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Class 11 English (Yuvakbharati) – Daily Revision MCQ (English Medium)

📅 27 October 2026 · 10 questions · from the Balbharati textbook

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  1. In 'The Call of the Soil', the elders of the village remember 'Kasbai'. What is Kasbai?

    Chapter 3: The Call of the Soil

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    Answer: B. A traditional long-grained rice with a mild aroma
    Kasbai is a traditional, long-grained, long-duration rice with a distinct aroma, milder than Basmati, that the author searched for.

  2. In 'Mrs. Adis', who turns out to be the man Peter Crouch shot in panic near Cinder Wood?

    Chapter 5: Mrs. Adis

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    Answer: C. Tom, Mrs. Adis's own son
    Vidler brings the news that the man shot by the poacher was Tom, Mrs. Adis's son, who was walking with the keepers.

  3. In Ruskin Bond's 'Cherry Tree', how tall had the cherry tree grown when the poet came back from Kashmir?

    Chapter 7: Cherry Tree

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    Answer: A. Six feet
    The poet returns 'richer by a cherry tree at my door' and says it was 'six feet high'.

  4. In 'The Planners', knocking off old blocks 'with dental dexterity' and plugging gaps 'with gleaming gold' compares the planners to:

    Chapter 12: The Planners

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    Answer: D. dentists
    The poem uses an extended metaphor of dentistry: the city is given 'perfect rows of shining teeth'.

  5. According to 'The Art of Compering', the master of ceremonies who hosts a show is called, in short:

    Chapter 18: The Art of Compering

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    Answer: A. MC or emcee
    The lesson says the person who comperes a show is the master of ceremonies, abbreviated as MC or emcee.

  6. Who coined the term 'willing suspension of disbelief', mentioned in 'History of English Drama'?

    Chapter 19: History of English Drama

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    Answer: D. Samuel T. Coleridge
    The term, meaning a willingness to accept the unreal for the sake of enjoyment, was coined by the poet Samuel T. Coleridge.

  7. In the medieval Morality plays, the characters were:

    Chapter 19: History of English Drama

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    Answer: C. abstract vices and virtues
    Morality plays were allegories whose characters stood for abstract vices and virtues; Miracle plays told Bible stories and lives of saints.

  8. In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', on whose eyelids does Puck squeeze the love juice by mistake, taking him for Demetrius?

    Chapter 21: Extracts of Drama (A): A Midsummer Night's Dream

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    Answer: B. Lysander
    Puck takes Lysander for Demetrius; on waking, Lysander first sees Helena and falls in love with her.

  9. The extract from Act III of 'An Enemy of the People' is set in the editorial office of which newspaper?

    Chapter 22: Extracts of Drama (B): An Enemy of the People

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    Answer: A. The People's Messenger
    Act III takes place in the office of the 'People's Messenger', edited by Hovstad.

  10. Henrik Ibsen, the author of 'An Enemy of the People', is often referred to as:

    Chapter 22: Extracts of Drama (B): An Enemy of the People

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    Answer: B. the father of realism
    Ibsen, a Norwegian playwright and a founder of modernism in theatre, is called 'the father of realism'; 'Bard of Avon' is Shakespeare.

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