Deep Water MCQs with Answers NCERT Class 12 English Lesson 3

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“Deep Water” MCQs with Answers from CBSE Class 12 English Flamingo Book Lesson 3

Deep Water MCQs of Class 12 English Chapter 3, by William Douglas have been compiled for students to practice. Students of Class 12 can prepare the MCQs of Chapter 3 Deep Water from NCERT Flamingo book. Each question has four options followed by the correct answer. Students can also take a free test of the Deep Water MCQ Question Answers Quiz. These MCQ Questions have been selected based on the latest exam pattern as announced by CBSE.

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  1. Who is the author of Deep Water?
    A) William Shakespeare
    B) William George Bernard Shaw
    C) William Wordsworth
    D) William Douglas
  2. In which subject has the author graduated?
    A) English and History
    B) English and Science
    C) Science and Social studies
    D) English and Economics
  3. For how many years had the author taught in high school in Yakima?
    A) 2 years
    B) 4 years
    C) 3 years
    D) 5 years
  4. After the author was fed up with teaching, he decided to opt for which career?
    A) Medical
    B) Gardening
    C) Engineering
    D) A legal career
  5. What is the story Deep Water speaking about?
    A) Fear of water and the way to overcome it
    B) Fear of people
    C) Fear of dogs
    D) Fear of swimming
  6. How did the author’s fear vanish?
    A) With courage, guidance and determination
    B) With care
    C) With mother’s words
    D) With guidance
  7. Y.M.C.A. stands for?
    A) Young Men’s Christian Authority
    B) Young Men’s Christopher Association
    C) Young Men’s Christian Army
    D) Young Men’s Christian Association
  8. Where is Yakima located?
    A) In New Zealand
    B) In California
    C) In Washington
    D) None of these
  9. Where did the writer go when he was 3 or 4 years old in the story?
    A) Washington
    B) New Zealand
    C) California
    D) Canada
  10. How did the author learn swimming?
    A) With the help of a rope
    B) With the help of a friend
    C) With the help of his mother
    D) With the help of a swimming instructor
  11. What did William O Douglas desire for?
    A) Visit to California
    C) To be a judge
    C) To learn swimming
    D) To be with his mother
  12. Deep Water is an excerpt from which book?
    A) Fear of water
    B) Of Men and Mountains
    C) How to Swim
    D) Fearless
  13. Who threw Douglas into the swimming pool?
    A) A young boy
    B) Instructor
    C) Mother
    D) Watchman
  14. At the age of 3 or 4 Douglas visited the beach with his father. What caused a terror in his heart then?
    A) The sight of the sea waves
    B) The overpowering force of the waves
    C) The colour of the water
    D) All of these
  15. What lesson did Douglas learn from his experience of drowning and then learning to swim?
    A) Learnt swimming
    B) Love for swimming
    C) Swimming is not difficult
    D) Face the fear
  16. How did the instructor make Douglas a good swimmer?
    A) Planning
    B) With the help of ropes
    C) By pushing him into the pool
    D) With the help of ropes and belts
  17. What does Douglas do to save himself in the pool?
    A) Used his mind and pushed himself up
    B) Shouted aloud
    C) swam upto the shallow end
    D) Tried to reach the edge of the pool
  18. What was the impact of the pool incident?
    A) He developed a fear
    B) Became confident to swim
    C) Developed anxiety
    D) The old fear was reinforced
  19. How many times did Douglas try to come to the surface of the pool?
    A) Twice
    B) Once
    C) Five times
    D) Thrice
  20. Why did Douglas hate to walk with bare legs?
    A) He had ugly looking legs
    B) He had fat legs
    C) Because of skin color
    D) Because of skinny legs
  21. Why did Douglas’ mother recommend that he should learn swimming at the Y.M.C.A swimming pool?
    A) Because it was local
    B) Because it was clean
    C) Because it was supervised
    D) Because it was shallow and safe
  22. “I crossed to oblivion, and the curtain of life fell”. What does oblivion mean?
    A) pavilion
    B) changing room
    C) unconsciousness
    D) death
  23. Why was Douglas determined to get over his fear of water?
    A) because he wanted to swim in the waters of the Cascade
    B) because his friend had challenged him
    C) because he had a bet on it
    D) because he wanted to win a medal
  24. What was stopping Douglas to get into the waters of Cascade?
    A) Memories of Washington
    B) Memories of California
    C) Instructions given by the instructor
    D) Memories full of terror in the pool
  25. How did Douglas make sure that he had conquered the old terror?
    A) By visiting California
    B) By jumping into the waters
    C) By taking a lesson from the instructor
    D) By swimming into the lake Wentworth
  26. What distance Douglas covered while swimming across the lake Wentworth?
    A) 4 miles
    B) 3 miles
    C) 5 miles
    D) 2 miles
  27. Where was the lake Wentworth?
    A) In New Hampshire
    B) in Washington
    C) in California
    D) in Texas
  28. At first, why was the writer not much frightened when he was thrown into the pool?
    A) Because he was sleeping
    B) Because he was intoxicated
    C) Because he thought that the lifeguard would come to his rescue
    D) Because of confidence
  29. The most appropriate justification for the title of the chapter ‘Deep Water’ is that (CBSE QB, 2021)
    A) it’s about the dangerous depth of the swimming pool.
    B) It reveals the author’s lack of surety about overcoming his fear of swimming.
    C) it underlines the author’s fear of water and how he overcomes it.
    D) it includes the methods of the author’s coach to overcome the fear of deep water
  30. Choose the quote that DOES NOT resonate with the central idea of the chapter (CBSE QB, 2021)
    A) Option 1
    B) Option 2
    C) Option 3
    D) Option 4
  31. Samuel has a phobia of heights but is scared and can’t overcome it. Choose the option that displays an advice. (CBSE QB, 2021)
    A) Option 1
    B) Option 2
    C) Option 3
    D) Option 4
  32. The chap that threw me in was saying, “But I was only fooling.” Choose the option mentioning the personality traits of this ‘chap’. (CBSE QB, 2021)
    1. persuasive
    2. irresponsible
    3. domineering
    4. manipulative
    5. Callous
    A) 1, 2, 4
    B) 2, 4, 5
    C) 2, 3, 5
    D) 1, 3, 5
  33. Select the option that lists the qualities of Douglas’ trainer. (CBSE SQP 2021-22)
    (1) adventurous
    (2) generous
    (3) patient
    (4) methodical
    (5) encouraging
    (6) courageous
    A. (1) and (6)
    B. (3), (4) and (5)
    C. (2) and (5)
    D. (1), (4) and (6)
  34. Find a synonym of the underlined word – ‘The old sensation returned in miniature.’
    A. huge
    B. Scary
    C. Small
    D. Joyful
  35. Yakima river is a tributary of _______ river.
    A. Mississippi
    B. Columbia
    C. Yukon
    D. Missouri
  36. The Yakima river was treacherous. Find a synonym of ‘trechorous’.
    A. Dangerous
    B. Deceitful
    C. Risky
    D. All of these
  37. Choose the option that describes the equipment used by the author while learning to swim. A) Option 1
    B) Option 2
    C) Option 3
    D) Option 4
  1. The ‘curtain (of life) fell’ corresponds to an aspect of
    A) Geometry.
    B) History.
    C) Sports.
    D) Drama
  1. Find a synonym of ‘Vestige’.
    A) Trace
    B) vessel
    C) vehicle
    D) Element
  1. Find a synonym of ‘subdued’.
    A) weakened
    B) shy
    C) overpowered
    D) Failed
  1. “My introduction to the Y.M.CA. swimming pool revived unpleasant memories and stirred childish fears.”
    A) He got a new fear of water
    B) He recollected the childhood fear
    C) Both A and B
    D) None of these
  1. “I paddled with my new water wings, watching the other boys and trying to learn by aping them.” The word ‘aping’ means-
    A) To meet an Ape
    B) To behave like an Ape
    C) To copy someone
    D) All of these
  1. What could be the possible reason for the author’s going to the pool when no one else was there?
    A) He was shy
    B) He reached early
    C) He wanted to practice alone
    D) None of these
  1. The word ‘ducked’ used in the story, means –
    A) To be turned into a duck
    B) To bend in order to hide
    C) To be dipped in water
    D) None of these
  1. Initially, the author was not frightened out of his wits because –
    A) He had a plan to come to the surface
    B) He was confident that he would come to the surface
    C) Both A and B
    D) None of these
  1. The author compares his legs to _______
    A) Sticks
    B) Dead weights
    C) Tree trunks
    D) All of these
  1. As a last resort, the submerged boy looked for the following BUT _____
    A) Ropes
    B) Branches
    C) Ladders
    D) Water wings
  1. The slightest exertion upset me, making me _________ in the knees and ________ to my stomach.
    A) Wobbly, sick
    B) Sick, wobbly
    C) Tired, upset
    D) Wobbly, upset
  1. The instructor was finished but the author was not. Why?
    A) He still experienced fear
    B) He was not confident
    C) He did not rely on the instructor
    D) None of these
  1. “All we have to fear is fear itself.” The quote is by _______
    A) Douglas
    B) Roosevelt
    C) Washington
    D) None of them

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ANSWER KEY

1 D 26 D
2 D 27 A
3 A 28 D
4 D 29 C
5 A 30 A
6 A 31 D
7 D 32 C
8 C 33 B
9 C 34 C
10 D 35 B
11 C 36 B
12 B 37 D
13 A 38 D
14 B 39 A
15 D 40 C
16 D 41 B
17 A 42 C
18 D 43 B
19 D 44 C
20 D 45 C
21 D 46 B
22 C 47 B
23 A 48 A
24 D 49 A
25 D 50 B

 

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