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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: English (CBCS) .
Chapters
| 1. |
Who is the Protagonist in ‘Untouchable’? |
| A. | Lakha |
| B. | Bakha |
| C. | Col. Hutchinson |
| D. | Sohini |
| Answer» B. Bakha | |
| 2. |
Why does Bakha have a high regard for European Clothing? |
| A. | He believes it will help disguise his untouchability |
| B. | It is more affordable then Indian clothing |
| C. | He is too tall for Indian Clothing |
| D. | He thinks wearing it will make him a sahib. |
| Answer» D. He thinks wearing it will make him a sahib. | |
| 3. |
Who is Waziro in ‘ Untouchable’? |
| A. | The weaver’s wife |
| B. | Chhota’s mother |
| C. | Gulabo’s sister |
| D. | The leather maker’s wife |
| Answer» A. The weaver’s wife | |
| 4. |
Bakha describes Ramanandas |
| A. | A peevish old black moneylender |
| B. | A slave driver |
| C. | A day dreamer |
| D. | A high class latrine cleaner |
| Answer» A. A peevish old black moneylender | |
| 5. |
Who helps Sohini fill her water buckets? |
| A. | A sepoy |
| B. | A priest of the temple |
| C. | A sahib |
| D. | A hindu water carrier |
| Answer» B. A priest of the temple | |
| 6. |
Why does Gulabo hate Sohini |
| A. | Because she broke her son’s heart |
| B. | Because she is jealous of Sohini’s beauty |
| C. | Because Sohini is smart and rude towards her |
| D. | Because sohini is of a higher class than her |
| Answer» B. Because she is jealous of Sohini’s beauty | |
| 7. |
What kind of gift did Bakha beg from the Tommy? |
| A. | A pair of trousers |
| B. | An old uniform |
| C. | A cricket bat |
| D. | Money |
| Answer» A. A pair of trousers | |
| 8. |
Who was Lakha afraid of ? |
| A. | The Pundits |
| B. | The Sepoys |
| C. | The tax collectors |
| D. | Bakha |
| Answer» B. The Sepoys | |
| 9. |
What kind of power did the burning flame give Bakha? |
| A. | Power to forgive |
| B. | Power to create |
| C. | Power to take revenge |
| D. | Power to destroy |
| Answer» D. Power to destroy | |
| 10. |
Why does Gulabo hate Sohini? |
| A. | Sohini is always rude to her |
| B. | Sohini broke her son’s heart |
| C. | She was jealous of her beauty |
| D. | She was helped by the pandit |
| Answer» C. She was jealous of her beauty | |
| 11. |
Bakha is encouraged to convert to Christianity by |
| A. | Colonel Hutchinson |
| B. | Mary Hutchinson |
| C. | Charat Singh |
| D. | Mahatma Gandhi |
| Answer» A. Colonel Hutchinson | |
| 12. |
Bakha’s friends nicknamed him |
| A. | Pilpali Sahib |
| B. | Bakshish |
| C. | Bara Babu |
| D. | Kala Babu |
| Answer» A. Pilpali Sahib | |
| 13. |
When Bakha carried the injured boy to his mother she |
| A. | thanked him |
| B. | shouted at him for polluting the boy |
| C. | invited him for tea |
| D. | gave him sweets |
| Answer» B. shouted at him for polluting the boy | |
| 14. |
Bakha would sacrifice many comforts for the sake of what he called ‘fashun’ to look like a |
| A. | Sahib |
| B. | Mohamedan |
| C. | Hindu |
| D. | Brahmin |
| Answer» A. Sahib | |
| 15. |
Lakha told his son that schools were meant not for sweepers but only for |
| A. | the babus |
| B. | the tommies |
| C. | the rich |
| D. | the middle class |
| Answer» A. the babus | |
| 16. |
Mahatma Gandhi addressed a large crowd at ‘maidan’ situated near the railway station of |
| A. | Balaghat town |
| B. | Bulandshahr town |
| C. | Balangir town |
| D. | Gadarpur town |
| Answer» B. Bulandshahr town | |
| 17. |
Liberation of untouchability as overheard by Bakha was possible through |
| A. | abolition of caste system |
| B. | introduction of flush system |
| C. | gender equality |
| D. | changing of profession |
| Answer» B. introduction of flush system | |
| 18. |
While cleaning the temple courtyard Sohini was sexually assaulted by the priest named |
| A. | Charat Singh |
| B. | Kali Nath |
| C. | Ram Charan |
| D. | Lakha |
| Answer» B. Kali Nath | |
| 19. |
Bakha is encouraged to convert to Christianity by |
| A. | Ramcharan |
| B. | Havildar Charat Singh |
| C. | Colonel Hutchinson |
| D. | The Burra Babu’s son |
| Answer» C. Colonel Hutchinson | |
| 20. |
Bakha’s friends nicknamed him as |
| A. | Burra Babu |
| B. | Pilpali Sahib |
| C. | Bakshish |
| D. | Master |
| Answer» B. Pilpali Sahib | |
| 21. |
According to Bakha, the solution to the problem of untouchability is |
| A. | conversion to Christianity |
| B. | practice of equality |
| C. | the flush system |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» C. the flush system | |
| 22. |
_______________ poured water into Sohini’s pitcher. |
| A. | the Mohammedan |
| B. | Gulabo |
| C. | Pundit Kali Nath |
| D. | the Tonga Wallah |
| Answer» C. Pundit Kali Nath | |
| 23. |
Who is Waziro? |
| A. | Gulabo’s sister |
| B. | The woman at the market |
| C. | The weaver’s wife |
| D. | Bakha’s mother |
| Answer» C. The weaver’s wife | |
| 24. |
Gulabo, the washerwoman is jealous of Sohini because she is |
| A. | smart |
| B. | helped by the Pundit |
| C. | beautiful |
| D. | Lakha’s daughter |
| Answer» C. beautiful | |
| 25. |
What is the name of Bakha's Town? |
| A. | Bulashah |
| B. | Pune |
| C. | Calcutta |
| D. | Maharastra |
| Answer» A. Bulashah | |
| 26. |
Who helped Sohini fill her water bucket. |
| A. | A sahib |
| B. | A priest of the town temple |
| C. | A Hindu water-carrier |
| D. | A sweeper |
| Answer» B. A priest of the town temple | |
| 27. |
Bakha is the son of |
| A. | The jemadar of sweepers and public latrines. |
| B. | The foreman of the outcaste colony |
| C. | The jemadar of all temple beggars |
| D. | A police constable |
| Answer» A. The jemadar of sweepers and public latrines. | |
| 28. |
Sohini is the sister of |
| A. | Lakha |
| B. | Bakha |
| C. | Colonel Hutchinson |
| D. | Kalinath |
| Answer» B. Bakha | |
| 29. |
Bakha is encouraged to convert to Christianity by |
| A. | Ramcharan |
| B. | Havildar Charat Singh |
| C. | Iqbalnath |
| D. | Colonel Hutchinson |
| Answer» D. Colonel Hutchinson | |
| 30. |
Sohini is sexually tortured by |
| A. | Colonel Hutchinson |
| B. | Kalinath |
| C. | Ramcharan |
| D. | Havildar Charat Singh |
| Answer» B. Kalinath | |
| 31. |
Untouchable narrates a story that took place within a span of |
| A. | One hour |
| B. | One day |
| C. | One month |
| D. | One year |
| Answer» B. One day | |
| 32. |
A hockey stick was given to Bakha by |
| A. | Lakha |
| B. | Colonel Hutchinson |
| C. | Gandhi |
| D. | Havildar Charat Singh |
| Answer» D. Havildar Charat Singh | |
| 33. |
Towards the end of Untouchable, Bakha is convinced that ______ will free them of untouchability. |
| A. | Voting rights |
| B. | Poetry |
| C. | The Flush system |
| D. | Religious secularism |
| Answer» C. The Flush system | |
| 34. |
Gulabo, the washer woman is jealous of Sohini because |
| A. | Sohini is smart |
| B. | she is chose and helped by the Pundit |
| C. | of Sohini’s rising beauty |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. of Sohini’s rising beauty | |
| 35. |
Untouchable presents an accord of a single day in |
| A. | Lakha’s life |
| B. | Sohini's life |
| C. | Bakha's life |
| D. | Rakha's life |
| Answer» C. Bakha's life | |
| 36. |
A committed and dedicated missionary in Untouchable is |
| A. | Colonel Hutchinson |
| B. | Ram Charan |
| C. | Igbal Nath Sarshar |
| D. | Chart Singh |
| Answer» A. Colonel Hutchinson | |
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