This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Common Subjects > English Flamingo > Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 3 Deep Water – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 English (Flamingo) Chapter 3 Deep Water Quiz 7 (38 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Yakima river was tributary of which river? A) Yellow River. B) Yakama River. C) California River. D) Columbia River. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Columbia River. 2. While drowning Douglas tried to catch A) Any other boy. B) The trainer's hand. C) Ropes, ladders, water wings. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ropes, ladders, water wings. 3. What kind of feeling did William Douglas develop for water? A) Avertion. B) Avarsion. C) Averson. D) Aversion. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Aversion. 4. Douglas was keen to learn swimming as he A) Wanted to become a swimmer. B) Wished for swimming, boating, fishing. C) Wanted to prove himself. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wished for swimming, boating, fishing. 5. Why did the author chose Y.M.C.A. pool over Yakima river? A) Y.M.C.A. was safe. B) Yakima river was far away. C) Yakima river was treacherous. D) Both (1) & (3. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both (1) & (3. 6. The Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia is an example of A) Gyres. B) Thermohaline Circulation. C) Tides. D) Deep Water Currents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tides. 7. When the big boy threw the author into the pool, did he lose his presence of mind? A) Yes. B) No. C) Both a & b. D) I'm not sure. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) No. 8. One day Douglas was sitting by the poolside ..... A) Waiting for others. B) Watching the water. C) Scared of going in. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Waiting for others. 9. What was the strategy that the author remembered when he was under water? A) Walk at the bottom and come to the shallow end. B) Look for ropes or ladders. C) Hold breath and swim to the edge. D) Spring from the bottom and come to the surface. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spring from the bottom and come to the surface. 10. In 'Deep Water', what is the protagonist's initial fear? A) Fear of water. B) Fear of animals. C) Fear of heights. D) Fear of darkness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fear of water. 11. When the narrator was pushed into the pool, he felt A) He could not hold his breath and felt as if his lungs would burst. B) To grab a rope and his hands clutched only at water. C) Lungs were ready to burst. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 12. What technology is primarily used for mapping the ocean floor in deep water? A) Radar. B) Sonar. C) LIDAR. D) Satellite imaging. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sonar. 13. Why did Douglas hire an instructor? A) To be confident in swimming. B) To compete with others. C) To flaunt. D) To overcome his fear of water and learn swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To overcome his fear of water and learn swimming. 14. Which genre does the story "Deep Water' belong to? A) Biography. B) Science fiction. C) Horror. D) Autobiography. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Autobiography. 15. The location was a valuable secret, and he did not trust them to keep their eyes off the ..... on the boat. A) Navigation equipment. B) Topographical map. C) Compass. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Navigation equipment. 16. What is the story Deep Water speaking about? A) Fear of water and the way to overcome it. B) Fear of people. C) Fear of dogs. D) Fear of swimming. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fear of water and the way to overcome it. 17. A ..... is an inflatable vest used to control one's ability to remain underwater or to rest at the surface. A) Crossbow. B) Stern. C) Pony tank. D) Buoyancy Compensator Device. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Buoyancy Compensator Device. 18. An area marked off from one end of the pool to the other. A) Sleek. B) Stroke. C) Lane. D) Meet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lane. 19. What was stopping Douglas to get into the waters of Cascade? Memories of A) Washington. B) California beach. C) YMCA pool. D) Instructor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) YMCA pool. 20. What is the girls relationship? A) They are sisters. B) They are best friends. C) They are strangers. D) They are cousins. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They are best friends. 21. What does the author learn about himself in 'Deep Water'? A) He is brave. B) He is determined. C) He is indifferent. D) He is weak. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He is determined. 22. How much of oil spilled at Deep Water Horizon Rig explosion? A) 130 gallons of oil. B) 210 galons of oil. C) 100 galons of oil. D) 200 galons of oil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 210 galons of oil. 23. Difficulties, problems in doing something A) Struggle. B) Qualify. C) Enthusiasm. D) Inevitable. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Struggle. 24. Something that is sure to happen, something that cannot be avoided. A) Clamber. B) Inevitable. C) Identity. D) Qualify. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inevitable. 25. Which of the following best describes the salinity of deep ocean water compared to surface water? A) Lower salinity. B) Varies with location. C) Higher salinity. D) Equal salinity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Higher salinity. 26. Which of the following did Douglas' instructor not do when teaching him to swim? A) Make him put his face in and out of water. B) Make him take trips over and across the pool using a belt attached to a rope. C) Make him take long baths at Bumping Lake in the Cascades. D) Hold him at the side of the pool and make him kick his legs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make him take long baths at Bumping Lake in the Cascades. 27. The layer in a large body of water in which temperature drops with increasing depth faster than it does in other layers is called the ..... A) Pycnocline. B) Thermocline. C) Downwelling. D) Upwelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Thermocline. 28. How many people died and how many were injured on the Deepwater Horizon? A) 5 died, 20 injured. B) 27 died, 10 injured. C) 11 died, 17 injured. D) 57 died, 100 injured. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 11 died, 17 injured. 29. What were the series of emotions and fears that Douglas experienced when he was thrown into the pool? A) Fear. B) Confidence. C) Overconfidence. D) Mixed feelings of confidence and fear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mixed feelings of confidence and fear. 30. Which zone is known as the "Midnight Zone" ? A) The Deep Sea Zone. B) The Abyssal Plain. C) The Abyssal Zone. D) The bathypelagic zone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The bathypelagic zone. 31. "There was terror in my heart at the overpowering force of the waves." This means Douglas had a horrific experience at ..... A) Yakima river. B) Lake Wentworth. C) Beach in California. D) YMCA pool. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Beach in California. 32. The author decided to learn swimming when he was A) Eleven or twelve year old. B) Eight or nine year old. C) Thirteen or fourteen year old. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eleven or twelve year old. 33. What lesson does the protagonist learn in 'Deep Water'? A) Conquering personal fears. B) The importance of friendship. C) The value of hard work. D) The significance of honesty. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Conquering personal fears. 34. We all know about arachnophobia and claustrophobia, but one the more unusual phobias is chorophobia, which is the fear of what? A) Dancing. B) Werewolves. C) Color. D) Singing in public. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dancing. 35. At this moment the author: A) Was a perfect swimmer. B) Was an imperfect swimmer. C) Did not know swimming at all. D) Did not know swimming in a huge river. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Was an imperfect swimmer. 36. The instrctor took out his fear as A) He put a belt around him. B) He tied rope attached to the belt went through a pulley that ran on an overhead cable. C) He held on to the end of the rope, and they went back and forth across the pool. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 37. What is the author's emotional state at the beginning of 'Deep Water'? A) Excited. B) Anxious. C) Bored. D) Confident. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anxious. 38. A process known as upwelling often occurs along ocean coasts. In this process, warm water at the surface is driven out to sea by blowing winds. As the warm water moves out to sea, what most likely happens to the cold water beneath it? A) It is driven out to sea by the warm water. B) It rises to the surface to replace the warm water. C) It sinks closer to the ocean floor. D) It condenses into ice. 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