Deep Water class 12 MCQs CBSE term 1 exam

Chapter 3 Deep Water class 12 MCQs

Deep Water class 12 MCQs CBSE term 1 exam

Q1- Who is the author of Deep Water?

A) William Shakespeare

B) William George Bernard Shaw

C) William Wordsworth

D) William Douglas

Q2- In which subject has the author been graduated?

A) English and History

B) English and Science

C) Science and Social studies

D) English and Economics

Q3- For how many years had the author taught in high school in

Yokima?

A) 2 years

B) 4 years

C) 3 years

D) 5 years

Q4- After the author was fed up with teaching , he decided to opt for

which career?

A) medical

B) gardening

C) engineering

D) a legal career

Q5- What is the story Deep Water speaking about?

A) fear of water and the way to overcome it

B) fear of people

C) fear of dogs

D) fear of swimming

Q6- How did the author's fear vanish?

A) with courage, guidance and determination

B) with care

C) wth mother's words

D) with guidance

Q7- Y.M.C.A stands for?

A) Young Men's Christian Authority

B) Young Men's Christopher Association

C) Young Men's Christian Army

D) Young Men's Christian Associa

Q8- Where is Yokima located?

A) US City Newzealand

B) US City in Callifornia

C) US City In Washington

D) None

Q9- Where did the writer go when he was 3 or 4 years old in the 

story?

A) Washington

B) New Zealand

C) Callifornia

D) Canada

Q10- Why did he develop a fear of water?

A) Because of knocking down by waves at a beach

B) Because of a young boy

C) Because of instructor

D) Because of his mother

Q11- What is haunting the author?

A) Terrible experience in the pool

B) ghosts

C) his mother's words

D) a push by a young boy

Q12- How did the author learn swimming?

A) with the help of a rope

B) with the help of instructor

C) with the help of his mother

D) with the help of swimmimng instructor

Q13- What did William O Doughlas desire for?

A) visit to California

C) Visit to Washington

C) swimming

D) to be with his mother

Q14- What did the author realize while drowning in the pool?

A) Terror in fear of death

B) terror in swimming

C) terror of being pushed

D) none

Q15- What is the theme of the story Deep Water?

A) Victory in facing the fear

B) Being fearful

C) to learn swimmimg

D) All

Q16- Why has the author given an autobiographical note in Deep 

Water?

A) Because of fear of swimming

B) People

C) swimmimg instructor

D) Because of fear of water

Q17- What does Deep water signify?

A) Beauty

B) Depth of Sea

C) Depth of ocean

D) Frantic

Q18- Who threw Douglas into the swimmimg pool?

A) A young 18 years old Bruiser

B) Instructor

C) mother

D) watchman

Q19- What was the Deep water fear in Douglas' mind?

A) To be defeated

B) To be pushed

C) Being drowned

D) None

Q20- What is the misadvantage that William Douglas speaks about?

A) being pushed into the pool

B) being sweeped by waves at a beach

C) being trained by the instructor

D) both A and B

Q21- What were the series of emotions and fears that Douglas 

experienced when he was thrown into the pool?

A) fear

B) confidence

C) overconfidence

D) mixed feelings of confidence and fear

Q22- What plans did he make to come to the surface of the pool?

A) trial to jump and push himself up

B) shouted

C) cried aloud

D) shouted help

Q23- How did this experience affect the author?

A) became fearful

B) confident

C) overconfident

D) became hydrophobic

Q24- What lesson did Douglas learn from his experience of 

drowning?

A) learnt swimmimg

B) love for swimming

C) swimmimng is not difficult

D) Face the fear

Q25- How did the instructor make Douglas a good swimmer?

A) planning

B) with the help of ropes

C) by pushing him into the pool

D) with the help of ropes and belts

Q26- What plan did Douglas make to overcome his fear of water?

A) Planned to get an instructor

B) planned to swim more

C) planned to watch swimmers

D) planned to jump

Q27- What does Douglas do to save himself in the pool?

A) used his mind and pushed himself up

B) shouted aloud

C) called people

D) shouted help help

Q28- Why did Douglas fail to come to the surface of the pool as he 

hoped to?

A) Because of fear of swimming

B) because of fear

C) because of inability to move

D) because of fear and inability to move

Q29- What was the impact of the pool incident?

A) developed fear

B) became confident

C) became overconfident

D) hydrophobia was revived

Q30- How many times did Douglas try to come to the surface of the 

pool?

A) twice

B) once

C) five times

D) thrice

Q31- Why did Douglas hate to walk with bare legs?

A) ugly looking legs

B) fat legs

C) because of skin color

D) because of skinny legs

Q32- Why did Douglas' mother recommend that he should learn swimming at the Y.M.C.A swimming pool?

A) Because it was local

B) because it was safe

C) because it was shallow

D) because it was shallow and safe

Q33- Why did Douglas hire an instructor?

A) to be confident in swimming

B) to compete with others

C) to flaunt

D) to overcome his fear of water and learn swimming

Q34- How did the instructor make Douglas a good swimmer?

A) by giving instructions

B) by pushing him into the pool

C) by making him watch others

D) wby using belts and ropes

Q35- Why was Douglas determined to get over his fear of water?

A) To know the waters of Casc

B) ato be a swimmer

C) to learn swimming

D) to win a medal

Q36- What was stopping Douglas to get into the waters of Cascade?

A) memories of Washington

B) memories of California

C) instructions given by the instructor

D) memories full of terror in the pool

Q37- How did Douglas make sure that he had conquered the old 

terror?

A) by visiting California

B) by jumping into the waters

C) by taking a lesson from the intructor

D) by swimming into the lake Wentworth

Q38- What distance Douglas covered while swimming across the 

lake Wentworth?

A) 4 miles

B) 3 miles

C) 2 miles

D) 2 miles

Q39- Where was the lake Wentworth?

A) In New Hampshire

B) in Washington

C) in California

D) in Washington D.C

Q40- Why was the writer at first not much frightened when he was 

thrown into the pool?

A) because of overconfidence

B) because of instructions

C) because of people around

D) because of confidence 

Read the extracts given below and answer the questions that follow. 

(A) I flailed at the surfaces of the water, swallowed and choked. I tried to bring my legs up, but they hung as dead 

weights, paralysed and rigid. A great force was pulling me under. I screamed, but only the water heard me. I had started on the long journey back to the bottom of the pool. And then sheer, stark terror seized me, terror that knows 

no understanding, terror that knows no control, terror that no one can understand who has not experienced it. 

(i) The phrase, 'hung as dead weights' refer to 

(a) William Douglas' arms that had ceased to work. 

(b) William Douglas' eyes. 

(c) William Douglas' legs that did not follow his command. 

(d) William Douglas' wits that left his side. 

(ii) Identify the literary device used in the sentence, 'And then sheer, stark ... who has not experienced. 

(a) simile 

(b) metaphor 

(c) repetition 

(d) personification 

(iii) Choose the term which best matches the statement- I flailed at the surface of the water, swallowed and choked.' 

(a) Terrified 

(b) Amazed 

(c) Energetic 

(d) Confused 

(iv) What does 'A great force was pulling me under' mean? 

(a) William Douglas was feeling very forceful. 

(b) William Douglas could feel an unseen energy pulling him inside the water. 

(c) There was a magical force that was pulling him inside the water. 

(d) William Douglas felt that there was someone who was pushing him.

(B) From the beginning, however, I had an aversion to the water when I was in it. This started when I was three or four 

years old and father took me to the beach in California. He and I stood together in the surf. I hung on to him, yet the 

waves knocked me down and swept over me. I was buried in water. My breath was gone. I was frightened. Father 

laughed, but there was terror in my heart at the overpowering force of the waves. My introduction to the Y.M.CA. 

swimming pool revived unpleasant memories and stirred childish fears. But in a little while I gathered confidence. I 

paddled with my new water wings, watching the other boys and trying to learn by aping them. I did this two or three 

times on different days and was just beginning to feel at ease in the water when the misadventure happened. 

(i) The phrase 'knocked me' refers to the waves that are 

(a) high. 

(b) inadequate. 

(c) low. 

(d) dangerous. 

(ii) Identify the figure of speech used in the sentence "swimming pool revived unpleasant memories". 

(a) personification. 

(b) simile. 

(c) alliteration. 

(d) metaphor. 

(iii) Choose the term which best matches the statement 'I had an aversion to the water when I was in it." 

(a) adequacy 

(b) disinclination 

(c) strong liking 

(d) ambition 

(iv) What does 'overpowering force of waves' mean? 

(a) Waves are not so powerful. 

(b) Waves are skilled in overpowering. 

(c) The force of waves is tremendously powerful. 

(d) Waves are weak.

(C) And then sheer, stark terror seized me, terror that knows no understanding, terror that knows no control, terror 

that no one can understand who has not experienced it. I was shrieking under water. I was paralysed under water —

stiff, rigid with fear. Even the screams in my throat were frozen. Only my heart, and the pounding in my head, said 

that I was still alive. 

(i) Choose the correct option to describe the emotion felt by the author. 

(a) Elation

(b) Confusion 

(c) Dread 

(d) Gratitude 

(ii) The phrase 'terror seized me' refers to the 

(a) horrifying experience of the author. 

(b) unforgettable experience of the author. 

(c) feelings of the author underwater. 

(d) lovely tales told by his father.

(iii) Choose the term which best matches the statement, 'Only my heart, and the pounding in my head, said that I 

was still alive.' 

(a) Downright 

(b) Utter 

(c) Thorough 

(d) Conscious 

(iv) What does, 'even the screams in my throat were frozen' mean? 

(a) The author was screaming loudly.

(b) The author’s scream could not be heard because of being inside the water

(c) The author was looking forward to punishing the bully

(d) The author had a sore throat because of which he could not scream

(D) Thus, piece by piece, he built a swimmer. And when he had perfected each piece, he put them together into an 

integrated whole. In April he said, “Now you can swim. Dive off and swim the length of the pool, crawl stroke.” I did. 

The instructor was finished. But I was not finished. I still wondered if I would be terror-stricken when I was alone in 

the pool. I tried it. | swam the length up and down. Tiny vestiges of the old terror would return. But now [ could frown 

and say to that terror, “Trying to scare me, eh? Well, here’s to you! Look!” And off I'd go for another length of the 

pool.

(i) The person being talked about in the above paragraph is

(a) William Douglas. 

(b) Edla Wilmanson.

(c) Franz. 

(d) Charles Freer Andrews.

(ii) Choose the term which best matches the phrase, ‘into an integrated whole’.

(a) partly 

(b) in a bifurcated manner

(c) completely 

(d) hardly

(iii) Why was the author ‘not finished’?

(a) He wanted to get more coaching.

(b) He wanted a new instructor.

(c) He was yet not confident and wanted more practice.

(d) He wanted to swim across the length of the world.

(iv) What does the author’s ‘talking to the terror’ tell us about him?

(a) He loved to blabber all the time.

(b) He wanted to strike a friendship with terror.

(c) He had become confident and could fight with his fears.

(d) He liked to talk to everyone.