Chapter 1

GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS

James Hilton

Synonyms

1. Brookfield is an old foundation. 12616001

a) institution b) village

c) town d) forum

2. Give your enthusiasm to Brookfield.

a) zeal b) age 12616002

c) time d) power

3. Take up a firm attitude from the beginning.

a) good b) lenient

c) strict d) keen

4. He remembered that first tremendous ordeal of taking prep. 12616004

a) trial b) business

c) interview d) consequence

5. Big Hall was full of lusty barbarians ready to pounce on him as their legitimate prey.

a) healthy b) happy

c) buoyant d) angry

6. Big Hall was full of lusty barbarians ready to pounce on him as their legitimate prey.

a) savages b) civilians 12616006

c) dunces d) predators

7. Big Hall full of lusty barbarians ready to pounce on him as their legitimate prey.

a) feed b) attack 12616007

c) rely on d) tease

8. Big Hall was full of lusty barbarians ready to pounce on him as their legitimate prey.

a) lawful b) latest 12616008

c) private d) desirable

9. At the mercy of five hundred unprincipled ruffians to whom baiting of new masters was a fine art. 12616009

a) unethical b) ugly

c) cultured d) brave

10. At the mercy of five hundred unprincipled ruffians to whom baiting of new masters was a fine art.

a) scoundrels

b) students

c) civilians d) pupils

11. At the mercy of five hundred unprincipled ruffians to whom baiting of new masters was a fine art. 12616011

a) teasing b) following

c) knowing d) imitating

12. But as a mob just pitiless and implacable.

a) learner b) class 12616012

c) crowd d) student

13. But as a mob just pitiless and implacable.

a) mindless b) lovely 12616013

c) cruel d) strange

14. But as a mob just pitiless and implacable.

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a) unappeasable b) improbable

c) dull d) cowardly

15. The sudden hush as he took his place at the desk on the dais. 12616015

a) noise b) sound

c) silence d) whisper

16. The sudden hush as he took his place at the desk on the dais. 12616016

a) school b) hall

c) rostrum d) room

17. Rarely did he read more than a page of it before sleep came swiftly. 12616017

a) scarcely b) often

c) entirely d) willingly

18. Rarely did he read more than a page of it before sleep came swiftly. 12616018

a) quickly b) slowly

c) highly d) noisily

19. More like a mystic intensifying of perception than any changeful entrance into another world. 12616019

a) real b) fake

c) mysterious d) ritual

20. More like a mystic intensifying of perception than any changeful entrance into another world. 12616020

a) boasting b) explaining

c) deepening d) observing

21. More like a mystic intensifying of perception than any changeful entrance into another world. 12616021

a) consciousness b) oblivion

c) calmness d) adoption

22. Sipping a glass of sherry. 12616022

a) juice b) beer

c) soup d) Spanish wine

23. Nothing really wrong with him only anno domini. 12616023

a) young age b) advancing age

c) health d) weakness

24. Born in 1848 and taken to the Great Exhibition as a toddling child. 12616024

a) healthy b) weak

c) big d) tottering

25. A phenomenon that was. 12616025

a) rare incident b) matter

c) problem d) solution

26. He had been ragged there a good deal.

a) enjoyed b) admired 12616026

c) teased d) accommodated

27. He remembered that day of his preliminary interview. 12616027

a) first b) second

c) third d) fourth

28. The air was full of flower scents. 12616028

a) garden b) tree

c) smells d) plants

29. One of the Barnhurst boys, a chubby little fellow, scored a century. 12616029

a) tall b) small

c) fat and short d) weak

30. Wetherby himself was very fatherly and courteous. 12616030

a) harsh b) polite

c) rude d) unconcerned

31. Chips had a vivid recollection of old Wetherby. 12616031

a) dim b) new

c) strange d) clear

32. Chips had a vivid recollection of old Wetherby. 12616032

a) story b) picture

c) memory d) cooperation

33. When you are getting on in year, you get very sleepy at times? 12616033

a) drowsy b) active

c) angry d) weak

34. He had been there more than a decade.

a) 4 years b) 8 years 12616034

c) 10 years d) 12 years

35. Chips would sing out, in that jerky high-pitched voice that had still a good deal of sprightliness in it. 12616035

a) cheerfulness b) boldness

c) lovableness d) dearness

36. Then he put the wire guard in front of the fire, turned out the gas. 12616036

a) hearth b) man

c) arm d) net

37. I remember your grandfather he could never grasp the Ablative Absolute. 12616037

a) understand b) make

c) read d) write

38. I remember your grandfather he could never grasp the Ablative Absolute. 12616038

a) noun & participle

b) adjective

c) verb

d) verb & participle

39. But I do believe that you are the biggest fool of the lot! 12616039

a) friends b) all family

c) triangle d) home

Questions and Answers

Q.1. What is life like when a person gets old? 12616040

Q.2. How did Mr. Chips measure time after his retirement? 12616041

Q.3. What time did Mr. Chips keep after his retirement? 12616042

Q.4. What different rituals did Mr. Chips perform before going to bed? 12616043

Q.5. What was Dr. Merivale’s opinion on Mr. Chips’ health? (Board 2010, 07) 12616044

Q.6. What was Wetherby’s observation about Chips’ discipline? 12616045

Q.7. What was, according to Wetherby, the secret of discipline for a teacher? 12616046

Q.8. How often did Dr. Merivale visit Chips? (Board 2015) 12616047

Q.9. From what disease did Mr. Chips suffer? 12616048

Q.10. What is meant by Anno Domini? 12616049

Q.11. Why did Mr. Chips leave Melbury? 12616050

Q.12. Who was Wetherby? 12616051

Q.13. Why was it easy to remember the year of 1870? (Board 2009) 12616052

Q.14. Describe Mr. Chips’ first meeting with Mr. Wetherby. (Board 2010) 12616053

How did Mr. Wetherby advise Chips on the day of his interview at Brookfield?

OR (Board 2015)

How did Wetherby advise Mr. Chips? (Board 2015)

Q.15. Describe the first ordeal of Mr. Chips in the Big Hall? 12616054

How did Mr. Chips deal with his first class at Brookfield School? (Board 2008, 09)

Describe Chips’ first day experience at Brookfield School? (Board 2016)

Q.16. Who was Colley? (Board 2006, 16) 12616055

Q.17. Draw a character sketch of Mr. Chips. GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS

James Hilton

Synonyms

1. Across the road behind a rampart of ancient elms lay Brookfield, russet under its autumn mantle of creeper.

a) defensive wall b) line 12617001

c) gate d) shade

2. Across the road behind a rampart of ancient elms lay Brookfield, russet under its autumn mantle of creeper.

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a) new b) modern

c) classical d) old

3. Across the road behind a rampart of ancient elms lay Brookfield, russet under its autumn mantle of creeper. 12617003

a) a tree b) plant

c) money d) city

4. Across the road behind a rampart of ancient elms lay Brookfield, russet under its autumn mantle of creeper. 12617004

a) mad b) cover

c) crazy d) sense

5. The school went up and down, dwindling almost to non-existence at one time, becoming almost illustrious at another.

a) breaking b) dying 12617005

c) declining d) going

6. The school went up and down, dwindling almost to non-existence at one time, becoming almost illustrious at another.

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a) rigid b) prominent

c) famous d) notorious

7. The school declined again, both in numbers and repute. 12617007

a) progressed b) rose

c) dwindled d) sustained

8. Wetherby, who came in 1840, restored its fortune somewhat; but its subsequent history never raised it to front–rank status.

a) destroyed b) helped 12617008

c) regained d) improved

9. Wetherby, who came in 1840, restored its fortune somewhat; but its subsequent history never raised it to front –rank status. a) earlier b) later 12617009

c) middle d) superior

10. Wetherby, who came in 1840, restored its fortune somewhat; but its subsequent history never raised it to front –rank status.

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a) pushed b) developed

c) promoted d) enhanced

11. Mostly, however it turned out merchants, manufacturers, and professional men, with a good sprinkling of country squires and parsons. 12617011

a) developed b) ran

c) produced d) mixed

12. It turned out merchants, manufacturers, and professional men, with a good sprinkling of country squires and parsons.

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a) salt b) small number

c) large number d) enough

13. Not that he was boastful or conceited, but he had been, in his early twenties, as ambitious as most other young men at such an age. 12617013

a) humble b) rich

c) proud d) poor

14. Not that he was boastful or conceited, but he had been, in his early twenties, as ambitious as most other young men at such an age. 12617014

a) liar b) vain

c) selfish d) selfless

15. His dream had been to get a headship eventually. 12617015

a) preliminary b) momentarily

c) by chance d) finally

16. His discipline, though good enough and improving, wasn’t absolutely reliable under all conditions. 12617016

a) suspect b) honest

c) dependable d) distrustful

17. He had no private means and no family connections of any importance. 12617017

a) cheap b) wealth

c) resources d) money

18. He had no private means and no family connections of any importance. 12617018

a) background b) history

c) relations d) lineage

19. Where he was, began to fill a comfortable niche in his mind. 12617019

a) feeling b) hiding

c) nook d) memory

20. At forty, he was rooted, settled, and quite happy. 12617020

a) connected b) established

c) lonely d) separated

21. At forty, he was rooted, settled, and quite happy. 12617021

a) loved b) comfortable

c) uncomfortable d) migrated

22. At fifty he was the doyen of the staff.

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a) old member b) teacher

c) junior d) senior member

23. A decent career, decently closed three cheers for old Chips, they all shouted, at that uproarious end-of-term dinner. 12617023

a) claiming b) silent

c) noisy d) hushed

24. Three cheers, indeed; but there was more to come, an un-guessed epilogue, an encore played to a tragic audience. 12617024

a) closing speech b) prologue

c) remark d) laughter

25. Three cheers, indeed; but there was more to come, an un-guessed epilogue, an encore played to a tragic audience. 12617025

a) performance

b) layer

c) once more

d) repeated performance

Questions and Answers

Q.1. What was Wetherby’s opinion about Brookfield?

Q.2. What kind of school was Brookfield?

What kind of luck did Brookfield enjoy as a school?

Did Brookfield enjoy a good repute? (Board 2016)

Q.3. Write a note on Brookfield School. (Board 2010)

Q.4. What kind of men did Brookfield produce?

What contribution did Brookfield make to England? (Board 2006, 07, 08)

Q.5. What was Wetherby’s contribution to Brookfield?

Q.6. When was Brookfield established?

Q.7. What was given to Chips on his retirement? (Board 2008)

Q.8. What was Chips’ ambition as a young man?

Q.9. How did Chips fare at Brookfield?

Q.10. What was social and academic status of Chips? (Board 2015)

Q.18. What was the joke about Colley Jr.?

Q.19. What were Mr. Chips’ memories of the Big Hall?

Q.20. What do you know about Colley Jr.?

Q.21. How did Chips remember his preliminary interview at Brookfield Public School? 12616060

GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS

James Hilton

Synonyms

1. It was a small but very comfortable and sunny room that Mrs. Wickett let to him.

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a) sent b) offered

c) rented d) sold

2. The house itself was ugly and pretentious; but that didn’t matter; it was convenient.

a) awkward 12618002

b) attractive

c) smart

d) funny

3. The house itself was ugly and pretentious; but that didn’t matter; it was convenient. a) showy b) false 12618003

c) vain d) simple

4. The house itself was ugly and pretentious; but that didn’t matter; it was convenient. a) easy 12618004

b) apt

c) near

d) far

5. For he liked, if the weather were mild enough, to stroll across to the playing-field in an afternoon and watch the games.

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a) harsh b) pleasant

c) weak d) sudden

6. For he liked, if the weather were mild enough, to stroll across to the playing-field in an afternoon and watch the games.

a) jump b) run 12618006

c) walk leisurely d) skip

7. He liked to smile and exchange a few words with the boys when they touched their caps to him. 12618007

a) loved b) greeted

c) shouted d) made fun

8. During the winter term there were crumpets, too – a little pile of them in front of the fire, soaked in butter so that the bottom one lay in a little shallow pool.

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a) dropped b) steeped

c) absorbed d) challenged

9. He kept watch to see that their plates were never empty. 12618009
a) gazed b) vigil

c) observed d) stared

10. And you do know when he wants you to push off” 12618010

a) get out b) see off

c) welcome d) farewell

11. I once thrashed him for climbing on to the gymnasium roof-to get a ball out of the gutter. 12618011

a) greeted b) beat

c) sit d) appreciated

12. Mrs. Wickett, before she saved money, had been in charge of the linen-room at the school. 12618012

a) laundry b) library

c) cloth shop d) cafeteria

13. Yes, I knew’im, sir. Cheeky’s was to me, generally. But we never’ad no bad words between us. 12618013

a) humble b) rude

c) friendly d) foolish

14. Yes, I knew’im, sir. Cheeky’s was to me, generally. But we never’ad no bad words between us. 12618014

a) difficult b) ugly

c) harsh d) foul

15. Yes, you can bring my supper about then.” 12618015
a) brunch b) dinner

c) meal d) breakfast

16. A pleasant, placid life, at Mrs. Wickett’s.

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a) funny b) peaceful

c) amusing d) busy

17. He had no worries, his pension was adequate, and there was a little money saved up besides. 12618017

a) meagre b) sufficient

c) comfortable d) rich

18. He had no worries, his pension was adequate, and there was a little money saved up besides. 12618018

a) without b) in addition

c) less d) surplus

19. A worn Turkey carpet; big easy-chairs; pictures on the wall, of the Acropolis and the Forum. 12618019

a) modern b) ancient

c) new d) old

20. A worn Turkey carpet; big easy-chairs; pictures on the wall, of the Acropolis and the Forum. 12618020

a) Roman marketplace b) platform

c) Greek fort d) house

21. A worn Turkey carpet; big easy-chairs; pictures on the wall, of the Acropolis and the Forum. 12618021

a) pub

b) inn

c) public place in Roman market

d) Greek fort

22. The books were chiefly classical, for that had been his subject’ there was, however, a seasoning of history and belles-lettres.

12618022

a) Persian b) Greek & Roman

c) English d) German

23. The books were chiefly classical, for that had been his subject’ there was, however, a seasoning of history and belles-lettres.

12618023
a) a small number b) collection

c) heap d) large number

24. The books were chiefly classical, for that had been his subject. There was, however, a seasoning of history and belles-lettres.

12618024

a) personal letters b) light literature

c) classical literature d) royal letters

25. There was also a bottom shelf piled up with cheap editions of detective novels.

12618025

a) placed b) stuffed

c) heaped d) gathered

26. Sometimes he took down Virgil or Xenophon and read for a few moments.

12618026

a) friend b) dramatist

c) a Roman poet d) Greek musician

27. Sometimes he took down Virgil or Xenophon and read for a few moments.

a) Roman soldier 12618027

b) Roman musician

c) Greek historian

d) Greek lover

28. He was not, despite his long years of assiduous teaching, a very profound classical scholar. 12618028

a) focused b) carefree

c) diligent d) leisurely

29. He liked those short leading articles in “The Times” that introduced a few tags that he recognized; to the among the dwindling number of people who understood such thing was to him a kind of secret and valued freemasonry. 12618029

a) examples b) cartons

c) phrases d) bills

30. He liked those short leading articles in “The Times” that introduced a few tags that he recognized; to be among the dwindling number of people who understood such thing was to him a kind of secret and valued freemasonry. 12618030

a) depressing b) decreasing

c) increasing d) rising

31. He liked those short leading articles in “The Times” that introduced a few tags that he recognized; to be among the dwindling number of people who understood such thing was to him a kind of secret and valued freemasonry. 12618031
a) feeling b) shave

c) bond d) masons

32. An old man, white-haired and only a little bald, still fairly active for his years. 12618032

a) hairy b) hairless

c) flat d) have

33. Writing his occasional letters in thin, spidery, but very legible script. 12618033 a) delicate b) flimsy

c) of the spider d) bent

34. Writing his occasional letters in thin, spidery, but very legible script. 12618034
a) readable b) difficult

c) clear d) bold

35. All that fuss about mixing the tea – a typical bachelor, if ever there was one.

12618035

a) excitement b) horror

c) trouble d) tension

36. Which was oddly incorrect; because Chips was not a bachelor at all. 12618036

a) suddenly b) really

c) strangely d) rarely

37. Which was oddly incorrect; because Chips was not a bachelor at all. 12618037
a) issueless b) unmarried

c) engaged d) widower

Questions and Answers

Q.1. Describe Mrs. Wickett’s house. 12618038

Q.2. How was the room Mrs. Wickett let to Chips? 12618039

Q.3. What would Mr. Chips do during mild afternoons while at Mrs. Wickett’s? 12618040

Q.4. How did Mr. Chips entertain his students at Mrs. Wickett’s house? (Board 2015) 12618041

How did Chips meet the new comers? (Board 2016)

Q.5. What would Chips ask the new boys who came to see him? 12618042

Q.6. When and how did Chips send off new boys? 12618043

Q.7. What did the boys comment after tea with Chips? 12618044

Q.8. What did Branksome tell Mr. Chips? 12618045

Q.9. What did Mr. Chips tell Mrs. Wickett about Major Collingwood? 12618046

Q.10. Who was Mrs. Wicket and what did she do for Mr. Chips'? (Board 2006, 15) 12618047

Q.11. Where was Major Collingwood killed? 12618048

Q.12. What was the financial condition of Mr. Chips after retirement? 12618049

Q.13. How was Mr. Chips’ room decorated at Mrs. Wickett’s? 12618050

Q.14. What kind of books did Mr. Chips have in his room? 12618051

Q.15. What kind of books did Chips read? 12618052

Q.16. What were Chips’ views about Latin and Greek? 12618053

Q.17. What did Chips read in “The Times” and what did he think about Latin and Greek?

12618054

Q.18. What were the quiet enjoyments of Mr. Chips at Mrs. Wickett’s? 12618055

Q.19. What was the misconception about Mr. Chips’ marital status? 12618056

Q.20. Who was Major Collingwood? (Board 2008, 09) 12618057

Q.21. Why did Mr. Chips choose to live at Mrs. Wickett’s? 12618058

GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS

James Hilton

Synonyms

1. There came to him, stirred by the warmth of the fire and the gentle aroma of tea, a thousand tangled recollections of old times.

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a) tired b) fatigued

c) inspired d) desired

2. There came to him, stirred by the warmth of the fire and the gentle aroma of tea, a thousand tangled recollections of old times.

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a) desire b) fragrance

c) delight d) slight

3. There came to him, stirred by the warmth of the fire and the gentle aroma of tea, a thousand tangled recollections of old times. 12619003

a) humbled b) old

c) past d) jumbled

4. There came to him, stirred by the warmth of the fire and the gentle aroma of tea, a thousand tangled recollections of old times. 12619004

a) desires b) memories

c) wishes d) aspirations

5. Chips stayed on alone at Wasdale Head, where he boarded in a small farmhouse.

a) lodged b) stuck 12619005

c) swayed d) paid

6. One day, climbing on Great Gable, he noticed a girl waving excitedly from a dangerous looking ledge. 12619006

a) crying b) shouting

c) thinking d) signalling

7. One day, climbing on Great Gable, he noticed a girl waving excitedly from a dangerous looking ledge. 12619007

a) ridge b) selection

c) rejection d) dejection

8. Thinking she was in difficulty he hastened towards her, but in doing so slipped himself and wrenched his ankle. 12619008

a) looked b) hurried

c) ran d) viewed

9. Thinking she was in difficulty he hastened towards her, but in doing so slipped himself and wrenched his ankle. 12619009

a) gained b) pained

c) tanned d) sprained

10. And neither role was one for which he had much relish. 12619010

a) fame b) disgust

c) taste d) desire

11. He never felt at home or at ease with them; and that monstrous creature. 12619011

a) motivated b) tardy

c) comfortable d) at war

12. He was a quiet, conventional person, and the world, viewed from the haven of Brookfield, seemed to him full of distasteful innovations. 12619012

a) old-fashioned b) tough

c) rough d) sturdy

13. He was a quiet, conventional person, and the world, viewed from the haven of Brookfield, seemed to him full of distasteful innovations. 12619013

a) school b) refuge

c) place d) bar

14. He was a quiet, conventional person, and the world, viewed from the haven of Brookfield, seemed to him full of distasteful innovations. 12619014
a) newness

b) dishes

c) fruits

d) curry

15. He was a quiet, conventional person, and the world, viewed from the haven of Brookfield, seemed to him full of distasteful innovations. 12619015

a) rugged b) teasing

c) pleasing d) unpleasant

16. There was this new craze for bicycling which was being taken up by women equally with men. 12619016

a) disease b) madness

c) fashion d) activity

17. There was this new craze for bicycling which was being taken up by women equally with men. 12619017

a) adopted b) hated

c) debated d) counted

18. Chips did not hold with all this modern newness and freedom. 12619018

a) stack b) attach

c) endorse d) catch

19. He had a vague notion, if he ever formulated it, that nice women were weak, timid, and delicate, and that nice men treated them with a polite but rather distant chivalry. 12619019

a) old b) new

c) unclear d) unwanted

20. He had a vague notion, if he ever formulated it, that nice women were weak, timid, and delicate, and that nice men treated them with a polite but rather distant chivalry. 12619020

a) lazy b) active

c) shy d) obdurate

21. He had a vague notion, if he ever formulated it, that nice women were weak, timid, and delicate, and that nice men treated them with a polite but rather distant chivalry. 12619021

a) hard b) soft

c) crazy d) fickle

22. He had a vague notion, if he ever formulated it, that nice women were weak, timid, and delicate, and that nice men treated them with a polite but rather distant chivalry. 12619022

a) fast b) instant

c) remote d) near

23. He had a vague notion, if he ever formulated it, that nice women were weak, timid, and delicate, and that nice men treated them with a polite but rather distant chivalry. 12619023

a) curiosity b) generosity

c) velocity d) gallantry

24. It was even more terrifying that she should turn the tables by helping him. 12619024

a) ability

b) qualify

c) plead

d) reverse the situation

25. She had blue, flashing eyes and freckled cheeks and smooth straw-coloured hair.

a) ripe b) blonde 12619025

c) shining d) blessed

26. She had blue, flashing eyes and freckled cheeks and smooth straw-coloured hair.

a) white b) beautiful 12619026

c) spotted d) smooth

27. She had blue, flashing eyes and freckled cheeks and smooth straw-coloured hair.

a) gray b) red 12619027

c) light brown d) dark

28. She was a governess out of a job. 12619028

a) doctor b) nurse

c) tutor d) engineer

29. He was not very articulate, did not at first think it worthwhile to contradict them.

a) expressive b) dumb 12619029

c) loud d) rude

30. He was not very articulate, did not at first think it worthwhile to contradict them.

a) support b) oppose 12619030

c) like d) vanish

31. He had always thought that the modern type, this “new woman” business, would repel him. 12619031

a) appreciate b) commute

c) invite d) dissuade

32. Within a week they were head over heels in love. 12619032

a) partly b) completely

c) new d) experienced

Questions and Answers

Q.1. What thing did stir Mr. Chips’ memories? 12619033

Q.2. When was Chips appointed housemaster? 12619034

Q.3. Who went with Mr. Chips to the Lake District? (Board 2006) 12619035

Q.4. How much time did Mr. Chips and Rowden spend together in the Lake District? 12619036

Q.5. Where did Mr. Chips stay in the Lake District? 12619037

Q.6. How did Mr. chips meet Katherine for the first time? (Board 2016) 12619038

Q.7. How did Chips feel in the company of women? 12619039

Q.8. Why did Chips not like Bernard Shaw and Ibsen and bicycling? (Board 2008) 12619040

What were Chips’ views about modern women? (Board 2015)

Q.9 What notion did Chips have about women? (Board 2015, 16) 12619041

Q.10. Could Chips expect a woman on Great Gable? 12619042

Q.11. Give physical description of Katherine Bridges. (Board 2007) 12619043

Q.12. Why did Katherine visit Chips on her bicycle? 12619044

Q.13. How did Katherine think about Chips first when he was lying in the farmhouse? 12619045

Q.14. What did Chips think when Katherine visited him alone? 12619046

Q.15. What was the profession of Katherine? 12619047

Q.16. Why did Chips not contradict Katherine’s political views when she expressed them to him? 12619048

Q.17. How did Katherine begin to like Chips? 12619049

Q.18. How much time did Katherine and Chips take to fall in love with each other and marry?

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Q.19. What were the political views of Mr. Chips? 12619051

Q.20. What was the most interesting event in the Novel? (Board 2006) 12619052

Q.21. Draw a character sketch of Katherine Bridges. 12619053

Q.22. What were Katherine’s views about middle-aged men before meeting Chips? 12619054

Q.23. What kind of political views did Katherine have? (Board 2016) 12619055

Q.24. Why was the spring of 1896 important for Chips? (Board 2015, 16) 12619056

GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS

James Hilton

Synonyms

1. Chips recollected those days. 12620001

a) gained b) paid

c) blamed d) remembered

2. He looked down at his foot that performed so signal a service. 12620002
a) important b) only

c) regular d) respectful

3. That became the trivial cause of so many momentous happenings. 12620003

a) total b) plain

c) petty d) tricky

4. That became the trivial cause of so many momentous happenings. 12620004
a) magical

b) trivial

c) meaningful

d) significant

5. It was the one thing of which the details evaded him. 12620005
a) scared b) followed

c) attracted d) avoided

6. He saw the glorious hump of the Gable.

12620006

a) scene b) atmosphere

c) small hill d) height

7. He could re-follow the ribbon of the pass across to sty-head. 12620007
a) narrow strip b) a sign-board

c) a string d) rule

8. So clearly it lingered that time of dizzy happiness. 12620008

a) left b) hung around

c) followed d) consumed

9. So clearly it lingered that time of dizzy happiness. 12620009

a) giddy b) dull

c) passive d) insignificant

10. He could recall those strolls by the waterside. 12620010

a) streams b) leisurely walks

c) seats d) thoughts

11. He could recall her cool voice and her gay laughter. 12620011
a) happy b) sad

c) gruesome d) calculated

12. Chips had been a little serious about it rather a little awed. 12620012
a) aware b) slow

c) afraid d) confused

13. I was afraid you were a solicitor. 12620013
a) judge b) merchant

c) salesman d) lawyer

14. He had been afflicted with an acute desire to depreciate himself. 12620014

a) affiliated b) suffered

c) troubled d) agreed

15. He had been afflicted with an acute desire to depreciate himself. 12620015

a) accurate b) keen

c) actual d) devalue

16. He depreciated himself and his attainments. 12620016
a) failures b) struggle

c) achievements d) aim

17. He told her of his mediocre degree. 12620017

a) ordinary b) memorable

c) academic d) must

18. He talked of his ineligibility to marry a young and ambitious girl. 12620018

a) amiable b) lazy

c) aspiring d) imaginative

19. When Chips left the house, she said with mock gravity. 12620019

a) mournful b) mean

c) false seriousness d) painful

20. A hansom clop-clopping in the road way.
a) two-wheeled carriage 12620020

b) cart

c) three wheeled Carriage

d) four-wheeled cart

21. There was green pale gas-lamp flickering on the wet pavement. 12620021
a) yellow b) lightning

c) dazzling d) shining

22. There was green pale gas-lamp flickering on the wet pavement. 12620022
a) slipping b) spreading

c) shimmering d) falling

Questions and Answers

Q.1. What service did Chips’ foot render to him? 12620023

Q.2. What did Chips recollect about the time he spent with Katherine in the Lake District?

12620024

Q.3. Was Katherine pleased with Chips’ being a teacher? 12620025

What was Katherine’s views about Chips’ profession? (Board 2008)

Q.4. Had Chips visited the Lake District after his first meeting with Katherine? 12620026

Q.5. From where was Katherine married? 12620027

Q.6. What did Katherine say to Chips on the night before their wedding? (Board 2010) 12620028

Q.7. Why was Mr. Chips a little serious planning a future with Katherine? 12620029

Q.8. How did Chips depreciate himself before his marriage? 12620030

Q.9. What different scenes did Mr. Chips remember on the eve of his wedding? 12620031

GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS

James Hilton

Synonyms

1. For his marriage was a triumphant success. 12621001

a) exultant b) sure

c) peculiar d) heart-rending

2. She was immensely popular with the boys and masters alike. 12621002
a) immediately b) infinitely

c) mostly d) in majority

3. Even the wives of the masters tempted at first to be jealous of some so young and lovely 12621003
a) enticed b) opposed

c) troubled d) tortured

4. They could not long resist her charms.

a) intelligence b) charity 12621004

c) charisma d) chivalry

5. Till his marriage Chips had been a dry and rather neutral sort person. 12621005
a) artificial b) natural

c) impartial d) negative

6. Chips was not made of the stuff that makes for great popularity. 12621006
a) people b) sense

c) substance d) principle

7. He was not that stirs great affection.

a) inspires b) settles 12621007

c) vanishes d) believes

8. He was not that stirs great affection.

12621008

a) hatred b) affirmation

c) fondness d) emotions

9. He had already begun to sink into that creeping dry-rot of pedagogy. 12621009
a) climax b) greatness

c) decay d) odour

10. He had already begun to sink into that creeping dry rot of pedagogy. 12621010
a) study of art

b) study of teaching methods

c) study of sports

d) study of agriculture

11. That is the worst and ultimate pitfall for the profession. 12621011
a) hazard b) desire

b) pressure d) reward

12. Giving the same lessons year after years had formed a groove into which the other affairs had adjusted well. 12621012

a) place b) corner

c) routine d) grip

13. The other affairs of his life had adjusted themselves with insidious ease. 12621013

a) invalid b) inferior

c) interesting d) subtle

14. Chips was conscientious. 12621014
a) constant b) dutiful

c) clever d) bold

15. His eyes gained sparkle. 12621015
a) disease b) spectacles

c) fame d) shine

16. His mind began to move more adventurously. 12621016
a) seriously b) inquisitively

c) daringly d) foolishly

17. His sense of humour blossomed into a sudden richness. 12621017
a) lost b) bloomed

c) faded d) degenerated

18. Years lent maturity to Chips’ humour.

12621018

a) evaded b) maintained

c) imparted d) levied

19. Chips’ discipline became less rigid.

12621019

a) objectionable b) pleasant

c) ritualistic d) inflexible

20. He began to make little jokes, mnemonics. 12621020

a) exercise for improving memory

b) recollections

c) comments

d) remarks

21. He began to make little puns. 12621021
a) complaints b) notes

c) excuses d) jokes

22. Lex-Canuleia permitted patricians to marry plebeians. 12621022
a) Roman gypsies

b) middle-class Romans

c) lower-class Romans

d) upper-class Romans

23. Lex-Canuleia permitted patricians to marry plebeians. 12621023
a) noble Romans

b) middle-class Romans

c) lower-class Romans

d) upper-class Romans

24. Chips could not confute her ideas. 12621024

a) confirm b) compile

c) refute d) correlate

25. Despite her radical socialist talk, Chips remained a conservative in politics.

12621025

a) conservative b) neutral

c) revolutionary d) far-reaching

26. Best even where he did not accept, he absorbed. 12621026

a) abstained b) left

c) abhorred d) assimilated

27. He was a conservative in politics. 12621027

a) clever b) interested

c) trusted d) conventional

28. Her young idealism worked upon his maturity. 12621028

a) targeted b) expressed

c) proved d) influenced

29. Her young idealism produced an amalgam very gentle and wise. 12621029

a) affiliation b) atmosphere

c) blend d) situation

30. Sometimes she persuaded him completely. 12621030

a) convinced b) pressurized

c) requested d) persecuted

31. Boys and parents contributed generously to East London boys. 12621031

a) grievously b) mostly

c) magnanimously d) hopefully

32. Katherine suggested a match between the Brookfield and East London Boys at soccer. 12621032

a) cricket b) swimming

c) badminton d) football

33. The idea could not have survived its first frosty reception. 12621033

a) unfriendly b) fashionable

c) fair d) foremost

34. It was a wanton stirring to introduce a group of slum boys to the serene environment of better-class youngsters. a) wilful b) nervous 12621034

c) ambitious d) useless

35. It was a wanton stirring to introduce a group of slum boys to the serene environment of better class youngster.

a) under-privileged areas 12621035

b) posh areas
c) boulevard

d) ghettos

36. It was a wanton stirring to introduce a group of slum boys to the serene environment of better class youngsters.

a) impatient b) tranquil 12621036

c) civil d) strait

37. The authorities found themselves consenting to the dangerous experiment.

12621037

a) acceding b) opposing

c) dissenting d) objecting

38. Everyone was certain that East End lads would be hooligans. 12621038

a) friends b) men

c) people d) boys

39. Everyone was certain that East End lads would be hooligans. 12621039

a) hosts b) healthy

c) ruffians d) disobedient

40. Yet Katherine persisted. 12621040

a) panicked b) continued

c) perished d) previewed

41. You can’t satisfy your conscience by keeping them at arm’s length. 12621041

a) welcoming b) avoiding

c) inviting d) embracing

42. But a few - just a few - want un- sticking. 12621042

a) flexibility b) giving up

c) opening d) learning

43. Rather to her surprise he gave way.

12621043

a) distributed b) threw away

c) divided d) yielded

44. Chips suddenly became the keen advocate of the proposal. 12621044

a) believer b) teacher

c) supporter d) allowed

45. The volte-face was so complete that the authorities were taken as unaware. 12621045

a) complete change b) revolution

c) demand d) preparation

46. Chips saw them off at the railway station.

12621046

a) said farewell b) received

c) invited d) met

47. Everything passed without the slightest hitch. 12621047

a) facility b) problem

c) misunderstanding d) difference

48. Chips answered eagerly. 12621048

a) in worry b) in a hurry

c) dejectedly d) excitedly

49. Old Gribble was the school-butler.

12621049

a) cook b) runner

c) peon d) parson

50. There are two or three of my pals, who remember her clearly. 12621050

a) assistants b) foes

c) peons d) friends

Questions and Answers

Q.1. What is your analysis of Chips’ marriage to Katherine? 12621051

Was Chips’ marriage successful or not? (Board 2016)

Write a few lines about Mr. Chips’ married life. (Board 2015)

Q.2. How did the wives of the other masters feel at first about Katherine? 12621052

Q.3. What kind of fellow was Mr. Chips before marriage? 12621053

Q.4. How long had Chips been serving in Brookfield before marriage? 12621054

Q.5. What was Chips’ performance as a teacher before his marriage?

Q.6. What changes did Katherine bring in Chips? (Board 2015, 16) 12621055

What influence did Katherine exercise on Mr. Chips? (Board 2009, 10)

Katherine made Mr. Chips a new man. Is it true? (Board 2016)

Q.7. What were the three things Chips wanted to get when he joined Brookfield? 12621056

Q.8. Write a note on Chips’ humour. (Board 2010) 12621057

Q.9. What did Katherine do to make Chips see beyond the roofs and turrets of Brookfield?

12621058

Q.10. What were the political ideas of Chips and how were they different from Katherine’s? 12621059

Q.11. What did Katherine suggest to Chips about the mission in East London? 12621060

Q.12. What was the general opinion at school about boys of the mission in East London?

12621061

Q.13. Which team lost the match between Brookfield and the Mission? 12621062

Q.14. What did the Poplar boys take with them? 12621063

Q.15. How did Chips react when the private asked him about Katherine? 12621064

Q.16. Who was old Gribble? 12621065

Q.17. What do you know of the private? 12621066

GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS

James Hilton

Synonyms

1. It stood a warm and vivid patch in his life. 12622001

a) dim b) clear

c) variable d) suppressed

2. It glowed in a thousand recollections.

a) remembered b) forgave 12622002

c) glove d) shone

3. That was twilight at Mrs. Wickett’s.

12622003

a) dusk b) sunrise

c) noon d) morning

4. Katherine was scampering along stone corridors. 12622004

a) weeping b) staying

c) hurrying d) laughing

5. Katherine was laughing at some howler.

a) punishment b) blunder 12622005

c) admiration d) rebuke

6. I would let them off if I were you. 12622006

a) affect b) give

c) pardon d) beat

7. These hundreds of boys cooped up here is really an unnatural arrangemen 12622007

a) caged b) taught

c) whipped d) persuaded

8. We have to be pretty strict about this sort of thing. 12622008

a) lenient b) stern

c) comfort d) merciful

9. You’re going to sack him? 12622009

a) resolve b) release

c) absolve d) expel

10. Once in ten times he was adamant.

12622010

a) confirm b) stubborn

c) flexible d) easy

11. In about half of these exceptional cases, he wished. 12622011

a) firm b) extra-ordinary

c) ordinary d) exception

12. Chips felt a softening wave of reminiscence. 12622012

a) mercy b) aroma

c) gentle d) nostalgia

13. Young ruffian, I am hanged. 12622013

a) chap b) boy

c) scoundrel d) shy

14. She did not always plead for leniency.

a) appeal b) order 12622014

c) call d) refer

15. She did not always plead for leniency.

a) ship b) mercy 12622015

c) whip d) cruelty

16. He is too cocksure of himself. 12622016

a) overconfident b) humble

c) meek d) respectable

17. What a crowd of emotions clung to him before annihilation? 12622017

a) arousal b) extinction

c) fascination d) trace

18. Chips remembered funny anecdotes.

a) games b) poems 12622018

c) essays d) tales

19. He had a sudden vision of long epochs of Brookfield history. 12622019

a) eras b) epics

c) speeches d) practice

20. A black sheep contaminates others.

12622020

a) spoils b) terminates

c) attracts d) repels

Questions and Answers

Q.1. What different memories did Mr. Chips have of Katherine during a twilight at Mrs. Wickett? 12622021

Q.2. What had Katherine always pleaded with Chips regarding the boys? 12622022

Q.3. Who was Ogilvie? 12622023

Q.4. What did Chips want to do about his memories? 12622024

Q.5. Did the advice of Katherine have an effect on Chips? 12622025

Q.6. How did Chips justify his strict discipline? 12622026

Q.7. What kind of musician was Katherine? 12622027

Q.8. How did Katherine influence Chips in improving his discipline? 12622028

Q.9. What did Mr. Chips remember about Dunster and Ogilvie? (Board 2010) 12622029

a. Q.10. Why was the old fifth-form room called “the Pit”? 12622030

b. Q.11. What did Wetherby comment about the Franco-Prussian War of 1870? 12622031

c. Q.12. Why could Chips not write a book of his memories? 12622032

GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS

James Hilton

Synonyms

1. Chips had paced through Brookfield village as in some horrifying nightmare.

12623001

a) reflected b) solved

c) walked d) absolved

2. Chips had paced through the village as in some horrifying nightmare. 12623002

a) dreadful dream b) pleasant dream

c) cry d) sleep

3. “Can I miss chapel, too, sir?” 12623003

a) school b) class

c) church d) game

4. You can go to blazes for all, care. 12623004

a) class b) hell

c) station d) house

5. Actually Chips nodded. 12623005

a) approved b) disapproved

c) refused d) declined

6. Chips nodded and stumbled on. 12623006

a) staggered b) cursed

c) condemned d) horrified

7. Chips did not want to receive condolences.

a) guests b) hosts 12623007

c) commiserations d) messages

8. Chips stayed at his desk in cold, continuing trance. 12623008

a) pain b) spell

c) race d) feeling

9. He tore them open one after the other.

a) read b) split 12623009

c) write d) put

10. The incident gave hardly an impact upon his preoccupations. 12623010

a) obsession b) laziness

c) happiness d) worries

Questions and Answers

Q.1. When did Katherine and her new-born child die? (Board 2006) 12623011

Q.2. What did young Faulkner ask Chips on April 1, 1898? 12623012

Q.3. Why did Chips not want to receive condolences? 12623013

Q.4. What type of letters did Chips receive on 1^st April, 1898? (Board 2009) 12623014

What was the April foolery Chips faced? (Board 2015)

Q.5. Why did the April foolery not leave any impact upon Chips’ mind? 12623015

Q.6. When did Chips realize that the blank letters written to him were a piece of April foolery? 12623016

d. Q.7. What do you know of Faulkner? 12623017

Q.8. Why did Mr. Chips hurry to the class on 1^st April 1998? 12623018

e. Q.9. Why could Mr. Chips not understand the act of April foolery? 12623019

f. Q.10. What were Chips’ feeling on his wife’s death? (Board 2008) 12623020

GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS

James Hilton

Synonyms

1. Chips changed his more commodious apartment in school. 12624001

a) small b) narrow

c) spacious d) boring

2. So did bereavement. 12624002

a) grief b) benefit

c) management d) headmaster

3. After the first stupor of grief. 12624003

a) awakening b) period

c) trance d) taste

4. Whom boys, at any rate, unhesitatingly classed as “old”. 12624004

a) unwanted b) thoughtfully

c) confidently d) shamefully

5. Whom boys, at any rate, unhesitatingly classed as “old”. 12624005

a) said b) laughed

c) mocked d) ranked

6. Chips, when he was over eighty, used to recount, that incident with many chuckles. a) remember b) forget 12624006

c) explain d) write

7. Chips, when he was over eighty, used to recount that incident with many chuckles. a) sorrows b) tears 12624007

c) whispers d) giggles

8. “I was myself---- a mere, infant”. 12624008

a) baby b) boy

c) young man d) old man

9. There settled upon Chips a mellowness.

a) expression b) maturity 12624009

c) old age d) newness

10. Chips did not feel diffident about his own work and worth. 12624010

a) confident b) hesitant

c) pleased d) guilty

11. He had won, by seniority and ripeness, an uncharted no-man’s land of privilege.

12624011

a) maturity b) foolishness

c) perfection d) personality

12. He had won, by seniority and ripeness, an uncharted no-man’s land of privilege.

12624012

a) old b) wonderful

c) unexplored d) modern

13. He had won, by seniority and ripeness, and uncharted no-man’s land of privilege.

12624013

a) loss b) freedom

c) wonders d) style

14. He had acquired the right to those gentle eccentricities. 12624014

a) secured b) wasted

c) enjoyed d) ignored

15. He had acquired the right to those gentle eccentricities. 12624015

a) positions b) conditions

c) oddities d) habits

16. It was with an air of mystic abandonment of ritual. 12624016

a) spiritual b) worldly

b) strange d) new

17. It was with an air of mystic abandonment of ritual. 12624017

a) surrender b) behaviour

c) measurement d) manner

18. It was with an air of mystic abandonment of ritual. 12624018

a) rite b) right

c) ignorance d) pleasure

19. That verifying glance was an easy and favourite subject of mimicry throughout the school. 12624019

a) sharp b) passive

c) attesting d) dull

20. That verifying glance was an easy and favourite subject of mimicry throughout the school. 12624020

a) manner b) search

c) look d) body

21. That verifying glance was an easy and favourite subject of mimicry throughout the school. 12624021

a) laugh b) imitation

c) fun d) talk

22. A gaze half rapt quizzical. 12624022

a) sharp b) inquiring

c) disturb d) sleepy

23. And on windy days with gown ad white hair and school list fluttering in uproarious confusion. 12624023

a) falling b) flying

c) flapping d) moving

24. And on windy days with gown and white hair and school-list fluttering in uproarious confusion. 12624024

a) law b) silence

c) noisy d) peaceful

25. Some of these names, in a little snatches of chorus recurred to him. 12624025

a) time b) bits

c) way d) air

26. Some of these names, in a little snatches of chorus, recurred to him. 12624026

a) relaxed b) realized

c) returned d) recited

27. He often pondered. 12624027

a) made b) said

c) wrote d) thought

28. How far had they scattered? 12624028

a) gone b) enjoyed

c) spread d) travelled

29. Some to break, other to weave into unknown patterns. 12624029

a) merge b) change

c) knit d) join

30. Some to break, others to weave into unknown patterns. 12624030

a) tangles b) ways

c) fashions d) designs

31. The strange randomness of the world beguiled him. 12624031

a) talk b) haphazardness

c) behaviour d) people

32. The strange randomness of the world beguiled him. 12624032

a) shocked b) surprised

c) told d) deceived

33. She had not been able to bequeath him all her mind. 12624033

a) explain b) provide

c) bestow d) claim

34. She had left him with a calmness and a poise. 12624034

a) composure b) disturbance

c) rest d) fact

35. She had left him with a calmness and a poise. 12624035

a) self-control b) fact

c) duty d) matter

36. He did not share the general jingo bitterness against the Boers. 12624036

a) discussion b) problem

c) chauvinistic d) practical

37. That the Boers were engaged in a struggle.

a) involved b) ready 12624037

c) getting d) defeating

38. However heretical he might be about the Boers. 12624038

a) in favour b) unorthodox

c) neutral d) partial

39. He was orthodox about Mr. Lloyd George.

a) conventional b) modern 12624039

c) in favour d) admiring

40. The Head, standing with them, was rather aghast. 12624040

a) happy b) gloomy

c) terrified d) surprised

Questions and Answers

Q.1. Where did Chips move after his wife’s death? 12624041

Q.2. How did Chips' house mastership prove useful after the death of his wife? 12624042

Q.3. What changes did the death of his wife bring in Chips? 12624043

Q.4. Why did the boys call Chips old after the death of his wife? 12624044

Q.5. What did Chips recount about Naylor? 12624045

Q.6. What changes did occur in Chips with the start of the new century after Katherine’s death? 12624046

Q.7. What had he won by seniority and ripeness? 12624047

Q.8. How did Chips see the world of change and conflict? 12624048

Q.9. What had Katherine left Chips with? 12624049

Q.10. What were Chips’ views about the Boers? (Board 2016) 12624050

Q.11. What did Chips say to Lloyd George? (Board 2015) 12624051

Q.12. What did Chips remember about Halsbury? 12624052

Q.13. What sort of gown did Chips wear after the death of Katherine? 12624053

Q.14. How would Chips take call-over near Big Hall? 12624054

Q.15. What was Chips’ views regarding Mr. Lloyd George and the famous Budget? 12624055

Q.16. Which Prime Minister of England did visit Brookfield School? 12624056

Q.17. Draw a character sketch of Naylor. 12624057

g. Q.18. What do you know of the Boers? 12624058

h. Q.19. What eccentricities did Chips have the right to? 12624059

Mention some eccentricities of Chips that he acquired in his hold age. (Board 2016)

i. Q.20. What was the favourite subject of mimicry among the boys? 12624060

GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS

James Hilton

Synonyms

1. Who had succeeded Wetherby as Head?

a) cheated b) followed 12625001

c) dismissed d) appointed

2. And in the interval before the appointment of a successor. 12625002

a) break b) arrival

c) confusion d) matter

3. And in the interval before the appointment of a successor. 12625003

a) master b) headmaster

c) chairman d) follower

4. There was just the faintest chance that the Governors might make the appointment a permanent one. 12625004

a) remotest b) brightest

c) clearest d) strongest

5. A mere youngster of thirty seven glittering with Firsts and Blues. 12625005

a) shining b) boasting

c) decorated d) extinguishing

6. A mere youngster of thirty seven, glittering with Firsts and Blues. 12625006
a) excellent in studies and games

b) weak

c) games

d) study

7. He was an altogether milder and less ferocious animal. 12625007
a) hard b) strong

c) angry d) lenient

8. He was an altogether milder and less ferocious animal. 12625008
a) crazy b) active

c) ruthless d) responsible

9. Those years before his retirement in 1913 were studded with sharply remembered pictures. 12625009

a) decorated b) away

c) existed d) present

10. A May morning, the clang of the school bell.

a) soft voice b) rang 12625010

c) peal d) tune

11. The clang of the school bell at an unaccustomed time. 12625011

a) unusual b) normal

c) usual d) set

12. Everyone was summoned to assemble in Big Hall. 12625012

a) bring b) called

c) start d) happy

13. Everyone was summoned to assemble in Big Hall. 12625013

a) play b) sleep

c) work d) gather

14. Ralston, the new Head, very pontifical and aware of himself 12625014

a) smart b) pompous

c) soft d) clever

15. Ralston, the new Head, very pontifical and aware of himself, fixing the multitude with a cold and presaging severity. 12625015

a) boys b) teachers

c) gathering d) visitors

16. Ralston fixing the multitude with a cold and presaging severity. 12625016

a) forewarning b) awakening

c) selfish d) dangerous

17. Ralston fixing the multitude with a cold and presaging severity. 12625017

a) leniency b) hardly

c) harshness d) normally

18. Brookfield boys were patrolling the line.

a) guarding b) closing 12625018

c) cleaning d) breaking

19. If they were queer animals out of a zoo.

a) new b) lovely 12625019

c) strong d) strange

20. Kathie would have approved. 12625020

a) disliked b) liked

c) set d) thought

21. Kathie would have approved, and would also have been amused. 12625021

a) unhappy b) shocked

c) cheered d) disturbed

22. However, the avenues of politics twisted and curved. 12625022

a) leaders b) ways

c) laws d) matters

23. She fitted herself into English scene with dignity. 12625023

a) respect b) force

c) condition d) position

24. She fitted herself into English scene with dignity and without disproportion. 12625024

a) balance b) respect

c) love d) disharmony

25. England, a nation steering into channels.

12625025

a) enjoying b) walking

c) moving d) working

26. England a nation steering into channels.

a) streams b) pools 12625026

c) paths d) gutters

27. Where a hair’s breadth of error might be catastrophic. 12625027

a) controlled b) acceptable

c) devastating d) avoidable

28. He had taken Kathie to London to see the procession. 12625028

a) parade b) people

c) zoo d) school

29. That old and legendary lady. 12625029

a) weak b) amazing

c) mythical d) backward

30. That old and legendary lady, sitting in her carriage like crumbling wooden doll.

12625030

a) breaking b) stylish

c) old d) new

31. She had symbolised impressively so many things. 12625031

a) presented b) represent

c) worked d) created

32. She had symbolised impressively so many things. 12625032

a) highly b) openly

c) magnificently d) badly

33. Was it only the century, or was it an epoch? 12625033

a) year b) month

c) history d) era

34. And then that frenzied Edwardian decade.

a) peaceful b) furious 12625034

c) bad d) rich

35. The fourth form construing Virgil, not very intelligently. 12625035

a) explaining b) remembering

c) writing d) avoiding

36. Young Grayson, in particular, was careless and preoccupied. 12625036

a) happy b) clever

c) engrossed d) naughty

37. Grayson was excused lesson, for a whole day. 12625037

a) exempted b) busy

c) learning d) forgetting

38. The school centered emotionally upon his anxieties. 12625038

a) worries b) loss

c) pleasures d) duties

39. His father had been among those rescued.

a) died b) busy 12625039

c) saved d) drone

40. “I am delighted, Grayson”. 12625040

a) sorry b) afraid

c) happy d) surprised

41. It was Grayson Senior, not junior, with whom Chips was destined later to condole. a) bound b) ready 12625041

c) sent d) sorry

42. It was Grayson Senior, not junior with whom Chips was destined later to condole.

a) enjoy b) meet 12625042

c) commiserate d) explain

Questions and Answers

Q.1. Why did Chips become Acting Head of Brookfield? 12625043

Q.2. Who succeeded Meldrum as Headmaster? 12625044

Q.3. What did Mr. Ralston announce on a May morning? 12625045

Q.4. What duty did Brookfield boys perform during the railway strike? 12625046

Q.5. Who was Cricklade and what did he ask Chips? 12625047

Q.6. Who was Mr. Jones and what was his duty? 12625048

Q.7. What did Chips remember about the Diamond Jubilee? 12625049

Q.8. Whose father had sailed on the Titanic? What happened to him? 12625050

What news about Grayson’s father came finally? (Board 2015)

Q.9. What did Chips think of England? 12625051

Q.10. How did queen Victoria look? 12625052

Q.11 What is your appraisal of the Edwardian Period? 12625053

Q.12 Why was Grayson preoccupied during the class? 12625054

Q.13 What news did spread in the school about Grayson’s father? 12625055

Q.14 What did Chips say to Grayson when the news about his father’s safety came? 12625056

2.

GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS

James Hilton

Synonyms

1. Ralston was ruthless. 12626001

a) kind b) diligent

c) unforgiving d) moody

2. Ralston was a live-wire. 12626002

a) energetic person b) sluggish

c) lazy person d) unkind

3. Abruptly, Chips flamed up. 12626003

a) slowly b) suddenly

c) finally d) angrily

4. His methods of teaching were slack.

12626004

a) effective b) careless

c) good d) fast

5. Ralston told that he ignored his instructions, an insubordination. 12626005

a) careless b) irresponsible

c) disobedience d) laziness

6. Ralston told Chips that his habits were slovenly. 12626006

a) nice b) good

c) dirty d) impressive

7. It was his forbearance. 12626007

a) patience b) wisdom

c) ignorance d) insult

8. He had put up with him so long. 12626008

a) tolerate b) put out

c) put on d) take off

9. Chips in sheer bewilderment said, “Slovenly”? 12626009

a) complete b) little

c) mere d) scanty

10. Chips in sheer bewilderment said, “Slovenly”? 12626010

a) fun b) admiration

c) happiness d) amazement

11. It was an extra ordinary indictment.

12626011

a) accusation b) appreciation

c) request d) surprise

12. Chips chose an isolated word, slovenly.

12626012

a) separate b) disappointed

c) particular d) rejected

13. It was mixture of slackness and obstinacy.

a) stubbornness b) ignorance 12626013

c) clearance d) approval

14. He stuck to his old methods that resulted in chaos. 12626014

a) confusion b) order

c) efficiency d) prudence

15. Chips was something tangible that he could tackle. 12626015

a) substantial b) futile

c) unreal d) useless

16. At last Chips had something tangible that he could tackle. 12626016

a) understand b) handle

c) ignore d) focus

17. His predecessors approved of his methods.

a) colleagues b) companions 12626017

c) fellows d) forerunners

18. In a torrent of thoughts, Chips made answer to himself. 12626018

a) fancy b) mixture

c) confusion d) stream

19. Chips thought that Ralston had brought vulgar, ostentatious and all the hectic rotten ripeness of the age. 12626019

a) short b) weak

c) strong d) pretentious

20. Chips thought that Ralston had brought vulgar, ostentatious and all the hectic rotten ripeness of the age. 12626020

a) spoiled b) delayed

c) fast and furious d) mundane

21. They greedily swallowed the bait. 12626021

a) guided b) accepted

c) liked d) rejected

22. All this flashed through his mind in an instant of protest and indignation. 12626022

a) eagerness b) pleasure

c) wrath d) disappointment

23. There was such a spontaneous outburst of sympathy. 12626023

a) extempore b) futile

c) useless d) furious

24. Chips had never envisaged this in his wildest dreams. 12626024

a) refuted b) imagined

c) rejected d) utilized

25. The dislike for Ralston demolished respect for him. 12626025

a) destroyed b) imagined

c) thought d) viewed

26. Ralston did not succeed in banishing Chips. 12626026

a) disturbing b) insulting

c) humiliating d) dismissing

27. Chips was an old veteran. 12626027

a) immature

b) inexperienced person

c) unique

d) experienced person

28. He had been having the deuce of a row with Ralston. 12626028

a) quarrel b) slackness

c) pleasure d) triumph

29. Ralston claimed to have doubled the school endowment. 12626029

a) strength b) numbers

c) employees d) funds

30. Ralston had doubled the school endowment by playing some monkeying. 12626030

a) tricking b) answers

c) information d) entertainment

31. Ralston had started chucking his weight about with Chips. 12626031

a) using language b) using authority

c) using wealth d) using seniority

32. Chips recounted the event many times.

a) imagined b) remembered 12626032

c) described d) accepted

33. Then came Ralston’s urbane ultimatum.

a) indecent b) final 12626033

c) refined d) bossy

34. Then came Ralston’s urbane ultimatum.

a) challenges b) order 12626034

c) request d) final warning

35. The governors would agree to your being adequately pensioned. 12626035

a) slowly b) lowly

c) highly d) reasonably

36. Ralston answered icily. 12626036

a) angrily b) happily

c) coldly d) joyfully

37. He answered scornfully. 12626037

a) joyfully b) happily

c) foolishly d) contemptuously

38. He chuckled momentarily. 12626038

a) thought b) considered

c) giggled d) novel

39. He chuckled momentarily. 12626039

a) hastily b) quietly
c) critically d) temporarily

40. He declined to give way. 12626040
a) yield b) leave

c) ignore d) put off

41. He declined to give way. 12626041

a) decided b) answered

c) thought d) refused

42. He never did nonsense. 12626042

a) stupidity b) noise

c) disturbance d) irritation

43. He spoke a few scraps of languages.

a) fragments b) words 12626043

c) sentences d) phrases

44. He ran Brookfield to produce snob culture

a) dirty b) bad 12626044

c) good d) conceited

45. He had been thrilled by it. 12626045

a) warned b) discharged

c) awarded d) excited

Questions and Answers

Q.1 What do you know of Mr. Ralston? (Board 2010, 09) 12626046

What kind of person was Mr. Ralston? (Board 2016)

Q.2 What kind of relation did Chips have with Ralston? 12626047

Q.3 How did Chips serve Ralston? 12626048

Q.4 How did Chips think himself protected from Ralston? 12626049

Q.5 What was Ralston’s urbane ultimatum to Chips? 12626050

Q.6 What did Chips reply when Ralston asked him to think about retirement? 12626051

Q.7 What allegations did Ralston level against Chips? 12626052

What was Ralston's indictment of Chips?

Q.8 How did Ralston defend his allegations against Chips? 12626053

Q.9 What did Ralston say when Chips protested at the word ‘slovenly’? 12626054

Q.10 What did Ralston say when Chips protested at the word ‘insubordination’? 12626055

Q.11 What did Chips say when Ralston told him that he had not changed his Latin pronunciation? 12626056

Q.12 What did Ralston say when Chips said that he would not change his Latin pronunciation?

12626057

Q.13 What did Chips say when Ralston said that Chips’ teaching method was the same that he had ten years ago when he joined Brookfield? 12626058

Q.14 What did Ralston say when Chips said his method of teaching was approved by Meldrum and Wetherby? 12626059

Q.15 What did Chips think at the end of the row with Ralston though he said no words?

12626060

Q.16 Whom did Ralston meet in London and what did he tell them? 12626061

Q.17 How did Chips regard the rich children whom Ralston brought to Brookfield? 12626062

Q.18 What was it, according to Chips, that Ralston was distorting by bringing rich boys to Brookfield? 12626063

Q.19 What did Chips say to Ralston at the end of their row when he was leaving the room?

12626064

Q.20 How did Chips feel for Ralston, when he remembered their row, years after his retirement? 12626065

a. Q.21 Did Ralston know Brookfield and its traditions? 12626066

b. Q.22 How did people come to know about the quarrel between Ralston and Mr. Chips?

c. (Board 2007) 12626067

Q.23: Was Ralston popular and respected in Brookfield? 12626068

How much was Ralston popular and respected in Brookfield? (Board 2015, 16)

d. Q.24 What was the reaction of the masters to the row between Ralston and Chips? 12626069

Q.25 Who was Sir John Rivers, and why was he in favour of Chips? (Board 2010) 12626070

Why did John Rivers favour Chips? (Board 2015)

Q.26 What did John Rivers tell Chips about his retirement? 12626071

Q.27 What did Chips tell Mrs. Wickett about John Rivers as boy? 12626072

Q.28. How and when was Mr. Chips made Acting Head for the first time? 12626073

Q.29 What do you know of Meldrum? 12626074

Q.30 What do you know of Grayson? 12626075

Q.31 What different scenes did Mr. Chips remember from the Edwardian decade? 12626076

Q.32 What led Ralston and Chips into a row? (Board 2015, 16) 12626077

Q.33 Describe briefly Mr. Chips as a teacher. (Board 2015) 12626078

GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS

James Hilton

Synonyms

1. And in 1911 Ralston left, “to better himself”. 12627001

a) improve b) worsen

c) ridicule d) mock

2. Chatteris was modern, friendly and sympathetic. 12627002

a) miserly b) genial

c) hungry d) gladly

3. Chatteris courteously and wisely accepted the situation. 12627003

a) politely b) rudely

c) cunningly d) playfully

4. Chips felt that it would not be fair to hang on. 12627004

a) wait b) continue service

c) help d) resign

5. Chips would not sever himself completely.

12627005

a) disconnect b) become harsh

c) relate d) indict

6. Chips received his farewell presentations.

a) persons b) gifts 12627006

c) sketches d) skits

7. His speech was made twice as long, perhaps, by the laughter that impeded its progress. 12627007

a) continued b) hindered

c) carried d) sway

8. Captain of the school had been guilty of exaggeration. 12627008

a) brevity b) praise

c) overstatement d) under-estimate

9. There were roars of laughter and tumultuous cheers. 12627009

a) special b) shining

c) uproarious d) insignificant

10. The whole school learned to skate on the fens. 12627010

a) slip on snow b) dig snow

c) clear snow d) wash snow

11. The whole school learned to skate on the fens. 12627011

a) wall b) fence

c) wire d) marshlands

12. I remember the great bonfire we had on Mafeking night. 12627012

a) crowd b) party

c) big fire d) ceremony

13. The fire was lit too near the pavilion.

a) building b) room 12627013

c) lawn d) sitting place

14. Most of the firemen were in a regrettable condition. 12627014

a) joyful

b) unexpected

c) disappointing

d) appreciable

15. Chips lodged at the home of the German master at Brookfield. 12627015

a) stayed b) built

c) reached d) called on

16. Chips felt a great deal stronger and fitter after his holiday. 12627016

a) sick b) ill

c) healthier d) fat

17. He took on the preparation and editing of a new Brookfieldian directory. 12627017

a) writing b) omitting

c) revising d) thinking

18. He remembered – once – having to thrash his father for it. 12627018

a) appreciate b) admire

c) reward d) punish

19. Roars of laughter and tumultuous cheers!.

a) yells b) voices 12627019

c) calls d) cries

20. We used to have member of the domestic staff. 12627020

a) house b) junior

c) senior d) local

21. He did nothing but clean and trim and light lamps throughout the school. 12627021

a) increase b) make tidy

c) enhance d) advance

22. I remember when there was a hard frost.

a) cold b) juice 12627022

c) snow d) rain

23. We had to send for the fire brigade to put it out. 12627023

a) light b) extinguish

c) increase d) enhance

24. And the firemen were having their own celebrations. 12627024

a) merriment b) sorrows

c) thoughts d) preoccupations

25. I remember Mrs. Brool, whose photograph is still in the tuck-shop. 12627025

a) book shop

b) shop

c) canteen

d) ice-cream parlour

26. In my mind you never grow up at all.

a) build b) improve 12627026

c) become old d) become adult

27. Chairman of the Board of Governors was a jolly little chap with hair that sticks up on top. 12627027

a) cheerful b) sad

c) pessimist d) sorrowful

28. There was much laughter and shouting and prolonged cheers. 12627028

a) extended clapping

b) slogans

c) jokes

d) criticism

29. He wrote occasional articles. 12627029

a) often b) regular

c) speedy d) irregular

30. He wrote occasional articles. 12627030 a) essays b) poetry

c) story d) fiction

31. He read his times every morning very thoroughly. 12627031

a) in short b) in brief

c) in detail d) in nutshell

32. He had been keen on the first thrills of Sherlock. 12627032
a) joys b) sensations

c) feelings d) actions

Questions and Answers

Q.1. When and why did Ralston leave Brookfield? (Board 2008) 12627033

Q.2. Who was the successor of Ralston and what kind of man was he? 12627034

Q.3. What is the significance of the year 1913 in the life of Chips? 12627035

What happened to Chips in 1913? (Board 2015)

Q.4. Describe the farewell speech of Mr. Chips. (Board 2010) 12627036

Q.5. What did Chips say about the Captain of the school? 12627037

Q.6. How much time did Chips spend in Brookfield? 12627038

Q.7. What important events did Chips mention in his farewell party? 12627039

Q.8. What do you know of the lamp-boy? 12627040

Q.9. Write a character sketch of Chatteris. 12627041

Q.10. Why did Mr. Chips decide to retire? (Board 2010) 12627042

Q.11. What was the event of the seven-week frost? 12627043

Q.12. What happened in 1880 in Brookfield? 12627044

Q.13. What is German measles? 12627045

Q.14. What was the event of the bonfire in Brookfield? 12627046

Q.15. What do you know of Mafeking celebrations? 12627047

Q.16. Who was Mrs. Brool? 12627048

Q.17. How did Chips describe John Rivers in his farewell speech? 12627049

Q.18. Where did Chips go in 1913? 12627050

Q.19. What were the activities of Chips after his retirement? 12627051

How did Chips pass his retired life? (Board 2009)

Describe the activities of Mr. Chips after his retirement. (Board 2016)

GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS

James Hilton

Synonyms

1. The first shock, and then the first optimism. 12628001

a) dejection b) idea

c) hope d) pessimism

2. He was like thousands of others, he did not afterwards conceal the fact. 12628002

a) reveal b) hide

c) repeat d) enclose

3. It seemed tragically sensational when the first Old Brookfieldian was killed in action in September. 12628003

a) exciting b) boring

c) clarification d) scene

4. Just old Chips with one of his queer ideas, that’s all. 12628004

a) emotional b) new

c) conservative d) strange

5. Armies clenched in deadlock from the sea to Switzerland. 12628005

a) clasped b) amused

c) terminated d) stepped

6. Armies clenched in deadlock from the sea to Switzerland. 12628006

a) sports b) standstill

c) faced d) escape

7. Chatteris read out the names of old boys killed together with short biographies.

12628007

a) life history b) world history

c) stories d) poems

8. Towards the close of that catastrophic July, Chatteris talked to Mr. Chips one afternoon at Mrs. Wickett’s. 12628008

a) refreshing b) memorable

c) devastating d) fascinating

9. But now most of them have joined up and the substitutes are pretty dreadful, on the whole. 12628009

a) companions b) alternatives

c) student d) incidents

10. One night last week-silly fool-got hysterical. 12628010

a) surprisingly b) unknowingly

c) mad d) disturbed

11. And get cold shouldered as a slacker on top of everything. 12628011

a) shirker b) vigilant

c) watchful d) hopeful

12. You need not take anything strenuously just a few odd jobs here and there, as you choose. 12628012

a) silently b) casually

c) hopefully d) vigorously

13. Chips answered breathlessly and with a holy joy in his heat: I’ll come… 12628013

a) honestly b) lovingly

c) eagerly d) smilingly

Questions and Answers

Q.1. What happened to Brookfield during the World War I? 12628014

Q.2. What did Chatteris read out every Sunday night during the war? 12628015

Q.3. What did Chips feel when Chatteris read out biographies of War heroes? 12628016

Q.4. Draw a character sketch of Chatteris. 12628017

Q.5. What do you know of Forrester? 12628018

Q.6. How did Chips feel when Chatteris told him about his problems and disease? 12628019

Q.7. What did Chatteris share with Chips regarding school staff? 12628020

Q.8. What request did Chatteris make to Chips about helping him? (Board 2015) 12628021

Q.9. What was the contribution of Brookfield School during World War I?

GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS

James Hilton

Synonyms

1. He was absurdly gratified by the success it achieved. 12629001

a) nicely b) oddly

c) quickly d) carefully

2. There is no sublimer feeling in the world.

12629002

a) meaner b) nobler

c) discouraging d) devastating

3. There was a mysterious kind of rissole that began to appear on the school menus on Mondays. 12629003

a) fresh b) stale

c) energetic d) strange

4. There was a mysterious kind of rissole that began to appear on the school menus on Monday. 12629004

a) meat b) burger

c) fish d) minced

5. He was absurdly gratified by the success it achieved. 12629005

a) amazed b) pleased

c) amused d) horrified

6. He felt very fit, and actual work was not taxing. 12629006

a) strenuous b) easy

c) amusing d) profiting

7. Just a war-time fluke. 12629007

a) respect b) episode

c) coincidence d) incident

8. He answered with that lazy, slightly asthmatic intonation. 12629008

a) problem b) tone

c) trembling d) laughter

9. Those ideas of dignity and generosity were becoming increasingly rare in a frantic world. 12629009

a) aloof b) dead

c) selfish d) frenzied

10. From that last honour, within his reach at last, he shrank instinctively. 12629010

a) dryly b) naturally

c) voluntarily d) timidly

11. Out of vast experience had emerged a kindly gentle confidence. 12629011

a) coped b) found

c) appeared d) mixed

12. It seems to me a very vulgar way of killing people. 12629012

a) modern b) old

c) bad d) accurate

13. He was in Germany, visiting his home, when war broke out. 12629013

a) ended b) started

c) sped up d) slowed down

14. Chips called it abhorrendum” _ “ meat to be abhorred”. 12629014

a) liked

b) admired

c) hated

d) distributed

15. He was an old man; they might have despised anyone else for the weakness.

a) praised 12629015

b) located

c) disliked

d) invited

Questions and Answers

Q.1. What did Chips teach during the War? 12629016

Q.2. How did Chips feel when he rejoined Brookfield? 12629017

Q.3. What sort of jokes did Chips make during the war? 12629018

Q.4. What is rissole? What joke did Chips make about it? 12629019

Q.5. What is meant by Chips’ latest? 12629020

Q.6. When did Chips become Acting Head of Brookfield for the second time? 12629021

Q.7. Why did Chips not want to be the official Head of Brookfield? (Board 2015) 12629022

Q.8. How did Chips perform as Acting Head during the war? 12629023

Q.9. How did Chips react while reading out the names of the dead? 12629024

Q.10. How did Chips mention Max Staefel during the service? 12629025

Q.11. How did boys react to mentioning of Staefel’s name among heroes? 12629026

Q.12. How did Chips defend himself regarding his opinion about Staefel? 12629027

Q.13. What were Chips’ views about bayonet-practice? 12629028

Q.14. What adjective was used for Chips for being an anti-war? 12629029

GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS

James Hilton

Synonyms

1. The guns began almost instantly. 12630001

a) timely b) temporarily

c) abruptly d) immediately

2. There was plenty of shrapnel falling about outside. 12630002

a) leaves
b) stones

c) bomb fragments

d) bricks

3. The air-raid warning was given while Chips was taking classes. 12630003

a) welcome

b) caution

c) salute

d) choice

4. It was pretty solidly built and made as good dug-out. 12630004

a) well b) wall

c) trench d) drain

5. They could not expect to survive wherever they were. 12630005

a) sleep b) stay alive

c) make merry d) die

6. Chips went on speaking amidst the reverberating crashes of the guns. 12630006

a) seldom

b) repeated

c) resounding

d) loud

7. Chips was teaching in the reverberating crashes of guns. 12630007

a) rumour b) loud noise

c) barrels d) whistle

8. There was the shrill whine of anti-aircraft shells. 12630008

a) piercing b) leaking

c) shrinking d) low

9. There was the shrill whine of anti-aircraft shells. 12630009

a) shout b) cry

c) noise d) scream

10. These things are not going to be snuffed out. 12630010

a) guessed b) surmised

c) planned d) silenced

11. It was the irregular conjugation of the verb. 12630011

a) different forms

b) adverb

c) meaning

d) use

12. There came particularly loud explosion.

a) call b) trash 12630012

c) splash d) blast

13. Their faces expressed a little chuckle.

a) sadness b) grief 12630013

c) giggle d) delight

14. His nick-name was stink merchant.

a) stench b) drench 12630014

c) clench d) blench

15. There were titters of nervous laughter.

12630015

a) cackle b) giggles

c) tackle d) obstacle

16. Who will volunteer to construe? 12630016

a) offer b) decline

c) claim d) recline

17. Who will volunteer to construe?

a) select b) reject 12630017

c) translate d) regret

18. Let us be found employing ourselves in something really appropriate. 12630018

a) managing b) engaging

c) sparing d) declaring

19. Let us be found employing ourselves in something really appropriate. 12630019

a) applause b) approximate

c) apathy d) suitable

20. Maynard was a chubby, dauntless and impudent boy. 12630020

a) timid

b) thin

c) round and plump

d) showy

21. Maynard was a chubby, dauntless and impudent boy. 12630021

a) audacious b) avaricious

c) notorious d) luminous

22. Maynard was a dauntless and impudent boy. 12630022

a) crazy b) lazy

c) cheeky d) paunchy

23. Maynard found the page and began shrilly. a) loudly b) boldly 12630023

c) noisily d) hazily

24. The story was told, retold and embellished.

a) dictated b) destroyed 12630024

c) exaggerated d) distorted

25. Chips found some old tag to illustrate what was going on. 12630025

a) rag b) bag

c) chap d) quotation

26. Chips was a legend. 12630026

a) meek person

b) weak person

c) myth

d) star

27. Chips was often found with his old and tattered gown. 12630027

a) worn b) torn

c) washed d) short

28. Chips was first beginning to break into a stumble. 12630028

a) flatter b) tatter

c) stagger d) blabber

29. His mild eyes peering over the steel- rimmed spectacles. 12630029

a) wild b) furious

c) intoxicated d) kind

30. His mild eyes peering over the steel- rimmed spectacles. 12630030

a) focusing b) fixing

c) blazing d) gazing

31. Brookfield had his quaintly humorous saying. 12630031

a) roughly b) strangely

c) minutely d) loosely

32. Brookfield had his quaintly humorous saying. 12630032

a) ridiculous b) superfluous

c) comic d) atomic

33. Brookfield would not have an atom of him different. 12630033

a) article b) iota

c) shell d) opinion

34. A whole holiday was decreed for the school. 12630034

a) denounced b) rejected

c) ordered d) cancelled

35. The kitchen staff were implored to provide as cheerful a spread as war time rationing could permit. 12630035

a) demanded b) desired

c) questioned d) requested

36. The kitchen staff were implored to provide as cheerful a spread as war time rationing could permit. 12630036

a) delicious b) tasteless

b) light d) heavy

37. The kitchen staff were implored to provide as cheerful a spread as war time rationing could permit. 12630037

a) pulse b) food

c) bread d) jam

38. There was an instant hush when Chips entered. 12630038

a) slow b) low

c) high d) sudden

39. There was an instant hush when Chips entered. 12630039

a) uproar b) noise

c) silence d) clamour

40. It had been a damp foggy day. 12630040

a) vaporous b) dim

c) chill d) bright

41. It had been a damp foggy day. 12630041

a) misty b) smoggy

c) dark d) black

42. The next day he was in bed with bronchitis. 12630042

a) throat ailment b) weakness

c) old age d) lung ailment

43. Chips had a handshake with his successor. 12630043

a) friend b) foe

c) guide d) follower

44. Thus, Chips’ duration was over. 12630044

a) duty

b) concern

c) business

d) period

45. The word “acting” was crossed out on official stationery. 12630045
a) performance

b) interim

c) permanent

d) old

Questions and Answers

Q.1. How did Chips behave during the war? 12630046

Q.2. Who was Burrow? 12630047

Who was the Stink Merchant? (Board 2008)

Q.3. What did Chips say to the students when a bomb fell quite near them? 12630048

Q.4. What do you know of the shelling around Brookfield during the war? 12630049

Q.5. How did people comment on Chips after heavy bombing? 12630050

Q.6. What is the significance of November 11, 1918? 12630051

Q.7. Why did the term ‘stink-merchant’ create laughter in the class? 12630052

Q.8. What happened to Chips on November 11, 1918? 12630053

Q.9. How did Brookfield celebrate the end of war? (Board 2015) 12630054

Q.10. What was the condition of Chips fifteen years after his resignation? (Board 2015) 12630055

GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS

James Hilton

Synonyms

1. Chips could look upon it with a deep and sumptuous tranquility. 12631001

a) hate b) love

c) view d) pervert

2. Chips could look upon it with a deep and sumptuous tranquility. 12631002

a) humble b) used

c) dry d) extravagant

3. Chips could look upon it with a deep and sumptuous tranquility. 12631003

a) disturbance b) weakness

c) helplessness d) calmness

4. Chips said that he knew dilatoriness of Gregson. 12631004

a) diligence b) intelligence

c) delaying d) weakness

5. Sometimes too many students came but he did not really mind. 12631005

a) brain b) head piece

c) disturbed d) object

6. He would go to the window to look across the fence. 12631006

a) pledge b) hedge

c) wall d) door

7. The postwar decade swept through with a clatter of change and maladjustment.

12631007

a) cleaned b) dusted

c) passed quickly d) mopped

8. The postwar decade swept through with a clatter of change and maladjustment.

12631008

a) speed b) rattle

c) jump d) movement

9. The postwar decade swept through with a clatter of change and maladjustment.

12631009

a) excellence b) calmness

c) profundity d) instability

10. Chips was profoundly disappointed when he looked abroad. 12631010

a) mildly b) slightly

c) extremely d) aptly

11. He saw the rest of the world as a vast disarrangement. 12631011

a) disunited b) dissemble

c) destroyed d) chaos

12. England had sacrificed enough – and perhaps too much. 12631012

a) surrendered b) delayed

c) belittled d) consumed

13. Boys were politer race, bullying was nonexistent. 12631013

a) privacy b) intimacy

c) supremacy d) harassment

14. Curious, in this deeper sense, how little it had changed. 12631014

a) usual b) conventional

c) dismal d) strange

15. Chips realized that the teachers showed less pomposity. 12631015

a) diligence b) wisdom

c) vanity d) sincerity

16. Something had happened whose significance had yet to be reckoned. 12631016

a) refuted b) estimated

c) compensated d) averted

17. Chips didn’t hold with that; Indeed, he was shocked. 12631017

a) disagree b) dissatisfied

c) endorse d) hesitate

18. He might sign his terminal reports. 12631018

a) mid-term b) external

c) final d) weekly

19. Chips felt stirred emotionally as he had not been there since war. 12631019

a) moved b) intimated

c) humiliated d) pacified

20. England had burned her fire in her own grate again. 12631020

a) range b) granite

c) gratis d) fireplace

21. Your country would have spilt more blood in raiding a liquor saloon. 12631021

a) boiled b) spoiled

c) shed d) wasted

22. Your country would have spilt more blood in raiding a liquor saloon. 12631022

a) releasing b) draining

c) placing d) invading

23. Your country would have spilt more blood in raiding a liquor saloon. 12631023

a) beauty saloon b) drawing room

c) pub d) shed

24. Chips still kept up a wide hospitality in his room. 12631024

a) generosity b) privacy

c) legacy d) supremacy

25. Marvellous the way, he can always see the funny side of things. 12631025

a) smooth b) uneven

c) amazing d) joyful

26. His faculties were all unimpaired. 12631026

a) senses b) veins

c) limbs d) bands

27. His faculties were all unimpaired. 12631027

a) defective b) injurious

c) curious d) unharmed

28. Chip’s small capital was invested in gilt- edged stocks. 12631028

a) ruling place b) prominent place

c) investment d) honey

29. Chips small capital was invested in gilt- edged stocks. 12631029

a) unsheltered b) lavish

c) secure d) spendthrift

30. Chips did not suffer when the slump set in.

a) lapse b) depression 12631030

c) season d) treason

31. Except for legacies to the mission and to Mrs. Wickett, he left all he had to found an open entrance scholarship to the school.

12631031

a) inheritance b) maintenance

c) superfluous d) expenditures

32. When is the tide going to turn? 12631032

a) air b) current

c) situation d) weather

33. They liked their answer dished up as a joke.

a) observed b) served 12631033

c) polished d) embellished

34. Small boys of the cheekier kind would ask him questions, when he was strolling about the school. 12631034

a) obedient b) respectful

c) mischievous d) stupid

35. They asked questions merely for the fun of getting Chips latest to retail. 12631035

a) enjoy b) refute

c) tell d) repel

36. I have seen the name on the hoardings.

a) writing boards b) billboards 12631036

c) key-boards d) leaflets

37. I was gassing to the old boy about the new cinema. 12631037

a) chatting b) filling air

c) listening d) talking falsely

Questions and Answers

e.

f. Q.1. Why could Mr. Chips not go abroad? 12631038

g. Q.2. How did Chips feel in different seasons after his retirement? 12631039

Q.3. Why did Chips like summer best? 12631040

Q.4. What was Chips’ reaction towards continual visits by the boys? 12631041

h. Q.5. Who was Gregson? 12631042

Q.6. What different events did Mr. Chips remember from the post-war decade? 12631043

Q.7. How did England stand in contrast with the rest of the world in the post-war decade? 12631044

Q.8. How did Chips silence criticism by an American visitor? 12631045

Q.9. What service did Brookfield boys render during the General Strike of 1926? 12631046

Q.10. How did Chips earn the reputation of being a great jester? 12631047

Q.11. Why did Chips not attend the Old Boys’ dinners in London after 1929? 12631048

Q.12. How was Mr. Chips financially after his retirement? 12631049

i. Q.13. What changes were observed in Brookfield after the war? 12631050

Q.14. What was Mr. Chips’ will? (Board 2008, 15) 12631051

When did Chips make his will? (Board 2015)

Q.15. How did Chips criticize the government? 12631052

Q.16. What was the joke about Wurlitzer? 12631053

Q.17. What do you know of the League of Nations? 12631054

GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS

James Hilton

Synonyms

1. It was cold and foggy and he dare not go out. 12632001

a) dark b) bright

c) sunny d) misty

2. The whole pageant of the past swung before me. 12632002

a) spectacle b) discussion

c) debate d) talk

3. Linford had an expression of anxious timidity. 12632003

a) happiness b) nervousness

c) joy d) feelings

4. I have only just come out of sanatorium.

a) hotel b) cinema 12632004

c) hostel d) hospital

5. Chips began his usual ritualistic blending of tea. 12632005

a) customary b) informal

c) joyful d) casual

6. Chips told Linford that he was growing up into a cross sort of world. 12632006

a) favourable b) angry

c) supporting d) happy

7. With a glance at the clock, Chips told Linford that he could not stay anymore. a) feeling b) joy 12632007

c) look d) expectation

8. Linford said goodbye in a shrill treble.

a) high-pitched b) low 12632008

c) dim d) light

9. Linford said good bye in a shrill treble.

a) cry b) whistle 12632009

c) noise d) high voice

10. His meeting with Linford had exhausted Chips. 12632010

a) fresh b) energetic

c) tired d) strengthened

11. There came the bell for call-over, tremulous and muffled. 12632011

a) trembling b) sound

c) straight d) solid

12. There came the bell for call-over, tremulous and muffled. 12632012

a) easy b) uneasy

c) fresh d) subdued

Questions and Answers

Q.1. What did Chips’ doctor say to him on a foggy morning in 1933? 12632013

Q.2. What were the two things Chips had never done in life? 12632014

Q.3. What arrangements did Mrs. Wickett make for Mr. Chips before she went to visit her relatives? 12632015

Q.4. Who called on Chips at Mrs. Wickett’s and how did Chips react to his visit? 12632016

Q.5. How did Chips respond to Linford’s query ? 12632017

Q.6. How did Chips help Linford overcome his fear? 12632018

Q.7. What different matters did Chips discuss with Linford? 12632019

Described briefly Linford’s meeting with Chips. (Board 2016)

Q.8. What memories did cling to Chips after Linford’s departure ? 12632020

Q.9. How did Chips feel after seeing off Linford? 12632021

Q.10. What did Merivale envy about Mr. Chips? 12632022

Q.11. Who was Linford? (Board 2008, 15) 12632023

Q.12. What did Chips share with Linford about his experiences in Big Hall? 12632024

Q.13. What did Linford’s farewell meeting remind Chips of? 12632025

Q.14. How did Chips cap the joke of the boys who sent Linford to his home? 12632026

GOOD-BYE, MR. CHIPS

James Hilton

Synonyms

1. Mr. Chips saw Merivale stooping over him. 12633001

a) stopping b) seeing

c) moving d) bending

2. Merivale said, “You old ruffian, feeling all right ?” 12633002

a) gentleman b) scoundrel

c) nice man d) hero

3. Chips did not bother about the details.

a) care b) feel 12633003

c) rejoice d) refresh

4. Cartwright was whispering to Merivale.

12633004

a) coaching b) murmuring

c) telling d) saying

5. Chips began a faint and palpitating chuckle. 12633005

a) quiet b) sharp

c) noisy d) joyful

6. Chips began a faint and palpitating chuckle. 12633006

a) throbbing b) sighing

c) receding d) shining

7. Chips began a faint and palpitating chuckle. 12633007

a) anger b) yell

c) noise d) quiet laughter

8. Chorus sang in his ears in final harmony.

a) dancers b) jugglers 12633008

c) jesters d) choir

9. Chorus sang in his ears in final harmony.

a) disturbance b) synchronization

c) tone d) song 12633009

10. Linford, will remember and tell the tale.

a) accident b) story 12633010

c) event d) truth

11. Brookfield will never forget his lovableness. 12633011

a) endearment b) hate

c) eccentricity d) jealousy

12. He added with quavering merriment.

a) trembling b) solid 12633012

c) harmonising d) intense

13. He added with quavering merriment.

a) joy b) hate 12633013

c) anger d) confusion

Questions and Answers

Q.1. Whom did Chips find in his room after regaining consciousness? 12633014

Q.2. What did Chips see and say when he regained consciousness? 12633015

Q.3. Why was Chips surprised after he regained consciousness? 12633016

Q.4. What different scenes did Chips recall before his death? 12633017

Q.5. How did Chips win attention of others when he was on his death bed? 12633018

Q.6. How did old Buffles pacify Chips? 12633019

Q.7. What was Chips’ reaction on being called issueless? 12633020

How did Chips react on being called issueless? (Board 2008)

Q.8. Draw a character sketch of Cartwright. 12633021

Q.9. What did Cartwright whisper to Merivale? 12633022

Q.10. Why did Cartwright feel pity for Chips? 12633023

Q.11. What was so absurd about Cartwright’s speech? 12633024

Q.12. What did Cartwright say about Chips’ children? (Board 2016) 12633024

Q.13. Describe the death scene of Mr. Chips. (Board 2016)

Causative

12th English MR. CHIPS Lessons

a. Q.10. Why was the old fifth-form room called “the Pit”? 12622030

b. Q.11. What did Wetherby comment about the Franco-Prussian War of 1870? 12622031

c. Q.12. Why could Chips not write a book of his memories? 12622032

d. Q.7. What do you know of Faulkner? 12623017

e. Q.9. Why could Mr. Chips not understand the act of April foolery? 12623019

f. Q.10. What were Chips’ feeling on his wife’s death? (Board 2008) 12623020

g. Q.18. What do you know of the Boers? 12624058

h. Q.19. What eccentricities did Chips have the right to? 12624059

i. Q.20. What was the favourite subject of mimicry among the boys? 12624060

2.

a. Q.21 Did Ralston know Brookfield and its traditions? 12626066

b. Q.22 How did people come to know about the quarrel between Ralston and Mr. Chips?

c. (Board 2007) 12626067

d. Q.24 What was the reaction of the masters to the row between Ralston and Chips? 12626069

e.

f. Q.1. Why could Mr. Chips not go abroad? 12631038

g. Q.2. How did Chips feel in different seasons after his retirement? 12631039

h. Q.5. Who was Gregson? 12631042

i. Q.13. What changes were observed in Brookfield after the war? 12631050

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