Please refer to Chapter 8 Going Places MCQ Class 12 English with answers below. These multiple-choice questions have been prepared based on the latest NCERT book for Class 12 English. Students should refer to MCQ Questions for Class 12 English with Answers to score more marks in Grade 12 English exams. Students should read the chapter Going Places and then attempt the following objective questions.

MCQ Questions Class 12 English Chapter 8 Going Places

Going Places MCQ Class 12 English provided below covers all important topics given in this chapter. These MCQs will help you to properly prepare for exams.

Question. The match on Saturday was witnessed by
(a) the whole family
(b) only father and Sophie
(c) Geoff alone
(d) Sophie, father, Derek and Geoff

Question. When Sophie told her father that Danny had met her and told her that he was going to buy a shop, father
(a) called her a liar
(b) asked her if it was another of her wild stories
(c) disbelieved her outright
(d) asked Geoff to verify facts

Question. What is Sophie in reality?
(a) a dreamer
(b) a fighter
(c) a worker at Biscuit factory
(d) none

Question. Which country did Danny play for?
(a) Netherland
(b) Ireland
(c) Switzerland
(d) Newzealand

Question. Who is A. R. Barton?
(a) A modern writer
(b) author of Going Places
(c) lives in Zurich and writes in English
(d) All these

Question. What is the significance of the subject discussed in the lesson?
(a) it tells how to deal with friends
(b) it tells how to behave smartly
(c) immediate relevance to the life of school leavers
(d) it tells how to behave with elderly

Question.what is the meaning of the words :“nosey”, “gawky”?
(a) “nosey”, meaning inquisitive and “gawky”, meaning awkward, ungainly.
(b) noisy and beautiful
(c) noisy and useful
(d) noisy and gainful

Question. Who is Sophie’s younger brother?
(a) Geoffe – a trainee mechanic
(b) Casey
(c) Derek
(d) Frank

Question. Who is Sophie’s elder brother?
(a) Geoffe – a trainee mechanic
(b) Jansie
(c) Dany Casey
(d) none

Question. What does Sophie dream about?
(a) Becoming an actor
(b) becoming rich and sophisticated
(c) a sophisticated person
(d) becoming a manager

Question. Why is Jansie not able to support Sophie’s view?
(a) because he is a realistic and believes in practicality
(b) because his imagination is poor
(c) because he is unable to believe
(d) because he is a happy go lucky man

Question.Why does Sophie get angry with her brother?
(a) Because he revealed her secret to Jansie’s brother
(b) he doesn’t speak to her
(c) because of his silence
(d) none

Question. According to Sophie, the place she had chosen to meet Danny was
(a) a hidden alley
(b) a perfect place
(c) behind the walls
(d) near the trees

Question. Which game are Sophie and her family fans of ?
(a) cricket
(b) football
(c) volleyball
(d) Badminton

Question. What are the advantages and disadvantages of fantasising?
(a) helps in dreaming big
(b) helps in achieving big
(c) develops creative imagination and disadvantage is that it makes people self obsessed.
(d) none of these

Question.Why does Sophie feel jealous of her brother?
(a) because he keeps silent
(b) because he is a mechanic
(c) because he reveals his secret
(d) because of inability to reach unknown areas of his mind

Question. Danny had a freckled nose and the colour of his eyes was
(a) grey
(b) green
(c) blue
(d) brown

Question. What did Sophie tell Geoff one day that made him look surprised?
(a) she had seen a ghost
(b) she had met her principal
(c) she had got a job
(d) she had met Danny Casey

Question. Explain – Words had to be prized out of him like stones out of a ground.
(a) ii was difficult to speak to him
(b) it was difficult to locate him in a shop
(c) it was difficult to locate him in factory
(d) it was difficult to get information out of him

Question. Why does Jansie discourage Sophie to dream big?
(a) because it requires a lot of money
(b) because it is not practical
(c) because it is unrealistic
(d) all these

Question. Geoff had been out of school for a period of
(a) three years
(b) five years
(c) one year
(d) two years

Question. Sophie’s best friend was
(a) Derek
(b) Geoff
(c) Jansie
(d) Danny

Question. After describing Danny’s appearance, Sophie chose not to tell Geoff about
(a) Danny’s qualification
(b) Danny’s address
(c) his teeth
(d) his car

Question. Sophie felt bad because of her brother
(a) never spoke much
(b) laughed a lot
(c) teased her a lot
(d) never took her out for dinner

Question. The story Going Places revolve around whom?
(a) a fat boy
(b) an old couple
(c) a teenage girl Sophie, her family and friends
(d) none

Question. Sophie’s dreams and disappointments are all in her mind?
(a) they all represent her imagination and nothing in reality
(b) they represent her nature
(c) they explain her personality
(d) they tell us her future

Question. Sophie’s dreams and disappointments are all in her mind?
(a) they all represent her imagination and nothing in reality
(b) they represent her nature
(c) they explain her personality
(d) they tell us her future

Question. What secret did Sophie share with her brother?
(a) She met Mary Quaint a famous fashion designer
(b) She met Prime Minister
(c) She met Danny Casy a famous footballer
(d) She met Christopher

Question. What does Jansie tell Sophie?
(a) talk unrealistic
(b) be sensible and not to dream big
(c) be practical
(d) be wise

Question. When does Sophie and her family go to watch the football match?
(a) Sunday morning
(b) Sunday evening
(c) Sunday afternoon
(d) Saturday

Question. Why is Jansie not able to support Sophie’s view?
(a) because he is a happy go lucky man
(b) because he is a realistic and believes in practicality
(c) because he is unable to believe
(d) because his imagination is poor

Question. Outside the pub, Sophie saw something. It was
(a) her dad’s bicycle
(b) her brother’s car
(c) her mother’s motorcycle
(d) Derek’s tricycle

Question. Sophie told Jansie that her father if he got to know about her meeting with Danny would
(a) agree to their marriage
(b) murder her
(c) ask her to call him over for dinner
(d) ask to be introduced to him

Question. Sophie told Geoff that Danny was unable to sign an autograph for her because
(a) his secretary did not allow it
(b) he didn’t have paper or pen
(c) he said he’d do it later
(d) he was in a hurry to go home

Question. What is the sub theme of the story?
(a) Relationships- family and friends
(b) friends
(c) family members
(d) adolescents

Question. What story she make up in front of her brother?
(a) She will become an actress
(b) she will become a manager
(c) Casey will come to meet her
(d) she will be a famous beautician

Question. She wanted to be a designer like
(a) Calvin Klein
(b) Versace
(c) Armani
(d) Mary Quant

Question. What does Geoff’s silence symbolise in Sophie’s view?
(a) distant places
(b) his vague personality
(c) his jovial nature
(d) wandering of his mind to distant places

Question. What secret did Sophie share with her brother?
(a) She met Mary Quaint a famous fashion designer
(b) She met Prime Minister
(c) She met Danny Casy a famous footballer
(d) She met Christopher

Question. Why did their favourite team win the match?
(a) Because they played well
(b) because of the goal made by Casey
(c) they planned well
(d) they were united

Question. Who is Sophie’s younger brother?
(a) Geoffe – a trainee mechanic
(b) Casey
(c) Frank
(d) Derek

Question. Why does she want to be an actress?
(a) to earn a lot of money and open a boutique to be famous fashion designer
(b) to be famous
(c) to be a fashiondesigner
(d) to earn money

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