Mcq on English Honey dew

Name of student *

A tsunami is a sea wave caused by *

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(a) the high tide

(b) the sea storm

(c) earthquakes on the land

(d) earthquakes under the sea

Ignesious and his family rushed out of the house because *

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(a) they feared the coming of tsunami

(b) they felt an earthquake

(c) they heard the noise

(d) they just wanted to go out

Sanjeev was swept away *

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(a) while trying to save someone else

(b) while trying to save his family

(c) because he was a policeman on duty near the sea

(d) because he tried to save the guesthouse cook

Meghna saved herself from tsunami by *

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(a) swimming towards the shore

(b) holding on to a wooden door

(c) the help of the other 77 people who were swept away with her

(d) the relief helicopters

The little girl who saved many lives during the tsunami rage was *

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(a) Meghna

(b) Almas Javed

(c) Tilly Smith

(d) Penny Smith

The tsunami waves were triggered by a massive earthquake *

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(a) off northern Sumatra

(b) off Thailand

(c) off Andamans islands

(d) off the Nicobar islands

What was the occupation of Sanjeev? *

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(a) Policeman

(b) Guesthouse cook

(c) Doctor

(d) Teacher

Why were no animal carcasses found? *

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(a) Animals are smart.

(b) For being close to the nature

(c) Sixth sense

(d) Nature saves them

From 1757 to 1849, there was no peace in India because *

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(a) the Indian Princes kept fighting each other

(b) the East India Company was cruel

(c) Tipu Sultan fought the British

(d) there were Hindu-Muslim riots

The business community welcomed the British because *

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(a) they liked Europeans

(b) they disliked their own countrymen

(c) the British rule had brought a degree of peace

(d) they were afraid of the British

The worst sufferers under the British rule were *

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(a) who served in East India Company

(b) the business community

(c) the religious leaders

(d) the poor farmers and artisans

In the early nineteenth century Raja Ram Mohan Roy was *

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(a) an able fighter

(b) an important reformer

(c) a great religious person

(d) a great king

Between 1822 and 1836 ___ people died of starvation in India. *

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(a) ten thousand

(b) fifteen lakh

(c) fifty thousand

(d) forty lakh

What did the British impose on the Indian farmers? *

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(a) Heavy taxes

(b) Service taxes

(c) Regulation II

(d) Regulation III

What was the value of the British goods exported to India in 1829? *

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(a) Five crores

(b) Six crores

(c) Seven crores

(d) Eight crores

Which Englishman reported the plight of India to England? *

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(a) Babington Macaulay

(b) General Bentinck

(c) William Jones

(d) Simon John

Parimal Ghosh was successful in making Bepin Babu *

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(a) laugh at him

(b) think that there might be something wrong with his mind

(c) that he had really been to Ranchi

(d) that he was no stranger

Bepin Babu took a look at his right knee to *

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(a) be sure that Ghosh was wrong

(b) be comfortable

(c) take a bath

(d) be relieved of the pain there

Bepin Babu remembered *

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(a) that Haridas had left for Japan

(b) the he had the mark of injury

(c) that he had gone to Ranchi

(d) that the stranger had spoken the truth

Bepin Babu didn’t want to visit Mr. Mukerji because *

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(a) he was very upset

(b) he lived in a far off place

(c) Mukerji would conclude he was going nuts

(d) he did not believe Mr. Mukeiji

Bepin Babu returned early from his office because *

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(a) he had fallen ill

(b) Mukerji’s conversation had disturbed him

(c) he had gone mad

(d) he had a guest at home

Chuni Lai came to visit Bepin Babu again and again because *

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(a) he was his old friend

(b) it was his custom

(c) he wanted to borrow some money

(d) he wanted him to help him get a job

Bepin Choudhury’s biggest fears concerning his present condition was __ *

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(a) getting insane

(b) forgetfulness

(c) being lonely

(d) none of these

What is the relationship between Bepin Choudhury and the speaker? *

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(a) Master – slave

(b) Teacher – student

(c) Friends

(d) Brother

I don’t suppose you recognise me.”“Have we met before ?” asked Bepin Babu.The man looked greatly surprised. “We met every day for a whole week. I arranged for a car to take you to the Hudroo falls.

In above extract give the answers ‘I’ in the first sentence refers to *

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(a) Bepin Babu

(b) an actor

(c) Dinesh Mukerji

(d) Chuni Babu.

Hudroo falls are in *

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(a) Kolkata

(b) Mumbai

(c) Ranchi

(d) Delhi.

The man looked surprised because *

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(a) he was acting to convince Bepin Babu

(b) he was really surprised

(c) he felt he was being cheated

(d) he thought Bepin Babu was lying.

Extracts: Very strange. One evening I had tea with you in a veranda of your bungalow. You spoke about your family. You said you had no children, and that you had lost your wife ten years ago.”

In fact it was not strange because *

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(a) the speaker was lying

(b) Bepin Babu had lost memory

(c) the speaker had some misunderstanding

(d) Bepin Babu was lying.

The facts about the family given here are *

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(a) right

(b) wrong

(c) some right and some wrong

(d) none of the above.

The man who had lost his wife was *

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(a) the speaker

(b) Bepin Babu

(c) Chuni Babu

(d) Dinesh Mukeiji.