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Key Facts: PSEB SS English Elective Exam

80 + 20

PSEB Senior Secondary English Elective Theory + Project/INA mark split

PSEB Class 12 Scheme of Studies

3 hours

Typical PSEB Senior Secondary English Elective theory exam duration

Common Class 12 theory logistics / confirm on pseb.ac.in

33%

Separate pass floor in Theory, Practical (if any), INA, and aggregate

PSEB Class 12 Scheme of Studies

Code 006

English Elective subject code on PSEB Senior Secondary materials

PSEB Scheme of Studies / syllabus

English MCQ adaptation

This free local bank is not the official Senior Secondary paper format

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PSEB Senior Secondary English Elective is a Class 12 public-exam language elective with Theory 80 + INA 20 (about 3 hours theory; code 006) and 33% pass separately in theory, practical (if any), INA, and aggregate — not a pure MCQ board paper. This free 2026 bank is an English MCQ study adaptation for PSEB-prescribed literature and language concepts.

Sample PSEB SS English Elective Practice Questions

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1In Jesse Owens’s account often titled “My Greatest Olympic Prize,” what makes the 1936 Berlin friendship with Luz Long especially significant?
A.Long was Owens’s American coach from Ohio.
B.A German rival helped Owens under Hitler’s racist Olympic stage.
C.Owens won only because Long withdrew from the long jump.
D.The story is mainly about swimming medals, not track and field.
Explanation: Owens’s narrative stresses Luz Long’s sportsmanship: a German rival’s genuine help and friendship at the Berlin Games, set against Nazi racial ideology—so the prize is human solidarity, not only the gold medal.
2“Mano Majra” as a PSEB Elective prose lesson is most closely linked with which larger literary context?
A.A village setting associated with Partition fiction (Khushwant Singh’s Train to Pakistan world).
B.A pure science essay on Indian railways with no human conflict.
C.A Shakespeare comedy set in Venice.
D.A travel brochure for modern Punjabi tourism only.
Explanation: Mano Majra is the fictional border village at the heart of Khushwant Singh’s Partition novel Train to Pakistan; PSEB prose study of “Mano Majra” situates students in that communal/historical setting.
3In A.L. Hendricks’s “Jamaican Fragment,” what everyday observation drives the narrator’s reflection on prejudice?
A.Seeing children of different complexions play and react on a street.
B.A court trial about stolen candlesticks.
C.A long-jump competition in Berlin.
D.A scientific description of HYV seeds only.
Explanation: “Jamaican Fragment” is built around a small street scene—children of different appearances playing—and the narrator’s later self-correction about assumptions of race and status.
4Graham Greene’s “The Case for the Defence” is best described as which kind of story?
A.A mystery/crime narrative that unsettles easy confidence in courtroom justice.
B.A pastoral nature lyric with no plot.
C.A pure grammar handbook with sample conjugations.
D.A historical chronicle of the Indian freedom struggle only.
Explanation: Greene’s short story uses a murder trial, identical twins, and an ironic aftermath to question certainty in legal “proof,” making it crime/mystery fiction with a moral twist.
5What central irony typically closes readings of “The Case for the Defence”?
A.After the acquittal, a sudden accident undermines the clever defence’s sense of triumph.
B.The judge admits he never listened to any witness.
C.The murderer confesses in open court before evidence begins.
D.The story ends with a wedding song in Venice.
Explanation: The story’s sting is that after the twin-based defence wins acquittal, fate (an accident involving one of the twins) undercuts the lawyer’s celebration—Greene’s dark irony about justice and chance.
6“The Green Revolution” as a PSEB prose topic mainly concerns which historical-economic shift in India?
A.Agricultural modernisation through high-yield varieties, fertilisers, and irrigation that raised food grain output.
B.The invention of the internet in Silicon Valley.
C.Medieval European feudal warfare only.
D.A recipe book for Punjabi desserts.
Explanation: The Green Revolution lesson treats India’s mid-20th-century agricultural transformation—HYV seeds, inputs, irrigation—and its gains and social/environmental debates.
7In Morley Callaghan’s “The Snob,” what social tension shapes the young protagonist’s behaviour?
A.Class embarrassment—pride and shame about parents in front of a girl he wants to impress.
B.A court case about a stolen monkey’s paw.
C.Winning an Olympic gold with a rival’s help.
D.Translating a Punjabi paragraph into English.
Explanation: “The Snob” turns on adolescent class consciousness: the boy’s conflicted pride/shame when his working father appears while he is with a socially desirable girl.
8“The Heritage of India” type prose in the Elective course is best approached as:
A.Reflective cultural writing on India’s civilisational continuity, diversity, and values.
B.A narrative poem from the Literary Petals collection.
C.A one-act play from Select One-Act Plays.
D.A chapter summary from Pride and Prejudice.
Explanation: Heritage essays invite students to appreciate India’s cultural legacy—plural traditions, continuity, and values—using literary/expository reading skills.
9“Gold in the North” as Dear to All the Muses style travel/adventure prose most likely emphasises:
A.Human endurance, landscape, and the lure of wealth or discovery in a northern setting.
B.A courtroom speech by Portia on mercy.
C.Jane Austen’s courtship plot in Hertfordshire.
D.Rules of PSEB compartment exams only.
Explanation: Such prose pieces typically blend setting (harsh northern landscape), human motive (gold/fortune), and endurance—adventure/expository narrative.
10“A Most Forgiving Ape” in the Elective prose list is best classified as:
A.Narrative/reflective prose using an animal encounter to explore human attitudes.
B.A Literary Petals lyric about a rainbow.
C.A one-act play by W.W. Jacobs.
D.A chapter of the Pride and Prejudice novel.
Explanation: The title signals a prose narrative about an ape and forgiveness/human response—literature for theme and attitude, not poetry or the novel.

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