Objective Type Questions

For each of the following questions, four alternatives are given for the answer. Only one of them is correct. Choose the correct alternative.

1. Who narrates the story:
(a) Bimala, Nikhil and Sandeep
(b) Bimala
(c) Nikhil
(d) Sandip.

2. When is the story set :
(a) 1907-1908
(b) 1908 1909
(c) 1906-1907
(d) 1905 1906.

3. Who is Bara Rani in the Novel :
(a) Bimala's sister in-law
(b) Nikhil's sister
(c) Sandip's sister
(d) Anulya's mother

4. Who is Miss Gilby:
(a) An English teacher
(b) An English revolution
(c) Paunches sister
(d) Mirajan's wife

5. Who is Chandan Babu :
(a) Nikhil's sister
(b) Sandip's teacher.
(c) Bimala's brother
(d) A revolutionary.

6. What is the political movement in this novel :
(a) Swadeshi Movement
(b) Quit India Movement.
(c) Bengal Partition Movement (d) Non-cooperation Movement.

7. What does Nikhil want for Bimala:
(a) he wants her to become a modern women
(b) He want her to become a revolutionary
(c) He want her to become traditional woman
(d) He want her to become brave woman. 

8. What is the first province to be colonized by the British:
(a) Bengal
(b) Madras
(c) Punjab
(d) Delhi.

9. Why did Swadeshi Movement start:
(a) Swadeshi Movement started against the partition of Bengal in 1905
(b) Against the partition of Punjab in 1906
(c) Against the cruelty of the British
(d) Against the partition of India.

10. What was the partition of Bengal:
(a) East Bengal went to the Muslim and West Bengal went to Hindus
(b) West Bengal went to the Muslim and East Bengal went to Hindus
(c) Half to Hindus and half to Muslims
(d) Between poor people and rich people.

11. Who benefited from the partition of Bengal:
(a) Muslims
(b) Hindus
(c) Hindus and Muslims
(d) the Rich

12. Did rich Hindus Support Swadeshi :
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Not sure
(d) Half heartedly

13. Did rich Muslims support Swadeshi:
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Not sure
(d) Half heartedly

14. Did poor Hindus and poor Muslims support Swadeshi:
(a) Yes
(b) No
(c) Not sure
(d) Half heartedly

15. How did Swadeshi succeed if so many groups couldn't support is:
(a) It succeeded because of the most powerful people
(b) It did not succeed
(c) It succeeded because of poor Hindus
(d) It succeeded because of poor Muslims.

16. What do the dying flowers on the picture frame represent:
(a) The dying relationship between Nikhil and Bimala
(b) The dying relationship between Sandip and Bimala
(c) The death of Nikhil
(d) The death of Amulya

17. How much money does Sandip and Bimala to get : 
(a) 50,000
(b) 60,000
(c) 70,000
(d) 40,000

18. How much does Bimala actually get him?
(a) 5000 only
(b) 6000 only
(c) 8000 only
(d) 9000 only

19. Who is Mirjan?
(a) Mirjan is a poor Muslim fisherman
(b) Mirjan is a poor Muslim Boatman.
(c) A poor Christian
(d) A revolutionary.

20. How does Bimala feel after stealing money for Sandip:
(a) She loses respect for Sandip (b) She feel ashamed of herself
(c) She feel guilty
(d) All of these above.

21. Who wrote 'The Home and the world":
(a) Gandhi
(b) Tagore
(c) Nehru
(d) Prasad.

22. What was the publication date of the novel 'The Home and the world'.
(a) 1914
(b) 1945
(c) 1916
(d) 1917

23. Rabindranath Tagore was born in:
(a) 1860
(b) 1861
(c) 1862
(d) 1863.

24. Who is well known as 'Gurudev':
(a) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose
(d) Chandra Shekhar Azad.

25. Who won the first nobel prise in India:
(a) Mother Teresa
(b) Abul Kalam Azad
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Sarojani Naidu

26. Rabindranath Tagore was a:
(a) Writer
(b) Poet
(c) Artist
(d) All of them.

27. Novel 'The Home and the world' is a:
(a) Love story
(b) A political awakning story
(c) Both (a) or (b) are correct
(d) Both are wrong

28. Who considered Tagore and uninginative in this novel:tidious
(a) Gyorgy Lukacs
(b) Mark Twin
(c) William Shakespeare
(d) John Keats

29. The....main characters work togethor to convey the story is the novel 'The Home and the World'.
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Five.

30. Who is a peace loving person in the novel :
(a) Sandip
(b) Nikhil
(c) Bimala
(d) Servant.

31. Who describes her relationship with Nikhil?
(a) Rohan
(b) Sandip
(c) Bimala
(d) Sanjana

32. Whom is following was involved in Swadeshi movement?
(a) Nikhil
(b) Rohan
(c) Bimala
(d) Sandip

33. Bimala becomes more and more attracted to -
(a) Nikhil
(b) Sandip
(c) Tagore
(d) Rohan

34. When was Tagore received Nobel prize?
(a) In 1912
(b) In 1914
(c) In 1913
(d) In 1915

35. How many characters work together to convey the story?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5

36. Who is Nikhil's wife?
(a) Sweta
(b) Sangeeta
(c) Beena
(d) Bimala

37. How many songs were composed by Tagore?
(a) 1000
(b) 2000
(c) 500
(d) 900

38. Which of the following is responsible for modernizing Bengali prose and poetry?
(a) Tagore
(b) J.P. Prasad
(c) Vijay Tendulkar
(d) Mohan Rakesh

39. Who is Bengali mystic and artist?
(a) Mohan Rekash
(b) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(c) Tagore
(d) J.P. Prasad

40. What was the name of Tagore's father?
(a) Mahendranath Tagore
(b) Harinath Tagore
(c) Debendranath Tagore
(d) None of these

41. What was the name of Tagore's mother?
(a) Vimla Devi
(b) Sarada Devi
(c) Rani Devi
(d) None of these

42. Who wrote 'Gitanjali'?
(a) Kalidas
(b) R.N. Tagore
(c) Kamal Nath
(d) None of these

43. What is the main theme of 'Gitanjali'?
(a) Devotion of human 
(b) Devotion of God
(c) Devotion of children
(d) Devotion of family

44. Who was the friend of Nikhil?
(a) Somil
(b) Sandip
(c) Tagore
(d) Mohan Rakesh

45. The novel was originally written in -
(a) Hindi
(b) English
(c) Bengali
(d) Oriya

46. When was novel translatedinto English?
(a) 1929
(b) 1920
(d) 1930
(c) 1919

47. In which period is the novel set?
(a) Early 19th century
(b) Early 20th century
(c) Middle of the 19th century
(d) End of the 20th century

48. How many male characters are there in the novel?
(a) 3
(b) 5
(c) 4
(d) 6

49. Which of the following characters belongs to low caste?
(a) Nikhil
(b) Panchu
(c) Amulya
(d) Sandip
 
50. What is the other name of Tagore?
(a) Gurudev
(b) Radheylal
(c) Mahatma
(d) Gurubhai

51. Tagore has close bonding with which great scientist?
(a) Edison
(b) Albert Einstein
(d) Galileo
(c) Mary Cury

52. Which one is not the book by Tagore?
(a) Kabuliwalah
(b) Gora
(c) Gitanjali
(d) The Life Divine

53. What is the spouse's name of Tagore ?
(a) Mrinalini Devi
(b) Kanti Devi
(c) Gayatri Devi
(d) Shanti Devi

54. What is the name of the University founded by Tagore?
(a) Shantiniketan
(b) Vishwabharati
(c) Kalakshetra
(d) Nalanda

55. At which age Tagore released his first poem ?
(a) 10
(b) 8
(c) 12
(d) 16

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