CBSE Class 12 English On the Face of It MCQs Set D

Question: How did Derry burn his face?
a) in a fire
b) with a gas stove
c) acid burnt his face
d) hot water
Answer: c

Question: What specific things about Mr. Lamb does Derry notice?
a) A man of firm resolution
b) always remains happy inspite of his deformity
c) had a positive outlook
d) All these
Answer: d

Question: Who has written On The Face Of It?
a) Susan Hill
b) William Sydne
c) Salman Rushdie
d) Chetan Bhagat
Answer: a

Question: Why did Derry go to Mr. Lamb’s garden?
a) to steal apples
b) to speak to Mr. Lamb
c) to feel that place
d) to help the old man
Answer: c

Question: How did Mr. Lamb help Derry?
a) by giving him a positive outlook towards life
b) by talking to him
c) by helping his mother
d) by giving him apples
Answer: a

Question: What does Mr. Lamb grow in his garden?
a) cherry
b) apples
c) pomegranate
d) peach
Answer: b

Question: In what sense was friendship between Lamb and Derry fruitful?
a) both were good companions and Lamb’s mature experiences and words helped Derry to have a positive view of life
b) his maturity
c) he gave him fruit to eat
d) none
Answer: a

Question: What unites Mr. Lamb and Derry?
a) their age
b) their physical impairment
c) their life stories
d) their woes
Answer: b

Question: Why did Derry always find a vacant place to live?
a) he liked to be alone
b) was scared of people
c) because of inferiority complex as he had a burnt face
d) All these
Answer: d

Question: Why was Derry startled entering the garden?
a) because of trees
b) because of apples
c) because he expected no one else but seeing Mr. Lamb
d) none
Answer: c

Question: Why did Mr. Lamb help Derry?
a) because both were victims of war
b) both were sad
c) both were victims of physical impairment
d) because he wanted Derry to change his view of life
Answer: d

Question: How did Mr. Lamb pick apples?
a) bending down
b) with the help of his servant
c) using a ladder and a stick
d) with the help of children
Answer: c

Question: Why did Derry like to be alone?
a) because of burnt face
b) because he couldn’t bear with people’s comments
c) because of inferiority complex
d) All these
Answer: d

Question: Why did Derry’s mother stop him to stay with Mr. Lamb?
a) because he was not well
b) because he would scold him
c) because he talked too much
d) because she didn’t want him to stay with a stranger
Answer: d

Question: Why did Mr. Lamb not have curtains in his house?
a) it’s difficult to wash
b) too expensive
c) because he wanted visitors in his house
d) none
Answer: c

Question: Why didn’t Mr. Lamb feel hurt by children’s comments?
a) because he thought that it suits him
b) he loves children
c) he likes them
d) he want them to play in his garden
Answer: a

Question: Why even inspite of physical disability Mr. Lamb did not feel lonely?
a) because he was busy
b) because he never let himself to be alone and keep himself busy
c) he had servants
d) because he had a garden
Answer: b

Question: What complex does Derry suffer from?
a) Superiority
b) oedipus
c) inferiority
d) All these
Answer: c

Question: Why did Derry go to Mr. Lamb at the end?
a) because of his wish to live a free life
b) he wanted apples
c) he wanted to play in the garden
d) none
Answer: a

Question: What kind of a garden did Mr. Lamb have?
a) cherry
b) plum
c) peach
d) Apple garden
Answer: d

Question: How was Mr. Lamb happy inspite of his disability?
a) because of his acceptance of it
b) because he was wise
c) because he had grown old
d) All these
Answer: d

Question: Why did Mr. Lamb call Derry blessed?
a) because he was young
b) because he had a mother
c) because except a burnt face he had a perfectly healthy body
d) because he had friends
Answer: c

Question: Why did Mr. Lamb keep the door of his garden open?
a) to let the people come in
b) to get fresh air
c) to avoid opening the door again and again
d) to have fine contact with the outer world and enjoy
Answer: d

Question: What did Derry learn from the fairy tale?
a) how to look beautiful
b) how to make friends
c) learnt to love and appreciate himself
d) All these
Answer: d

Question: What did Mr. Lamb tell about himself?
a) he had a tin leg
b) still he was happy
c) he never mind even if children teased him
d) All these
Answer: d

Question: How did Mr. Lamb use the apples?
a) made jam
b) made pickle
c) earned money
d) he used to make jelly with them
Answer: d

Question: How the meeting with Mr. Lamb became a turning point for Derry?
a) he encouraged Derry to be friends with everyone and not to be bothered by their comments
b) he taught him to look at everything positively
c) he taught him to admire everything
d) All these
Answer: d

Question: Who is Mr. Lamb?
a) a young man
b) a middle-aged man
c) an old man
d) none
Answer: c

Question: Where was Mr. Lamb’s house?
a) inside the garden
b) on the road
c) on a street
d) on a tree
Answer: a

Question: Why did children call Mr. Lamb “Lamey Lamb”?
a) because he stopped them from taking apples
b) he spoke rudely
c) they didn’t like him
d) because of his broken leg in a bomb explosion
Answer: d

Question: What draws Derry towards Lamb?
a) his appearance
b) his grief
c) his positive outlook
d) All these
Answer: c

Question: What were Derry and Mr. Lamb victims of?
a) vision impairment
b) physical impairment
c) war
d) none
Answer: b

Question: How did Derry enter the garden?
a) from the front gate
b) from the side gate
c) from back gate
d) by climbing the garden wall
Answer: d

Question: What is this play featuring?
a) an old man and a small boy meeting in old man’s garden
b) gossip of old man
c) old man’s woes
d) brave acts of a small boy
Answer: a

Question: Why did Mr. Lamb keep the door of his garden open?
a) to keep an eye over his garden
b) to be safe
c) to chat with the people and the children who come there to take fruit
d) none
Answer: c

Question: Why did Derry share his fear with Mr. Lamb?
a) because he had a garden
b) because he was old
c) because he understood him and was friendly
d) none
Answer: c

Question: Who is Derry?
a) Derek, a boy of 14 and has acid burnt on his face
b) a small boy
c) a boy
d) a young boy
Answer: a

Extract Based MCQs :

Read the given extracts and answer the questions that follow:
MR LAMB: Look, boy, look…. what do you see?
DERRY: Just….grass and stuff. Weeds.
MR LAMB: Some call them weeds. If you like, then…. a weed garden, that. There’s fruit and there are flowers, and trees and herbs. All sorts. But over there…. weeds. I grow weeds there. Why one green, growing plant is called a weed and another ‘flower’? Where’s the difference. It’s all life…. growing. Same as you and me.
DERRY: We’re not the same.
MR LAMB: I’m old. You’re young. You’ve got a burned face, I’ve got a tin leg. Not important. You’re standing there…. I’m sitting here. Where’s the difference?

Question: Like the play, the given extract is a study in contrasts. What does Mr. Lamb seek to do by bringing up distinctions?
(A) To explain that weeds are important and should be valued and cared for as much as flowers.
(B) To emphasize that distinctions are made by man to serve specific purposes and uses.
(C) To highlight that labels are arbitrary and essentially reflect a common life experience.
(D) To remind Derry that the only difference that matters is that of attitude and experience.
Answer: c

Question: Which of the following represents Mr. Lamb’s analysis of flowers and weeds?
(A) Comparison is an act of violence against the self.
(B) If you have a garden in your library, everything will be complete.
(C) One man’s freedom fighter is another man’s terrorist.
(D) The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff.
Answer: c

Question: How would you describe Derry’s tone when he says – “We’re not the same”?
(A) Angry
(B) Perplexed
(C) Gloomy
(D) Practical
Answer: c