CBSE Class 12 English Memories of Childhood MCQs Set 03

Question: Everyone kept standing except
a) the teacher
b) the matron
c) the caretaker
d) the author

Answer: d

Question: How did Bama earn respect of the people of higher class?
a) by shopping
b) by spending money
c) by studying hard and earning first position in her class
d) all these

Answer: c

Question: Rama was a
a) Bengali writer
b) a Tamil Dalit
c) an NRI
d) a politician

Answer: b

Question: He used to get his books from
a) neighbour’s house
b) from his teacher
c) from a library
d) from the city

Answer: c

Question: Rama was a
a) Bengali writer
b) a Tamil Dalit
c) an NRI
d) a politician

Answer: b

Question: What did the story showcase?
a) Discrimination on the basis of casteism specially with Indians in western culture
b) difference of Indian and Western culture
c) views of minorities
d) none

Answer: a

Question: The author on learning about the practice of Untouchability was
a) amused
b) terribly sad
c) happy
d) very guilty

Answer: b

Question: What did Annan tell Bama?
a) Education is the only way to break the chains of caste system
b) running away is the only way out to solve the problem
c) keeping quiet is the only way to solve the issue
d) none

Answer: a

Question: Why did Zitkala hide herself?
a) to save herself
b) to save herself from a woman
c) to save herself from other chidren
d) to stop people from cutting her hair

Answer: d

Question: Bama was very rebellious and the thought of oppression at the hands of upper castes
a) infuriated her
b) provoked her to slap someone
c) made her abusive
d) made her want to murder someone

Answer: a

Question: The author was being stared at by people and she felt she
a) looked pretty
b) looked terrible
c) had suffered extreme indignities
d) looked like a model

Answer: c

Question: Zitkala was being constantly observed by a woman who had
a) a pale face
b) fair complexion
c) dark complexion
d) angry look

Answer: a

Question: Everyone kept standing except
a) the teacher
b) the matron
c) the caretaker
d) the author

Answer: d

Question: While others ate, the author
a) laughed
b) watched them
c) cried
d) frowned

Answer: c

Question: As the bell rang, the whole group of pupils
a) sat on the floor
b) drew a chair from under the table
c) sat on the stools
d) knelt down on the ground

Answer: b

Question: What had hurt Bama in the society?
a) Political plays
b) class students
c) Road shows
d) Practice of untouchability

Answer: d

Question: On reaching home, Bama narrated the incident to her
a) elder sister
b) cousin
c) father
d) elder brother

Answer: d

Question: There would always be some kind of entertainment
a) in the school
b) in the church
c) in the bazaar
d) in the house

Answer: c

Question: Everyone kept standing except
a) the teacher
b) the matron
c) the caretaker
d) the author

Answer: d

Question: Bama’s elder brother was studying at
a) school
b) college
c) university
d) medical college

Answer: c