NCERT Class 12 MCQ Quiz Hub

1. At the end of the experience, Douglas felt
happy
released
sad
victorious

2. All we have to fear is fear itself. Who said these words?
Douglas
his instructor
his father
President Roosevelt

3. What do you think you can do to me’? These words were spoken by Douglas to
a shark
to his enemy
to the boy who pushed him
to terror

4. Whenever terror struck again, Douglas would start
shouting
laughing
crying
talking to terror

5. Douglas had to repeat exhaling and inhaling exercises
hundred times
forty times
fifty times
ten times

6. He practised in the pool
ten times a week
five days a week
twice a week
thrice a week

7. After being haunted by fear for many years Douglas decided to learn to swim. He took the help of
his mother
his father
a friend
an instructor

8. When he regained consciousness, he
laughed at his experience
had 104° F fever
shook and cried and didn’t eat anything
told his mother about his misadventure

9. Douglas went down towards the bottom
only once
twice
thrice
five times

10. The water in the pool had a
dirty yellow tinge
a blue reflection
green colour
no colour

11. When Douglas tried to yell
everyone came to his rescue
no sound came out
his father arrived
the lifeguard dived to save him up, they hung as

12. The nine feet seemed to Douglas like
hundred feet
ninety feet
fifty feet
twenty-five feet

13. Though Douglas was frightened, he was not
afraid to die
going to survive
out of his wits
able to shout for help

14. Douglas calls him a
nasty human being
a brute
a beautiful physical specimen
a big bully

15. The misadventure at the Y.M.C.A pool happened when
Douglas was accompanied by friends
he was with his father
he was alone
he was with his mother

16. The incident in childhood had taken place at the beach in
Florida
Washington
New York
California

17. The pool’s depth at the deep end was
twenty feet
nine feet
six feet
eight feet

18. His mother warned him against swimming in the Yakima River because it had
strong currents
it was meant only for boating
many people had drowned there
it had no lifeguards around

19. The writer decided to learn to swim when he was about
ten or eleven years old
fifteen or sixteen years old
twenty years old
eighteen years old

20. William Douglas was a friend and adviser of
President Kennedy
President Cleveland
President Roosevelt
President Clinton

21. What was the fear in Douglas’ mind?
To be defeated
To be pushed
Being drowned
None

22. “I crossed to oblivion, and the curtain of life fell”. What does oblivion mean?
spavilion
changing room
unconsciousness
death

23. Why did Douglas’ mother recommend that he should learn swimming at the Y. M.C.A swimming pool?
Because it was local
Because it was safe
Because it was shallow
Because it was shallow and safe