Bihar Board 12th English Object Marks Explanation 2024
1. English language is ……….. than Sanskrit and Persian.
12019A, 1.Sc .; 2020A, L.Sc .; 2021A, L.Sc.)
(A) older (B) younger
(C) classical (D) none of these
Ans. (B)
2. The Great Vowel Shift took place during ……. *
12019A, 1.Sc.; 2020A, L.Sc.)
(A) Modern English (B) Middle English
(C) Old English (D) British English
Ans. (B)
3. New varieties of English that have emerged in different
parts of the world is called ………. [2019A, L.Sc.)
(A) Second language (B) New English
(C) American English (D) None of these
Ans. (B)
4. Which of the following languages is the youngest?
[2019C, L.Sc.]
(A) Sanskrit (B) Greek
(D) English (C) Latin
Ans. (D)
5 …………… is the synonym of drama. [2019C, I.Sc.]
(A) Acting (B) Dialogue
(C) Stage (D) Play
Ans. (D)
6. Renaissance generated a new spirit of …………………
[2019C, I.Sc.]
(A) enquiry (B) introspection
(C) superstition (D) morality
Ans. (B)
7. In the 18th Century, published a dictionary of the
English language. 12019C, I.Sc.]
(A) Alexander Pope (B) Samuel Johnson
(C) Joseph Priestley (D) William Loughton
Ans. (B)
8. Charles Dickens was a novelist of the ……………..
[2019C, I.Sc.]
(A) eighteenth (B) nineteenth
(C) twentieth (D) none of these
Ans. (B)
9. The Anglo-Saxons were people. [2020A, I.A.]
(A) Persian (B) Germanic
(C) Greek (D) Latin
Ans. (B)
10. English developed into a single, standard ******
[2020A, I.A.]
(A) Queen’s English (B) King’s English
(C) Prince’s English (D) Princess ‘ English
Ans. (A)
11. Langland is a well known writer of English
literature. [2020A, I.A.]
(A) Post-modern (B) Old
(C) Modern (D) Middle
Ans. (D)
12. Standard British English speech came to be known as
[2020A, I.Sc.]
(A) Second language (SL) (B) New English (NE)
(C) American English (AE) (D) Received Pronunciation (RP)
Ans. (D)
13. The English language is much younger than
(A) Latin (B) Greek
(C) Persian (D) All the three
Ans. (D)
14. The Anglo-Saxons invaded England in the
(A) fifth century (B) Sixth century
(C) Seventh century (D) None of these
Ans. (A)
15. The English language of today reflects ……………. centuries
of political and social developments.
(A) fourth centuries (B) fifth centuries.
(C) sixth centuries (D) seventh centuries
Ans. (B)
16. Who were called together the Anglo-Saxons?
(A) Angles (B) Saxons
(C) Jutes (D) All the three
Ans. (D)
17 …………….. gave England its name and language.
(A) Indians (B) Anglo-Saxons
(C) Romans (D) None of these
Ans. (B)
18. Old English covers-.
(A) AD 449-AD 1066 (B) AD 1067-AD 1099
(C) AD 1100-AD 1149 (D) AD 1150-AD 1500
Ans. (A).
19. Middle English covers
(A) AD 449-AD 1066 (B) AD 1067-AD 1099
(C) AD 1100-AD 1149 (D) AD 1150-AD 1500
Ans. (D)
20. English used since AD 1500 till now is called …….. English. [2019A, I.Sc .; 2020A, I.Sc.]
(A) Old (B) Middle
(C) Modern (D) None of these
Ans. (C).
21. The history of English language is just about ………… years old.
(A) fifteen hundred (B) sixteen hundred
(C) seventeen hundred (D) None of these
Ans. (A)
22. In England Printing Press was invented in
(A) 1475 (B) 1476
(C) 1477 (D) 1478
Ans. (B)
23. In the old English period the two major influences were
(A) Latin and French (B) Latin and Greek
(C) Latin and Scandinavian (D) Latin and Indian
Ans. (C)
24. The gold period of old English literature was the era of
(A) King Alfred (B) King Richard-II
(C) Queen Elizabeth (D) None of these
Ans. (A)
25. The year AD 1066 is taken to be the end of the ……. period.
[2018A, L.A.]
(A) Middle English (B) Old English
(C) Modern English (D) None of these
Ans. (B)
26. About ……………. Christianity began to spread in England.
(A) AD 400 (B) AD 500
(C) AD 600 (D) AD 700
Ans. (C)
27. The first phase of Middle English literature covers the period
(A) AD 950-AD 1350 (B) AD 1050-AD 1215
(C) AD 1150-AD 1215 (D) None of these
Ans. (C)
28. The second phase of Middle English Literature covers
the period
(A) AD 950-AD 1350 (B) AD 1050-AD 1350
(C) AD 1150-AD 1350 (D) AD 1250-AD 1350
Ans. (D)
29. Chaucer, Gower, Langland and Wyclif are important writers of the ……….. period.
(A) Old English (B) Middle English
(C) Modern English (D) None of these
Ans. (B)
30. Modern English begins from
(A) AD 1300 (B) AD 1400
(C) AD 1500 (D) AD 1600
Ans. (C)
31. The printing technology was introduced in England in
(A) 1466 (B) 1476
((0 C)) 1480 1486 (D) 1496
Ans. (B)
32. The name ‘ Augustan’ was given to the early century. [2018A, I.A.]
(A) 17 (B) 22th
(C) 19th (D) 20th
Ans. (B)
33. was also known as the Augustan age.
(A) 16th century (B) 17th century
(C) 18th century (D) 19th century
Ans. (C)
34. The British Grammar was written by J. Buchanan in
(A) 1760 (B) 1762
(C) 1764 (D) 1766
Ans. (B)
35. The English from 15 ” Century till now is called Englis [2019A, I.Sc.]
(A) Old (B) Middle
(C) Modern te mode (D) None of these
Ans. (C)
36. is a’ window to the world ‘.
(A) Hindi (B) Urdu
(C) English (D) Chinese
Ans. (C)
37 …………….. has the largest number of native speakers.
(A) English (B) Chinese
(C) Urdu (D) Hindi
Ans. (B)
38. In the UK, the USA, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, English is spoken as a-
(A) foreign language (B) second language
(C) mother tongue (D) None of these
Ans. (C)
39. In India, Singapore, Malaysia, Nigeria, Namibia, Botswana etc. English is spoken as a
(A) second language (B) mother-tongue
(C) foreign language (D) None of these
Ans. (A)
40. English is also used as a ………….. by the Anglo Indian community of India.
(A) foreign language (B) mother-tongue
(C) second language (D) None of these
Ans. (B)
41. In China, Japan, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, Eritrea, France, Germany, Switzerland, Mexico, Brazil etc., English is spoken as a
(A) mother-tongue (B) second language
(C) foreign language (D) None of these
Ans. (C)
42. English developed from the speech of the
(A) Anglo-Indian (B) Anglo-Saxon
(C) Anglo-American (D) None of these
Ans. (B)
43. American English differs from British English in the
sphare of
(A) spelling (B) vocabulary
(C) grammar (D) All the three
Ans. (D)
44. About …………. years ago, Lafin was a world language.
(A) 600 (B) 700
(C) 800 (D) 900
Ans. (C)
45. In the last few decades of the …… century, the English
language has been rapid changes.
(A) 17th (B) 18th
(C) 19th (D) 20th
Ans. (D)
46. During the century, swept in Europe.
(A) 14th (B) 15th
(C) 16th Chaucer, did not use ………] (D) 17th
Ans. (B)
47. In his poetic words,
(A) the old English (B) the Middle English
(C) the modern English Tales ‘ was (D) written None of by- these
Ans. (A)
48.” The Canterbury)
(A) Langland (B) Chaucer
(C) Yeats (D) None of these
Ans. (B)
49. Paradise Regained ‘ was written by [2019C, 1.Se)
(A) Shakespeare (B) Keats
(C) Milton (D) None of these
Ans. (C)
50. Paradise Lost’ was written by
(A) Milton (B) Spenser
(C) Dickens (D) None of these
Ans. (A)
51. The Rope of the Lock ‘ was written by
(A) Shelly (B) Alexander Pope
(C) Keats (D) None of these
Ans. (B)
52.’ Hydibras ‘ was written by
(A) Dryden (B) Vaughan
(C) Butler (D) None of these
Ans. (C)
53. Mac Flecknoe’ was written by
(A) Dryden (B) John Donne
(C) George Herbert (D) None of these
Ans. (A)
54. Faiery Queene ‘ was written by
(A) Tennyson (B) Spenser
(C) Arnold (D) None of these
Ans. (B)
55.’ Dr. Faustus ‘ was written by
(A) Shakespeare (B) Keats
(C) Christopher Marlowe (D) None of these
Ans. (C)
56. Edward-II was written by
(A) Marlowe (B) Spenser
(C) Milton (D) None of these
Ans. (A)
57. Venus and Adonis’ was written by
(A) Keats (B) Shakespeare
(C) Milton (D) None of these
Ans. (B)
58. Wordsworth was a
(A) novelist (B) dramatist
(C) poet (D) None of these
Ans. (C)
59. ‘ Hamlet’ is a
(A) tragedy (B) comedy
(C) farce (D) None of these
Ans. (A)
60. King Lear ‘ is a
(A) Comedy (B) drama
(C) Poetry (D) None of these
Ans. (B)
61. Py (D) None of these the plowman ‘ is written by-[2018A, L.A.)
(A) Spenser (B) Milton
(C) Langland (D) Congreve
Ans. (C)
62. Othello,’ Hamlet ‘,’ Julius Caesar ‘,’ Macbeth ‘ and’ King Lear ‘ were written by [2019A, I.Sc.; 2020A, L.Sc.]
(A) Langland (B) Marlowe
(C) Shakespeare (D) Spenser
Ans. (C)
63. Vision of Judgement’ was written by
(A) Shelly (B) John Keats
(C) Lord Byron (D) None of these
Ans. (C)
64. ‘ Revolt of Islam’ was written by
(A) Lord Byron (B) Shelly
(c)John Keats (D) None of these
Ans. (B)
65. The Scholar Gipsy ‘ has been written by [2021A, L.Sc.)
(A) Matthew Arnold (B) W.B. Yeats
(C) Robert Bridges (D) J.M. Synge
Ans. (A)
66. ‘ Sohrab and Rustam’ has been written by-
(A) W.B. Yeats (B) Robert Bridge
(C) J.M. Synge (D) Matthew Arnold
Ans. (D)
67. ” The Gitanjali’ has been written by [2020A, I.A.)
(A) Sarojini Naidu (B) Rabindranath Tagore
(C) Aurobindo Ghosh (D) None of these
Ans. (B)
68. ‘ The Savitri’ has been written by [2019A, 1.Se .; 2020A, L.Sc.)
(A) Aurobindo Ghosh (B) Sarojini Naidu
(C) Rabindranath Tagore (D) None of these
Ans. (A)
69. The word drama comes from a ……… word. [2021A, 1.Sc.]
(A) Latin (B) Scandinavian
(C) Greek (D) American
Ans. (C)
70. Tragedy ends with
(A) happiness (B) sorrow
(C) both (D) None of these
Ans. (B)
71. Comedy ends with
(A) happiness (B) sorrow
(C) both (D) None of these
Ans. (A)
72. For a drama exposition is
(A) evil (B) futile
(C) essential (D) None of these
Ans. (C)
73. Morality plays developed in
(A) Ancient ages (B) Middle ages
(C) Modern ages (D) None of these
Ans. (B)
74. The first English tragedy was
(A) Dr. Faustus (B) Julius Caesar
(C) Gorboduc (D) King Lear
Ans. (C)
75. ‘ Othello’ is a
(A) comedy (B) tragedy
(C) novel (D) story
Ans. (B)
76. ‘ Murder in the Cathedral’ was written by-
(A) T.S. Eliot (B) Shakespeare
(C) Marlowe (D) None of these
Ans. (A)
77 …………….. is called the father of the modern nove. [2021A, L.Sc.]
(A) Richardson (B) Fielding
(C) Johnson (D) Dryden
Ans. (B)
,
78. ‘ Pamela’ was written by
(A) Defoe (B) Richardson
(C) Jane Austene (D) None of these
Ans. (B)
79. ‘ Pride and Prejudice’ was written by
(A) Goldsmith (B) Fielding
(C) Jane Austene (D) None of these
Ans. (C)
80. David Copperfield ‘ was written by [2020A, I.A.]
(A) Feilding (B) Eliot
(C) Dickens (D) None of these
Ans. (C)
81.’ Pickwick Papers ‘ was written by
(A) Scott (B) Dickens
(C) Thackeray (D) None of these
Ans. (B)
82.’ Coolie ‘ was written by
(A) Kiran Desai (B) Anita Desai
(C) Raja Rao (D) Mulk Raj Anand
Ans. (D)
83.’ Serpent and the Rope ‘ was written by
(A) Mulk Raj Anand (B) Kamala Das
(C) Raja Rao (D) R.K. Narayan
Ans. (C)
84.’ Untouchable ‘ was written by
(A) Mulk Raj Anand (B) Anita Desai
(C) Raja Rao (D) R.K. Narayan
Ans. (A)
85. ‘ The God of Small Things’ is written by- [2018A, I.A.J
(A) Anita Desai (B) Kamala Das
(C) Joru Dutt (D) Arundhati Roy
Ans. (D)
86. ‘ Train to Pakistan’ is written by
(A) Manohar Malagaonkar (B) Khushwant Singh
(C) Anita Desai (D) R.K. Narayan
Ans. (B)
87. ‘ A Bent in the Ganges’ is written by
(A) Khushwant Singh (B) Anita Desai
(C) Manohar Malagaonkar (D) Joru Dutt
Ans. (C)
88. ‘ Arms and the Man’ is written by
(A) Shakespeare (B) G. B. Shaw
(C) Dickens (D) T.S. Eliot
Ans. (B)
89. Who wrote ‘ Huckleberry Finn’? 12021A, 1.Sc.]
(A) Herman Melville (B) Henry James
(C) Earnest Hemingway (D) Mark Twain
Ans. (D)
90. Goldsmith and Sheridan made contributions to the [2021A, 1.Sc.]
(A) Novel (B) Non-finction writing
(C) Poetry (D) English stage
Ans. (A)
91. Wole Soyinka is a …… poet. [2021A, I.Sc.]
(A) Nigerian (B) American
(C) Indian (D) British
Ans. (A)
92. The Old English Period is characterised by [2021A, 1.A., & I.Sc.]
(A) Vocabulary (B) mood
(C) inflections (D) gender
Ans. (C)
93. A major linguistic change in English is- [2021A, I.Sc.]
(A) The Great Vowel Shift (B) Received Pronunciation
(C) Language Change (D) Vocabulary Shift
Ans. (A)
94. The 18th century is known as the (2021A, I.A.]
(A) Cavalier Age (B) Jacobean Age
(C) Augustan Age (D) Romantic Age
Ans. (C)
95. Oliver Goldsmith emphasized on the purity of [2021A, I.A.]
(A) city life (B) village life
(C) town life (D) domestic life
Ans. (B)
96. Who wrote ‘ A Passage to India’? [2021A, I.A.]
(A) E. M. Forster (B) W. B. Yeats
(C) T.S. Eliot (D) D.H. Lawrence
Ans. (A)
97. Today, it is impossible to think and imagine a world
without the [2021A, I.A.]
(A) old methods of agriculture (B) printing machine
(C) bullock carts (D) illiterate people
Ans. (B)
98. Spelling ‘ Color’ is used in [2021A, L.A.]
(A) Indian English (B) French
(C) British English (D) American English
Ans. (D)
99. Who wrote ‘ Endymion’? (2021A, L.A.)
(A) William Wordsworth (B) John Keats
(C) P.B. Shelley (D) S.T. Coleridge
Ans. (B)
100. The texts of which period are difficult to read and
understand? (2021A, L.A.]
(A) Middle English (B) Old English
(C) Modern English (D) Post-modern English
Ans. (B)
