Class 12 Story of English Ch-2 Linguistic Development & Authors MCQs
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- Who wrote ‘The Canterbury Tales’? [BSEB, 2019A]
- (A) Langland
- (B) Chaucer
- (C) Yeates
- (D) G.B. Shaw
- The language of old English looks different because of its :
- (A) spelling and vocabulary
- (B) oral language
- (C) linguistic appeal
- (D) writing skills
- Who wrote ‘The Scholar Gipsy’? [BSEB, 2021A]
- (A) Matthew Arnold
- (B) Robert Bridges
- (C) Thomas Hardy
- (D) W.B. Yeats
- The period of Middle English is — [BSEB, 2019A]
- (A) AD 449–AD 1066
- (B) AD 1150–AD 1500
- (C) AD 1500–Till date
- (D) None of these
- English is used in China as a …….. language. [BSEB, 2018C]
- (A) second
- (B) first
- (C) foreign
- (D) third
- Standard British English speech came to be known as — [BSEB, 2021A]
- (A) Second language
- (B) New English
- (C) Received Pronunciation
- (D) Foreign language
- Who wrote ‘Endymion’?
- (A) William Wordsworth
- (B) John Keats
- (C) P.B. Shelley
- (D) S.T. Coleridge
- Today …. English is recognized as a ‘World Language’.
- (A) American
- (B) French
- (C) Scandinavian
- (D) Latin
- ‘Mac Flecknoe’ is written by — [BSEB, 2022A]
- (A) John Dryden
- (B) John Donne
- (C) Alexander Pope
- (D) John Keats
- The word ‘Drama’ comes from a ………. word. [BSEB, 2019A]
- (A) Latin
- (B) Scandinavian
- (C) Greek
- (D) American
- The printing technology was introduced in England in the year : [BSEB, 2022A]
- (A) 1066
- (B) 1857
- (C) 1476
- (D) 1605
- The Anglo-Saxons used …….. languages. [BSEB, 2021A]
- (A) Germanic
- (B) Latin
- (C) Greek
- (D) Persian
- Who wrote ‘Arms and the Man’? [BSEB, 2020A]
- (A) Shakespeare
- (B) G.B. Shaw
- (C) Milton
- (D) Keats
- Goldsmith and Sheridan made contributions to the— [BSEB, 2021A]
- (A) Novel
- (B) Non-fiction writing
- (C) Poetry
- (D) English stage
- Bankim Chandra wrote Raj Mohan’s Wife, the first Indian novel in English, in : [BSEB, 2022A]
- (A) 1857
- (B) 1914
- (C) 1864
- (D) 1847
- Who wrote ‘The Waste Land’? [BSEB, 2024A]
- (A) T.S. Eliot
- (B) W.H. Auden
- (C) S.T. Coleridge
- (D) John Keats
- The Old English Period is characterised by— [BSEB, 2021A]
- (A) vocabulary
- (B) mood
- (C) inflections
- (D) gender
- English is used as a mother tongue in — [BSEB, 2019A]
- (A) India
- (B) Singapore
- (C) Canada
- (D) New Zealand
- Which language is the second language of India? [BSEB, 2019A]
- (A) Sanskrit
- (B) Hindi
- (C) English
- (D) Urdu
- T.S. Eliot is a ………. poet. [BSEB, 2022A]
- (A) 17th century
- (B) 18th century
- (C) 19th century
- (D) 20th century
- The period of Old English is — [BSEB, 2020A]
- (A) AD 449–AD 1066
- (B) AD 1150–AD 1500
- (C) AD 1500–Till date
- (D) None of these
- Who wrote ‘Huckleberry Finn’? [BSEB, 2021A]
- (A) Herman Melville
- (B) Henry James
- (C) Earnest Hemingway
- (D) Mark Twain
- Today, it is impossible to think and imagine a world without the—
- (A) old methods of agriculture
- (B) printing machine
- (C) bullock carts
- (D) illiterate people
- A major linguistic change in English is— [BSEB, 2021A]
- (A) The Great Vowel Shift
- (B) Received Pronunciation
- (C) Language Change
- (D) Vocabulary Shift
- English is used as a foreign language in:
- (A) India
- (B) New Zealand
- (C) China
- (D) Africa
- The 18th century is known as the—
- (A) Cavalier Age
- (B) Jacobean Age
- (C) Augustan Age
- (D) Romantic Age
- ‘David Copperfield’ was written by — [BSEB, 2021A]
- (A) Jane Austen
- (B) Charles Dickens
- (C) Thomas Hardy
- (D) George Eliot
- Mark Twain and Henry James are ………. novelists. [BSEB, 2018C]
- (A) Indian
- (B) British
- (C) Australian
- (D) American
- The Great Vowel Shift brought about a series of changes in the ….. of the English long vowels. [BSEB, 2022A]
- (A) spelling
- (B) pronunciation
- (C) oral
- (D) written
- Who wrote ‘Untouchable’ and ‘Coolie’? [BSEB, 2019A]
- (A) R.K. Narayan
- (B) Mulk Raj Anand
- (C) Raja Rao
- (D) Anita Desai
- Goldie and Sheridan are famous for their contribution to — [BSEB, 2023A]
- (A) Drama
- (B) Poetry
- (C) Novel
- (D) Essay
- English belongs to the ancient ….. family of language. [BSEB, 2022A]
- (A) American-Indian
- (B) Indo-European
- (C) Indian-Australian
- (D) Indo-Pakistani
- The Romantic Revival is associated with : [BSEB, 2022A]
- (A) John Dryden
- (B) Alexander Pope
- (C) William Wordsworth
- (D) John Milton
- Spelling ‘Color’ is used in—
- (A) Indian English
- (B) French
- (C) British English
- (D) American English
- The development of …….. was helped by the introduction of the printing technology. [BSEB, 2023A]
- (A) Old English
- (B) Middle English
- (C) Modern English
- (D) None of these
- English is used as a second language in — [BSEB, 2023A]
- (A) Saudi Arabia
- (B) France
- (C) India
- (D) China
- Who wrote ‘A Passage to India’?
- (A) E. M. Forster
- (B) W. B. Yeats
- (C) T.S. Eliot
- (D) D.H. Lawrence
- The latest period in the growth and development of the English language may be called the era of : [BSEB, 2022A]
- (A) Ancient Englishes
- (B) Old Englishes
- (C) Middle Englishes
- (D) New Englishes
- The Middle English had ……… dialects. [BSEB, 2018C]
- (A) two
- (B) six
- (C) five
- (D) three
- Who wrote ‘Paradise Lost’? [BSEB, 2020A]
- (A) John Milton
- (B) John Keats
- (C) P.B. Shelley
- (D) S.T. Coleridge
- English developed from the speech of the — [BSEB, 2022A]
- (A) Anglo-Saxons
- (B) French
- (C) Indians
- (D) Americans
- Who is called the ‘Father of the Modern Novel’? [BSEB, 2023A]
- (A) Richardson
- (B) Fielding
- (C) Jane Austen
- (D) Dickens
- Which of the following is the first Indian novel in English? [BSEB, 2024A]
- (A) Rajmohan’s Wife
- (B) Untouchable
- (C) Train to Pakistan
- (D) Kanthapura
- ……… helped in simplifying English. [BSEB, 2018C]
- (A) Bible
- (B) Mahabharata
- (C) Quran
- (D) Ramayana
- Modern English begins from — [BSEB, 2022A]
- (A) AD 1400
- (B) AD 1500
- (C) AD 1300
- (D) AD 1200
- Oliver Goldsmith emphasized on the purity of—
- (A) city life
- (B) village life
- (C) town life
- (D) domestic life
- The…had far reaching effects on the English language.
- (A) Renaissance
- (B) Agriculture
- (C) Education
- (D) Industry
- American English differs from British English in the sphere of — [BSEB, 2022A]
- (A) Spelling
- (B) Vocabulary
- (C) Grammar
- (D) All the three
- Wole Soyinka is a ……….. poet. [BSEB, 2021A]
- (A) Nigerian
- (B) American
- (C) Indian
- (D) British
- The English from 15th Century onwards is called — [BSEB, 2018A]
- (A) Old English
- (B) Middle English
- (C) Modern English
- (D) Post-Modern English
- Name the author of ‘Piers the Plowman’ — [BSEB, 2020A]
- (A) Spenser
- (B) Milton
- (C) Langland
- (D) Chaucer
- The writing system in Old English used the …. alphabet. [BSEB, 2022A]
- (A) Runic
- (B) Kentis
- (C) Celtic
- (D) Saxon
- ‘The Rape of the Lock’ is written by — [BSEB, 2020A]
- (A) John Dryden
- (B) Alexander Pope
- (C) William Wordsworth
- (D) John Milton
- The Renaissance generated a new spirit of — [BSEB, 2020A]
- (A) Introspection
- (B) Inwardness
- (C) Inquiry
- (D) Selfishness
- English is a language which is much ……… than Sanskrit and Persian. [BSEB, 2020A]
- (A) older
- (B) younger
- (C) classical
- (D) ancient
- The texts of which period are difficult to read and understand?
- (A) Middle English
- (B) Old English
- (C) Modern English
- (D) Post-modern English
- The year AD 1066 is taken to be the end of the ………. period. [BSEB, 2022A]
- (A) Old English
- (B) Middle English
- (C) Modern English
- (D) None of these
- English is a : [BSEB, 2022A]
- (A) window to the world
- (B) hindrance in progress
- (C) blessing in disguise
- (D) disgrace to the world
- In the 18th Century, …….. published a ‘Dictionary of the English Language’. [BSEB, 2021A]
- (A) Alexander Pope
- (B) Samuel Johnson
- (C) Joseph Addison
- (D) William Petty
- ‘Tughlaq’ is written by — [BSEB, 2023A]
- (A) Girish Karnad
- (B) R.N. Tagore
- (C) Anita Desai
- (D) Toru Dutt
- The Great Vowel Shift took place during — [BSEB, 2023A]
- (A) Modern English
- (B) Middle English
- (C) Old English
- (D) British English
- …… was a dominant influence on Middle English.
- (A) Milton
- (B) Dryden
- (C) Pope
- (D) Wordsworth
- Who wrote ‘Pride and Prejudice’? [BSEB, 2023A]
- (A) Jane Austen
- (B) Charles Dickens
- (C) George Eliot
- (D) Thomas Hardy
- The language of Anglo-Saxons was — [BSEB, 2024A]
- (A) Latin
- (B) Greek
- (C) Old English
- (D) Persian
- Dialects of Middle English include —
- (A) Northern
- (B) Southern
- (C) East Midland
- (D) All of these
Bihar Board Class 12th के (English/अंग्रेजी) = Story of English Book Chapter-2 Linguistic Development & Authors के Exam 2026 MCQs Questions Answer Key
| Q. No. | Ans | Q. No. | Ans | Q. No. | Ans | Q. No. | Ans |
| 1 | (B) | 18 | (D) | 35 | (B) | 52 | (A) |
| 2 | (A) | 19 | (C) | 36 | (C) | 53 | (B) |
| 3 | (A) | 20 | (D) | 37 | (A) | 54 | (C) |
| 4 | (B) | 21 | (A) | 38 | (D) | 55 | (B) |
| 5 | (C) | 22 | (D) | 39 | (C) | 56 | (B) |
| 6 | (C) | 23 | (B) | 40 | (A) | 57 | (A) |
| 7 | (B) | 24 | (A) | 41 | (A) | 58 | (A) |
| 8 | (A) | 25 | (C) | 42 | (B) | 59 | (B) |
| 9 | (A) | 26 | (C) | 43 | (A) | 60 | (A) |
| 10 | (C) | 27 | (B) | 44 | (A) | 61 | (B) |
| 11 | (C) | 28 | (D) | 45 | (B) | 62 | (D) |
| 12 | (A) | 29 | (B) | 46 | (B) | 63 | (A) |
| 13 | (B) | 30 | (B) | 47 | (A) | 64 | (C) |
| 14 | (D) | 31 | (A) | 48 | (D) | 65 | (D) |
| 15 | (C) | 32 | (B) | 49 | (A) | ||
| 16 | (A) | 33 | (C) | 50 | (C) | ||
| 17 | (C) | 34 | (D) | 51 | (C) |
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