CBSE-CLASS-XII SERIES English-core
Keeping Quiet
3 previous year questions.
Volume: 3 Ques
Yield: Medium
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2025 Chapter Questions 3 MCQs
01
PYQ 2025
easy
english-core ID: cbse-cla
Read the following extract and answer the following questions:
If we were not so single-minded
about keeping our lives moving,
and for once could do nothing,
perhaps a huge silence
might interrupt this sadness
of never understanding ourselves
and of threatening ourselves with death.
(Keeping Quiet)
(i) Select the phrase from the extract that suggests the ceaseless activity in our daily life.
(ii) What does the imagery of ‘single-mindedness’ not represent?
(A) flexibility
(B) unwavering determination
(C) dedication
(D) persistent efforts
(iii) Complete the sentence:
In the line, ‘might interrupt this sadness’, the phrase ‘this sadness’ refers to ___.
(iv) The poet has used phrases like ‘never understanding ourselves’ to illustrate the ___ (irony/humour) in continuous movement without reflection.
(v) Assertion: The poet emphasizes the need for productive silence and reflection.
Reason: Purposeless continuous movement leads to sadness and existential threats.
Choose the correct option:
(A) Both are true, but reason is not the correct explanation.
(B) Both are true, and reason is the correct explanation.
(C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(D) Assertion is false, reason is true.
(vi) State in one sentence what advice you would give to people who are always busy.
If we were not so single-minded
about keeping our lives moving,
and for once could do nothing,
perhaps a huge silence
might interrupt this sadness
of never understanding ourselves
and of threatening ourselves with death.
(Keeping Quiet)
(i) Select the phrase from the extract that suggests the ceaseless activity in our daily life.
(ii) What does the imagery of ‘single-mindedness’ not represent?
(A) flexibility
(B) unwavering determination
(C) dedication
(D) persistent efforts
(iii) Complete the sentence:
In the line, ‘might interrupt this sadness’, the phrase ‘this sadness’ refers to ___.
(iv) The poet has used phrases like ‘never understanding ourselves’ to illustrate the ___ (irony/humour) in continuous movement without reflection.
(v) Assertion: The poet emphasizes the need for productive silence and reflection.
Reason: Purposeless continuous movement leads to sadness and existential threats.
Choose the correct option:
(A) Both are true, but reason is not the correct explanation.
(B) Both are true, and reason is the correct explanation.
(C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
(D) Assertion is false, reason is true.
(vi) State in one sentence what advice you would give to people who are always busy.
02
PYQ 2025
easy
english-core ID: cbse-cla
How would humanity benefit if people maintained silence? (Keeping Quiet)
03
PYQ 2025
medium
english-core ID: cbse-cla
Discuss how the poems ‘Keeping Quiet’ and ‘A Thing of Beauty’ draw attention to the importance of beauty and introspection. (Keeping Quiet and A Thing of Beauty)