Class 12 English Prose Ch-6 The Artist MCQs Exam 2027

Topic 1: Author & Story Introduction

1. “The Artist” is written by : [BSEB, 2021A]

   • Shiga Naoya

   • Anton Chekhov

   • Germaine Greer

   • H.E. Bates

2. Shiga Naoya is a ………. short story writer. [BSEB, 2018C]

   • Chinese

   • Indian

   • American

   • Japanese

3. Shiga Naoya is a famous ________ short story writer. [BSEB, 2021A]

   • Japanese

   • Chinese

   • Indian

   • Korean

4. Shiga Naoya is a celebrated Japanese ………. writer.

   • 18th century

   • 19th century

   • 20th century

   • 21st century

5. Shiga Naoya has written the story ——

   • The Earth

   • A Pinch of Snuff

   • The Artist

   • None of these

6. ………. is a short story.

   • A marriage proposal

   • Ideas That Have Helped Mankind

   • India Through a Traveller’s Eyes

   • The Artist

7. One must admire the inherent qualities in the ——

   • young

   • children

   • old

   • adult

Topic 2: Seibei’s Life & Schooling

8. Seibei was a ………. Japanese boy. [BSEB, 2019C]

   • nine years old

   • ten years old

   • eleven years old

   • twelve years old

9. Seibei was a twelve years old ………. boy. [BSEB, 2018A]

   • Chinese

   • Japanese

   • African

   • Indian

10. Seibei was a twelve-year-old _________ boy. [BSEB, 2020A]

    • Chinese

    • Japanese

    • Korean

    • Indian

11. ………. was twelve years old and still at primary school. [BSEB, 2024A]

    • Seibei

    • Seibei’s friend

    • Seibei’s sister

    • Seibei’s cousin

12. Seibei reads at ………. school.

    • High

    • Primary

    • Middle

    • None of these

13. Seibei lived in a —— [BSEB, 2022A]

    • Village

    • Harbor town

    • City

    • Forest

14. Seibei’s father worked at a ________ shop. [BSEB, 2022A]

    • Goldsmith

    • Carpenter

    • Barber

    • Grocery

15. Seibei’s father worked at ………. shop. [BSEB, 2020A]

    • carpenter’s

    • barber’s

    • goldsmith’s

    • none of these

Topic 3: Seibei’s Hobby (Gourds)

16. Seibei’s hobby was collecting of —— [BSEB, 2019A]

    • stamps

    • books

    • gourds

    • None of these

17. Seibei was passionately interested in —— [BSEB, 2021A]

    • baskets

    • carrots

    • gourds

    • potatoes

18. The artist who painted the gourds was: [BSEB, 2020A]

    • Seibei

    • The teacher

    • The porter

    • The father

19. Whenever Seibei passed through the market, he searched for the ——

    • Flowers

    • Gourds

    • Toys

    • Clothes

20. Seibei’s parents know that he often went out to buy himself ——

    • oranges

    • apples

    • gourds

    • potatoes

21. Seibei used to polish his gourds with ——

    • Tea-leaves

    • Soap water

    • Oil

    • Alcohol

22. The type of gourds that appealed to Seibei was ——

    • unpolished

    • peculiar

    • even and symmetrical

    • old and gnarled

23. Seibei would examine the ………. as soon as he got up.

    • gourds

    • painting

    • books

    • food

24. Seibei got gourds for a few ——

    • rupee

    • taka

    • sen

    • none of these

25. One day Seibei found a peculiar gourd at a shop which costed him ……

    • five cents

    • ten cents

    • two cents

    • nine cents

26. Seibei bought a ………. inch gourds from an old woman.

    • four

    • five

    • six

    • seven

27. ………. was selling dried persimmons and oranges.

    • An old man

    • An old woman

    • A girl

    • A boy

Topic 4: The Conflict (Teacher & Father)

28. One day Seibei was caught red-handed by his ________ teacher. [BSEB, 2022A]

    • English

    • Math

    • Ethics

    • Science

29. The teacher who caught Seibei was a teacher of ——

    • Mathematics

    • Ethics

    • Science

    • History

30. One day Seibei was caught red handed by his …… teacher.

    • Hindi

    • Math

    • Ethics

    • History

31. “Fancy a lad spending his time playing around like that with gourds!” — is from : [BSEB, 2022A]

    • The Earth

    • A Marriage Proposal

    • A Child is Born

    • The Artist

32. The teacher who caught Seibei was very: [BSEB, 2023A]

    • Angry

    • Kind

    • Happy

    • Silent

33. The teacher became very-very………. with Seibei for neglecting his studies.

    • happy

    • sad

    • angry

    • friendly

34. “You are an idiot!” shouted the teacher to ——

    • Seibei’s friend

    • Seibei

    • The porter

    • Seibei’s father

35. Seibei’s hobby of collecting gourd made his teacher ——

    • pleased

    • displeased

    • laughed

    • None of these

36. How did Seibei’s mother react when the teacher came to their house?

    • She laughed at the teacher

    • She defended Seibei

    • She began to scold Seibei and wept

    • She ignored the teacher

37. Seibei’s father often scolded him because he wanted him to be a/an ………. boy.

    • Naughty

    • Artistic

    • Studious

    • Lazy

38. Seibei’s father fetched his hammer and systematically smashed the ——

    • Furniture

    • Windows

    • Gourds

    • Cups

Topic 5: The Fate of the Gourd (Porter & Dealer)

39. The teacher confiscated Seibei’s gourd and gave it to the ——

    • Principal

    • Old porter

    • Other students

    • Curio-dealer

40. “The next day the teacher gave Seibei’s confiscated gourd to an old porter who worked in the school” is taken from ——

    • A Child is Born

    • The Artist

    • Bharat is My Home

    • A Pinch of Snuff

41. The porter sold the gourd to the curio-dealer for ——

    • 40 yen

    • 50 yen

    • 60 yen

    • 100 yen

42. The porter sold the gourd of Seibei for ——

    • 30

    • 40

    • 50

    • 60

43. The curio-dealer sold the gourd for ________ yen. [BSEB, 2024A]

    • 10

    • 50

    • 600

    • 500

44. The curio-dealer sold the gourd to a wealthy collector for ………. yen.

    • 400

    • 500

    • 600

    • 700

45. The curio-dealer sold the gourd to a wealthy : [BSEB, 2025A]

    • teacher

    • farmer

    • collector

    • doctor

46. The price of the gourd which the curio-dealer sold to the wealthy collector was —— [BSEB, 2023A]

    • 500 yen

    • 600 yen

    • 1000 yen

    • 10 yen

Topic 6: The Aftermath

47. After giving up gourds, what did Seibei start doing?

    • Singing

    • Painting pictures

    • Collecting stamps

    • Playing football

48. Seibei was now engrossed in: [BSEB, 2021A]

    • Studies

    • Pictures

    • Gourds

    • Sports