MCQs For NCERT Class 12 English Chapter 4 The Enemy Pearl (S. Buck)

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Question. Why did Dr. Sadao go to America?                 
A) to meet the soldiers
B) to meet his friends
C) to travel
D) to study surgery and medicine which was his father’s wish

Question. What did Dr give to the soldier?                 
A) his boat
B) food to eat
C) flashlight to use in distress
D) All these

Question. Where did Dr. meet Hana?                       
A) in Japan
B) in his neighbour
C) in the battlefield
D) at professor Harley’s house in America

Question. Why did Dr feel alone at the beach?                 
A) for not bringing his wife with him
B) for not listening to General
C) for saving an American soldier’s life
D) none

Question. At what age Dr. Sadao went to America?                   
A) 22
B) 32
C) 12
D) 42

Question. Where did Dr. meet Hana?                           
A) in Japan
B) in his neighbour
C) in the battlefield
D) at professor Harley’s house in America

Question. Why did Dr.’s wife feel distressed?                 
A) seeing many patients
B) Seeing General’s reaction
C) Seeing the orders
D) Seeing Whiteman’s blood

Question. Why did the surgeon speak sharply to his wife?                   
A) to get things he needed
B) to get her help
C) To stop any disturbance that could lead to harm the wounded man.
D) None

Question. How did Hana help Dr. Sadao?                     
A) By assisting him
B) by giving him money
C) by giving him tools
D) by working as a nurse

Question. Why did the General not pass orders to arrest Dr. Sadao for giving space to a whiteman?                           
A) because he trusted him
B) because he needed him
C) General was not in good health and needed his services
D) None

Question. Why did Dr become irritatable and impatient with his patients?           
A) because of his inability to leave the white man to help his distressed wife
B) because of many patients
C) because of General’s pressure
D) All these

Question. What was Hana’s reaction over her husband’s words?             
A) She held her mouth with her hands and vomited outside the operation room
B) she shouted
C) she cried
D) she stopped helping him

Question. How did Dr. ensure that the American Soldier had left safely?             
A) by escorting him
B) by seeing no signal of flashlight
C) by giving him a call
D) none

Question. Why did Sadao marry a Japanese girl only?               
A) because he liked Japanese
B) he didn’t like any other nationality
C) Because of his father’s fear
D) because he didn’t want to upset his father

Question. What kind of person was Sadao’s father ?                     
A) a serious
B) a jollygood man
C) very strict
D) A true patriot and traditional person

Question. Why did the messenger come to the doctor?           
A) to meet him
B) for checkup
C) to inform about the General’s pain
D) All these

Question. Seeing the messenger, what was Hana’s reaction?         
A) She got frightened
B) she thought he has come to arrest her husband
C) General’s man
D) All these

Question. Why did Hana wash the wounded man herself?             
A) Because of her servants
B) because her servants ran away
C) because her servants refused to help an American enemy soldier
D) none

Question. Why did the servants refuse to help?                 
A) out of fears
B) because of superstitions
C) because he was an American Soldier
D) All these

Question. How did Dry get rid of the American Soldier?           
A) by giving him instructions
B) by giving him flashlight to use in times of distress
C) by asking him to row to the island
D) All these

Question. Why was Dr. Sadao not sent to the battlefield?         
A) because he had no interest
B) he didn’t love his country
C) he was supposed to offer his services to the General who was in pain
D) All these

Question. Why did Dr. Give his flashlight to the enemy soldier?                   
A) to help him
B) to show him the way in the dark
C) so that he could send him signal in case of any distress
D) All these

Question. Where did Dr find American soldier?                 
A) in the park
B) in the battlefield
C) outside his house
D) none

Question. How did Dr emerge successfully out of all the conflicts?                 
A) by throwing the patients out of his house
B) by sending his servants out of the house
C) by succumbing before the general
D) By saving soldier’s life as a sincere doctorand helping him to escape

Question. What were the dominant traits of Dr.’s personality?               
A) expertise in his profession and compassion as a human
B) obstinate
C) doesn’t like to obey anyone
D) rude

Question. Why did Dr. help an enemy soldier?                 
A) because he was an ethical and sincere doctor
B) because he was his friend
C) because he knew him
D) none

Question. What conflicting ideas disturb Dr.’s mind after he brought American soldier?         
A) duty of a doctor and loyalty towards nation
B) his wife’s health and general’s health
C) patient’s health and servants
D) servants’ behavior

Question. Why did the General not pass orders to arrest Dr. Sadao for giving space to a white man?     
A) because he trusted him
B) because he needed him
C) General was not in good health and needed his services
D) None

Question. Why did Hana wash the wounded man herself?             
A) Because of her servants
B) because her servants ran away
C) because her servants refused to help an American enemy soldier
D) none

True False Question

Question. Hana felt like vomiting and went outside in the garden when Dr.Sadao was treating the wounded man.

Question. Yumi was the only worker in the household to support Sadao and Hana in their decision.

Question. Dr.Sadao and Hana liked Americans.

Question. The messenger came to arrest Dr.Sadao.

Question. General Takima did not want Dr.Sadao to be arrested because in future he might need Sadao.

Question. The professor at whose house Dr.Sadao had met Hana, was a kind man.

Question. Sadao kept the wounded POW in his own room for treatment.

Question. Tom was shot on his back because he tried to escape from the prison.

Question. Sadao had been in America for ten years.

Question. Dr.Sadao was not sent abroad with the troops because he was considered to be an incapable surgeon.

Assertion Reason Type Questions

Question. A: “I guess if all the Japs were like you there wouldn’t have been a War.”
R: Dr. Sadao performed the surgery on the white man and also planned his escape.
A) A is true but R is false
B) A is false but R is true
C) Both A and R are true
D) Both A and R are false.

Question. A: Sadao shouted on the POW
R: The POW could mar his reputation as a loyal Japanese.
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. A: Sadao could not sleep for several nights properly after confessing everything to the General.
R: He was thinking that the police would come any day.
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. A: Sadao has been sent to America at the age of twenty.
R: Sadao’s education was his father’s chief concern.
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. A: The gun wound on the right side of lower back of the POW has been reopened
R: The rocks at the lonely coast had struck the wound of the POW.
A) Both A and R are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
B) A and R both are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) A is true, R is false.
D) A is false, R is true.

Question. A: Hana got unreasonably afraid lest the servants should report everything to their neighbours to avenge.
R: There was a fierce look of resistance upon Yumi’s round dull face
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 falrue.se, reason is true

Question. A: Sadao decided to save the enemy soldier by operating him.
R: Sadao wanted to test his skill as a surgeon.
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is the 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) Both assertion and reason are false

Question. A: The servants think that Sadao and Hana like Americans.
R: Sadao and Hana had stayed for a long time in America
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is the 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) Both assertion and reason are false

Question. A: Hana was tensed seeing a uniformed messenger coming to their house.
R: She presumed that the servants have informed about Tom
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is the 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) Both assertion and reason are false

Question. A: The General did not want Sadao to be arrested as a traitor
R: The General was a selfish person.
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is the 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) Both assertion and reason are false

Question. A: Dr.Sadao could not sleep after he returned from the General’s palace.
R: The thought of the assassins disturbed him
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is the 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) Both assertion and reason are false

Question. A: Tom was advised by Sadao to eat raw fish on the islanD)
R: The General forgot to send the assassins to kill Tom
A) Both Assertion and reason are true and reason is the 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) Both assertion and reason are false

Question. A: The General apologized to Sadao for not keeping his promise to help him get rid of the American POW.
R: The General did not want to offend him as Sadao was a skilled surgeon who was treating him.
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) Both assertion and reason are false

Source Based Question

They did not try to hide what they said from the ears of Hana as she stood arranging the days flowers in the veranda nearby, and she knew they spoke on purpose that she knew might hear. That they were right she knew too in most of her being. But there was another part of her which she could not understanD)

A) Choose options that shows the feelings of Hana from the extract:

Question. Sorrow 2. Hatred 3. Confusion 4. Fear5.Sympathy6.Anger
A) 1, 3, 4
B) 2, 5, 6
C) Only 3
D) 4 and 5

Question. Why were they not trying to hide anything from Hana?
A) to make her feel guilty
B) to punish her
C) to express their dislike for her and her husband’s actions.
D) to appreciate her husband

Question. What were they right about?
A) Their pride in their master
B) Their disgust for the prisoner
C) Their reaction to the master’s act
D) Their concern for their children

Question. On purpose’ in the extract means
A) Casually
B) Intermittently
C) Accidentally
D) Intentionally

The man moaned with pain in his stupor but he did not awaken.
“The best thing that we could do would be to put him back in the sea,” Sadao said,
answering himself. Now that the bleeding was stopped for the moment he stood up and dusted the sand from his hands.
“If we sheltered a white man in our house we should be arrested and if we turned him over as a prisoner, he would certainly die,” Sadao saiD)
“The kindest thing would be to put him back into the sea,” Hana saiD) But neither of them moveD) They were staring with curious repulsion upon the inert figure.

Question. In which of the following options can the underlined words NOT be replaced with ‘stupor’?
A) She hung up the phone feeling as though she had woken up from a slumber.
B) The manager complained about the employee’s sluggishness.
C) He seemed to be in a trance when the doctor called upon him last week.
D) Seeing him in a daze, the lawyer decided not to place him in the witness box.

Question. Pick the option that best describes Sadao and Hana in the passage.
A) Sadao: scrupulous Hana: wary
B) Sadao: daring Hana: prudent
C) Sadao: prudent Hana: suspicious
D) Sadao: wary Hana: daring

Question. Pick the idiom that best describes the situation in which Sadao and Hana were in.
A) to be like a fish out of water
B) like water off a duck’s back
C) to be dead in the water
D) to be in hot water

Question. Why could they have been arrested?
A) For tending a white man.
B) The white man could be an enemy soldier.
C) They were Japanese citizens.
D) Both a and B