Kathmandu MCQs with Answers

Question-1. Breathy flutes belongs to

1. Japan
2. India
3. South America
4. China

Question-2. Cite an example of Febrile confusion image drawn by the author in the lesson

1. a group of saffron-clad Westerners struggling to enter the main gate
2. a fight between two monkeys
3. royal Nepalese princess for whom everyone makes way.
4. All

Question-3. He also drank….........to digest the food easily

1. Mango
2. Coca-cola
3. Limka
4. Pepsi

Question-4. How did the author return to Delhi from Nepal?

1. by bus
2. by train
3. by water route
4. by plane

Question-5. How were the hawkers selling their things?

1. by talking to the people
2. by giving pamphlets
3. by shouting
4. none

Question-6. In what way has the author shown febrile confusion in the lesson?

1. by drawing powerful word imagery and pictures
2. by showing pictures
3. by showing stickers
4. none

Question-7. In what way was the flute seller different from the hawkers in author?s opinion?

1. hawkers were shouting and the flute seller was engrossed meditatively into the playing of flute
2. hawkers were not smartand flute seller was smart
3. hawkers were not goodlooking and the flute seller was goodlooking
4. None

Question-8. Kathmandu is the capital city of :

1. China
2. Nepal
3. Bhutan
4. Bangladesh

Question-9. Tell the other names of the Flute.

1. Bansuri
2. Reed
3. Murli, Shakuhachi, and Neh
4. All

Question-10. The flute seller was standing in a corner, near the

1. hotel
2. Bus stop
3. Pashupatinath temple
4. Tibetian market

Question-11. The flutes on the pole of fruit seller are compared to

1. a beehive
2. a bunch of oranges
3. Guills of a porcupine
4. none of the above

Question-12. The streets of Kathmandu are

1. narrowest
2. busiest
3. both (a) and (b)
4. none of the above

Question-13. The writer should sail on the Ganga and cross…...........to react Allahabad.

1. Banaras
2. Kashi
3. Haridwar
4. Agra

Question-14. The…..........river is followings next to the Pashupatinath temple

1. Bagmati
2. Jamuna
3. Ganga
4. Gomti

Question-15. Vikram Seth visited Kathmandu with Mr. …............... son and nephew.

1. Roy
2. Basu
3. Shah
4. Sen

Question-16. What atmosphere is there around the Baudnath Stupa?

1. a sense of stillness
2. febrile confusion
3. excitement and noises
4. all of the above

Question-17. What atmosphere is there near the Pashupatinath temple?

1. discipline
2. peaceful
3. religious
4. febrile confusion

Question-18. What did the author find at Pashupatinath temple?

1. Chappiness
2. peace
3. chaos and noise
4. All

Question-19. What did the author see at the Buddhnath Stupa?

1. Awhite dome ringed by a road
2. small shops
3. Tibetan prints and silver jewellery and no crowd
4. All

Question-20. What did the writer mean by saying, All this I wash down with Coca Cola.

1. All the eatables he ate while reading books with cocacola
2. he spilled coaca cola over the books
3. he spilled coca cola
4. none

Question-21. What does Febrile confusion mean?

1. a situation
2. an unknown situation
3. complete chaos
4. none

Question-22. What does one need to play a flute soulfully?

1. need to learn music
2. need to learn the art of playing it
3. need to breathe life into it
4. None

Question-23. What does the writer Vikram Seth like very much?

1. talking
2. scenic beauty
3. travelling
4. all

Question-24. What is a flute?

1. a log piece with holes in it
2. a toy
3. a basic musical instrument
4. all

Question-25. What is Kaliyug as per Hindu Mythology?

1. era of sins
2. yug of future
3. modern era
4. advanced era

Question-26. What is the belief at Pashupatinath regarding the end of Kaliyug?

1. if the water recedes at the banks of the river and Goddess is exposed that will be end of Kaliyug
2. if floods are there kaliyug will be ended
3. too many sin will be end of kaliyug
4. if Dooms clock come to 0 Hour that will be end of Kalyug

Question-27. What is the Japanese shakuhachi?

1. a Japanese toy
2. a Japanese player
3. a kind of flute
4. none

Question-28. What kind of streets are there in Kathmandu?

1. wide
2. well furnished
3. narrow and full of life
4. clean

Question-29. What was looking like the quills of a porcupine?

1. Flute seller's stock of flutes
2. Flute seller?s hair
3. the group of hawkers
4. none

Question-30. What was there along the street roads of Kathmandu?

1. temples with colorful deities
2. hawkers and vendors
3. cacophony
4. all

Question-31. What was there at the banks of river Bagmati?

1. a church
2. a mosque
3. a submerged temple
4. none

Question-32. What will happen when the small shrine on the Bagmati river bank will emerge fully?

1. the evil period of the Kaliyug will end
2. the new era will start
3. a new god will appear
4. Bagmati river will thy out

Question-33. Where did the author see an immense white dome?

1. at Pashupatinath temple
2. in the street
3. on the road
4. In the Buddhnath stupa

Question-34. Where has this lesson been taken from ?

1. from Panchtantra
2. an extract from Heaven Lake by Vikram Seth
3. old Melodies
4. none

Question-35. Which famous Hindu temple is situated in Kathmandu?

1. Jagannath
2. Kedamath
3. Pashupatinath
4. Deenanath

Question-36. Which flute was he selling?

1. the reed neh
2. the recorder
3. the Japanese Shakuhachi
4. all of the above

Question-37. Which two temples did the writer visit?

1. Doleshwar Mahadev
2. Pashupati Nath and Budhnath Stupa
3. Gokarna Mahadev Temple
4. Santaneshwor Mahadev Temple

Question-38. Who do you find in the streets of Kathmandu?

1. fruit sellers
2. flute sellers
3. hawkers of postcards
4. all of the above

Question-39. Who is the author of the lesson 'Kathmandu'?

1. Vikram Seth
2. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
3. Kenneth Anderson
4. Jerome K. Jerome

Question-40. Who were fighting outside Pashupatinath temple?

1. two men
2. two women
3. hawkers
4. two monkeys

Question-41. Who were trying to get the priest's attention at Pashupatinath?s temple?

1. hawkers
2. flute seller
3. worshippers
4. monkeys

Question-42. Why does the author find himself unable to tear away from the square?

1. the flute music was very sweet
2. there were many things to eat
3. he was watching a magic show
4. he was buying flutes