Students of class 12 English should refer to MCQs Class 12 English The Enemy 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. How did Hana help Dr. Sadao?
A) By assisting him
B) By giving him money
C) By giving him tools
D) By working as a nurse

Question. Why did Dr Sadao become irritable and impatient with his patient?
A) Because of his inability to leave the white man to help his distressed wife.
B) Because of many patients
C) Because of general’s pressure
D) None of these

Question. Why was Dr. Sadao not sent to the battlefield?
A) Because the general might need his services
B) He was perfecting a discovery that would render wounds clean
C) He was a very good doctor
D) All the above.

Question. How did Dr. Sadao emerge successfully out of all the conflicts?
A) By throwing the patients out of this house
B) By sending his servants out of the house
C) By saving soldier’s life as a sincere doctor and helping him to escape.
D) By succumbing before the General

Question. Why did Dr. Sadao go to America?
A) To meet the soldiers
B) To meet his friends
C) To study surgery and medicine which was his father’s wish
D) To travel

Question. Where did Dr Sadao meet Hana?
A) In Japan
B) In the neighborhood
C) In the battlefield
D) At professor Harley’s house in America

Question. “She did not wish to be left alone with the white man.” Why did Hana feel so, despite having studied in America?
A) She had an orthodox outlook.
B) America and Japan were enemies in the ongoing World War.
C) He was someone she’d recognised from her past in AmericA)
D) Her husband had cautioned her against the American.

Question. “When the man was so near-death why did he not let him bleed?” Who said these words?
A) The cook
B) Yumi
C) The gardener
D) The General.

Question. What idea do you form of Dr.Sadao after reading ‘The Enemy’?
A) an excellent doctor
B) a compassionate human being
C) sincere and responsible towards duties
D) all of these

Question. Why did the servants leave Sadao’s place?
A) Because they disliked their old master’s behavior towards them
B) Because they hated Dr.Sadao
C) Because they were against Sadao’s decision
D) Because of Hana’s bad behavior

Question. Why did Sadao not hand over the American POW to the Japanese Police?
A) Sadao liked the Americans as he was educated in America
B) Sadao did not want to make the police think that he had helped an enemy
C) Sadao’s ethics as a doctor did not allow him to risk his patient’s life
D) Sadao was willing to help the enemy

Question. Why did Hana say “Don’t try to save him! What if he should live?”
A) Being Japanese, hatred for Americans was natural to her.
B) She was concerned about the consequences that they might face if they save the American.
C) She was afraid that the American soldier might attack them if cureD)
D) Being Japanese, she wanted the American soldier to die unattendeD)

Question. In the age of ________ Sadao was send to America?
A) 34
B) 21
C) 22
D) None of the above

Question. “Who can limit our future? It depends on what we make it.” Who said this?
A) Sadao
B) Hana
C) Sadao’s Father
D) All of the above

Question. The baby boy of Hana and Dr.Sadao was of nearly___.
a) three years.
b) three months.
c) three days.
d) five months

Question. The American landlady had once helped Sadao when
A) she nursed him through influenza
B) she gave him food for a month
C) she had mended his clothes
D) had not taken rent for a month

Question. What was the plan suggested by General Takima for the American soldier?
A) he wanted him to reach safely
B) will inform his country
C) will get him assassinated by some private assassins
D) none

Question. “Those islands yonder, they are the stepping stones to the future of Japan.” Who said this?
A) Sadao
B) Sadao’s father
C) Sadao’s mother
D) Sadao’s wife

Question. Where was Sadao’s house situated?
A) on a beach
B) on a hill
C) upon rocks
D) in a city

Question. Dr.Sadao treated the American prisoner and helped him escape. What does it show?
A) He was afraid of Japanese army.
B) His honesty and compassion towards mankinD)
C) He was a traitor.
D) He wanted to show his superiority.

Question. What was the chief concern of Sadao’s father?
A) Tradition
B) Patriotism
C) Education
D) Dictum

True False Question

Question. Sadao’s father strictly believed in the purity of race and was highly conventional.

Question. Hana helped her husband during the surgery because she wanted to save the life of the American.

Question. The assassins came to Sadao’s house to kill Tom, but failed.

Question. Sadao knew that he was safe because the General was perfectly under his control.

Question. Sadao and Hana found the soldier in their garden when they were enjoying the evening breeze.

Question. Sadao and Hana cared about the soldier but were worried about the consequences of being considerate.

Question. Hana cleaned the American because Yumi was busy with the children.

Question. Sadao wrapped a black cloth on Tom’s head so that he won’t feel cold.

Question. Sadao asked the American to signal with his flashlight early in the morning.

Question. The servants were proud of their master who kept humanity on the top of all other considerations.

Question. Yumi was the name of the gardener who left the job on knowing about the presence of American soldier in the house.

Assertion Reason Type Questions

Question. A: Yumi refused to wash the white man as he was an enemy.
R: Hana was sympathetic to him in the face of open defiance from the domestic staff.
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false.
D) A is false but R is true.

Question. A: Yumi’s reaction to the news of the presence of the POW was fearful for HanA
R: Hana knew if anybody told about the presence of the POW to the government, they would lose everything.
A) A is true but R is false
B) A is false but R is true
C) Both A and R are true
D) Both A and R are false.

Question. A: Hana washed the white man herself.
R: Yumi refused to wash him and Sadao needed Hana’s help.
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is false but R is True.
D) Both A and R are false.

Question. A: Sadao does not keep grudges against the treatment by his father in his childhooD)
R: Sadao comes out as a serious and an intelligent boy.
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is false but R is True.
D) Both A and R are false.

Question. A: Initially, Hana wanted Dr.Sadao to put the prisoner back into the seA
R: The servants wanted to hand him over to the police.
A) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
B) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, reason is true.

Question. A: Sadao and Hana cared about the soldier but were worried about the consequences of being considerate.
R: Sadao and Hana wanted to shirk their responsibility of looking after an injured soldier, who could be an American.
A) A is true but R is false
B) A is false but R is true
C) Both A and R are true
D) Both A and R are false.

Question. A: The American POW understood the words and silence of Sadao properly before leaving Japan.
R: The POW did not want to cause any more trouble to Sadao and his family.
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false.
D) A is false but R is true.

Question. A: Dr. Sadao was a true Patriot.
R: He informed the general about the presence of the white man in his house.
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false.
D) A is false but R is true.

Question. A: The General sent the assassin to the house of Dr. Sadao.
R: He himself was in pain and needed Dr Sadao’s help.
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is true but R is false.
D) A is false but R is true.

Question. A: Sadao did not help Hana in household chores after the servants had left their house.
R: Hana was more exhausted from fright than from work.
A) Both assertion and reason are true and reason is correct explanation of assertion.
B) Both assertion and reason are true but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.
C) Assertion is true, reason is false.
D) Assertion is false, reason is true

Question. A: Sadao helped the white man escape.
R: The General had assured Dr.Sadao of sending his assassins to kill the white man.
A) A is true but R is false
B) A is false but R is true
C) Both A and R are true.
D) Both A and R are false.

Question. A: Sadao was an instinctive and a dedicated doctor.
R: Hana was aware that as a doctor Sadao was almost perfect.
A) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation of A
C) A is false but R is True.
D) Both A and R are false.

Question. A: Dr. Sadao was a dedicated doctor.
R: The Japanese General depended upon him for his treatment.
A) A is true but R is false
B) A is false but R is true
C) Both A and R are true
D) Both A and R are false.

Source Based Question

“It was at this moment that both of them saw something black come out of the mists. It was a man. He flung up of the ocean – flung. It seemed, to his feet by a breaker. He staggered a few steps, his body outlined against the mist, his arms above his heaD) Then the curled mists hid him again.”

Question. Who are the two mentioned here?
A) Dr.Sadao and his wife
B) Dr. Sadao and his servant
C) Dr. Sadao and another doctor
D) Dr. Sadao and his daughter

Question. Who is the ‘man’ referred here?
A) The white man
B) Japanese soldier
C) Japanese prisoner
D) None of the above

Question. How did the man reach the shore?
A) Struggled to walk a few steps
B) Walked comfortably
C) Swam across
D) Was hurled over by the waves

Question. Why was the man not visible clearly?
A) The mist hid him
B) The sea hid him
C) The waves hit
D) None of them

“I realize you are saving my life again” he told Sadao.
“Not at all,” Sadao saiD) “It is only inconvenient to have you here any longer.”… “If your food runs out before you catch a boat,” he said, “signal me two flashes at the same instant the sun drops over the horizon. Do not signal in darkness, for it will be seen. If you are alright but still there, signal me once. You will find fresh fish easy to catch but you must eat them raw. A fire would be seen.”

Question. Sadao helped the man escape because ____________.
A) He was concerned about the safety of himself and his family
B) He wanted the American to reach his country safely so that Sadao’s loyalty to Japan was not questioned
C) Tom was his patient and Sadao could not risk his life
D) All of the above

Question. The word which is the synonym of the word horizon is ______.
A) Decline
B) Skyline
C) Vertical
D) Perpendicular

Question. Tom was NOT advised to ____________.
A) Signal one flash to indicate he was safe and yet on the island
B) Signal only at the time of sun set before it gets completely dark
C) Light a fire to cook the fish
D) Catch fresh fish for food

Question. The way Sadao is instructing Tom, reveals_____________.
A) Sadao’s concern about the safety of his patient
B) Sadao’s act of humanity
C) His fear of getting caught as a traitor for housing an enemy
D) All of the above