MCQ Questions Chapter 7 The Interview Class 12 English

Please refer to MCQ Questions Chapter 7 The Interview 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 7 The Interview in Class 12 English provided below to get more marks in exams.

Chapter 7 The Interview MCQ Questions

Please refer to the following Chapter 7 The Interview MCQ Questions Class 12 English with solutions for all important topics in the chapter.

MCQ Questions Answers for Chapter 7 The Interview Class 12 English

Question. The ‘sweet and young’ boy lives in a dream world of
A) tree rooms and horses’ game
B) tree rooms and birds’ game
C) horses and birds game
D) tree rooms and squirrels’ game

Question. The poet is tempted to cover the map of the rich people with
A) Slums
B) Marshes
C) Bogs
D) Swamps

Question. White and green leaves’ refer to
A) Books and nature
B) Sky and trees
C) Snow clad mountains and meadows
D) Sky and books

Question. Through the description of the slum children, the poet wants to express his concern over the issues prevailing in society
A) social injustice and class inequalities
B) poverty
C) disease
D) slums

Question. What are ‘catacombs’?
A) underground cemetery
B) the Caterpillars
C) Muskrose
D) species of cat

Question. What is the future of the children in the elementary classroom?
A) The future of the children is bright and glorious.
B) The future of the children is uncertain and bleak.
C) The future of the children is provided for.
D) The future of the children is politically dominateD)

Question. What comparison did the poet use to focus on the unloved faces of the children?
A) Faces were like drift wood
B) Faces were like uprooted trees
C) Faces were like rootless weeds
D) Faces were like floating sea plants

Question. Which line tells us that the adults in their families didn’t care about the unkempt looks of the children?
A) Their hair was not neatly combed
B) Their faces were not cleaned
C) Their clothes were torn and dirty
D) Their finger nails were not cut

Question. Which phrase/sentence best describes that the children are malnourished?
A) The tall girl with her weighed-down head
B) The stunted, unlucky heir of twisted bones
C) These children wear skins peeped through by bones.
D) These children’s faces like rootless weeds

Question. What is the figure of speech used in the line “far far from rivers”?
A) Assonance
B) Alliteration
C) Simile
D) Metaphor

Question. What is the tone of the last stanza of the poem?
A) pessimistic
B) optimistic
C) neutral
D) nihilistic

Question. Identify the literary device in `rat’s eyes.
A) metaphor
B) personification
C) irony
D) alliteration

Question. Shakespeare is described as wicked because …..
A) There is no correlation between Shakespeare’s works and the life of the slum children
B) They had not seen him
C) They did not understand his writing
D) He did not teach them

Question. Which sentence best explains the phrase, “From fog to endless night”.
A) There is fog in the slum
B) The future of the children is full of uncertainty and hopelessness
C) The night was full of fog
D) Fog was from morning to night

Question. What does the poet appeal to the visitors?
A) Change the lives of slum children by removing social injustice and class inequality
B) Donate some books for them
C) Give them food
D) Build a school for them

Question. What does catacombs signify?
A) Life of slum children is confined to the slum which is like a catacomb detached from the outside world
B) The class room is like an underground grave
C) The children lived in the graveyard
D) All of the above

Question. Find the applied figure of speech – ‘like bottle bits on stones’.
A) metaphor
B) synecdoche
C) personification
D) simile

Question. Mention any two images used to explain the plight of the slum children.
A) belled and flowery
B) Shakespeare and world map
C) foggy slum and spectacles made of bottle bits of stones
D) none of these.

Question. What does “Open -handed map Awarding the world its world?” refer to
A) The map of the world that is drawn and reshaped at will by powerful people
B) The map of Tyrolese Valley
C) The world map drawn by students
D) The world map drawn by Shakespeare

Question. What is the world for slum children?
A) The slum
B) Tyrolese Valley
C) The Classroom
D) The world shown in the map

Question. Whom did the poet refer to while introducing the children going to that school in the slum?
A) Tall girl, thin boy, physically challenged boy
B) Tall girl, thin boy, sick boy, day dreaming boy
C) Thin girl, tall boy, twisted boy, lost boy
D) Thin girl, fat boy, sick boy, dreaming boy

Question. Why does the poet want us or society to ‘blot their maps with slums as bis as doom’?
A) He is trying to build a world based on equity.
B) He is trying to build a world based on equality.
C) He is trying to vent out his utter frustration.
D) He is trying to draw maps with a new view.

Question. The slum children have hair like
A) Gnarled weeds
B) Rootless weeds
C) Stunted weeds
D) Twisted weeds

Question. The child is called an ‘unlucky heir’ because he has inherited his father’s
A) twisted bones
B) Undernourished body
C) bad eyesight
D) respiratory disease

True/False Questions

Question. The boy was an unlucky heir to the throne of his father. (True/False)

Question. The class is enjoying a squirrel’s game. (True/False) 

Question. The walls of the classroom were made of sour cream. (True/False)

Question. The pale faces of the children are in contrast to the gusty wave (True/False)

Question. The children of the classroom look sad and depressed. (True/False)

Question. The children looked like rooted weeds. (True/False) 

Question. For the children in the classroom the only world that they know of is outside their classroom windows. (True/False)

Question. Endymion wandered through forests to seek the moon Goddess Cynthia.
True
False

Question. Nature’s beauty removes pall from our life.
True
False

Question. The map in the classroom is pinned to the window of the classroom. (True/False)

Question. The authorities associated with the school are the governor, the inspector and visitors. (True/False)

Question. The poet wants the children to come out in the green fields and breathe in open air so that they can grow unrestricted and liberated. (True/False)

Question. According to the poet, ‘inhuman dearth’ is a reference to the lack or shortage of human beings with good values
True
False

Question. Endymion was a young worker.
True
False

Question. John Keats was an Elizabethan poet.
True
False

Question. The clear rills make for itself a cooling covert against the hot season
True
False

Question. We experience things of beauty only for a short time.
True
False

Question. ‘Mighty dead’ refers to big dead animals.
True
False

Question. ‘Bower’ is the shelter under the shade of trees.
True
False

Question. The figure of speech used in ‘Trees old, and young’ is Oxymoron.
True
False

Assertion And Reasoning Question

Question. Assertion A): The map will become their world
Reason (R): When the governor, the inspector, visitors will pay their serious attention to their development
A) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true and R is not correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

Question. Assertion A): All their future is painted with fog
Reason (R): There is invisibility because of dense fog
A) Both A and R true and R is correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true and R is not correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

Question. Assertion A): The children’s faces are far far from gusty waves
Reason (R): The children live far far away from the sea
A) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true and R is not correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

Question. Assertion A) : For the students, the maps are not their world
Reason (R) : They don’t like the maps instead of they like windows
A) Both A and R are true and R is correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is not correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false
D) A is false but R is true

Question. Assertion. The slum children are compared to weeds.
Reason. These children are most sought after.
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of Assertion.
B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of Assertion.
C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, reason is true.

Question. Assertion A) He was given the task of reading the text.
Reason(R) The boy was not fortunate in his inheritance.
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.

Question. Assertion A) The student paid no attention to the teaching and dreamt of squirrels.
Reason(R) The teacher in the class failed to inspire the students.
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.

Question. Assertion A) The skinny girl bowed her head and displayed a depressing demeanour.
Reason(R) The girl lived in a slum which was located far away from the sea beach.
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.

Question. Assertion. All tales of great people make us feel proud.
Reason. Beautiful things help us to fight against hot season.
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.

Question. Assertion. Every morning the beauty of life fills us with the spirit to live a better life.
Reason. The sad and gloomy moments make our life miserable.
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.

Question. Assertion. Beautiful things make people greedy and cruel.
Reason. Beautiful things are blessings to us.
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.

Question. Assertion. The beauty of nature is a boon to us.
Reason. We must live in the lap of nature.
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.

Question. Assertion. There are malice, disappointments and sadness in our life.
Reason. A thing of beauty enhances the disappointments and sadness in our life.
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.

Question. A – The tall girl’s head is weighed down.
R – She has the burden of her family due to extreme poverty.
A) Assertion is correct, but Reason is incorrect.
B) A is incorrect but R is correct.
C) both A and R are correct.
D) both A and R are Incorrect.

Question. A – Shakespeare is good.
R – Map is a bad example.
A) Assertion can be inferred, but Reason cannot be inferred.
B) A and R both can be inferred.
C) A cannot be inferred but R can be inferred.
D) both A and R can be inferred.

Question. S1 – The boy is paper – seeming because of his illness.
S2 – He has rat’s eyes.
A) both the statements are true.
B) only S1 is true.
C) only S2 is true.
D) both the statements are false.

Question. S1- There is a boy who has twisted bones.
S2 – He recites his father’s gnarled disease.
A) only S1 is true.
B) both the statements are true.
C) only S2 is true.
D) both the statements are false.

Question. S1 – They wear spectacles with mended glass.
S2 – They are helped by the governors, inspectors and the like.
A) only S1 is true.
B) both the statements are true.
C) only S2 is true.
D) both the statements are false.

Question. S1 – The children want to enjoy the freedom of running outside their slum.
S2 – The children want to enjoy the freedom of knowledge, education and expression.
A) only S1 is true.
B) both the statements are true.
C) only S2 is true.
D) both the statements are false.

Question. S1 – The map is a bad example.
S2 – It tempts them to steal.
A) only S1 is true.
B) both the statements are true.
C) only S2 is true.
D) both the statements are false.

Question. S1 – The map becomes their window.
S2 – They open a new world of possibilities to them.
A) only S1 is true.
B) both the statements are true.
C) only S2 is true.
D) both the statements are false.

Question. S1 – There is a young, sweet boy.
S2 – His eyes look like that of a squirrel.
A) only S1 is true.
B) both the statements are true.
C) only S2 is true.
D) both the statements are false.

Question. S1 – The children’s faces are far from the gusty waves.
S2 – They are like rootless weeds.
A) only S1 is true.
B) both the statements are true.
C) only S2 is true.
D) both the statements are false.

Question. S1 – The poet wants them to break the walls of the school.
S2 – He wants them to run freely in nature.
A) only S1 is true.
B) both the statements are true.
C) only S2 is true.
D) both the statements are false.

Question. S1 – The boy with twisted bones is unlucky.
S2 – He has a genetic disease.
A) only S1 is true.
B) both the statements are true.
C) only S2 is true.
D) both the statements are false.