CBSE Class 12 English Deep Water VBQs Set 03

Question. Douglas had to repeat exhaling and inhaling exercises.
(a) hundred times
(b) forty times
(c) fifty times
(d) ten times
Answer: (a) hundred times

Question. Where is Metolius located?
(a) New Zealand
(b) California
(c) Oregon
(d) Japan
Answer: (c) Oregon

Question. How much distance did Douglas cover while swimming across the lake Wentworth?
(a) 4 miles
(b) 3 miles
(c) 5 miles
(d) 2 miles
Answer: (d) 2 miles

Question. Where is the lake Wentworth?
(a) New Hampshire
(b) Washington
(c) California
(d) Washington D.C
Answer: (a) New Hampshire

Question. Whenever terror struck again, Douglas would start.
(a) shouting
(b) laughing
(c) crying
(d) talking to terror
Answer: (d) talking to terror

Question. ‘What do you think you can do to me’? These words were spoken by Douglas to:
(a) a shark
(b) to his instructor
(c) to his friend
(d) to terror
Answer: (d) to terror

Question. All we have to fear is fear itself. Who said these words?
(a) Douglas
(b) his instructor
(c) his father
(d) President Roosevelt
Answer: (d) President Roosevelt

Question. The writer decided to learn to swim when he was about ______ years old.
(a) ten or eleven years old
(b) fifteen or sixteen years old
(c) twenty years old
(d) eighteen years old
Answer: (a) ten or eleven years old

Question. He practised in the pool _________days a week.
(a) three
(b) five
(c) two
(d) four
Answer: (b) five

Question. The pool’s depth at the deep end was _______.
(a) twenty feet
(b) nine feet
(c) six feet
(d) eight feet
Answer: (b) nine feet

Question. The nine feet seemed to Douglas like ________.
(a) hundred feet
(b) ninety feet
(c) fifty feet
(d) twenty-five feet
Answer: (b) ninety feet

Question. The water in the pool had a __________ colour.
(a) dirty yellow tinge
(b) a blue reflection
(c) green colour
(d) no colour
Answer: (a) dirty yellow tinge

Question. Find the correct statement in the following:
(i) From the beginning — I had a fascination towards water.
(ii) My introduction to the Y.M.C.A. swimming pool revived — pleasant memories.
(iii) I flailed at the surface of the water, — swallowed and choked.
(iv) This handicap stayed with me — as the days rolled by.
Answer: (iv) This handicap stayed with me — as the days rolled by.

Question. Rearrange the sentences in the correct sequence and choose the correct option:
(i) I was frightened, but not frightened out of my wits.
(ii) My lungs ached, my head throbbed.
(iii) The water was still, and the tiled bottom was as white and clean as a bathtub.
(iv) The next I remember I was lying on my stomach beside the pool, vomiting.
Options:
(a) (ii)-(iv)-(i)-(iii)
(b) (iii)-(i)-(ii)-(iv)
(c) (iv)-(ii)-(i)-(iii)
(d) (ii)-(i)-(iv)-(iii)
Answer: (b) (iii)-(i)-(ii)-(iv)

Question. Rearrange the sentences in the correct sequence and choose the correct option:
(i) With that he picked me up and tossed me into the deep end.
(ii) For days a haunting fear was in my heart.
(iii) Tiny vestiges of the old terror would return.
(iv) I imagined I would bob to the surface like a cork
Options:
(a) (i)-(iv)-(ii)-(iii)
(b) (iii)-(i)-(ii)-(iv)
(c) (iv)-(ii)-(i)-(iii)
(d) (ii)-(i)-(iv)-(iii)
Answer: (a) (i)-(iv)-(ii)-(iii)

Question. Assertion: Douglas’ mother kept warning him about the Yakima River.
Reason: There were many drowning incidents in the river.
(a) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true and reason is false.
(d) Assertion is false and reason is true.
Answer: (a) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

Question. Assertion: Douglas had a liking for the water from the beginning.
Reason: The waves had knocked him down when he was very young.
(a) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true and reason is false.
(d) Assertion is false and reason is true.
Answer: (d) Assertion is false and reason is true.

Question. Assertion: Douglas’ introduction to the YMCA pool revived unpleasant memories of his childhood.
Reason: He went into the pool when many people were there to help him.
(a) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true and reason is false.
(d) Assertion is false and reason is true.
Answer: (c) Assertion is true and reason is false.

Question. Assertion: A big tough eighteen year old boy tossed Douglas in the pool.
Reason: Douglas landed in a sitting position and was out of his wits.
(a) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true and reason is false.
(d) Assertion is false and reason is true.
Answer: (b) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

Question. Assertion: The swimming instructor made Douglas worse than before.
Reason: Douglas swam across the Warm Lake to the other shore and back.
(a) Both assertion and reason are correct and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.
(b) Both assertion and reason are correct but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(c) Assertion is true and reason is false.
(d) Assertion is false and reason is true.
Answer: (d) Assertion is false and reason is true.