MCQ Questions for Class 12 English Vistas Chapter 7 Evans Tries an O-level with Answers

Question 1.
The police laid their hands on Evans in a hotel named ___
(a) the Lion’s Den
(b) Lion’s Cage
(c) the Golden Lion
(d) the Golden Web

Answer

Answer: (c) the Golden Lion


Question 2.
Carter tells Governor that he had left Evans at __
(a) Radcliff Hospital
(b) Broad Street
(c) St. Mary’s Mag
(d) Elsfield Way

Answer

Answer: (a) Radcliff Hospital


Question 3.
McLeery directed the superintendent to lead him towards ___
(a) Radcliff Hospital
(b) Elsfield Way
(c) Broad Street
(d) Oxford Lane

Answer

Answer: (b) Elsfield Way


Question 4.
The wounded man in the cell was ___
(a) McLeery
(b) Jackson
(c) Stephens
(d) Evans

Answer

Answer: (d) Evans


Question 5.
At 11:22 __ minutes before the examination was to be over Jackson called Stephens telling him that the Governor wanted to speak with him
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5

Answer

Answer: (b) 3


Question 6.
Evans is told about the corrections on ___ by McLeery
(a) page three, line fifteen
(b) page three, line nine
(c) page two, line twelve
(d) page two, line fifteen

Answer

Answer: (a) page three, line fifteen


Question 7.
The examination started at ——-
(a) 9:15 am
(b) 9:25 am
(c) 9:35 am
(d) 9:45 am

Answer

Answer: (b) 9:25 am


Question 8.
The Index number was ___
(a) 303
(b) 313
(c) 323
(d) 333

Answer

Answer: (b) 313


Question 9.
McLeery said he was suffering from ___
(a) diabetes
(b) cough
(c) piles
(d) cold

Answer

Answer: (c) piles


Question 10.
Governorswitched on the receiver at ___
(a) 9:00 am
(b) 9:10 am
(c) 9:20 am
(d) 9:30 am

Answer

Answer: (b) 9:10 am


Question 11.
The Governor had got Evans cell ___ because he did not want to take chances with Evans, the master planner.
(a) bugged
(b) guarded
(c) watched
(d) locked

Answer

Answer: (a) bugged


Question 12.
Jackson instructs Stephen to take away ___
(a) the bag
(b) the razor
(c) the scissors
(d) the knife

Answer

Answer: (b) the razor


Question 13.
The names of the officers who visited Evans before the examination were ___
(a) Jackson and Stephens
(b) Jackson and Bell
(c) Jackson and Carter
(d) Carter and Bell

Answer

Answer: (a) Jackson and Stephens


Question 14.
Evans’ tutor wished him good luck one day before the examination on ___
(a) February 10
(b) June 7
(c) July 11
(d) November 17

Answer

Answer: (b) June 7


Question 15.
Evans had escaped from jail
(a) 3 times
(b) 4 times
(c) 5 times
(d) 6 times

Answer

Answer: (a) 3 times


Question 16.
The Secretary agreed to make an arrangement of a person from ___ to act as an invigilator
(a) St. Agnes Mags
(b) St. Francis Mags
(c) St. Mary Mags
(d) St. Xavier Mags

Answer

Answer: (c) St. Mary Mags


Question 17.
Evan wanted to appear in O Level ___ Examination
(a) French
(b) Italian
(c) Spanish
(d) German

Answer

Answer: (d) German


Question 18.
The Governor of ___ contacted the Secretary of Examination on the telephone
(a) Newbury Prison
(b) Radcliff Prison
(c) Elsfield Prison
(d) Oxford Prison

Answer

Answer: (d) Oxford Prison


Question 19.
Evans is good at ___
(a) making calculations
(b) learning languages
(c) predicting the moves of his rivals
(d) German

Answer

Answer: (c) predicting the moves of his rivals


Question 20.
‘Evans Tries an O Level is a ___the criminal and the jail authorities
(a) the narration of
(b) satire of
(c) battle of wits between
(d) tragic conflict between

Answer

Answer: (c) battle of wits between


Question 21.
What made Evan have his last laugh?
(a) his friend a prison officer opened his handcuffs and helped him to escape
(b) Evan was locked up
(c) Evan was released
(d) None

Answer

Answer: (a) his friend a prison officer opened his handcuffs and helped him to escape


Question 22.
What precautions did the authorities take to conduct the examination smoothly?
(a) The Governor personally supervised security
(b) Evan’s cell was checked thoroughly
(c) All belongings were taken away from Evan, The invigilator was frisked and a police officer was posted to keep a vigil
(d) All these

Answer

Answer: (d) All these


Question 23.
How can we say that Evan could not get through the O Level German examination?
(a) he is unable to understand even simple expression like Gutten Gluck
(b) he didn’t study
(c) didn’t attend any class
(d) was behind the bars

Answer

Answer: (a) he is unable to understand even simple expression like Gutten Gluck


Question 24.
What information did the governor receive from the detective Superintendent?
(a) Mcleery had spotted Evan
(b) Evan was seen near Elsfield way
(c) chased Evan but lost him
(d) All these

Answer

Answer: (d) All these


Question 25.
What did the Governor want Carter to do?
(a) he wanted him to check Evan
(b) he wanted him to go with Evan
(c) he wanted him to accompany him
(d) he wanted him to accompany injured Mcleery

Answer

Answer: (d) he wanted him to accompany injured Mcleery


Question 26.
From whom did the governor receive the first call?
(a) Assistant Secretary
(b) Joint Secretary
(c) Assistant commissioner
(d) All

Answer

Answer: (a) Assistant Secretary


Question 27.
Why did Evans clip his hair short?
(a) to aid his escape plan and to pass off as Mc Leery later
(b) he was feeling hot
(c) to give modern look
(d) to give a young look

Answer

Answer: (a) to aid his escape plan and to pass off as Mc Leery later


Question 28.
What aided Evan’s arrest?
(a) his friends
(b) his gang
(c) secret agents
(d) The clues Evan left

Answer

Answer: (d) The clues Evan left


Question 29.
From where did they find the name of the hotel where Evan was staying?
(a) from the police
(b) from the people
(c) secret agent
(d) from the correction slip

Answer

Answer: (d) from the correction slip


Question 30.
How was the governor able to locate Evans?
(a) by putting together 6 figures
(b) by decoding
(c) with the help of Ordnance survey map of oxfordshire
(d) All these

Answer

Answer: (d) All these


Question 31.
Who was Mc Leery?
(a) Evan’s friend
(b) policeman
(c) inspector
(d) the invigilator who had been appointed by the Governor to invigilate

Answer

Answer: (d) the invigilator who had been appointed by the Governor to invigilate


Question 32.
Who arrived first on the scene after Stephen found Mcleery?
(a) Jackson
(b) Stephens
(c) Detective Superintendent Carter
(d) None

Answer

Answer: (c) Detective Superintendent Carter


Question 33.
How could Evans’ plan of escape become a success?
(a) because of his wits
(b) because he keeps his hat on his head
(c) because he was cunning
(d) all

Answer

Answer: (a) because of his wits


Question 34.
Why did Evans request not to take off his hat?
(a) he was feeling cold
(b) to give a smart look
(c) he loved to wear
(d) Evans considered it lucky for himself

Answer

Answer: (d) Evans considered it lucky for himself


Question 35.
Why was the Governor not ready to take risk?
(a) to bring a good name
(b) to stop Evan from taking exam
(c) to avoid any bad name
(d) none

Answer

Answer: (c) to avoid any bad name


Question 36.
When was for his Inspector Morse series of novels written?
(a) between 1975 -1999
(b) between 1975 -1998
(c) between 1975 -1997
(d) between 1975 -1994

Answer

Answer: (a) between 1975 -1999


Question 37.
How did Evan escape from the jail?
(a) by jumping the wall
(b) by befooling the watchman
(c) his friend Prison officer released him
(d) all

Answer

Answer: (c) his friend Prison officer released him


Question 38.
Why did Evans drape a blanket around his shoulder?
(a) to conceal his efforts of changing dress to look like MCleery
(b) because he was feeling cold
(c) to hide himself from the police
(d) All these

Answer

Answer: (a) to conceal his efforts of changing dress to look like MCleery


Question 39.
What kind of a person was Evans?
(a) Kleptomaniac
(b) pleasing personality and a tendency to mislead
(c) stealing habit
(d) All these

Answer

Answer: (d) All these


Question 40.
Name the author of the lesson.
(a) William Blake
(b) Sir Johnson
(c) H.L.Hegde
(d) Norman Colin Dexter

Answer

Answer: (d) Norman Colin Dexter


Question 41.
What should be the Governor’s plan to bring Evan back to prison from the hotel?
(a) He should have sent him by air
(b) He should have sent him with more people
(c) He himself should have travelled along
(d) None

Answer

Answer: (c) He himself should have travelled along


Question 42.
Why was the invigilator frisked?
(a) to ensure that he had no objectionable material with him
(b) to check his true identity
(c) to check if he was a real man
(d) none

Answer

Answer: (a) to ensure that he had no objectionable material with him


Question 43.
Why was Evan keeping the hat on his head?
(a) to cheat
(b) to avoid cold
(c) to give a smart look
(d) to avoid being detected as he had clipped his hair short to look like Mcleery

Answer

Answer: (d) to avoid being detected as he had clipped his hair short to look like Mcleery


Question 44.
What did the Governor tell the Secretary of the examination Board?
(a) Evan is a pleasing person
(b) can imitate stars and was star of Christmas concert
(c) was a kleptomaniac
(d) All these

Answer

Answer: (d) All these


Question 45.
What was there in the small brown suitcase that Mcleery carried?
(a) sealed question papers
(b) yellow invigilation form
(c) special authentication card
(d) All these

Answer

Answer: (d) All these



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