Class 12 English Practice Questions

Q1. Who is the author of 'The Last Lesson' in Flamingo? 📖

1. Alphonse Daudet
2. William Saroyan
3. Anton Chekhov
4. Ruskin Bond

Q2. In 'My Mother at Sixty-Six' (Flamingo), the poet is: 📖

1. Mahadevi Varma
2. Sarojini Naidu
3. Kamala Das
4. Amrita Pritam

Q3. The Third Level in Vistas is written by: 📖

1. Jack Finney
2. H.G. Wells
3. John Galsworthy
4. Pearl S. Buck

Q4. What is the central theme of 'Lost Spring' (Flamingo)? 📖

1. Adventure and travel
2. Patriotism and war
3. Love and romance
4. Child labour and poverty

Q5. An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines: 📖

1. Repetition for emphasis
2. Exaggerated statements
3. Two contradictory terms
4. Similar-sounding words

Q6. In 'Keeping Quiet' (Flamingo), the poet Pablo Neruda advocates for: 📖

1. Rapid industrialisation
2. Scientific progress
3. Political activism
4. Silent introspection and non-violence

Q7. The passive voice of 'She writes a letter' is: 📖

1. A letter is written by her
2. A letter was written by her
3. She has written a letter
4. She is writing a letter

Q8. In 'Evans Tries an O-Level' (Vistas), Evans is: 📖

1. A police officer
2. A prisoner
3. An examiner
4. A teacher

Q9. The word 'melancholy' means: 📖

1. Sudden fear
2. Deep sadness or sorrow
3. Extreme anger
4. Joyful excitement

Q10. Which Vistas chapter describes a journey to Antarctica? 📖

1. The Enemy
2. Journey to the End of the Earth
3. Should Wizard Hit Mommy
4. On the Face of It

Q11. A deliberate exaggeration used for emphasis or effect is called:

1. Hyperbole
2. Simile
3. Metaphor
4. Personification

Q12. The repetition of the same initial consonant sound in nearby words is called:

1. Rhyme
2. Alliteration
3. Metaphor
4. Simile

Q13. A figure of speech that compares two things WITHOUT using 'like' or 'as' is a:

1. Simile
2. Hyperbole
3. Metaphor
4. Alliteration

Q14. A figure of speech that gives human qualities to non-human things is:

1. Metaphor
2. Hyperbole
3. Simile
4. Personification

Q15. A word used in place of a noun (such as he, she, it, they) is called a:

1. Pronoun
2. Noun
3. Verb
4. Adverb

Q16. A word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another is called a/an:

1. Antonym
2. Synonym
3. Homonym
4. Preposition