CBSE Class 9 English Kathmandu MCQs

Question. Why does the author find himself unable to tear away from the square?
(a) the flute music was very sweet
(b) there were many things to eat  
(c) he was watching a magic show
(d) he was buying flutes

Answer :   A

Question: Vikram Seth visited Kathmandu with Mr. ——– son and nephew.
(a) Roy
(b) Basu
(c) Shah
(d) Sen

Answer:   C

Question. What does one need to play a flute soulfully?
(a) need to learn music
(b) need to learn the art of playing it
(c) need to breathe life into it
(d) None

Answer :   C

Question. Who do you find in the streets of Kathmandu?
(a) fruit sellers
(b) flute sellers
(c) hawkers of postcards
(d) all of the above

Answer :   D

Question. What atmosphere is there near the Pashupatinath temple?
(a) discipline
(b) peaceful
(c) religious
(d) febrile confusion

Answer :   D

Question . What atmosphere is there around the Baudnath Stupa?
(a) a sense of stillnesscorrect
(b) febrile confusion
(c) excitement and noises
(d) all of the above

Answer :   A

Question: The —- river is followings next to the Pashupatinath temple.
(a) Bagmati
(b) Jamuna
(c) Ganga
(d) Gomti

Answer:   A

Question. What does the writer Vikram Seth like very much?
(a) talking
(b) scenic beauty
(c) travelling
(d) all

Answer :   C

Question. Who is the author of the lesson ‘Kathmandu’?
(a) Vikram Seth
(b) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(c) Kenneth Anderson
(d) Jerome K. Jerome

Answer :   A

Question . Kathmandu is the capital city of :
(a) China
(b) Nepalcorrect
(c) Bhutan
(d) Bangladesh

Answer:   B

Question: He also drank —- to digest the food easily.
(a) Mango
(b) Coca-cola
(c) Limka
(d) Pepsi

Answer:   B

Question. How did the author return to Delhi from Nepal?
(a) by bus
(b) by train
(c) by water route
(d) by plane

Answer :   D

Question. In what way has the author shown febrile confusion in the lesson?
(a) by drawing powerful word imagery and pictures
(b) by showing pictures
(c) by showing stickers
(d) none

Answer :   A

Question. The flute seller was standing in a corner, near the
(a) hotel
(b) Bus stop
(c) Pashupatinath temple
(d) Tibetian market

Answer:     A

Question. What is the belief at Pashupatinath regarding the end of Kaliyug?
(a) if the water recedes at the banks of the river and Goddess is exposed that will be end of Kaliyug
(b) if floods are there kaliyug will be ended
(c) too many sin will be end of kaliyug
(d) if Dooms clock come to 0 Hour that will be end of Kalyug

Answer :   A

Question - Where has this lesson been taken from ?
(a) from Panchtantra
(b) an extract from Heaven Lake by Vikram Seth
(d) old Melodies
(d) none

Answer :   B

Question - What was looking like the quills of a porcupine?
(a) Flute seller’s stock of flutes
(b) Flute seller’s hair
(c) the group of hawkers
(d) none

Answer :   A

Question. Breathy flutes belongs to
(a) Japan
(b) India
(c) South America
(d) China

Answer:   C

Question - What is Kaliyug as per Hindu Mythology?
(a) era of sins
(b) yug of future
(c) modern era
(d) advanced era

Answer :   A

Question - What does Febrile confusion mean?
(a) a situation
(b) an unknown situation
(c) complete chaos
(d) none

Answer :   C

Question - What was there along the street roads of Kathmandu?
(a) temples with colorful deities
(b) hawkers and vendors
(c) cacophony
(d) all

Answer :  D

Question - Cite an example of Febrile confusion image drawn by the author in the lesson.
(a) a group of saffron-clad Westerners struggling to enter the main gate
(b) a fight between two monkeys
(c) royal Nepalese princess for whom everyone makes way.
(d) All

Answer :  D

Question - How were the hawkers selling their things?
(a) by talking to the people
(b) by giving pamphlets
(c) by shouting
(d) none

Answer :  C

Question - Who were fighting outside Pashupatinath temple?
(a) two men
(b) two women
(c) hawkers
(d) two monkeys

Answer :  D

Question - What does the writer Vikram Seth like very much?
(a) talking
(b) scenic beauty
(c) travelling
(d) all

Answer :  C

Question . What did the author see at the Buddhnath Stupa?
(a) Awhite dome ringed by a road
(b) small shops
(c) Tibetan prints and silver jewellery and no crowd
(d) All

Answer :  D

Question . What did the author find at Pashupatinath temple?
(a) Chappiness
(b) peace
(c) chaos and noisecorrect
(d) All

Answer :  C

Question. The writer should sail on the Ganga and cross —- to react Allahabad.
(a) Banaras
(b) Kashi
(c) Haridwar
(d) Agra

Answer:    A

Question . Tell the other names of the Flute.
(a) Bansuri
(b) Reed
(c) Murli, Shakuhachi, and Neh
(d) All

Answer:    D