CBSE Class 12 English The Last Lesson VBQs Set 03

Question. What was M. Hamel wearing on the day of ‘The Last Lesson’?
(a) black silk cap
(b) frilled shirt
(c) green coat
(d) All of the options
Answer: (d) All of the options

Question. What did Mr. Hamel bring for his class on his last day in the school?
(a) new pens
(b) new notebooks
(c) new notebooks
(d) story books
Answer: (b) new notebooks

Question. Expression ‘Thunder Clap” in the lesson means _______.
(a) loud but not clear
(b) loud and clear
(c) startling and unexpected
(d) unpleasant
Answer: (c) startling and unexpected

Question. Why was Franz feeling regretful and sad?
(a) for reaching late
(b) for not learning participles
(c) for change of the Government
(d) for not learning his mother tongue
Answer: (d) for not learning his mother tongue

Question. Franz thinks- will they make them sing in German even the pigeons? What could this mean?
(a) German would use brutal force over everyone
(b) harsh orders will be passed
(c) when people are deprived of their essence even the surroundings are affected.
(d) the Germans will rob France of its language.
Answer: (c) when people are deprived of their essence even the surroundings are affected.

Question. Why did Hamel blame himself?
(a) not having taught them enough French
(b) not being strict
(c) giving students a holiday at times
(d) not being responsible
Answer: (c) giving students a holiday at times

Question. What does M. Hamel’s motionless posture reflect?
(a) the school is dismissed
(b) sense of finality
(c) changing order of life
(d) feeling of nostalgia
Answer: (b) sense of finality

Question. Why does the author urge the reader to respect his language?
(a) It is what makes you respect your countrymen.
(b) It is the key to freedom.
(c) You can express yourself.
(d) It is unique and reflects literature and art.
Answer: (b) It is the key to freedom.

Question. ‘Vive la France’ became emotional evidence of M. Hamel’s?
(a) sadness and patriotism
(b) finality and depression
(c) nostalgia and emotional outburst
(d) love for the school and teaching as a profession
Answer: (a) sadness and patriotism

Question. What is the moral that the Alphonse Daudet wants to bring out?
(a) not to put off things that one can do that day
(b) old order changed to new
(c) one should accept everything that happens
(d) teachers should be respected
Answer: (a) not to put off things that one can do that day

Question. __________ asked Franz not to hurry to school.
(a) Old Hauser
(b) Former Mayor
(c) Former Postmaster
(d) Blacksmith Watcher
Answer: (d) Blacksmith Watcher

Question. Franz find the atmosphere outside _______ as compared to ‘learning rules of participles’.
(a) boring
(b) attractive
(c) monotonous
(d) annoying
Answer: (b) attractive

Question. __________ occupied the back benches in the class.
(a) Weak students
(b) Teachers
(c) Monitors of the class
(d) Village elders
Answer: (d) Village elders

Question. M. Hamel blamed ________ for not sending students to school.
(a) parents
(b) friends
(c) teachers
(d) watchman
Answer: (a) parents

Question. Franz was able to understand the grammar lesson easily because he was _________.
(a) receptive
(b) appreciative
(c) introspective
(d) competitive
Answer: (a) receptive

Question. Find the correct statement in the following:
(a) For the last two years — all the good news come from there.
(b) Usually when school began — there was quietness.
(c) What a thunderclap — these words to me!
(d) It was in the honour of this first lesson — that he had put on his fine Sunday clothes.
Answer: (c) What a thunderclap — these words to me!

Question. Find the correct statement in the following:
(a) I started for school very early that morning — and was in a great dread of scolding.
(b) In the open field back of the sawmill — the Russian soldiers were drilling.
(c) Through the window — I saw my classmates already left.
(d) After the grammar — we had a lesson in writing.
Answer: (a) I started for school very early that morning — and was in a great dread of scolding.

Question. Rearrange the sentences in the correct sequence and choose the correct option:
(i) While I was thinking of all this, I heard my name called.
(ii) When I passed the town hall there was a crowd in front of the bulletin- board.
(iii) All at once the church-clock struck twelve.
(iv) I jumped over the bench and sat down at my desk.
(a) (ii)-(iv)-(i)-(iii)
(b) (iii)-(i)-(ii)-(iv)
(c) (iv)-(ii)-(i)-(iii)
(d) (ii)-(i)-(iv)-(iii)
Answer: (d) (ii)-(i)-(iv)-(iii)

Question. Rearrange the sentences in the correct sequence and choose the correct option:
(i) It was their way of thanking our master for his forty years of faithful service.
(ii) The order has come from Berlin to teach only German in the schools of Alsace and Lorraine.
(iii) The only sound was the scratching of the pens over the paper.
(iv) But he had the courage to hear every lesson to the last.
(a) (iii)-(i)-(ii)-(iv)
(b) (ii)-(i)-(iv)-(iii)
(c) (ii)-(iv)-(i)-(iii)
(d) (ii)-(i)-(iii)-(iv)
Answer: (b) (ii)-(i)-(iv)-(iii)

Question. Assertion: Franz was in great terror of scolding by his teacher.
Reason: He lied to him about his parents.
(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: There was a crowd in front of the bulletin board at the town hall.
Reason: There was an order from the commanding officer.
(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: Franz saw M. Hamel walking up and down with his terrible iron ruler.
Reason: M. Hamel was angry with Franz for being late.
(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: M. Hamel had been wearing beautiful green coat, frilled shirt and silk cap.
Reason: It was his last day in the school.
(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: Young men of the village were sitting in the back of the classroom.
Reason: They were sorry because they had not gone to school.
(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.