CBSE Class 12 English Going Places MCQs Set C

Type I. Reference to Context

“Jansie, knowing they were both earmarked for the biscuit factory, became melancholy. She wished Sophie wouldn’t say these things. When they reached Sophie’s street Jansie said, “It’s only a few months away now, Soaf, you really should be sensible. They don’t pay well for shop work, you know that, your dad would never allow it.” “Or an actress. Now there’s real money in that. Yes, and I could maybe have the boutique on the side. Actresses don’t work full time, do they? Anyway, that or a fashion designer, you know — something a bit sophisticated”. And she turned in through the open street door leaving Jansie standing in the rain. “If ever I come into money I’ll buy a boutique.” “Huh - if you ever come into money... if you ever come into money you’ll buy us a blessed decent house to live in, thank you very much.”

(i) Why did Jansie become melancholy?
(a) Sophie dominated the conversation.
(b) Sophie talked about being glamourous but she knew they had to work in the biscuit factory.
(c) Sophie would not tell her any secrets and she longed to know what secrets sophie had
(d) Their life ahead seemed weary and deary to her.
Answer: (b)

(ii) What was Sophie daydreaming about?
Answer: Sophie was daydreaming to become an actress or start a boutique.

(iii) What did Sophie’s father want very much?
(a) A decent house to live in
(b) Enough money to live a sophisticated life.
(c) To be rich enough to travel round the world.
(d) A jug full of icecream made of nuts and raisins.
Answer: (a)

(iv) Why would you consider Jansie a practical person?
Answer: Jansie was a practical person as she was level-headed and did not dream like Sophie.

(v) From the remark made by Sophie’s father in the last line he appears to be-
(a) kind and considerate
(b) sensitive and loving
(c) rough and harsh
(d) dignified and cheerful
Answer: (c)

(vi) The word ‘earmarked’ means ...
(a) to mark the ears with a piece of jewellery.
(b) to be worked as a secretive person by one’s friends.
(c) to be chosen for something important in the future.
(d) to be expecting some reward in future.
Answer: (c)

2. He was kneeling on the floor in the next room tinkering with a part of his motorcycle over some newspaper spread on the carpet. He was three years out of school, an apprentice mechanic, travelling to his work each day to the far side of the city. He was almost grown up now, and she suspected areas of his life about which she knew nothing, about which he never spoke. He said little at all, ever, voluntarily. Words had to be prized out of him like stones out of the ground. And she was jealous of his silence. When he wasn’t speaking it was as though he was away somewhere, out there in the world in those places she had never been. Whether they were only the outlying districts of the city, or places beyond in the surrounding country —who knew? — they attained a special fascination simply because they were unknown to her and remained out of her reach.

(i) Why was Sophie jealous of Geoff’s silence?
(a) He talked less.
(b) He did not daydream and air it about.
(c) He was always immersed in his work.
(d) He had an exotic life outside their home.
Answer: (d)

(ii) Where did Geoff travel to everyday?
(a) To the museum where he worked.
(b) To the theatre where he had taken up acting.
(c) To the far side of the city where he worked as an apprentice mechanic.
(d) To the author’s club where he discussed books with others.
Answer: (c)

(iii) Why did Geoff’s life have a special fascination for Sophie?
Answer: Geoff’s life had a special fascination for Sophie because it remained outside her reach.

(iv) Why did Sophie go to look for her brother Geoff?
Answer: Sophie went to look for her brother Geoff because she just wanted to make him talk to her.

(v) The phrase ‘tinkering with’ means ...
(a) playing with something interesting.
(b) trying to repair or improve something without much knowledge about it.
(c) moving the bell to get some sound out of it.
(d) fixing things like electrical fuses, etc.
Answer: (b)

(vi) Which of the following show Sophie’s feelings for her brother and father?
(a) Father-love; brother-indifference
(b) Father-dislike; brother-fascination
(c) Father-fascination; brother-dislike
(d) Father-expectation; brother-love
Answer: (b)

3. “It was nothing like that, Geoff — it was me spoke first. When I saw who it was, I said, “Excuse me, but aren’t you Danny Casey?” And he looked sort of surprised. And he said, “Yes, that’s right.” And I knew it must be him because he had the accent, you know, like when they interviewed him on the television. So I asked him for an autograph for little Derek, but neither of us had any paper or a pen. So then we just talked a bit. About the clothes in Royce’s window. He seemed lonely. After all, it’s a long way from the west of Ireland. And then, just as he was going, he said, if I would care to meet him next week he would give me an autograph then. Of course, I said I would.” “As if he’d ever show up.” “You do believe me now, don’t you?”

(i) Why did Sophie talk about Danny Casey to Geoff?
Answer: Geoff was a fan of Danny Casey and would only talk to Sophie if she had something interesting to share.

(ii) What did Sophie ask Danny Casey for?
(a) His autograph.
(b) A walk through the arcade.
(c) Some news about football.
(d) About his next match.
Answer: (a)

(iii) Where was Danny Casey from?
(a) London
(b) Scotland
(c) Ireland
(d) Finland
Answer: (c)

(iv) What did Danny Casey ask Sophie?
(a) About herself and her plans for the future.
(b) For a date with her.
(c) About her friends.
(d) About her views on life.
Answer: (b)

(v) What was Geoff’s first reaction to Sophie’s story about meeting Danny Casey?
(a) Fascination
(b) Belief
(c) Indifference
(d) Disbelief
Answer: (d)

(vi) According to Sophie why could she not get Danny’s autograph?
Answer: Sophie could not get Danny’s autograph because neither of them had any pen or paper.

4. Now I have become sad, she thought. And it is a hard burden to carry, this sadness. Sitting here waiting and knowing he will not come I can see the future and how I will have to live with this burden. They of course will doubt me, as they always doubted me, but I will have to hold up my head remembering how it was. Already I envisage the slow walk home, and Geoff’s disappointed face when I tell him, “He didn’t come, that Danny.” And then he’ll fly out and slam the door. “But we know how it was,” I shall tell myself, “Danny and me.” It is a hard thing, this sadness. She climbed the crumbling steps to the street. Outside the pub she passed her father’s bicycle propped against the wall, and was glad. He would not be there when she got home. “Excuse me, but aren’t you Danny Casey?” Coming through the arcade she pictured him again outside Royce’s. He turns, reddening slightly. “Yes, that’s right.” “I watch you every week, with my dad and my brothers. We think you’re great.”

(i) What is the burden that Sophie has to carry?
(a) Cheated by Danny Casey.
(b) Her failure to meet Jansie.
(c) Her failure to open a boutique
(d) Her sadness that nobody will believe what she says.
Answer: (d)

(ii) What is the burden she will have to carry in the future?
(a) The day would always remind her of her daydreams of Danny Casey.
(b) Danny Casey had deceived her by not coming.
(c) Her father would yell at her.
(d) The disappointment that Geoff would face.
Answer: (a)

(iii) Why was she happy to see her father’s bicycle outside the pub?
Answer: She was glad that her father was not there when she said Danny Casey had not come.

(iv) Where did she ever see Danny Casey in person?
(a) In the arcade.
(b) Under the elm tree.
(c) On Saturday when she went to see him play.
(d) In the garden on the eastern side of the lake.
Answer: (c)

(v) Why was ‘waiting’ such a burden for Sophie?
(a) Because she was feeling exhausted.
(b) Because she knew Danny would not come.
(c) Because she had forgotten to inform Danny.
(d) Because she did not have a watch to keep track of the time.
Answer: (b)

(vi) What made Sophie lie to her brother Geoff about meeting Danny?
(a) To attract his attention .
(b) To see whether he could catch her lie.
(c) To tease him
(d) To prove her superiority to him.
Answer: (a)

5. “She thinks money grows on trees, don’t she, Dad?’ said little Derek, hanging on the back of his father’s chair. Their mother sighed. Sophie watched her back stooped over the sink and wondered at the incongruity of the delicate bow which fastened her apron strings. The delicate-seeming bow and the crooked back. The evening had already blacked in the windows and the small room was steamy from the stove and cluttered with the heavy-breathing man in his vest at the table and the dirty washing piled up in the corner. Sophie felt a tightening in her throat. She went to look for her brother Geoff.

(i) Choose the correct option about Sophie’s parents based on the extract given above.
(a) Sophie’s parents’ marriage was an example of harmony and affection.
(b) Sophie’s relationship with her parents was warm and friendly.
(c) Sophie’s mother was subdued while her father was detached.
(d) Sophie and her brother didn’t like to stay with their parents.
Answer: (c)

(ii) Choose the option that supports the contention coming through Derek’s dialogue, “She thinks money grows on trees, don’t she, Dad?”.
(a) Derek thought his sister to be unreasonable at times.
(b) Derek had no faith in Sophie’s abilities to open a boutique.
(c) Derek thought of his sister as someone who was not realistic.
(d) Derek was not at all happy about Sophie’s habit of day dreaming.
Answer: (c)

(iii) It could be inferred that Sophie’s mother was fatigued and burdened. Choose the option listing the elements that form the basis of this inference.
(1) Her sigh (2) Her delicate bow
(3) Her apron’s strings (4) Her crooked back
(a) 1, 2
(b) 3, 4
(c) 2, 3
(d) 1, 4
Answer: (d)

(iv) “Sophie felt a tightening in her throat.” Pick the option that lists Sophie’s feelings in this context.
(1) Anxious (2) Annoyed
(3) Uneasy (4) Terrified
(a) Options 1 & 3
(b) Options 2 & 3
(c) Options 1 & 4
(d) Options 2 & 4
Answer: (a)

(v) Which of the following sentences have used the word ‘incongruity’ incorrectly?
(a) She smiled at the incongruity of the question
(b) She was oblivious to the incongruity between her words and her actions.
(c) The incongruity of her situation struck her deeply
(d) It is a matter of incongruity that she swims so fast.
Answer: (d)

(vi) Why did Sophie go to look for her brother?
Answer: Sophie went to look for her brother because the scene of her mother working hard and her father looking coarse and dirty bothered her.

6. On Saturday they made their weekly pilgrimage to watch United. Sophie and her father and little Derek went down near the goal — Geoff, as always, went with his mates higher up. United won two-nil and Casey drove in the second goal, a blend of innocence and Irish genius, going round the two big defenders on the edge of the penalty area, with her father screaming for him to pass, and beating the hesitant goalkeeper from a dozen yards. Sophie glowed with pride. Afterwards Geoff was ecstatic.

(i) Their visit to the match was like a ‘weekly pilgrimage’ refers to
(a) strong bond as a family.
(b) love for a fixed routine.
(c) similar feelings of devotion.
(d) excitement for the match.
Answer: (c)

(ii) Based on the following statements, choose the correct option.
Assertion: “Geoff, as always, went with his mates higher up.”
Reason 1: Geoff was not very close to his family and lived in his own world.
Reason 2: Geoff was rude and indifferent towards everyone around him and didn’t care about anyone at all.
(a) Reason 1 and Reason 2 both can be inferred from the assertion.
(b) Reason 1 can be inferred but Reason 2 cannot be inferred from the assertion.
(c) Reason 1 cannot be inferred but Reason 2 can be inferred.
(d) Reason 1 and Reason 2 both cannot be inferred.
Answer: (b)

(iii) ‘Sophie glowed with pride.’ Her pride is the result of
(a) belonging to a region where everyone thought of Danny as a hero.
(b) watching her father cheer and support Danny.
(c) The information she gathered from her brother, about Danny.
(d) being an avid fan and her sense of closeness with Danny.
Answer: (d)

(iv) Choose the option listing the situation in which one would be ‘ecstatic’.
(a) Scenario 1: Going to an old age home and listening to them share stories from the past.
(b) Scenario 2: Being seated next to your favourite pop singer during a short flight.
(c) Scenario 3: Going to a dog show and losing your pet there.
(d) Scenario 4: Coming home and finding that there are 11 messages from your Principal in your email inbox.
Answer: (b)

(v) What game did Sophie and her family go to watch?
Answer: Sophie and her family went to watch a football match.

(vi) The fact that her brother Geoff chose to sit with his friends made Sophie feel–
(a) relieved
(b) happy
(c) thoughtful
(d) sad
Answer: (d)

Type II. Text-Based Questions

I. Multiple Choice Questions

1. Outside the pub, Sophie saw something. It was
(a) her dad’s bicycle
(b) her brother’s car
(c) her mother’s motorcycle
(d) Derek’s tricycle
Answer: (a)

2. While Sophie waited for Danny, she realized that
(a) Danny would come
(b) Danny would not come
(c) she was hungry
(d) she was thirsty
Answer: (b)

3. According to Sophie, the place she had chosen to meet Danny was
(a) a hidden alley
(b) a perfect place
(c) behind the walls
(d) near the trees
Answer: (b)

4. ‘I wish he was an Englishman’. These words were spoken with reference to
(a) Geoff
(b) Derek
(c) Danny Casey
(d) a passenger in the bus
Answer: (d)

5. The match on Saturday was witnessed by
(a) the whole family
(b) only father and Sophie
(c) Geoff alone
(d) Sophie, father, Derek and Geoff
Answer: (d)

6. Danny Casey was a player in the football team of
(a) Ireland
(b) Finland
(c) England
(d) Denmark
Answer: (a)

7. Sophie told Geoff that Danny was unable to sign an autograph for her because
(a) his secretary did not allow it
(b) he didn’t have paper or pen
(c) he said he’d do it later
(d) he was in a hurry to go home
Answer: (b)

8. When Sophie told her father that Danny had met her and told her that he was going to buy a shop, father
(a) called her a liar
(b) asked her if it was another of her wild stories
(c) disbelieved her outright
(d) asked Geoff to verify facts
Answer: (b)

9. After describing Danny’s appearance, Sophie chose not to tell Geoff about
(a) Danny’s qualification
(b) Danny’s address
(c) his teeth
(d) his car
Answer: (c)

10. What did Sophie tell Geoff one day that made him look surprised?
(a) She had seen a ghost
(b) She had met her principal
(c) She had got a job
(d) She had met Danny Casey
Answer: (d)

11. Geoff never took Sophie out with him because he thought she was
(a) immature
(b) badly behaved
(c) too young
(d) too restless
Answer: (c)

12. What was Sophie’s father keen to buy if she ever came into money?
(a) A luxury car
(b) A decent house
(c) A yacht
(d) A shop
Answer: (b)

13. Why does Sophie feel jealous of her brother?
(a) Because he keeps silent
(b) Because he is a mechanic
(c) Because he reveals his secret
(d) Because of inability to reach unknown areas of his mind
Answer: (d)

14. What does Geoff’s silence symbolise in Sophie’s view?
(a) distant places
(b) his vague personality
(c) his jovial nature
(d) wandering of his mind to distant places
Answer: (d)

15. What kind of person is Sophie’s father ?
(a) kind hearted
(b) a loving and caring
(c) hard core realistic
(d) carefree
Answer: (c)

16. Sophie’s dreams and disappointments present her_________ .
(a) imagination and nothing in reality
(b) nature
(c) personality
(d) future
Answer: (a)

17. Why is Jansie not able to support Sophie’s view?
(a) Because he is a happy go lucky man
(b) Because his imagination is poor
(c) Because he is unable to believe
(d) Because he is a realistic and believes in practicality
Answer: (d)

18. What are the literary devices used in the lesson?
(a) Metaphorical expressions and slangs
(b) Similes
(c) Irony
(d) None
Answer: (a)

19. What is the sub theme of the story?
(a) Relationships- family and friends
(b) Friends
(c) Family members
(d) Adolescents
Answer: (a)

20. Why is Sophie attracted to Danny?
(a) Because he is a heroic footballer
(b) Because he earns well
(c) Because he plays football
(d) Because he is smart
Answer: (a)