THE SINGING LESSON – MCQ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS – ISC CLASS 11 AND 12 ENGLISH

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1. What does the author want to highlight in the story?

1. The complexities of everyday events in the lives of ordinary people
2. The difficulties in the life of a teacher
3. An ideal teacher-student relationship
4. The complications of human relationships

2. What subject does Miss Meadows teach?

1. Maths
2. Music
3. Piano
4. French

3. How was Miss Meadows feeling at the beginning of the story?

1. Happy and elated
2. Cold and a sense of despair
3. Confused and chaotic
4. Angry

4. What did Miss Meadows feel when the Science Mistress greeted her in the morning?

1. She felt warmth in the Science Mistress’s greeting
2. She felt disgusted and angry
3. She felt that the Science Mistress was mocking her
4. She did not feel anything about the greeting

5. Miss Meadows gave the Science Mistress a quick grimace. What does the term ‘grimace’ mean?

1. Wink
2. Smile
3. Noise
4. Frown

6. Who was Miss Meadows’s favourite student?

1. Monica
2. Mary
3. Jasmine
4. Martha

7. What is the ritual that has been talked about in the story?

1. Handing over a flower to Miss Meadows before beginning the class
2. Singing a song for Miss Meadows before beginning the lesson
3. Having a teacher-student chit chat before beginning the lesson
4. Offering a chocolate to Miss Meadows

8. Why did Mary have tears in her eyes?

1. Miss Meadows scolded her
2. Miss Meadows was rude to her
3. Miss Meadows ignored her flower and went to the music stand to begin the class
4. She had a fight with her best friend

9. What does Miss Meadows usually do with the flower that Mary gives her regularly?

1. She takes the flower and tucks it into her belt
2. She tucks the flower in her hair
3. She never takes the flower and ignores Mary everyday
4. She gives it back to Mary

10. How has the author explained the voices of the students when they began singing the lament?

1. Aggressive
2. Cheerful
3. Mournful
4. Energetic

11. How was the lament that Miss Meadows chose?

1. An angry yet sad song
2. A loud and funny song
3. A happy poem
4. A groan of awful mournfulness

12. While singing the lament, what was Miss Meadows thinking?

1. She was thinking about her fiancé, who had just threatened to call off their engagement
2. She was thinking about her engagement that was to be held soon
3. She was thinking about the Science Mistress
4. She was thinking about her behaviour towards Mary

13. What is Miss Meadows’s fiancé’s name?

1. Ron
2. Basil
3. Thomas
4. William

14. What was Basil wearing the last time he came to see Miss Meadows?

1. He was wearing a bright blue shirt and had a dark red rose in his buttonhole
2. He was wearing a purple shirt and carried a pink rose for her
3. He was wearing a yellow shirt and got a cake for her
4. He was wearing a dark red shirt and got a beautiful ring for her

15. Why did Miss Meadows herself could not believe that she was about to get engaged to Basil?

1. They had cultural differences
2. Basil belonged to a rich family, while she was from a middle-class household
3. Basil was young and twenty-five years old, while she was thirty
4. Basil was ten years older to her

16. Who came to call Miss Meadows while the class was on?

1. Monica
2. Mary
3. The Science Mistress
4. Miss Wyatt

17. Who was Miss Wyatt?

1. The Headmistress
2. A colleague
3. Miss Meadows’s best friend
4. Mary’s mother

18. “Most of them were blowing their noses.”- Who are ‘they’?

1. The students
2. Miss Meadows’s colleagues
3. The teachers
4. The animals

19. “I hope it’s not bad news”- Who said this to whom?

1. Miss Wyatt to the Science Mistress
2. The Science Mistress to Mary
3. Mary to Miss Meadows
4. Miss Wyatt to Miss Meadows

20. What did Miss Wyatt hand over to Miss Meadows?

1. A gift
2. A telegram
3. A ring
4. A bouquet

21. What was the telegram about?

1. Basil sent it and mentioned that the engagement is still on
2. Basil had committed suicide, just like Miss Meadows suspected
3. Basil broke the engagement once and for all
4. The telegram talked about Miss Meadows’s mother’s ill health

22. How was Miss Meadows feeling at the end of the story?

1. Broken and upset
2. Happy and hopeful
3. Angry
4. Shattered and hopeless

Answers:

1. A) The complexities of everyday events in the lives of ordinary people.
2. B) Music.
3. B) Cold and a sense of despair.
4. C) She felt that the Science Mistress was mocking her.
5. Frown.
6. B) Mary.
7. A) Handing over a flower to Miss Meadows before beginning the class.
8. C) Miss Meadows ignored her flower and went to the music stand to begin the class.
9. A) She takes the flower and tucks it into her belt.
10. C) Mournful.
11. D) A groan of awful mournfulness.
12. A) She was thinking about her fiancé, who had just threatened to call off their engagement.
13. B) Basil.
14. A) He was wearing a bright blue shirt and had a dark red rose in his buttonhole.
15. C) Basil was young and twenty-five years old, while she was thirty.
16. A) Monica.
17. A) The Headmistress.
18. A) The students.
19. D) Miss Wyatt to Miss Meadows.
20. B) A telegram.
21. A) Basil sent it and mentioned that the engagement is still on.
22. B) Happy and hopeful.