BSEB Class 12 English Question Paper 2020

1. Who has written 'Indian Civilization and Culture'?

1. (A) Mahatma Gandhi
2. (B) Jawaharlal Nehru
3. (C) Socrates
4. (D) Rabindranath Tagore

2. Dr. Zakir Hussain had worked as the Governor of which state?

1. (A) Bihar
2. (B) West Bengal
3. (C) Uttar Pradesh
4. (D) Rajasthan

3. Who has written 'A Pinch of Snuff'?

1. (A) Dr. P.C. Ray
2. (B) S. Radhakrishnan
3. (C) Manohar Malgonkar
4. (D) R.K. Narayan

4. Martin Luther King Jr. belonged to which country?

1. (A) America
2. (B) Africa
3. (C) England
4. (D) India

5. Who is the author of 'Ideas that Have Helped Mankind'?

1. (A) Bertrand Russell
2. (B) H.W. Fowler
3. (C) A.G. Gardiner
4. (D) L.T. Hobhouse

6. The artist's profession was in which field?

1. (A) Sculpture
2. (B) Pottery
3. (C) Painting
4. (D) Music

7. Who has written 'A Child is Born'?

1. (A) Pearl S. Buck
2. (B) Charles Lamb
3. (C) William Wordsworth
4. (D) John Keats

8. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of modern man mentioned in 'How Free is the Press'?

1. (A) Faith in reason
2. (B) Belief in democracy
3. (C) Reliance on superstition
4. (D) Desire for progress

9. The poem 'Sweetest Love I Do Not Goe' is written by:

1. (A) John Donne
2. (B) George Herbert
3. (C) Andrew Marvell
4. (D) Robert Herrick

10. Walt Whitman is the poet of:

1. (A) America
2. (B) England
3. (C) Canada
4. (D) Australia

11. In 'Now the Leaves are Falling Fast', the 'hearse-like' object is:

1. (A) A motor car
2. (B) A train
3. (C) A fallen leaf
4. (D) A coffin

12. John Keats is a poet of:

1. (A) Nature
2. (B) Love
3. (C) War
4. (D) Patriotism

13. Who wrote 'An Epitaph'?

1. (A) Walter de la Mare
2. (B) W.B. Yeats
3. (C) T.S. Eliot
4. (D) Rupert Brooke

14. The poem 'The Soldier' is about:

1. (A) War
2. (B) Peace
3. (C) Love
4. (D) Nature

15. Macavity is a:

1. (A) Dog
2. (B) Cat
3. (C) Lion
4. (D) Horse

16. Who is the poet of 'Fire-Hymn'?

1. (A) Keki N. Daruwalla
2. (B) Jayant Mahapatra
3. (C) A.K. Ramanujan
4. (D) Shiv K. Kumar

17. D.H. Lawrence wrote the poem:

1. (A) Snake
2. (B) The Soldier
3. (C) Ode to Autumn
4. (D) Macavity

18. Who is the poet of 'My Grandmother's House'?

1. (A) Kamala Das
2. (B) Sarojini Naidu
3. (C) Amrita Pritam
4. (D) Shashi Deshpande

19. He ______ to London next week.

1. (A) is going
2. (B) goes
3. (C) went
4. (D) had gone

20. Ram said, 'I am busy.' Narration form:

1. (A) Ram said that he was busy.
2. (B) Ram said that I was busy.
3. (C) Ram said, 'He is busy.'
4. (D) Ram told that he was busy.

21. The ball ______ by the boy.

1. (A) was kicked
2. (B) kicked
3. (C) is kicked
4. (D) has kicked

22. He is fond ______ music.

1. (A) of
2. (B) in
3. (C) with
4. (D) on

23. Choose the correct spelling:

1. (A) Necessary
2. (B) Neccessary
3. (C) Neccessery
4. (D) Necessery

24. One who hates women is called a:

1. (A) Misogynist
2. (B) Philanthropist
3. (C) Misanthrope
4. (D) Biologist

25. The antonym of 'brave' is:

1. (A) Cowardly
2. (B) Strong
3. (C) Bold
4. (D) Fearless

26. The synonym of 'ancient' is:

1. (A) Old
2. (B) New
3. (C) Modern
4. (D) Young

27. They ______ football every evening.

1. (A) play
2. (B) plays
3. (C) played
4. (D) playing

28. He reads the newspaper ______ to know the current affairs.

1. (A) daily
2. (B) yesterday
3. (C) soon
4. (D) late

29. A person who believes in one God is a:

1. (A) Monotheist
2. (B) Polytheist
3. (C) Atheist
4. (D) Theist

30. According to Mahatma Gandhi in 'Indian Civilization and Culture', the mind is a:

1. (A) restless bird
2. (B) calm ocean
3. (C) swift horse
4. (D) flying eagle

31. Dr. Zakir Hussain entered the office of the President of India in a spirit of:

1. (A) proud authority
2. (B) total indifference
3. (C) prayerful humility
4. (D) strict discipline

32. In 'A Pinch of Snuff', who was waiting on the platform for the narrator's uncle?

1. (A) Sohanlal
2. (B) Rati Ram
3. (C) Nanukaka
4. (D) The Minister

33. Martin Luther King Jr. appeals for continuous struggle until justice rolls down like:

1. (A) rain
2. (B) water
3. (C) snow
4. (D) wind

34. According to Bertrand Russell in 'Ideas that Have Helped Mankind', what numerical factor largely ensured man's safety?

1. (A) Superior strength
2. (B) Large numbers
3. (C) Fast speed
4. (D) Sharp weapons

35. In 'The Artist', Seibei's hobby of collecting gourds was generally disliked by his:

1. (A) friends
2. (B) teacher and father
3. (C) neighbours
4. (D) classmates

36. In 'A Child is Born', traditional societies view pregnancy as:

1. (A) a personal illness
2. (B) a public event
3. (C) an unwanted duty
4. (D) a temporary phase

37. Dorothy L. Sayers argues that the freedom of the press is largely controlled by:

1. (A) advertisers and owners
2. (B) common readers
3. (C) honest reporters
4. (D) the general public

38. In 'The Earth', Johnson was a poor:

1. (A) carpenter
2. (B) farmer
3. (C) teacher
4. (D) doctor

39. Pearl S. Buck's visit to India was primarily aimed at seeing:

1. (A) big factories
2. (B) the young intellectuals and common people
3. (C) historical monuments
4. (D) rich palaces

40. In 'A Marriage Proposal', Lomov visits Chubukov to ask for the hand of whose daughter?

1. (A) Natasha
2. (B) Natalya
3. (C) Nina
4. (D) Nadezhda

41. In 'Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe', the speaker says that death is certain and he must part from his:

1. (A) friends
2. (B) beloved
3. (C) children
4. (D) country

42. In 'Song of Myself', the speaker celebrates and sings:

1. (A) his own soul and body
2. (B) nature's beauty only
3. (C) the glory of kings
4. (D) the sorrow of war

43. In 'Now the Leaves are Falling Fast', the travellers are the:

1. (A) young children
2. (B) elderly people
3. (C) whispering neighbours
4. (D) migrant birds

44. John Keats' 'Ode to Autumn' is a celebration of:

1. (A) springtime
2. (B) summer heat
3. (C) fruitfulness and maturity
4. (D) winter snow

45. In 'An Epitaph', the lady who lies in the grave was considered the most:

1. (A) clever woman
2. (B) wealthy woman
3. (C) rare and beautiful woman
4. (D) proud woman

46. In 'The Soldier', the speaker thinks of England as a place that gave him:

1. (A) wealth and gold
2. (B) flowers, air and rivers
3. (C) large estates
4. (D) heavy weapons

47. T.S. Eliot describes Macavity as the:

1. (A) master criminal
2. (B) sweetest singer
3. (C) fastest runner
4. (D) cleverest hunter

48. In 'Fire-Hymn', the burning ghat appeared to K.N. Daruwalla:

1. (A) safe and quiet
2. (B) cruel and forgetful
3. (C) holy and clean
4. (D) bright and cheerful

49. In 'Snake', D.H. Lawrence saw the snake coming to a:

1. (A) dark cave
2. (B) water trough
3. (C) deep well
4. (D) tall tree

50. In 'My Grandmother's House', Kamala Das remembers the house where she received:

1. (A) love
2. (B) money
3. (C) strict scoldings
4. (D) rich gifts

51. Choose the correct sentence in passive voice: 'The teacher praised the student.'

1. (A) The student was praised by the teacher.
2. (B) The student is praised by the teacher.
3. (C) The student has been praised by the teacher.
4. (D) The student had been praised by the teacher.

52. Choose the correct preposition: 'He is angry ______ my conduct.'

1. (A) at
2. (B) with
3. (C) on
4. (D) in

53. Choose the correct synonym of 'fortunate':

1. (A) unlucky
2. (B) lucky
3. (C) poor
4. (D) sad

54. Choose the correct antonym of 'artificial':

1. (A) natural
2. (B) false
3. (C) fake
4. (D) synthetic

55. According to Mahatma Gandhi, the foundation of Indian civilization is its adherence to:

1. (A) morality
2. (B) wealth
3. (C) machinery
4. (D) western culture

56. Dr. Zakir Hussain pledges his loyalty to which entity in his speech 'Bharat is My Home'?

1. (A) the state of Bihar
2. (B) the Constitution of India
3. (C) a political party
4. (D) foreign allies

57. In 'A Pinch of Snuff', Ratiram was the son of:

1. (A) Sohan Lal Ratiram
2. (B) Minister
3. (C) Hassan
4. (D) Nanookan

58. Martin Luther King Jr. dreams that one day his four children will live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their:

1. (A) wealth
2. (B) character
3. (C) status
4. (D) intelligence

59. According to Bertrand Russell, which type of knowledge primarily helped mankind survive and progress?

1. (A) emotional knowledge
2. (B) vital and scientific knowledge
3. (C) superstitious knowledge
4. (D) mythological knowledge

60. In 'The Artist', Seibei's father worked at a:

1. (A) carpenter's shop
2. (B) barber shop
3. (C) temple
4. (D) school

61. Germaine Greer in 'A Child is Born' states that in traditional societies, childbirth is viewed as:

1. (A) an individual affair
2. (B) a community event
3. (C) an unwelcome burden
4. (D) a medical emergency

62. Dorothy L. Sayers states that the principal source of revenue for newspapers comes from:

1. (A) government grants
2. (B) readers' subscriptions
3. (C) advertisements
4. (D) foreign donations

63. In 'The Earth', Johnson bought land by borrowing money from a:

1. (A) bank
2. (B) local moneylender
3. (C) preacher
4. (D) relative

64. Pearl S. Buck was born in America but spent her childhood in:

1. (A) India
2. (B) China
3. (C) Japan
4. (D) England

65. In 'A Marriage Proposal', Natalya is the daughter of:

1. (A) Lomov
2. (B) Chubukov
3. (C) Guess
4. (D) Mironov

66. In 'Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe', the poet tells his beloved not to fear:

1. (A) failure
2. (B) his departure
3. (C) poverty
4. (D) illness

67. In 'Song of Myself', the speaker says that every atom belonging to him as good belongs to:

1. (A) himself
2. (B) you
3. (C) nature
4. (D) the state

68. In 'Now the Leaves are Falling Fast', the whispering neighbors stand for:

1. (A) friends
2. (B) messengers of death
3. (C) guardian angels
4. (D) family members

69. John Keats describes Autumn as a close bosom-friend of the:

1. (A) sun
2. (B) maturing sun
3. (C) wind
4. (D) moon

70. In 'An Epitaph', the poet feels that after his death, who will remember the beautiful lady?

1. (A) everyone
2. (B) nobody
3. (C) her family
4. (D) her children

71. In 'The Soldier', the dust stands for:

1. (A) dirt
2. (B) the English soldier himself
3. (C) foreign soil
4. (D) battlefield debris

72. T.S. Eliot calls Macavity a 'monster of':

1. (A) depravity
2. (B) cruelty
3. (C) fear
4. (D) ugliness

73. In 'Fire-Hymn', the speaker vows to save fire from the sin of:

1. (A) extinction
2. (B) forgetfulness
3. (C) burning
4. (D) pollution

74. In 'Snake', D.H. Lawrence picked up what object to throw at the snake in a moment of panic?

1. (A) a stick
2. (B) a clumsy log
3. (C) a stone
4. (D) an iron rod

75. He said to me, 'Where are you going?' (Choose the correct indirect speech)

1. (A) He asked me where I was going.
2. (B) He asked me where am I going.
3. (C) He told me where I am going.
4. (D) He asked that where I was going.

76. Choose the correct preposition: 'He is blind ______ one eye.'

1. (A) in
2. (B) of
3. (C) to
4. (D) from

77. Choose the correct antonym of the word 'abundant':

1. (A) scarce
2. (B) plenty
3. (C) ample
4. (D) copious

78. Choose the correct synonym of the word 'candid':

1. (A) secretive
2. (B) honest
3. (C) dishonest
4. (D) hidden

79. Choose the correctly spelt word:

1. (A) Occasion
2. (B) Ocassion
3. (C) Ocation
4. (D) Occassion

80. According to Mahatma Gandhi, our ancestors preferred ______ because they knew that happiness is a mental condition.

1. (A) cities
2. (B) small villages
3. (C) foreign lands
4. (D) machinery

81. Dr. Zakir Hussain considers India as his ______ home and its people his family.

1. (A) eternal
2. (B) great
3. (C) new
4. (D) recent

82. In 'A Pinch of Snuff', who was Manohar Malavankar's maternal uncle?

1. (A) Sohanlal Ratiram
2. (B) Rambabu
3. (C) Nanukaka
4. (D) Ratiram

83. Martin Luther King Jr. urges people not to wallow in the valley of:

1. (A) despair
2. (B) hope
3. (C) sorrow
4. (D) anger

84. According to Bertrand Russell, ideas that have helped mankind can be divided into two categories: knowledge and:

1. (A) science
2. (B) technique
3. (C) wisdom
4. (D) power

85. In 'The Artist', Seibei was passionately interested in:

1. (A) paintings
2. (B) gourds
3. (C) music
4. (D) pottery

86. Germaine Greer writes that in traditional societies, a pregnant woman is looked after by:

1. (A) the local hospital
2. (B) her immediate and extended family
3. (C) government nurses
4. (D) only her husband

87. Dorothy L. Sayers points out that the freedom of the press is circumscribed by:

1. (A) advertisers and owners
2. (B) the common readers
3. (C) foreign governments
4. (D) school teachers

88. In H.E. Bates' story 'The Earth', Bensi was the name of:

1. (A) Johnsons' cow
2. (B) Johnson's dog
3. (C) Floyd's land
4. (D) Sanderson's horse

89. Pearl S. Buck says that she found the real India in its:

1. (A) modern factories
2. (B) villages
3. (C) big cities
4. (D) palaces

90. In Anton Chekhov's 'A Marriage Proposal', Lomov suffers from:

1. (A) blindness
2. (B) palpitations and sleeping sickness
3. (C) chronic cough
4. (D) hearing loss

91. In 'Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe', John Donne says that he is tired of:

1. (A) life's journey
2. (B) his beloved
3. (C) the world
4. (D) his studies

92. In 'Song of Myself', the speaker invites his soul to:

1. (A) sleep
2. (B) stand and look at ease
3. (C) run away
4. (D) fight

93. In 'Now the Leaves are Falling Fast', the falling leaves symbolize the rapid approach of:

1. (A) summer
2. (B) death and old age
3. (C) springtime
4. (D) rain

94. John Keats' 'Ode to Autumn' portrays the season as conspiring with the sun how to load and bless vines with:

1. (A) leaves
2. (B) fruit
3. (C) flowers
4. (D) water

95. In 'An Epitaph', Walter de la Mare expresses his bitter sadness over the death of a:

1. (A) soldier
2. (B) queen
3. (C) very beautiful lady
4. (D) child

96. Rupert Brooke's poem 'The Soldier' is a classic example of a:

1. (A) satire
2. (B) sonnet
3. (C) ballad
4. (D) elegy

97. T.S. Eliot notes that Scotland Yard and the Flying Squad are left in despair because Macavity is:

1. (A) always hiding in a tree
2. (B) already elsewhere
3. (C) too fast
4. (D) invisible

98. In K.N. Daruwalla's 'Fire-Hymn', the red-hot embers are said to:

1. (A) lose their heat
2. (B) deceive the onlooker
3. (C) burn brightly
4. (D) turn black

99. In D.H. Lawrence's 'Snake', the snake came to the poet's water-trough on a:

1. (A) cold rainy night
2. (B) hot, hot day
3. (C) bright winter morning
4. (D) windy evening

100. In 'My Grandmother's House', Kamala Das says that she has lost her:

1. (A) way
2. (B) money
3. (C) books
4. (D) friends