Class 12 English Prose Ch-4 I Have a Dream MCQs Exam 2027

Zaroor! Aapki taiyari ko aur behtar banane ke liye, maine “I Have a Dream” ke sabhi 63 MCQs ko syllabus ke topics (Author, Speech Details, Background, aur Key Phrases) ke anusar arrange kar diya hai.

Topic 1: About the Author (Martin Luther King, Jr.)

1. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a —

   (A) Artist

   (B) civil right activists

   (C) scientist

   (D) philosopher

2. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a: (2022)

   (A) Scientist

   (B) Civil Rights Activist

   (C) Philosopher

   (D) Artist

3. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a —

   (A) Negro

   (B) German

   (C) French

   (D) None of these

4. Martin Luther King, Jr. was deeply influenced by which Indian leader?

   (A) Jawaharlal Nehru

   (B) Mahatma Gandhi

   (C) Nelson Mandela

   (D) Maulana Azad

5. Martin Luther King, Jr. was influenced by the non-violent methods of: [BSEB, 2024A]

   (A) Nelson Mandela

   (B) Abraham Lincoln

   (C) Mahatma Gandhi

   (D) George Washington

6. Martin Luther King Jr. was influenced by: (2021)

   (A) Karl Marx

   (B) Tolstoy

   (C) Mahatma Gandhi

   (D) Lincoln

7. Who was one of the greatest orators in American history? [BSEB, 2025A]

   (A) H. E. Bates

   (B) Johnson

   (C) Martin Luther King, Jr.

   (D) Walt Whitman

8. Martin Luther King, Jr. belongs to —

   (A) Britain

   (B) France

   (C) China

   (D) The USA

9. Martin Luther King, Jr. had ……….. children.

   (A) one

   (B) two

   (C) three

   (D) four

10. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the youngest person to receive the … in 1964. [BSEB, 2022A]

    (A) Booker Prize

    (B) Nobel Prize

    (C) National Award for Innovation

    (D) Ibrahim Prize for Achievement

11. Nobel Prize for Peace was given to Martin Luther King, Jr. in —

    (A) 1963

    (B) 1964

    (C) 1965

    (D) 1966

12. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in —

    (A) 1965

    (B) 1966

    (C) 1967

    (D) 1968

13. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in: (2019)

    (A) 1968

    (B) 1965

    (C) 1970

    (D) 1964

Topic 2: About the Speech (‘I Have a Dream’)

14. ‘I Have a Dream’ is a speech delivered by — [BSEB, 2018A]

    (A) Germaine Greer

    (B) Shiga Naoya

    (C) H.E. Bates

    (D) Martin Luther King, Jr.

15. ‘I Have a Dream’ is written by — [BSEB, 2019C]

    (A) Germaine Greer

    (B) Shiga Naoya

    (C) Martin Luther King, Jr.

    (D) H.E. Bates

16. Martin Luther King, Jr. has written the lesson—

    (A) The Artist

    (B) I Have a Dream

    (C) A Pinch of Snuff

    (D) Bharat Is My Home

17. “I have a dream” is part of a ……

    (A) drama

    (B) novel

    (C) poem

    (D) speech

18. “I have a dream” is a part of a: (2020)

    (A) Speech

    (B) Drama

    (C) Short Story

    (D) Poem

19. The speech ‘I Have a Dream’ was given in the year: [BSEB, 2020A]

    (A) 1953

    (B) 1963

    (C) 1973

    (D) 1983

20. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his speech in Washington DC on August—

    (A) 25, 1963

    (B) 28, 1963

    (C) 12, 1964

    (D) 28, 1965

21. The ‘I Have a Dream’ speech was delivered on the steps of which memorial?

    (A) Washington Memorial

    (B) Jefferson Memorial

    (C) Lincoln Memorial

    (D) Liberty Memorial

22. Which of the following is the main focus of King’s speech?

    (A) Economic development

    (B) Military power

    (C) Civil rights and racial equality

    (D) Foreign policy

Topic 3: Background & Condition of Negroes

23. Emancipation Proclamation gave the Negro— [BSEB, 2021A]

    (A) slavery

    (B) freedom from slavery

    (C) captivity

    (D) despair

24. What is the ‘momentous decree’ referred to by Martin Luther King, Jr. at the beginning of his speech?

    (A) The Declaration of Independence

    (B) The Emancipation Proclamation

    (C) The Bill of Rights

    (D) The Gettysburg Address

25. One hundred years later, the Negro is still …… in the corners of American society. [BSEB, 2023A]

    (A) complaining

    (B) enjoying

    (C) languishing

    (D) clamouring

26. The condition of the ………. appalling.

    (A) African

    (B) Negroes

    (C) Indians

    (D) None of these

27. The Negro is still ‘an exile in his own………’ [BSEB, 2020A]

    (A) home

    (B) land

    (C) house

    (D) village

28. Negroes are the former ________ of America. (2022)

    (A) Slaves

    (B) Masters

    (C) Farmers

    (D) Traders

29. Martin Luther King, Jr. defines the ‘Negro’s life’ a century after the proclamation as being on a ‘lonely island of ……….’.

    (A) poverty

    (B) sorrow

    (C) isolation

    (D) hatred

30. Martin Luther King, Jr. says that the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of……… [BSEB, 2021A]

    (A) poverty

    (B) slavery

    (C) segregation

    (D) hatred

31. The phrase ‘curbed by the chains of discrimination’ refers to the condition of —

    (A) White Americans

    (B) The Negroes

    (C) The Britishers

    (D) The Farmers

32. Martin Luther King, dislikes ………. discrimination. [BSEB, 2018A]

    (A) caste

    (B) sex

    (C) religion

    (D) racial

33. …… discrimination was disapproved by Martin Luther King, Jr.

    (A) Racial

    (B) Sex

    (C) Caste

    (D) Religion

Topic 4: The Dream and Vision

34. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the………” [BSEB, 2019A]

    (A) size of their house

    (B) content of their character

    (C) richness of their family

    (D) level of their education

35. My children will not be judged by the ………. of their skin.

    (A) colour

    (B) food

    (C) education

    (D) culture

36. The Negroes were hopeful that one day they would :

    (A) get their rights

    (B) kill the white people

    (C) divide the nation

    (D) kill themselves

37. Martin Luther King, Jr. Loves the white —

    (A) African

    (B) Asian

    (C) European

    (D) American

38. Martin Luther King, Jr. loved the white ……………. (2023)

    (A) Africans

    (B) Americans

    (C) Asians

    (D) Europeans

Topic 5: Places Mentioned

39. ……….. is sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression. [BSEB, 2021A/2024A]

    (A) New York

    (B) Texas

    (C) Chicago

    (D) Mississippi

40. Martin Luther King, Jr. mentions that ‘the heat of injustice and oppression’ is most felt in the state of: [BSEB, 2022A]

    (A) New York

    (B) Alabama

    (C) Chicago

    (D) Mississippi

41. The state of ……………….. is sweltering with injustice. (2022)

    (A) New York

    (B) Texas

    (C) Mississippi

    (D) Chicago

42. ……….. is sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression.

    (A) New York

    (B) New Jersey

    (C) Mississippi

    (D) Chicago

43. The state of ….. is sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an Oasis of freedom and justice!

    (A) Texas

    (B) New Jersey

    (C) New York

    (D) Mississippi

44. Which of the following is NOT a place mentioned for ‘freedom to ring’ in the speech?

    (A) New Hampshire

    (B) Pennsylvania

    (C) Paris

    (D) Tennessee

45. To which state does Martin Luther King, Jr. want to return and see it transformed?

    (A) Georgia

    (B) Alabama

    (C) Louisiana

    (D) All of these

46. ‘Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of ……….’

    (A) New York

    (B) Colorado

    (C) California

    (D) Mississippi

Topic 6: Metaphors and Philosophical Quotes

47. The ‘bank of justice’ is —

    (A) bankrupt

    (B) highway

    (C) staggered

    (D) struggled

48. The bank of justice is: (2023)

    (A) Full

    (B) Bankrupt

    (C) Rich

    (D) Empty

49. ……….. has given the Negro people a bad cheque which has come back marked in sufficient fund!

    (A) Europe

    (B) Canada

    (C) America

    (D) Mexico

50. The “check” mentioned in the speech was a metaphor for the —

    (A) Bank balance

    (B) Promise of the Constitution

    (C) Cost of the war

    (D) Travel expenses

51. To ‘wallow in the valley of despair’ means to: [BSEB, 2023A]

    (A) be very happy

    (B) feel extremely hopeless

    (C) be very rich

    (D) live in a valley

52. According to Martin Luther King, Jr., “Let us not wallow in the value of ….”

    (A) Liverpool

    (B) despair

    (C) Alabama

    (D) hope

53. The speaker says that ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to ……. everywhere’.

    (A) peace

    (B) justice

    (C) freedom

    (D) humanity

54. Martin Luther King, Jr. argues that the ‘great vaults of opportunity’ of the nation should be —

    (A) closed

    (B) opened

    (C) locked

    (D) destroyed

55. The ….. would not be satisfied until justice rolled down like water. [BSEB, 2024A]

    (A) Americans

    (B) Negroes

    (C) Europeans

    (D) Indians

Topic 7: The Path Forward (Struggle & Action)

56. Martin Luther King, Jr. asks the black people to continue working with— [BSEB, 2021A]

    (A) love

    (B) hatred

    (C) faith

    (D) jealousy

57. Martin Luther King Jr. wanted the Negroes to continue working with : [BSEB, 2024A]

    (A) hatred

    (B) jealousy

    (C) love

    (D) faith

58. Martin Luther King, Jr. believes that the ‘whirlwinds of revolt’ will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the ……… emerges. [BSEB, 2018A]

    (A) bright day of justice

    (B) dark night of injustice

    (C) morning of peace

    (D) evening of freedom

59. “And as we walk, we make the pledge that we shall— [BSEB, 2020A]

    (A) always be satisfied

    (B) always fight

    (C) always hate people

    (D) always march ahead

60. According to the speech, the ‘sweltering summer of the Negro’s legitimate discontent’ will not pass until there is an ‘invigorating autumn of ……….’.

    (A) freedom and equality

    (B) wealth and power

    (C) revenge and heat

    (D) rest and peace

61. King says, “We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of ………. and discipline.”

    (A) physical force

    (B) dignity

    (C) anger

    (D) politics

62. Martin Luther King, Jr. calls upon his people to ‘not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of ………’

    (A) hatred and bitterness

    (B) love and peace

    (C) wine and water

    (D) joy and happiness

63. ……… advocates non-violent struggle. [BSEB, 2023A]

    (A) Pearl S. Buck

    (B) H.E. Bates

    (C) Martin Luther King, Jr.

    (D) Shiga Naoya