Wednesday, June 22, 2022

20 MCQs - Class 12 - Vistas - Chapter 7 - Evans Tries An O-Level - by Colin Dexter

Objective Type Questions (MCQs) 'Evans Tries an O-Level'

Here are 20 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) on "Evans Tries an O-Level" to cover all aspects of the story:

1. Who is the protagonist in "Evans Tries an O-Level"?

  • a) The Governor
  • b) Mr. Jackson
  • c) James Evans
  • d) Reverend McLeery
Answer: c) James Evans

2. What examination does Evans want to take?

  • a) O-Level French
  • b) O-Level German
  • c) A-Level English
  • d) A-Level History
Answer: b) O-Level German

3. Why does the Governor agree to let Evans take the exam?

  • a) He wants Evans to have a second chance
  • b) Evans is genuinely interested in studies
  • c) The Governor doesn't believe Evans can escape
  • d) The prison has a good reputation for education
Answer: c) The Governor doesn't believe Evans can escape

4. What nickname do the prison officers give Evans?

  • a) Evans the Clever
  • b) Evans the Break
  • c) Evans the Escape
  • d) Evans the Genius
Answer: b) Evans the Break

5. Who is called to invigilate the exam?

  • a) Mr. Stephens
  • b) The Governor
  • c) Reverend Stuart McLeery
  • d) Mr. Jackson
Answer: c) Reverend Stuart McLeery

6. How does Evans plan his escape?

  • a) By overpowering the invigilator
  • b) By disguising himself as McLeery
  • c) By using a fake exam paper
  • d) By escaping through the roof
Answer: b) By disguising himself as McLeery

7. What is Evans' nickname related to his frequent escapes?

  • a) The Houdini of Oxford Prison
  • b) The Silent Escapee
  • c) The Breakout Master
  • d) Evans the Break
Answer: d) Evans the Break

8. Which prison officer is responsible for frisking the invigilator?

  • a) Jackson
  • b) Stephens
  • c) Carter
  • d) The Governor
Answer: a) Jackson

9. What unusual item does McLeery carry in his briefcase?

  • a) A Bible
  • b) A small rubber ring
  • c) A rope ladder
  • d) A hammer
Answer: b) A small rubber ring

10. Where is the real Reverend McLeery found after Evans' escape?

  • a) In his flat
  • b) In the exam room
  • c) At the prison gates
  • d) Tied up in his office
Answer: d) Tied up in his office

11. How many times had Evans escaped from prison before?

  • a) Once
  • b) Twice
  • c) Thrice
  • d) Never
Answer: c) Thrice

12. What is the major precaution the Governor takes during the exam?

  • a) Taping the cell doors
  • b) Placing a microphone in the cell
  • c) Using a high-security room
  • d) Monitoring with CCTV cameras
Answer: b) Placing a microphone in the cell

13. How does the Governor realize Evans has escaped?

  • a) Evans confesses
  • b) He finds a clue in the German exam paper
  • c) The real McLeery is found tied up
  • d) The police inform him
Answer: c) The real McLeery is found tied up

14. What mistake does Evans make in his escape plan?

  • a) Leaving the correction slip behind
  • b) Trusting the invigilator
  • c) Forgetting to hide his identity
  • d) Leaving the prison unguarded
Answer: a) Leaving the correction slip behind

15. How does the Governor find Evans after his escape?

  • a) By tracking his phone
  • b) By following his friends
  • c) By using the correction slip clue
  • d) Through an anonymous tip-off
Answer: c) By using the correction slip clue

16. What does Evans claim brought him luck during the exam?

  • a) His red-and-white bobble hat
  • b) His nail scissors
  • c) His lucky charm bracelet
  • d) His study notes
Answer: a) His red-and-white bobble hat

17. How does Evans disguise himself to escape the second time?

  • a) As a policeman
  • b) As the Governor
  • c) As a minister
  • d) As a prisoner
Answer: c) As a minister

18. What does the Governor fail to do that allows Evans to escape the second time?

  • a) Forgetting to handcuff Evans properly
  • b) Not calling for backup
  • c) Underestimating Evans’ intelligence
  • d) Not personally escorting Evans to the prison
Answer: d) Not personally escorting Evans to the prison

19. Who helps Evans escape after his second capture?

  • a) The prison officers
  • b) His friends disguised as police officers
  • c) The Governor’s assistant
  • d) The invigilator
Answer: b) His friends disguised as police officers

20. What does Evans ask the Governor about before being taken away in the van?

  • a) O-Level Italian classes
  • b) His next prison break
  • c) His exam results
  • d) A pardon for his crimes
Answer: a) O-Level Italian classes

Extract Based MCQs on 'Evans Tries an O-Level'

Extract I

"It's a slightly unusual request, Governor, but I don't see why we shouldn't try to help. Just the one fellow, you say?"

1. Who is 'I' here?

  • (A) Evans
  • (B) Oxford Prison Superintendent
  • (C) Governor
  • (D) Secretary of the Examinations Board

2. Who made a slightly unusual request?

  • (A) Evans
  • (B) Governor
  • (C) Station Head Officer
  • (D) Commissioner of Police

3. Why, according to the Governor, had Evans started taking classes in O-level German?

  • (A) To upgrade his academic qualification
  • (B) To pass time in the prison
  • (C) To become a translator
  • (D) To reform himself

4. Why did Evans select German only for his O-level examination?

  • (A) He knew the German teacher
  • (B) He loved the language
  • (C) He was planning to shift to Germany.
  • (D) None of these
Answer Key: 1. D   2. B   3. A   4. A

Extract II

"Oh, don't worry about that. I'll be sending you all the forms and stuff. What's his name, you say?"

1. Who is the speaker here?

  • (A) Secretary of the Examination Board
  • (B) Governor of Oxford Prison
  • (C) James Roderic Evans
  • (D) None of these

2. Whom is he talking to?

  • (A) Secretary of the Examination Board
  • (B) Governor of Oxford Prison
  • (C) James Roderic Evans
  • (D) None of these

3. Which forms and stuff is the speaker talking about?

  • (A) To release the prisoner
  • (B) To confer a degree
  • (C) To appear for an exam
  • (D) To extend the course duration

4. Which exam will he appear for in German?

  • (A) A-level
  • (B) E-level
  • (C) G-level
  • (D) O-level
Answer Key: 1. A   2. B   3. C   4. D

Extract III

"I said "Good luck". Good luck for tomorrow." "Oh. Thanks, er, I mean, er, Danke Schon." "You haven't a cat in hell's chance of getting through, of course, but - " "I may surprise everybody."

1. Who is wishing 'Good Luck'?

  • (A) German student
  • (B) German teacher
  • (C) Prison Governor
  • (D) Examination Controller

2. Who is being wished good luck?

  • (A) Evans
  • (B) Douglas
  • (C) Dr. Sadao
  • (D) McLeery

3. What does 'cat in a hell chance' mean?

  • (A) Good
  • (B) Excellent
  • (C) Almost not
  • (D) Moderate

4. What does the phrase "I may surprise everybody" actually turn into?

  • (A) The prisoner escaped the prison.
  • (B) Student cleared the exam with flying colours.
  • (C) The student did not appear for the exam.
  • (D) The prisoner was shot while trying to escape.
Answer Key: 1. B   2. A   3. C   4. A

Thursday, June 16, 2022

MCQs - Class 12 - Vistas - Chapter 6 - On the Face Of It - by Susan Hill.

Objective Questions (MCQs):-
(Answer key given below)

1. Derry was scared that if he didn't go back to Mr Lamb, ______
(A) Mr Lamb would not let him in.
(B) Mr Lamb would make other friends.
(C) he wouldn't be able to pick crab-apples.
(D) he'd never go anywhere in the world again.

2. Mr. Lamb called Derry blessed:
(A) because he was young. 
(B) because he had a mother.
(C) because he had friends.
(D) because except a burnt face, he had a perfectly healthy body.

3. How did Mr Lamb relate Beauty and the Beast?
(A) They were relative to each other.
(B) They were indifferent to each other. 
(C) They were God's Grace.
(D) They were part of destiny.

4. What was Mr Lamb's attitude towards life?
(A) He wanted to survive with the problems. (B) He wanted to struggle with disability.
(C) He wanted to live life to the fullest.
(D) He wanted to look for sympathy.

5. Derry liked to be alone:
(A) because of burnt face.
(B) because he couldn't bear with people's comments. 
(C) because of inferiority complex.
(D) All of these.

6. Mr. Lamb kept the door of his garden open:
(A) to let the animals come in.
(B) to get fresh air.
(C) to avoid opening the door again and again.
(D) to have fine contact with the outer world and enjoy.

7. If Derry were in a library at the beginning of the play, which of the following sections of books would he NOT explore?
(i) Science fiction
(ii) Fantasy
(iv) Non-fiction
(iii) Self-help)
(A) Options (i) and (ii)
(B) Options (ii) and (iii)
(C) Options (ii) and (iv)
(D) Options (i) and (iv)

8. "Ah, but do you care if you never kiss them." What does Mr. Lamb aim to do with such a statement?
(A) Empower Derry to take charge.
(B) Inspire Derry to have dreams 
(C) Comfort Derry by distracting him.
(D) Question Derry about his desires

9. Choose the option that best constitutes a message from the play:-
(A) People's attitude should not stop one from experiencing life.
(B) What people say has no bearing upon how one feels about things. 
(C) People cannot be changed. One can and should only change oneself.
(D) One's opinions cannot be based on what people say behind one's back.

Answer key:-
1. D
2. D
3. A
4. C
5. D
6. D
7. B
8. A
9. A

Extract Based MCQs:-

I. "I thought it was empty....an empty house".

1. Who is 'I' here?
(A) Derry
(B) Mr. Lamb
(C) Susan Hill
(D) Jack

2. Who is the owner of the house?
(A) Derry
(B) Mr. Lamb
(C) Susan Hill
(D) Jack
 
3. Why does 'I' enter the house?
(A) To steal apples.
(B) To get his ball back.
(C) To greet the neighbours.
(D) Out of curiosity

4. How does 'I' feel when he sees the owner?
(A) Excited
(B) Pleasured
(C) Embarassed
(D) Indifferent

Answer key (of extract I):-
1. A
2. B
3. D
4. C

II. "What have you changed the subject for? People always do that. Why don't you ask me? Why do you do what they all do and pretend it isn't true and isn't there?"

1. Who is the speaker of the above lines.
(A) Derry
(B) Mr.Lamb
(C) Derry's mother
(D) Mr. Lamb's wife

2. What/which subject was being talked about ?
(A) English
(B) Burnt and ugly face
(C) Tin leg
(D) Nature

3. The subject was changed by whom and why?
(A) Derry
(B) Mr. Lamb
(C) Derry's mother
(D) Mr. Lamb's wife 

4. What did people do when they looked at Derry?
(A) Laughed at him
(B) Bullied him
(C) Afraid of him
(D) Did not notice him


Answer key (of extract II):-
1. A
2. B
3. B
4. C

III. "But you can put on trousers and cover it up and no one sees, they don't have to notice and stare."

1. Who is 'you' conversing with?
(A) Derry
(B) Mr. Lamb
(C) His wife 
(D) Susan Hill

2. Why do children call 'you' Lamey-Lamb?
(A) He could not walk.
(B) He had a golden leg.
(C) He had a tin leg.
(D) He had no legs.

3. In what context does the speaker say these words?
(A) His burnt face
(B) His amputated hand
(C) His distorted head
(D) His large ears

4. How does 'you' respond?
(A) Tries to keep the speaker quiet.
(B) Tries to alter the view of the speaker. 
(C) Tries to alter the appearance of the speaker.
(D) None of these.

Answer key (of extract III):-
1. A
2. C
3. A
4. B

IV. "So you believe everything you hear, then"

1.Who is the speaker of the above lines?
(A) Derry  
(B) Lamb
(C) Dr. Sadao
(D) Tom

2. About which incident the listener is talking about he had heard?
(A) Two women talking about his face
(B) Two men talking about his leg 
(C) Two children making fun of him
(D) Everyone around him

3. How did Derry feel about it?
(A) They were cruel. 
(B) They were sympathetic. 
(C) They were happy.
(D) They were indifferent.

4. How does Mr. Lamb interpret  the conversation?
(A) Sympathetic
(B) Casual 
(C) Funny
(D) Serious

Answer key (of extract IV):-
1. B
2. A
3. A
4. B