Reach for the Top MCQs with Answers

Question-1. During her training period, as a young tennis player, Maria went to bed at

1. 7pm
2. 9pm
3. 8:30pm
4. 8pm

Question-2. Maria Sharapova reached the summit of womens tennis when she was barely

1. 17
2. 19
3. 18
4. 20

Question-3. Maria was packed off for tennis training in

1. UK
2. USA
3. Australia
4. New Zealand

Question-4. Santosh had…............brothers/sisters

1. Five brothers
2. Four sisters
3. Two Brothers and 1 sister
4. Four brothers

Question-5. Santosh went to the local village school because

1. That was her desire
2. To maintain the prevailing family custom
3. To make her parents happy
4. None of the above

Question-6. What does 'Santosh' mean?

1. Bravery
2. Beautiful
3. Educated
4. Contentment

Question-7. ….............is the first woman of the world to climb Mount Everest twice

1. Kalpana Chawla
2. Santash Kumar
3. Santosh Yadav
4. Maria Saraprova

Question-8. After completing her high school study Santosh went to

1. Jajpur
2. Jodhpur
3. Jaipur
4. New Delhi

Question-9. At the age of….............Santosh Yadav scaled Mt. Everest for the first time.

1. Sixteen
2. Fifteen
3. Twenty
4. Thirty

Question-10. at What age did the girls get married In Santosh's village?

1. at the age of 14
2. at the age of 15
3. at the age of 17
4. at the age of 16

Question-11. Depressing treatment in the U.S made Maria :

1. weak
2. nervous
3. timid
4. tough

Question-12. During her training period, other pupils would come in at 11 pm and order Maria to

1. To clean the room
2. To cook for them
3. To make them desserts
4. All of the above

Question-13. From where did Santosh do her graduation?

1. Rewari
2. Delhi
3. Jaipur
4. Mumbai

Question-14. How did Santosh feel after reaching the top of the world?

1. it was a spiritual and proud moment
2. tired
3. exhausted
4. fatigued

Question-15. How many children Santosh's parents have before she was born

1. 4
2. 3
3. 5
4. 2

Question-16. How much garbage did Santosh bring down from the Himalayas?

1. 200kg
2. 300 kg
3. 400 kg
4. 500 kg

Question-17. How was Santosh attracted to mountain climbing?

1. her neighbours prompted her
2. seeing her friends
3. her classmates prompted her
4. watching some people going up the Aravali hills from her hostel room

Question-18. In what words did Santosh express her feeling at the summit of her Everest climb?

1. fabulous
2. indescribable
3. fantastic
4. none

Question-19. Maria is associated with

1. Serbia
2. Siberia
3. Moscow
4. Paris

Question-20. Maria put up all the humiliations and insults during her training period to

1. To pursue her education
2. To pursue her music
3. To pursue her dream for tennis
4. To be the richest tennis player in the world

Question-21. Maria Sharapova belongs to

1. England
2. Russia
3. Germany
4. America

Question-22. Santosh being a member of Indo ?- woman?s expedition scaled the Mt. Everest second time.

1. Afghanistan
2. Bhutan
3. Nepalese
4. Chinese

Question-23. Santosh was fully equipped with :

1. an iron will
2. physical endurance
3. mental toughness
4. all of the above

Question-24. Sharapova loved reading novels of

1. Sydney Sheldo
2. Charles Dickens
3. William Shakespeare
4. Arthur Conan Doyle

Question-25. The marital age of that society was

1. Fifteen
2. Twelve
3. Sixteen
4. Eighteen

Question-26. What are Sharapova's hobbies?

1. Fashion, Dancing
2. Singing
3. Reciting
4. (Both (a) and (b))

Question-27. What did Santosh fight against?

1. traditional irrational system
2. her parents
3. society
4. people of village

Question-28. What did Santosh prefer to wear?

1. shorts
2. suits
3. sarees
4. long kurta

Question-29. What did Santosh watch from her hostel Kasturba room?

1. scenic beauty
2. crowd
3. villagers climbing up the Aravali hill and vanishing
4. none

Question-30. What does 'Santosh' mean?

1. contentment
2. discontentment
3. greed
4. Bravery

Question-31. What happened when Santosh'scaled up the mount Everest for the first time?

1. she won
2. she hoisted the flag
3. she became the youngest woman to achieve the feat.
4. None

Question-32. What is considered the roof of the world?

1. sky
2. stars
3. top of Mt Everest
4. all of the above

Question-33. What is the name of Santosh Yadav?s village?

1. Joniyawas
2. Hariyawas
3. Bariyawas
4. Jenna was

Question-34. What kind of girl was Santosh ?

1. a hard working girl with a strong mind
2. a brat
3. arrogant
4. none

Question-35. What led Maria to the path of success and why couldn?t her mother accompany her?her trip to U.S for playing tennis.Her mother couldn?t accompany because of visa

1. restrictions
2. her habits
3. her play
4. her mother

Question-36. What made Santosh's parents ready to pay her school fees at Delhi?

1. her plan to work part time to pay her school fee to get education
2. her shouting
3. her tears
4. her obstinacy

Question-37. What request did the unborn child?s grandmother make to the holy man?

1. blessing for a son
2. blessing for money
3. blessing for milk
4. blessing for a daughter

Question-38. What shows her concern for the environment?

1. collecting 500 kilograms of garbage from the Himalayas
2. climbing mountain
3. helping other climbers
4. all of the above

Question-39. What was the most important thing for Maria?

1. to earn money
2. to do a good business
3. to become number one in the world
4. all of the above

Question-40. What's Sharapova's mantra for success?

1. Being competitive
2. Working hard
3. Respecting her job
4. All of the above

Question-41. When did Maria Sharapova get the world number one position in women's tennis?

1. 22 August 2004
2. 22 August 2005
3. 22 August 2006
4. 22 August 2007

Question-42. When did Santosh leave home for Delhi?

1. at the age of 10
2. at the age of 14
3. at the age of 15
4. at the age of 16

Question-43. When was little Maria packed off to U.S and for what purpose and with whom?

1. at the age of 9
2. at the age of 14
3. at the age of 15
4. at the age of 10 for training in tennis with her father

Question-44. Which incident showed that Santosh was concerned about her team mates?

1. giving artificial respiration to them
2. help during climbing
3. giving sticks during climbing
4. greeting during climbing

Question-45. Who went to the United States with Maria?

1. her mother
2. her father
3. her grandmother
4. her teacher

Question-46. Whom did Santosh'save with artificial respiration?

1. Rohan Singh
2. Sohan Singh
3. Mohan Singh
4. All

Question-47. Why did senior climbers praise Santosh?

1. for being helpful to teammates
2. physical fitness and mental strength
3. climbing skills
4. all

Question-48. Why was Santosh under pressure?

1. she had to study
2. her parents were asking her to get married
3. she wanted to work
4. none

Question-49. Why was Santosh'sent to a local school?

1. they were rich
2. because of the prevailing trend
3. they were poor
4. were not able to afford to send to a good school

Question-50. Why was the holy man who gave blessings to Santosh's mother surprised?

1. because grandmother was seeking blessing for a daughter against the common trend of son
2. because he saw her first time
3. because he had never seen such a woman
4. none