Class 12 Story of English Ch-7 Story of English Drama MCQs Exam 2027

Topic 1: Introduction to Drama & Elements

1. The word ‘Drama’ comes from a ……………. word. [BSEB 2022]

   (A) Latin

   (B) Greek

   (C) Scandinavian

   (D) French

2. One who writes a drama is called: [BSEB 2019]

   (A) Playwright

   (B) Poet

   (C) Novelist

   (D) Essayist

3. …… is the synonym of drama.

   (A) Play

   (B) Acting

   (C) Dialogue

   (D) Stage

4. Shakespearean tragedy ends with …… .

   (A) Death

   (B) Marriage

   (C) Peace

   (D) Happiness

5. Shakespearean comedy ends with …… .

   (A) Death

   (B) Marriage

   (C) War

   (D) Separation

Topic 2: The Elizabethan & Jacobean Age (Shakespeare & Contemporaries)

6. The Elizabethan Age is often called the ‘Golden Age’ of English: [BSEB 2019]

   (A) Drama

   (B) Novel

   (C) Prose

   (D) Poetry

7. ‘Macbeth’ and ‘Julius Caesar’ are written by ……………. [BSEB 2018, 2020]

   (A) Johnson

   (B) Goldsmith

   (C) Shakespeare

   (D) Sheridan

8. Hamlet and Othello are written by ……………….. [BSEB 2019, 2022]

   (A) William Shakespeare

   (B) Christopher Marlowe

   (C) Ben Jonson

   (D) John Webster

9. ‘Othello’, ‘Hamlet’, ‘Julius Caesar’, ‘Macbeth’ and ‘King Lear’ were written by— [BSEB, 2020A]

   (A) Langland

   (B) Marlowe

   (C) Shakespeare

   (D) Spenser

10. ‘Hamlet’ is a —

    (A) tragedy

    (B) comedy

    (C) farce

    (D) None of these

11. ‘King Lear’ is a —

    (A) Comedy

    (B) Tragedy

    (C) Poetry

    (D) None of these

12. ‘The Merchant of Venice’ is a …… .

    (A) Tragedy

    (B) Comedy

    (C) Tragi-comedy

    (D) Farce

13. ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is a …… .

    (A) Tragedy

    (B) Comedy

    (C) Farce

    (D) Satire

14. ‘As You Like It’ is a …… .

    (A) Tragedy

    (B) Comedy

    (C) History play

    (D) None of these

15. ‘The Tempest’ is a …… .

    (A) Tragedy

    (B) Comedy

    (C) Tragi-comedy

    (D) None of these

16. Who wrote ‘Doctor Faustus’? [BSEB 2019]

    (A) Christopher Marlowe

    (B) Shakespeare

    (C) Ben Jonson

    (D) Webster

17. ‘Edward-II’ was written by —

    (A) Marlowe

    (B) Spenser

    (C) Milton

    (D) None of these

18. Who wrote ‘Volpone’? [BSEB 2021]

    (A) Ben Jonson

    (B) Shakespeare

    (C) Marlowe

    (D) Dryden

19. Ben Jonson was a: [BSEB 2021]

    (A) Dramatist

    (B) Scientist

    (C) Politician

    (D) Novelist

20. ‘The Alchemist’ was written by —

    (A) Ben Jonson

    (B) Marlowe

    (C) Webster

    (D) Ford

21. ‘The Duchess of Malfi’ was written by: [BSEB 2022]

    (A) John Webster

    (B) Shakespeare

    (C) Marlowe

    (D) Ford

Topic 3: Restoration & 18th Century Drama

22. ‘All for Love’ (Drama) was written by —

    (A) John Dryden

    (B) Pope

    (C) Swift

    (D) Addison

23. ‘The Way of the World’ was written by —

    (A) William Congreve

    (B) Wycherley

    (C) Vanbrugh

    (D) Farquhar

24. ‘The Country Wife’ was written by —

    (A) William Wycherley

    (B) Congreve

    (C) Dryden

    (D) Otway

25. Gold-smith and Sheridan made contributions to the: [BSEB 2020]

    (A) English Stage

    (B) English Novel

    (C) English Poetry

    (D) English Prose

26. ‘The Rivals’ was written by —

    (A) Richard Sheridan

    (B) Goldsmith

    (C) Shaw

    (D) Wilde

27. ‘The School for Scandal’ was written by —

    (A) Richard Sheridan

    (B) Goldsmith

    (C) Shaw

    (D) Galsworthy

28. ‘She Stoops to Conquer’ was written by —

    (A) Oliver Goldsmith

    (B) Sheridan

    (C) Wilde

    (D) Pinero

Topic 4: Modern & Contemporary Drama (19th-20th Century)

29. ‘Arms and the Man’ is written by: [BSEB 2018, 2024]

    (A) G.B. Shaw

    (B) Oscar Wilde

    (C) Shakespeare

    (D) Sheridan

30. ‘Pygmalion’ was written by— [BSEB, 2022A]

    (A) Scott

    (B) G.B. Shaw

    (C) Byron

    (D) Dickens

31. ‘Man and Superman’ was written by —

    (A) G.B. Shaw

    (B) Wilde

    (C) Galsworthy

    (D) Maugham

32. ‘Saint Joan’ was written by —

    (A) G.B. Shaw

    (B) Eliot

    (C) Fry

    (D) Osborne

33. ‘Major Barbara’ was written by —

    (A) G.B. Shaw

    (B) Shaw

    (C) Eliot

    (D) Yeats

34. ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ was written by —

    (A) Oscar Wilde

    (B) Shaw

    (C) Galsworthy

    (D) Barrie

35. ‘Justice’ (Play) was written by —

    (A) John Galsworthy

    (B) Shaw

    (C) Wilde

    (D) Maugham

36. ‘Strife’ was written by —

    (A) John Galsworthy

    (B) Shaw

    (C) Barker

    (D) Synge

37. Who wrote ‘Waiting for Godot’? [BSEB 2019]

    (A) Samuel Beckett

    (B) T.S. Eliot

    (C) G.B. Shaw

    (D) Harold Pinter

38. ‘Endgame’ was written by —

    (A) Samuel Beckett

    (B) Pinter

    (C) Osborne

    (D) Wesker

39. ‘Murder in the Cathedral’ is a drama by: [BSEB 2022, 2023A]

    (A) T.S. Eliot

    (B) G.B. Shaw

    (C) Oscar Wilde

    (D) John Galsworthy

40. ‘Riders to the Sea’ was written by —

    (A) J.M. Synge

    (B) Yeats

    (C) O’Casey

    (D) Behan

41. ‘The Playboy of the Western World’ was written by —

    (A) J.M. Synge

    (B) O’Casey

    (C) Beckett

    (D) Pinter

42. ‘Juno and the Paycock’ was written by —

    (A) Sean O’Casey

    (B) Synge

    (C) Yeats

    (D) Behan

43. ‘The Shadow of a Gunman’ was written by —

    (A) Sean O’Casey

    (B) Synge

    (C) Yeats

    (D) Beckett

44. ‘The Birthday Party’ was written by —

    (A) Harold Pinter

    (B) Beckett

    (C) Osborne

    (D) Stoppard

45. ‘The Caretaker’ was written by —

    (A) Harold Pinter

    (B) Beckett

    (C) Orton

    (D) Bond

46. ‘Look Back in Anger’ was written by —

    (A) John Osborne

    (B) Wesker

    (C) Delaney

    (D) Arden

47. ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead’ was written by —

    (A) Tom Stoppard

    (B) Frayn

    (C) Hare

    (D) Brenton

48. ‘Top Girls’ was written by —

    (A) Caryl Churchill

    (B) Gems

    (C) Wertenbaker

    (D) Lochhead

Topic 5: World Drama & Indian English Drama

49. ‘A Doll’s House’ was written by —

    (A) Henrik Ibsen

    (B) Strindberg

    (C) Chekhov

    (D) Brecht

50. ‘Ghosts’ was written by —

    (A) Henrik Ibsen

    (B) Chekhov

    (C) Strindberg

    (D) Brecht

51. ‘The Cherry Orchard’ was written by —

    (A) Anton Chekhov

    (B) Ibsen

    (C) Strindberg

    (D) Brecht

52. ‘Miss Julie’ was written by —

    (A) August Strindberg

    (B) Ibsen

    (C) Chekhov

    (D) Brecht

53. ‘Mother Courage and Her Children’ was written by —

    (A) Bertolt Brecht

    (B) Ibsen

    (C) Chekhov

    (D) Shaw

54. ‘Tughlaq’ is written by— [BSEB, 2020A]

    (A) Girish Karnad

    (B) R.N. Tagore

    (C) Aurobindo Ghosh

    (D) None of these

Topic 6: Repeated & Mixed Important Practice (Consolidation)

55. Macbeth and Richard II are written by: [BSEB 2021]

    (A) William Shakespeare

    (B) John Milton

    (C) Christopher Marlowe

    (D) John Keats

56. Who wrote ‘Doctor Faustus’? [BSEB 2019]

    (A) Christopher Marlowe

    (B) Shakespeare

    (C) Ben Jonson

    (D) Webster

57. ‘Arms and the Man’ is written by: [BSEB 2018, 2024]

    (A) G.B. Shaw

    (B) Oscar Wilde

    (C) Shakespeare

    (D) Sheridan

58. ‘The Merchant of Venice’ is written by:

    (A) Shakespeare

    (B) Marlowe

    (C) Ben Jonson

    (D) Sheridan

59. Who is known as the father of Modern Drama?

    (A) Henrik Ibsen

    (B) Shakespeare

    (C) G.B. Shaw

    (D) Samuel Beckett

60. Drama is a literary genre meant for:

    (A) Performance

    (B) Reading only

    (C) Singing

    (D) Painting

61. Which play by Shakespeare is known as a ‘Roman Play’?

    (A) Julius Caesar

    (B) Hamlet

    (C) Othello

    (D) King Lear

62. The protagonist of ‘Doctor Faustus’ sells his soul to:

    (A) Lucifer

    (B) God

    (C) King

    (D) None of these

63. ‘The Way of the World’ is an example of:

    (A) Comedy of Manners

    (B) Tragedy

    (C) Farce

    (D) Melodrama

64. ‘Waiting for Godot’ belongs to the genre of:

    (A) Theatre of the Absurd

    (B) Romantic Comedy

    (C) Historical Play

    (D) Revenge Tragedy