12th English Unit 5 Online Test – New Book

Question 1 of 106

1. Question

What is the story “The Chair” is all about?

a) Humorous incidents in a family after the arrival of the first chair.
b) Benefits of not having a chair in a family.
c) Importance of having educated people in a family.
d) The Role of a Head of the family and his chair.

Question 2 of 106

2. Question

What was the only furniture in the house before the arrival of the chair?

a) A Teak table
b) Wooden cot
c) Three legged stool
d) Steel bench

Question 3 of 106

3. Question

Who was planning to visit the family?

a) Police Inspector
b) Sub-judge
c) The Collector
d) Army Officer

Question 4 of 106

4. Question

Why did the sub-judge fell from the stool?

a) The sub-judge was little portly and the stool would topple if weight is not exactly above its legs.
b) The sub-judge was offered a broken stool.
c) The Sub-judge managed to stand on the stool with one leg.
d) The Stool was too high so the sub-judge could not sit properly.

Question 5 of 106

5. Question

How many children were there in the family including the narrator?

a) 4
b) 2
c) 3
d) 5

Question 6 of 106

6. Question

What was the practical problem faced by the family in getting a chair?

a) The chair was too much costly that the family cannot afford it.
b) There was no chair in the whole village for them to show as a model.
c) There was a rule in the village that no one should in a chair.
d) The village was far away from the nearby town so the transport charge was too high.

Question 7 of 106

7. Question

Who mentioned about the skilled carpenter in the nearby village?

a) Grand mother
b) Pedanna
c) Father
d) Aunty

Question 8 of 106

8. Question

Who is the speaker of these, “You donkeys”?

a) Little sister
b) Mother
c) Maternal uncle
d) Grand mother

Question 9 of 106

9. Question

According to the children what is the reason for the regular visit of their maternal uncle?

a) To drink their flavoured buttermilk.
b) To take classes for the children.
c) To visit his sister.
d) To take rest from his work.

Question 10 of 106

10. Question

Why did the maternal uncle showed interest in buying a chair?

a) He was the stingiest person so he tried to use it for his house.
b) He wanted to use the chair for his office.
c) He also wanted a chair for him.
d) He was trying to gift a chair for his sister family.

Question 11 of 106

11. Question

11.Why did Pedanna suggest poovarasu for making the chair?

a) It is a fine grained, glossy and strong wood without knots.
b) It would cool down the body temperature.
c) It would be the sturdy and strongest wood.
d) It is the cheapest wood to make furniture.

Question 12 of 106

12. Question

Who was suggesting a dark coloured chair for the family?

a) Grand mother
b) Aunt
c) The Elder sister
d) Little brother

Question 13 of 106

13. Question

How did the children compare their maternal uncle and their family chair?

a) Rama- Lakshmana
b) Twin Doves
c) Double Rifle
d) Twin brothers

Question 14 of 106

14. Question

Who had an idea of stitching a cover for the new chair?

a) Grand mother
b) Elder sister
c) Aunty
d) Little sister

Question 15 of 106

15. Question

Why did the village people borrow the chair from the family at midnight?

a) For the village panchayat person to sit and discus about the issues.
b) For the new born child in their family.
c) To prop up the dead body of an eminent person in the village.
d) For the bride groom for his janavasa ceremony.

Question 16 of 106

16. Question

Why did the village people wanted chair for the corpse?

a) It is the custom of the village to have a chair for the corpse.
b) Before the arrival of chair the village people always seated the corpse on the floor.
c) The family having the chair were very generous people in the whole village.
d) It will be easy to carry the dead body in its final ceremony.

Question 17 of 106

17. Question

What was the after effect in the family after using the chair for the corpse?

a) The family was encountered by some occult incidents.
b) No one in the village asked for the chair.
c) The children of the family were scared to even look at the chair.
d) It was considered as a bad omen to the whole family.

Question 18 of 106

18. Question

“ He’s rehearsing on the chair now itself”, who is mentioned a “He”?

a) A Local elder
b) The Maternal Uncle
c) The Grand mother
d) The Sub-judge

Question 19 of 106

19. Question

After which of these incidents the children of the family started using the chair?

a) A guest visited the house and sat on the chair.
b) After doing some holy rituals for the chair.
c) A neighbour suganthi put her baby brother on the chair.
d) The maternal uncle explained the scientific facts about the chair.

Question 20 of 106

20. Question

What was the interesting past time of the maternal uncle in his house?

a) To prepare and chew betel leaves from his betel box.
b) To sit on the chair and read newspapers.
c) To clean the home neatly.
d) Taking care of the cattle’s

Question 21 of 106

21. Question

How old was the Eveready torch owned by the maternal uncle?

a) 40
b) 5
c) 15
d) 27

Question 22 of 106

22. Question

What did Pedanna replied to the village people asking chair for the corpse?

a) Refused to give the chair at midnight.
b) Their Chair was in the maternal uncle’s house.
c) The Chair was broken and of no use.
d) The Chair was in the carpenter house for some repair works.

Question 23 of 106

23. Question

What did the maternal uncle replied to the narrator about the chair?

a) He threw the chair in the river.
b) He was not ready to use the chair after keeping the dead body in it.
c) He gave the chair for the purpose of corpse alone.
d) He was comfortable in sitting on the floor than the chair.

Question 24 of 106

24. Question

Match the incorrect synonyms.

Portly i) Stocky

Gait ii) Pace

Impudent iii) Disrespectful

Hordes iv) Less

a) i only
b) ii only
c) iii only
d) iv only

Question 25 of 106

25. Question

Choose the correct antonyms of the word,” Expounded”?

a) Cackled
b) Complicate
c) Grief
d) Lethargic

Question 26 of 106

26. Question

Rajanarayanan is a Tamil ____ and a prolific author.

a) Folklorist
b) Singer
c) Political person
d) Musician

Question 27 of 106

27. Question

In which year Rajanarayanan won the Sahitya Academy Award for his novel Gopalla Grammam and its sequel?

a) 2009
b) 1982
c) 1967
d) 1991

Question 28 of 106

28. Question

Why the poet wants to advice the son through his father?

a) As his son met with an accident
b) Because his son nearing his manhood
c) His son is affected with a disease.
d) As his son is arrogant in nature.

Question 29 of 106

29. Question

How the father wants his son to face his life?

a) Steel or Rock
b) Sea or Ocean
c) Mountain or Peaks
d) Fertile land

Question 30 of 106

30. Question

Which of these can be faced by the son in his life by being tough?

a) Storms of the human life.
b) To go through humdrum monotony.
c) To deal with sudden betrayals.
d) All the above

Question 31 of 106

31. Question

““Life is hard; be steel; be a rock.” Identify the figure of speech used in these lines?

a) Simile
b) Metaphor
c) Oxymoron
d) Epithets

Question 32 of 106

32. Question

How does the poet wants the son to tighten him for slack moments?

a) Rope
b) Knot
c) Tape
d) Rubber

Question 33 of 106

33. Question

According to the poet apart from being strong which of these qualities is also needed to needed to raise a child?

a) Peace
b) Generous
c) Gentleness
d) Carefulness

Question 34 of 106

34. Question

How does the poet conveys the son to take the life easy?

a) Being a rubber with elasticity.
b) By being like a fertile soil.
c) To be like an unmolded soil.
d) Like a plastic suitable for any purpose.

Question 35 of 106

35. Question

Which can shatter and split the rock in the path?

a) Human
b) Cattles
c) A frail flower
d) Big Cart

Question 36 of 106

36. Question

36. Find the figure of speech used in the lines below.
“The growth of a frail flower in a path up
has sometimes shattered and split a rock”

a) Antithesis
b) Personification
c) Alliteration
d) Simile

Question 37 of 106

37. Question

What does the poet means by “Rich soft wanting”?

a) Rich people with property.
b) Luxuries for leading a sophisticated life.
c) Strong desire and will to achieve anything.
d) Honesty and Good character.

Question 38 of 106

38. Question

Which of these killed men and to die years before burial?

a) Too much of knowledge
b) Too much of money
c) Poverty
d) Depression

Question 39 of 106

39. Question

What does the poet represent by the phrase “quest of lucre”?

a) To seek for hidden treasures.
b) To steal or own others identity.
c) Making use of poor people’s money.
d) To earn money in a dishonour way.

Question 40 of 106

40. Question

The quest for money and other needs turn some good men into ____.

a) Dry thwarted worms
b) Blood sucking vampires
c) Characterless human
d) Merciless Beasts.

Question 41 of 106

41. Question

Which of these following stuffs can be wasted according to the father’s opinion?

a) Food
b) Time
c) Money
d) Pride

Question 42 of 106

42. Question

The father advises his son not to feel shame for being a ____ very often.

a) Rich
b) Poor
c) Fool
d) Stingy

Question 43 of 106

43. Question

Which of these should not be repeated by the son as mentioned in the poem”A Father to his Son”?

a) Mistakes learnt from being a fool.
b) Knowledge wasted in learning new things.
c) Money spent for poor people.
d) Leisure time spent as lazy.

Question 44 of 106

44. Question

“Tell him time as a stuff can be wasted” Identify the figure of speech used in these lines?

a) Metaphor
b) Personification
c) Simile
d) Alliteration

Question 45 of 106

45. Question

How does the free imagination of a human is helpful for the world?

a) Reason for some new inventions.
b) Brings changes to the world.
c) Make human life easier.
d) Allow human to discover themselves.

Question 46 of 106

46. Question

What did the father wants his son to seek in his lazy days?

a) Read a philosophy book.
b) To enjoy the nature.
c) Seek deep motives of his life.
d) Enjoy own company.

Question 47 of 106

47. Question

Which of these great men is not denoted by the father in the poem,” A Father to his Son”?

a) Albert Einstein
b) Shakespeare
c) Wright brothers
d) Michael Faraday

Question 48 of 106

48. Question

Identify the figure of speech used in the lines below,

“And the final decisions are made in silent rooms”

a) Allusion
b) Oxymoron
c) Personification
d) Epithet

Question 49 of 106

49. Question

What does the poet conveys about the idea of telling a lie in the poem “A Father to his son”?

a) The Son cannot use white lies to the world.
b) Lies can change the nature of the whole world.
c) He must never lie to himself about himself.
d) He might use lies against himself to protect himself.

Question 50 of 106

50. Question

How does the father wants his son to be compared with other people?

a) To be different from other people if it comes natural and easy being different.
b) To act like a smart one in a group of smart people.
c) To emerge as a leader to a bunch of people and not a follower.
d) To mingle with the common people.

Question 51 of 106

51. Question

51. “Tell him to be alone often and get at himself

And above all tell himself no lies about himself”

Choose the correct figure of speech used in these lines.

a) Alliteration
b) Simile
c) Allusion
d) Repetition

Question 52 of 106

52. Question

52. Carl Sandburg won a Pulitzer Prize for his biography of _____.

a) Abraham Lincoln
b) Nelson Mandela
c) Albert Einstein
d) Mahatma Gandhi

Question 53 of 106

53. Question

53. Which of these American President observed Carl Sandburg was more than the voice of America?

a) Harry S. Truman
b) Lyndon B. Johnson
c) John F. Kennedy
d) Richard Nixon

Question 54 of 106

54. Question

54. In which of the following planet the theme of human life is explained in the story “All Summer in a Day”?

a) Venus
b) Mars
c) Moon
d) Jupiter

Question 55 of 106

55. Question

What is compared to the weeds and roses mixed together and peering out for the look of the sun?

a) The Aquatic animals
b) Trees in the dense forests
c) The Children
d) Animals

Question 56 of 106

56. Question

56. For how many years it has been raining in the planet?

a) Ten
b) Seven
c) Fifteen
d) Fifty

Question 57 of 106

57. Question

57. Which of the following is not a way of life in the planet Venus given in, “All Summer in a day”?

a) Heavy tidal waves because of concussion of storms.
b) Forests were crushed again and again under the continuous rain.
c) The Sun rises in the sky for about two hours daily.
d) It has been raining for seven years.

Question 58 of 106

58. Question

58. What was the purpose of visit of human in the Venus planet?

a) To set up a civilization and to live their lives in the raining world.
b) To research on the animals and its life in the planet Venus.
c) To grow new variety of plants and trees in the rain forest.
d) To investigate about the possibility of human life in the new planet.

Question 59 of 106

59. Question

59. How did the Men and women come from the Earth to Venus?

a) Aero planes
b) Helicopter
c) Rockets
d) Satellites

Question 60 of 106

60. Question

60. What is the age of the school children mentioned in the story”All Summer in a day”?

a) 7
b) 11
c) 9
d) 13

Question 61 of 106

61. Question

Which is used to describe the Sun in the dreams of the children?

a) A gold or yellow crayon
b) A flower
c) A Yellow ball
d) Yellow sky

Question 62 of 106

62. Question

The Sun is compared with the ____ blooms for one hour in Margot’s poem.

a) Rainbow
b) Lemon
c) Flower
d) Bright light

Question 63 of 106

63. Question

Name the boys name who was arguing with Margot about the poem?

a) Joseph
b) William
c) Albert
d) Henry

Question 64 of 106

64. Question

Margot was standing alone like a ____ starring at the rain.

a) Flower
b) Statue
c) Princess
d) Old photograph

Question 65 of 106

65. Question

The Children had long forgotten the colour of the ____.

a) Saturn
b) Earth
c) Sun
d) Moon

Question 66 of 106

66. Question

Why the children avoided Margot in their happy activities?

a) Margot believed that there was no Sun rise in the planet.
b) Margot had come to Venus only five years ago from the Earth.
c) Margot was very adamant child compared to others.
d) Margot always sad and thinking about her life on Earth.

Question 67 of 106

67. Question

Who is the speaker of these words, “No it’s not” in the story, “All Summer in a Day”?

a) Margot
b) Teacher
c) Children
d) William

Question 68 of 106

68. Question

Why did the children of the school were angry on Margot?

a) The Children thought that Margot was telling lies about the Sun.
b) The Children hated Margot as she was the only girl in the class.
c) The Teacher was very close to Margot so the children hated her.
d) Margot’s parents were the richest in the planet.

Question 69 of 106

69. Question

What did the children do to Margot?

a) Margot was taken to the teacher’s room.
b) Margot was pushed out of the classroom into the rain.
c) Margot was pushed into a closet and locked the door.
d) Margot was locked inside the bathroom.

Question 70 of 106

70. Question

What was the colour of the rising Sun in the planet Venus?

a) Golden yellow
b) Flaming bronze
c) Orange
d) Blooming Sunflower

Question 71 of 106

71. Question

What did the children took off when they left warm in the sun for the first time?

a) Jackets
b) Sweaters
c) Blazers
d) Coat

Question 72 of 106

72. Question

For how long the Sun will be in the skies of the planet Venus?

a) One full day
b) Twenty days
c) Two hours
d) Two minutes

Question 73 of 106

73. Question

Why the girl began to cry in the midst of their happy running?

a) She remembered Margot in the locker.
b) She was very happy that happy tears were running from her eyes.
c) That got reminded about the life on Earth.
d) She got a raindrop in her palms.

Question 74 of 106

74. Question

Which of these was not a colour of the jungle of the planet Venus?

a) Rubber
b) Floral
c) Ash
d) Ink

Question 75 of 106

75. Question

Ray Douglas Bradbury was an _____ author and screen writer.

a) American
b) English
c) Irish
d) French

Question 76 of 106

76. Question

Which of the following was used by Ray Bradbury in his works to enrich his stories?

a) Scientific facts
b) Historical events
c) Figurative languages
d) Quotes and proverbs

Question 77 of 106

77. Question

Unscramble the Sentences by correct order.

Rupees/ lunch/ to buy/ it/ twenty/costs

ABCDEF

a) AEBDFC
b) ECDBFA
c) DFEACB
d) CBADFE

Question 78 of 106

78. Question

Unscramble the Sentences by correct order.

Become/ my/ is/ a doctor/ dream/ to

ABCDEF

a) BECFAD
b) FDACEB
c) AFEBCD
d) DBCAEF

Question 79 of 106

79. Question

Unscramble the Sentences by correct order.

Eight years/ to win/it/took/the world cup

ABCDE

a) EBCAD
b) DEABC
c) CDABE
d) DBCAE

Question 80 of 106

80. Question

Unscramble the Sentences by correct order.

as/a/I/want/collector/to see/ you

ABCDEFG

a) BGFDACE
b) CDFGABE
c) EABCDGF
d) FADCGBE

Question 81 of 106

81. Question

Unscramble the Sentences by correct order.

divine/is/ forgive/to

ABCD

a) BDAC
b) DABC
c) CDBA
d) DCBA

Question 82 of 106

82. Question

Rewrite the gerund in the following sentences to infinitives without changing the meaning.

Teach me swimming.

a) Teach swimming for me.
b) Swimming is taught for me.
c) Teach me to swim.
d) To swim is taught.

Question 83 of 106

83. Question

Rewrite the gerund in the following sentences to infinitives without changing the meaning.

Seeing is believing.

a) To see is to believe.
b) See is Belief.
c) Seeing is to believe.
d) To see is to believing.

Question 84 of 106

84. Question

Rewrite the gerund in the following sentences to infinitives without changing the meaning.

What I hate most is running across traffic.

a) What I hate most to run across traffic.
b) What I hate most is to running across traffic.
c) What I hate most is run across traffic.
d) What I hate most is to run across traffic.

Question 85 of 106

85. Question

Rewrite the gerund in the following sentences to infinitives without changing the meaning.

Walking in the sun is harmful to the eyes.

a) To have a walking in the sun is harmful to the eyes.
b) To walk in the sun is harmful to the eyes.
c) Walking the sun is harmful to the eyes.
d) To be walk the sun is harmful to the eyes.

Question 86 of 106

86. Question

Spot the errors in the following sentences.

She wants to continuing her studies abroad.

a) Wants
b) Continuing
c) To
d) No error

Question 87 of 106

87. Question

Spot the errors in the following sentences.

It was a shame breaking up.

a) Was
b) Breaking
c) It
d) No error

Question 88 of 106

88. Question

Spot the errors in the following sentences.

She made me to cry.

a) Made
b) To
c) Cry
d) No error

Question 89 of 106

89. Question

Spot the errors in the following sentences.

To carry a heavy pile of books, she tripped and fell.

a) To Carry
b) Pile of books
c) Tripped
d) No error

Question 90 of 106

90. Question

Spot the errors in the following sentences.

There’s someone to talk on the phone, but they cannot hear me.

a) To talk
b) But
c) On
d) No error

Question 91 of 106