MCQ Chapter 3 Deep Water (William Douglas) Class 12 English

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Deep Water (William Douglas) MCQ Questions Class 12 English

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Question. Why did Douglas hate to walk with bare legs?
A) because of skinny legs
B) fat legs
C) because of skin color
D) ugly looking legs

Question. 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

Question. What was the impact of the pool incident?
A) hydrophobia was revived 
B) became confident
C) became overconfident
D) developed fear

Question. 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

Question. Where is Yokima located?
A) US City Newzealand
B) US City in Callifornia
C) US City In Washington
D) None

Question. Who is the author of Deep Water?
A) William Shakespeare
B) William George Bernard Shaw
C) William Wordsworth
D) William Douglas

Question. 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 swimming
D) fear of dogs

Question. 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

Question. How many times did Douglas try to come to the surface of the pool?
A) twice
B) once
C) five times
D) thrice

Question. How did the author’s fear vanish?
A) with courage, guidance and determination
B) with care
C) wth mother’s words
D) with guidance

Question. What did William O Doughlas desire for?
A) visit to California
B) Visit to Washington
C) swimming
D) to be with his mother

Question. “I jumped with everything I had.” What does the expression convey?
A) He waited for some time to jump
B) He collected all his belongings and jumped
C) He summoned up all his strength to jump
D) He closed his eyes and jumped

Question. Who is the protagonist of the story, “Deep Water”?
A) William Douglas
B) Franklin D. Roosevelt
C) William O. Dolson
D) Doug Corpron

Question. What is Yakima?
1. Name of the instructor
2. Name of a place
3. Name of a river
4. Name of a US state
A) 3 and 4
B) 2 and 3
C) 1, 2 and 3
D) 2, 3 and 4

Question. What did the author do to conquer his fear of water?
A) He practised swimming systematically
B) He prepared himself physically
C) He jumped into the water fearlessly
D) He learnt swimming haphazardly

Question. Who was the narrator with when he had his first water mishap?
A) His coach
B) Unknown people
C) His friends
D) His father

Question. 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

Question. I had an aversion to water… The impact of author’s drowning in California beach when he was a small child was….
A) physical
B) psychological
C) imaginary
D) both (A) and (B)

Question. ix How many times did the protagonist go down in the pool?
A) One time
B) Two times
C) Three times
D) Four

Question. The writer had an aversion to the water when he was
A) three or four years old
B) four or five years old
C) five or six years old
D) six or seven years old

Question. When did the writer’s unpleasant memories of his childhood revive?
A) when he went to the Y.M.C.A. pool
B) when he went to the Yakima River
C) when he went to a pool
D) none of the above

Question. What was NOT an effect of the misadventure?
A) Unable to ingest food
B) feeling nauseous
C) becoming overactive
D) feeling wobbly

Question. From the tone of narration we feel that the author treats the bully boy’s act as….
A) a punishable offence
B) misadventure of childhood
C) a planned act
D) an unforgivable crime

Question. 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

Question. How did this experience affect the author?
A) became fearful
B) became hydrophobic
C) overconfident 
D) confident

Question. 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

Question. What is the theme of the story Deep Water?
A) Victory in facing the fear
B) Being fearful
C) to learn swimmimg
D) All

Question. 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

Question. 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

Question. 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

Question. 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

Question. How did the instructor make Douglas a good swimmer?
A) planning
B) with the help of ropes
C) with the help of ropes and belts
D) by pushing him into the pool

Question. 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

Question. 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

Question. What distance Douglas covered while swimming across the lake Wentworth?
A) 4 miles
B) 3 miles
C) 2 miles
D) 1 miles

Question. Where was the lake Wentworth?
A) In New Hampshire
B) in Washington
C) in California
D) in Washington D.C

Question. 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

Question. 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

Question. 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

Question. 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

Question. 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

Question. 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 and safe
D) because it was shallow

Question. 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

Question. Who threw Douglas into the swimmimg pool?
A) A young 18 years old Bruiser
B) Instructor
C) mother
D) watchman

Question. What was stopping Douglas to get into the waters of Cascade?
A) memories of Washington
B) memories full of terror in the pool 
C) instructions given by the instructor
D) memories of California

Question. What does Deep water signify?
A) Beauty
B) Depth of Sea
C) Depth of ocean
D) Frantic

Question. 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

Question. 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

Assertion Reason Question

Question. Assertion: Once Douglas grew old he was determined to overcome this fear because he wanted to face the challenges tendered by his friends.
Reason: He hired an instructor to learn swimming to get rid of his childhood fear.
A) Assertion is correct but Reason is wrong.
B) Both Assertion Reason are wrong.
C) Assertion is wrong but Reason is correct.
D) Both Assertion and Assertion are correct.

Question. Assertion: He went to Lake Wentworth in New Hampshire, dived off a dock at Triggs island, and swam three miles across the lake to Stamp Act IslanD)
Reason: For once did the terror return but he continued to swim. Finally he bid goodbye to his terror.
A) Both Assertion and Reason are wrong.
B) Assertion is wrong but Reason is correct.
C) Both Assertion and Assertion are correct.
D) Assertion is correct but Reason is wrong.

Question. Assertion: Douglas decided to learn swimming.
Reason: The old sensation returned in miniature when he swam in the pool with the instructor.
(A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
(B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(D) Assertion is false, reason is true.   

Question. Assertion: Douglas showed determination and perseverance.
Reason: He laughed at Mr. Terror and swam on.
(A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
(B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(D) Assertion is false, reason is true.    

Question. Assertion: Douglas’s lungs were ready to burst.
Reason: He was unable to breathe in deep water
A) Both A and R are right. R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are right. R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is right, R is wrong
D) A is wrong, R is right 

Question. Assertion: Douglas didn’t try to save himself the third time
Reason: He was too tired to jump now
A. Both A and R are right. R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are right. R is not the correct explanation of A
C. A is right, R is wrong
D. A is wrong, R is right.   

Question. Assertion: In the end, it is said that Douglas felt free to walk the trails and climb the peaks.
Reason: He had decided to engage more in land related activities rather than water related activities.
(A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
(B) Assertion and reason both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
(C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(D) Assertion is false, reason is true. 

Question. Assertion: In death there is peace.
Reason: There is terror only in the fear of death.
(A)If A is the cause, R is the effect.
(B)If A is the effect, R is the cause.
(C)Both A & R are the effect of a common cause.
(D)Both A & R are the effects of independent causes.   

Question. Assertion: The author‘s father laughed to mock his son‘s inability to swim.
Reason: The author wanted to swim just to prove to his father that he can swim.
(A) A is true but R is false.
(B) A is false but R is true.
(C) Both A and R cannot be inferred.
(D) Both A and R can be inferred.   

Question. Assertion: Douglas had been haunted by fear for many years.
Reason: Douglas decided to learn to swim.
(A) If A is the cause, R is the effect.
(B) If A is the effect, R is the cause.
(C) Both A & R are the effect of a common cause.
(D) Both A & R are the effects of independent causes.   

Question. Assertion: The narrator went to different lakes to swim.
Reason: He found tiny vestiges of fear still gripped him.
(A) If A is the cause, R is the effect
(B) If A is the effect, R is the cause.
(C) Both A & R are the effect of a common cause.
(D) Both A & R are the effects of independent causes. 

Question. Assertion: The narrator swam up & down the Warm Lake.
Reason: He could finally overcome his fear of water.
(A) A is false but R is true.
(B) A is true but R is false.
(C) Both A and R are true
(D) Both A and R are false.   

Question. Assertion: As soon as Douglas touched the bottom, he tried to jump but much to his disappointment it was very slow and all he could see was water. He did not give up hope and kept trying desperately until someone rescued him.
Reason: He realized that life is full of struggle and one must face it courageously.
A) Both Assertion and Reason are wrong.
B) Assertion is correct but Reason is wrong.
C) Assertion is wrong but Reason is correct.
D) Both Assertion and Assertion are correct.

Question. Assertion: Douglas was desperately trying to come up. Then fortunately he saw light. His eyes and nose came to the surface but then he sank again for the third time as this success was momentary.
Reason: The writer gave up all his efforts. He accepted this as his destiny and went into oblivion.
A) Both Assertion and Reason are wrong.
B) Assertion is wrong but Reason is correct.
C) Both Assertion and Assertion are correct.
D) Assertion is correct but Reason is wrong.

Question. Assertion: At the age of ten or eleven, the narrator decided to learn to swim with water wings at the Y.M.C)A pool.
Reason: The Y.M.C)A pool was dangerous at the shallow enD)
A) A is false but R is true.
B) A is true but R is false.
C) Both A & R are true
D) Both A & R are false.

Question. Assertion: He got a pair of water wings. He mustered courage and paddled aping others. He started regaining his confidence.
Reason: His newly found courage was soon lost when a 15 year old boy hurled him into the shallow side of the pool. There was nobody close to the pool.
A) Assertion is correct but Reason is wrong.
B) Both Assertion and Reason are wrong.
C) Assertion is wrong but Reason is correct.
D) Both Assertion and Reason are correct.

Question. Assertion: Dougla’s legs would become paralyseD)
Reason: This was due to chill water of the Cascades.
A) Both A and R are right. R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are right. R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is right, R is wrong
D) A is wrong, R is right

Question. Assertion: The narrator felt victorious that he had finally conquered his fear. He quoted that the death is full of peace, but the fear of death is terror.
Reason: Douglas has narrated his near-death experience and the way fear of death intensifies his will to live.
A) Both Assertion and Reason are wrong.
B) Assertion is wrong but Reason is correct.
C) Both Assertion and Assertion are correct.
D) Assertion is correct but Reason is wrong.

Question. Assertion: Douglas started down a third time.
Reason: His strategy didn’t work and he couldn’t come outside from the pool.
A) Both A and R are right. R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are right. R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is right, R is wrong
D) A is wrong, R is right

Question. Assertion: The instructor taught him the breathing techniques exhaling underwater and inhaling by raising his nose.
Reason: He practised it hundreds of times. Then the instructor taught him to kick with his legs in water. But all had gone in vain since every time his old fear started haunting him.
A) Both Assertion and Reason are correct.
B) Assertion is correct but Reason is wrong.
C) Both Assertion and Reason are wrong.
D) Assertion is wrong but Reason is correct.

Source Based Question

Read the passage given below and answer the following questions.
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)

Question. How did the author try to learn swimming?
A) By reading self-help books
B) By imitating his friends
C) By watching dolphins
D) From a coach

Question. Douglas would have soon become a confident swimmer had the misadventure not happeneD) Which words/phrases support this?
A) feel at ease
B) learn by aping
C) Gathered confidence.
D) watching the other boys

Read the passage given below and answer the following questions.
The experience had a deep meaning for me, as only those who have known stark terror and conquered it can appreciate. In death there is peace. There is terror only in the fear of death, as Roosevelt knew when he said, “All we have to fear is fear itself.”

Question. The experience the author talking about is of
A) the experience of overcoming the fear of water.
B) the experience of swimming in different water bodies.
C) the experience of taking the challenge of climbing.
D) the experience of hiring an instructor.

Question. There is peace in death because
A) death is soothing.
B) death is devoid of any feeling.
C) death is less painful than life
D) death takes us to a pain-less worlD)

Question. “All we have to fear is fear itself”—This statement can be better explained by which of the following statements?
A) Fear is a state of mind and it can be conquereD)
B) Fear in itself is really frightening.
C) We should only fear the fear.
D) Fear has no substance in it and hence baseless.

Question. Which of the following words is close to the meaning of the word STARK?
A) Invincible
B) Sharp
C) Terrible
D) Sheer

Read the passage given below and answer the following questions.
A few years later when I came to know the water of the Cascades, I wanted to get into them, And whenever I did—whether I was wading the Tieton or Bumping River or bathing in the Warm Lake of the Goat Rocks—the terror that had seized me in the pool would come back. It would take possession of me completely, My legs would become paralyseD) Icy horror would grab my heart.

Question. What do you infer from the line- ‘It would take possession of me completely’?
A) The author used to be filled with fear.
B) The author owned fear in that moment.
C) Someone took over author’s matters.
D) Terror became author’s property.

Question. Personification is a figure of speech. In which of the following sentences can it be found?
A) I was wading the Tieton or Bumping River.
B) My legs would become paralyseD)
C) Terror that had seized me in the pool.
D) Icy horror would grab my heart.
A) 1 and 2
B) 2 and 3
C) 4 and 1
D) 3 and 4

Question. What was the terror that had seized the author in the pool?
A) being swept over by waves and buried in water
B) the fear of death and suffocation in a water body
C) being thrown into the pool by the bruiser of a boy
D) the inability to bathe in or wade through water

Read the extract given below and choose correct option for the questions that follow.
The instructor put a belt around me. A rope attached to the belt went through a pulley that ran on an overhead cable. He held on to the end of the rope, and we went back and forth, back and forth across the pool, hour after hour, day after day, week after week. On each trip across the pool a bit of the panic seized me. Each time the instructor relaxed his hold on the rope and I went under, some of the old terror returned and my legs froze. It was three months before the tension began to slack.

Question. The instructor here is…
A) Resourceful
B) Patient
C) Methodical
D) All the above

Question. What is meant by Tension began to slack?
A) Tension started ebbing
B) Tension started increasing
C) Tension remained stable
D) None of the above

Question. ‘and we went back and forth, back and forth across the pool, hour after hour, day after day, week after week.’. What is the attitude of the narrator here?
A) Lazy and grudging
B) Tired and fed up
C) Enthusiastic and earnest
D) Cursing and bitter