CBSE Class 11 English Silk Road MCQs

Question. Where was the protagonist heading towards in the beginning of the chapter?
A. Mount Kailash
B. Himalayas
C. Uttarakhand
D. Delhi

Answer :   A

Question. Did the two of them - the protagonist and Norbu go to do Kora together?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Maybe
D. None of the above

Answer :   B

Question. What did the big Tibetan dogs do after they saw the approaching car?
A. they ran behind it as a bullet fired from a gun
B. they ignored it
C. they barked towards the car
D. they never saw it

Answer :   A

Question. What was the sky looking like due to the sun rays spreading on the mountain tops?
A. yellow blush
B. rose - tinted blush
C. beautiful and fresh
D. None of the above

Answer :   B

Question. Where did Tsetan take the protagonist to seek medical help?
A. Darchen Medical College
B. Tibetan Ayurvedic Doctor
C. to Lhasa
D. to Ravu again

Answer :   A

Question. What did Lhamo give to the protagonist as a farewell gift?
A. long sleeved sheepskined coat
B. Flowers
C. leather coat
D. shoes

Answer :   A

Question. Where did the men play a game of pool in Darchen every afternoon?
A. near general store in open air
B. in the park
C. near lake
D. None of the above

Answer :   A

Question. Who are Drokbas?
A. Hill Tribe
B. sheeps
C. local people
D. cuisine

Answer :   A

Question. Where did they stop to have lunch at two o'clock?
A. at a long canvas tent beside the dry salt lake
B. at a fancy restaurant
C. at roadside
D. Never

Answer :   A

Question. Where did Norbu work?
A. in Britain
B. Beijing at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
C. in India at IIT Delhi
D. in USA

Answer :   B

Question. What was an old route from Lhasa to Kashmir?
A. east-west highway
B. Hor town
C. west-south highway
D. south-west highway

Answer :   A

Question. Why did the driver take a short cut to Changtang?
A. he wanted to avoid traffic
B. he knew the shortest route towards Mount Kailash
C. he had to pick up another passenger
D. he didn't wanted to go to that town

Answer :   B

Question. What is the meaning of 'Kyang'?
A. flower petals
B. sun rays
C. huge pile of dust
D. huge pile of grass

Answer :   C

Question. Why did Norbu want to do Kora?
A. because he wanted to become a monk
B. because he wanted peace
C. as he was practising meditation from so long
D. because he was writing an academic paper on Kailash Kora

Answer :   D

Question. Where did the protagonist encounter the great herd of wild ass?
A. at Mount Kailash
B. at Changtang
C. at a small town
D. where the plains became more stony

Answer :   D

Question. How were the Tibetan Mastiffs famous in China's royal court?
A. As hunting dogs
B. As big animal
C. As wild animals
D. None of the above

Answer :   A

Question. What happened when they reached Darchen at night to stay in the guest House?
A. protagonist slept well
B. Tsetan went missing
C. protagonist was sad
D. protagonist wasn't able to breathe properly

Answer :   D

Question. When did the protagonist feel pressure on his ears?
A. when they reached Mount Kailash
B. when he was feeling sick in the car
C. when they entered a valley along icy river
D. when they were passing nomads tents

Answer :   C

Question. What is Kora?
A. Yoga Aasan
B. Medication
C. name of a small town
D. meditation performed by Buddhist believers

Answer :   D

Question. Why did the driver stop the car at a sharp turn?
A. he was tired and wanted to rest
B. protagonist was feeling sick
C. car's tyre got punctured
D. long track of snow was in front of them

Answer :   D

Question. At what sea level were the three of them when they saw the snow on the road?
A. 5210 meters
B. 6000 meters
C. 1000 meters
D. 5300 meters

Answer :   A

Question. Why was the protagonist facing communication problems in Darchen?
A. as he never wanted to talk to locals
B. as he was always busy in his meditation
C. as no one knew English
D. None of the above

Answer :   C

Question. What did the protagonist notice in front of nomads tent?
A. Big black Tibetan dogs
B. sheeps
C. grass
D. raw material

Answer :   A

Question. Where did the protagonist meet Norbu?
A. at cafe
B. at Kora
C. at nomad's tents
D. at guest house

Answer :   A

Question. When did the protagonist's head start to feel pulsated again?
A. when he reached his guest house
B. when he was climbing the mountain
C. when he was still in the car
D. when he fainted

Answer :   B

Question. Why was Hor an ugly and miserable place?
A. it had no modern markets
B. it had no vegetation
C. it didnt had any proper medical facilities
D. it had no place to live

Answer :   B

Question. What are the names of four rivers that Lake Mansarovar consists of?
A. the Ganges, the Yamuna and the Sutlej
B. the Yamuna, the Ganga and the Indus
C. the Indus, the Ganges, the Sutlej, and the Brahmaputra
D. the Indus, the Ganges and the Yamuna

Answer :   C

Question. At which place did the protagonist wait for Tsetan while he was gone to fix the punctured tyres?
A. at roadside near lake
B. at car tyre's shop
C. inside the car
D. Hor's cafe

Answer :   D

Question. What were the protagonist, Daniel and Tsetan doing when they saw the snow?
A. trying to enjoy the snow
B. sat at a rock to take rest
C. trying to move smoothly over snowy surface
D. they were trying to find a guest house

Answer :   C

Question. What did the Tibetan doctor give him?
A. a five day course medicine in a brown envelope
B. Ayurvedic medicine
C. Homeopathic medicine
D. Allopathic medicines

Answer :   A