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This section includes 186 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your English (CBCS) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
A hockey stick was given to Bakha by |
| A. | Lakha |
| B. | Colonel Hutchinson |
| C. | Gandhi |
| D. | Havildar Charat Singh |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
What was Mrs. Price addicted to? |
| A. | Alcohol |
| B. | Church- sales |
| C. | Collecting stamps |
| D. | Cleaning |
| Answer» C. Collecting stamps | |
| 3. |
Why does Bakha have a high regard for European Clothing? |
| A. | He believes it will help disguise his untouchability |
| B. | It is more affordable then Indian clothing |
| C. | He is too tall for Indian Clothing |
| D. | He thinks wearing it will make him a sahib. |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
Who is the Protagonist in Untouchable ? |
| A. | Lakha |
| B. | Bakha |
| C. | Col. Hutchinson |
| D. | Sohini |
| Answer» C. Col. Hutchinson | |
| 5. |
Bakha describes Ramanandas |
| A. | A peevish old black moneylender |
| B. | A slave driver |
| C. | A day dreamer |
| D. | A high class latrine cleaner |
| Answer» B. A slave driver | |
| 6. |
Who helps Sohini fill her water buckets? |
| A. | A sepoy |
| B. | A priest of the temple |
| C. | A sahib |
| D. | A hindu water carrier |
| Answer» C. A sahib | |
| 7. |
Who is Waziro in Untouchable ? |
| A. | The weaver s wife |
| B. | Chhota s mother |
| C. | Gulabo s sister |
| D. | The leather maker s wife |
| Answer» B. Chhota s mother | |
| 8. |
What kind of gift did Bakha beg from the Tommy? |
| A. | A pair of trousers |
| B. | An old uniform |
| C. | A cricket bat |
| D. | Money |
| Answer» B. An old uniform | |
| 9. |
Why does Gulabo hate Sohini |
| A. | Because she broke her son s heart |
| B. | Because she is jealous of Sohini s beauty |
| C. | Because Sohini is smart and rude towards her |
| D. | Because sohini is of a higher class than her |
| Answer» C. Because Sohini is smart and rude towards her | |
| 10. |
The elephant headed Herambha stands for |
| A. | Shiva |
| B. | Durga |
| C. | Lord Ganesh |
| D. | Kali |
| Answer» D. Kali | |
| 11. |
What kind of power did the burning flame give Bakha? |
| A. | Power to forgive |
| B. | Power to create |
| C. | Power to take revenge |
| D. | Power to destroy |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
Who was Lakha afraid of ? |
| A. | The Pundits |
| B. | The Sepoys |
| C. | The tax collectors |
| D. | Bakha |
| Answer» C. The tax collectors | |
| 13. |
Why does Gulabo hate Sohini? |
| A. | Sohini is always rude to her |
| B. | Sohini broke her son s heart |
| C. | She was jealous of her beauty |
| D. | She was helped by the pandit |
| Answer» D. She was helped by the pandit | |
| 14. |
Bakha s friends nicknamed him |
| A. | Pilpali Sahib |
| B. | Bakshish |
| C. | Bara Babu |
| D. | Kala Babu |
| Answer» B. Bakshish | |
| 15. |
When Bakha carried the injured boy to his mother she |
| A. | thanked him |
| B. | shouted at him for polluting the boy |
| C. | invited him for tea |
| D. | gave him sweets |
| Answer» C. invited him for tea | |
| 16. |
Mahatma Gandhi addressed a large crowd at maidan situated near the railway station of |
| A. | Balaghat town |
| B. | Bulandshahr town |
| C. | Balangir town |
| D. | Gadarpur town |
| Answer» C. Balangir town | |
| 17. |
Bakha would sacrifice many comforts for the sake of what he called fashun to look like a |
| A. | Sahib |
| B. | Mohamedan |
| C. | Hindu |
| D. | Brahmin |
| Answer» B. Mohamedan | |
| 18. |
Liberation of untouchability as overheard by Bakha was possible through |
| A. | abolition of caste system |
| B. | introduction of flush system |
| C. | gender equality |
| D. | changing of profession |
| Answer» C. gender equality | |
| 19. |
Lakha told his son that schools were meant not for sweepers but only for |
| A. | the babus |
| B. | the tommies |
| C. | the rich |
| D. | the middle class |
| Answer» B. the tommies | |
| 20. |
Bakha s friends nicknamed him as |
| A. | Burra Babu |
| B. | Pilpali Sahib |
| C. | Bakshish |
| D. | Master |
| Answer» C. Bakshish | |
| 21. |
Bakha is encouraged to convert to Christianity by |
| A. | Ramcharan |
| B. | Havildar Charat Singh |
| C. | Colonel Hutchinson |
| D. | The Burra Babu s son |
| Answer» D. The Burra Babu s son | |
| 22. |
While cleaning the temple courtyard Sohini was sexually assaulted by the priest named |
| A. | Charat Singh |
| B. | Kali Nath |
| C. | Ram Charan |
| D. | Lakha |
| Answer» C. Ram Charan | |
| 23. |
According to Bakha, the solution to the problem of untouchability is |
| A. | conversion to Christianity |
| B. | practice of equality |
| C. | the flush system |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 24. |
_______________ poured water into Sohini s pitcher. |
| A. | the Mohammedan |
| B. | Gulabo |
| C. | Pundit Kali Nath |
| D. | the Tonga Wallah |
| Answer» D. the Tonga Wallah | |
| 25. |
Tara, it was said , received ____ from nature |
| A. | a fair deal |
| B. | a raw deal |
| C. | a great deal |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» C. a great deal | |
| 26. |
The opening statement of ___ is spoken from the inside of his head |
| A. | Dan |
| B. | Tara |
| C. | Dr. Thakkar |
| D. | Mr. Patel |
| Answer» B. Tara | |
| 27. |
The creature with a horse s head and a man s body reciting the national anthem of India in Girish Karnad s play is |
| A. | Roopa |
| B. | Hayavadana |
| C. | Bhagavata |
| D. | Devadatta |
| Answer» C. Bhagavata | |
| 28. |
What does Padmini do when the both the men cut their heads off and die in the play Hayavadana ? |
| A. | Suggests that he seek the blessing of a goddess in Chitrakoota mountain |
| B. | Writes poetry |
| C. | She tries to kill her pregnant self but Kali stops her and helps bring the men back to life |
| D. | In haste, she fits Devadatta s head on the body of Kapila |
| Answer» E. | |
| 29. |
What does Kapila see in the doorway? |
| A. | Varuna and Sonali |
| B. | A man with the face of a horse |
| C. | A bird with two heads |
| D. | White and scrawny but smart |
| Answer» D. White and scrawny but smart | |
| 30. |
Kapila belongs to a |
| A. | Scholarly Brahmin family |
| B. | A simple farming family |
| C. | A blacksmith family |
| D. | A royal family |
| Answer» D. A royal family | |
| 31. |
Devdatta s special ability is |
| A. | Shooting birds |
| B. | Playing the Sitar |
| C. | Writing poetry |
| D. | Reciting the holy scriptures |
| Answer» D. Reciting the holy scriptures | |
| 32. |
There is an engraving of a ______ bird on Padmini s door. |
| A. | Blue |
| B. | Fiery |
| C. | Two-headed |
| D. | Headless |
| Answer» D. Headless | |
| 33. |
The Bhagavata, in Hinduism is |
| A. | A priest |
| B. | Half man, half animal |
| C. | A devotee or worshipper |
| D. | A poet |
| Answer» D. A poet | |
| 34. |
Which work of Thomas Mann was the author of this play influenced by? |
| A. | The Invisible Man |
| B. | Hollow Man |
| C. | The Transposed Heads |
| D. | Dr. Frankenstein |
| Answer» D. Dr. Frankenstein | |
| 35. |
The play Hayavadana was written by the Indian playwright |
| A. | GirishKarnad |
| B. | Narayana Chattopadhaya |
| C. | Vijay Tendulkar |
| D. | UtpalDutt |
| Answer» B. Narayana Chattopadhaya | |
| 36. |
In which city is the first part of the play is set in? |
| A. | Dharmapura |
| B. | Dharampur |
| C. | Dhurmapura |
| D. | Dharmanagar |
| Answer» B. Dharampur | |
| 37. |
The plot of Hayavadana comes from |
| A. | Kathasaritsagara |
| B. | Ramayana |
| C. | Mahabharata |
| D. | Bhagavat Gita |
| Answer» B. Ramayana | |
| 38. |
Which ancient story is used in consultation to determine the true identity of a person? |
| A. | King Vikrama |
| B. | King Vishnu |
| C. | King Vetala |
| D. | King Vivek |
| Answer» D. King Vivek | |
| 39. |
According to the ancient tale, what seemed to determine the true identity of a person? |
| A. | The head of the person |
| B. | The body of the person |
| C. | Either a or b |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. The body of the person | |
| 40. |
The play Hayavadana opens with a puja to |
| A. | Goddess Kali |
| B. | Ganesha |
| C. | Rudra |
| D. | Lord Shiva |
| Answer» C. Rudra | |
| 41. |
In Hayavadana, Girish Karnard employs the conventions and ornamentation of folk saga and folk theatre which involve |
| A. | lights, mask, carpets |
| B. | mask, curtain, dolls |
| C. | mask, soliloquy, trees |
| D. | ghost, dramatic deaths, chorus |
| Answer» C. mask, soliloquy, trees | |
| 42. |
Kapila explains to Padmini that the flower gets its name because it has all the marks of marriage a woman puts on . The name of the flower is |
| A. | Daffodils |
| B. | Fortunate Lady s Flower |
| C. | Fortunate Flower |
| D. | Lady-shaped Flower |
| Answer» C. Fortunate Flower | |
| 43. |
The story of Devadatta, Kapila and Padmini dramatizes the conflict between |
| A. | the mind and the heart |
| B. | the body and the soul |
| C. | the mind and the body |
| D. | family and friendship |
| Answer» D. family and friendship | |
| 44. |
Bhagavatta regards Ganesha as the embodiment of |
| A. | incompleteness |
| B. | divinity |
| C. | completeness |
| D. | holiness |
| Answer» B. divinity | |
| 45. |
The creature with a horse head and human body in Girish Karnard s play is |
| A. | Devadatta |
| B. | Bhagavatta |
| C. | Hayavadana |
| D. | Kapila |
| Answer» D. Kapila | |
| 46. |
Hayavadana, what s written on our foreheads cannot be altered. Who said this line in Hayavadana? |
| A. | Bhagavata |
| B. | Goddess Kali |
| C. | Padmini |
| D. | Lord Rudra |
| Answer» B. Goddess Kali | |
| 47. |
Devadatta is the only son of the Revered Brahmin |
| A. | Lohita |
| B. | Nata |
| C. | Vidyasagara |
| D. | Yusuf Baba |
| Answer» D. Yusuf Baba | |
| 48. |
Padmini lives in the street called |
| A. | Dharmapura |
| B. | Ujjain |
| C. | Kamarupa |
| D. | PavanaVeethi |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
Devadatta vows to sacrifice his two arms to the goddess Kali and his head to |
| A. | Lord Ganesha |
| B. | Lord Rudra |
| C. | Lord Shiva |
| D. | Lord Vishnu |
| Answer» C. Lord Shiva | |
| 50. |
The third leg of the conjoined twins rightfully belonged to |
| A. | Chandan |
| B. | Tara |
| C. | Roopa |
| D. | Mr. Patel |
| Answer» C. Roopa | |