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The Passing Away Of Bapu

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1. Gandhiji had been shot on his way to




... Ans. B ) an evening prayer




2. Gandhiji had been shot on




... Ans. C ) 30 th January, 1948




3. The author came to know about Gandhiji’s death by




... Ans. C ) a telephone call



4. When one is faced with the shock of a loved one’s death, one




... Ans. A ) whimpers




5. After getting the bad news, the author rushed to the




... Ans. D ) Birla House




6. Outside the Birla House, initially the people were




... Ans. A ) unnaturally silent



7. People had gathered to




... Ans. A ) see Gandhiji for the last time




8. The child came to see that he was surrounded by a tribe who were




... Ans. C ) lost children




9. After the immersion of Gandhiji’s ashes, the followers went to




... Ans. A ) Delhi



10. With Gandhiji’s passing away, the writer felt that the magic circle had




... Ans. B ) disappeared




11. People gathered around the Birla house to




... Ans. C ) to see their leader for the last time




12. The news of Gandhiji’s death spread like a




... Ans. C ) fire



13. The author felt that she had grown up within a




... Ans. A ) magic circle




14. Gandhiji’s Ashes were immersed in the




... Ans. B ) Ganges




15. Gandhiji’s figure was is




... Ans. A ) slight



16. Gandhiji’s funeral was to take place




... Ans. C ) one day after his death



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17. Padmasi was Mrs Naidu’s




... Ans. D ) daughter




18. The author made an effort to




... Ans. D ) revive herself from a state of despair



19. The narrator comments that to walk is to make




... Ans. D ) slow progress




20. People sang bhajans because is




... Ans. D ) it invoked a feeling of Gandhiji’s presence




21. The last walk with Bapu was




... Ans. D ) stag



22. According to the narrator, walk required




... Ans. C ) one’s own body and energy




23. Gandhiji’s ideals will live among




... Ans. C ) the youth of the following generations




24. Gandhiji transformed walking into




... Ans. C ) joyful effort



25. Gandhiji awakened people to one another’s




... Ans. A ) sufferings




26. Gandhi ji had been shot on his way to




... Ans. C ) A Prayer meeting




27. The author came to know of Gandhiji’s death by




... Ans. B ) A Telephone



28. The narrator was having tea at




... Ans. B ) Home




29. The phone call came in the




... Ans. A ) Evening




30. Sad groups of people collected around the




... Ans. B ) Birla House



31. In the beginning people




... Ans. A ) Remained Silent




32. Death of Bapu left people




... Ans. C ) shocked




33. With Shock the writer was




... Ans. C ) numb



34. The room was




... Ans. A ) Silent




35. People around the Birla house were filled with




... Ans. A ) sorrow




36. The news of Bapu’s death spread --------- the world.




... Ans. C ) through Delhi



37. Gandhiji’s funeral was to take place




... Ans. C ) one day after his death




38. Padamasi was Mrs. Naidu’s




... Ans. D ) Daughter




39. While walking, Bapu used to carry in his hand a/an




... Ans. B ) Staff



40. Bapu lay on an open




... Ans. C ) Truck




41. People tried to touch Bapu’s




... Ans. D ) Feet




42. The narrator had walked with Bapu over the




... Ans. D ) rough and smooth



43. Bapu’s figure was




... Ans. C ) slight




44. The last walk with Bapu was




... Ans. B ) painful/agonizing




45. According to the narrator walking with Bapu was




... Ans. D ) a special meaning



46. The narrator thinks that to walk is to make




... Ans. D ) slow progress




47. The narrator believes that to walk, one requires




... Ans. C ) one’s own body and energy




48. Gandiji’s ashes were taken to




... Ans. B ) Allahabad



49. In the train compartment people felt Gandhiji’s presence amid the flowers and




... Ans. D ) song




50. The narrator felt that he had grown up within a magic




... Ans. A ) circle




51. With Bapu’s passing away, the narrator felt




... Ans. D ) unprotected



52. The narrator’s values were not so




... Ans. B ) weak




53. Bapu’s India would continue to live in his




... Ans. C ) children




54. People on the train sang




... Ans. C ) bhajans



55. After the demise of Bapu the author felt




... Ans. C ) at sea




56. After the immersion of Gandhiji`s ashes everyone went back to




... Ans. A ) Delhi




57. A huge crowd had gathered by the




... Ans. A ) Ganges



58. “ I was having tea at home on the evening of 30th January, 1948…..’ – Here the word ‘I’ refers to




... Ans. C ) the author of the prose piece Nayantara Sehgal




59. “On the evening of 30th January,1948, I was having”




... Ans. C ) tea




60. I was having tea on the evening of




... Ans. A ) 30th January,1948



61. The author was having tea




... Ans. B ) at home




62. The telephone that called me to Birla House was




... Ans. B ) urgent




63. The telephone called me to




... Ans. C ) Birla House



64. Gandhiji had been




... Ans. C ) shot dead




65. Gandhiji had been killed on his way to




... Ans. B ) an apolitical meeting




66. The author was numb with




... Ans. D ) pain



67. Gandhiji’s body was kept at the




... Ans. C ) Birla House




68. Gandhiji’s –----------- had gathered round his body.




... Ans. C ) friends and relatives




69. The room where Gandhiji breathed his last was




... Ans. A ) quiet



70. Words of Bapu’s death had spread through Delhi like




... Ans. B ) a flame fanned by wind




71. The news of Gandhiji’s death was compared to




... Ans. D ) a flame fanned by wind




72. In the comparison between the news of Gandhiji’s death and a flame fanned by wind, the author has used




... Ans. B ) simile



73. Out of every window one could see a




... Ans. D ) brown blur of faces




74. The silence was unnatural because it was not




... Ans. A ) expected




75. The adjective that describes the word ‘silence’ is




... Ans. D ) unnatural



76. The word ‘unnatural’ is an




... Ans. B ) adjective




77. The word ‘silence’ is a




... Ans. A ) noun




78. The adjective of the word ‘silence’ is




... Ans. A ) silent



79. “It was as if time stood still for those few minutes.”- Time stood still when Gandhiji was




... Ans. C ) shot dead




80. Those few minutes were




... Ans. C ) painful




81. The word ‘clamour’ means




... Ans. D ) loud noise demanding for something



82. The word ‘jostle’ means




... Ans. C ) pushing one another




83. People in the beginning were –------------ to speak.




... Ans. C ) too stunned




84. “They jostled one another in a stampede to break into the house.” - The word ‘stampede’ means




... Ans. D ) a situation in which people come under the risk of getting run over by other people in a large crowd



85. People jostled one another to enter




... Ans. C ) Birla House




86. People tried to break into the house to




... Ans. D ) see Bapu before the funeral




87. When it was announced that they would be allowed to see Gandhiji before funeral, people




... Ans. D ) calmed



88. The word ‘funeral’ means




... Ans. A ) last rites




89. “When one is faced with the shock of a loved one’s death, one whimpers….” - The word ‘whimpers’ means




... Ans. B ) make unhappy and frightened sounds expressing pain




90. “what will become of me now that he has left me?” – The above question/feeling shows one’s




... Ans. D ) insecurity



91. “They looked like lost children”.- Here the ‘lost children’ are the




... Ans. C ) Indians




92. They looked like lost children because they lost their




... Ans. D ) leader




93. The question in many of our hearts was




... Ans. C ) What will become of us now that he has left us?



94. The word ‘lost’ is an




... Ans. B ) adjective




95. The broadcast after Gandhiji’s death told people that




... Ans. A ) their Bapu was no more




96. -------- informed people that their Bapu was no more




... Ans. B ) Radio broadcast



97. The author records ----------- different types of reaction of the public when they heard about Bapu’s death.




... Ans. A ) two




98. Bapu’s death was




... Ans. C ) sudden




99. The news of Bapu’s death made time stand




... Ans. C ) still



100. People were ---------- when they came to know that Bapu was no more.




... Ans. D ) shocked




101. The news of Bapu’s death spread




... Ans. B ) rapidly




102. The people of India were




... Ans. B ) shocked to hear the news of Bapu’s death



103. Gandhiji’s funeral was




... Ans. B ) scheduled to be held on the day after his death




104. Hours in advance people lined the route the –---------- was to follow.




... Ans. C ) funeral procession




105. People were ------------ the funeral procession.




... Ans. D ) eager about



106. People –---------- to watch the funeral procession.




... Ans. A ) waited long




107. Mrs. Naidu’s daughter was




... Ans. C ) Padmasi




108. Mrs. Naidu was Padmasi’s




... Ans. C ) mother



109. Padmasi said




... Ans. A ) ‘we will walk’




110. Padmasi had –---------- that they would walk.




... Ans. B ) a proposal




111. The walk was




... Ans. D ) agonizing



112. It was impossible for the truck to move because of the




... Ans. D ) thick crowd




113. Walking with Bapu had –----------- for the people of India.




... Ans. B ) a special meaning




114. Bapu walked with people in --------- of Indian politics.




... Ans. A ) both good and bad times



115. That Bapu was never going to walk with the people of India was




... Ans. D ) unacceptable




116. Bapu had a –------------ figure.




... Ans. C ) slight




117. The word ‘slight’ means




... Ans. A ) thin and delicate



118. The adjective, among the words given below is the word




... Ans. C ) slight




119. To walk was often the only way open to the




... Ans. D ) average Indians




120. The word ‘commonplace’ means




... Ans. A ) ordinary



121. The word ‘commonplace’ is




... Ans. B ) an adjective




122. The word ‘staff’ is a




... Ans. B ) a noun




123. The word ‘staff’ means




... Ans. B ) stick used for the purpose of walking



124. The word ‘clarity’ means




... Ans. A ) something that is clear and straightforward




125. The word ‘joyful’ is




... Ans. B ) an adjective




126. Padmasi wanted to walk to show her




... Ans. A ) respect



127. The route the funeral procession was to follow was




... Ans. A ) crowded




128. “It was an agonizing walk.” – The phrase ‘an agonizing walk’ refers to the walk




... Ans. A ) with Bapu




129. The funeral procession went ahead




... Ans. B ) with people lamenting vehemently



130. The vehicle Bapu lay on was covered with




... Ans. C ) flowers




131. Thousands of people




... Ans. D ) wept and tried to touch Bapu’s feet




132. Those who walked in the funeral procession knew the importance




... Ans. C ) of walking with Bapu



133. The people who walked with Bapu were




... Ans. A ) special




134. The people who walked in the funeral procession also walked with Bapu when Bapu




... Ans. A ) fought against the British




135. Bapu’s figure was




... Ans. C ) slight



136. While walking, Bapu held –---------- in his hand.




... Ans. B ) a staff




137. Bapu covered a large part of India




... Ans. C ) by feet




138. Walking gives one




... Ans. D ) clarity of thought



139. Walking gives one –------ to look at life.




... Ans. A ) the opportunity




140. Walking represents




... Ans. D ) steady progress




141. Walking was the only option open for the –----- Indian.




... Ans. D ) average



142. Indian people opted for walking as a mode of transport –




... Ans. B ) by compulsion




143. The genius of Gandhi lies in his ability to transform the commonplace into -




... Ans. D ) a joyous effort




144. Walking was –




... Ans. A ) an integral part of Bapu’s movement



145. Gandhiji’s ashes were taken to –




... Ans. D ) Allahabad




146. Gandhiji’s ashes were taken by a –




... Ans. D ) special passenger train




147. Gandhiji’s ashes were taken to Allahabad some days –




... Ans. C ) after the funeral



148. Compartment of the train carrying Gandhiji’s ashes was –




... Ans. A ) decked with flowers




149. People on the train sang –




... Ans. B ) bhajans




150. Bhajan is a –




... Ans. C ) devotional song



151. People did not weep because they could feel –




... Ans. A ) Gandhiji’s presence amid the flowers and the songs




152. People did not weep because they could feel –




... Ans. A ) Gandhiji’s presence around them




153. Gandhiji’s presence was felt amid the flowers and the songs. So people did not –




... Ans. B ) cry



154. At every station –----------- crowds filled the platform.




... Ans. D ) sorrowful




155. The word ‘sorrowful’ is –




... Ans. B ) an adjective




156. The train reached Allahabad amid –




... Ans. D ) song and prayer



157. Gandhiji’s ashes were immersed in –




... Ans. A ) Ganges




158. When Gandhiji’s ashes were immersed in the river, the river bank was –




... Ans. B ) full of people




159. ‘back in Delhi, I felt at sea.’ – Here the word ‘I’ refers to –




... Ans. D ) the author Nayantara Sehgal




160. The word ‘I’ is a –




... Ans. A ) personal pronoun



161. ‘….I felt at sea.’ – Here the speaker means that she is in –




... Ans. D ) confusion




162. The author felt that with the passing away of Bapu –------ had vanished.




... Ans. D ) the magic circle




163. After the passing away of Bapu the author felt –




... Ans. D ) unprotected



164. The news of Bapu’s death was –




... Ans. A ) disheartening




165. Without Bapu millions of people would have been –




... Ans. A ) ordinary folk




166. Bapu brought people of India out of –




... Ans. A ) indifference



167. The word ‘indifference’ means showing –




... Ans. A ) complete lack of interest in something




168. The word ‘indifference’ is a –




... Ans. A ) noun




169. When Bapu is gone, the youth of India will –




... Ans. C ) proudly bear Bapu’s banner



170. “We are still there, young,strong….”- The word ‘we’ refers to –




... Ans. C ) the youth of India who were inspired by Bapu’s life and teaching




171. Bapu’s death made the author –




... Ans. D ) confused




172. The author had –--------- avoided Bapu’s movement.




... Ans. C ) not directly participated



173. The author was –---------- Bapu’s movement.




... Ans. A ) an onlooker to




174. The phrase ‘magic circle’ stands for –




... Ans. D ) an atmosphere created by the thoughts, life, and works of Bapu




175. “With Bapu’s passing away,I felt the magic circle had vanished, leaving me unprotected.” -- The above line shows that the author suffered from ----------- after Bapu’s death.




... Ans. C ) a sense of insecurity



176. “With an effort I roused myself.” – The author roused herself from –




... Ans. C ) despair




177. The author roused herself with the help of –




... Ans. C ) will power



178. Bapu instilled a sense of ---------- in common people.




... Ans. A ) unity




179. Bapu instilled a sense of –------- among the common people of India.




... Ans. B ) fellow feeling




180. “ Bapu had passed away but his India would continue to live in his children.’ – In the above sentence, the phrase ‘his India’ refers to -




... Ans. C ) Bapu’s legacy and his idea of India



181. “ Bapu had passed away but his India would continue to live in his children.’ – The phrase ‘his children’ refers to –




... Ans. B ) his followers




182. “Bapu had passed away but his India would continue to live in his children.’ – The above line suggests that Bapu’s teachings will –




... Ans. C ) be carried forward by his followers




183. “Bapu had passed away but his India would continue to live in his children." – The above line hints at the –------ Bapu’s works and teachings on the young / future generation.




... Ans. A ) effect of



184. “Bapu had passed away but his India would continue to live in his children.’ – The above line gives the readers –-------- that everything is not lost with Bapu’s death.




... Ans. C ) a ray of hope





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