2. Why does Bakha have a high regard for European Clothing?
Correct : D. He thinks wearing it will make him a sahib.
3. Who is Waziro in ‘ Untouchable’?
Correct : A. The weaver’s wife
4. Bakha describes Ramanandas
Correct : A. A peevish old black moneylender
5. Who helps Sohini fill her water buckets?
Correct : B. A priest of the temple
6. Why does Gulabo hate Sohini
Correct : B. Because she is jealous of Sohini’s beauty
7. What kind of gift did Bakha beg from the Tommy?
Correct : A. A pair of trousers
8. Who was Lakha afraid of ?
Correct : B. The Sepoys
9. What kind of power did the burning flame give Bakha?
Correct : D. Power to destroy
10. Why does Gulabo hate Sohini?
Correct : C. She was jealous of her beauty
11. Bakha is encouraged to convert to Christianity by
Correct : A. Colonel Hutchinson
12. Bakha’s friends nicknamed him
Correct : A. Pilpali Sahib
13. When Bakha carried the injured boy to his mother she
Correct : B. shouted at him for polluting the boy
14. Bakha would sacrifice many comforts for the sake of what he called ‘fashun’
to look like a
Correct : A. Sahib
15. Lakha told his son that schools were meant not for sweepers but only for
Correct : A. the babus
16. Mahatma Gandhi addressed a large crowd at ‘maidan’ situated near the railway
station of
Correct : B. Bulandshahr town
17. Liberation of untouchability as overheard by Bakha was possible through
Correct : B. introduction of flush system
18. While cleaning the temple courtyard Sohini was sexually assaulted by the priest
named
Correct : B. Kali Nath
19. Bakha is encouraged to convert to Christianity by
Correct : C. Colonel Hutchinson
20. Bakha’s friends nicknamed him as
Correct : B. Pilpali Sahib
21. According to Bakha, the solution to the problem of untouchability is
Correct : C. the flush system
22. _______________ poured water into Sohini’s pitcher.
Correct : C. Pundit Kali Nath
23. Who is Waziro?
Correct : C. The weaver’s wife
24. Gulabo, the washerwoman is jealous of Sohini because she is
Correct : C. beautiful
25. What is the name of Bakha's Town?
Correct : A. Bulashah
26. Who helped Sohini fill her water bucket.
Correct : B. A priest of the town temple
27. Bakha is the son of
Correct : A. The jemadar of sweepers and public latrines.
28. Sohini is the sister of
Correct : B. Bakha
29. Bakha is encouraged to convert to Christianity by
Correct : D. Colonel Hutchinson
30. Sohini is sexually tortured by
Correct : B. Kalinath
31. Untouchable narrates a story that took place within a span of
Correct : B. One day
32. A hockey stick was given to Bakha by
Correct : D. Havildar Charat Singh
33. Towards the end of Untouchable, Bakha is convinced that ______ will free them of
untouchability.
Correct : C. The Flush system
34. Gulabo, the washer woman is jealous of Sohini because
Correct : C. of Sohini’s rising beauty
35. Untouchable presents an accord of a single day in
Correct : C. Bakha's life
36. A committed and dedicated missionary in Untouchable is
Correct : A. Colonel Hutchinson
37. Who is the narrator in ‘The Shadow Lines’
Correct : A. A fictional character born and raised in Calcutta
38. ‘The Shadow Lines’ explores the political and economical growth of India through the lives of two families:
Correct : B. One Bengali and one English
39. The Protagonist in the novel ‘The Shadow Lines’ is
Correct : C. Tridib Mayadebi’s son
40. Ila is the narrator’s cousin who lives in
Correct : C. Stockwell London
41. Tha’mma (the narrator’s grandmother) worked as
Correct : A. The headmistress of a girls’ school in Calcutta
42. Tridib dies in
Correct : D. A communal riot in Dhaka
43. What was Mrs. Price addicted to?
Correct : B. Church- sales
44. Who was the narrator in love with?*
Correct : D. Ila
45. Who was the man who still lived in Tha’mma’s ancestral home?*
Correct : C. Jethamoshai
46. Who among these characters was not killed in the communal riot in Dhaka?
Correct : D. Tha’mma
47. Who is Nick?
Correct : A. May Price’s brother
48. The narrator’s grandmother Thamma was the headmistress of all-girl school in
Correct : D. Calcutta
49. The Shadow Lines by Amitav Gosh explores the political and economic growth of India through the lives of two families
Correct : A. the Datta-Chaudhuris and the Price family
50. A recurring nightmare haunts Robi for decades because he witnessed the riot that
killed
Correct : B. Tridib
51. The Shadow Lines is divided into two sections
Correct : D. ‘Going Away’ and ‘Coming Home’
52. __________ is set against the backdrop of major historical events such as- Freedom movement in Bengal, Second World War, partition of India in 1947 and Communal riots in Bangladesh and India
Correct : B. The Shadow Lines
53. Through her characteristic pose Ila’s mother earned a nickname of
Correct : C. Queen Victoria
54. The Shadow Lines takes the form of
Correct : A. bildungsroman tradition
55. The Shadow Lines was published in
Correct : C. 1988
56. The Shadow Lines spans around
Correct : B. Three generations
57. Who can talk on length about issues as diverse as the sloping roofs of Columbian houses and culture of the Incas with equal case in The Shadow Lines?
Correct : A. Tridip
58. 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?
Correct : A. Tha’mma
59. The Upside Down House in The Shadow Lines represent
Correct : A. Polarising power of borders
60. Jatin marries a woman affectionately known as
Correct : B. Queen Victoria
61. Mayadebi and the Shaheb have a third son
Correct : A. Robi
62. The main setting of The Shadow Lines takes place in two cities. What are they?
Correct : D. Calcutta-London
63. What memory does Robi want to be free of?
Correct : B. The memory of Tridib’s death
64. What is the relationship between Tridib and the narrator?
Correct : C. Uncle-Nephew
65. In her youth, what did Tha’mma want to do in order to gain freedom?
Correct : B. Join a terrorist group
66. Ila chose to live in London because she ____________.
Correct : A. Wanted to be free
67. Where did Lionel Tresawsen and Mr. Justice Chandrashekhar Datta-Chaudhuri meet and become friends?
Correct : A. At a seance
68. Tridib’s family first went to England in ______
Correct : A. 1939
69. May Price, despite her wealth, volunteered as a ______
Correct : C. A famine relief worker
70. Ila’s mother is jokingly referred to as _____
Correct : A. Queen Victoria
71. Ila cried when recounting how Nick has saved her from bullies because__
Correct : C. Nick had never defended her in reality
72. When Tha’mma’s father and Jethamoshai divided their house in Dhaka, the result was ___
Correct : D. a strange eerie silence that continued for years
73. After the death of her husband, Tha’mma had worked in a school in Calcutta for ____
years.
Correct : A. 27
74. The nightmare that haunts Robi is that _____
Correct : C. He is unable to stop Tridib from getting out of the car in Dhaka
75. Tha’ama wants to bring back ____ to India to reunite her family.
Correct : D. Jethamoshai
76. Tha’ama is unable to understand border divides because
Correct : B. There are no physical barriers between countries
77. The main spokesperson of Modern Women in ‘Silence the Court is in Session’ is
Correct : B. Leela Banare
78. In ‘Silence the Court is in Session’, there is a mock trial where Leela Banare was
accused of
Correct : C. The crime of infanticide
79. Silence the court is in Session’ was originally written by Vijay Tendulkar in
Correct : D. Marathi
80. A major player among the Sonar Moti Tenement (Bombay) Progressive Association
is
Correct : A. Sukhatme
81. “What I say is, our society should receive the old custom of child marriage. Marry off the girls before puberty. All this promiscuity will come to a full stop”. Who says this?
Correct : B. Kashikar
82. “We have acknowledged women as mother of mankind” These are the words of
Correct : D. Sukhatme
83. In the mock trial, Miss Leela Benare was
Correct : C. accused of the crime of infanticide
84. Silence! The Court is in Session was originally written in
Correct : B. Marathi
85. The troupe decided to stage a mock trial so as to familiarize ________ with the
intracacies of court procedure.
Correct : C. Samant
86. The members of the drama troupe plan a mock trial on
Correct : A. Miss Benare
87. The group of friends in Silence! The Court is in Session engages in
Correct : C. a mock trial
88. The Scientist in Silence! The Court is in Session is
Correct : A. Mr. Ponkshe
89. The original title of the play Silence! The Court is in Session is
Correct : A. Shantata! Court Chalu Aahe
90. In the mock trial, the penalty imposed on Leela Benare was
Correct : B. abortion
91. According to Mr. Kashikar, the best solution to curb promiscuity in society is to revive the old custom of
Correct : A. child marriage
92. Vijay Tendulkar chooses the title Silence! The Court is in Session to make a powerful comment on
Correct : A. patriarchal domination and exploitation of women
93. In the mock trial, Leela Benare was maliciously charged with
Correct : B. infanticide
94. The characters purpose of performing mock-trial in Silence! The Court is in Session is to bring to public attention cases of
Correct : A. ‘social significance’ to public attention
95. In ‘Silence The court is in Session’, Leela Benare is accused of the crime of
_____________
Correct : A. Infanticide
96. The play is much about the Indian _____________ system during the early 1960
Correct : A. Judicial system
97. In ‘Silence, The court is in Session’, Motherhood is extolled as something
Correct : A. “Purer than heaven”
98. Leela Benare was having an affair with
Correct : B. Prof. Damle
99. In the end, when Benare is found guilty
Correct : B. She collapses to the floor
100. “Prisoner Miss Benare, under section no________ of the Indian Penal Code, you are
accused of the crime of infanticide.