Class XII 3rd semester english question paper and suggestion by Sandip Sir

DISCUSSION AND REMEMBERING STUDY CENTRE • Estd. 2018

Class XII 3rd Semester English
Final Question Paper & Suggestion 2026–2027

100 Most Important MCQs • The Night Train at Deoli • Strong Roots • The Bet • Our Casuarina Tree • Ulysses • Riders to the Sea

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📌 Publication & Theme (1–20) 🌊 Riders to the Sea (21–42) 🚂 Deoli & Strong Roots (43–52) 🎲 The Bet (53–71) 🌳 Literary Devices (72–100)

📌 Publication, Source, Theme & Form — Q1–20

Q1

In which year and collection was The Night Train at Deoli published?

1. 1888, The Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories
2. 1998, The Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories
3. 1988, The Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories
4. 1998, The Night Train at Deoli and Other Stories

Q2

In which year was 'Strong Roots' published, and what is its source?

1. 1989, Wings of Fire (first chapter)
2. 1989, Wings of Fire (second chapter)
3. 1989, Wings of Fire (third chapter)
4. 1999, Wings of Fire (first chapter)

Q3

"The Bet" was published in the year —

1. 1898
2. 1999
3. 1988
4. 1889 (Russian newspaper Novoye Vremya, Jan 1)

Q4

In which year was 'Our Casuarina Tree' published, and what is its source collection?

1. 1882, Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan (posthumously by her father)
2. 1892, Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan
3. 1982, Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan
4. 1992, Ancient Ballads and Legends of Hindustan

Q5

When was Ulysses written and published, and what is its literary source?

1. 1833, 1832, Poems
2. 1833, 1842, Poems
3. 1842, 1832, Poems
4. 1842, 1833, Poems

Q6

In which years was Riders to the Sea published and performed respectively?

1. 1903, 1904, Samhain Magazine
2. 1902, 1903, Samhain Magazine
3. 1901, 1902, Samhain Magazine
4. 1904, 1905, Samhain Magazine

Q7

What is the theme of The Night Train at Deoli?

1. Adolescent infatuation, connection, nostalgia, indecision, apprehension, dream and longing
2. Betrayal, cheat, nostalgia, indecision, apprehension, dream and longing
3. Adolescent infatuation, connection, nostalgia, murder, apprehension, dream and longing
4. Adolescent infatuation, connection, indecision, misunderstanding, dream and longing

Q8

What is the theme of Strong Roots?

1. Abdul Kalam's secure childhood, his simple life and deep respect for his parents
2. Kalam's austere lifestyle on becoming President
3. Kalam's secure childhood, his luxurious life and deep respect for parents
4. Abdul Kalam's insecure childhood, his simple life and deep respect for parents

Q9

Who is the narrator of The Bet?

1. The lawyer
2. A prophet
3. A third person omniscient narrator
4. The banker

Q10

What is the theme of The Bet?

1. Only life-imprisonment vs. capital punishment
2. Life-imprisonment vs. capital punishment; illusion and futility of wealth; nostalgia; downfall of pride
3. Illusion and futility of wealth; materialism vs. intellectualism; downfall of pride
4. Life-imprisonment vs. capital punishment; illusion and futility of wealth; materialism vs. intellectualism; downfall of pride and ambition

Q11

What is the theme of Our Casuarina Tree?

1. Nostalgia, loss and the profound bond between nature and humans
2. Cheat, loss and the profound bond between nature and humans
3. Nostalgia, loss and the profound bond between tree and technology
4. Nostalgia, loss and the rivalry between nature and humans

Q12

What type of poem is Our Casuarina Tree?

1. Lyrical ode
2. Haiku
3. Ballad
4. Metaphysical poem

Q13

Who is the speaker in Ulysses?

1. Ulysses, the legendary Greek hero
2. Ulysses, the legendary Roman hero
3. Odysseus, the legendary Roman hero
4. Odysseus, the legendary Greek hero

Q14

What type of poem is Ulysses?

1. Ode
2. Haiku
3. Metaphysical poem
4. Dramatic monologue

Q15

What is the theme of Ulysses?

1. Satisfaction with present life
2. Pessimistic mindset towards life
3. The insatiable quest for knowledge, thrill of adventure, clash between vitality and inertia, acceptance of aging
4. Only the insatiable quest for knowledge

Q16

What is the tone of Ulysses?

1. Resolute and inspiring, embodying Ulysses' unyielding spirit and thirst for adventure
2. Love for retired life
3. Resolute and discouraging, embodying Ulysses' unyielding spirit
4. Resolute and inspiring, embodying Telemachus' unyielding spirit

Q17

What type of text is Riders to the Sea?

1. A tragedy in two acts
2. A tragedy in one act
3. A comedy in one act
4. A tragicomedy in one act

Q18

What is the central conflict of Riders to the Sea?

1. Between glee and sorrow
2. Between capital punishment and life-imprisonment
3. Between life and death
4. Between man and the sea

Q19

Who are the riders in Riders to the Sea?

1. Only the male members of Maurya's family
2. The male members of Maurya's family and of Aran Island
3. The mare and the pony
4. Michael and Bartley

Q20

Who is the protagonist of Riders to the Sea?

1. Bartley
2. Young Priest
3. Maurya
4. Sea

🌊 Riders to the Sea — Q21–42

Q21

How old is Cathleen?

1. 18
2. 25
3. 40
4. 20

Q22

Who is the mentally matured daughter of Maurya?

1. Nora
2. Cathleen
3. Bartley's younger sister
4. Maurya

Q23

What role do Cathleen and Nora play?

1. They put obstacles
2. They serve as chorus — prepare the audience and comment on action
3. They are the only earning members
4. They act as comic characters

Q24

What were the unusual objects in Maurya's kitchen?

1. Oil skin
2. Turf
3. Oven
4. New boards

Q25

Who recovered Michael's clothes?

1. Young Priest
2. Nora
3. A fisherman
4. Almighty God

Q26

When will Bartley want the cake Cathleen is baking?

1. If Michael kills Bartley
2. If Bartley marries
3. If Bartley goes to Connemara
4. If Bartley buys another pony

Q27

Who brought the stick and from where?

1. Bartley, Connemara
2. Maurya, Connemara
3. Michael, Connemara
4. Patch, Connemara

Q28

Why couldn't Maurya utter her blessing?

1. She was eating bread
2. She had a vocal problem
3. She saw the apparition of Michael
4. She was keeping a vow

Q29

Correct sequence of Maurya's sons?

1. Shawn – Sheamus – Patch – Stephen – Michael – Bartley
2. Stephen – Sheamus – Shawn – Patch – Michael – Bartley
3. Stephen – Shawn – Sheamus – Patch – Michael – Bartley
4. Stephen – Shawn – Sheamus – Michael – Patch – Bartley

Q30

Whom did Nora overhear saying Bartley would go to the sea?

1. Only Eamon Simon
2. Eamon Simon, Stephen Pheety and Colum Shawn
3. Eamon Simon and Stephen Pheety
4. Stephen Pheety and Colum Shawn

Q31

Whom did Cathleen urge to make a coffin?

1. Michael
2. Bartley and Colum Shawn
3. Eamon Simon, Stephen Pheety and Colum Shawn
4. Colum Shawn and Eamon Simon

Q32

What is Galway?

1. A harbour city in Ireland
2. An airport
3. Where Michael's body was found
4. A traditional Irish boat

Q33

"The door… blown open by the gust of wind" suggests —

1. Going to sea involves no risk
2. Going to sea in such weather involves risk
3. The weather is sunny
4. The weather favours Bartley

Q34

"White rocks" — the colour suggests

1. Life
2. Life and death
3. Death
4. Softness

Q35

Curragh and hooker are respectively —

1. Small traditional Irish fishing boat; large cane boat of Aran Islanders
2. Both small boats
3. Both large boats
4. Large traditional Irish fishing boat; small cane boat

Q36

Bartley's haste ironically indicates —

1. He is growing old
2. He is riding a horse
3. He is growing wealthy
4. He is rushing towards imminent death

Q37

The rope hung on the nail is an image of —

1. Pain indicating Michael's death
2. Pain indicating Bartley's death
3. Joy
4. Neither joy nor pain

Q38

The blackness of pig's feet and gray colour of pony indicate —

1. Life
2. Death
3. Both life and death
4. Neither life nor death

Q39

Who is Bride Dara?

1. A figure in Irish folklore
2. A figure in Indian folklore
3. Bartley's would-be wife
4. Maurya

Q40

What is Samhain?

1. Good Friday
2. Doomsday
3. Easter Saturday
4. A Celtic festival marking end of harvest, start of winter (All Souls' Day)

Q41

The sea plays the role of —

1. A life taker
2. A life giver
3. Both a life taker and a life giver
4. None of the above

Q42

"It was almost like a meeting of old friends" — device used?

1. Metaphor
2. Hyperbole
3. Simile
4. Euphemism

🚂 Deoli & Strong Roots Detail — Q43–52

Q43

What is the age of the narrator in The Night Train at Deoli?

1. 15
2. 40
3. 18
4. 25

Q44

The narrator enquires about the girl to —

1. The station master – the new station master – the tea-vendor
2. A beggar – tea-vendor – fruit-vendor
3. The station master – the tea-vendor – the new station master
4. The girl's mother – the tea-vendor – the new station master

Q45

The adjectives used for the girl are —

1. Smouldering, tiny
2. Beautiful, attractive
3. Ugly looking
4. Smouldering

Q46

The narrator spends his summer vacations from —

1. Late May to early July
2. Early May to late July
3. Late May to late July
4. Early July to late May

Q47

The Shiva temple was ___ minutes' walk from Kalam's house.

1. 3
2. 4
3. 12
4. 10

Q48

Kalam's father's morning activities in sequence —

1. Wakes at 4 am – reads namaz – walks to coconut grove – returns with a dozen bananas
2. Wakes at 4 am – reads namaz – walks to coconut grove – returns with a dozen coconuts
3. Reads namaz – wakes up – eats bananas – goes to grove
4. None of the above

Q49

"Despite these disadvantages… of spirit" — the disadvantages were:

1. He lacked much formal education and wealth
2. He lacked much formal education and wisdom
3. He lacked family
4. He lacked wisdom

Q50

Choose the correct food menu of Kalam's family —

1. On a banana leaf: rice, aromatic sambar, homemade pickle and coconut chutney
2. On a banana leaf: fried rice, aromatic sambar, homemade pickle and coconut chutney
3. Rice, aromatic sambar, homemade banana chutney and mango pickle
4. On a plate: rice, aromatic sambar, homemade pickle and coconut chutney

Q51

Correct seq

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