Assertion (A): Douglas concludes that 'In death there is peace. There is terror only in the fear of death.' Reason (R): Having nearly drowned himself, he had felt both the sensation of sinking towards death and the dread leading up to it, and found that the dread was the worse of the two. Choose the correct option.

Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A

Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A

Which statement about the misadventure that revived Douglas's fear is accurate?

A big boy of about eighteen threw him into the deep end as a prank, and the near-drowning sharply revived his fear of water

His father dropped him into the river to teach him to be brave

He slipped in by accident while walking along the shallow end alone

His swimming instructor pushed him in deliberately to force him to learn

After his instructor had finished the lessons, Douglas still went on to swim the length of Lake Wentworth and later dive into Warm Lake. What does this final step reveal about his idea of conquering fear?

He believed fear is truly beaten only when one deliberately faces the feared situation again and finds the terror gone

He felt the lake water was warmer and therefore safer than the pool water

He wanted to win a swimming competition and needed extra practice in open water

He had forgotten the instructor's lessons and had to teach himself all over again

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CBSE Class 12 Commerce English · Ch 3: Deep Water

CBSE Class 12 Commerce English · Ch 3: Deep Water is an online chapter test in the CBSE Class 12 Commerce pattern, covering Deep Water. Attempt it on SeatBeat with a timer like the real exam, then see a detailed solution for every question and your score and weak-topic analysis.

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Deep Water	English	30

Difficulty: 4 medium · 26 hard

Deep Water MCQ questions with answers

The first 3 of 30 questions. Unlock the series for the rest, each with a solution.

Q1. Assertion (A): Douglas concludes that 'In death there is peace. There is terror only in the fear of death.' Reason (R): Having nearly drowned himself, he had felt both the sensation of sinking towards death and the dread leading up to it, and found that the dread was the worse of the two. Choose the correct option.
- A. A is false, but R is true
- 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. Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
Solution
Both statements are true, and his own near-death experience is precisely what led him to this conclusion, so R explains A.
Q2. Which statement about the misadventure that revived Douglas's fear is accurate?
- A. His father dropped him into the river to teach him to be brave
- B. He slipped in by accident while walking along the shallow end alone
- C. A big boy of about eighteen threw him into the deep end as a prank, and the near-drowning sharply revived his fear of water
- D. His swimming instructor pushed him in deliberately to force him to learn
Solution
A big boy of about eighteen tossed him into the deep end as a joke, and the near-drowning brought back and deepened his old dread of water.
Q3. After his instructor had finished the lessons, Douglas still went on to swim the length of Lake Wentworth and later dive into Warm Lake. What does this final step reveal about his idea of conquering fear?
- A. He felt the lake water was warmer and therefore safer than the pool water
- B. He believed fear is truly beaten only when one deliberately faces the feared situation again and finds the terror gone
- C. He wanted to win a swimming competition and needed extra practice in open water
- D. He had forgotten the instructor's lessons and had to teach himself all over again
Solution
He was not satisfied with learning strokes; he deliberately put himself back in deep water to make sure no shred of the old terror survived.

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30 questions for 30 marks, to be answered in 20 minutes.

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Deep Water (30 questions).

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