1. The
Portrait of a Lady (Khushwant Singh)
1. Who is the narrator of the lesson ‘The Portrait of a Lady’?
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Ans. Khushwant Singh
2. How was the physical appearance of Grandmother?
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Ans. She was short and fat
3. How was her face?
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Ans. Her face was full of wrinkles.
4. The clothes which the writer’ grandmother wore, were
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Ans. White
5. The grandmother’s one hand was on her waist. What was in her other hand?
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Ans. A rosary
6. What did she do when she bathed and dressed the writer?.
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Ans. She said her morning prayer
7. Why did the grandmother accompany the author to the school?
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Ans. Because the school was attached to a temple
8. When the writer was at school, what did his grandmother do?
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Ans. She sat in the temple and read scriptures
9. What did the grandmother do on her way back to the home?
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Ans. She threw stale chapattis to the village dogs.
10. How did she relax?
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Ans. By throwing bread crumbs to sparrows.
11. Why was she not satisfied with English school education?
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Ans. Because they didn’t give religious education.
12. What type of education did she like to be given in a school?
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Ans. Religious education
13. After how many years, the writer came back from abroad?
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Ans. After 5 years
14. When the writer came back from abroad after 5 years, what did his grandmother do?
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Ans. She collected neighbourhood women, beat old drum and went on singing for long time.
15. What happened the next morning?
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Ans. She fell ill. After a few hours she was dead.
16. The dead body of the writer’s grandmother was covered with:
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Ans. A red shroud
17. What did the sparrows do when the writer’s mother threw the bread crumbs to them?
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2. We’re not afraid to die … If We Can All Be Together (Gordon Cook and Alan East)
1. What was narrator?
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Ans. A businessman
2. Who made the voyage 200 years ago?
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Ans. Captain James Cook
3. What was the name of the ship?
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Ans. Wavewalker
4. What were the names of the narrator’s children?
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Ans. Jonathan and Sue
5. What was his wife name?
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Ans. Mary
6. How long was the first phase of their journey?
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Ans. 105,000km
7. The total journey was -
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Ans. 255,000km.
8. Who were other two persons with them?
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Ans. Crewmen named Larry Vigil and Herb Seigler
9. What happened to the electric pump?
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Ans. It was short circuited
10. Who said ‘We aren’t afraid to die.. if we can all be together?
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Ans. The narrator’s son Joe
11. What was the name of the island where they landed?.
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Ans. Amsterdam.
12. How many inhabitants were there on the island?.
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Ans. 28.
3. Discovery Tut: The Saga Continues (A.R. Williams)
Very Short Type Q-Ans.
1. Who is the writer of ‘Discovering Tut: The Saga Continues?.
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Ans. A.R. Williams
2. Who was Tut?
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Ans. An Egyptian Pharaoh
3. When was King’s tomb discovered?
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Ans. In 1922
4. In which year was a CT scan performed on Tut’s body?.
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Ans. In 2005
5. What were the things found in the coffin made of:
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Ans. Gold
6. Who was powerful pharaoh before Tut?
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Ans. Amenhotep III, Tut’s father/grandfather
7. What does ‘Akhenaten’ mean?
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Ans. The servant of Aten
8. Which mysterious ruler ruled after Akhenaten’s death?
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Ans. Smenkhkare
9. Who took the throne after Smenkhkare’s death?
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Ans. King Tut
10. What does ‘Tutankhamun’ mean?
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Ans. ‘Living image of Amun’
11. How long did Tutankhamun rule?
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Ans. Nine years
12. What was the name of the old religious capital that the new pharaoh changed?
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Ans. Thebes
13. Why was a CT scan performed on Tut’s body?
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Ans. To solve the mystery of his death
4. Landscape of the Soul (Nathalie Trouveroy)
Very Short Type Q-Ans.
1. Who is the writer of ‘Landscape of the Soul’?
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Ans. Nathalie Trouveroy
2. In which century did Wu Daozi live?
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Ans. In 8th century
3. What was his last painting?
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Ans. A landscape
4. Why had the Emperor commissioned Wu Daozi’s painting?
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Ans. To decorate a palace wall
5. Who lived in the cave, according to the artist?
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Ans. A spirit
6. What happened when he clapped his hands?
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Ans. The door to the cave opened
7. What happened to the painting after the artist entered the cave?
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Ans. Its entrance closed
8. What was the name of the blacksmith?
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Ans. Quinten Metsys
9. With whom did the blacksmith fall in love?
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Ans. With a painter’s daughter
10. What did Quinten pain on the wheel?
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Ans. A fly
11. What does the word ‘Dao’ mean?
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Ans. The mysterious works of the universe
12. What does ‘shanshui’ literally mean?
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Ans. Mountain water
13. What is the mountain?
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Ans. Yang
14. What is the water?
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Ans. Yin
15. What is the third essential element in shanshui?
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Ans. The middle void
16. What can the middle void be compared with?
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Ans. With pranayama
17. Who mooted the concept of ‘art brut’?
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Ans. French painter Jean Dubuffet
18. Where is Rock Garden?
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Ans. In Chandigarh
5. The Ailing Planet: The Green Movement’s Role (Nani Palkhivala)
Very Short Type Q-Ans.
1. Who is the writer of ‘The Ailing Planet’?
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Ans. Nani Palkhivala
2. Which planet is the home of all human beings?
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Ans. The earth
3. Which planet is described as the ailing planet?
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Ans. The earth
4. Which movement was started to save the earth?
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Ans. The Green movement
5. Which century did Copernicus belong to?
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Ans. Sixteenth
6. In which year was popularized the concept of sustainable development?
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Ans. In 1987
7. By what was sustainable development popularised?
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Ans. World Commission on Environment and Development
8. What is meant by sustainable development?
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Ans. Development without polluting environment
9. Which Indian was a member of the Brandt Commission?
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Ans. Mr. L.K. Jha
10.Who wrote the book ‘The Global Economic Prospect’?
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Ans. Mr. Lester R. Brown
11. Which is a pert of biological system?
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Ans. Fisheries, forests, grasslands and croplands
12. Who was the President of the World Resource Institute?
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Ans. James Speth
13. What was the world population in 1800?
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Ans. One billion
14. What do more children mean?
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Ans. More people without work
15. When was Green Movement started?
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Ans. About 25 years ago
16. When and where was the Green Party founded?
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Ans. In 1972 in New Zealand
17. What is the depletion rate of forests in India?
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Ans. 3.7 million acres per year
6. The Browning Version (Terence Rattigan)
Very Short Type Q-Ans.
1. Who is the writer of ‘The Browning Version”?
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Ans. Terence Rattigan
2. Who was Taplow?
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Ans. A school boy of sixteen years
3. When did Crocker-Harris tell Taplow to come?
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Ans. At six- thirty p.m.
4. Who was Taplow waiting for?
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Ans. For Croker-Harris
5. Who does Taplow talk to while waiting for Croker-Harris?
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Ans. Another school teacher Frank
6. Who is Frank jealous of?
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Ans. Of Crocker Harris
7. What was Taplow hoping to get the next day?
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Ans. His passing certificate
8. Who is Millie?
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Ans. Crocker-Harris’s wife
9. Where does Millie send Taplow to?
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Ans. Chemist
10. Who told a joke in the class?
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Ans. Croker-Harris
11. Which book does Taplow have with him?
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Ans. The Agamemnon
12. What punishment did Croker-Harris give to Taplow?
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Ans. Extra work
13. According to the rule who should announce the result?
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Ans. The Headmaster
14. What will Taplow opt if his result is favourable?
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Ans. Science
7. The Adventure (Jayant Narlikar)
Very Short Type Q-Ans.
1. Who is the writer of ‘The Adventure’?
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Ans. Jayant Narlikar
2. What is Gangadharpant Gaitonde a professor of?
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Ans. Of History
3. What was the effect of the accident on Prof. Gaitonde’s mind?
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Ans. He went back in past
4. Where was Prof. Gaitonde going?
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Ans. To Bombay
5. Why was Prof. Gaitonde going to Bombay?
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Ans. To deliver a lecture on history
6. Where does Prof. Gaitonde find himself in Bombay?
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Ans. British India
7. Where would Prof. Gaitonde go in Bombay?
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Ans. To a library
8. Where was the library house in Bombay?
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Ans. In the Town Hall
9. What does the fifth book describe?
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Ans. The third battle of Panipat fought between Abdali and Marathas.
10. What was Rajendra Prasad?
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Ans. Gaitonde’s friend
11. By which train was Prof. Gaitonde going to Bombay?
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Ans. By the Jijamata Express
12. Where did Rajendra Deshpande live?
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Ans. In Pune
13. Who was a trouble maker for the Marathas?
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Ans. Dadasaheb
14. Who did the East India Company belong to?
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Ans. The British
15. How long time did Prof. Gaitonde remain in catastrophic situation?
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Ans. Two days
16. Who led the Maratha army n the Third Battle of Panipat?
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Ans. Sadashivrao
17. Who made a transition from one world to another?
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Ans. Gangadharpant
8. Silk Road (Nick Middleton)
Very Short Type Q-Ans.
1. Who is the writer of ‘Silk Road’?
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Ans. Nick Middleton
2. Who guarded the tents of the nomads?
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Ans. A Tibetan mastiff
3. Who was Lhamo?
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Ans. A Tibetan woman, in village Ravu
4. Who were called the shaggy monsters?
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Ans. The huge black dogs
5. What was the colour of the mastiff dogs?
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Ans. Black
6. Who was Tsetan?
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Ans. The writer’s driver
7. Where is Hor situated?
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Ans. On the bank of Lake Manasarovar
8. Which river flows from the Mansarovar lake?
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Ans. The Sutlej
9. Where is Lake Mansarovar situated?
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Ans. On Mount Kailash
10. What was the length of the silk road in the ancient time?
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Ans. 6400 kilometers
11. What is the height of the top of the pass?
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Ans. 5515 meters
12. Who was Norbu?
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Ans. A Tibetan
13. What gift did Lhamo give to the author?
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Ans. A full sleeved coat
14. Who was Ekai Kawaguchi?
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Ans. A Japanese monk
15. Where did Tsetan take the writer for treatment?
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Ans. Darchen Medical College
16. Which town is described as the open air rubbish dump?
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Ans. Hor
17. Where did the author meet Norbu?
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Ans. In a café
18. Who gave a sheepskin coat to the author?