CBSE Class 11 English Landscape of the Soul MCQs

Question. What according to the painter dwells in the cave?
A. a spirit
B. magic
C. mystery
D. dragon

Answer : A

Question. What path does the Chinese painter's art create?
A. horizontal
B. vertical
C. " a path for your eyes to travel up and down, then back again, in a leisurely movement"
D. stillness

Answer : C

Question. Why didn't the father approve of the love of his daughter and the blacksmith?
A. due to his profession
B. due to his caste
C. due to his appearance
D. None of the above

Answer : A

Question. Chinese art requires ______ participation of the viewer
A. passive
B. emotional
C. active
D. methodological

Answer : C

Question. What did Quinten do to get into apprenticeship into his master’s studio?
A. asked him to admit him too
B. drew a fly on his latest panel that looked real
C. gave an interview
D. drew a dragon

Answer : B

Question. What two forms of art did the author contrast in this chapter?
A. Indian Ancient Art and Chinese Art
B. Chinese art and European art
C. American Art ad European Art
D. European Art and Greek Art

Answer : B

Question. Who did the Tang emperor Xuanzong commission to decorate a wall in the palace?
A. Axi Xiami
B. Viu Quizi
C. Wu Daozi
D. Wu Shawmi

Answer : C

Question. What does the European Figurative painting mean to the viewer?
A. Illusion
B. Imagination
C. exactly as he sees it from a specific angle
D. view of the painter

Answer : C

Question. What is the essential third element ?
A. Left Void
B. Middle Void
C. Yang
D. Yin

Answer : B

Question. What happened when the painter entered the cave?
A. the entrance closed behind him
B. the painting vanished
C. Nothing happened
D. It was only a dream

Answer : A

Question. Why didn't the painter want to draw an eye of a dragon?
A. he feared that the painting would not look good
B. he feared that the dragon would fly out of the painting
C. he feared that dragon will seem real
D. because he didn't wanted to work

Answer : B

Question. How did the cave open?
A. painter said a prayer
B. with a magic spell
C. " painter clapped his hands"
D. with a command

Answer : C

Question. What does the concept of 'Shanshui' represent?
A. Imaginery place
B. worship
C. ‘mountainwater’ which when used together represents the word ‘landscape’
D. None of the above

Answer : C

Question. What does Yin mean?
A. water; horizontal and resting on the earth, fluid, moist and cool
B. Mountain; vertically towards Heaven, stable, warm, and dry in the sun
C. Neutral action
D. None of the above

Answer : A

Question. What do the books of Confucius and Zhuangzi teach?
A. to guide his disciple in the right direction
B. to not fear the superiors
C. to not to suppress your thoughts
D. None of the above

Answer : A

Question. What was Francois Cheng’s expression?
A. the center of the landscape
B. the eye of the landscape
C. the center of the universe
D. the left side of the yang

Answer : B

Question. What was the name of the blacksmith in the fifteenth century Antwerp?
A. Adam Mulch
B. Sadern Metsys
C. Lori Adam
D. Quinten Metsys

Answer : D

Question. What did Quinten do to get into apprenticeship into his master's studio?
A. asked him to admit him too
B. drew a fly on his latest panel that looked real
C. gave an interview
D. drew a dragon

Answer : B

Question. Who was the Chinese Emperor during the Eighth Century?
A. Tang Emperor Xuanzong
B. Yongle Emperor Zhu Di
C. Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen
D. Tiacheng Emperor Zhu Changluo

Answer : A

Question. What did the two forms of art depict?
A. a perfect, illusionistic likeness in Europe, the essence of inner life and spirit in Asia
B. a perfect, illusionistic likeness in Asia, the essence of inner life and spirit in Euorpe
C. perfect art form in Asia and realness in Europe
D. It depicted nothing

Answer : A

Question. What does the word 'Dao' mean?
A. perfection
B. both the path or the method, and the mysterious works of the Universe
C. mystery
D. royal

Answer : B

Question. What happened when the painter clapped his hands?
A. the painting on the wall was gone and so was the painter
B. the emperor entered the cave
C. painter falls
D. the wall collapsed

Answer : A

Question. What does the Chinese Landscape depict?
A. They are not real and one can enter from any viewpoint
B. they produce an actual viewpoint
C. they are not imaginery
D. None of the above

Answer : A

Question. What does 'Leisurely movement' mean?
A. relaxed movement
B. hurried action
C. pleasure action
D. None of the above

Answer : A

Question. What does Yang mean?
A. Mountain; vertically towards Heaven, stable, warm, and dry in the sun
B. water; horizontal and resting on the earth, fluid, moist and cool
C. Neutral action
D. receptive, feminine aspect of universal energy

Answer : A

Question. What does Yang mean?
A. Mountain; vertically towards Heaven, stable, warm, and dry in the sun
B. water; horizontal and resting on the earth, fluid, moist and cool
C. Neutral action
D. receptive, feminine aspect of universal energy

Answer : A

Question. Where had the Master hidden the masterpiece for the Emperor to see?
A. In a room
B. behind a screen
C. underground place behind
D. a cupboard

Answer : B

Question. Where did the painter draw the attention in the painting?
A. Sun
B. Palace
C. Birds
D. a cave at the foot of the mountain

Answer : D

Question. What is the third element compared with?
A. prayer
B. travel
C. yogic practice of pranayama
D. nirvana

Answer : C

Question. "Antwerp, a master blacksmith called Quinten Metsys fell in love with a ............... daughter"
A. emperor's
B. painter's
C. minister's
D. master's

Answer : B

Question. What did the Chinese Painter want the viewer to do?
A. he wants the viewer to enter his mind
B. he wants the viewers to admire his painting
C. he wants them to imagine the scene
D. he wants them to feel like they are inside of the scene

Answer : A

Question. What according to the painter dwells in the cave?
A. a spirit
B. magic
C. mystery
D. dragon

Answer : A

Question. What is the role of man in between Heaven and Earth?
A. He is in a path
B. He is a sinner
C. He is meeant to do actions
D. he becomes the conduit of communication

Answer : D