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?