This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Common Subjects > English Flamingo > Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 3 Deep Water – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 3 Deep Water Quiz 5 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What role do deep water currents play in the carbon cycle? A) They have no role. B) They release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. C) They increase carbon emissions. D) They store carbon in the ocean depths. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) They store carbon in the ocean depths. 2. Why The Rig of Deep Water Horizon exploded? A) Because they care each other and the rig process. B) Because they are too selfish. C) Because they ignore the first negative pressure test. D) Because they ignore the safety rules. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Because they ignore the first negative pressure test. 3. How many times did Douglas try to come to the surface of the pool? A) Twice. B) Once. C) Thrice. D) Five times. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thrice. 4. The author's mother always warned the author A) Not to learn to swim in the pool at the Y.M.C, .A. B) Not to learn to swim in a pool. C) Not to enter the Yakima RIver for swimming or taking a bath. D) Not to go on the bank of Yakima river. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Not to enter the Yakima RIver for swimming or taking a bath. 5. STRIKE OFF WHICH IS NOT AN ANTONYM OF-SUBDUED A) MUTED. B) FLAMBOYANT. C) RESTRAINED. D) QUIET. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) FLAMBOYANT. 6. Q4 ASSERTION:Douglas's mother kept reminding him of the drownings in Yakima riverREASONING:She was over-protecting mother who clipped the wings of her child A) Both A and B are right. R is the correct explanation of A. B) Both A and B are right. R is not the correct explanation of A. C) A is right, R is wrong. D) R is right, A is wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A is right, R is wrong. 7. What is the primary driver of deep water currents in the ocean? A) Wind patterns. B) Salinity and temperature differences. C) Tidal forces. D) Earth's rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salinity and temperature differences. 8. Why did Douglas' mother recommend that he should learn swimming at the Y. M.C.A swimming pool? As it was A) Local. B) Safe. C) Shallow. D) Shallow and safe. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Shallow and safe. 9. What is the primary factor that causes deep ocean currents? A) Wind patterns. B) Salinity and temperature differences. C) Earth's rotation. D) Tidal forces. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Salinity and temperature differences. 10. Which of the following is a consequence of disrupted deep water currents? A) Stable weather patterns. B) Decreased ocean salinity. C) Altered climate patterns. D) Increased fish populations. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Altered climate patterns. 11. STRIKE OFF WHICH IS NOT A SYNONYM OF-TREACHEROUS A) UNSAFE. B) HAZARDOUS. C) CONSTANT. D) DANGEROUS. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) CONSTANT. 12. Where did the writer go when he was 3 or 4 years old in the story? A) Washington. B) New Zealand. C) California. D) Canada. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) California. 13. Which character trait is highlighted in the protagonist of 'Deep Water'? A) Cowardice. B) Indifference. C) Bravery. D) Arrogance. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bravery. 14. The writer decided to learn to swim when he was about A) Ten or eleven years old. B) Twenty years old. C) Eighteen years old. D) Fifteen or sixteen years old. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ten or eleven years old. 15. Deep water currents are a result of salinity and temperature. Water moves like a conveyor belt across the globe. This process is called ..... A) Salinity Currents. B) Deep water currents. C) Thermometer Currents. D) Thermohaline Circulation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Thermohaline Circulation. 16. The deep end of the YMCA pool was ..... A) 8 ft. B) 10 ft. C) 9 ft. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 9 ft. 17. A position in a group or team. A) Slot. B) Stroke. C) Meet. D) Lap. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Slot. 18. The statement "Back and forth, across the pool" indicates A) Moving from one point to another. B) Moving clockwise and anticlockwise. C) Rising and falling. D) Ascending and descending. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Moving from one point to another. 19. Douglas first developed an aversion to water when he had gone with his father to a beach in ..... A) Texas. B) California. C) New York. D) Florida. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) California. 20. Why did Douglas have an aversion to water from the beginning? A) Because he used to have nightmares of drowning in water. B) Because he was knocked down by a wave. C) Because he wasn't able to learn to swim. D) Because he didn't like the taste of water. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Because he was knocked down by a wave. 21. Though Douglas was frightened, he was not A) Afraid to die. B) Out of his wits. C) Going to survive. D) Able to shout for help. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Out of his wits. 22. What is the resolution of the story 'Deep Water'? A) The author remains afraid of water. B) The author becomes a swimming champion. C) The author moves away from water. D) The author overcomes his fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The author overcomes his fear. 23. Assertion:The author's father laughed to mock his son's inability to swim. Reason:The author wanted to swim just to prove to his father that he can swim. A) A is true but R is false. B) A is false but R is true. C) Both A and R cannot be inferred. D) Both A and R can be inferred. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Both A and R cannot be inferred. 24. How many times did the author sink down as he tried to swim up? A) Four times. B) Three times. C) One time. D) Seven times. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Three times. 25. What was the name of the pool? A) Yakima. B) Y.M.C.A. C) Y.C.M.A. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Y.M.C.A. 26. Have a skill needed to do something. A) Clamber. B) Identity. C) Performance. D) Qualify. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Qualify. 27. Water in ocean currents can descend when it becomes colder and saltier than the surrounding water. If water descends to the bottom of the ocean, then other water must rise to the top. What causes water to rise to the top of the ocean? A) It becomes less dense than the surrounding water. B) It is forced upward by underwater mountain ranges. C) It is brought upward by organisms that live in the ocean. D) It cools down and dissolves additional salt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It becomes less dense than the surrounding water. 28. Douglas had to repeat exhaling and inhaling exercises A) Ten times. B) Hundred times. C) Forty times. D) Fifty times. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hundred times. 29. What literary technique is used in the last sentence of chapter 1? "You really don't know what dangers you're up against until you're deep into them." A) Symbolism. B) Imagery. C) Foreshadowing. D) Figurative language. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreshadowing. 30. Phytoplankton live in which zone? A) Mesopelagic. B) Epipelagic. C) Abyssopelagic. D) Bathypelagic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epipelagic. 31. The Yakima river was treacherous. Find a synonym of 'treacherous'. A) Dangerous. B) Deceitful. C) Risky. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dangerous. 32. Assertion (A):Douglas tried his best to jump out of water. Reason(R):After a while Douglas was not anxious in water. A) A is the cause, R is the effect. B) A is the effect, R is the cause. C) Both A & R are the effect of a common cause. D) Both A & R are the effects of independent causes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A is the cause, R is the effect. 33. When Douglas became unconscious in water, what was that slightest thing that upset him? A) Exersion. B) Excursion. C) Exershion. D) Exertion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Exertion. 34. 'Then all efforts ceased. I relaxed.' The two contrasting emotions that Douglas felt then were ..... A) Peace and quietness. B) Courage and fright. C) Anxiety and enthusiasm. D) Fright and peace. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fright and peace. 35. 'Now you can swim'. These words were spoken by A) Teacher in school. B) Uncle. C) Douglas' father. D) Instructor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Instructor. 36. "I had experienced both the sensation of dying and terror that fear of it can produce" which of the following idioms might describe the above statement A) To be scared to death. B) Once in a blue moon. C) With a silver spoon. D) Hand to mouth. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To be scared to death. 37. How did Douglas feel after having the experience of drowning in the Y.M.C.A. pool? A) He could eat nothing that night due to fear. B) He shook and cried when he lay on his bed. C) He was feeling very weak. D) All of these three. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these three. 38. What is haunting the author? A) California beach experience. B) Fear of ghosts of the pool. C) His mother's words about people drowning in Yakima river. D) Drowning experience in the YMCA pool. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drowning experience in the YMCA pool. 39. The author screamed but no one heard his scream because A) His voice was too low to be heard by others. B) No one wanted to help him. C) His mouth was still under the water. D) No one was there at that moment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) His mouth was still under the water. 40. "In death there is peace" choose the correct option with reference to the above A) That one's final abode is uncertain. B) That death is solace & comfort. C) End of one's existence is happiness. D) That there is torment in death. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) That death is solace & comfort. 41. During ..... diving, a diver must make one or more stops during their ascent to give their body time to safely release the nitrogen in their body tissues. A) Decompression. B) Compression. C) Intense. D) Snorkel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Decompression. 42. The author got scared of water for the first time at A) Beach in Newyork with his father when a strong wave swept over him. B) When he was pushed into YMCA pool by a hefty boy. C) Beach in California with his father when a strong wave swept over him. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beach in California with his father when a strong wave swept over him. 43. Which of the following was/were the reasons for Douglas' fear of water?1. The YMCA experience2. The incident at California beach3. His mother's constant warning about the treacherous Yakima river.4. The unpleasant memories at Bumping Lake in the Cascades. A) Options 1 and 2. B) Options 3 and 4. C) Options 1, 2 and 3. D) Options 2, 3 and 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Options 1, 2 and 3. 44. Shane ..... the spear that he shot and reloaded the gun. A) Contemplated. B) Maneuvered. C) Caught. D) Retrieved. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Retrieved. 45. What is the author's attitude towards water at the end of 'Deep Water'? A) Hostile. B) Indifferent. C) Fearful. D) Appreciative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appreciative. 46. WHICH IS AN ANTONYM OF-MINIATURE A) GIGANTIC. B) MINUSCULE. C) ITSY-BITSY. D) SMALL. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) GIGANTIC. 47. What is the setting of the story 'Deep Water'? A) A river. B) A lake. C) A beach. D) A swimming pool. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A swimming pool. 48. Why do the judges need to watch a video of the finish? A) To see who broke a rule. B) To check who finished first. C) To analyze their swimming techniques. D) To decide if they should get a second chance. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To check who finished first. 49. What are a circular system of currents in the Earth's major oceans? A) Conveyor belt. B) Ocean current. C) Gyre. D) Upwelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gyre. 50. Where did he challenge his fear of water? A) The YMCA pool. B) Yakima river. C) Lake Wentworth. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lake Wentworth. 51. At the end of the experience, Douglas felt A) Released. B) Sad. C) Happy. D) Victorious. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Released. 52. What technology is primarily used for deep-sea exploration? A) Deep-sea divers with advanced scuba gear. B) Satellite imaging. C) Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs). D) Manned submersibles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs). 53. What do Elizabeth and Sophie do right after the race? A) They wait eagerly for the announcement. B) They argue about who won. C) They hug and leave before hearing the results. D) They start training for the next race. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They hug and leave before hearing the results. 54. Q 1.ASSERTION:Douglas's lungs were ready to burst.REASONING:He was unable to breathe in deep water A) Both A and B are right. R is the correct explanation of A. B) Both A and B are right. R is not the correct explanation of A. C) A is right, R is wrong. D) R is right, A is wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Both A and B are right. R is the correct explanation of A. 55. What does concentration mean? A) The amount of something (molecules) in a particular location. B) A type of orange juice. C) Salt. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The amount of something (molecules) in a particular location. 56. What does Thermo and Haline mean? A) Thermo = temperature and Haline = salt. B) Thermo = warm and Haline = cold. C) Thermo = salt and Haline = temperature. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Thermo = temperature and Haline = salt. 57. Q 3. ASSERTION:Douglas's father laughed when Douglas was buried under water REASONING:He was a cruel and sadistic father. A) Both A and B are right. R is the correct explanation of A. B) Both A and B are right. R is not the correct explanation of A. C) A is right, R is wrong. D) R is right, A is wrong. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A is right, R is wrong. 58. How are organisms that live in the deepest parts of the ocean able to survive the extreme pressure? A) They have extremely strong muscles. B) They have thick, pressure-resistant exoskeletons. C) They are made of mostly water. D) They have evolved to survive without oxygen. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are made of mostly water. 59. Select the option that lists the qualities of Douglas' trainer. 1.Adventurous2.Generous3.Patient4.Methodical5. Encouraging6. courageous A) And (6). B) , (4) and (5). C) And (5). D) , (4) and (6). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) , (4) and (5). 60. What does Deep water signify? A) Beauty. B) Depth of Sea. C) Depth of water and strong will power and determination. D) Frantic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Depth of water and strong will power and determination. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesCommon Subjects QuizzesClass 12 QuizzesClass 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 3 Deep Water Quiz 1Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 3 Deep Water Quiz 2Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 3 Deep Water Quiz 3Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 3 Deep Water Quiz 4Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 3 Deep Water Quiz 6Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 3 Deep Water Quiz 7Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 1 The Last Lesson QuizClass 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 2 Lost Spring Quiz 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books