CBSE Class 12 English The Interview MCQs Set B

Question. What is a matter of surprise as in the chapter ‘The Interview’?
(a) opinions of the interview vary
(b) its functions vary
(c) methods and merits vary
(d) All of the oprions

Answer : D

Question. Why were the journalists and publishers puzzled by the success of The Name of the Rose?
(a) because readers like trash and it was a serious novel
(b) because it was becoming popular
(c) because of its highrated success
(d) none of the oprions

Answer : A

Question. When was the interview invented ?
(a) 120 years ago
(b) 125 years ago
(c) 130 years ago
(d) 140 years ago

Answer : C

Question. Explain ‘Denis Brain’s statement “Almost everything of moment reaches us through one man asking questions of others.’
(a) The interviewer has the power
(b) The interviewer has status
(c) The interviewer can elicit the truth and has the power to influence
(d) All of the oprions

Answer : D

Question. What does writing novels on Sundays signify?
(a) writing novels- his casual job
(b) writing novels-ls- his passion
(b) writing novels- his need
(d) writing nove his interest

Answer : D

Question. The excerpt -The Interview has been taken from which book?
(a) Christopher’s introduction to The Penguin Book of Interviews
(b) Features for Vanity Fair
(c) The name of the Rose
(d) none of the oprions

Answer : A

Question. What does V.S. Naipaul feel about interviews?
(a) horror
(b) happy
(c) wounded
(d) none of the oprions

Answer : C

Question. Who was H. G. Wells ?
(a) An English novelist
(b) Journalist
(c) Sociologist
(d) All of the oprions

Answer : D

Question. Who was the creator of ‘Alice in wonderland’, with context to the chapter ‘The Interview’?
(a) Christopher Silvester
(b) V. S. Naipaul
(c) Ruskin Bond
(d) Lewis Caroll

Answer : D

Question. What is the belief in some primitive cultures, as in the chapter ‘The Interview’?
(a) Taking a photographic portrait of somebody is like taking stealing that person’s soul
(b) Interviews should be banned
(c) Interviews are a strict no no
(d) None of the oprions

Answer : A

Question. When did V.S Naipaul receive the Nobel Prize in literatures ?
(a) In 2005
(b) In 2001
(c) In 1998
(d) In 1975

Answer : B

Question. Why do some people elaboratively claim about the goodness of interviews, as in the chapter ‘The Interview’?
(a) as they believe it to be a path towards knowing complete truth
(b) they consider it’s practice to be an art
(c) they fall for the way & style of it’s presentation
(d) Both A & B

Answer : D

Question. What is the impact of an interview on the minds of viewers/readers, as in the chapter ‘The Interview’?
(a) It creates a defined picture in the minds of reader/viewer
(b) It steals the original identity of the person
(c) It makes them believe the unbelievable
(d) All of the oprions

Answer : D

Question. What kind of a novel was The Name of The Rose?
(a) hilarious
(b) fiction
(c) non-fiction
(d) a serious one

Answer : A

Question. What is V. S. Naipaul’s view about an interview, as in the chapter ‘The Interview’?
(a) Interviews are the birth right of citizens
(b) a bad interview has the tendency of leaving people wounded for life
(c) Interviews should be conducted in a conducive environment
(d) None of the oprions

Answer : B

Question. Which period of history do Umberto’s novels deal with?
(a) Renaissance
(b) dark age
(c) modern era
(d) Medieval period

Answer : D

Question. He was known as a cosmopolitan writer, as in the chapter ‘The Interview’.
(a) Lewis Caroll
(b) Christopher Silvester
(c) V. S. Naipaul
(d) Ruskin Bond

Answer : C

Question. What do Rudyard Kipling and his wife express about interviews?
(a) immoral
(b) not good
(c) very bad
(d) immoral and offensive crime against a person

Answer : D

Question. How does Umberto Eco find so much time to write so much?
(a) using early morning time
(b) using his office time
(c) using his family time
(d) using using empty spaces (free times) like waiting for someone, break time

Answer : D

Question. What things are hardly surprising of the interview?
(a) Its functions
(b) Its methods
(c) Its merits
(d) All of the oprions

Answer : D

Question. What was Lewis Caroll’s opinion of interviews and autographs?
(a) wonder
(b) terror
(c) horror
(d) none of the oprions

Answer : C

Question. …….was a reporter for private eye for ten years.
(a) Christopher Silvester
(b) William James
(c) Franks
(d) All of the oprions

Answer : A

Question. Who was Joseph Stalin ?
(a) A great Russian revolutionary
(b) An active political organizer
(c) Both A and B
(d) None of the oprions

Answer : B

Question. Who is the author of the lesson ‘The Interview’?
(a) Christopher Priest
(b) Christopher Silvester (1959)
(c) J.B. Priestley
(d) Alfred John Churchley

Answer : B

Question. What ideas do you form of Umberto’s personality after his interview with Mukand?
(a) a very rigid person
(b) a boastful and arrogant
(c) an illusionary vision
(d) an academician with philosophical and ethical interest

Answer : D