Class 12 English Prose Ch-7 A Child is Born MCQs Exam 2027

Topic 1: About the Author & Source (Germaine Greer)

1. Germaine Greer is a famous ……… writer.

(A) scientific

(B) feminist

(C) educational

(D) None of these

2. Germaine Greer is an ……… writer. [BSEB, 2021A]

(A) Indian

(B) American

(C) British

(D) Australian

3. Germaine Greer was born in ………

(A) 1938

(B) 1939

(C) 1940

(D) 1941

4. Germaine Greer was educated in ……… [BSEB, 2021A]

(A) Germany

(B) Australia

(C) USA

(D) India

5. The book “The Female Eunuch” was written by ………

(A) Kamala Das

(B) Germaine Greer

(C) Dorothy L. Sayers

(D) Pearl S. Buck

6. ‘A Child is Born’ is an extract from the book: [BSEB, 2024A]

(A) Sex and Destiny

(B) The Change

(C) The Female Eunuch

(D) The Obstacle Race

7. Who is the author of the prose piece “A Child is Born”? [BSEB, 2020A]

(A) Dorothy L. Sayers

(B) Shiga Naoya

(C) Germaine Greer

(D) Pearl S. Buck

8. Germaine Greer has written the lesson—

(A) A Marriage Proposal

(B) A Child is Born

(C) The Earth

(D) The Artist

Topic 2: Childbirth in Traditional vs. Modern Societies

9. Childbirth in a traditional society is ………

(A) a very lonely affair

(B) a collective affair

(C) an ignored affair

(D) a scary affair

10. In traditional societies, the whole matter of pregnancy is a ……… [BSEB, 2019A]

(A) personal matter

(B) family matter

(C) celebratory matter

(D) None of these

11. The ways of managing childbirth in traditional societies are :

(A) many and varied

(B) few

(C) none

(D) some

12. In “A Child is Born,” the writer says that the management of childbirth is ………

(A) a social matter

(B) a personal matter

(C) an international matter

(D) a religious matter

13. A child is born in a …………………… society. [BSEB, 2023A]

(A) Traditional

(B) Modern

(C) Urban

(D) Industrial

14. In the ……… the husband and wife enjoy more freedom and individuality.

(A) North

(B) South

(C) East

(D) West

15. According to Germaine Greer, modern technology has made childbirth ………

(A) more human

(B) more mechanical

(C) more joyful

(D) more social

16. The author points out that in the West, the pregnant woman is often ………

(A) surrounded by family

(B) isolated in hospitals

(C) celebrating with neighbors

(D) treated like a queen

17. The author believes that the potential for ……… is often lost in modern medical childbirth.

(A) pain

(B) joy

(C) stress

(D) fear

Topic 3: Customs, Rituals, and Taboos

18. A ……… woman has to observe various taboos, rituals and customs.

(A) Ugly

(B) Wicked

(C) Pregnant

(D) None of these

19. A woman has to observe various customs and rituals during—

(A) education

(B) cooking

(C) having bath

(D) pregnancy

20. In South Asia, a pregnant woman is often given ……… to ward off evil spirits.

(A) medicine

(B) amulets/charms

(C) money

(D) flowers

21. A diehard superstition is that if clothes and equipment are acquired for the baby before it is born, it would be ………

(A) good luck

(B) bad luck

(C) ghost luck

(D) community luck

22. “Rupthoka” is a kind of ……… in Bangladesh.

(A) delicious food

(B) fairy tales

(C) fancy dress

(D) naming ritual

23. ……… is told by an aunt. [BSEB, 2025A]

(A) Jupthoka

(B) Rupthoka

(C) Supthoka

(D) Tupthoka

24. The visit of a mother to her mother’s house is one of the ________ of pregnancy. [BSEB, 2020A]

(A) Problems

(B) Rewards

(C) Fears

(D) Rituals

Topic 4: Family Support & Social Structure

25. In traditional societies, a pregnant woman is primarily supported by ………

(A) her husband

(B) kinsfolk

(C) other members of society

(D) None of these

26. In traditional societies, a pregnant woman is primarily supported by her: [BSEB, 2023A]

(A) Doctor

(B) Husband

(C) Family

(D) Government

27. A child is born in a family as a ………

(A) burden

(B) celebration

(C) trouble

(D) secret

28. When a baby is born, it is an occasion of joy for ………

(A) the mother

(B) the father

(C) strangers

(D) the whole family

29. Who are allowed to witness the birth in many traditional cultures?

(A) Only doctors

(B) Only the husband

(C) Experienced women of the family

(D) No one

30. In many traditional societies, the relationship between mother and child is ………

(A) more important than the husband-wife relationship

(B) less important

(C) unimportant

(D) not ascertained

31. The sentence “In many societies women still go forth from their mother’s house at marriage to live with a mother-in-law” has been taken from …… [BSEB, 2019C]

(A) India Through a Traveller’s Eyes

(B) Bharat is My Home

(C) A Child is Born

(D) A Marriage Proposal

32. In ……… children under the age of five or size are looked after by the whole family.

(A) India

(B) Bangladesh

(C) China

(D) Russia

Topic 5: Specific Examples (Sylheti, Sudan, etc.)

33. ……… woman visit her mother’s house during pregnancy.

(A) An African

(B) An Indian

(C) A canadian

(D) None of these

34. Sylheti women go to stay at their ________ house during pregnancy. [BSEB, 2022A]

(A) Husband’s

(B) Mother’s

(C) Friend’s

(D) Uncle’s

35. The naming ceremony is held when the baby is ……… days old.

(A) five

(B) six

(C) seven

(D) eight

36. For a Sylheti woman, the name of the baby is chosen at: [BSEB, 2021A]

(A) Birth

(B) 7th day ceremony

(C) 1 year

(D) School time

37. Sylheti woman and her child are given new dress on the ……… day of the birth.

(A) 5th

(B) 6th

(C) 7th

(D) 8th

38. New clothes are bought for ……… on the occasion of a birth.

(A) the baby

(B) the mother

(C) both

(D) the father

39. The naming ceremony is ……… [BSEB, 2021A]

(A) bad

(B) lovely

(C) strange

(D) None of these

40. ……… women had given up going to international conferences. [BSEB, 2022A]

(A) Sudanese

(B) Indian

(C) Australian

(D) Pakistani

Topic 6: Challenges & Observations

41. The hospital was very uncooperative about ………

(A) providing meals

(B) breastfeeding

(C) giving medicines

(D) none of these

42. In a traditional society, a woman is known as the mother of her first born child, but the west regards it as ………

(A) good

(B) beneficial

(C) outrageous

(D) funny

43. The voices of a few women raised in warning cannot be heard ………

(A) over the problems of the society

(B) in the western technology

(C) over the humming and throbbing of our machines

(D) in the cries of our children

44. ‘A Child is Born’ is written by: [BSEB, 2024A]

(A) Germaine Greer

(B) Dorothy L. Sayers

(C) Anton Chekhov

(D) Shiga Naoya

45. ‘A Child is Born’ is taken from : [BSEB, 2025A]

(A) Human Fertility

(B) The Change

(C) Sex and Destiny

(D) The Female Eunuch

46. “A Child is Born” is taken from : [BSEB, 2025A]

(A) Human Fertility

(B) The Change

(C) Sex and Destiny

(D) The Female Eunuch