These 12th class English MCQs chapter wise are original practice questions for 2nd year students. They follow the style and pattern of 2020 to 2024 papers, but they are practice MCQs only – not official past papers, not leaked papers, and not a guarantee that any question will appear in an exam. Use them for revision, then study your textbook for the exact texts.
The post below gives a representative set from the notes. The full PDF linked below contains all 200 original practice MCQs: 150 from the 15 Book 2 lessons, 20 from Goodbye Mr Chips, 10 from poems, and 20 from grammar.
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1. The Dying Sun
Summary: This lesson describes, in simple scientific language, how the Sun gives out heat and light, how its energy is slowly used up, and what scientists believe will happen to the Sun and the Earth over a very long period of time. The main idea is that nothing in nature lasts forever, and even the Sun has a life cycle.
1. The lesson “The Dying Sun” mainly deals with: A) The history of the Moon B) The life and energy of the Sun C) The discovery of stars D) The seasons of the year
Correct answer: B. The life and energy of the Sun
2. According to the lesson, the Sun gives us: A) Only light B) Only heat C) Heat and light D) Rain and wind
Correct answer: C. Heat and light
3. The lesson encourages the reader to think about: A) Only today’s weather B) The long future of nature C) The price of fuel D) The speed of light only
Correct answer: B. The long future of nature
4. The tone of the lesson is mainly: A) Humorous B) Scientific and thoughtful C) Angry D) Frightening
Correct answer: B. Scientific and thoughtful
2. Using the Scientific Method
Summary: This lesson explains how science works: a problem is observed, a question is asked, a possible answer (hypothesis) is suggested, it is tested by experiment, and a conclusion is drawn. It stresses careful observation, honest recording and testing, rather than guessing.
1. The first step of the scientific method is: A) Guessing wildly B) Careful observation C) Writing a story D) Copying others
Correct answer: B. Careful observation
2. A “hypothesis” is: A) A final proof B) A possible answer to be tested C) A type of machine D) A famous scientist
Correct answer: B. A possible answer to be tested
3. An experiment is used to: A) Prove a guess without testing B) Test a hypothesis C) Hide results D) Avoid questions
Correct answer: B. Test a hypothesis
4. Science differs from guesswork because it depends on: A) Luck B) Evidence and testing C) Stories D) Authority alone
Correct answer: B. Evidence and testing
3. Why Boys Fail in College
Summary: This essay discusses why some students fail in college even though they are able. It points to lack of hard work, poor use of time, weak study habits, distraction and lack of purpose, rather than lack of ability alone.
1. According to the essay, boys often fail in college mainly because of: A) Hard questions only B) Poor study habits and lack of effort C) Bad luck only D) Strict teachers only
Correct answer: B. Poor study habits and lack of effort
2. The essay suggests that ability without work: A) Is enough B) Is not enough for success C) Guarantees high marks D) Replaces study
Correct answer: B. Is not enough for success
3. “Wasting time” in the essay is shown as: A) A small problem B) A major cause of failure C) A good habit D) A sign of intelligence
Correct answer: B. A major cause of failure
4. Which habit helps a student most? A) Studying only before exams B) Regular, planned study C) Copying notes D) Avoiding classes
Correct answer: B. Regular, planned study
4. End of Term
Summary: This piece describes the feelings of students and teachers at the end of a school term – relief, tiredness, memories of the term’s work, and looking forward to holidays, mixed with a sense of parting.
1. “End of Term” mainly describes: A) The start of school B) Feelings at the close of a term C) A new admission D) A sports day
Correct answer: B. Feelings at the close of a term
2. At the end of term, students usually feel: A) Only sadness B) Relief mixed with memories C) Anger only D) Fear of holidays
Correct answer: B. Relief mixed with memories
3. Holidays after a term are seen as: A) A punishment B) A welcome rest C) A waste D) A new term
Correct answer: B. A welcome rest
4. Parting at the end of term brings: A) Only joy B) Mixed feelings C) No feeling D) Only anger
Correct answer: B. Mixed feelings
5. On Destroying Books
Summary: This essay argues that destroying books is a serious loss, because books carry knowledge, ideas and culture, and a society that loses books loses much of its learning and memory.
1. Destroying books is presented as a loss because books carry: A) Only paper B) Knowledge and ideas C) Only pictures D) Nothing important
Correct answer: B. Knowledge and ideas
2. The writer’s attitude towards books is: A) Indifferent B) Respectful and protective C) Hostile D) Careless
Correct answer: B. Respectful and protective
3. The word “ignorance” means: A) Great knowledge B) Lack of knowledge C) Wealth D) Courage
Correct answer: B. Lack of knowledge
4. Books are compared, in spirit, to: A) Useless objects B) Treasures of thought C) Toys D) Old furniture
Correct answer: B. Treasures of thought
6. The Man Who Was a Hospital
Summary: This humorous piece describes a man who imagines himself ill, visits doctors, and collects so many medicines and treatments that he himself becomes like a hospital. It gently laughs at over-worry about health and self-medication.
1. The title “The Man Who Was a Hospital” is: A) Literal B) Humorous and exaggerated C) Sad D) Scientific
Correct answer: B. Humorous and exaggerated
2. The man in the piece is mainly worried about: A) His wealth B) His health C) His job D) His friends
Correct answer: B. His health
3. He becomes like a hospital because he: A) Works in one B) Collects many medicines and treatments C) Builds one D) Visits one daily for work
Correct answer: B. Collects many medicines and treatments
4. The best moral of the piece is: A) Never visit a doctor B) Do not imagine illness and misuse medicines C) Always take many medicines D) Hospitals are funny places
Correct answer: B. Do not imagine illness and misuse medicines
7. My Financial Career
Summary: This famous humorous story, in the author’s own retelling here, describes a nervous man opening a bank account. He is shy, confused by bank procedures, and his fear makes a simple task comic. The lesson is about nervousness in formal places.
1. “My Financial Career” is mainly: A) A tragedy B) A humorous story about banking C) A bank report D) A history of money
Correct answer: B. A humorous story about banking
2. The narrator feels in the bank: A) Confident B) Nervous and confused C) Angry D) Bored
Correct answer: B. Nervous and confused
3. His nervousness makes a simple task: A) Easier B) Comic and difficult C) Quick D) Unimportant
Correct answer: B. Comic and difficult
4. The tone of the story is: A) Serious and sad B) Light and humorous C) Frightening D) Angry
Correct answer: B. Light and humorous
8. China’s Way to Progress
Summary: This lesson describes how China, through hard work, planning, discipline and use of its resources, moved towards progress. It presents progress as the result of collective effort, education and practical policies, not luck.
1. “China’s Way to Progress” attributes progress mainly to: A) Luck B) Hard work, planning and discipline C) Foreign gifts only D) Natural luck alone
Correct answer: B. Hard work, planning and discipline
2. According to the lesson, progress needs: A) Only wishes B) Collective effort and practical work C) Only speeches D) Waiting
Correct answer: B. Collective effort and practical work
3. Education in progress is shown as: A) Unimportant B) Very important C) A burden D) Only for the rich
Correct answer: B. Very important
4. Discipline is presented as: A) A weakness B) A strength for national progress C) A punishment D) Unnecessary
Correct answer: B. A strength for national progress
9. Hunger and Population Explosion
Summary: This lesson links two problems: rapid population growth and shortage of food. When population grows faster than food production, hunger increases. The lesson calls for awareness, planning, education and better food production.
1. The lesson links hunger mainly with: A) Only weather B) Rapid population growth C) Only trade D) Only wars
Correct answer: B. Rapid population growth
2. “Population explosion” means: A) Slow growth B) Very fast increase in population C) Fewer people D) Migration only
Correct answer: B. Very fast increase in population
3. When population grows faster than food, the result is: A) More food per person B) Shortage and hunger C) Less hunger D) No effect
Correct answer: B. Shortage and hunger
4. The lesson’s tone is: A) Comic B) Serious and concerned C) Careless D) Mocking
Correct answer: B. Serious and concerned
10. The Jewel of the World
Summary: This lesson describes a famous historic city, once a centre of learning, culture and beauty, called the jewel of the world. It recalls its libraries, scholars, gardens and glory, and contrasts past greatness with later decline.
1. “The Jewel of the World” refers to: A) A precious stone B) A historic city famed for learning and beauty C) A modern mall D) A river
Correct answer: B. A historic city famed for learning and beauty
2. Its libraries show that it valued: A) Wealth only B) Knowledge C) Weapons D) Silence
Correct answer: B. Knowledge
3. The lesson contrasts past glory with: A) Present fame B) Later decline C) Another city D) A festival
Correct answer: B. Later decline
4. The word “jewel” here means: A) A gem only B) Something precious and admired C) A crown D) A coin
Correct answer: B. Something precious and admired
11. First Year at Harrow
Summary: This is a personal account of a boy’s first year at a famous school. It describes new surroundings, school life, discipline, friendship, homesickness and gradual adjustment to boarding school life.
1. “First Year at Harrow” is mainly: A) A scientific essay B) A personal account of school life C) A war story D) A travel guide
Correct answer: B. A personal account of school life
2. Harrow in the lesson is: A) A city B) A famous school C) A hospital D) A river
Correct answer: B. A famous school
3. The boy at first feels: A) Fully at home B) New, shy and homesick C) Angry at all D) Bored forever
Correct answer: B. New, shy and homesick
4. Homesickness means: A) Love of home food B) Missing home and family C) Hate for school D) Fear of teachers
Correct answer: B. Missing home and family
12. Hitch Hiking Across the Sahara
Summary: This travel account describes a journey across the great Sahara desert by hitch hiking – the heat, vast sand, difficulties of travel, help from strangers, and the adventure of crossing a harsh landscape.
1. The Sahara is: A) A sea B) A great desert C) A forest D) A mountain range
Correct answer: B. A great desert
2. “Hitch hiking” means travelling by: A) Own car only B) Getting free lifts from passing vehicles C) Aeroplane D) Walking only
Correct answer: B. Getting free lifts from passing vehicles
3. The main difficulty in the Sahara is: A) Cold rain B) Heat, vastness and lack of water C) Crowds D) Tall buildings
Correct answer: B. Heat, vastness and lack of water
4. The desert landscape is described as: A) Small and green B) Vast and sandy C) Icy D) Full of cities
Correct answer: B. Vast and sandy
13. Sir Alexander Fleming
Summary: This lesson tells how Alexander Fleming, a scientist, discovered penicillin – a medicine that saved millions of lives. It stresses careful observation, patience and how a chance observation, properly followed up, can lead to a great discovery.
1. Alexander Fleming is famous for discovering: A) The telephone B) Penicillin C) The aeroplane D) Electricity
Correct answer: B. Penicillin
2. Penicillin is mainly: A) A food B) A life-saving medicine C) A poison D) A machine
Correct answer: B. A life-saving medicine
3. His discovery shows the value of: A) Careless work B) Careful observation C) Only luck without work D) Wealth
Correct answer: B. Careful observation
4. Penicillin helped mainly in treating: A) Broken bones only B) Infections C) Blindness D) Hunger
Correct answer: B. Infections
14. Louis Pasteur
Summary: This lesson describes Louis Pasteur’s work on germs, fermentation and vaccination, and how his careful work, persistence and service to humanity bring lasting benefit to medicine and public health.
1. Louis Pasteur is best known for work on: A) Stars B) Germs, fermentation and vaccination C) Ships D) Poetry
Correct answer: B. Germs, fermentation and vaccination
2. Pasteurisation is connected with: A) Making milk and food safer B) Making cloth C) Building roads D) Writing books
Correct answer: B. Making milk and food safer
3. His work improved mainly: A) Only farming B) Medicine and public health C) Only sports D) Only music
Correct answer: B. Medicine and public health
4. Vaccination helps by: A) Causing disease B) Protecting against disease C) Curing hunger D) Making people weak
Correct answer: B. Protecting against disease
15. Mustafa Kamal
Summary: This lesson describes Mustafa Kamal, the founder of modern Turkey, who led his people to freedom and then worked for reform, education and modernisation. It presents leadership, courage and vision for national progress.
1. Mustafa Kamal is known as the founder of: A) Modern Egypt B) Modern Turkey C) Modern Iran D) Modern Greece
Correct answer: B. Modern Turkey
2. He led his people mainly towards: A) Slavery B) Freedom and independence C) Division D) Foreign rule
Correct answer: B. Freedom and independence
3. Education under his reforms was seen as: A) Unimportant B) Key to progress C) Only for the rich D) A burden
Correct answer: B. Key to progress
4. Mustafa Kamal’s main aim was: A) Personal wealth B) A strong, modern nation C) Only power D) Revenge
Correct answer: B. A strong, modern nation
Goodbye Mr Chips Novel MCQs
Summary: The novel follows Mr Chips, a kind and dedicated school teacher, through his long career at a boys’ school – his teaching, friendships, marriage, humour, old age and the affection students hold for him. Its themes are dedication, kindness, change over time, and the lasting influence of a good teacher.
1. Mr Chips is mainly known as: A) A doctor B) A dedicated school teacher C) A soldier D) A merchant
Correct answer: B. A dedicated school teacher
2. The novel is set mainly in: A) A hospital B) A boys’ school C) A factory D) A village market
Correct answer: B. A boys’ school
3. Mr Chips is loved by students mainly for his: A) Strict punishment B) Kindness, humour and dedication C) Wealth D) Strict silence
Correct answer: B. Kindness, humour and dedication
4. A central theme of the novel is: A) War only B) A teacher’s lasting influence C) Trade D) Travel
Correct answer: B. A teacher’s lasting influence
5. Students remember Mr Chips even after leaving because: A) He gave them money B) He influenced their character C) He was famous D) He was strict
Correct answer: B. He influenced their character
6. Mr Chips’ humour is best described as: A) Cruel B) Gentle and kindly C) Sarcastic and hurtful D) Absent
Correct answer: B. Gentle and kindly
7. A good teacher, according to the novel, influences students by: A) Fear only B) Character, care and example C) Marks only D) Punishment only
Correct answer: B. Character, care and example
8. The novel covers mainly: A) One day B) A long lifetime of teaching C) One lesson D) One war
Correct answer: B. A long lifetime of teaching
Poems MCQs
These practice questions cover common poetry terms and themes found in school poems.
1. “Rhyme” means: A) Same meaning B) Similar sounds at line ends C) Long lines D) A story
Correct answer: B. Similar sounds at line ends
2. A “simile” compares two things using: A) “is” only B) “like” or “as” C) Numbers D) Questions
Correct answer: B. “like” or “as”
3. “Alliteration” is: A) Same vowel sounds B) Repetition of initial consonant sounds C) A long poem D) A sad theme
Correct answer: B. Repetition of initial consonant sounds
4. A poem’s “theme” is: A) Its rhyme only B) Its central idea or message C) Its length D) Its poet
Correct answer: B. Its central idea or message
5. A common theme in many school poems is: A) Only war B) Nature, love, hope, or human life C) Only money D) Only exams
Correct answer: B. Nature, love, hope, or human life
6. The “speaker” of a poem is: A) Always the poet himself B) The voice speaking in the poem C) The reader D) A character only
Correct answer: B. The voice speaking in the poem
7. A poem differs from prose mainly because it uses: A) Only long sentences B) Condensed language, rhythm and imagery C) No meaning D) Only dialogue
Correct answer: B. Condensed language, rhythm and imagery
Grammar MCQs
These practice questions cover synonyms, antonyms, spelling, voice, narration and correct sentences.
1. Choose the correct synonym of “brave”: A) Coward B) Courageous C) Weak D) Lazy
Correct answer: B. Courageous
2. Choose the correct antonym of “ancient”: A) Old B) Modern C) Historic D) Past
Correct answer: B. Modern
3. Choose the correctly spelt word: A) Neccessary B) Necessary C) Necessery D) Neccesary
Correct answer: B. Necessary
4. Choose the correctly spelt word: A) Seperate B) Separate C) Seprate D) Separete
Correct answer: B. Separate
5. Change to passive: “He wrote a letter.” A) A letter is written by him. B) A letter was written by him. C) A letter will be written by him. D) A letter has written by him.
Correct answer: B. A letter was written by him.
6. Change to indirect: He said, “I am busy today.” A) He said that he is busy today. B) He said that he was busy that day. C) He said that he were busy today. D) He said that I am busy.
Correct answer: B. He said that he was busy that day.
7. Choose the correct synonym of “rapid”: A) Slow B) Quick C) Late D) Weak
Correct answer: B. Quick
8. Choose the correct antonym of “victory”: A) Win B) Defeat C) Prize D) Glory
Correct answer: B. Defeat
9. Choose the correct sentence: A) He do not know. B) He does not know. C) He does not knows. D) He do not knows.
Correct answer: B. He does not know.
10. Choose the correctly spelt word: A) Enviroment B) Environment C) Envirnoment D) Environmant
Correct answer: B. Environment
How to Use These Practice MCQs
Cover the answers, try each chapter on its own, and mark the lessons where you score lowest. Then revise those lessons in your textbook and try again. For the complete set, use the full PDF download above, which contains all 200 original practice MCQs.
