Deck 5: Historical Figures and Event

Question 1

One of the many things Corbett learnt from Kunwar Singh was

A)making mental maps
B)pitching a tent
C)arrow shooting
D)setting traps

Answer 1

making mental maps

Question 2

The 'curse of the hills' was

A)malaria
B)tigers
C)mosquitoes
D)opium

Answer 2

opium

Question 3

Who was the first person to visit Jim Corbett on the day he was given his first gun?

A)Ellis
B)Kunwar Singh
C)Har Singh
D)Tom

Answer 3

Kunwar Singh

Question 4

Kunwar Singh was made to hold the tail of a cow on his deathbed to

A)provide a transit for his spirit
B)cure his sickness
C)keep him from falling
D)appease the gods

Question 5

Corbett was displeased because Kunwar Singh had been laid in his servant's hut to die like

A)wretched animal
B)a drug addict
C)common labourer
D)an outcaste and beggar

Question 6

"You are no longer a boy, but a man; ... and never be afraid, provided you learn how to climb trees". Who said these lines?

A)Budhoo
B)Har Singh
C)Aladia
D)Kunwar Singh

Question 7

After the tiger attacked Har Singh, they went the extra ______ miles to the hospital at Kaladhungi

A)three
B)four
C)five
D)seven

Question 8

What was the curse of the foothills, according to Jim Corbett?

A)liquor
B)opium
C)heroin
D)tobacco

Question 9

The 'dying' Kunwar Singh's fingers were being held round the tail of a

A)pig
B)cow
C)horse
D)buffalo

Question 10

There were times when for weeks on end Kunwar Singh would not leave his village because he had a horror of

A)dacoits
B)ghosts
C)the police
D)tigers

Question 11

After the tiger attacked Har Singh, he was taken to the hospital at

A)Nainital
B)Kaladhungi
C)Nepalganj
D)Chandni Chauk

Question 12

Har Singh and Kunwar Singh went out to shoot one day in the last of which month in the year?

A)February
B)March
C)April
D)May

Question 13

Har Singh wanted to turn back after they saw a

A)fox
B)stag
C)tiger
D)pea-fowl

Question 14

_______ was present when Jim Corbett received his first gun.

A)his brother Tom
B)Har Singh
C)Kunwar Singh
D)Adalia

Question 15

The friendship between Jim and Kunwar Singh is marked by a mutual exchange of

A)opium addiction
B)good advice
C)guns
D)tree climbing technique

Question 16

Aladia was the _____ of Kaladhungi.

A)shikari
B)poacher
C)post master
D)headman

Question 17

Jim Corbett, though initially a great hunter, later became known for being

A)an officer of the Indian Army
B)a murderer
C)an animal conservationist
D)a poet

Question 18

Indira Priyadarshini was born in the year:

A)1920
B)1914
C)1917
D)1918

Question 19

Hiuen Tsang was given the title:

A)Master of the Law
B)Master of the Universe
C)Master of Being
D)Master of Ceremonies

Question 20

Nehru wrote the birthday letter to his daughter from:

A)Central Prison, Patna
B)Central Prison, Naini
C)Central Prison, Nalanda
D)Central Prison, Nandi

Question 21

According to Nehru, a letter cannot take the place of a talk because it is:

A)a one-sided affair
B)boring for the reader
C)not interesting
D)prejudiced

Question 22

The man who changed the face of Russia and Siberia in the month that Indira was born:

A)Hitler
B)Stalin
C)Trotsky
D)Lenin

Question 23

The University of Nalanda was situated at

A)Vishakapatnam
B)Pataliputra
C)Karnasuvarna
D)Dwarbhanga

Question 24

Nehru was busy with a present on his daughter's

A)12th birthday
B)13th birthday
C)14th birthday
D)15th birthday

Question 25

On Indira's thirteenth birthday, Nehru

A)Sent chocolates
B)Sent a present that was material
C)Sent a letter
D)Sent some money