HORNBILL

CHAPTER 4- THE AILING PLANET THE GREEN MOVEMENT'S ROLE

MCQ’S

1. In 1972 the world's first nationwide Green party was founded in ……

(a) Australia (b) New Zealand (c) England (d) India

2. We have shifted to a ……… view of the world.

(a) holistic (b) ecological (c) mechanistic (d) both (a) and (b)

3. Who taught mankind in the sixteenth century that the earth and the other planets
revolved around the sun?
(a) James Speth (b) Mr Lester R. Brown
(c) Copernicus. (d) None of these

4. Which of the following is true ?

(a) The earth itself is a living organism
(b) The earth has its own metabolic needs
(c) The earth has its own vital processes
(d) all of these

5. The earth's ……….. reveal a patient in declining health.

(a) vital signs (b) metabolic needs. (c) vital processes (d) all of these

6. The concept of ……… was popularised in 1987 by the World Commission on

Environment and development.
(a) social development (b) sustainable development
(c) economical development (d) educational development

7. A man has realised the wisdom of shifting to a system based on ………..

(a) domination (b) partnership (c) politics (d) environment

8. Scientists have catalogued about ………. living species with which mankind
shares the earth.
(a) 3.4 million (b) 1.4 million (c) 100 million (d) 1.4 thousand

9. The Brandt Commission dealt with the question of ……….

(a) ecology. (b) environment (c) development (d) both (a) and (b)
10. The earth's principal biological systems fisheries, forests, grasslands and
croplands
(a) form the foundation of the global economic system
(b) supply our food
(c) provide all the raw materials for industry
(d) all of these

11. Over-fishing is common every day in a

(a) protein-conscious world (b) protein hungry world
(c) both (a) and (b) (d) grasslands

12. In poor countries, local forests are being decimated in order to procure firewood
for ……
(a) cooking (b) industries (c) construction (d) animals

13. According to Dr. Myers, the tropical forest is the powerhouse of …….
(a) evolution (b) revolution (c) grassland (d) fisheries

14. What precedes mankind ?

(a) forests (b) deserts (c) animals (d) fisheries

15. What follows mankind?

(a) forests. (b) animals (c) deserts (d) fisheries

16. The constitution says that ……… shall be abolished.

(a) casteism (b) untouchability (c) bonded labour (d) all of these

17. What flourish shamelessly even after forty-four years of the operation of the
constitution ?
(a) casteism (b) untouchability (c) bonded labour (d) all of these

18. India, according to reliable data, is losing its forests at the rate of ……. a year.
(a) 1.4 million acres (b) 3.7 million acres
(c) 3.7 thousand acres (d) 22.7 million acres-

19. What is distorting the future of human society ?

(a) poverty (b) pollution
(c) the growth of world population (d) unemployment
 20. The present world population is estimated at ………
(a) 5.7 million (b) 5.7 billion (c) 3.7 billion (d) 1.7 billion

21. Fertility falls as …….

(a) incomes rise (b) education spreads
(c) health improves (d) all of these

22. ……….. is the best contraceptive

(a) development (b) population (c) economy (d) all of these

23. The hope of the people would die in their hungry hutments unless …….. is
controlled.
(a) pollution. (b) development. (c)population. (d) none of these

24. The emerging new world vision has ushered in the Era of ………
(a) Education (b) Awareness (c) Responsibility (d) Development

25. We see a transcending concern for the survival of ……..

(a) the people (b) the planet (c) the industries (d) both (a) and (b)

Answers
1. (b), 2. (d), 3. (c ), 4. (d), 5. (a), 6. (b), 7. (b), 8. (b), 9. (d), 10. (d), 11. (c ), 12.
(a), 13. (a), 14. (a), 15. (c ), 16. (d), 17. (d), 18. (b), 19. (c) ,20. (b), 21. (d), 22.
(a), 23. (c ), 24. (c) ,25. (d)

CHAPTER 5- THE ADVENTURE

MCQ'S

1. Professor Gaitonde was ………

(a) a political leader (b) an officer in railway (c) a historian (d) a librarian

2. Who was going to Peshawar ?

(a) Gangadhar Pant (b) Rajendra Deshpande
(c) Khan Sahib (d) None of these

3. What was a gentle reminder that people were in British territory ?

(a) GBMR (b) Union Jack painted on each carriage
(c) the East India Company (d) Victoria Terminus
4. Professor Gaitonde found ……… on Hornby Road.
(a) a different set of shop and office buildings.
(b) Handloom House building
(c) Boots and woolworth departmental stores
(d) both (a) and (c)

5. Whom did Professor Gaitonde want to meet in the Forbes building ?

(a) Rajendra Deshpande (b) Khan Sahib
(c) Mr. Vinay Gaitonde (d) None of these

6. It was characteristic of Professor Gaitonde ………

(a) to worry about where he would stay.
(b) not to worry about where he would stay.
(c) to get excited about where he would stay.
(d) not to worry about where others would stay.

7. Professor Gaitonde's main concern was to go to the library of ……..

(a) to meet Rajendra Deshpande (b) to solve the riddle of history
(c) to contact Mr. Vinay Gaitonde (d) to go to the Town Hall

8. Maratha's victory in the Battle of Panipat ………

(a) was a great morale booster to the Marathas
(b) established their supremacy in northern India
(c) was an increase in the influence of Bhausaheb
(d) all of these

9. The East India Company was reduced to pockets of influence near ……

(a) Bombay. (b) Calcutta. (c) Madras (d) all of these

10. The Peshawar kept the puppet Mughal regime alive in Delhi for …….. reasons.
(a) unknown (b) political (c) social (d) religious

11. The de facto rulers from Pune were …….. enough to recognise the importance of
the technological age dawning in Europe.
(a) ignorant (b) confused (c) astute (d) ready

12. Gangadharpant began to appreciate the India saying that it was a country that …
(a) had not been subjected to slavery for the white man
(b) had learnt to stand on its feet
(c) had known what self-respect was (d) all of these
13. What is a fact about the Panipat battle ?
(a) The Marathas won the battle. (b) The Marathas lost the battle.
(c) The Marathas did not take part in the battle. (d) There was no such battle.

14. What was Gangadharpant doing just prior to his collision with the truck?
(a) thinking of the catastrophe theory
(b) thinking of the Panipat battle
(c) thinking about the topic of his thousandth address
(d) all of these

15. According to Bhausahebanchi Bakhar, Vishwasrao was …….

(a) not hit by the bullet in the Panipat battle
(b) hit by the bullet in the Panipat battle
(c) escaped the Panipat battle
(d) kidnapped by Abdali

16. Until Rajendra saw the material evidence, he had simply put Gangadharpant's
experience down to …….
(a) reality (b) fact (c) fantasy (d) trickery

17. Wars fought face to face on open grounds offer excellent examples of …….
(a) catastrophe theory (b) theory of relativity
(c) Big Bang theory (d) Theory of evolution

18. According to Rajedra, in the Panipat battle, a lot depended on the ……..
(a) leadership (b) the morale of the troops
(c) quantity of the soldiers (d) both (a) and (b)

19. What proved to be the turning point in the Panipat battle?

(a) the killing of Vishwasrao
(b) Vishwasrao's escape from the battlefield
(c) the victory of Vishwasrao
(d) Abdali's defeat

20. The idea of "it might have been" is okay for the sake of ……..
(a) speculation (b) reality (c) judgement (d) decision

21. What does Rajendra say about reality ?

(a) We experience reality directly with our senses.
(b) We experience reality indirectly via instruments.
 (c) Reality is not limited to what we see.
(d) all of these

22. The behaviour of small systems of atoms and their constituent particles ……..
(a) can be predicted. (b) cannot be predicted
(c) can be controlled (d) can be decided

23. In 'The Adventure', Gangadhanpant made a …….

(a) circulation (b) transition (c) translation (d) difference

24. 'To give vent to' means...

(a) to express (b) to emphasise (c) to suppress (d) to dismiss

25. 'To meet one's match' means...

(a) to meet a partner who has similar tastes
(b) to meet an opponent
(c) to meet someone who is equally able as oneself
(d) to meet defeat

26. The Story 'The Adventure' is an account of ……

(a) real events (b) unreal events
(c) Rajendra's adventure (d) Gangadharpant's adventure

27. You need some ………. to cause a transition.

(a) decision (b) transformation (c) interaction (d) reality

28. For how many days did the professor live in the alternative world?
(a) One day (b) two days (c) three days (d) four days

29. What happens once the observer knows about the correct placing of the
electrons in every world ?
(a) A new compound can be observed.
(b) A new substance can be created
(c) Black hole can be created.
(d) alternative world can exist at the same time.

30. Which theory as explained by Rajendra states that a small change in any
situation can result in a shift in behaviour of ……..
(a) Quantum theory (b) catastrophe theory
(c) Theory of Relativity (d) Big Bang Theory
 Answers
1. (c), 2. (c), 3. (b), 4. (d), 5. (c) , 6. (b), 7. (b), 8. (d), 9. (d), 10. (b), 11. (c ),
12. (d), 13. (b), 14. (d), 15. (b), 16. (c ) , 17. (a), 18. (d), 19. (a), 20. (a), 21. (d),
22. (b), 23. (b), 24. (a), 25. (c) , 26. (b), 27. (c) , 28. (b), 29. (d), 30. (b)

CHAPTER 6- SILK ROAD

MCQ'S

1. What did the narrator witness while he was heading towards mount Kailash ?
(a) a beautiful half moon (b) a perfect blue sky
(c) clouds like long French loaves (d) all of these

2. Who wanted to give the narrator a farewell when they were leaving Ravu ?
(a) Daniel (b) Lhamo (c) Drokba (d) Tsetan

3. I could see the herd galloping en masse. Here the meaning of 'en masse' is
(a) lonely (b) in a group (c) in the void (d) separate

4. While moving towards Mount Kailash, the narrator and Tsetan came across ……
(a) a few gazelles (b) a great herd of wild ass
(c) solitary drokbas tending their flocks (d) all of these

5. …….. was a standing guard of nomads' dark tents.

(a) Kyang (b) Drokba (c) A Tibetan mastiff (d) wild ass

6. A Tibetan mastiff is …….

(a) a huge black dog (b) a wild ass (c) a kyang (d) a gazelle

7. What became popular in China's imperial courts as hunting dogs ?

(a) Tibetan mastiffs. (b) gazelles (c) wild ass (d) kyang

8. The plateau is pockmarked with …….

(a) salt flats (b) brackish lakes (c) cairn of rocks (d) both (a) and (b)

9. Who was returning to Lhasa ?

(a) Tsetan (b) Daniel (c) Norbu (d) Lhamo

10. Hor was a ……… place.

(a) grim (b) miserable (c) dusty and rocky (d) all of these
11. Which river flows from the Lake Manasarovar ?
(a) the Indus (b) the Ganges (c) the Sutlej (d) the Brahmaputra

12. Which river rises nearby on the flanks of Mount Kailash ?

(a) the Indus (b) the Brahmaputra (c) the Ganges (d) all of these

13. Ekai Kawaguchi, a Japanese monk was so moved by the ………of the Lake
Mansarovar that he burst into tears.
(a) refuse (b) water (c) sanctity (d) sight

14. ‘in the land of nod' means …….

(a) awake (b) asleep (c) agitated (d) alert

15. 'drop off' means ……..

(a) fall asleep (b) fall down. (c) go away (d) set off

16. The narrator's heart jumped when Norbu said that ……..
(a) he was on some sort of field work
(b) he was Tibetan
(c) he had come to do the Kora
(d) All of these

17. Which town is located on the shore of Lake Mansarovar ?

(a) Darchen (b) Hor (c) Lhasa (d) Kashmir

18. What of the following is true about Darchen ?

(a) There was no medical college at Darchen.
(b) Darchen was punctuated by heaps of rubble and refuse.
(c) The town had no general store.
(d) The writer found many pilgrims in Darchen,

19. Norbu was ….

(a) a practising Buddhist (b) a devout believer of Buddha
(c)a Tibetan (d) all of these

20. Nick Middleton's main purpose of his journey was …….

(a) to explore silk road (b) to do the Kora
(c) to visit Darchen and Hor (d) to meet Norbu
21. When the narrator reached Darchen, he was …….
(a) tired (b) hungry (c) gasping for breath. (d) all of these

22. According to Nick Middleton, ……… must rate as one of China's most
successful exports along the Silk Road today.
(a) shopping bags (b) metal (c) plastic (d) all of these

23. …….had been writing academic papers about the Kailash Kora.
(a) Nick Middleton. (b) Norbu (c) Tsetan (d) Daniel

24. What of the following is not true ?

(a) Norbu was a practising Buddhist.
(b) Norbu was Tibetan.
(c) Norbu worked in Beijing
(d) Norbu was almost ill-equipped for the pilgrimage.

25. Voluminous shopping bags sold all over China. What does it mean by
'voluminous'
(a) Shining (b) strong (c) very large (d) plastic

Answers

1. (d), 2. (b), 3. (b), 4. (d), 5. (c), 6. (a), 7. (a), 8. (d), 9. (b), 10. (d), 11. (c) ,
12. (d), 13. (c) ,14. (b), 15. (a), 16. (c) , 17. (b), 18. (b), 19. (c) , 20. (b), 21. (d),
22. (c) , 23. (b), 24. (a), 25. (c )

POEM

POEM -4 CHILDHOOD

1. What does the poem 'Childhood talk about ?

(a) individuality. (b) rationalism (c) hypocrisy (d) all of these

2. The poet thinks that his childhood came to an end when he realised that ……..
(a) hell and Heaven existed
(b) adults were not all they seemed to be
(c) his mind was not his own
(d)all of these
3. According to the poet, Hell and Heaven could not exist because …..
(a) they are not found in Geography
(b) nobody has reached there
(c) they are found in Geography
(d) children are not allowed to go there

4. According to the poet, the adults ……

(a) talked of love and preached of love
(b) do not behave as they talk
(c) did not act so lovingly
(d) all of these

5. The poet found that when …….. his childhood came to and end.
(a) his thoughts were the thoughts of other people
(b) the thoughts he produced were his own
(c) he was not able to use his mind he wanted
(d) all of these

6. The poet's childhood was hidden ……..

(a) in the Hell (b) in an infant's face
(c) in the Heaven (d) in Geography

7. In the poem 'Childhood', adults are said to be.

(a) innocent. (b) hypocrites (c) dependent. (d) all of these

8. A fully developed person from maturity onward.

(a) grown up. (b) adult (c) elder. (d) all of these

9. Hell and Heaven. (Find out figure of speech)

(a) alliteration. (b) antithesis (c) assonance (d) both (a) and (b)

10. It went to some forgotten place. (Find out proper figure of speech)
(a) personification. (b) hyperbole. (c) metaphor (d) none of these

Answers
1. (d), 2. (d), 3. (a), 4. (d), 5. (b), 6. (b), 7. (b), 8. (d), 9. (d), 10. (a)
 POEM -5 FATHER TO SON

1. The poem 'Father to son' is about ……..

(a) the generation gap
(b) the lack of communication between father and son
(c) the lack of education in father and son
(d) both (a) and

2. The communication link between two generations breaks because of the lack of
…….
(a) education (b) mutual understanding
(c) imagination (d) positive attitude

3. In the first stanza of the poem 'Father to-son', the father reveals his ……. to
understand his son
(a) inability (b) ability. (c) unwillingness (d) none of these

4. In the poem 'Father to son', the father says that...

(a) his child lives in a different world
(b) his son resembles to him physically
(c) he cannot share what his child loves
(d) all of these

5. In the poem 'Father to son', the father says that silence surrounds them because
of …….
(a) the presence of communication (b) the absence of communication
(c) mutual understanding (d) the absence of people

6. The father wants his son ……..

(a) to make his own world (b) to move in the different world
(c) to return his home (d) to leave his home

7. In the poem 'Father to son', the father is angry because of the grief of ….
(a) injury (b) separation (c) loneliness (d) struggle

8. The poem 'Father to son' is …….. poem.

(a) personal (b) universal (c) religious (d) individual

Answers
1. (d), 2. (b), 3. (a), 4. (d), 5. (b), 6. (c), 7. (b), 8. (b)
 SNAPSHOTS

CHAPTER -4 THE GHAT OF THE ONLY WORLD

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Ghat of the Only World' is written by ……..

(a) Agha Shahid Ali (b) Amitav Ghash
(c) James Merril (d) None of these

2. Who talked to Amitav Ghosh about his approaching death ?

(a) Suketu Mehta. (b) James Merril
(c ) Agha Shahid Ali (d) None of these

3. When Shahid had a sudden blackout in February 2000, he was living in ………
(a) Brooklyn. (b) Manhattan (c) Srinagar. (d) Delhi

4. Shahid ignored Amitav's ………

(a) advises. (b) reassurances (c) worries (d) requests

5. Shahid wanted Amitav to remember him through ………

(a) the spoken word (b) the written word
(c) the pictures (d) the memories

6. The Country without a Post Office' was written by ……..

(a) Shahid Ali (b) Amitav Ghosh (c) Suketu Mehta (d) James Merril

7. Shahid and Amitav Ghosh discovered a shared love of ……….

(a) rogan josh (b) Roshanara Begum (c) Kishore kumar (d) all of these

8. Shahid's …….. had no limit.

(a) gregariousness (b) reasoning power (c) miseries (d) writings

9. Shahid loved the spirit of festivity, it means that he didn't have time ……..
(a) to be happy (b) to be depressed
(c) to write poems (d) to prepare dishes

10. Shahid was ……… for his prowess in the kitchen.

(a) student (b) legendary (c) not very famous (d) ignorant
11. Shahid placed a great store on ……… in cooking.
(a) authenticity (b) exactitude (c) short cuts (d) both (a) and (b)

12. While Shahid was in Arizona, he met ………. the poet who was to radically alter
the direction of his poetry.
(a) James Merril (b) Amitav Ghash (c) Suketu Mehta (d) None of these

13. Shahid was himself no mean practitioner of ……….

(a) proverbs (b) repartee (c) verses (d) phrases

14. The poem 'Barcelona Airport' was written by ……….

(a) James Merrill (b) Amitav Ghosh (c) Shahid Ali (d) None of these

15. Where did Shahid Ali do a job?

(a) Hamilton College (b) the university of Massachusetts
(c) the university of Utah (d) all of these

16. Once Amitav remarked to Shahid that he was the closet that Kashmir had to ……
(a) a national poet. (b) a nationalist poet
(c) a political poet (d) a religious poet

17. 'dead serious' means ………

(a) completely serious (b) not very serious
(c) speechless (d) astonished

18. The word 'gregarious' means ………..

(a) social. (b) sociable (c) comic. (d) both (a) and

19. Shahid was …….

(a) a great poet. (b) a great teacher
(c) a very good cook (d) astonished

20. Shahid had a sorcerer's ability to transmute the mundane into the ……
(a) disaster (b) magical (c) merry (d) all of these

Answers

1. (b), 2. (c) , 3. (b), 4. (b), 5. (b), 6. (a), 7. (d), 8. (a), 9. (b), 10. (b), 11. (d),
12. (a), 13. (b), 14. (c ,), 15. (d), 16. (a), 17. (a), 18. (d), 19. (d), 20. (b).
 CHAPTER - 5 BIRTH

1. 'Birth' is written by ……..

(a) Andrew Manson (b) A. J. Cronin (c) Dr. Edward Page (d) Joe Morgan

2. Who seems to be very excited in the beginning of the story ?

(a) Dr. Edward Page (b) Andrew Manson (c) Joe Morgan (d) Mrs Morgan

3. Who was returning from a disappointing evening with christine?

(a) Dr. Edward Page (b)Andrew Manson. (c) A. J Cronin (d) None of these

4. Andrew Manson had no premonition that the night call would …….
(a) prove unusual (b) influence his whole future in Blaenelly
(c) spoil his career (d) both (a) and (b)

5. How was Mrs Morgan's mother ?

(a) a tall, greg haired woman (b) wise in experience
(c) extremely worried. (d) all of these

6. Andrew's reason told, him that Bramwell and Edward's marriages were …..
(a) very happy (b) great success. (c) dismal failures (d) both (a) and (b)

7. During the delivery of Mrs Morgan, the dilemma was so urgent that he did not
solve it ……..
(a) blindly (b) instinctively (c) consciously (d) all of these

8. Newly born child was suffered from ……

(a) pneumonia (b) asphyxia (c) breathing problem (d) None of these

9. When no breath came from the lax body of the child, a desperate sense of
………. pressed on Andrew.
(a) defeat. (b) victory (c) compromise (d) adjustment

10. Who felt a sense of achievement at the end of the story 'Birth'.
(a) Joe Morgan (b) Andrew Manson
(c) Mrs. Morgan (d) Dr. Edward Page

Answers

1. (b), 2. (c) , 3. (b), 4. (d), 5. (d), 6. (c) , 7. (c) , 8. (b), 9. (a), 10. (b)
 CHAPTER -6 THE TALE OF MELON CITY

1. The Tale of Melon City' ………

(a) is taken from mappings (b) is included in the 'Collected Poems'
(c) is about the just and placid king (d) all of these

2. How was the king in 'The Tale of Melon City' …….

(a) just (b) placid (c) arrogant (d) both (a) and (b)

3. Why was an arch constructed on the thoroughfare?

(a) To hang the guilty (b) To hang the king
(c) To edify spectators (d) None of these

4. Who was guilty according to the chief of builders?

(a) architect (b) workmen (c) mason (d) king

5. Who was guilty according to the architect ?

(a) king (b) chief of builders (c) workman (d) masons

6. Who had made certain amendments to the plans of the arch?

(a) architect (b) king (c) chief of builders (d) none of these

7. What was the criteria for deciding a wisest man?

(a) health (b) height (c) age (d) knowledge

8. Who was the culprit according to the wise man?

(a) architect (b) king (c) the arch (d) chief of builders

9. Who wanted hanging ?

(a) the king (b) the wiseman (c) the nation (d) the minister

10. The next to pass the city Gate will choose the ruler of the state. This was ……..
(a) the wish of the king (b) the custom of the city
(c) the decision of the minister (d) all of these

Answers

1. (d), 2. (d), 3. (c) , 4. (b), 5. (a), 6. (b), 7. (c) , 8. (c) , 9. (c) , 10. (b).