CBSE Class 12 Deep Water MCQs Set C

Question. What distance Douglas covered while swimming across the lake Wentworth?
(a) 4 miles
(b) 3 miles
(c) 5 miles
(d) 2 miles

Answer : D

Question. Where did the writer go with his father when he was 3 or 4 years old in the story?
(a) Washington
(b) New Zealand
(c) California
(d) Canada

Answer : C

Question. How did the narrator learn swimming?
(a) With the help of a rope
(b) With the help of a friend
(c) With the help of his mother
(d) With the help of a swimming instructor

Answer : D

Question. What did William O Douglas desire for in the story Deep Water?
(a) Visit to California
(c) To be a judge
(c) To become a confident swimmer
(d) To be with his mother

Answer : C

Question. Why did Douglas cease all efforts?
(a) he felt as if he was going to become unconscious
(b) he did not want to live
(c) he wanted to be in the water
(d) he was already out of danger

Answer : A

Question. Who is the author of ‘Deep Water’?
(a) William Douglas
(b) Anees Jung
(c) Louis Fischer
(d) Alphonse Daudet

Answer : A

Question. The Yakima river was ______ .
(a) killer
(b) haunted
(c) treacherous
(d) bouncing

Answer : C

Question. Y.M.C.A. stands for——.
(a) young men’s Christians authority
(b) young men’s Christopher association
(c) young men’s Christian army
(d) young men’s Christian association

Answer : B

Question. 'For days a _______ was in my heart'. Choose the correct words from the passage.
(a) ghostly fear
(b) haunting fear
(c) terrible fear
(d) unimaginable fear

Answer : B

Question. What are ‘salmon’, ‘trout’ , ‘bass’ ?
(a) kinds of boat
(b) kinds of fish
(c) kinds of swimming techniques
(d) all of the above

Answer : B

Question. What was stopping Douglas to get into the water of cascades?
(a) memories of California
(b) memories of Washington
(c) instructions given by his mother
(d) memories full of terror in pool

Answer : D

Question. Where did the writer go when he was 3 or 4 years old in the story?
(a) Washington
(b) Canada
(c) New Zealand
(d) California

Answer : D

Question. What did the protagonist do when he fell into the water?
(a) He made a plan to save himself.
(b) He swam quickly to the surface.
(c) He screamed to draw attention.
(d) He panicked and didn’t do anything.

Answer : D

Question. What were the things that the protagonist couldn’t do because of his fear of water?
1. Canoeing
2. Fishing
3. Skiing
4. Swimming
(a) 1, 2 and 3
(b) 2, 3 and 4
(c) 1, 3 and 4
(d) 1, 2 and 4

Answer : D

Question. 'I jumped with everything I had.' What does the expression convey?
(a) He waited for some time to jump
(b) He collected all his belongings and jumped
(c) He summoned up all his strength to jump
(d) He closed his eyes and jumped

Answer : C

Question. What did the author do to conquer his fear of water?
(a) He practised swimming systematically
(b) He prepared himself physically
(c) He jumped into the water fearlessly
(d) He learnt swimming haphazardly

Answer : A

Question. What is the figure of speech used in- ‘The curtain of life fell.’?
(a) Simile
(b) Hyperbole
(c) Metaphor
(d) Personification

Answer : A

Question. How many times did the protagonist go down in the pool?
(a) One time
(b) Two times
(c) Three times
(d) Four

Answer : C

Question. What was the colour of the pool water when Douglas was in it?
(a) dirty yellow
(b) clear blue
(c) dirty off white
(d) dirty blue

Answer : A

Assertion And Reasoning Question

Question. Assertion ((a)-The message conveyed through the chapter can be applied in every walk of life.
Reason(R)-Anyone who gets into deep water can overcome the crisis through grit and determination
(a) A is correct and R is the correct explanation
(b) A is correct but R is not the correct explanation
(c) Both A and R are false
(d) A is false but R is true

Answer : A

Question. Assertion: The concept of fearing something is the problem.
Reason: The end result is not that terrible but the anticipation of it is terrifying.
(a) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(d) Assertion is false, reason is true.

Answer : B

Question. Assertion: Douglas’s father laughed when Douglas was buried under water
Reason: He was a cruel and sadistic father.
(a) Both A and R are right. R is the correct explanation of A
(b) Both A and R are right. R is not the correct explanation of A
(c) A is right, R is wrong
(d) A is wrong, R is right

Answer : C

Question. Assertion: The narrator was in the grip of fear of water.
Reason: This deprived him of the joys of canoeing, boating, swimming and fishing.
(a) A is false but R is true.
(b) A is true but R is false.
(c) Both A & R are true
(d) Both A & R are false.

Answer : C

Question. Assertion: At the age of ten or eleven, the narrator decided to learn to swim with water wings at the Y.M.C.A pool.
Reason: The Y.M.C.A pool was dangerous at the shallow end.
(a) A is false but R is true.
(b) A is true but R is false.
(c) Both A & R are true
(d) Both A & R are false.

Answer : B

Question. Assertion: The waves knocked Douglas down when he was standing in California beach with his parents. He was terribly frightened.
Reason: He developed a fear psychosis which remained with him till his boyhood.
(a) Assertion is correct but reason is wrong.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are wrong.
(c) Assertion is wrong but Reason is correct.
(d) Both Assertion and Reason are correct.

Answer : D

Question. Assertion: The author recollects his first encounter with his fear of water as a child of four or five years. His father had taken him to a beach in California.
Reason: Even though he held his father tightly, a wave knocked him down. He felt smothered and scared.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are wrong.
(b) Assertion is wrong but Reason is correct.
(c) Both Assertion and Assertion are correct.
(d) Assertion is correct but reason is wrong.

Answer : D

Question. Assertion: The instructor taught him the breathing techniques exhaling underwater and inhaling by raising his nose.
Reason: He practised it hundreds of times. Then the instructor taught him to kick with his legs in water. But all had gone in vain since every time his old fear started haunting him.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are correct.
(b) Assertion is correct but Reason is wrong.
(c) Both Assertion and Reason are wrong.
(d) Assertion is wrong but Reason is correct.

Answer : A

Question. Assertion ((a): Douglas tried his best to jump out of water.
Reason(R): After a while Douglas was not anxious in water.
(a) A is the cause, R is the effect.
(b) A is the effect, R is the cause.
(c) Both A & R are the effect of a common cause.
(d) Both A & R are the effects of independent causes.

Answer : A

Question. Assertion: Once Douglas grew older he was determined to overcome this fear because he wanted to face the challenges tendered by his friends.
Reason: He hired an instructor to learn swimming to get rid of his childhood fear.
(a) Assertion is correct but reason is wrong.
(b) Both Assertion Reason are wrong.
(c) Assertion is wrong but Reason is correct.
(d) Both Assertion and Assertion are correct.

Answer : B

Question. Assertion: The author recollects his first encounter with his fear of water as a four or five year old child. His father had taken him to a beach in California.
Reason: Even though he held his father tightly, a wave knocked him down. He felt smothered and scared.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are wrong.
(b) Assertion is wrong but Reason is correct.
(c) Both Assertion and Assertion are correct.
(d) Assertion is correct but reason is wrong.

Answer : B

Question. Assertion: The instructor taught him the breathing techniques exhaling underwater and inhaling by raising his nose.
Reason: He practised it hundreds of times. Then the instructor taught him to kick with his legs in water. But all had gone in vain since every time his old fear started haunting him.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are correct.
(b) Assertion is correct but Reason is wrong.
(c) Both Assertion and Reason are wrong.
(d) Assertion is wrong but Reason is correct.

Answer : C

Question. Assertion: Douglas was desperately trying to come up. Then fortunately he saw light. His eyes and nose came to the surface but then he sank again for the third time as this success was momentary.
Reason: The writer gave up all his efforts. He accepted this as his destiny and went into oblivion.
(a) Both Assertion and Reason are wrong.
(b) Assertion is wrong but Reason is correct.
(c) Both Assertion and Assertion are correct.
(d) Assertion is correct but reason is wrong.

Answer : C

Question. Assertion: This incident had a deep-seated impact on him. He reached home and was feeling weak and trembling.
Reason: Even though he was afraid of water but due to nervousness he drowned.
(a) Assertion is correct but reason is wrong.
(b) Both Assertion and Reason are wrong.
(c) Assertion is wrong but Reason is correct.
(d) Both Assertion and Reason are correct.

Answer : A