MCQ Questions for Class 9 English Beehive Kathmandu with Solutions
Chapter Name | Multiple Choice Questions for Kathmandu |
Author Name | Vikram Seth |
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Book Name | NCERT First Flight Textbook for Class 9 |
MCQ Questions for Kathmandu Class 9 English
1. Why does the author find himself unable to tear away from the square?
(i) the flute music was very sweet
(ii) there were many things to eat
(iii) he was watching a magic show
(iv) he was buying flutes
Answer
(i) the flute music was very sweet
2. What atmosphere is there near the Pashupatinath temple?
(i) discipline
(ii) peaceful
(iii) religious
(iv) febrile confusion
Answer
(iv) febrile confusion
3. Who is the author of the lesson ‘Kathmandu’?
(i) Vikram Seth
(ii) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(iii) Kenneth Anderson
(iv) Jerome K. Jerome
Answer
(i) Vikram Seth
4. What will happen when the small shrine on the Bagmati river bank will emerge fully?
(i) the evil period of the Kaliyug will end
(ii) the new era will start
(iii) a new god will appear
(iv) Bagmati river will thy out
Answer
(i) the evil period of the Kaliyug will end
5. Which river flows through Kathmandu?
(i) Kosi
(ii) Bagmati
(iii) Gandak
(iv) Khalsa
Answer
(ii) Bagmati
6. What atmosphere is there around the Baudnath Stupa?
(i) a sense of stillness
(ii) febrile confusion
(iii) excitement and noises
(iv) all of the above
Answer
(i) a sense of stillness
7. Who do you find in the streets of Kathmandu?
(i) fruit sellers
(ii) flute sellers
(iii) hawkers of postcards
(iv) all of the above
Answer
(iv) all of the above
8. Why does the author find himself unable to tear away from the square?
(i) the flute music was very sweet
(ii) there were many things to eat
(iii) he was watching a magic show
(iv) he was buying flutes
Answer
(i) the flute music was very sweet
9. Where has this lesson been taken from ?
(i) from Panchtantra
(ii) an extract from Heaven Lake by Vikram Seth
(iii) old Melodies
(iv) none
Answer
(ii) an extract from Heaven Lake by Vikram Seth
10. What is Kaliyug as per Hindu Mythology?
(i) era of sins
(ii) yug of future
(iii) modern era
(iv) advanced era
Answer
(i) era of sins
11. What is the belief at Pashupatinath regarding the end of Kaliyug?
(i) if the water recedes at the banks of the river and Goddess is exposed that will be end of Kaliyug
(ii) if floods are there kaliyug will be ended
(iii) too many sin will be end of kaliyug
(iv) if Dooms clock come to 0 Hour that will be end of Kalyug
Answer
(i) if the water recedes at the banks of the river and Goddess is exposed that will be end of Kaliyug
12. What was there at the banks of river Bagmati?
(i) a church
(ii) a mosque
(iii) a submerged temple
(iv) none
Answer
(iii) a submerged temple
13. What does Febrile confusion mean?
(i) a situation
(ii) an unknown situation
(iii) complete chaos
(iv) none
Answer
(iii) complete chaos
14. What kind of streets are there in Kathmandu?
(i) wide
(ii) well furnished
(iii) narrow and full of life
(iv) clean
Answer
(iii) narrow and full of life
15. What kind of environment was there at Budhnath Stupa?
(i) chaotic
(ii) noisy
(iii) full of calm and quiet meditations
(iv) none
Answer
(iii) full of calm and quiet meditations
16. What is a flute?
(i) a log piece with holes in it
(ii) a toy
(iii) a basic musical instrument
(iv) all
Answer
(iii) a basic musical instrument
17. What does one need to play a flute soulfully?
(i) need to learn music
(ii) need to learn the art of playing it
(iii) need to breathe life into it
(iv) None
Answer
(iii) need to breathe life into it
18. What is the Japanese shakuhachi?
(i) a Japanese toy
(ii) a Japanese player
(iii) a kind of flute
(iv) none
Answer
(iii) a kind of flute
19. What were the most universal sounds that the author heard?
(i) sound of flute playing
(ii) sound of diffrent musics
(iii) vendors shouting
(iv) all
Answer
(i) sound of flute playing
20. Where did the author see an immense white dome?
(i) at Pashupatinath temple
(ii) in the street
(iii) on the road
(iv) In the Buddhnath stupa
Answer
(iv) In the Buddhnath stupa
21. Name the different sounds that the author heard?
(i) film songs from the radios
(ii) car horns and bicycle bells
(iii) vendors shouting and flute music
(iv) All
Answer
(iv) All
22. Who were trying to get the priest’s attention at Pashupatinath’s temple?
(i) hawkers
(ii) flute seller
(iii) worshippers
(iv) monkeys
Answer
(iii) worshippers
23. How did the author return to Delhi from Nepal?
(i) by bus
(ii) by train
(iii) by water route
(iv) by plane
Answer
(iv) by plane
24. The flutes on the pole of fruit seller are compared to ___
(i) a beehive
(ii) a bunch of oranges
(iii) Guills of a porcupine
(iv) none of the above
Answer
(iii) Guills of a porcupine
25. Where has this lesson been taken from ?
(i) from Panchtantra
(ii) an extract from Heaven Lake by Vikram Seth
(iii) old Melodies
(iv) none
Answer
(ii) an extract from Heaven Lake by Vikram Seth
26. Which two temples did the writer visit?
(i) Doleshwar Mahadev
(ii) Pashupati Nath and Boudhanath Stupa
(iii) Gokarna Mahadev Temple
(iv) Santaneshwor Mahadev Temple
Answer
(ii) Pashupati Nath and Boudhanath Stupa
27. What did the writer buy?
(i) a bar of marzipan
(ii) corn cooked on charcoal fire
(iii) comics and a Reader’s Digest.
(iv) All
Answer
(iv) All
28. What did the writer mean by saying, "All this I wash down with Coca Cola."?
(i) He used coca cola to wash the things
(ii) He drank coca cola to digest food
(iii) He bought coca cola
(iv) none
Answer
(i) He used coca cola to wash the things
29. What was looking like the quills of a porcupine?
(i) Flute seller’s stock of flutes
(ii) Flute seller’s hair
(iii) the group of hawkers
(iv) none
Answer
(i) Flute seller’s stock of flutes
30. Tell the other names of the Flute.
(i) Bansuri
(ii) Reed
(iii) Murli, Shakuhachi, and Neh
(iv) All
Answer
(iv) All
31. According to the author what was incidental for the flute seller?
(i) flute selling
(ii) talking to fellow vendors
(iii) playing flute
(iv) none
Answer
(i) flute selling
32. What did the author find at Pashupatinath temple?
(i) Chappiness
(ii) peace
(iii) chaos and noise
(iv) All
Answer
(iii) chaos and noise
33. In what way was the flute seller different from the hawkers in author’s opinion?
(i) hawkers were shouting and the flute seller was engrossed meditatively into the playing of flute
(ii) hawkers were not smart and flute seller was smart
(iii) hawkers were not good looking and the flute seller was good looking
(iv) None
Answer
(i) hawkers were shouting and the flute seller was engrossed meditatively into the playing of flute
34. Cite an example of Febrile confusion image drawn by the author in the lesson.
(i) a group of saffron-clad Westerners struggling to enter the main gate
(ii) a fight between two monkeys
(iii) royal Nepalese princess for whom everyone makes way.
(iv) All
Answer
(iv) All
35. What did the author see at the Budhanath Stupa?
(i) A white dome ringed by a road
(ii) small shops
(iii) Tibetan prints and silver jewellery and no crowd
(iv) All
Answer
(iv) All
36. How were the hawkers selling their things?
(i) by talking to the people
(ii) by giving pamphlets
(iii) by shouting
(iv) none
Answer
(iii) by shouting
37. In what way has the author shown febrile confusion in the lesson?
(i) by drawing powerful word imagery and pictures
(ii) by showing pictures
(iii) by showing stickers
(iv) none
Answer
(i) by drawing powerful word imagery and pictures
38. Who were fighting outside Pashupatinath temple?
(i) two men
(ii) two women
(iii) hawkers
(iv) two monkeys
Answer
(iv) two monkeys
39. What did the writer Vikram Seth describe in his book Heaven Lake?
(i) a long journey
(ii) from China to India, via Tibet and Nepal.
(iii) a journey to Pashupatinath temple
(iv) none
Answer
(i) a long journey
40. What does the writer Vikram Seth like very much?
(i) talking
(ii) scenic beauty
(iii) travelling
(iv) all
Answer
(iii) travelling