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| English 12th Chapter 5 - On Destroying Books Questions Bank |
English 2nd Year Chapter 5 - On Destroying Books Solved MCQs, Important Short Questions and Long Questions Bank
MCQs
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1. He acquitted me, apparently. Here the word acquitted means
2. He acquitted me. Here the word acquitted means
3. He sat and pondered over his problem. Here the word pondered means
4. I do not know how long I strayed up and down. Here the word strayed means
5. I fancied he looked suspicious and I trembled slightly. Here the word fancied means
6. I fancied he looked suspicious. Here the word suspicious means
7. I fervently hoped an air of rumination and unconcern. Here the word fervently means
8. I fervently hoped an air of rumination and unconcern. Here the word rumination means
9. I fervently hoped and year of rumination and unconcern. Here the word rumination means
10. I improvised a sack and stuffed the books into it. Here the word improvised means
11. I improvised a sack and stuffed the books into it. Here the word improvised means
12. I thought I was shrinking and contemptible coward. Here the word contemptible means
13. I trembled slightly. Here the word slightly means
14. I was not disturbed as I knew that I could bear investigation. Here the word investigation. means
15. I was not seriously disturbed as I knew that I could bear investigation. Here the word investigation means
16. I idly turned the leaves. Here the word idly means
17. I improvised sack and stuffed the books into it. Here the word improvised means
18. In all probability, they would think it was a baby. Here the word probability means
19. In my agony of the decision, I left the embankment. Here the word agony means
20. It is not merely absurd to keep rubbish merely because it is printed. Here the word rubbish means
21. It is sometimes difficult to find scaffold for them. Here the word scaffold means
22. It is absurd to keep the printed rubbish. Here the word absurd means
23. It was a tramp, who had other things to think about. Here the word tramp means
24. It was cold and foggy. Here the word foggy means
25. It was then that all the implications of my act revealed themselves. Here the word implications means
26. Many people are reluctant to throw away anything that looks like a book. Here the word reluctant means
27. Many people were reluctant to throw away their books. Here the word reluctant means
28. Non-bookish people are reluctant to throw anything that looks like a book. Here the word reluctant means
29. Perhaps he suspects I have swag in this sack. Here the word swag means
30. The books for lying forlornly on the ooze at the bottom of the river. Here the word forlornly means
31. The books of poetry accumulated in the flat of the writer. Here the word accumulated means
32. The books were lying forlorn. Here the word forlorn. means
33. The lamps through their gleams across the road. Here the word gleams means
34. The pedestrian came by him without looking at him. Here the word pedestrian means
35. The pedestrian was only a tramp .Here the word tramp means
36. The policeman acquitted the writer. Here the word acquitted means
37. The policeman looked suspicious. Here the word suspicious means
38. The policeman acquitted the writer. Here the word acquitted means
39. The writer could not consume the books one by one in small study fire. Here the word consume means
40. The writer leaned it against the parapet. Here the word parapet means
41. The writer looked into the luminous swirl of the river. Here the word luminous means
42. The writer was living in a heaven-kissing flat. Here the word heaven-kissing means
43. The pedestrian came by me without looking at me. Here the word pedestrian means
44. The pedestrian was only a tramp. Here the word tramp means
45. There was a cold nip in the air. Here the word nip means
46. There was a cold nip in the air. Here the word cold means
47. There were few solitary travelers on the way. Here the word solitary means
48. There were few solitary travelers on the way. Here the word solitary means
49. There were few solitary travellers on the way. Here the word solitary means
50. Why this invidious reservation? .Here the word invidious means
Short Questions
1. At what time did the writer proceed to the river and how did the surroundings look?
2. Could the writer get rid of his books by burning them?
3. Describe the author’s midnight venture to throw the books in the river and the suspicions which his action were likely to arouse?
4. Did the writer come to have a feeling for those books once he had got rid of them?
5. From which part of the bridge did the writer throw his books?
6. How did the finally throw his books?
7. How did the writer decide to get rid of his books?
8. How did the writer muster up courage at last to fling the books into the river?
9. How did the writer scold/rebuke reproach himself while he felt hesitant at the last moment of throwing books?
10. Mention the satire present in "On Destroying Books".
11. Name the books the writer had thrown into the river?
12. Narrate the feelings of J.C. Squire for the book while returning home.
13. Was it interest I soldiers that prompted people’s action or was it the wish to get rid of useless books?
14. What did the author think the constable would say if he told him that he had come out into the cold to get rid of poetry?
15. What did the writer do first when he reached the embankment of the river?
16. What did the writer do when he heard a step near him when he was leaning against the parapet of the river?
17. What did the writer feel as he passed a policeman?
18. What did the writer feel for/think of the books while returning home?
19. What did the writer finally decide to do with the books?
20. What happened when the author heard a step near him?
21. What idea made the writer frightened when he thought of the spleen?
22. What kind of atmosphere was there when the writer stepped into the street to start his mid night adventure?
23. What kinds of books were presented to the troops?
24. What options did the author have as books of inferior minor verse gradually accumulated in his flat?
25. What sort of books did the author throw into the river?
26. What sorts of books were presented by the British public soldiers?
27. What thought flashed /came into the writer’s mind when he was ready to throw books into the river?
28. What were the fears/apprehensions of the writer while he was thinking about the splash?
29. Whom did the writer pass by first on his way to river and what was he doing?
30. Why could the author not burn the unwanted books?
31. Why did people send old and odd books to soldiers?
32. Why did the writer decide to get of unwanted books?
33. Why did the writer decide to throw the books into the river?
34. Why did the writer want to get rid of his books?
35. Why did the writer want to get rid of useless books?
36. Why do people want to get rid of useless and old books?
37. Why is it difficult to destroy books?
38. Why should the bad books be destroyed?