Chapter- 8

Going Places

Class 12 English Chapter 8 Going Places Objective Questions in English. These Objective Questions are helpful for the students who are in class 12 and have English. Attempt These Objective Questions to Check your knowledge and the status of your preparation. These Objective Questions are also helpful for the preparation of 1 Mark Questions

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Textbook	NCERT
Class	Class 12
Subject	English
Chapter no.	Chapter 8
Chapter Name	Going Places
Category	Class 12 English Objective Questions in English
Medium	English

1. Q1- A. R. Barton is a ——–
   1.  A modern writer
   2.  author of Going Places
   3.  lives in Zurich and writes in English
   4.  All these
2. What does Barton explore in this story?
   1.  theme of children’s happiness
   2.  theme of adolescent fantasizing and hero worship
   3.  theme of elderly people’s happiness
   4.  theme of individual happiness
3. What is the sub-topic of the story?
   1.  Relationships- family and friends
   2. friends
   3.  family members
   4.  adolescents
4. What is the significance of the topic discussed in the lesson?
   1.  it tells how to deal with friends
   2.  it tells how to behave smartly
   3.  immediate relevance to the life of school leavers
   4.  it tells how to behave with elderly
5. What are the literary devices used in the chapter?
   1.  metaphorical expressions and slangs 
   2. similes
   3.  irony
   4.  none
6. what does the word mean“chuffed”?
   1.  meaning delighted or very pleased 
   2. meaning not happy
   3.  meaning frustrated
   4.  none
7.  what does the word mean :“nosey”, “gawky”?
   1.  “nosey”, meaning inquisitive and “gawky”, meaning awkward, ungainly. 
   2. noisy and beautiful
   3.  noisy and useful
   4.  noisy and gainful
8. What does the story of Going Places revolve around?
   1.  a fat boy
   2.  an old couple
   3.  a teenage girl Sophie, her family and friends
   4.  none
9. What kind of girl Sophie is?
   1.  a happy go lucky kind
   2.  a realistic
   3.  Day dreamer
   4.  a naughty child
10.  How is Sophie in reality?
    1.  a dreamer
    2.  a fighter
    3.  a worker at Biscuit factory
    4.  none
11.  What does Sophie dream of?
    1.  Becoming an actor
    2.  becoming a manager
    3.  a sophisticated person
    4.  becoming rich and sophisticated
12. What is turning point in the story?
    1.  when she fights with her brother.
    2.  when her father gets angry.
    3.  when her brother reveals her story.
    4.  when she thinks of meeting Danny Casey- a famous football player
13. What story does she make up in front of her brother?
    1.  She will become an actress
    2.  she will become a manager
    3.  she will be a famous beautician
    4.  Casey will come to meet her.
14. Sophie and Jansie are——-
    1.  teenagers who are friends and classmates
    2.  neighbors
    3.  colleagues
    4.  actors
15. Explain – the words were to be prized to him, like stones coming out of the ground.
    1.  ii was difficult to speak to him
    2.  it was difficult to locate him in a shop
    3.  it was difficult to locate him in factory
    4.  it was difficult to get information out of him
16. Where does Sophie lose?
    1.  in her imagination
    2.  in her dreams
    3.  in her words
    4.  in her imagination and dream of owning a boutique shop to become a famous fashion designer
17. What did Jancy tell Sophie?
    1.  talk unrealistic
    2.  be wise
    3.  be practical
    4.  be sensible and not to dream big
18. Why does Jancy discourage Sophie from dreaming big?
    1.  because it requires a lot of money
    2.  because it is not practical
    3.  because it is unrealistic
    4.  all these
19. How did Sophie respond to Jancy?
    1.  That she will go door to door to collect money
    2.  She will open a boutique
    3.  she will open an office
    4.  she will become an actress or a manager to realize her dream.
20. Why does she want to become an actress?
    1.  to earn money
    2.  to be famous
    3.  to be a fashion designer 
    4. to earn a lot of money and open a boutique to be a famous fashion designer.

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