Going Places MCQs with Answers NCERT Class 12 English Lesson 8

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“Going Places” MCQs with Answers from CBSE Class 12 English Flamingo Book Lesson 8

Going Places MCQs of Class 12 English Chapter 8, by A.R Barton have been compiled for students to practice. Students of Class 12 can prepare the MCQs of Chapter 8 Going Places from NCERT Flamingo book. Each question has four options followed by the correct answer. Students can also take a free test of the Going Places MCQ Question Answers Quiz. These MCQ Questions have been selected based on the latest exam pattern as announced by CBSE.

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Class 12 English Flamingo Going Places Chapter 8 Multiple Choice Questions

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) are a type of objective assessment in which a person is asked to choose one or more correct answers from a list of available options. An MCQ presents a question along with several possible answers.

1- Who is A. R. Barton?
A) A modern writer
B) author of Going Places
C) lives in Zurich and writes in English
D) All these

2- What theme does Barton explore in this story?
A) theme of children’s happiness
B) theme of adolescent fantasising and hero worship
C) theme of elderly people’s happiness
D) theme of individual’s happiness

3- What is the sub theme of the story?
A) Relationships- family and friends
B) greed
C) jealousy between friends
D) adolescence

4- Arrange the siblings in increasing order of age-
A) Derek, Geoff, Sophie
B) Derek, Sophie, Geoff
C) Sophie, Derek, Geoff
D) Geoff, Derek, Sophie

5- What are the literary devices used in the lesson?
A) metaphorical expressions
B) similes
C) irony
D) Pun

6- What is the meaning of the word “chuffed”?
A) delighted or very pleased
B) not happy
C) frustated
D) none of these

7- What is the meaning of the words :“nosey”, “gawky”?
A) inquisitive and awkward.
B) noisy and beautiful
C) noisy and useful
D) noisy and gainful

8- The story Going Places revolve around whom?
A) a fat boy named Geoff
B) an old couple, the Weasles
C) a teenage girl Sophie, her family and friends
D) none of these

9- What kind of girl is Sophie?
A) a happy go lucky kind
B) a realistic
C) Day dreamer
D) a naughty child

10- What is Sophie in reality?
A) a dreamer
B) a fighter
C) a student
D) a worker at the biscuit factory

11- What does Sophie dream about?
A) Becoming a film director
B) becoming a baker
C) marrying a sophisticated person
D) becoming rich and sophisticated

12- What is the turning point in the story?
A) when she fights with her brother.
B) when her father gets angry.
C) when her brother reveals her story.
D) when she thinks of meeting Danny Casey- a famous football player

13- What story does she make up in front of her brother?
A) She will become an actress
B) she will become a manager
C) she will be a famous beautician
D) Casey will come to meet her.

14- Who are Sophie and Jansie?
A) teenagers who are friends and classmates
B) neighbourers
C) colleagues
D) actors

15- Explain – Words had to be prized out of him like stones out of a ground.
A) ii was difficult to speak to him
B) it was difficult to locate him in a shop
C) it was difficult to locate him in factory
D) it was difficult to get information out of him

16- Where is Sophie lost?
A) in a dark bunglow
B) in her work
C) in her words
D) in her imagination and dream

17- What does Jansie tell Sophie?
A) talk unrealistic
B) be wise
C) be practical
D) be sensible and don’t dream big

18- Why does Jansie discourage Sophie to dream big?
A) because it requires a lot of money
B) because it is not practical
C) because it is unrealistic
D) all of these

19- What was Sophie’s reply to Jansie?
A) That she will go door to door to collect money
B) She will open a boutique
C) she will open an office
D) she will become an actress or a manager to realize her dream.

20- Why does she want to be an actress?
A) she likes the profession
B) her mother was an actress too
C) she was a part of the drama club in school
D) to earn a lot of money and open a boutique

21- Why is Jansie not able to support Sophie’s view?
A) because she is not ambitious
B) because she is from a poor family
C) because she is unable to believe in her vision
D) because she is a realistic and believes in practicality

22- Why does Sophie feel choked in the house?
A) because of stove’s steam and dirty dishes
B) because of foul smell
C) because of smoke
D) because of no air

23- Who is Sophie’s elder brother?
A) Geoffe – a trainee mechanic
B) Jansie
C) Dany Casey
D) none of these

24- Explain- On Saturday they made their weekly pilgrimage to the United
A) the stove was taken for servicing to United metals
B) They took the car for repair to United autos
C) Every Saturday, they visited the mall called United
D) went to watch the United play, with a lot of devotion

25- What secret did Sophie share with her brother?
A) She met Mary Quaint a famous fashion designer
B) She met Prime Minister
C) She met Christopher
D) She met Danny Casey, a famous footballer

26- When does Sophie and her family go to watch the football match?
A) Sunday morning
B) Sunday evening
C) Sunday afternoon
D) Saturday

27- Which game are Sophie and her family fans of?
A) cricket
B) Badminton
C) volleyball
D) football

28- Why did their favourite team win the match?
A) Because they played well
B) they were united
C) they planned well
D) because of the goal made by Casey

29- Who is Sophie’s younger brother?
A) Geoff
B) Casey
C) Frank
D) Derek

30- What does Jansie ask Sophie?
A) about Danny Casey
B) about Mary Quaint
C) about her dream
D) the reality behind her meeting with Danny Casey

31- Why does Sophie get angry with her brother?
A) Because he revealed her secret to Jansie’s brother
B) he doesn’t speak to her
C) because of his silence
D) none

32- Where does Sophie visit to meet Casey in her imagination?
A) a football ground
B) in the match
C) in a hotel
D) a secret place near canal

33- “What’s all this about Danny Casey?” He’d murder me. And you know how my mum gets when there’s a row.” Find the suitable synonym of ‘row’ as used here-
A) noise
B) fight
C) rebuke
D) All of these

34- A ‘Wharf’ is –
A) an instrument used to row a boat
B) a level area where the ship is moored for loading and unloading
C) person of short height.
D) none of these

35- What kind of person is Sophie’s father?
A) a kind hearted man
B) a loving and caring man
C) a hard core realistic man
D) carefree person

36- Why did Sophie like her brother Geoff more than anyone else?
A) he keeps silent
B) because he keeps her secret
C) because she can confide in him
D) all of these

37- Sophie wriggled where she was sitting at the table. Her father turned his head on his thick neck to look at her. His expression was one of disdain. Which of the following is true?
A) father believed Sophie
B) father was confused
C) father did not believe Sophie
D) Father believed her but felt the news was unbelieveable

38- Which country did Danny belong to?
A) Netherland
B) New Zealand
C) Switzerland
D) Ireland

39- Why does Sophie feel jealous of her brother?
A) because he has several friends
B) because he is a mechanic
C) because he reveals his secret
D) because of inability to reach unknown areas of his mind

40- Why is Sophie attracted to Danny?
A) Because he is a heroic footballer
B) because he earns well
C) because he is attractive
D) because he is smart

41- Danny had a freckled nose and the colour of his eyes was
A) grey
B) green
C) blue
D) brown

42- Outside the pub, Sophie saw something. It was
A) her dad’s bicycle
B) her brother’s car
C) her mother’s motorcycle
D) Derek’s tricycle

43- According to Sophie, the place she had chosen to meet Danny was
A) a hidden alley
B) a perfect place
C) behind the walls
D) near the trees

44- Sophie told Jansie that her father if he got to know about her meeting with Danny would
A) agree to their marriage
B) murder her
C) ask her to call him over for dinner
D) ask to be introduced to him

45- The match on Saturday was witnessed by
A) the whole family
B) only father and Sophie
C) Geoff alone
D) Sophie, father, Derek and Geoff

46- Danny Casey was a player in the football team of
A) Ireland
B) Finland
C) England
D) Denmark

47- Sophie told Geoff that Danny was unable to sign an autograph for her because
A) his secretary did not allow it
B) he didn’t have paper or pen
C) he said he’d do it later
D) he was in a hurry to go horrie

48- What did Sophie tell Geoff one day that made him look surprised?
A) she had seen a ghost
B) she had met her principal
C) she had got a job
D) she had met Danny Casey

49- Geoff never took Sophie out with him because he thought she was
A) immature
B) badly behaved
C) too young
D) too restless

50- What was Sophie’s father keen to buy if Sophie ever came into money?
A) a luxury car
B) a decent house
C) a yacht
D) a shop

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ANSWER KEY

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

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