Ch.8 Kathmandu
1. Who is the writer of 'Kathmandu'?
(A) Robert Frost
(B) Vikram Seth
(C) Vikram Seth
(D) James Bond
Answer
(B) Vikram Seth
2. How did the author return to Delhi from Nepal?
(A) by bus
(B) by train
(C) by car
(D) by plane
Answer
(D) by plane
3. Which river flows through Kathmandu?
(A) Baghmati
(B) Kaveri
(C) Ganga
(D) Yamuna
Answer
(A) Baghmati
4. Which famous hindu temple is situated in Kathmandu?
(A) Kedarnath
(B) Badrinath
(C) Pashupatinath
(D) Sarnath
Answer
(C) Pashupatinath
5. Who owned most of the shops in Kathmandu?
(A) By Hindus
(B) By Muslims
(C) By Tibetan
(D) By British
Answer
(C) By Tibetan
6. How is the atmosphere at the Pashupatinath temple?
(A) full of confusion
(B) full of stillness
(C) both
(D) none
Answer
(A) full of confusion
7. How is the atmosphere at the Baudhnath Stupa?
(A) full of confusion
(B) full of flowers
(C) full of stillness
(D) all of the above
Answer
(C) full of stillness
8. Which temples did author visit in Kathmandu?
(A) Pashupatinath Temple
(B) Baudhnath Stupa
(C) both (a) and (b)
(D) Kedarnath
Answer
(C) both (a) and (b)
9. The writer says, "All this I wash with coca cola." What does 'all this' refer to?
(A) corn on the cob
(B) a bar of marzipan
(C) both (a) and (b)
(D) none
Answer
(C) both (a) and (b)
10. What signboard is there outside Pashupatinath temple?
(A) Entrance for Muslims only
(B) Entrance for Christian only
(C) Entrance for Hindus only
(D) Entrance for Sikh only
Answer
(C) Entrance for Hindus only
11. What do you understand by 'burning of a dead body'?
(A) cemated
(B) classmate
(C) Jab we mat
(D) cremated
Answer
(D) cremated
12. Katmandu is the capital of -
(A) Nepal
(B) Sri Lanka
(C) Bhutan
(D) Tibbat
Answer
(A) Nepal
13. Which flutes was the flute seller selling?
(A) the recorder
(B) the reed neh
(C) the Japanese Shakuhachi
(D) all of the above
Answer
(D) all of the above
14. Who do you find in the streets of Katmandu?
(A) hawkers
(B) fruit sellers
(C) flute sellers
(D) all of the above
Answer
(D) all of the above
15. What will happen when the small shrine on the Baghmati river bank will emerge fully?
(A) the evil period of the Satyug will end
(B) the evil period of the Nalyug will end
(C) the evil period of the Kalyug will end
(D) the evil period of the Chalyug will end
Answer
(C) the evil period of the Kalyug will end