Students of class 12 English should refer to MCQs Class 12 English Journey to the end of the Earth with answers provided here which is an important chapter in Class 12 English NCERT textbook. These Multiple Choice Questions have been prepared based on the latest CBSE and NCERT syllabus for Class 12 English. The following MCQs can help you to practice and get better marks in the upcoming class 12 english examination

Question. Who is the author of the lesson?
A) Tishani Doshi
B) Kamla Das
C) Jane Austen
D) Chitra Das

Question. How does visit to Antartica help to understand the effect of global warming?
A) here one can see quickly melting glaciers and collapsing ice-shelves
B) it is filled with snow
C) it is away from urban rush
D) it has hidden treasures.

Question. What was Gondwana?
A) An ancient tourist place
B) an ancient city in Antarctica
C) An ancient super continent
D) None

Question. The name of the programme that takes high school students to the end of the earth is ________.
A) Students of Ice
B) Students for Ice
C) Students above Ice
D) Students on Ice

Question. Where does 90% of earth’s total ice exist?
A) Pacific region
B) Southern oceans
C) Northern pole
D) Antarctica Continent

Question. How were the Himalayas formed?
A) by a collapse in the Gondwana supercontinent
B) by evolution
C) by deforestation
D) All these

Question. What was the objective of the Students on the Ice program?
A) to make them travel
B) to make them see snow
C) to make them see white expanse in the form of ice
D) to enable them to think differently to save the planet

Question. The Drake Passage was created because of _________.
A) India drifting northwards
B) South America drifting off to join North America
C) North America drifting off to join South America
D) India’s collision with Asia

Question. Why is a visit to Antartica important to understand the effect of global warming?
A) because here one can see quickly melting glaciers and collapsing ice-shelves
B) because it is filled with snow
C) because it is away from urban rush
D) None

Question. What caused disturbance to the silence of the continent?
A) the humans
B) Avalanches
C) The birds
D) the animals

Question. How old are the records trapped in the layers of ice on Antarctica?
A) 1 million year old
B) 2 million years old
C) half million-year-old carbon records
D) All these

Question. What was the name of the Southern Super continent?
A) Asia
B) Asia Pacific
C) Northern pole
D) Gondwana

Question. If we want to know our earth, the human race and its past, present, and future where should we go?
A) Northern Pole
B) Southern Pole
C) Gondwana
D) Antarctica Continent

Question. What are the reasons of increasing global tempratures?
A) cutting of trees
B) human activities
C) increasing pollution
D) All these

Question. What is the figure of speech used in the line, “It’s like walking into a giant ping-pong ball”?
A) Metaphor
B) Alliteration
C) Pun
D) Simile

Question. Why did the author visit Antarctica?
A) to have a better understanding of the planet
B) to see the white expanse
C) to enjoy the cold weather
D) none

Question. The author’s first emotion on facing Antarctica’s expansive white landscape was ____________.
A) wonder
B) relief
C) shock
D) disbelief

Question. What is the purpose of The Journey to the world’s most preserved place, Antarctica?
A) to tour the world
B) to see the beauty of the earth
C) to know the geography more closely
D) to sensitize the young minds towards climatic change

Question. Why has the author called her journey as Journey to the End of the Earth’?
A) because it was too far
B) because no human race or plants exist
C) crosses nine time zones, six checkpoints, three water bodies and many ecospheres to reach there. The
D) All these

Question. What kind of atmosphere does Antarctica have?
A) coldest
B) driest
C) windiest
D) All these

Question. If we want to know our earth ,the human race and its past ,present, and future where should we go?
A) Northern Pole
B) Southern Pole
C) Gondwana
D) Antarctica Continent

Question. What is there in Antarctica?
A) man’s history
B) snow’s history
C) geographical history
D) Geological history

Question. What are the important indications of the future of human kind?
A) melting glaciers
B) depleting ozone layer
C) increasing global warming
D) All these

Question. Name the program which aimed to take high school students to the end of the world?
A) The author’s delight
B) Geoff Green’s ‘Students on Ice’ programme
C) Teachers delight
D) School program

Question. What does the author compare the running and stretching of crabs to?
A) to melting glaciers
B) to avalanches
C) to stray dogs
D) None

Question. Why was the programme ‘Students on Ice ‘ a great success?
A) because of its arrangements
B) good travel facilities
C) good food arrangements
D) because of the life changing exposure to the youngsters

Question. ‘And for humans, the prognosis isn’t good.’ This line means__________.
A)The future of mankind is not promising.
B) The future of mankind is secure.
C) The prognosis isn’t good enough to be relied upon.
D) The future of human kind is encouraging.

Question. How has the man created ruckus on the earth?
A) by travelling
B) by encroaching the earth
C) by visiting the ice land
D) none

Question. What wondered Tishani Doshi?
A) Beauty of the place
B) white expanse
C) Beauty of balance on the earth
D) None

Question. What does the lesson revolve around?
A) It revolves around the world
B) tourism
C) children and their tour
D) the world’s most preserved place, Antarctica