Amarnath MCQ | XI 1st Semester WBCHSE

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Amarnath MCQ XI 1st Semester WBCHSE

1. The writer of this extract is-

(a) Sarojini Naidu

(b) RK Narayan

(d) Sister Nivedita.

2. The real name of Sister Nivedita is-

(a) Annie Besant

(b) Margaret Atwood

(c) Margaret Noble

(d) Anne Frank.

3. Nivedita was born in the year-

(a) 1895

(b) 1898

(c) 1867

(d) 1876.

4. Sister Nivedita was born in-

(a) India

(b) England

(d) Ireland.

5. Sister Nivedita died on-

(a) October 12

(b) November 13

(d) October 13.

6. Sister Nivedita was the disciple of-

(a) Sri Ramakrishna

(b) Shiva

(c) Swami Vivekananda

(d) Kali.

7. The given text is taken from the book-

(a) The Master as I Saw Him

(b) Kali the Mother

(d) Religion and Dharma.

8. ‘Amarnath’ is a part of a/an-

(a) autobiography

(b) essay

(c) biography

(d) story.

9. The excerpt ‘Amarnath’ is a type of a/an-

(a) essay

(b) travelogue

(d) historical fiction.

10. The term ‘open-air meal’ means-

(a) giving food to the needy

(b) outdoor-dining

(d) dining under a roof.

11. Mogul Gardens is situated at-

(a) Achhabal

(b) Amarnath

(d) Pahlgam.

12. Swami announced his desire to go to-

(a) Mogul Gardens

(b) Islamabad

(d) Amarnath.

13. Sister Nivedita referred to herself as Swamiji’s-

(a) sister

(b) daughter

(d) cousin.

14. The group of pilgrims was-

(a) large

(b) small

(d) none of the above.

15. Achhabal is in the state of-

(a) Uttarakhand

(b) Uttar Pradesh

(c) Kashmir

(d) Punjab.

16. The final arrangements were made in-

(a) Islamabad

(b) Amarnath

(d) Pahlgam.

17. They saw the march of gathering hosts in-

(a) Achhabal

(b) Islamabad

(d) Pawan.

18. The adjective(s) used to describe the scene of Islamabad is/are-

(a) orderly

(b) picturesque

(d) all of the above.

19. People in Islamabad encamped in a-

(a) forest

(b) park

(d) field.

20. The campers left before-

(a) dawn

(b) morning

(d) dusk.

21. The campers left behind only-

(a) ashes of their cooking-fires

(b) tents

(d) their belongings.

22. At the halting places, the process of the opening of shops happened-

(a) very quickly

(b) slowly

(d) very slowly.

23. The campers opened shops at-

(a) few halting places

(b) every halting place

(d) a field.

24. The broad street ran through the middle of one part of the-

(a) camp

(b) shrine

(d) woods.

25. The Tehsildar’s tent was situated by-

(a) Swamiji’s tent

(b) Sister Nivedita’s tent

(c) both (a) and (b)

(d) none of the above.

26. Whose neighbourhood tended to form a social centre?

(a) Swamiji’s

(b) The Tehsildar’s

(d) The pilgrims’.

27. The spot of the lighting of evening fire tended to form a-

(a) prayer gathering

(b) social gathering

(d) none of these.

28. The word ‘Gerrua’ means-

(a) orange

(b) red

(d) brown.

29. The Gerrua tents belonged to-

(a) the narrator

(b) the Tehsildar

(d) the monks.

30. The size of the Gerrua tents was compared to-

(a) a room

(b) a hut

(c) an umbrella

(d) a box.

31. The size of some of the monks’ tents was

(a) small

(b) big

(d) huge.

32. Among whom did the Swami’s influence appeared to be magnetic?

(a) The pilgrims

(b) Mussulmans

(c) The monks

(d) The foreigners.

33. Who swarmed about the Swami?

(a) The narrator

(b) The learned monks

(d) The foreigners.

34. The monks swarmed about the Swami at every-

(a) turn

(b) social centre

(d) halting place.

35. The monks filled the Swami’s tent throughout-

(a) the day

(b) the evening max

(d) the dawn.ave

36. The monks remained absorbed in conversation with-

(a) the Tehsildar

(b) each other

(d) the Swami.

37. The monks only talked about-

(a) Kali

(b) Brahman

(c) Shiva

(d) global culture.

38. The Swami insisted on talking about-

(a) only Shiva

(b) the world

(d) Amarnath.

39. The word ‘remonstrate’ means-

(a) to oppose

(b) to help

(d) to agree.

40. Here the word ‘urged’ is used to mean-

(a) accepted

(b) argued

(c) insisted

(d) requested.

41. The word ‘Swadesh’ in the text means-

(a) a kind of sweet

(b) native countrymen

(d) foreigners.

42. The word ‘bidesh’ in the text refers to-

(a) native state

(b) foreigners

(d) countrymen.

43. As mentioned in the text, the Swami felt sympathy and love towards-

(a) Hinduism

(b) Jainisma

(d) Mohammedanism.

44. The monks could not understand-

(a) the Swami’s conversations with his disciples.

(b) the narrator’s devotion towards the Swami.

(d) the Swami’s sympathy and love towards Mohammedanism.

45. The word “other-worldliness” means-

(a) animal world

(b) an other world

(c) relating to a world other than the actual world

(d) a new world.

46. The ‘other-worldliness’ prevented the monks from conceiving that-

(a) Hindus and Mohammedans are rivals.

(b) Mohammedanism is not different from Hinduism.

(c) Hindus and Mohammedans were not rivals.

(d) Swadesh and bidesh are different.

47. The ‘other-worldliness’ made ‘Swadesh and bidesh’-

(a) different

(b) indistinguishable

(d) related.

48. According to the narrator, Hindus and Mohammedans should be considered as-

(a) different

(b) united

(d) similar.

49. The soil of the Punjab had been drenched with-

(a) blood

(b) water

(d) sweat.

50. The soil of Punjab was flooded with the blood of the people who died for-

(a) love

(b) the land

(c) the faith

(d) other people.

51. In the text, the monks seemed to practise-

(a) liberalism

(b) orthodoxy

d) open-mindedness.

52. Who has been referred to as ‘an anachronism of the future’?

(a) Sister Nivedita

(b) Swami Vivekananda

(d) Lord Shiva.

53. The Swami expressed his love for the Muslims through-

(a) practical concessions

(b) his essays

(d) none of these.

54. Here, the ‘brethren’ are-

(a) the monks

(b) the Hindus

(d) the pilgrims.

55. The Swami drove his principles to the minds of the monks with greater-

(a) confidence

(b) force and vehemence

(d) paradox.

56. The Tehsildar was a-

(a) Hindu

(b) Muslim

(d) Sikh.

57. Here, ‘the foreign mind’ refers to-

(a) the Swami

(b) the narrator

(d) the pilgrims.

58. The word ‘paradox’ suggests-

(a) a statement similar to another spoken in the past.

(b) a situation that has not been predicted.

(d) a statement that is seemingly contradictory.

59. The shrine is situated in a-

(a) temple

(b) room

(d) cave.

60. The Tehsildar came to the Swami afterwards with-

(a) the narrator

(b) a group of friends

(d) a group of children.

61. The Tehsildar with a group of friends came to the Swami-

(a) to have a conversation on spirituality.

(b) to beg for formal acceptance as his disciples.

(d) to beg for mercy.

62. Here, the word ‘incongruous’ means-

(a) familiar

(b) subtle

(c) odd

(d) fierce.

63. The ‘paradox’, according to the narrator is-

(a) the learned monks discussing about Shiva but not other-worldliness.

(b) the Tehsildar being Mussulman, begging to be the Swami’s disciple and entering the Hindu shrine.

(d) the monks being orthodox about Mohammedanism yet not objecting to Mussulmans entering the shrine or not being surprised with them trying to be the Swami’s disciples.

64. The monks found the Tehsildar begging the Swami to be his disciple-

(a) incongruous and surprising

(b) not incongruous but surprising

(c) neither incongruous nor surprising

(d) incongruous but not surprising.

65. After leaving Islamabad the narrator and the pilgrims camped at-

(a) Pahlgam

(b) Pawan

(d) Achhabal.

66. The group of pilgrims camped at Pawan for

(a) a day

(b) a night

(d) an evening.

67. Pawan is famous for-

(a) holy springs

(b) shrines

(d) scenic beauty.

68. Here, the word ‘spring’ means-

(a) to suddenly move upwards

(b) a season

(c) a pool

(d) none of these.

69. The water of the tank is described as ‘black’ because-

(a) it is black in colour

(b) it is polluted

(d) it was evening.

70. In Pawan, throngs of pilgrims proceeded-

(a) towards Islamabad

(b) from shrine to shrine

(d) from tent to tent.

71. From Pawan, the narrator went to-

(a) Islamabad

(b) the Punjab

(c) Pahlgam

(d) Mogul Gardens.

72. ‘Pahlgam’ is known as-

(a) the village of farmers

(b) the village of shepherds

(d) the village of worshippers.

73. The camp halted at Pahlgam to-

(a) prayed)

(b) have dinner

(d) keep ekadasi.

74. ‘Ekadasi’ is an auspicious day of-

(a) Mohammedanism

(b) Hinduism

(d) Jainism.

75. ‘Ekadasi’ is observed by-

(a) fasting

(b) praying

(d) singing.

76. The slopes about the little ravine were filled with-

(a) pine-trees

(b) pebbles

(d) grass.

77. At sunset, the moon over the mountain was-

(a) full

(b) half

(d) not yet full.

78. The narrator compared the scenery of Pahlgam with that of-

(a) Switzerland

(b) Norway

(c) both (a) and

(d) none of these.

79. The narrator saw a few saeter-huts at-

(a) Switzerland

(b) Norway

(d) Pahlgam.

80. The narrator saw a farm-house with its-

(a) garden

(b) ploughed fields

(d) farm animals.

81. At Pahlgam, the narrator saw the last of-

(a) human dwellings

(b) mountain rivers

(d) industrialisation.

82. Here, the word ‘knoll’ means-

(a) mountain

(b) small field

(c) small hill

(d) farm.

83. The rest of the party encamped-

(a) by a small river

(b) on a grassy knoll

(d) on the sandy islands.

84. The final march began from-

(a) Islamabad

(b) Pawan

(c) Pahlgam

(d) Achhabal.

85. On the first day of the final march, the pilgrims camped-

(a) on a large field

(b) in a boulder-strewn gorge

(d) in a pine-wood.

86. On the second day of the final march, the group of pilgrims passed-

(a) a frozen river

(b) a valley of juniper

(c) the snow-line

(d) a pine-wood.

87. On the second day, made of- a great camp-fire was

(a) pine-wood

(b) juniper

(d) teak wood.

88. The servants had to wander many miles in search of fuel on the-

(a) first day

(b) second night

(d) third evening.

89. When the regular pathway came to an end, the group had to walk up and down along-

(a) boulder-strewn gorge

(b) grassy knolls

(c) goat-paths

(d) pine-wood.

90. The goat-paths were of-

(a) steep ascension

(b) steep descension

(d) none of the above.

91. After crossing the goat-paths, the devotees reached the-

(a) boulder-strewn gorge

(b) narrow ravine

(d) pine-wood.

92. The Cave of Amarnath was situated on/in a-

(a) grassy knoll

(b) sandy island

(d) bolder-strewn gorge.

93. Here, the phrase ‘white-veil’ refers to-

(a) clouds

(b) layers of snow

(d) rain.

94. The word ‘niche’ means

(a) nook or hollow

(b) near

(d) far end.

95. The niche never received-o

(a) snow

(b) rain

(c) sunlightd

(d) clouds.

96. According to the author, who came upon the ice-lingam at first?

(a) A group of devotees

(b) A few peasants

(d) A group of monks.

97. The ice-lingam made the peasants-

(a) happy

(b) emotional

(c) awestruck

(d) scared.

98. The ice-lingam appeared to the peasants like the

(a) symbol of nature

(b) waiting presence of God

(d) symbol of devotion.

99. The Swami bathed in ice-cold waters of-

(a) a holy spring

(b) five holy springs

(c) five streams

(d) a frozen river.

100. The rites of the pilgrimage included-

(a) keeping fasts

(b) discussing about Lord Shiva

(d) crossing river-gravels.

101. It seemed to the Swami that-

(a) he had performed the rites of the pilgrimage correctly

(b) his devotees had seen Shiva

(c) Shiva was made visible in front of him

(d) Shiva showed him the path during the journey.

102. The Swami knelt and prostrated before the ice-lingam-

(a) in front of the devotees

(b) unnoticed

(d) none of these.

103. The Swami withdrew from the Cave of Amarnath-

(a) while talking with the narrator

(b) chanting prayers

(d) without a noise.

104. The Swami silently withdrew as-

(a) he could not see the ice-lingam in the crowd.

(b) the narrator asked him to. Ayone

(c) emotion might have overcome him otherwise.

(d) he had already knelt and prostrated before the lingam.

105. The gift of ‘Amar’ was given to Swamiji by-

(a) an unknown supernatural force

(b) his guru

(c) Shiva

(d) the monks.

106. ‘Amar’ means-

(a) to live as long as Shiva wants one to

(b) to die at one’s own will

(d) both (b) and (c).

107. From his childhood, the Swami had the presentiment that he would meet with death-

(a) during his journey to Amarnath.

(b) in the desert.

(d) in a Shiva temple amongst the mountains.

108. The pilgrimage culminated on the day of-

(a) Rakhibandhan

(b) Ekadasid)

(d) Purnima.

109. Before returning to the tents, the narrator rested-

(a) beside the Cave

(b) on high boulders

(d) by a frozen river.

110. The Swami felt-

(a) he had never been to anything so beautiful.

(b) the cave was enchanting.

(d) the narrator would never see anything more beautiful.

111. The Swami imagined that a party of shepherds discovered the Cave on a-

(a) spring day

(b) summer day

(d) autumn day.

112. Here, the ‘ice-pillar’ refered to-

(a) the ice-lingam

(b) the idol of Mahadev

(d) the frozen river.

113. The cavern had revealed to the Swami the secret of-

(a) Hinduism

(b) Mahadev

(c) Kailas

(d) devotion.

114. In the mountain-cave, the Swami came face to face with-

(a) his fears

(6)

(b) his deceased parents

(d) Lord Shiva.

Fill in the blanks

1. Sister Nivedita was initiated in the vow of ‘Brahmacharya’ in ___________.

(a) 1898

(b) 1908

(d) 1895.

2. The excerpt is the __________ chapter of ‘The Man as I Saw Him’.

(a) second

(b) sixth

(c) eighth

(d) fourth.

3. ____________ gave the author the name ‘Nivedita’.

(a) Swami Vivekananda

(b) Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

(d) None of the above.

4. ____________ is referred to here as ‘his daughter’.

(a) Sister Nivedita

(b) Sarojini Naidu

(d) A pilgrim’s daughter.

5. The ____________ was in charge of the journey.

(a) President

(b) State Minister

(c) State officer

(d) Tehsildar.

6. The group returned to their ___________ in Islamabad.

(a) hotels

(b) boats

(d) houses.

7. Two or three ___________ people encamped in a field in Islamabad.

(a) hundred

(b) lakh

(c) thousand

(d) none of these.

8. The people carried __________ with them.

(a) a bazaar

(b) bags

(d) drums.

9. The organisation appeared to be ___________.

(a) calculated

(b) intentional

(c) spontaneous

(d) careful.

10. ____________ tent was always placed near an advantageous spot.

(a) The Tehsildar’s

(b) The Swami’s

(d) One of the monks’.

11. There were _____________ of monks.

(a) thousands

(b) tens

(c) hundreds

(d) lakhs.

12. The narrator used the adjective ___________ to refer to the Swami’s influence on the monks.

(a) magnificent

(b) repulsive

(c) magnetic

(d) impressive.

13. The monks filled the ___________ tent.

(a) Swami’s

(b) narrator’s

(d) foreigner’s.

14. ___________ worshippers were allowed to enter the cave of Amarnath.

(a) Hindu

(b) Muslim

(c) Both (a) and

(d) None of the above.

15. ____________ was/were Mussulmans.

(a) The Tehsildar

(b) Many officers

(d) All of the above.

16. At Pahlgam the camp halted for ____________.

(a) one day

(b) two days

(d) one night.

17. The bed of the mountain stream at Pahlgam was __________ worn.

(a) boulder

(b) rock

(c) pebble

(d) marble.

18. At sunset, the ______________ could be seen over the mountain.

(a) sun

(b) clouds

(d) moon.

19. When the final ___________ began, the narrator left the rest of the party.

(a) march

(b) prayer

(d) rite.

20. In the final march, there were ______________ people in the group.

(a) three

(b) three hundred

(c) three thousand

(d) thirty.

21. The three thousand people of the group _____________ the valleys to reach Amarnath.

(a) ascended

(b) descendend

(d) passed.

22. On the second day of the final march, the group ____________ beside a frozen river.

(a) meditated

(b) made a camp-fire of pine-wood

(d) wandered about.

23. A great camp-fire made of juniper was lighted on the ____________ day.

(a) first

(b) second

(d) fourth.

24. The servants had to wander __________ in search of fuel.

(a) kilometers

(b) feets

(c) miles

(d) meters.

25. When the ____________ came to an end, the pilgrims had to walk along goat-paths.

(a) pine-wood

(b) frozen river

(d) regular pathway.

26. The ice-Lingam was placed in a __________ niche of the Cave.

(a) dark

(b) sunlit

(d) fogged.

27. The Swami had observed ___________ rite of the pilgrimage during the journey.

(a) no

(b) almost all

(c) every

(d) a few.

28. The ___________ were fluttering overhead the devotees.

(a) bats

(b) pigeons

(d) doves.

29. The Swami ______________ two-three times.

(a) knelt

(b) prostrated

(c) both (a) and (b)

(d) none of the above.

30. Shiva had given the Swami the gift of ____________.

(a) youthfulness

(b) Amar

(d) foreseeing the future.

31. The narrator saw no ______________ outside the Cave.

(a) Brahminic exploitation

(b) devotees

(d) Brahmins.

32. On Rakhibandhan, on the narrator’s hand. threads were tied

(a) green and orange

(b) yellow and red

(d) black and white.

33. The Swami imagined that a group of ___________ discovered the Cave.

(a) monks

(b) devotees

(c) shepherds

(d) farmers.

Select the correct options

1. Swami announced to go to Amarnath with- (II) Sister Nivedita

(I) the pilgrims

(a) Only (I) is correct.

(b) Only (II) is correct.

(c) Both (I) and (II) are correct

(d) Both (I) and (II) are incorrect.

2. The campers left-

(1) the trace of their occupation

(II) the ashes of their cooking-fires.

(a) Only (I) is correct.

(b) Only (II) is correct.

(d) Both (I) and (II) are incorrect.

3. The Swami felt about Mohammedanism-

(I) love

(II) empathy

(III) sympathy

(IV) warmth

(a) (IV) and (II) are correct.

(b) (II) and (III) are correct.

(d) (I) and (III) are correct.

Pick out the false statements

1. (I) The Swami decided to take his daughter with him on the pilgrimage to Amarnath.

(II) The Swami’s daughter was a foreigner.

(III) The monks swarmed around the Tehsildar’s tent.

(IV) The Swami’s daughter was astonished to see the beauty of Kashmir.

(a) (1)

(b) (III)

(d) (IV).

2. (1) The monks who gathered, were of all orders.

(II) The monks spent the hours of the day in conversation with the Swami.

(III) The monks lived in small Gerrua tents.

(IV) The monks agreed with the Swami in the matter of Mohammedanism

(a) (I)

(b) (IV)

(d) (II).

3. (I) The Tehsildar was a Hindu pilgrim.

(II) The monks were orthodox.

(III) The Tehsildar wanted to be a disciple of the Swami.

(IV) The Swami felt that he had never seen anything more beautiful.

(a) (1)

(b) (II)

(d) (IV).

4. (1) The camp halted for a day at Pawan.

(II) The group of pilgrims crossed the snow-line.

(III) The pilgrims had to walk along goat-paths.

(IV) The Cave of Amarnath is situated by a frozen river.

(a) (III)

(b) (1)

(c) (IV)

(d) (II).

5 (I) The Swami received the gift of Amar from Brahma.

(II) The Cave of Amarnath revealed the secret of Kailas to the Swami.

(III) The pilgrimage culminated on Rakhibandhan.

(IV) The Swami observed every rite during the journey.

(a) (III)

(b) (IV)

(d) (I).

Assertion – Reason

1. Assertion: The monks remonstrated with the Swami.

Reason: The Swami tried to draw their attention towards the world around them.

(a) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation for Assertion.

(b) Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation for Assertion.