A. Write the correct alternative to complete the following sentence :
1.When the author got the telephone call she was ---
A)driving a car b) offering prayer c) having tea d)crying
Ans>c) having tea
2.A brown blur of faces could be seen from----
a) the street b) the window c) the door d) Birla house
Ans>b)the window
3.The news of Gandhiji's death made the author -----
a) numb with shock b) happy c) moderartely sad d) cry
Ans> a) numb with shock
4.Gandhiji is fondly called----
a)Guruji b) Gurudev c) Netaji d) Bapuji
Ans>d)Bapuji
5.People gathering round Gandhi's body were his ----
a) relatives b) followers c)relatives and followers d) colleagues.
Ans>b) relatives and followers.
6.To move in the thick crowd was a/an ------
a) event b) impossibility c) affair d) astonishment
Ans>b) impossibility
7.The watchers of Gandhiji's funeral ceremony were
a) chaotic b) tranquil c) disturbing d) rude.
Ans> b) tranquil
8.The open truck was decked with -----
a) fruits b) Gandhijis dress c) flowers d) festoons.
Ans> c) flowers.
9.The crowd tried to touch Ganshijis s----
a) hand b) stuff c) head d) feet
Ans>d) feet
10.Walking with bapu carries -----
a) significance b) insignificance c) ordinary affair d) non-feelingness.
Ans>significance
11. People on the train sang -----
a)pop songs b) devotional song c) folk song d) wedding song
Ans>devotional song
12.Crowds at every station were filled with -----
a) joy b) anger c) sorrow d) hatred
>hatred
Ans>c) sorrow
13.The ashes of Gandhiji were immersed in the ----
a)sea b) lake c)pond d) river
14.After immersion the writer returned to ----
a)Allahabad b) kolkata c) Gujrat d) Delhi
d) delhi
15."But still I felt at sea"----Here "at sea" means ---
a) confused b) astonished c)pleased d) disappointed
Ans> a) confused
16.Gandhiji's ashes were taken to ---
a)Allahabad b) Beneres c) Delhi d) kolkata
Ans>a)Allahabad
17.Gandhijis ashes were taken by ----
a)bus b) car c) train d) aeroplane
Ans>train
18.while taking Gandhiji's ashes people sang-----
a) bhajan b) patriotic song c) Rabindra sangeet d) Nazrulgeeti
Ans> Bhajans
19.The ashes were immersed in----
a)the sea b)the Ganges c) The yamuna d)the lake
Ans>b) the ganges
20.The author came back to ----
a)prison b) Kolkata c) Delhi d) Allahabad
Ans>c) Delhi
21.The last walk with bapu was -------
a)painfull b) strange c) funny d) pleasant
Ans>a) painfull
22.while walking, Bapu used to carry a-------
a)flag b) bag c) book d) stick
Ans> d) stick
23.According to narrator, walking with bapu was -------
a)a usual matter b)not a commonplace affair c) quite monotonous d) none of these.
Ans>b) not a commonplace affair
24.The narrators think that to walk, one requires -----
a)a lot of money b)a walking stick c) a vehicle d) one's own bod & energy.
Ans> d) one's own body and energy.
25.The narrator thinks that to walk is to make ---
a)slow advance b) no advance c) rapid advace d) none of these.
Ans>a) slow advance
26.Gandhiji's relative's and followers had gathered at--------
a) birla house b) Stephen house c) people's house d) Hawk houses.
Ans> a ) Birla house
27.People jostled one another in a stampede to-------
a) get out from house b) touch the leader
C) break into the house d) run away from house
Ans> c) break into the house
28.People were too stunned to speak in the----
a) occasion b) mid-time c) end d) beginning
Ans> beginning
29.When one is faced with the shock ofva loved one's death one----
a) Whimmpers b) laughs c) claps d) shouts
Ans> a) Whimmpers
30.After Bapuji's death the people look like ----
a) angry people b) lost children
C) revengefull d) calm people.
Ans> b) lost children