CBSE Class 12 English Going Places Worksheet Set B

Question. “Jansie, knowing they were both earmarked for the biscuit factory, became melancholy.”
Choose the option that DOES NOT make the correct usage of the word ‘earmarked’.
(a) The money in the locker had been earmarked for another purpose.
(b) The investments made in the share market were earmarked for two years.
(c) Lakshay and Samrat were earmarked for behaving notoriously in the classroom.
(d) My family had been earmarked since we had shifted from our old home.

Answer: A

Question. Choose the option listing the possible titular justifications for the chapter ‘Going Places’.
1. It includes the system of going to watch the football game on a regular basis.
2. It expresses Sophie’s deepest desire to go out with Danny Casey.
3. It is about a girl named Sophie who is an idealist and often dreams of going to various places.
4. It is an idiomatic expression that refers to Sophie going ahead in her career, trying to beat poverty.
(a) 1, 2
(b) 2, 3
(c) 3, 4
(d) 1, 4

Answer: C

Question. “He said little at all, ever, voluntarily. Words had to be prized out of him like stones out of the ground.”
Choose the option that states the characteristics of the person being talked about in the above lines.
1) rigid
2) stubborn
3) distant
4) invincible
5) reserved
(a) 1, 4
(b) 2, 5
(c) 2, 3
(d) 3, 5

Answer: D

Extract Based Questions:

A. “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.

Question. 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.
(a) her sigh
(b) her delicate bow
(c) her apron’s strings
(d) her crooked back
(a) 1, 2
(b) 3, 4
(c) 2, 3
(d) 1, 4

Answer: D

Question. “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

Question. 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

Question. 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

B. 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.

Question. ‘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

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

Answer: B

Question. 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

Question. 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

               Very Short Answer

Q.1)        Who is Geoff? What does he do?

Q.2)        Describe Sophie’s father?

Q.3)        Did Geoff keep his promise to Sophie?

Q.4)        What was Sophie’s ambition in life? How did she hope to achieve that?

Q.5)        Why did Sophie choose Royce’s Arcade to meet Danny Casey for a date?             

               Short Answer

Q.6)        How does Sophie include her brother Geoff in her fantasy of her future?

Q.7)        Why didn’t Sophie want Jansie to know about her story with Danny?

Q.8)        What did Sophie think about the world Geoff visited? What did she wish?

Q.9)        What were the options that Sophie was dreaming of? Why does Jansie discourage her from having such dreams?

Q.10)      Does Geoff believe what Sophie says about her meeting with Danny Casey?              

               Long Answer

Q.11)      Comment on the aptness of the title ‘Going Places’.

Q.12)     All of us, like Sophie, look up to people who then become our role models. These role models have a positive impact on our lives and possess those qualities that we would like to have.

             As head boy/girl of your school, you have to address the students in the morning assembly telling them about the kind of people, they should adopt as role models and seek inspiration from them. Write this speech in 100-150 words.

Q.13)      How does A.R. Barton explore the theme of adolescent fantasizing and hero worship?

Q.14)      What impression do you form of Sophie on reading the story ‘Going Places’?

Q.15)      Sophie and Jansie are both teenagers, but they have different approaches to reality. Discuss?

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