India Through a Traveller’s Eyes Objective Questions

1. Which type of prose-piece is India through a traveller’s eye ?

(a.) essay

(b.) travelogue

(c.) speech

(d.) short story

Ans (b.) travelogue

2. Who has written ‘India through a traveller’s eye?

(a.) H E Bates

(b.) Mahatma Gandhi

(c.) Pearl S Buck

(d.) Shiga Naoya

Ans (c.) Pearl S Buck

3. Pearl S Buck is an …………. writer.

(a.) American

(b.) African

(c.) Iranian

(d.) Japanese

Ans (a.) American

4. Pearl S Buck had a/an

(a.) Chinese

(b.) Indian

(c.) African

(d.) American

Ans (b.) Indian

5. Why did Pearl S Buck visit India?

(a.) to see the young intellectuals of cities

(b.) to see the Taj Mahal

(c.) to see the peasants in the village

(d.) to see the young intellectuals in the cities and peasants in the village

Ans (d.) to see the young intellectuals in the cities and peasants in the village

6. The writer visited India ….. family doctor.

(a.) after independence

(b.) during first world war

(c.) during 2nd world war

(d.) on 15th Aug 1947.

Ans (c.) during 2nd world war

7. Who was the prime minister of England during 2nd world war ?

(a.) Neville Chamberlain

(b.) Theresa May

(c.) Winston Churchill

(d.) Robert Walpole

Ans (c.) Winston Churchill

8. Who invaded Kashmir?

(a.) Americans

(b.) Africans

(c.) Australians

(d.) Europeans

Ans (d.) Europeans

9. According to the writer, the Indian belongs to ……. Race.

(a.) Negroid

(b.)Caucasoid

(c.) Mongoloid

(d.) Australoid

Ans (b.) Caucasoid

10. The first woman president of the general assembly of the United state was a/an …….

(a.) Chinese

(b.) English

(c.) Indian

(d.) American

Ans (c.) Indian

11. In the words of writer ,the most pitiable condition of the farmer was in ..

(a.) Russia

(b.) India

(c.) China

(d.) Germany

Ans (b.) India

12. Nazism was associated with …………

(a.) Mustafa kamal pasha

(b.) Colonel Nasir

(c.) Adolf Hitler

(d.) Lenin

Ans (c.) Adolf Hitler

13. Who does the writer blames for all the ills of India?

(a.) Industrialists

(b.) Chinese

(c.) English

(d.) Zamindaars

Ans (c.) English

14. The God’s earth was written by ……….

(a.) Anton Chekhov

(b.) H E Bates

(c.) Zakir Hussain

(d.) Pearl S Buck

Ans (d.) Pearl S Buck

15. On a visit of a certain village the young host of the writer could speak fair ………………..

(a.) English

(b.) Hindi

(c.) Telugu

(d.) Malyalam

Ans (a.) English

16. Who was the head of hostť’s family.

(a.) father

(b.) eldest brother

(c.) grand father

(d.) uncle

Ans (b.) eldest brother

17. What made the Indian enervated and exhausted.

(a.) socialism

(b.) polytheism

(c.) communalism

(d.) Colonisation

Ans (d.) Colonisation

18. According to the writer, what is the main quality of a leader.

(a.) education

(b.) honesty

(c.) innovation

(d.) selflessness

Ans (d.) selflessness

19 .The one who leave their home to just spread the Christianity are called ..

(a.) pope

(b.) saint

(c.) nun

(d.) Missionary

Ans (d.) Missionary

20. Which book of Pearl S Buck is based on Indian background.

(a.) East wind west wind

(b.) Come,my beloved

(c.) The good earth

(d.) A house divided

Ans (b.) Come,my beloved