JAC Board Class 12 English Core 2026 Objective Question Set 1 helps students practice important MCQs with answers, based on the latest syllabus for effective board exam preparation.
English Core MCQ Set 1
1. Which of the following is not used in Note making?
a. Date
b. Abbreviations
c. Symbols
d. Title
Ans: A
2. While writing a notice, where do we place the name of the institution/organisation?
a. Anywhere in the notice
b. After date
c. At the top
d. Below the heading
Ans: C
3. What would be the correct way of writing date in Letter Writing?
a. 01/02/2026
b. 01-02-2026
c. 01.02.2026
d. 1st February, 2026
Ans: D
4. How should an article be ended?
a. With a suitable conclusion
b. Thanking the audience
c. Greeting the audience
d. All of these
Ans: A
5. In Report Writing, the narration of the event is always written in
a. Present tense
b. Simple future tense
c. Immediate past tense
d. Present continuous tense
Ans: C
6. Which of the following is not a part of summary writing?
a. Using your own words
b. Exact words from the text
c. Including main ideas only
d. Summary being shorter than the text
Ans: B
7. Which country was defeated in the Franco-Prussian War?
a. France
b. Prussia
c. Germany
d. Poland
Ans: A
8. What do you boys appear like to the author in the story ‘Lost Spring'?
a. Morning sun
b. Evening sun
c. Morning birds
d. Evening birds
Ans: C
9. Gandhiji and Shukla boarded a train in Calcutta for
a. Ahmedabad
b. Patna
c. Cawnpore
d. Champaran
Ans: B
10. What made Bama shriek with laughter?
a. Looking at the landlord
b. Looking at the monkey's performance
c. Looking at her friend
d. Looking at an old man holding the packet by its string
Ans: D
11. Can a God given lineage ever be broken? Who said these words?
a. Mukesh
b. Mukesh's elder brother
c. Mukesh's grandmother
d. Mukesh's father
Ans: C
12. “Deep Water” is an excerpt from
a. Fear of Water
b. Fearless
c. Of Men and Mountains
d. How to Swim
Ans: C
13. The magistrate asked Gandhiji to furnish bail for those ……… minutes.
a. 30
b. 60
c. 90
d. 120
Ans: D
14. Which game did the peddler and the old man play?
a. Chess
b. Mjolis
c. Ludo
d. Carom
Ans: B
15. Which brand's make-up material was used in Gemini Studios?
a. Lakme
b. Insight
c. Pancake
d. None of these
Ans: C
16. Sophie told Geoff that Danny was unable to sign an autograph for her because
a. His secretary did not allow
b. He didn't have any paper or a pen as per
c. He said, “He’d do it later”
d. He was in a hurry to go home
Ans: B
17. Kamala Das was driving from the house of
a. Her parents
b. Her in-laws
c. Her aunt
d. Her nephew
Ans: A
18. What is a ‘bower’ in the poem ‘A Thing of Beauty'?
a. A sacred place
b. An imaginary place
c. A pleasant place
d. A crowded place
Ans: C
19. What does the poet ask us when he counts up to twelve?
a. Keep quiet
b. Keep safe
c. Keep smiling
d. Keep sleeping
Ans: A
20. Why did the house owner put up a new shed?
a. To keep an eye on the rich car owners
b. To earn some money
c. To see the polished traffic
d. To beg for some money
Ans: B
21. How are the tigers described in the poem, Aunt Jennifer's Tigers?
a. Ferocious
b. Chivalric
c. Fearless
d. All of these
Ans: D
22. Who is the Tiger King?
a. The Maharaja of Pratibandapuram
b. The Maharaja of Shantipuram
c. The Maharaja of Shaktipuram
d. None of them
Ans: A
23. In which hour was the prince of ‘The Tiger King' born?
a. In the hour of bull
b. In the hour of tiger
c. In the hour of lion
d. In the hour of horse
Ans: A
24. Who was Sam in the story ‘The Third Level’?
a. A doctor
b. A psychiatrist and a friend of Charley
c. A teacher
d. None of them
Ans: B
25. How many time zones did Tishani Doshi cross?
a. Two
b. Four
c. Eight
d. Nine
Ans: D
26. Which programme was headed by Geoff Green?
a. Students on Ice
b. Students on Sea
c. Celebrities on Ice
d. Celebrities on Sea
Ans: A
27. Who was Dr. Sadao?
a. A Japanese doctor
b. An American doctor
c. A German doctor
d. An Indian doctor
Ans: A
28. How old is Derry?
a. 11 years
b. 12 years
c. 13 years
d. 14 years
Ans: D
29. What did Mr. Lamb make of apples?
a. Pickles
b. Jam
c. Jelly
d. Roasted apples
Ans: C
30. Who was Annan?
a. Bama's friend
b. Bama's father
c. Bama's uncle
d. Bama's elder brother
Ans: D
