Characters And Quotes from the works of Indian Authors ( Part C )
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Question 1 |
Kesavan Nair said he would never perpetrate that adharma. Kutty Mappila who was
listening to it all, said, half soliloquising….
The word soliloquising means
speaking to others | |
speaking to oneself | |
speaking to somebody | |
not speaking to anyone |
Question 2 |
Which of the following stories is not written by an Indian writer?
Reflowering | |
Holiday | |
Kaanchanai | |
The Necklace |
Question 3 |
Match the following:
| Column A | Column B |
| (a} Kari | 1. Nine years old |
| (b) The boy | 2. Weighed forty pounds |
| (c) The author. | 3. From writer’s village |
| (d) Kari’s food· | 4. Five months old |
4 1 3 2 | |
4 2 1 3 | |
4 3 1 2 | |
4 3 2 1 |
Question 4 |
The rope like thing around my neck was
a snake | |
Kari’s trunk | |
a rope | |
a chain |
Question 5 |
“Why do you swear by your ancestors, Uncle Kesavan?”
Here ‘you’ refers to
Kuttichovan | |
Uncle Kesavan | |
Outhakkutty | |
Kesavan’s Wife |
Question 6 |
……..is the main character in ‘The Neem Tree’.
Malar | |
Vera | |
Masha | |
Lalitha |
Question 7 |
Thakazhi Sivasankaran Pillai describes …… as an arch diplomat
Kuttichovan | |
Kuttimappila | |
Outhakkutty | |
Kesavan Nair |
Question 8 |
Find out the correct author of this line :
“That should not be done in Puncha-Kandam”.
Kamala Das | |
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam | |
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai | |
Rabindranath Tagore |
Question 9 |
“No One becomes a farmer by pouring in money. Dumping fertilisers and raising a crop of paddy”.
Whose words are these?
Kuttichovan | |
Kesavan Nair | |
Outhakutty | |
Kutty Mappila |
Question 10 |
That fifty-para paddy field is owned by someone in Vaikom. Kesavan Nair has been cultivating it for the last —— years
Forty | |
Twenty | |
Ten | |
Five |
Question 11 |
In which year did the writer Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai receive the Bharatiya Janapith Award?
1975 | |
1980 | |
1984 | |
1957 |
Question 12 |
Match the names of characters in Column A with the relevant of their identifications in Column B.
| Column A | Column B |
| (a) Thirumalpad | 1. Big farmer |
| (b) Outha kutty | 2. Small farmer |
| (c) Kesavan Nair | 3. Kesavan Nair’s friend |
| (d) Kutty Mappila | 4. Landlord |
1 4 3 2 | |
4 1 2 3 | |
3 1 2 4 | |
4 2 1 3 |
Question 13 |
Which one of the following is written by Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai?
The mark of Vishnu | |
The Necklace | |
The Farmer | |
The Road to Success |
Question 14 |
Identify the speaker from the given important lines.
“After you big guys came, can we drain out the water at the right times”?
Kuttichovan | |
Outhakutty | |
Kutty mappila | |
Kesavan Nair |
Question 15 |
“I mean it’s the batsman and not the bat that matters”.
These optimistic words are from the character ——-.
Ranji | |
Kumar | |
Koki | |
Suraj |
Question 16 |
In the story “The Mark of Vishnu” by Kushwant Singh a Phannyar is a—-
Choose the correct answer from the options given below :
a lady-bird | |
centipede | |
frog | |
snake |
Question 17 |
Match the following:
| Quote/Line | Author/Character |
| (a) “I was born a farmer” | 1. Kamala Surayya |
| (b) “Nations are built by the imagination and untiring enthusiastic efforts of generations” | 2. Kesavan Nair |
| (c) ….. You cannot believe darling, can you that I lived in such a house | 3. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam |
| (d) “Into that heaven of freedom, My Father let my country awake” | 4. Rabindranath Tagore |
2 1 4 3 | |
2 3 1 4 | |
2 4 1 3 | |
2 3 4 1 |
Question 18 |
Choose the option containing the author of the following line:
“Where words come out from the depths of truth”.
Kamala Das in ‘Punishment in Kindergarten’ | |
Deepa Agarwal in ‘After the Storm’ | |
Dhar Gopal Mukherji in ‘Kari – the Elephant’ | |
Rabindranath Tagore in ‘Where the Mind is Without Fear’ |
Question 19 |
Fill in the blank with a suitable word.
Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai popularly referred to as ‘Thakazhi’ is the most celebrated contemporary —— writer.
Russian | |
Indian | |
American | |
Malayalam |
Question 20 |
Find out from the following options, what does the given statement reveal about the character in “Farmer”?
“Cut open bunds in the dead night! can a farmer do that?”
ignorance | |
craftiness | |
selfishness | |
honesty |
Question 21 |
Match the Column (A) with Column (B) :
| Column A | Column B |
| (a) Kesavan Nair | 1. Arch diplomat |
| (b) Outhak Kutty | 2. 500 coconuts |
| (c) Kutty Mappila | 3. Four sons |
| (d) Kutty Chovan | 4. Fifty para |
4 2 3 1 | |
3 2 4 1 | |
4 1 2 3 | |
4 1 3 2 |
Question 22 |
Kari used to eat —— pounds of twigs a day.
Thirty pounds | |
forty pounds | |
Forty kilos | |
Forty five pounds |
Question 23 |
There was a quarrel between Kesavan Nair and —— upon the mud-bund.
Kutti Mappila | |
Kuttichovan | |
Outhak Kutty’s servant | |
Kesavan Nair’s wife |
Question 24 |
‘Someone has approached me with an offer to take the land on increased rate of rent’.
This line occurs in
Vision for the Nation | |
The elephant | |
The farmer | |
My grandmother’s house |
Question 25 |
Who is the headman in the Lesson “After The Storm”, by Deepa Agarwal.
Saruli | |
Diwan Singh | |
Lal Singh | |
Radha |
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