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General English | Set 2

1. One of the many things Corbett learnt from Kunwar Singh was

Correct : A. making mental maps

2. The ‘curse of the hills’ was

Correct : D. opium

3. Who was the first person to visit Jim Corbett on the day he was given his first gun?

Correct : B. Kunwar Singh

4. Kunwar Singh was made to hold the tail of a cow on his deathbed to

Correct : A. provide a transit for his spirit

5. Corbett was displeased because Kunwar Singh had been laid in his servant’s hut to die like

Correct : D. an outcaste and beggar

6. “You are no longer a boy, but a man; ... and never be afraid, provided you learn how to climb trees”. Who said these lines?

Correct : D. Kunwar Singh

7. After the tiger attacked Har Singh, they went the extra ______ miles to the hospital at Kaladhungi

Correct : A. three

8. What was the curse of the foothills, according to Jim Corbett?

Correct : B. opium

9. The 'dying' Kunwar Singh's fingers were being held round the tail of a

Correct : B. cow

10. There were times when for weeks on end Kunwar Singh would not leave his village because he had a horror of

Correct : A. dacoits

11. After the tiger attacked Har Singh, he was taken to the hospital at

Correct : B. Kaladhungi

12. Har Singh and Kunwar Singh went out to shoot one day in the last of which month in the year?

Correct : C. April

13. Har Singh wanted to turn back after they saw a

Correct : A. fox

14. _______ was present when Jim Corbett received his first gun.

Correct : C. Kunwar Singh

15. The friendship between Jim and Kunwar Singh is marked by a mutual exchange of

Correct : B. good advice

16. Aladia was the _____ of Kaladhungi.

Correct : C. post master

17. Jim Corbett, though initially a great hunter, later became known for being

Correct : C. an animal conservationist

18. Indira Priyadarshini was born in the year:

Correct : C. 1917

19. Hiuen Tsang was given the title:

Correct : A. Master of the Law

20. Nehru wrote the birthday letter to his daughter from:

Correct : B. Central Prison, Naini

21. According to Nehru, a letter cannot take the place of a talk because it is:

Correct : A. a one-sided affair

22. The man who changed the face of Russia and Siberia in the month that Indira was born:

Correct : D. Lenin

23. The University of Nalanda was situated at

Correct : B. Pataliputra

24. Nehru was busy with a present on his daughter’s

Correct : B. 13th birthday

25. On Indira’s thirteenth birthday, Nehru

Correct : C. Sent a letter

26. Indira was inspired by Joan of Arc who

Correct : C. Inspired the French victory over the English

27. What did Nehru profess to dislike?

Correct : B. Sermonizing and doling out advice

28. Nehru declares that a letter is at best a ____.

Correct : C. One-sided affair

29. What does history help even simple, ordinary people become?

Correct : D. Heroes and heroines

30. Jawaharlal Nehru declares that ordinary men are not usually ____.

Correct : D. Heroic

31. What does Nehru say was unworthy of his daughter?

Correct : A. Fear

32. Nehru sends a letter to his daughter from Naini Prison on her _______ birthday.

Correct : C. thirteenth

33. Nehru mentions that the core of Mahatma Gandhi’s freedom movement is _____.

Correct : B. openness

34. Hiuen Tsang, a Chinese traveller came to India in search of wisdom and –

Correct : A. knowledge

35. Nehru thought that the best way to find out what is right and wrong, what should be done and what should not be done is by –

Correct : C. talking and discussing

36. According to Nehru, a letter can hardly take the place of a talk, and says that it is ________ affair.

Correct : B. one-sided

37. Nehru wrote a letter to his daughter on her

Correct : B. 13th birthday

38. Nehru’s letter to his daughter was dated

Correct : B. October 26, 1930

39. The ‘very wise man’ came from

Correct : A. South India

40. Whose book contains the story of the ‘very wise man’?

Correct : D. Hiuen Tsang

41. Hieun Tsang braved many dangers on his way to India because

Correct : C. of his great thirst for knowledge

42. Nehru wants his daughter to

Correct : A. grow up a child of the light

43. The ‘great drama’ that Nehru and his daughter take a part in, refers to

Correct : C. the freedom movement

44. Nehru tells his daughter that the desire to hide anything means that you are

Correct : A. afraid

45. Nehru asked his daughter Indira to apply a particular test whenever she was

Correct : C. in doubt

46. Patna was formerly known as

Correct : D. Pataliputra

47. To prevent his belly from bursting with too much knowledge, the wise man wore around his waist

Correct : B. copper plates

48. In his letter to Indira, Jawaharlal Nehru wrote that ________________ men and women are not usually heroic.

Correct : A. Ordinary

49. According to Jawaharlal Nehru, one cannot pose as a wise man and distribute good advice to others if he is

Correct : D. limited in wisdom

50. Nehru’s birthday present for his daughter Indira Priyadarshini can only be of the

Correct : D. air, mind and spirit

51. “Ordinary men and women are not usually_____”

Correct : C. Heroic

52. At the close of the letter, Nehru wishes his daughter to grow up into

Correct : A. A brave soldier in India’s service

53. In his letter to Indira, Nehru says, ‘thirteen hundred years ago there came a great traveller from China to India in search of Wisdom and Knowledge. Who was this person?

Correct : B. Hiuen Tsang

54. The name of Lali’s mother is:

Correct : B. Zovi

55. Lali received a marriage proposal from

Correct : A. Rozika

56. Taia went to the plains to sell:

Correct : C. hand pounded rice

57. The full name of Lali is:

Correct : B. Lalawmpuii

58. The wedding day set for Lali and Biakmawia was:

Correct : A. 15 January

59. Manga is

Correct : B. The uncle of Lali

60. Rozika and Zami were suspended by the church for

Correct : D. Their immoral conduct

61. Lali’s father discovered the true nature of Mawia

Correct : B. During the boy’s sickness

62. Mana bunked Sunday School with his friends to

Correct : C. To drink

63. “All my friends have those shoes”, This is said by

Correct : B. Taia

64. There was a gap of many years between Zuala and his other siblings. While Lali was in her mid twenties, Zuala was not yet

Correct : A. Ten

65. Mana bunked the Sunday School with his friends to :

Correct : C. Drink

66. Lali wanted to weave a ________ for herself

Correct : D. Puanchei

67. “God’s will shall prevail”. Biakmawia told this to

Correct : A. Himself

68. Lali’s father kept silent when his son asks him the questions because

Correct : B. He does not know his destiny after life as he is not a believer

69. “How dare you disobey my orders!” These angry words were spoken by Lali’s father to

Correct : D. Zuala, his younger son

70. Thani is Lali’s close friend and neighbour. Her younger sister’s name is

Correct : A. Vani

71. _______________ was a boarder in Lali’s house.

Correct : B. Mawia

72. Rozika was-

Correct : D. the son of a wealthy family

73. Lali’s mother’s name was-

Correct : A. Zovi

74. Lali does not want to marry Rozika because –

Correct : C. he is a scoundrel and a womanizer

75. Lali was a Sunday School Teacher at______________ department.

Correct : B. junior

76. Zuala was lying unconscious for _________ days.

Correct : A. four

77. “Women had very little say in many matters.” This indicates that Mizo society is a predominantly ____________ society

Correct : D. patriarchal

78. When the whole Mizo family went out of the house they fastened their door with a

Correct : C. piece of split wood

79. In the story “Lali”, the sermon delivered by the guest speaker was on God’s

Correct : A. love

80. “Women and fences are but disposables!” This adage indicates that women in Mizo society are

Correct : D. dispensable

81. Lali’s father accepted Rozika’s marriage proposal for Lali because of his

Correct : B. family background

82. Rozika was handsome and virile but

Correct : D. arrogant and conceited

83. Lali was of marriageable age. She was

Correct : C. twenty one years old

84. Zuala was unconscious for _______

Correct : C. Four days

85. Rozika was the son of ______________

Correct : D. An influential man

86. Lali was angry at Mana because

Correct : A. He bunked Sunday School and was drinking

87. At the end of the story, Rozika

Correct : D. Suspended by the church

88. Taia did not get much profit in the plains because

Correct : B. The grain prices had fallen

89. “How mean! You knew I desperately needed a Puan! “ This is said by

Correct : B. Lali to Taia

90. “I will not marry him ever”. Who is the person Lali will not marry?

Correct : B. Rozika

91. There was a guest speaker in Lali's church and he had spoken about

Correct : D. The Love of God

92. Lali’s father was

Correct : B. An alcoholic

93. Who said that ‘beggars cannot be choosers’ in the matter of Lali’s proposal from Rozika?

Correct : D. Her father