Reading Prose Set 7

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This set of Reading Prose Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Reading Prose Set 7

Q1 | The dwellings of the untouchables were separated from the rest of the village by a -----
  • river
  • pond
  • fence
  • garden
Answer: pond
Q2 | What work did the members of Valmiki’s family do ?
  • Agriculture
  • cleaning
  • general labour
  • all of the above
Answer: all of the above
Q3 | The Christian Sevakram Massihi used to -----
  • preach
  • teach the children
  • form a party
  • none of the above
Answer: teach the children
Q4 | His school fellows used to call Valmiki------
  • Chuhre ka
  • Joothan
  • Achooth
  • none of these
Answer: Chuhre ka
Q5 | Kaliram came to the school as the new -----
  • Teacher
  • leader
  • Headmaster
  • Manager
Answer: Headmaster
Q6 | Kaliram ordered Omprakash to ------
  • sweep the school
  • give a speech
  • play ball
  • decorate the class
Answer: sweep the school
Q7 | The encounter with the headmaster filled Omprakash with -----
  • Respect
  • love
  • anger
  • fear
Answer: fear
Q8 | Whose work inspired Mrinal Sen for his entry in to the film world ?
  • Rudolf Arnheim
  • Fitzgerald
  • Dante
  • Homer
Answer: Rudolf Arnheim
Q9 | “You are a difficult judge of your work” – who is the speaker ?
  • Satyajith Ray
  • Ramin Jahanbejloo
  • Mrinal Sen
  • Nehru
Answer: Ramin Jahanbejloo
Q10 | I wish your countrymen whom I love so much not success but remorse. Who said this ?
  • Nehru
  • Tagore
  • Gandhi
  • J.C.Bose.
Answer: Tagore
Q11 | -------has been the breeding ground for many of Sen’s films
  • Kerala
  • Calcutta
  • Dubai
  • Bengal
Answer: Calcutta
Q12 | In which of his works Sen talks about conformism
  • An Uncertain journey
  • Kharij
  • Bhuvan Shome
  • Ekdin Achanak
Answer: An Uncertain journey
Q13 | ------was Sen’s first Hindi film.
  • Ekdin Achanak
  • Pather Panchali
  • Bhuvan Shome
  • none of the above
Answer: Bhuvan Shome
Q14 | Which film of Sen made a satire on bureaucracy
  • Bhuvan Shome
  • Love story
  • Interview
  • Ekdin Pratidin
Answer: Bhuvan Shome
Q15 | “If you ask me again, my answer will be, I don’t know myself, I don’t want to” --- the speaker is----
  • S.Ray
  • Mrinal Sen
  • Nehru
  • Gandhi
Answer: Mrinal Sen
Q16 | Mrinal Sen,s wish is to see his film as a --------
  • passing fancy
  • dress rehearsal
  • retrial
  • parade
Answer: dress rehearsal
Q17 | The autobiography of Mrinal Sen is entitled-------
  • Story of my life
  • Filming India
  • A Beautiful Mind
  • Always Being Born
Answer: Always Being Born
Q18 | Which of the following is not included in Mrinal Sen’s Calcutta Trilogy
  • Interview
  • Ek din Pratidin
  • Calcutta 71
  • Padatic
Answer: Ek din Pratidin
Q19 | The film Bhuvan Shome was made in the year--------
  • 1969
  • 1949
  • 1971
  • 1956
Answer: 1969
Q20 | The film maker who criticized Mrinal Sen for his ignorance of character in an open letter was -----
  • Satyajith Ray
  • Ramesh Sippi
  • Antonioni
  • none of these
Answer: Satyajith Ray
Q21 | The film Antareen was influenced by------
  • Sadat Hassan Manto
  • Rabindranath Tagore
  • Both of these
  • neither of these.
Answer: Both of these
Q22 | Name the essay from which the extract ‘On Good Resolutions’ is taken
  • The Book of this and That
  • Book of Resolutions
  • Book of Essays
  • None of the above
Answer: The Book of this and That
Q23 | The essay ’On Good Resolutions’ brings out-------
  • Human potentiality to be strong
  • futility of human resolutions
  • reality of the world
  • beginning of life on earth
Answer: futility of human resolutions
Q24 | Resolutions become popular as-------approaches
  • New year
  • Year’s end
  • at the end of life
  • at school
Answer: New year
Q25 | We--------when a man readily agrees to behave in a better way.
  • feel degraded
  • take initiative
  • discourage him
  • encourage him
Answer: discourage him
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