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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.
| 151. |
The Bhagavata in Hayavadana calls Ganesha the Lord and Master of ______ |
| A. | Imperfection and incompleteness |
| B. | Fertility and Prosperity |
| C. | Success and Perfection |
| D. | Bravery and Courage |
| Answer» D. Bravery and Courage | |
| 152. |
Towards the end of Untouchable, Bakha is convinced that ______ will free them of untouchability. |
| A. | Voting rights |
| B. | Poetry |
| C. | The Flush system |
| D. | Religious secularism |
| Answer» D. Religious secularism | |
| 153. |
Who among these characters was not killed in the communal riot in Dhaka? |
| A. | Tridib |
| B. | Jethamoshai |
| C. | Khalil |
| D. | Tha mma |
| Answer» E. | |
| 154. |
The Shadow Lines explores the political and economical growth of India through the lives of two families: |
| A. | One English and one Punjabi |
| B. | One Bengali and one English |
| C. | One Gujarati and one English |
| D. | One Assamese and one English |
| Answer» C. One Gujarati and one English | |
| 155. |
The better half of two bodies that neither win nor loose is |
| A. | Hayavadana |
| B. | Devadatta |
| C. | Padmini |
| D. | Kapila |
| Answer» D. Kapila | |
| 156. |
The Shadow Lines by Amitav Gosh explores the political and economic growth of India through the lives of two families |
| A. | the Datta-Chaudhuris and the Price family |
| B. | the Singh family and the Peterson family |
| C. | the Sharma family and the Price family |
| D. | the Patels and the Dawson family |
| Answer» B. the Singh family and the Peterson family | |
| 157. |
Devadatta vowed to give his head to _______ if Padmini marries him. |
| A. | Kali |
| B. | Rudra |
| C. | Shiva |
| D. | Ganesha |
| Answer» C. Shiva | |
| 158. |
Who realize the reality of the Partition when planning to visit his/her sister in Dhaka while undergoing the usual procedure of compiling the immigration papers in The Shadow Lines? |
| A. | Tha mma |
| B. | Mayadebi |
| C. | Ila |
| D. | Tridib |
| Answer» B. Mayadebi | |
| 159. |
The Upside Down House in The Shadow Lines represent |
| A. | Polarising power of borders |
| B. | The backward movement of the family |
| C. | Binary representation of power |
| D. | None of the above. |
| Answer» B. The backward movement of the family | |
| 160. |
Mayadebi and the Shaheb have a third son |
| A. | Robi |
| B. | Ajay |
| C. | Kamal |
| D. | Vijay |
| Answer» B. Ajay | |
| 161. |
Jatin marries a woman affectionately known as |
| A. | Queen Priya |
| B. | Queen Victoria |
| C. | Queen Lakshmi |
| D. | Queen Rita |
| Answer» C. Queen Lakshmi | |
| 162. |
The main setting of The Shadow Lines takes place in two cities. What are they? |
| A. | Dhaka-Delhi |
| B. | London-Dhaka |
| C. | Calcutta-Delhi |
| D. | Calcutta-London |
| Answer» E. | |
| 163. |
What is the relationship between Tridib and the narrator? |
| A. | Friends |
| B. | Cousins |
| C. | Uncle-Nephew |
| D. | Father-son |
| Answer» D. Father-son | |
| 164. |
In her youth, what did Tha mma want to do in order to gain freedom? |
| A. | Fight in a war |
| B. | Join a terrorist group |
| C. | Kill an English diplomat |
| D. | Start a riot |
| Answer» C. Kill an English diplomat | |
| 165. |
Ila is the narrator s cousin who lives in |
| A. | Calcutta |
| B. | Dhaka |
| C. | Stockwell London |
| D. | Delhi |
| Answer» D. Delhi | |
| 166. |
Ila chose to live in London because she ____________. |
| A. | Wanted to be free |
| B. | Wanted to have all the comfort and luxury |
| C. | Wanted to marry an Englishman |
| D. | Wanted to be away from her family |
| Answer» B. Wanted to have all the comfort and luxury | |
| 167. |
Where did Lionel Tresawsen and Mr. Justice Chandrashekhar Datta-Chaudhuri meet and become friends? |
| A. | At a seance |
| B. | At a diplomatic conference |
| C. | While they were travelling |
| D. | At a restaurant |
| Answer» B. At a diplomatic conference | |
| 168. |
Tridib s family first went to England in ______ |
| A. | 1939 |
| B. | 1942 |
| C. | 1917 |
| D. | 1930 |
| Answer» B. 1942 | |
| 169. |
May Price, despite her wealth, volunteered as a ______ |
| A. | A nurse |
| B. | a teacher |
| C. | A famine relief worker |
| D. | a cleaner |
| Answer» D. a cleaner | |
| 170. |
When Tha mma s father and Jethamoshai divided their house in Dhaka, the result was ___ |
| A. | Peace on both sides |
| B. | They realised how much they loved each other |
| C. | a legal battle over property ownership |
| D. | a strange eerie silence that continued for years |
| Answer» E. | |
| 171. |
Ila cried when recounting how Nick has saved her from bullies because__ |
| A. | She was overwhelmed with love for him |
| B. | Nick had died during the Blitz |
| C. | Nick had never defended her in reality |
| D. | The bullies had beaten him up too |
| Answer» D. The bullies had beaten him up too | |
| 172. |
After the death of her husband, Tha mma had worked in a school in Calcutta for ____ years. |
| A. | 27 |
| B. | 30 |
| C. | 25 |
| D. | 20 |
| Answer» B. 30 | |
| 173. |
The two youths living in the city of Dharmaputra are |
| A. | Lava and Kusha |
| B. | Devadatta and Kapila |
| C. | Rama and Lakshmana |
| D. | Balarama and Krishna |
| Answer» C. Rama and Lakshmana | |
| 174. |
Devadatta and Kapila lived in the city of _____ |
| A. | Dharmapura |
| B. | Durgapur |
| C. | Dharmasheela |
| D. | Doulatpur |
| Answer» B. Durgapur | |
| 175. |
Tha ama wants to bring back ____ to India to reunite her family. |
| A. | Queen Victoria |
| B. | May |
| C. | Tridib |
| D. | Jethamoshai |
| Answer» E. | |
| 176. |
The nightmare that haunts Robi is that _____ |
| A. | He is unable to find a secure, respectable job |
| B. | He keeps getting lost in cities all over the world |
| C. | He is unable to stop Tridib from getting out of the car in Dhaka |
| D. | He is unable to protect Ila |
| Answer» D. He is unable to protect Ila | |
| 177. |
Gulabo, the washer woman is jealous of Sohini because |
| A. | Sohini is smart |
| B. | she is chose and helped by the Pundit |
| C. | of Sohini s rising beauty |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 178. |
Sohini is the sister of |
| A. | Lakha |
| B. | Bakha |
| C. | Colonel Hutchinson |
| D. | Kalinath |
| Answer» C. Colonel Hutchinson | |
| 179. |
Who helped Sohini fill her water bucket. |
| A. | A sahib |
| B. | A priest of the town temple |
| C. | A Hindu water-carrier |
| D. | A sweeper |
| Answer» C. A Hindu water-carrier | |
| 180. |
Sohini is sexually tortured by |
| A. | Colonel Hutchinson |
| B. | Kalinath |
| C. | Ramcharan |
| D. | Havildar Charat Singh |
| Answer» C. Ramcharan | |
| 181. |
Ila s mother is jokingly referred to as _____ |
| A. | Queen Victoria |
| B. | Mayadebi |
| C. | Tha mma |
| D. | May |
| Answer» B. Mayadebi | |
| 182. |
In Tara, the parents give more preference to |
| A. | Tara |
| B. | Chandan |
| C. | Both of them |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Both of them | |
| 183. |
The city of Dharmapura was ruled by King |
| A. | Bhagavat |
| B. | Dharmasheela |
| C. | Devadatta |
| D. | Hayavadana |
| Answer» C. Devadatta | |
| 184. |
Who is Waziro? |
| A. | Gulabo s sister |
| B. | The woman at the market |
| C. | The weaver s wife |
| D. | Bakha s mother |
| Answer» D. Bakha s mother | |
| 185. |
Gulabo, the washerwoman is jealous of Sohini because she is |
| A. | smart |
| B. | helped by the Pundit |
| C. | beautiful |
| D. | Lakha s daughter |
| Answer» D. Lakha s daughter | |
| 186. |
What is the name of Bakha's Town? |
| A. | Bulashah |
| B. | Pune |
| C. | Calcutta |
| D. | Maharastra |
| Answer» B. Pune | |