Here are some multiple choice questions (MCQs) for the first chapter of “The Last Lesson” from the Class 12 English syllabus, along with their answers:
Q1. Why were the parents sending their children to the farms and mills?
A) to play
B) to meet friends
C) to meet relatives
D) to earn money
Answer
D) to earn money
Q2. Why was Franz was shocked to see M. Hamel?
A) Because of his formal dress
B) because he gave sweets
C) because he had a flower in his hand
D) all of these
Answer
A) Because of his formal dress
Q3. Why was Franz surprised?
A) Because of village elders
B) Because of police patrolling
C) because of students’ behavior
D) because of M.Hamel’s kind and polite behaviour
Answer
D) because of M.Hamel’s kind and polite behaviour
Q4. Why was Franz reluctant to go to school?
(i) wanted to enjoy warm Sunlight
(ii) wanted to see soldiers drill
(iii) wanted to enjoy outdoor
(iv) lesson on participles was not prepared
Answer
(iv) lesson on participles was not prepared
Q5. Why was Franz feeling regretful and sad?
(i) for reaching late
(ii) for not learning participles
(iii) for change of the Government
(iv) for not learning his mother tongue
Answer
(iv) for not learning his mother tongue
Q6. Why did the villagers come to meet M. Hamel in the school?
A) to complain
B) to say goodbye
C) to gossip
D) to show gratitude
Answer
D) to show gratitude
Q7. Why did Mr. M. Hamel call the French language the most beautiful?
A) Because it was the clearest and logical
B) Because it was his native language
C) Because people were from France
D) None of these
Answer
A) Because it was the clearest and logical
Q8. Why did Hamel blame himself?
(i) not having taught them enough French
(ii) not being strict
(iii) giving students a holiday at times
(iv) not being responsible
Answer
(iii) giving students a holiday at times
Q9. Whom did M.Hamel blame for not sending students to school?
(i) Parents
(ii) friends
(iii) teachers
(iv) watchman
Answer
(i) Parents
Q10. Who was M.Hamel?
A) a spy
B) language teacher
C) soldier
D) School Principal
Answer
B) language teacher
Q11. Who sat on the back bench on the last lesson?
(i) Franz
(ii) Prussians
(iii) the village people
(iv) The new teacher
Answer
(iii) the village people
Q12. Who occupied the back benches in the class?
(i) weak students
(ii) teachers
(iii) monitors of the class
(iv) village elders
Answer
(iv) village elders
Q13. Who is the author of The Last Lesson?
(i) Jane Austen
(ii) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(iii) None
(iv) Alphonse Daudet
Answer
(iv) Alphonse Daudet
Q14. Whlich language would the students study from the next day?
A) English
B) German
C) Dutch
D) Spanish
Answer
B) German
Q15. Where did the parents send their children?
A) school
B) coaching
C) farms and mills
D) movies
Answer
C) farms and mills
Q16. When people are enslaved, what key do they have to the prison, according to M.Hamel?
A) their behaviour
B) power
C) aggressiveness
D) mother tongue
Answer
D) mother tongue
Q17. What were the things being taken for granted by the people of Alsace?
(i) Teachers of the school
(ii) Time and school
(iii) People around
(iv) Money and power
Answer
(ii) Time and school
Q18. What was there in front of the Bulletin Board?
A) children
B) police
C) hawkers
D) a crowd
Answer
D) a crowd
Q19. What was M. Hamel going to question Franz about?
(i) participles
(ii) adjectives
(iii) old primer
(iv) Ba be bi bo bu
Answer
(i) participles
Q20. What was Franz expected to be prepared for at school that day?
A) song
B) dance
C) essay writing
D) Participles
Answer
D) Participles
Q21. What was Franz banking on to enter the class as he was late?
(i) M.Hamel’s teaching on the blackboard
(ii) commotion in the class
(iii) Hauser helping him sneak in
(iv) to quietly walk in when everyone was preoccupied with participles
Answer
(ii) commotion in the class
Q22. What made Franz forget M.Hamel’s ruler and crankiness?
A) Police Patrolling
B) Strange Quietness
C) Bustle on the streets
D) The idea of his going away
Answer
D) The idea of his going away
Q23. What made Franz and the people realize about the preciousness of their mother tongue?
A) M. Hamel’s words
B) School orders
C) Sudden orders from Berlin
D) School Principal
Answer
C) Sudden orders from Berlin
Q24. What had been put up on the Bulletin Board that day?
A) Teach only French
B) Speak only English
C) Teach only German
D) Teach all these
Answer
C) Teach only German
Q25. What does The Last Lesson symbolize?
(i) Loss
(ii) Loss of freedom
(iii) Loss of language
(iv) Loss of language and freedom
Answer
(iv) Loss of language and freedom
Q26. What does The Last Lesson signify?
(i) Change of power
(ii) change of Government
(iii) change in life
(iv) Change of teachers
Answer
(iv) Change of teachers
Q27. What does the expression “in great dread of scolding” mean?
(i) scared of scolding
(ii) very badly scared of scolding
(iii) in the pursuit of
(iv) None of these
Answer
(ii) very badly scared of scolding
Q28. What does the expression “in great dread of scolding” mean?
A) to be happy about it
B) very badly scared of scolding
C) To be indifferent
D) None of these
Answer
B) very badly scared of scolding
Q29. What does M. Hamel’s motionless posture reflect?
(i) the school is dismissed
(ii) sense of finality
(iii) changing order of life
(iv) feeling of nostalgia
Answer
(ii) sense of finality
Q30. What does effects this story speaks about?
A) Power
B)Money
C)Transition
D) people
Answer
C)Transition
Q31. What do the marching soldiers under the windows represent?
A) The Dawn of Prussia in the defeat of French people
B) The defeat of Prussia
C) The victory of French
D) None of these
Answer
A) The Dawn of Prussia in the defeat of French people
Q32. What did Mr. Hamel bring for his class on his last day in the school?
A) new pens
B) new notebooks
C) sweets
D) story books
Answer
B) new notebooks
Q33. What did Hauser bring?
A) sweets
B) children
C) friends
D) old Primer
Answer
D) old Primer
Q34. What did Franz notice that was unusual that day?
A) quietness in the school
B) soldiers in the school
C) crowd in school
D) all of these
Answer
A) quietness in the school
Q35. What did Franz find on reaching the school?
A) People were dancing
B) school was closed
C) Police patrolling
D) strange quietness
Answer
D) strange quietness
Q36. What changes did the order from Berlin cause in school that day?
A) hustle-bustle
B) people were happy
C) teachers were sad
D) strange quietness and sadness
Answer
D) strange quietness and sadness
Q37. What changed Franz’s feelings about M.Hamel and school?
A) Police Patrolling
B) Orders from Berlin
C) Strict words from M. Hamel
D) old Primer
Answer
B) Orders from Berlin
Q38. What bad news used to come from the Bulletin Board?
A) lost battles
B) the draft
C) orders of commanding officers
D) All of these
Answer
D) All of these
Q39. What attitude of M.Hamel surprised Franz?
A) soft and kind
B) rude
C) firm and strict
D) none of these
Answer
A) soft and kind
Q40. The story ‘The Last Lesson’ highlights which human tendency?
(i) Male Chauvinism
(ii) Procastination
(iii) Courage
(iv) Cowardice
Answer
(ii) Procastination
Q41. M. Hamel is introduced as a ruler-wielding teacher. This demonstrates that:
(i) he is concerned.
(ii) he is adamant.
(iii) he is unfeeling.
(iv) he is a hard taskmaster.
Answer
(iv) he is a hard taskmaster.
Q42. From where did the orders come to teach only German in the districts of Alsace and Lorraine?
(i) France
(ii) Lorraine
(iii)Berlin
(iv) Germany
Answer
(ii) Lorraine
Q43. Franz thinks- will they make them sing in German- even the pigeons? What could this mean?
(i) German would use brutal force over everyone
(ii) harsh orders will be passed
(iii) when people are deprived of their essence even the surroundings are affected.
(iv) the Germans will rob France of its language.
Answer
(iii) when people are deprived of their essence even the surroundings are affected.
Q44. Franz looked for opportunities to skip school to do what?
(i) work on mills
(ii) go fishing
(iii) water the plants
(iv) collect birds eggs
Answer
(iv) collect birds eggs
Q45. For how many years did M. Hamel serve the school?
A) 20 years
B) 35 years
C) 30 years
D) 40 years
Answer
D) 40 years
Q46. Expression ‘Thunder Clap” in the lesson means _______.
A) loud but not clear
B) loud and clear
C) startling and unexpected
D) unpleasant
Answer
C) startling and unexpected
Q47. Don’t go so fast, you will get to your school in plenty of time means ___
A) getting late
B) very early
C) not early
D) early enough
Answer
D) early enough
Q48. Alphonse Daudet was from which country?
A) India
B) France
C) England
D) New Zealand
Answer
B) France
Q49. “The Last Lesson” story was written in which year?
A) 1869 – 1870
B) 1870 – 1871
C) 1872- 1873
D) 1870 – 1872
Answer
B) 1870 – 1871
I hope these questions and answers are helpful. “The Last Lesson” is a poignant and thought-provoking story that explores themes of education, patriotism, and the importance of language. It is well worth reading in its entirety.
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