[ 1 ] The young Indian intellectuals were disappointed with the –
(A) English
(B) American
(C) Chinese
(D) Japanese
Answer ⇒ (A)
[ 2 ] Indians, under the British rule, had a life-span of just –
(A) thirty years
(B) thirty-five years
(C) forty years
(D) twenty-seven years
Answer ⇒ (D)
[ 3 ] For all the ills of India, the writer blames-
(A) Indians
(B) the English rule
(C) both
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
[ 4 ] The writer visiting an Indian family felt –
(A) happiness
(B) sorrow
(C) disgust
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (A)
[ 5 ] The book ‘Come, My Beloved’ has the-
(A) English background
(B) Chinese background
(C) American background
(D) Indian background
Answer ⇒ (D)
[ 6 ] She taught in-
(A) an Indian University
(B) an American University
(C) a Chinese University
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 7 ] She won the Nobel Prize in-
(A) 1928
(B) 1938
(C) 1948
(D) 1958
Answer ⇒ (B)
[ 8 ] Buck’s family doctor was the
(A) English
(B) Indian
(C) American
(D) Chinese
Answer ⇒ (B)
[ 9 ] Gandhi’s hold was upon
(A) intellectuals
(B) peasants
(C) both
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 10 ] The Mongolian from Europen invaded.
(A) Bergal
(B) Delhi
(C) Punjab
(D) Kashmir
Answer ⇒ (D)
[ 11 ] The first woman President of the General Assembiy of the United State was the –
(A) Japanese
(B) American
(C) Chinese
(D) Indian
Answer ⇒ (D)
[ 12 ] Pearl S. Buck was born in-
(A) 1882
(B) 1862
(C) 1892
(D) 1872
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 13 ] By birth she was –
(A) American
(B) Chinese
(C) Japanese
(D) Indian
Answer ⇒ (A)
[ 14 ] She was reared in –
(A) Germany
(B) England
(C) China
(D) India
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 15 ] She was reared by her-
(A) grand-mother
(B) uncle
(C) aunt
(D) missionary parents
Answer ⇒ (D)
[ 16 ] ‘India Through a Traveller’s Eyes’ has been written by-
(A) Shiga Naoya
(B) Pearl S. Buck
(C) Anton Chekhov
(D) Germaine Greer
Answer ⇒ (B)
[ 17 ] Pearl S. Buck has written the lesson –
(A) A Child is Born
(B) The Artist
(C) India Through a Traveller’s Eyes
(D) I Have a Dream
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 18 ] ‘Indian Through a Traveller’s Eyes’ is an inspiring–
(A) drama
(B) story
(C) novel
(D) essay
Answer ⇒ (D)
[ 19 ] Pearl S. Buck is an ……… writer.
(A) American
(B) Indian
(C) Iranian
(D) African
Answer ⇒ (B)
[ 20 ] ………. bas praised Indian poeple and their life.
(A) Shiga Naoya
(B) H.E. Bates
(C) Pearl S. Buck
(D) Bertrand Russell Ans
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 21 ] Our food was served on fresh green ………….. leaves instead plates.
(A) peepal
(B) banana
(C) mango
(D) banyan
Answer ⇒ (B)
[ 22 ] From boyhood the Indian woodwou are taught that the right hand is for clean services.
(A) young
(B) boys
(C) people
(D) children
Answer ⇒ (D)
[ 23 ] Indian peasants are poorer than their …………..counterparts.
(A) Pakistani
(B) Chinese
(C) Srilanka
(D) Russian
Answer ⇒ (B)
[ 24 ] I was called to kill a dangerous —
(A) dog
(B) tiger
(C) snake
(D) cat
Answer ⇒ (A)
[ 25 ] …………. advised the Indians not to blame the Britishers for everything.
(A) Mahatma Gandhi
(B) Shiga Naoya
(C) Pearl S. Buck
(D) H.E. Bates
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 26 ] ……….. Visited India to see and listen to two groups of people.
(A) Germaine Greer
(B) Bertrant Russel
(C) Anton Chekhov
(D) Pearl S. Buck
Answer ⇒ (D)
[ 27 ] Religion is ever present in vc life.
(A) American
(B) Chinese
(C) Indian
(D) Russian
Answer ⇒ (C)
[ 28 ] The land between Bombay and …… sannss. famished.
(A) Kolkata
(B) Madras
(C) Delhi
(D) Bangaluru
Answer ⇒ (B)
[ 29 ] The people of …moovoucavo Inust be rechoned as belonging to the caucasian race.
(A) America
(B) China
(C) India
(D) Canada
Answer ⇒ (C)
Short Answer Type Question
1. Why was the land between Bombay and Madras famished?
Ans. The land between Bombay and Madras was starved, because the sun was hot enough and due to that there was no possibility to fertilize any seed. There was no
water because there were no wells or any other means to irrigate the land.
2. Why did the Indian always blame the British for their sufferings?
Ans.-The Indians were blaming the British against their inadequate help in providing food, clothes and other amenities to them (Indian). It is but natural, to expect from the government all these things.
3. Who was the real master of the house which Buck visited?
Ans. The author (Buck) had gone to an Indian village and had been invited to visit house of a family of some modern education. The real master of the house was not the active master of the family, but the elder brother who had a stroke of paralysis and was lying on the bed.
4. Why did the writer not mind her host eating in the opposite corner of the room?
Ans. The writer did not mind that her host was eating in the opposite corner of the room, because he (host) had fulfilled the requirement of his religion by eating in the opposite corner of the room. It was his family tradition.
5. What does she mean by saying “Religion is ever present in Indian life?”
Ans. The author wanted to express her idea about the role of the religion in Indian life. She cited the example of this fact by narrating whatever she experienced in one Indian family. While she was sitting in her host’s room, one gentleman came in and without speaking to them moved to the far end of the room. There he knelt his head bowed and remained in that way for about a quarter of an hour. Her hostesss explained that he was her husband’s eldest brother and was offering prayer. She meant to say that religion was present in every walk of the life of an Indian. It had both the best and the worst aspects. But she did not criticize it.
6. What are her views on the Christian missionaries?
Ans. She expresses her views on Christian missionaries that whatever they believe, they preach accordingly. It means that they say whatever they believe.
7. What was the role of fire in our development?
Ans. The fire enabled important changes in human behaviour, health, development, energy expenditure, and geographic expansions. Humans were able to modify their environments to their own benefit.