Conquest Of Happiness (By Bertrand Russell) - UNIT # 03 Managing Stress, Anger And People - English Paper II (Compulsory) - For Class XII (All Groups) - (MCQs)

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Unit 03: Managing Stress, Anger And People
Conquest Of Happiness
English II (C)
For Class XII (All Groups)

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
From Text Book Exercise

Choose the correct answer for each from the given option:
1. According to the passage, many scientists are among the happiest people because _____.
(a) They are paid more than others
(b) Their work is recognized by everyone
(c) They find deep satisfaction in meaningful work ✔
(d) They avoid interaction with the public

2. The main reason the man who wrote about rose blight was happy because he _____.
(a) Became famous worldwide
(b) Was admired for his artistic skills
(c) Found meaning in practicing his specialized skill ✔
(d) Recovered from his disability

3. What does the passage suggest about recognition and fame in relation to happiness?
(a) They are essential for happiness
(b) They should be ignored completely
(c) They help only in artistic careers
(d) Happiness can exist without them ✔

4. The quality in work that contributes more to happiness than skill alone is _____.
(a) Routine
(b) Flexibility
(c) Constructiveness ✔
(d) Difficulty

5. _____ is likely to cure the habit of hatred.
(a) Loveliness
(b) Constructive work
(c) Amusement ✔
(d) Idleness

6. Common mistake adults make about hobbies is _____.
(a) Thinking hobbies are only for the wealthy
(b) Believing hobbies should lead to careers
(c) Assuming hobbies are childish and beneath adulthood. ✔
(d) Spending too much time on hobbies

7. _____ leads to happiness, according to the text.
(a) Possessive and intense affection ✔
(b) Friendly and supportive interest in others
(c) Cold and distant admiration
(d) Competitive and goal-driven affection

8. An archaeologist takes interest in _____.
(a) Rocks
(b) Ruins ✔
(c) Buildings
(d) Earth

9. Interest in people and interest in things are _____.
(a) Analogous ✔
(b) Opposite
(c) Different
(d) Unrelated

10. What is the benefit of developing an interest in impersonal things like history or astronomy?
(a) It guarantees success in life
(b) It provides permanent happiness
(c) It offers a break from worries and brings balance ✔
(d) It distracts from social responsibilities

More Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

11. According to the passage, the more highly educated members of society are emotionally _____.
(a) Straightforward ✔
(b) Calm
(c) Different
(d) Unrelated

12. All the elements of _____ are present in the life of a scientist.
(a) Happiness ✔
(b) Serenity
(c) Sadness
(d) Modern thinking

13. Is it necesaay for the public to understand the results of a scientist?
(a) No ✔
(b) Compulsary
(c) Yes
(d) Neutral

14. How can a person find pleasure in his work?
(a) By creating essential for happiness
(b) By ignoring others
(c) By developing artistic careers
(d) By developing a specialized skill ✔

15. According to the author, which two emotions a person should ignore to find pleasure in his work?
(a) Sadness and Shame
(b) Happiness and Serenity
(c) Curiosity and Enthusiam (d) Widespread recognition and fame ✔

16. Bertrand Russell knew a man who lost his _____ early in life.
(a) Legs ✔
(b) Eyes
(c) Shoulders
(d) Hands

17. Bertrand Russel knew a man who survived and yet remained happy throughout a long lifetime by writing a five-volume work on _____.
(a) Rose blight ✔
(b) Eyes
(c) Medical science
(d) Career Planning

18. Bertrand Russell compares the notion of joy with _____.
(a) Skilled cricket players
(b) Skilled Painters
(c) Skilled Actors
(d) Skilled Dancers ✔

19. What are the most fulfilling goals?
(a) Those do not flourish from one achievement to another
(b) Those lead continuous from one achievement to another ✔
(c) Those unfulfilled achievements
(d) Those produce lasting results

20. Which kind of attachment leads to unhappinss?
(a)Useful
(b) Possessive ✔
(c) Colorful
(d) Submissive

21. Which hobby is not mentioned in the text?
(a) Music
(b) Dancing ✔
(c) Gardening
(d) Cooking

22. One mathematician splits his _____ equally between solving mathematical problems.
(a) Stress
(b) Time ✔
(c) Anger
(d) Energy

23. Some may argue that it is impossible to feel friendly towards _____ objects.
(a) Useful
(b) Inanimated ✔
(c) Colorful
(d) Useless

24. What is the secret of happiness?
(a) Let your interest as small as possible
(b) Let your interest as broad as possible ✔
(c) Let your interest as creative as possible
(d) Let your interest as momentous as possible