12th English Unit 3 Online Test – Old Book

1. What is the national language of Maldives?

Maldives is not a member of which of the following organisation/ Association?

Match the prefix 

1. Contra – India
2. Counter – logue
3. Dia – indicate
4. Fore – act
5. Pan – cast

Match the suffix

1. Leaf – ile
2. Public – ling
3. Prince – let
4. Kitchen – ise
5. Duct – ette

Convert the following sentence to other speech

John said, “Raju, please wait for me at the bus stop”

Identify the speech in the sentence

My friend said, “Please take this gift”

Identify the voice in the below sentence

“A strange fish was caught by the fisherman”

“Millions of people all over the world speak English”- Convert into passive voice

A visit to sacred places like Badrinath, Golden temple, Bodhgaya, velankanni is called________

 The Milam glacier- a major glacier of the Kumaon Himalayas is located in which part of India?

 In which place did the traveller get down from the bus to start her travel towards Milam glacier?

 Which was the village that was abandoned during the Into-China war, and trade in that village was halted and came to an end?

 Who acted as a guide on the trek to Milam glacier?

 Name the goddess who is worshipped in the travelogue “To the land of snow”?

 On the way towards Milam, the traveller crossed certain ghost villages namely____ and _____

 “On the fourth day, we crossed the ghost villages of Bhurfu and Bilju before we reached Milam”- Here ‘ghost villages’ mean_________?

 Which river was surpassed and crossed by the author on her way to the land of snow?

The lesson “To the land of snow” was authored by?

  Fill up the suitable word

For the locals, glaciated region is one to be feared, but for the ________ a journey into a no man’s land can be an experience for life time

 Match the synonym

• Trail – Deep crack

• Surreal – Strange

• Fissure – Rough path

• Menacing – Threatening

 “To the land of snow” is the trekking experience of __________

 Which of the two ponds were described as holy and their waters to be sweetest?

 Who among the following is the porter figuring in “To the land of snow” and helping the author and the guide?

 To which place does the author make her trek into ‘The land of snow’?

 Match the antonyms

1. Sturdy – Inhabited
2. Abandoned – Weak
3. Shrouded – Lost
4. Retained – Uncovered

The popular trekking destination Munsiyari- Milam glacier in Uttarkhand state shares border with _____

Who is the author of the poem “A Noiseless, Patient Spider”?

 In the poem “A Noiseless, Patient Spider”, connection is made between

 In the poem what do the spider and the man’s soul have in common?

 The line in the poem is an example of

“It launch’d forth filament, filament, filament, out of itself”

 “Ever unreeling them, ever tirelessly speeding them

Till the bridge you will need………

Till the gossamer thread…………………”

These lines are examples of ________________

 Words such as “Musing, venturing, throwing” are examples of _______

 Match the synonym

1. Ceaseless – Enter into
2. Venture – Endless
3. Fling – Contemplating
4. Musing – Throw

 “O my soul where you stand……” this line from the poem is an example of

 What is the theme of the poem “A Noiseless, Patient Spider”?

 How does the poet compares the soul with the act of spider?

 What is the spider trying to do by its repeated activity?

Why does the spider tirelessly spin out filament?

 In the poem “A Noiseless, Patient Spider”, The spider is compared to_____

 The tone of the poem “A Noiseless, Patient Spider” can be best described as ________

 The author of the prose “The last leaf” is_________

 On whose honour an award is instituted and is considered America’s most prestigious award for short fiction?

 Who were Sue and Johnsy by profession?

 In the lesson, “The last leaf”,  Who was called as the ‘cold unseen stranger’, which had stalked many people and let them down”?

What saved life of Johnsy?

What was masterpiece of Behrman according to Sue which saved Johnsy’s life?

 Where did Johnsy and Sue meet and became friends?

Why did doctor say that it is difficult for Johnsy to recover?

 What was Johnsy doing when she was lying on sick bed?

 What stupid reason did Johnsy give to Sue for counting the leaves?

Being sixty years old, what was the life time dream of old Behrman?

  How did old Behrman die?

 What realization did Johnsy get when she found the ivy leaf still clinging to the vine?

 A book published under jurisdiction of the government and containing a list of drugs is called___________

 What did Sue hear while she was painting?

What shocking thing did Sue and Johsy find out the next day morning when they got up from bed?

Why the ivy leaf did not fall and looked fresh and strong?

  Why did Johnsy fall sick? What disease made her fall sick?

 As a painter, what was Johnsy’s ambition in life?

 Characters Sue, Johnsy are from the lesson

Match the following

1. Solicitously – Mockery
2. Derision – With Concern
3. Curative – look of disapproval
4. Scorn – Healing

 What is the correct abbreviation of  LASER