1.The teacher, who caught Seibi doing with gourd in the class-
(A) appreciated him
(B) depreciated him
(C) awarded him
(D) punished him
Answer ⇒ (D)
2. The teacher inade complain against Seibi to his-
(A) father
(B) mother
(C) uncle
(D) brother
Answer ⇒ (B)
3. “The Artist’ is-
(A) a short story
(B) an article
(C) a periodical
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (A)
4. Who has written the story ‘The Artist’?
(A) P.S. Buck
(B) M. Gandhi
(C) S. Naoya
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
5. Shiga Naoya was born in-
(A) 1873
(B) 1853
(C) 1883
(D) 1893
Answer ⇒ (C)
6. Shiga Naova died in –
(A) 1961
(B) 1971
(C) 1981
(D) 1941
Answer ⇒ (B)
7. He was a celebrated Japanese-
(A) novelist
(B) dramatist
(C) columnist
(D) short story writer
Answer ⇒ (D)
8. Seibei was-
(A) an artist
(B) a musician
(C) a singer
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (A)
9. Seibi’s parents knew that he often bought himself-
(A) apples
(B) oranges
(C) gourds
(D) guavas
Answer ⇒ (C)
10. Seibi lived in a-
(A) village
(B) town
(C) city
(D) harbour town
Answer ⇒ (D)
11. One could walk from one end of the town to another in-
(A) ten minutes
(b) Twenty minutes
(C) half-an-hour
(D) four hours.
Answer ⇒ (B)
12. Seibi knew every place that sold—
(A) fish
(B) meat
(C) gourds
(D) vegetables
Answer ⇒ (C)
13. One day Seibi found p peculiar gourd at shop of an old woman, which cost him-
(A) five sen
(B) ten sen
(C) two sen
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
14. He used to bore a neat hole in the –
(A) side of the gourd
(B) top of the gourd
(C) both the side
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
15. He made the hole to extract –
(A) water
(B) flash
(C) seeds
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
16. Whenever Seibi passed through the market, he searched the-
(A) friends
(B) favourite flowers
(C) gourds
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
17. Shiga. Naoya has written the story –
(A) The Earth
(B) A Pinch of Snuff
(C) The Artist
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
18. Seibei was a twelve years old son….. boy.
(A) Chinese
(B) japanese
(C) African
(D) Indian
Answer ⇒ (B)
19. Seibei was a …… japanese Boy.
(A) nine year old
(B) ten years old
(C) eleven years old
(D) twelve years old
Answer ⇒ (D)
20. Seibei’s hobby was collecting of –
(A) stamps
(B)books
(C) gourds
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
21. Sejbei was.passionately interested in –
(A) pumpkin
(B) gounds
(C) potato
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
22. Shiga Naoya is a ………..writer.
(A) Chinese
(B) indian
(C) American
(D) Japanese
Answer ⇒ (D)
23. One day Seibei was caught red handed by his ………… teacher.
(A) Hindi
(B) Math
(C) Ethics
(D) Hindi
Answer ⇒ (C)
24. Seibei bought a …………. inch gourd from an old woman.
(A) four
(B) five
(C) six
(D) seven
Answer ⇒ (B)
25. The teacher became very-very………. with Seibei for neglecting his studies.
(A) happy
(B) sad
(C) angry
(D) friendly
Answer ⇒ (C)
26. Seibei reads at ……….. school.
(A) High
(B) Primary
(C) Middle
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
27. Seibei got gourds for a few –
(A) rupee
(B) taka
(C) sen
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (C)
28. One must admire the inherent qualities in the –
(A) young
(B) children
(C) old
(D) adult
Answer ⇒ (B)
29. The price of the five inches gourds is —
(A) five sen
(B) nine sen
(C) ten sen
(D)eleven sen
Answer ⇒ (C)
30. Seibei’s father worked at ………. shop.
(A) carpenter’s
(B) barber’s
(C) goldsmith’s
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (A)
31. permimmons and oranges.
(A) An old man
(B) An old woman
(C) A girl
(D) A boy
Answer ⇒ (B)
32. The porter sold the gourd of Seibei for —
(A) 30 yen
(B) 40 yen
(C) 50 yen
(D) 60 yen
Answer ⇒ (C)
33. ………. is a short story.
(A) A marriage proposal
(B) Ideas That Have Helped Manking
(C) India Through a Traveller’s Eyes
(D) The Artist
Answer ⇒ (D)
34. Şeįbej’s hobby of collecting gourd made his teacher-
(A) pleased
(B) displeased
(C) laughed
(D) None of these
Answer ⇒ (B)
35. Seibei’s parents know that he often went out to buy himself-
(A) oranges
(B) apples
(C) gourds
(D) potatoes
Answer ⇒ (C)
36. The curio-dealer sold the gourd to a wealthy collecter for …..yen.
(A) 400
(B) 500
(C) 600
(D) 700
Answer ⇒ (C)
Short Answer Type Question
1.Why did the conversation of his father and his friends make Seibei laugh inwardly?
Ans. The conversation of his father and Bakin his friend made Seibei laugh inwardly because his father commented on baking gourd that they had at the agricultural show last spring. The baking gourd had made quite a stir at the time, but when he (Seibei) had gone to see it he had found it rather a stupid-looking object and had walked out of the show.
2. Why did Seibei’s father shout at him?
Ans. Seibei’s father and his friend were taking about Bakin gourd, they had seen in the agricultural show held in the last spring, which according to him was most beautiful. But Seibei found it stupid-looking, when we had gone in that show, as such he had walked out of it (the show). So he said that he didn’t think so much of it, because it was just an akward thing. Seibei’s interruption made his father angry. So he shouted at him.
3. Why did Seibei wander about the town?
Ans. It was Seibei’s hobby to wander about the town almost daily looking for gourds. He was deeply interested in buying and collecting it from the market and arranged it on the walls of his house.
4. What made Seibei’s heart beat faster?
Ans. When Seibei was examining the gourds, suddenly he caught sight of one which was about five inches long. Something about it made Seibei’s heart beat faster.
5. Which is called effeminate pastime in the story?
Ans.-The teacher came from another part of Japan and found it most offensive that children should indulge in such womanish pastime as collecting gourds. As such it is called effeminate pastime in the story.
6. How did Seibei’s father react to the teacher’s complaint?
Ans.-Seibei’s father reacted to the teacher’s complaint when he knew Seibei’s fault which was reported by Seibei’s teacher. He became angry at this matter. As soon as he heard, he grabbed his son by the collar and gave him a sound beating. He chided his son that he would never get anywhere in the world, the way he is carrying on.
7. What did Seibei do after he was forced to give up collecting gourds?
Ans. The father of Seibei fetched his hammer and systematically smashed the gourds to pieces, one after the other. It brought a charge in his hobby, Seibei is now engrossed in his pictures.
8. Why did Seibei’s teacher become angry with him?
Ans.-Seibai’s teacher became angry with him because during the class period Seibai was never separated from his new gourd. He even took it along to school and used to polish it under his desk in class time.