Question 1

'The Shadow Lines' explores the political and economical growth of India through the lives of two families:

Accepted Answer

A)  One English and one Punjabi
B)  One Bengali and one English
C)  One Gujarati and one English
D)  One Assamese and one English B

Question 2

Sohini is sexually tortured by

Accepted Answer

A)  Colonel Hutchinson
B)  Kalinath
C)  Ramcharan
D)  Havildar Charat Singh B

Question 3

The Shadow Lines by Amitav Gosh explores the political and economic growth of India through the lives of two families

Accepted Answer

A)  the Datta-Chaudhuris and the Price family
B)  the Singh family and the Peterson family
C)  the Sharma family and the Price family
D)  the Patels and the Dawson family A

Question 4

A committed and dedicated missionary in Untouchable is

Accepted Answer

A)  Colonel Hutchinson
B)  Ram Charan
C)  Igbal Nath Sarshar
D)  Chart Singh

Question 5

Bakha is the son of

Accepted Answer

A)  The jemadar of sweepers and public latrines.
B)  The foreman of the outcaste colony
C)  The jemadar of all temple beggars
D)  A police constable

Question 6

Sohini is the sister of

Accepted Answer

A)  Lakha
B)  Bakha
C)  Colonel Hutchinson
D)  Kalinath

Question 7

A hockey stick was given to Bakha by

Accepted Answer

A)  Lakha
B)  Colonel Hutchinson
C)  Gandhi
D)  Havildar Charat Singh

Question 8

Untouchable presents an accord of a single day in

Accepted Answer

A)  Lakha's life
B)  Sohini's life
C)  Bakha's life
D)  Rakha's life

Question 9

Untouchable narrates a story that took place within a span of

Accepted Answer

A)  One hour
B)  One day
C)  One month
D)  One year

Question 10

Tha'mma (the narrator's grandmother) worked as

Accepted Answer

A)  The headmistress of a girls' school in Calcutta
B)  The hindi Teacher of a girls' school in Calcutta
C)  The Warden of a hostel in Calcutta
D)  The owner of girls' school in Calcutta

Question 11

What was Mrs. Price addicted to?

Accepted Answer

A)  Alcohol
B)  Church- sales
C)  Collecting stamps
D)  Cleaning

Question 12

Who helped Sohini fill her water bucket.

Accepted Answer

A)  A sahib
B)  A priest of the town temple
C)  A Hindu water-carrier
D)  A sweeper

Question 13

Who is the narrator in 'The Shadow Lines'

Accepted Answer

A)  A fictional character born and raised in Calcutta
B)  Tridib
C)  Tha'mma
D)  Ila

Question 14

Who was the man who still lived in Tha'mma's ancestral home?*

Accepted Answer

A)  Khalil
B)  Mayadebi
C)  Jethamoshai
D)  Tridib

Question 15

Ila is the narrator's cousin who lives in

Accepted Answer

A)  Calcutta
B)  Dhaka
C)  Stockwell London
D)  Delhi

Question 16

Who among these characters was not killed in the communal riot in Dhaka?

Accepted Answer

A)  Tridib
B)  Jethamoshai
C)  Khalil
D)  Tha'mma

Question 17

Tridib dies in

Accepted Answer

A)  The London Bombings
B)  The Bay of Bengal
C)  A car crash
D)  A communal riot in Dhaka

Question 18

Bakha is encouraged to convert to Christianity by

Accepted Answer

A)  Ramcharan
B)  Havildar Charat Singh
C)  Iqbalnath
D)  Colonel Hutchinson

Question 19

A recurring nightmare haunts Robi for decades because he witnessed the riot that killed

Accepted Answer

A)  May
B)  Tridib
C)  Thamma
D)  The narrator

Question 20

Gulabo, the washer woman is jealous of Sohini because

Accepted Answer

A)  Sohini is smart
B)  she is chose and helped by the Pundit
C)  of Sohini's rising beauty
D)  None of the above

Exam 2: Characters and Themes in Untouchable and the Shadow Lines