BSEB Class 12 English Question Paper 2023

1. The author of 'Indian Civilization and Culture' is:

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

2. Dr. Zakir Hussain had pledged himself to the service of the _______ of his country.

1. (A) youth
2. (B) farmers
3. (C) nation
4. (D) children

3. In 'A Pinch of Snuff', the writer describes an experience with a:

1. (A) doctor
2. (B) lawyer
3. (C) thief
4. (D) postman

4. Martin Luther King Jr. dreamt of a land where children would be judged by:

1. (A) their wealth
2. (B) their character
3. (C) their appearance
4. (D) their caste

5. According to Bertrand Russell, what is essential for the well-being of mankind?

1. (A) War and conquest
2. (B) Scientific technique
3. (C) Spiritual enlightenment
4. (D) Individual freedom

6. The artist in 'The Artist' was a:

1. (A) painter
2. (B) sculptor
3. (C) potter
4. (D) calligrapher

7. A newborn baby is welcomed into the world with:

1. (A) fear and suspicion
2. (B) joy and hope
3. (C) indifference
4. (D) sorrow

8. Who is the author of 'How Free Is The Press'?

1. (A) John Milton
2. (B) Harold Laski
3. (C) Jawaharlal Nehru
4. (D) Mahatma Gandhi

9. The poet in 'Sweetest Love I Do Not Goe' is sad because:

1. (A) he is going on a long journey
2. (B) he is leaving his beloved forever
3. (C) he is afraid of death
4. (D) he is going to a new place

10. Whitman in 'Song of Myself' celebrates the:

1. (A) individual self
2. (B) collective society
3. (C) beauty of nature
4. (D) historical events

11. The poem 'Now the Leaves are Falling Fast' speaks about the inevitability of:

1. (A) spring
2. (B) harvest
3. (C) death
4. (D) rebirth

12. In 'Ode to Autumn', the season is described as:

1. (A) a time of joy and revelry
2. (B) a season of mist and mellow fruitfulness
3. (C) a period of harsh winter
4. (D) a time of new beginnings

13. An Epitaph is a verse written on:

1. (A) a love letter
2. (B) a tombstone
3. (C) a wedding invitation
4. (D) a birthday card

14. Rupert Brooke, in 'The Soldier', describes the land of _______ as 'a corner of a foreign land'.

1. (A) England
2. (B) France
3. (C) India
4. (D) Germany

15. Macavity is known as the:

1. (A) master criminal
2. (B) clever detective
3. (C) brave warrior
4. (D) wise old man

16. The poem 'Fire-Hymn' is a part of:

1. (A) The Ramayana
2. (B) The Mahabharata
3. (C) The Old Testament
4. (D) The Old Indian religious literature

17. The poet sees the snake in:

1. (A) a cage
2. (B) a dark hole
3. (C) his everyday room
4. (D) a museum

18. In 'My Grandmother's House', the speaker feels a sense of:

1. (A) loneliness and alienation
2. (B) excitement and adventure
3. (C) peace and contentment
4. (D) anger and frustration

19. She _______ English very well.

1. (A) speak
2. (B) speaks
3. (C) speaking
4. (D) spoke

20. They _______ football every Sunday.

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

21. He _______ to Delhi yesterday.

1. (A) go
2. (B) goes
3. (C) went
4. (D) gone

22. The teacher said, 'The Earth revolves around the Sun.' Narration:

1. (A) The teacher said that the Earth revolved around the Sun.
2. (B) The teacher said that the Earth revolves around the Sun.
3. (C) The teacher told that the Earth revolved around the Sun.
4. (D) The teacher said the Earth had revolved around the Sun.

23. The book was written _______ him.

1. (A) by
2. (B) with
3. (C) for
4. (D) from

24. He is afraid _______ dogs.

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

25. The synonym of 'ancient' is:

1. (A) modern
2. (B) old
3. (C) new
4. (D) fresh

26. The antonym of 'temporary' is:

1. (A) lasting
2. (B) short
3. (C) brief
4. (D) fleeting

27. A person who loves books is called a:

1. (A) philanthropist
2. (B) bibliophile
3. (C) archaeologist
4. (D) biologist

28. One who knows many languages is a:

1. (A) monolingual
2. (B) bilingual
3. (C) polyglot
4. (D) linguist

29. Choose the correct spelling:

1. (A) beleive
2. (B) belive
3. (C) believe
4. (D) beleivee

30. Mahatma Gandhi views Indian civilization as:

1. (A) Elevating the moral being
2. (B) Promoting materialism
3. (C) Following western models
4. (D) Encouraging blind imitation

31. Dr. Zakir Hussain considers India as his:

1. (A) Home
2. (B) Office
3. (C) Foreign land
4. (D) Business place

32. In 'A Pinch of Snuff', who was coming to visit Nanukama?

1. (A) A minister
2. (B) The Governor
3. (C) The President
4. (D) An ambassador

33. Martin Luther King Jr. appeals that justice should roll down like:

1. (A) Waters
2. (B) Fire
3. (C) Wind
4. (D) Dust

34. According to Bertrand Russell, fire was discovered by:

1. (A) Accident
2. (B) Design
3. (C) Magic
4. (D) Gods

35. Seibei's hobby of collecting gourds was considered a:

1. (A) Silly pastime
2. (B) Great art
3. (C) Serious profession
4. (D) Scientific study

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

1. (A) A natural and public event
2. (B) A disease
3. (C) An illness
4. (D) A hidden secret

37. According to Dorothy L. Sayers, the press in a free country is:

1. (A) Free
2. (B) Censored
3. (C) Controlled
4. (D) Banned

38. John Donne wants to go away from his beloved because:

1. (A) He is not tired of her
2. (B) He hates her
3. (C) He wants to die
4. (D) He found another lover

39. Walt Whitman begins his poem 'Song of Myself' by stating:

1. (A) I celebrate myself
2. (B) I mourn my fate
3. (C) I search for truth
4. (D) I walk alone

40. The whispering neighbours in 'Now the Leaves are Falling Fast' stand for:

1. (A) Agents of death
2. (B) Kind friends
3. (C) Helpful neighbors
4. (D) Travelers

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

1. (A) The maturing sun
2. (B) The winter wind
3. (C) The stormy rain
4. (D) The dark night

42. Walter de la Mare expresses his love for a:

1. (A) Most beautiful lady
2. (B) Loyal friend
3. (C) Brave soldier
4. (D) Wise old man

43. Rupert Brooke's poem 'The Soldier' is a/an:

1. (A) Sonnet
2. (B) Ode
3. (C) Ballad
4. (D) Epic

44. T.S. Eliot calls Macavity:

1. (A) The Mystery Cat
2. (B) The Lazy Cat
3. (C) The Brave Cat
4. (D) The Sleepy Cat

45. Keki N. Daruwalla's poem 'Fire-Hymn' describes the scene of a:

1. (A) Burning ghat
2. (B) Forest fire
3. (C) Kitchen fire
4. (D) Festival fire

46. The snake came to D.H. Lawrence's water-trough on a:

1. (A) Hot day
2. (B) Cold night
3. (C) Rainy morning
4. (D) Windy evening

47. Kamala Das remembers her grandmother's house with:

1. (A) Pained nostalgia
2. (B) Great anger
3. (C) Total indifference
4. (D) Deep hatred

48. Choose the correct tense: Look! The bird _______ in the sky.

1. (A) is flying
2. (B) flies
3. (C) flew
4. (D) has flown

49. Choose the correct indirect speech of: He said to me, 'I am reading a book.'

1. (A) He told me that he was reading a book.
2. (B) He told me that he is reading a book.
3. (C) He told me that I am reading a book.
4. (D) He told to me he reads a book.

50. Choose the correct passive voice: She sings a sweet song.

1. (A) A sweet song is sung by her.
2. (B) A sweet song was sung by her.
3. (C) A sweet song has been sung by her.
4. (D) A sweet song is being sung by her.

51. Choose the correct preposition: He is good _______ mathematics.

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

52. Choose the synonym of 'Courage':

1. (A) Bravery
2. (B) Fear
3. (C) Cowardice
4. (D) Weakness

53. Choose the antonym of 'Artificial':

1. (A) Natural
2. (B) Fake
3. (C) False
4. (D) Synthetic

54. Choose the correct spelling:

1. (A) Environment
2. (B) Enviroment
3. (C) Inviorment
4. (D) Enviornment

55. Mahatma Gandhi was primarily a:

1. (A) politician
2. (B) spiritual leader
3. (C) scientist
4. (D) philosopher

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

1. (A) prayerful humility
2. (B) great anger
3. (C) utter indifference
4. (D) pride

57. Nanukumar stayed in Delhi for how many days in 'A Pinch of Snuff'?

1. (A) two days
2. (B) three days
3. (C) four days
4. (D) five days

58. Martin Luther King Jr. was a great:

1. (A) civil rights activist
2. (B) poet
3. (C) novelist
4. (D) scientist

59. Ideas that have helped mankind were written by:

1. (A) Bertrand Russell
2. (B) Sigmund Freud
3. (C) H.E. Bates
4. (D) Pearl S. Buck

60. Seibei's parents knew that he spent his time collecting:

1. (A) stamps
2. (B) gourds
3. (C) coins
4. (D) marbles

61. In traditional societies, women during pregnancy are looked after by:

1. (A) the whole community
2. (B) doctors only
3. (C) no one
4. (D) the government

62. The freedom of the press is controlled by:

1. (A) the advertisers and owners
2. (B) the readers
3. (C) the authors
4. (D) the booksellers

63. Pearl S. Buck's book about India is titled:

1. (A) Come My Beloved
2. (B) My India
3. (C) The Good Earth
4. (D) East Wind

64. John Donne considers himself too feeble to endure:

1. (A) happier hours
2. (B) sorrow
3. (C) death
4. (D) love

65. In 'Song of Myself', the speaker is at ease:

1. (A) and invites his soul
2. (B) and worries about death
3. (C) and runs away
4. (D) and weeps

66. The travellers in 'Now the Leaves are Falling Fast' are:

1. (A) human beings
2. (B) birds
3. (C) animals
4. (D) angels

67. Ode to Autumn is rich in:

1. (A) sensory imagery
2. (B) humor
3. (C) terror
4. (D) war themes

68. The lady resting in 'An Epitaph' belonged to:

1. (A) the West country
2. (B) the East country
3. (C) the North country
4. (D) the South country

69. The English soldier in Rupert Brooke's poem thinks of:

1. (A) England
2. (B) France
3. (C) Germany
4. (D) America

70. Macavity breaks the law of:

1. (A) gravity
2. (B) land
3. (C) traffic
4. (D) nature

71. Keki N. Daruwalla consigned his firstborn to the flame because:

1. (A) the nearest tower of silence was too far
2. (B) he hated children
3. (C) it was a ritual
4. (D) he was forced

72. The snake met the poet near the:

1. (A) water-trough
2. (B) bedroom
3. (C) kitchen
4. (D) gate

73. Kamala Das's grandmother lived in a:

1. (A) house in Malabar
2. (B) mansion in Delhi
3. (C) cottage in London
4. (D) hut in Bihar

74. Choose the correct tense: By next year, I _______ my course.

1. (A) will have finished
2. (B) finish
3. (C) finished
4. (D) have finished

75. Choose the correct active voice of: 'Let the door be shut.'

1. (A) Shut the door.
2. (B) Open the door.
3. (C) The door is shut.
4. (D) Let shut the door.

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

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

77. Choose the synonym of 'Abundant':

1. (A) Plentiful
2. (B) Scarce
3. (C) Little
4. (D) Short

78. Choose the antonym of 'Victory':

1. (A) Defeat
2. (B) Win
3. (C) Success
4. (D) Triumph

79. A person who does not believe in the existence of God is called an:

1. (A) Atheist
2. (B) Theist
3. (C) Optimist
4. (D) Pessimist

80. Which of the following is written by Mahatma Gandhi?

1. (A) Bharat is My Home
2. (B) Indian Civilization and Culture
3. (C) A Pinch of Snuff
4. (D) The Artist

81. Dr. Zakir Hussain delivered his speech in:

1. (A) 1967
2. (B) 1947
3. (C) 1950
4. (D) 1969

82. Hermannetz is a character in which story?

1. (A) A Pinch of Snuff
2. (B) The Artist
3. (C) The Earth
4. (D) A Marriage Proposal

83. Pearl S. Buck is the author of:

1. (A) A Child is Born
2. (B) India Through a Traveller's Eyes
3. (C) Ideas that Have Helped Mankind
4. (D) How Free is the Press

84. Anton Chekhov wrote the play:

1. (A) A Marriage Proposal
2. (B) The Artist
3. (C) A Pinch of Snuff
4. (D) The Earth

85. The poet in 'Sweetest Love, I Do Not Goe' is sad to leave his:

1. (A) Friend
2. (B) Beloved
3. (C) Brother
4. (D) Mother

86. W.H. Auden won the Pulitzer Prize for his collection titled:

1. (A) The Age of Anxiety
2. (B) Snake
3. (C) An Epitaph
4. (D) The Soldier

87. Rupert Brooke expresses his deep patriotism in the poem:

1. (A) The Soldier
2. (B) Fire-Hymn
3. (C) Macavity: The Mystery Cat
4. (D) An Epitaph

88. In 'Fire-Hymn', the burning ghat 're-fused' to devour:

1. (A) The poet
2. (B) The firstborn child
3. (C) An old man
4. (D) A holy man

89. My Grandmother's House is written by:

1. (A) Kamala Das
2. (B) T.S. Eliot
3. (C) John Donne
4. (D) Walt Whitman

90. Choose the correct tense: If it rains, we _______ stay at home.

1. (A) will
2. (B) would
3. (C) did
4. (D) had

91. Choose the correct indirect speech of: She said, 'I am writing a letter.'

1. (A) She said that she is writing a letter.
2. (B) She said that she was writing a letter.
3. (C) She says that she was writing a letter.
4. (D) She told that she is writing a letter.

92. Choose the correct passive voice: 'Open the door.'

1. (A) Let the door be opened.
2. (B) The door is opened.
3. (C) Let the door open.
4. (D) Open is the door.

93. Choose the correct preposition: Divide the mangoes _______ two brothers.

1. (A) among
2. (B) between
3. (C) in
4. (D) with

94. Choose the synonym of 'Rapid':

1. (A) Slow
2. (B) Quick
3. (C) Lazy
4. (D) Heavy

95. Choose the antonym of 'Cruel':

1. (A) Kind
2. (B) Hard
3. (C) Bad
4. (D) Rough

96. A person who speaks many languages is called a:

1. (A) Bilingual
2. (B) Polyglot
3. (C) Linguist
4. (D) Auditor

97. Choose the correctly spelt word:

1. (A) Environment
2. (B) Envirnoment
3. (C) Environmint
4. (D) Invironment

98. Choose the correct preposition: He is tired _______ walking.

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

99. Choose the correct active voice of: 'A book was bought by him.'

1. (A) He buys a book.
2. (B) He bought a book.
3. (C) He has bought a book.
4. (D) He will buy a book.

100. Choose the synonym of 'Fame':

1. (A) Notoriety
2. (B) Glory
3. (C) Obscurity
4. (D) Failure