (C)
36. (A)
37. (A)
38. (B)
39. (A)
40. (A)
41. (A)
42. (A)
43. (A)
44. (B)
45. (A)
46. (A)
47. (B)
48. (B)
49. (B)
50. (A)