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