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. The train has reached Amritsar is a :
(a) a play
(b) a novel
(c) a short story
(d) a poem

2. "The train has reached Amritsar" was translator into English by:
(a) Surendaranath
(b) Khushwant Sahni
(c) Alok Bhalla
(d) Bhishm Sahni

3. Which of the following character does not appear in "The Train has Reached Amritsar":
(a) Sardarji
(c) Mahemdranath
(b) Pathans
(d) Babu

4. Which of the following places are not mentioned in "The Train has Reached Amritsar":
(a) Peshawar
(b) Delhi
(c) Pathankot
(d) Kolkata.

5. The Train was coming from:
(a) Agra
(b) Pakistan
(c) Kashmir
(d) Punjab.

6. Bhisham Sahni was born in :
(a) Karachi
(b) Rawalpindi
(c) Delhi
(d) Mumbai.

7. Bhisham Sahni won the Sahitya Akademi for:
(a) Bhagya Rekha
(b) Writing from the Margi
(c) Tomas
(d) Nai Kahaniyan.

8. What is Sahni mother tongue?
(a) Hindi
(b) Punjabi
(c) English
(d) Urdu.

9. Sahni received Padma Shri Award in :
(a) 1972
(b) 1970
(c) 1965
(d) 1969

10. Sahni received Padma Bhushan Award in :
(a) 1998
(b) 1999
(c) 1970
(d) 1975

11. Bhisham Sahni died on:
(a) 10 June, 2002
(b) 11 July, 2003
(c) 5 August, 2005
(d) 10 September,2003

12. Who wrote Amritsar Aa Gaya:
(a) Mahasweta Devi
(b) Mohan Rakesh
(c) Bhisham Sahni
(d) Vijay Tendulkar

13. Why was the narrator travelling to Delhi:
(a) To join the independence day celebrations
(b) To visit his parents
(c) To escape from Pakistan
(d) To meet his friends.

14. In which language does the Babu speak:
(a) Pushto
(b) Sanskrit
(c) Hindi
(d) English.

15. Who was the Hindu man who tried to enter the compartment for the first time, a complained with?
(a) His friends
(b) His relatives
(c) His sons
(d) His wife and daughter

16. What is the name of the station which noticeably mode of the passengers?
(a) Hyderabad
(b) Moradabad
(c) Wazirabad
(d) Amritsar.

17. Who was the only man who could be seen in the station when train stops?
(a) A Policeman
(b) A Munsheer (Water carrier) (c) A constable
(d) A British officer

18. What does the Babu bring with him to the compartment he reaches Amritsar?
(a) Iron Rod
(b) Food
(c) Sheets
(d) Newspaper.

19. What was the second passenger carrying when he was the train after Amritsar?
(a) His wife was carrying their small child
(b) His wife had two bundles
(c) A luggage
(d) A black trunk.

20. Who praises the Babu on his bravery at the end of story:
(a) Sardarji
(b) Pathans
(c) Narrator
(d) The old lady

21. Bhisham Sahni was born on :
(a) 2 August, 1915
(b) 5 August, 1915
(c) 7 August, 1915
(d) 8 August, 1915

22. Bhisham Sahni earned a.....degree in English literature:
(a) Bachelor
(b) Diploma
(c) Master
(d) P.hd.

23. Bhisham Sahni epic work:
(a) Tamas
(b) Amritsar aa gaya
(c) Madhavi
(d) Muavze

24. Whose sitting in the front of author
(a) Pathan
(b) Sardarji
(c) Dubla Babu
(d) None of them

25. Who abusing pathan after the train arrived in Amritsar :
(a) Dubla babu
(b) Sardarji
(c) Author
(d) None of these.

26. In which year Bhisham Shani started working with the Indian people's Theatre Association (IPTA):
(a) 1940
(b) 1945
(c) 1948
(d) 1952

27. Sahni was fluent in :
(a) Punjabi
(b) English
(c) Urdu
(d) All fo them.
 
28. In which year Bhishm Sahni written Madhavi :
(a) 1980
(b) 1982
(c) 1993
(d) 1994.

29. In which year Indian post released a commemorative postage stamp to honour Sahni :
(a) 2015
(b) 2017
(c) 2018
(d) 2019.

30. The story was origenally written in
(a) English
(b) Hindi
(c) Marathi
(d) Urdu
 
31. How many passengers are described sitting in the compartment?
(a) Four
(b) Five
(c) Six
(d) Seven

32. How many Pathans are there in the compartment?
(a) 4
(b) 3
(c) 2
(d) 1

33. Which of the following passengers had taken part in the war?
(a) The Pathan
(b) Sardar ji
(c) The Author
(d) The Frail Babu

34. Where did Sardar ji fight in war?
(a) Ceylon
(b) Afghanistan
(c) Thailand
(d) Burma

35. What is the old woman doing in the compartment?
(a) Sleeping
(b) Crying
(c) Telling the beads of the rosary
(d) Quarrelling

36. Which of the following stations is mentioned before the train reached Amritsar?
(a) Wazirabad
(b) Islamabad
(c) Lahore
(d) Jallandhar

37. The Pathans make fun of -
(a) Sardar ji
(b) The Frail Babu
(c) The author
(d) The old woman

38. Who kicked the woman -
(a) The Frail Babu
(b) A Pathan
(c) Sardar ji
(d) The author

39. Who hit a Pathan passenger with an iron rod ?
(a) The Frail Babu
(b) The author
(c) A Pathan
(d) Sardar ji

40. Who became bold when the train reached Amritsar?
(a) Sardar ji 
(b) The author
(c) The Frail Babu
 The Pathan
 
41. In which year Tamas (Darkness, Ignorance) famous work of BhishamSahani was published?
(a) 1974
(b) 1978
(c) 1989
(d) 2005

42. Among of them which is one of the famous play written by Bhishm Sahani?
(a) Tamas
(b) Kabir Rekha
(c) Jharokhe 
(d) Bazar Mein

43. Name the volume in which Bhishm Sahani has written stories for children?
(a) Gulal ka Khel
(b) Aaj Ke Ateet
(c) Madhavi
(d) Kadian
 
44. Who is not a character in the novel "Amritsar Aa Gaya"?
(a) Meena Rai
(b) Pathan
(c) Other travellers
(d) Dubala Babu

45. The story of 'Amritsar Aa Gaya" presents a true picture of -
(a) Hindu-Muslim Cooperation
(b) Communal devastation
(c) British rule in India
(d) Governor General's administrative powers

46. The Sanskrit word "Tamas' means -
(a) Full of anger
(b) Night
(c) Late hours 
(d) Darkness

47. The 'Amritsar Aa Gaya' presents the scenario of the -
(a) War between Indo-Pak
(b) Religious tolerance
(c) Border scenario Amritsar
(d) Indo-Pak partition

48. As an actor, Bhishm Sahni appeared in several films, including -
(a) Kasba
(b) Tamas
(c) Little Buddha
(d) All of these

49. 'Tamas' won the Sahitya Akademi Award in -
(a) 1960
(b) 1962
(c) 1967 
(d) 1975

50. Which of Bhishm Sahini's masterpiece story is based on partition?
(a) Tamas
(b) Pali
(c) Amritsar Aa Gaya
(d) All of these

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