MCQ Questions Chapter 1 The Third Level Class 12 English

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Please refer to MCQ Questions Chapter 1 The Third Level Class 12 English with answers provided below. These multiple-choice questions have been developed based on the latest NCERT book for class 12 English issued for the current academic year. We have provided MCQ Questions for Class 12 English for all chapters on our website. Students should learn the objective based questions for Chapter 1 The Third Level in Class 12 English provided below to get more marks in exams.

Chapter 1 The Third Level MCQ Questions

Please refer to the following Chapter 1 The Third Level MCQ Questions Class 12 English with solutions for all important topics in the chapter.

MCQ Questions Answers for Chapter 1 The Third Level Class 12 English

Question. Why, according to Sam, did Charley experience the third level?
A) Because it was a waking dream wish fulfillment for Charley
B) Because Charley was unhappy
C) Because Charley wanted to escape from the world of insecurity, fear, war & worry
D) All of the above

Answer

D

Question. What, according to Charley’s friends, is ‘a temporary refuse from reality’ for him?
A) First day cover
B) His Stamp collecting
C) His wish to go to Galesburg
D) Smoking cigars and talking quietly

Answer

B

Question. What happens when Charley enters the Grand Central Station?
A) He finds a huge tree like station
B) new staircases, corridors and tunnels
C) tree keeps spreading its roots throwing rooms and windows
D) All of these

Answer

D

Question. Where was Charley often lost?
A) from a train
B) from the footpath while walking back home
C) from an escalator of his office
D) from a subway faster than bus at the Grand Central Station

Answer

D

Question. What was the third level
A) a third tier on the Grand Central
B) third level in the station
C) third storey on the station
D) a figment of imagination

Answer

D

Question. Why did narrator want to catch train from the third level?
A) he wanted to visit Galesburg
B) he wanted to meet his grandpa
C) he wanted to have a tour to the calm and serene place
D) he wanted relief from stress and anxiety

Answer

D

Question. What did the man in the booth in “The Third Level” wear?
A) green eyeshade and long black sleeve protectors
B) tan gabardine suit
C) derby hat
D) a black four button suit with tiny lapels

Answer

A

Question. Why did Charley decide to take sub way from Grand Central Station?
A) He used to take a train from there every day.
B) He wanted to go to Galesburg Illinois.
C) He accidently reached there.
D) He was late so he took a train to reach home fast.

Answer

D

Question. Who had sent that ‘First Day cover and when?
A) Sam’s father
B) Sam’s uncle
C) Sam a psychiatrist in 1894
D) Sam’s friend

Answer

C

Question. What is the significance of 1894 in the text?
A) it denotes antiquity
B) it was childhood period of the author
C) it was a friend and family time
D) it was a peaceful time

Answer

D

Question. Why did Charley visit Sam?
A) to consult the incidence of the third level
B) to invite him for lemonade
C) to invite him to listen to “seeing Nelly Home” in the porch
D) to see his stamp collection

Answer

A

Question. From where did Charley turn to Grand Central?
A) Times Square
B) Vanderbilt Avenue
C) Danbury
D) Hudson Line

Answer

B

Question. Which lobby did Charley come out in, when he got into a mile long tunnel?
A) Roosevelt Hotel
B) Times Square
C) Vanderbilt Avenue
D) Galesburg

Answer

A

Question. In what way do we try to overcome the insecurities of the present harsh times
A) by engaging ourselves in practical activities
B) by talking to friends and family
C) reading good books
D) All of these

Answer

D

Question. Why did Charley visit Sam?
A) To consult the incident of Third level incident at Grand Central Station
B) To invite him
C) to invite him to accompany at Galesburg
D) To guide him in Galesburg

Answer

A

Question. Why did Louisa become mad at Charley when Sam diagnosed him as unhappy?
A) She thought her husband was fantasizing.
B) She thought she was the reason for his unhappiness.
C) She thought her husband was an escapist.
D) She thought Sam was misguiding her husbanD)

Answer

B

Question. How did Charley reach “The Third Level”?
A) through a super fast train
B) through subway
C) through entering platform number nine and three quarters
D) through an escalator

Answer

B

Question. What was the strangest thing at The Third Level?
A) )Beards and moustaches
B) light stands and brass spittoons
C) attire of people
D) the corridor that led him into the past

Answer

D

Question. Who had the hobby of Stamp Collecting?
A) Charley
B) Charley’s Grandfather
C) President Roosevelt
D) All of the above

Answer

D

Question. What was Sam invited for according to the letter?
A) for a conference
B) for a tea party
C) for a seminar
D) for a lemonade party

Answer

D

Question. How did Charley reach the third level?
A) In his fantasy he takes a subway or a corridor faster than a bus
B) in a superfast train
C) in jet ways
D) in an escalator

Answer

A

Question. In what way do we try to overcome the insecurities of the present harsh times :
A) by engaging ourselves in practical activities
B) by talking to friends and family
C) reading good books
D) All of these

Answer

D

Question. What specific difference did Charley notice in the third level?
A) everything was weird
B) everything was old styled
C) everything was big
D) everything was small

Answer

B

Question. Why did Charley make a hasty retreat from the Third Level?
A) He came back because he had seen a ghost.
B) He came back hurriedly as he thought he would be arresteD)
C) He came back to share his experience with his family.
D) He came back as he was concerned about his wife.

Answer

B

Question. Which US president has been mentioned as a philatelist in the story?
A) President GarfielD)
B) President Roosevelt
C) President Cleveland
D) President Jackson.

Answer

B

Question. Why did Charley compare the Grand Central Station with a tree?
A) The shape of the central station is like that of a tree.
B) Like a tree, the grand central station is very high.
C) Like a tree the grand central station gives shade to its visitors.
D) Like the roots of a tree the grand central station is expanding

Answer

D

Question. What business would have Sam established in Galesburg for a living?
A) Practice psychiatry
B) Become a flute player
C) Hay and grain business
D) Farming.

Answer

A

Question. Why did Charley visit the Library?
A) To gather more information about the third level.
B) To read more books on Time-Travel.
C) To confirm the main story of the newspaper.
D) To find a book he had seen in the third level.

Answer

A

Question. What does the time table mention regarding Grand Central Station?
A) That there are three levels
B) That there are two levels
C) That there is only one level
D) None of the above

Answer

B

True False Questions

Question. Charley decided to take the subway from Grand Central because it took him to his home faster.

Answer

True

Question. Charley wanted an escape from his wife, Louisa.

Answer

False

Question. Charley finally found the corridor that led to the third level. He took his wife also to visit Sam in Galesburg.

Answer

False

Question. “The Third Level” is a tragedy.

Answer

False

Question. Sam could have sent first day cover to Charley’s grandfather.

Answer

False

Question. Stamp collecting is a temporary refuse from reality.

Answer

True

Question. The Grand Central was growing like a tree.

Answer

False

Question. Charley knew that the third level existed as he had been to the world in the past many times.

Answer

False

Question. Sam disappeared. Nobody knew. But Charley suspected that he found his way to Galesburg and Sam’s a city boy too.

Answer

True

Question. The person in the information booth wore green eyeshade because that made him look smart.

Answer

False

Question. Charley’s friends believed that he was unhappy because Louisa did not care for him much.

Answer

False

Question. Charley wants to visit 1894 Galesburg to reunite with his grandfather.

Answer

False

Question. Charley’s friend Sam Weiner disappeared! Nobody knew where except Charley and his grandfather

Answer

False

Question. The year 1894 is significant in the lesson as that year was full of miseries and discontentment.

Answer

False

Question. Charley drew three hundred dollars out of the bank to buy old style currency to visit Galesburg.

Answer

True

Question. Galesburg is a wonderful town with big old frame houses, huge lawns and beautiful trees.

Answer

True

Question. One could get less than 4 dollar old-style currency for exchange of 6 dollar newstye currency.

Answer

True

Question. When the clerk at Grand Central says, ‘you won’t get very far’ he means you will not get ticket for long distance journey with such a meagre amount of money.

Answer

False

Question. Sam invited Charley only to the third level.

Answer

False

Assertion Reason Question

Question. Assertion (A): Charley bought old currency in exchange of the new currency.
Reason(R): Charley wanted to go third level for the second time.
A) Both, A and R, are true and R is the correct explanation of A)
B) Both, A and R, are true but R is not the correct explanation of A)
C) A is true but R is false.
D) A is false but R is true

Answer

A

Question. Assertion (A): Louisa was never worried about her husband coming late.
Reason(R): She pursued her husband to stop looking for the third level.
A) Both, A and R, are true and R is the correct explanation of A)
B) Both, A and R, are true but R is not the correct explanation of A)
C) A is true but R is false.
D) A is false but R is true

Answer

D

Question. Assertion (A): Sam stopped being a psychiatrist in the third level.
Reason (R): He was not doing good in his profession in the third level.
A) Both, A and R, are true and R is the correct explanation of A)
B) Both, A and R, are true but R is not the correct explanation of A)
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

Answer

C

Question. Assertion (A): Charley bought old style currency to buy two tickets to Galesburg Illinois.
Reason(R): He wanted to start a business there.
A) Both, A and R, are true and R is the correct explanation of A)
B) Both, A and R, are true but R is not the correct explanation of A)
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

Answer

C

Question. Assertion (A): Louisa was worrieD)
Reason (R): They could not get ticket to Galesburg
A) Both, A and R, are true and R is the correct explanation of A)
B) Both, A and R, are true but R is not the correct explanation of A)
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

Answer

B

Question. Assertion (A): Charley wanted to visit Galesburg in 1984
Reason (R): He wanted to escape from the troublesome worlD)
A) Both, A and R, are true and R is the correct explanation of A)
B) Both, A and R, are true but R is not the correct explanation of A)
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

Answer

D

Question. Assertion (A): Charley wanted to reach home immediately. So, he wanted to take a train.
Reason (R): Charley has been in and out of Grand Central Station hundreds of times.
A) Both, A and R, are true and R is the correct explanation of A)
B) Both, A and R, are true but R is not the correct explanation of A)
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

Answer

B

Question. Assertion (A): Charley idolized the peaceful perfect world of Galesburg Illinois.
Reason(R): Galesburg Illinois of 1894 was a stark contrast to post world war modern worlD)
A) Both, A and R, are true and R is the correct explanation of A)
B) Both, A and R, are true but R is not the correct explanation of A)
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

Answer

B

Question. Assertion (A): Sam believed Charley was unhappy and looking for an escape. Charley‘s stamp -collection was a proof of it.
Reason (R): Charley thought all in the modern world are looking for an escape and his hobby of stamp-collection has nothing to do with it.
A) Both, A and R, are true and R is the correct explanation of A)
B) Both, A and R, are true but R is not the correct explanation of A)
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

Answer

B

Question. Assertion (A): Charley ‘turned away and got out fast’ of the Grand Central
Reason (R): He was in a hurry to reach home to LouisA)
A) Both, A and R, are true and R is the correct explanation of A)
B) Both, A and R, are true but R is not the correct explanation of A)
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

Answer

B

Question. Assertion (A): Sam will start a hay and grain business in Galesburg Illinois.
Reason (R): Sam could not continue his old profession of a psychiatrist in Galesburg Illinois.
A) Both, A and R, are true and R is the correct explanation of A)
B) Both, A and R, are true but R is not the correct explanation of A)
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

Answer

A

Question. Assertion (A): Charley did not share his thought about the tunnel under the city with Sam.
Reason(R): Charley thought his job would be at stake if the shared this thoughts.
A) Both, A and R, are true and R is the correct explanation of A)
B) Both, A and R, are true but R is not the correct explanation of A)
C) A is true but R is false.
D) A is false but R is true

Answer

C

Source Based Question

Have you ever been there? It‘s a wonderful town still, with big old frame houses, huge lawns, and tremendous trees whose branches meet overhead and roof the streets. And in 1894, summer evenings were twice as long, and people sat out on their lawns, the men smoking cigars and talking quietly, the women waving palm-leaf fans, with the fire-flies all around, in a peaceful worlD) To be back there with the First World War still twenty years off, and World War II over forty years in the future… I wanted two tickets for that.

Question. Who is speaking to whom in the given extract?
A) Charley to LouisA)
B) Charley to the reader.
C) Sam to Charley.
D) Charley to Sam.

Answer

B

Question. The given extract is NOT an example of
A) Analogy.
B) Metaphor.
C) Imagery.
D Allegory.

Answer

D

Question. Men smoking cigars and women waving palm-leaf‖ refers to a society
A) Orthodox
B) Conservative
C) Liberal
D) Modern

Answer

A

Question. Which word from the extract is an antonym of small?
A) Huge
B) Tremendous
C) Long
D) Both A and B

Answer

D

That night, among my oldest first-day covers, I found one that shouldn’t have been there. But there it was. It was there because someone had mailed it to my grandfather at his home in Galesburg; that’s what the address on the envelope saiD) And it had been there since July 18, 1894— the postmark showed that — yet I didn’t remember it at all. The stamp was a six-cent, dull brown, with a picture of President GarfielD) Naturally, when the envelope came to Granddad in the mail, it went right into his collection and stayed there — till I took it out and opened it.

Question. What is First Day Cover?
A) Envelope with a blank paper 
B) Envelope with a written paper
C) Envelope with no stamp
D) Just an envelope

Answer

A

Question. Who had mailed the first day cover to Charley’s grandfather according to the speaker
A) Charley’s father
B) Charley’s grandfather
C) Sam
D) Charley’s mother

Answer

C

Question. Where is the first day cover mailed to?
A) to oneself
B) to others
C) Neither to oneself not others
D) Sam’s father

Answer

A

Question. What proves the date on the first day cover?
A) Ticket examiner
B) postman
C) Stamp seller
D) postmark

Answer

D

That night, among my oldest first-day covers, I found one that shouldn’t have been there. But there it was. It was there because someone had mailed it to my grandfather at his home in Galesburg; that’s what the address on the envelope saiD)

Question. What did ‘I’ find one night?
A) a strange coin
B) a strange stamp
C) a strange cover
D) a strange butterfly

Answer

C

Question. What is first-day cover?
A) coins bought on the first day of sale
B) envelopes mailed with stamps, on the first day of their sale
C) coins purchased that day
D) stamps purchased that day

Answer

B

Question. Who had mailed the letter to ‘I’?
A) Sam
B) Charley
C) Jim
D) Louisa

Answer

A

Question. Which date and picture did the envelope carry?
A) President George Washington
B) President Winston Churchill
C) President Garfield
D) President Donald Trump

Answer

B

Sometimes I think Grand Central is growing like a tree, pushing out new corridors and staircases like roots. There’s probably a long tunnel that nobody knows about feeling its way under the city right now, on its way to Times Square, and maybe another to Central Park. And maybe — because for so many people through the years Grand Central has been an exit, a way of escape — maybe that’s how the tunnel I got
into… But I never told my psychiatrist friend about that

Question. Why did charley think that Grand Central was growing like a tree?
A) it had lot of tree on it
B) it had a tree like structure
C) it was blossoming with new trains
D) it had a lot of corridors and staircases

Answer

D

Question. Identify the figure of speech used in “pushing out new corridors and staircases like roots.”
A) personification
B) metaphor
C) simile
D) imagery

Answer

C

Question. Why did nobody know about the long tunnel?
A) it was a secret tunnel
B) it did not exist
C) no one cared about it
D) it led to some forbidden place

Answer

B

Question. What was the speaker’s feeling when he described the Grand Central?
A) he was anxious
B) he was upset
C) he was fascinated
D) he was shocked

Answer

C

MCQ Questions Chapter 1 The Third Level Class 12 English