Bihar Board 12th English Objective Questions and Answers
Bihar Board 12th English 50 Marks Objective Answers Chapter 4 On Letter Writing
Question 1.
A.G. Gardiner has written-
(A) Good Manners
(B) Our own civilization
(C) On Letter writing
(D) Forgetting
Answer:
(C) On Letter writing
Question 2.
‘On Letter writing’ has been adapted from
(A) Prose and poetry
(B) Words and Idias
(C) Forgetting
(D) None of these
Answer:
(B) Words and Idias
Question 3.
Importance of letter writing has been focussed in the chapter
(A) Our own civilization
(B) On letter writing
(C) Forgetting
(D) None of these
Answer:
(B) On letter writing
Question 4.
Bill and Sam are
(A) Soldiers
(B) Players
(C) Travellers
(D) None of these
Answer:
(A) Soldiers
Question 5.
“I write to you because I have nothing to do. I finish because I have nothing to say” is a statement by
(A) Horace walpole
(B) Robert Lynd
(C) Keats
(D) None of these
Answer:
(A) Horace walpole
Question 6.
What is considered as lost art
(A) Letter writing
(B) Playing
(C) Travelling
(D) None of these
Answer:
(A) Letter writing
Question 7.
Horace Walpole, Byron, Lamb and the Carlyles are famous for their
(A) immortal letters
(B) Speeches
(C) artistry
(D) None of these
Answer:
(A) immortal letters
Question 8.
What has been killed by the penny post and modern hurry
(A) Travelling
(B) Letter writing
(C) Driving
(D)None of these
Answer:
(B) Letter writing
Question 9.
‘On Letter Writing’ is written by …………..
(A) J.C. Hill
(B) A.G. Gardiner
(C) C.E.M. Joad
(D) R. Lynd
Answer:
(B) A.G. Gardiner
Question 10.
Keats is supposed to be a master of
(A) Letter writing
(B) Eloution
(C) Fighting wars
(D) None of these
Answer:
(A) Letter writing
Question 11.
The telegraph, the telephone and the type writer have completed the destruction of the art of
(A) letter writing
(B) playing
(C) listening music
(D) None of these
Answer:
(A) letter writing
Question 12.
Sam and Bill are the chief characters in the chapter of
(A) Forgetting
(B) On Letter writing
(C) Robin
(D) None of these
Answer:
(B) On Letter writing
Question 13.
‘On Letter Writing’ has been taken from—
(A) Forgetting
(B) Prose and Poetry
(C) Words and Idias
(D) None of these
Answer:
(C) Words and Idias
Question 14.
Sam and Bill are the chief characters in the chapter of—
(A) Robin
(B) Our Own Civilization
(C) Forgetting
(D) On Letter Writing
Answer:
(D) On Letter Writing
Question 15.
Bill and Sam are —
(A) players
(B) soldiers
(C) travellers
(D) None of these
Answer:
(B) soldiers
Question 16.
‘What is concidered as lost?
(A) letter writing
(B) travelling
(C) playing
(D) singing
Answer:
(A) letter writing
Question 17.
What has been killed by the penny post and modern hurrv?
(A) driving
(B) letter writing
(C) travelling
(D) None of these
Answer:
(B) letter writing
Question 18.
The telegraph, the telephone and the type writer have completed the destruction of the art of—
(A) playing
(B) listening music
(C) letter writing
(D) None of these
Answer:
(C) letter writing
Question 19.
No doubt, letter writing is these days a—
(A) lost art
(B) useful thing
(C) common
(D) None of these
Answer:
(A) lost art
Question 20.
Who was the victim of cold?
(A) Jim
(B) Sam
(C) Aunt Jane
(D) Bill
Answer:
(C) Aunt Jane
Question 21.
One should be ……….. and not abstract while writing a letter?
(A) careful
(B) personal
(C) careless
(D) None of these
Answer:
(B) personal
Question 22.
He was …………. because I didn’t write to him.
(A) pleased
(B) preserve
(C) offended
(D) elaborate
Answer:
(C) offended
Question 23.
Will they ………….. the cost of the postage?
(A) bear
(B) notice
(C) feel
(D) None of these
Answer:
(A) bear
Question 24.
Horace Walpole, Byron, Lamb and the Carlyles are famous for their—
(A) speeches
(B) immortal letters
(C) artistry
(D) None of these
Answer:
(B) immortal letters
Question 25.
Letter writing was done more carefully in the —
(A) Present
(B) Pre-historic period
(C) Past
(D) Future
Answer:
(C) Past
Question 26.
People have difficulty in writing letters due to lack of – [2018 A, I.A.]
(A) knowledge
(B) ignorance
(C) self-expression
(D) no ability
Answer:
(C) self-expression
Question 27.
‘On Letter Writing’ is written by-
(A) J.C. Hill
(B) A.G Gardiner
(C) C.E.M. Joad
(D) Robert Lynd
Answer:
(B) A.G Gardiner
Question 28.
A.G Gardiner has written the essay-
(A) Forgetting
(B) With the Photographer
(C) Our own civilization
(D) On Letter Writing
Answer:
(B) With the Photographer
Question 29.
The author, A.G Gardiner was born in-
(A) America
(B) India
(C) France
(D) England
Answer:
(D) England
Question 30.
Gardiner begins his essay ‘On Letter Writing’ by reporting the conversation of two-
(A) businessman
(B) teachers
(C) brothers
(D) None of them
Answer:
(C) brothers
Question 31.
In the essay ‘On Letter Writing’ two brothers are-
(A) Jack and Tom
(B) Bill and Sam
(C) Tom and Jim
(D) None of them
Answer:
(B) Bill and Sam
Question 32.
Jim was the uncle of-
(A) Bill and Sam
(B) Tom
(C) George
(D) Byron
Answer:
(A) Bill and Sam
Question 33.
“I shall be back at the camp tonight, and I’ll write to everyone tomorrow.” This line has been taken from the essay-
(A) Good Manners
(B) On Letter writing
(C) Our own civilization
(D) Robin
Answer:
(B) On Letter writing
Question 34.
The author is a fellow passenger of –
(A) Tom
(B) Jim
(C) Bill
(D) George
Answer:
(C) Bill
Question 35.
George is the brother of—
(A) Bill and sam
(B) Byron
(C) Keats
(D) None of them
Answer:
(B) Byron
Question 36.
George and his wife liked in –
(A) England
(B) France
(C) America
(D) India
Answer:
(C) America
Question 37.
‘On Letter-Writing’ is written by …………..
(A) Robert Lynd
(B) J.C. Hill
(C) A.G. Gardiner
(D) Jim Corbett
Answer:
(C) A.G. Gardiner
Question 38.
Letters written by Cowper, Horace Walpole. Byron, Lamb and Carlyle could be called as ………..
(A) mortal
(B) immortal
(C) red-letter
(D) historic
Answer:
(B) immortal
Question 39.
The two soldiers looked like
(A) cousins
(B) foreigners
(C) local persons
(D) brothers
Answer:
(D) brothers
Question 40.
No doubt, letter writting is nowadays a
(A) useful thing
(B) lost art
(C) museum piece
(D) common
Answer:
(B) lost art
Question 41.
………… was the victim of cold.
(A) Aunt Jane
(B) Sam
(C) Bill
(D) Jim
Answer:
(A) Aunt Jane
Question 42.
……….. told Bill not to forget to write a letter.
(A) Sam
(B) Jam
(C) Aunt Jane
(D) Uncle Jane
Answer:
(A) Sam
Question 43.
Sam said ………… ‘It’s a read job’ ?
(A) ruefully
(B) happily
(C) boldly
(D) nicely
Answer:
(A) ruefully
Question 44.
The dalesmen of Lakeland, a century ago used to dodge ……………..
(A) the postal charge
(B) the fruit seller
(C) the flute seller
(D) the spies
Answer:
(A) the postal charge
Question 45.
One should be …………. and not abstract while writing a letter.
(A) careful
(B) common place
(C) personal
(D) easygoing
Answer:
(C) personal
Question 46.
………….. post and ……………. hurry has made letter-writing a lost art.
(A) easy, new
(B) good, very
(C) penny, modem
(D) quick, ultimate
Answer:
(C) penny, modem
Question 47.
You can …………. fish ifyou put self over it.
(A) expense
(B) preserve
(C) retreat
(D) recipe
Answer:
(B) preserve
Question 48.
He was …………. because I didn’t write to him.
(A) pleased
(B) preserve
(C) offened
(D) elaborate
Answer:
(C) offened
Question 49.
He …………. that the had stolen the watch.
(A) offended
(B) confessed
(C) wanted
(D) prayed
Answer:
(B) confessed
Question 50.
Will they …………… cost of the postage ?
(A) dear
(B) bear
(C) tear
(D) notice
Answer:
(B) bear