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Monday, 11 May 2026

Great Expectation (Novel) -- English Paper II (Compulsory) - For Class XII (All Groups) - MCQs

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Great Expectation (Novel)
By Charles Dicken
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. Where does Pip meet convict?
(a) in the village
(b) In the marshes ✔
(c) in the forge
(d) In the church

2. What does the convict demand from Pip?
(a) Money and clothes
(b) Food and a file ✔
(c) A horse and a map
(d) A knife and a blanket

3. What does Pip hide in his trousers?
(a) A piece of bread ✔
(b) A piece of meat
(c) A piece of metal
(d) A piece of cloth

4. What do the guns firing in the distance signify?
(a) A celebration for victory
(b) A warning about escaped convicts ✔
(c) A military exercise
(d) A hunting party

5. What is Pip's reaction to the convict's threats?
(a) He laughs at the convict
(b) He refuses to help
(c) He promises to bring a file and food ✔
(d) He runs away without speaking

6. What does Pip notice about the second convict's face?
(a) It is badly bruised
(b) It is covered in dirt
(c) It is scarred ✔
(d) it is pale and clean

7. Where does Pip first meet Miss Havisham?
(a) In the village
(b) At Satis House ✔
(c) in the marshes
(d) At the blacksmith's forge

8. How does Estella treat Pip during their first meeting?
(a) Kindly
(b) With disdain ✔
(c) Admiringly
(d) fearfully

9. What does Pip feel after leaving Salts House?
(a) Happy and excited
(b) Ashamed of his common background ✔
(c) Angry at Estella
(d) Indifferent

10. What does Pip lie about to his family regarding his visit to Miss Havisham's house?
(a) His encounter with the convict
(b) His visit to Miss Havisham
(c) He made up a story ✔
(d) His fight with pale young gentleman

11. Who does Pip confess the truth to?
(a) Mr. Joe ✔
(b) Mrs. Joe
(c) Estella
(d) Pumblechook

12. What does Joe advise Pip about lying?
(a) Lies are never justified ✔
(b) Lies would not make him less common
(c) Lies are harmless
(d) Lies are fun

13. Who does Pip fight at Miss Havisham's house?
(a) Estella
(b) Pale young gentleman ✔
(c) Joe Gargery
(d) Pumblechook

14. What does the pale young gentleman do after the fight?
(a) He apologizes to Pip
(b) He shakes Pip's hand ✔
(c) He challenges Pip to another fight
(d) He runs away

15. How does Pip feel about becoming a blacksmith?
(a) Excited
(b) Dissatisfied ✔
(c) Indifferent
(d) Proud

16. Who informed Pip that convicts had broken into his home?
(a) Orlick
(b) Mr. Pumblechook
(c) Joe ✔
(d) Biddy

17. Who informs Pip about his "great expectations"?
(a) Joe
(b) Miss Havisham
(c) Mr. Jaggers ✔
(d) Mr. Pumblechook

18. What does Pip expect to become?
(a) A blacksmith
(b) A gentleman ✔
(c) A sailor
(d) A farmer

19. Where is Pip supposed to go to become a gentleman?
(a) London ✔
(b) Satis House
(c) The village
(d) The marshes

20. How does Joe react to Pip's news?
(a) He is angry
(b) He is sad but supportive ✔
(c) He is indifferent
(d) He is excited

21. Who becomes Pip's roommate in London?
(a) Joe
(b) Herbert Pocket ✔
(c) Bentley Drummle
(d) Mr. Jaggers
22. Who told Pip the tragic story of Miss Havisham?
(a) Mr. Jaggers
(b) Herbert Pocket ✔
(c) Biddy
(d) Orlick

23. What does Herbert teach Pip?
(a) How to behave like a gentleman ✔
(b) How to fight
(c) How to read and write
(d) How to cook

24. What do Pip and Herbert plan to do for Magwitch?
(a) Help him escape England ✔
(b) Find him a job
(c) Take him to Miss Havisham
(d) Turn him In to the police

25. What happens to Miss Havisham in last?
(a) She is burned in a fire ✔
(b) She dies of old age
(c) She leaves Satis House
(d) She marries Compeyson

26. What lesson does Joe Gargery teach Pip throughout the novel?
(a) That being a gentleman is about character, not money ✔
(b) That success is only measured by wealth
(c) That revenge is necessary for respect
(d) That intelligence is more important than kindness

27. What does Estella reveal to Pip?
(a) She is marrying Bentley Drummle ✔
(b) She loves Pip (c) She is leaving England
(d) She is Miss Havishamis daughter

28. Who helps Pip with the escape plan?
(a) Joe
(b) Herbert and Startop ✔
(c) Mr. Jaggers
(d) Miss Havisham

29. What happens during the escape attempt?
(a) Magwitch is captured ✔
(b) Magwitch escapes successfully
(c) Pip is arrested
(d) Compeyson helps Magwitch

30. What does Great Expectations ultimately suggest about social class?
(a) Wealth defines a person's worth
(b) Social mobility is impossible
(c) Kindness and integrity matter more than class status ✔
(d) Only education can change a person's class

More Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

31. Who raises Pip after the death of his parents?
(a) Miss Havisham
(b) His sister and Joe Gargery ✔
(c) Mr. Pumblechook
(d) Biddy

32. What is Joe Gargery's profession?
(a) Farmer
(b) Blacksmith ✔
(c) Lawyer
(d) Banker

33. What is Miss Havisham always wearing?
(a) A black cloak
(b) A red gown
(c) A wedding dress ✔
(d) A white shawl

34. Who is Estella raised to break the hearts of?
(a) Men ✔
(b) Children
(c) Criminals
(d) Servants

35. What does Pip think of himself after visiting Satis House?
(a) He feels proud
(b) He feels ashamed of his background ✔
(c) He wants to be a blacksmith
(d) He forgets Estella

36. Who informs Pip about his "great expectations"?
(a) Joe
(b) Miss Havisham
(c) Mr. Jaggers ✔
(d) Biddy
37. What is the name of the man who turns out to be Pip's benefactor?
(a) Mr. Jaggers
(b) Compeyson
(c) Abel Magwitch ✔
(d) Herbert

38. Who is Compeyson?
(a) A lawyer
(b) A criminal and Magwitch's enemy ✔
(c) Estella's father
(d) Pip's teacher

39. Who is Wemmick?
(a) Pip's servant
(b) Mr. Jaggers' clerk ✔
(c) Joe's neighbor
(d) A sailor
40. What is unusual about Wemmick's house?
(a) It is shaped like a factory
(b) It is built like a castle ✔
(c) It floats on water
(d) it is underground

41. What happens to Drummle?
(a) He is imprisoned
(b) He moves abroad
(c) He is killed by a horse ✔
(d) He becomes rich

42. Who is Estella's biological mother?
(a) Miss Havisham
(b) Molly ✔
(c) Biddy
(d) Mrs. Joe

43. What is Molly's relationship to Mr. Jaggers?
(a) His sister
(b) His wife
(c) His housekeeper ✔
(d) His client

44. Who teaches Pip good manners and helps him adjust to London society?
(a) Wemmick
(b) Herbert Pocket ✔
(c) Mr. Jaggers
(d) Startop

45. What does pip do after he loses his wealth?
(a) Becomes a teacher
(b) Works with Hertbert at Clarrikle ✔
(c) Marries Estella
(d) Move to America

46 What does Pip realtze about Estella in the end?
(a) She still hates him
(b) She has changed and softened ✔
(c) She plans to marry again
(d) She has joined a convent

47. How is Miss Havishem injured?
(a) She falls down stairs
(b) Her dress catches fire ✔
(c) She is attacked
(d) She is poisoned

48. What role does Mr. Joggers play in Pip's life?
(a) Doctor
(b) Loyal and guardian ✔
(c) Benefactor
(d) schoolmaster

49. What theme is repeatedly explored through Pip's journey?
(a) Violence
(b) Travel
(c) Social class and personal growth ✔
(d) Religion

50. What is the final fate of Magwitch?
(a) He escapes to Australia
(b) He dies in prison after being injured ✔
(c) He marries
(d) He is hanged publicly


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