Amarnath MCQ
The Master as I Saw Him – Chapter – VIII
Amarnath
Sister Nivedita [1867-1911]
MCQ – 1 Mark
1. Amarnath is taken from
(A) Wings of Fire
(B) Malgudi Days
(C) Kali the Mother
(D) The Master as I Saw Him.
2. Amarnath is the ___________ chapter of The Master as I Saw Him.
(A) VI
(B) VII
(C) VIII
(D) IX.
3. Mogul Gardens is at
(A) Aharal
(B) Pahlgam
(C) Achhabal
(D) Punjaub.
4. Swami suddenly suggested to go to
(A) Kanyakumari
(B) Achhabal
(C) Amarnath
(D) Kedarnath.
5. The in charge of the journey was
(A) Swami Vivekananda
(B) Sister Nivedita
(C) Sri Ramkrishna Paramhansa
(D) the state officer.
6. From Achhabal they went back to
(A) Amarnath
(B) Kalimpong
(C) Pawan
(D) Islamabad.
7. The number of people gathered in a field was
(A) one thousand
(B) two thousand
(C) three thousand
(D) two or three thousand.
8. In the bazaar one could buy
(A) fruit and milk
(B) only dried fruits
(C) rice and dahls
(D) dried fruits, milk, rice and dahls.
9. The colour of the tents of the monks was
(A) white
(B) yellow
(C) green
(D) gerua.
10. The size of the tents of the monks was like
(A) small house
(B) small canopy
(C) small umbrella
(D) big umbrella.
11. Swamiji had a deep sympathy for
(A) Mohammedanism
(B) the monks
(C) the pilgrims
(D) the Europeans.
12. The soil of Punjaub was flooded with the blood of the people who died for
(A) love
(B) other people
(C) faith
(D) land.
13. Leaving Islamabad they camped at/in
(A) Pawan
(B) Peshawar
(C) Amarnath
(D) Pahlgam.
14. ‘The village of the shepherds’ is
(A) Achhabal
(B) Pahlgam
(C) Pawan
(D) Islamabad.
15. The narrator compared the scenic beauty of Pahlgam to
(A) Islamabad
(B) England
(C) America
(D) Switzerland.
16. On the first day they pitched the camp in a
(A) valley
(B) pine-wood
(C) riverside
(D) field.
17. On the second day they camped in a
(A) valley
(B) pine-wood
(C) riverside
(D) beside a frozen river.
18. At night beside the frozen river they lighted the camp-fire with
(A) grass
(B) juniper
(C) pine trees
(D) wax.
19. The snow peaks were covered with
(A) pine trees
(B) white veil
(C) flowers
(D) clouds.
20. In a particular corner of the Cave was situated
(A) a boulder
(B) a snow peak
(C) an idol
(D) the great ice-lingam.
21. The ice-lingam was first seen by
(A) the monks
(B) the pilgrims
(C) Swamiji
(D) peasants.
22. Swamiji bathed in the __________ in succession.
(A) river
(B) spring
(C) tank
(D) five streams
23. Swamiji heard the fluttering of
(A) peacocks
(B) doves
(C) crows
(D) pigeons.
24. Swamiji knelt and prostrated for
(A) once
(B) two or three times
(C) four times
(D) five times.
25. Swamiji said that he received from Lord Siva the gift of
(A) wealth
(B) being omniscient
(C) voluntary death
(D) being sacrificer.
26. Outside the Cave of Amarnath there was no
(A) pilgrim
(B) monk
(C) pigeon
(D) Brahminic exploitation of the helpless people.
27. Amarnath is famous for
(A) ice-lingam
(B) Lord Siva
(C) Swamiji
(D) simplicity and closeness to nature.
28. The pilgrimage to Amarnath Cave ends on the day of
(A) Siva-chaturdasi
(B) Rakhibandhan
(C) Holi
(D) Independence.
29. On the culmination day of the pilgrimage the ritual was to
(A) offer sweets
(B) offer flowers
(C) tie red or yellow threads to the pilgrim’s wrists
(D) tie white threads.
30. The colours of the threads to be tied on the wrist on the culmination day were
(A) white and red
(B) green and saffron
(C) blue and black
(D) red and yellow.
31. According to Swamij, the Cave was first discovered by
(A) a monk
(B) a shepherd boy
(C) a pilgrim
(D) a party of shepherds.
32. According to Swami, the Cave was first discovered on one day of
(A) summer
(B) winter
(C) rainy season
(D) autumn.
33. The shepherds suddenly met
(A) Swamiji
(B) monks
(C) Mahadev
(D) the narrator.
34. The Cave of Amarnath revealed to Swamiji the secret of
(A) Himalaya
(B) snow-peak
(C) ice-lingam
(D) Kailas.
