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The Passing Away of Bapu MCQ Questions & Answers
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| Question Type | MCQ |
| Source | The Passing Away of Bapu |
| Author | Nayantara Sehgal |
| Class | Ten |
Unit 1 MCQ Questions & Answers
1. The text “The Passing Away of Bapu is an extract from-
- A) Rich Like Us
- B) Prison and Chocolate Cake
- C) The Passing Away of Bapu
- D) On the Way of Peace
2. The text is an extract from a /an-
- A) autobiography
- B) biography
- C) memoir
- D) historical novel
3. The author at home on the evening of 30th January 1948 was having.-
- A) coffee
- B) juice
- C) tea
- D) fruits
4. The narrator had come to know the shocking news of Bapuji’s death-
- A) at night
- B) in the evening
- C) at dawn
- D) in the morning
5. Gandhiji was short on-
- A) 30th July 1948
- B) 30th April 1948
- C) 30th January 1948
- D) 30th June 19486.
6. The narrator came to know of Gandhiji’s death by-
- A) a letter
- B a telegram
- C)a telephone call
- D) the broadcast
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7. When Gandhiji died the authoress was-
- A) at home
- B) abroad
- C) on a public meeting
- D) at Birla House
8. Gandhiji was shot while he was going to-
- A) Birla House
- B) a prayer meeting
- C) a protest march
- D) meet the narrator
9. As the authoress got into the car she-
- A) fainted
- B was weeping
- C) was numb with shock
- D) numb with surprise
10. The narrator went to Birla House by/on-
- A) train
- B) foot
- C) horse-drawn carriage
- D) car
11. On hearing the news of Gandhiji’s death, the authoress rushed to the-
- A) Raj Bhawan
- B) Sabarmati Ashram
- C) Parliament of India
- D) Birla House
12. On his deathbed at the Birla House, Gandhiji was surrounded by-
- A) mourning people
- B) leaders of the National Congress
- C) his followers
- D) his relatives and followers
13. Gandhiji’s followers and relatives assembled at-
- A) the Sabarmati Ashram
- B) the Birla House
- C) Delhi
- D) Gandhi Bhaban
14. The words of Bapuji’s death spread like-
- A) fire in a forest
- B) fire in a straw
- C) flame fanned by the wind
- D) fire inflamed by the fuel
15. The news of Bapu’s death spread through-
- A) Delhi
- B) Bombay
- C) Kolkata
- D) Ahmedabad
16. The brown blur of faces outside Birla House were of-
- A) policemen
- B) mourners from all walks of life
- C) invited guests
- D) Gandhiji’s relatives and followers
17. An unnatural silence prevailed in the beginning because –
- A) there were no loudspeakers
- B) people had been ordered to be silent
- C) people were stunned
- D Gandhiji preferred silence
18. “They jostled one another in a stampede”- They are-
- A) the authoress and her sisters
- B) Nayantara Sehgal and Padmasi
- C) the followers of Gandhiji
- D) the journalists
19. People jostled one another in a stampede to-
- A) join the prayer meeting
- B) touch Bapu’s feet
- C talk with Gandhiji’s relatives
- D) enter the Birla House by force to see Bapu
20. The people were pacified when it was announced that-
- A) they would be allowed to enter the Birla House half an hour later
- B they would be allowed to see Gandhiji before the funeral
- C) they would be allowed to join Gandhiji’s funeral procession
- D) all of these
21. On hearing the news of Gandhiji’s death people were initially-
- A) too stunned to speak
- B) numb with shock
- C) stupefied
- D) excited to break into the Birla House
22. The grieved people looked-
- A) like orphans
- B) like lost children
- C) visionless
- D) directionless
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Unit 2 MCQ Questions & Answers
23. People lined the route of Gandhiji’s funeral procession-
- A) hours later
- B) hours before
- C) days later
- D) minutes before.
24. “We will walk”-The proposal was given by –
- A) Padmasi
- B) Nayantara
- C) Sarojini Naidu
- D) Indira Gandhi.
25. “It was an agonizing walk”- The walk refers to-
- A) rally of the non-cooperation movement
- B) rally of civil disobedience
- C) Gandhiji’s funeral procession
- D) none
26. The experience of walking in Gandhiji’s funeral procession was-
- A) exciting
- B) nostalgic
- C) agonising
- D) eventful
27. Bapu’s dead body lay on-
- A) open jeep
- B) bamboo couch
- C) open platform
- D) open truck.
28. Bapu lay on an open truck that was –
- A) decorated with flowers
- B) decorated with Bapu’s pictures
- C) broken
- D) attacked by a mob.
29. It was impossible to move in the thick crowd as-
- A) thousands of people tried to touch Bapu’s feet
- B) thousands of people silently watched the procession
- C) thousands of people lined the route hours in advance
- D) this was the last time people were walking with Bapu
30. The narrator was moving amidst
- A) joyful people
- B) lamenting people
- C) angry people
- D) jubilant people
31. For the grieving people walking with Bapu was of-
- A) no value
- B) special value
- C) little value
- D) inconsequential value
32. Rough and smooth India’s recent history. refers to-
- A) The Quit India Movement
- B) The revolutionary activities
- C) Non-violent, non-cooperation Movement
- D) India’sindependence and the struggle before 1948
33. Bapu had a-
- A) slight figure
- B) bulky figure
- C) tall figure
- D) stout figure
34. “To walk is to make slow progress”- “Slow progress’ actually refers to-
- A) advancement towards the individual as well as collective prosperity
- B) the covering up of a long distance
- C) spiritual enlightenment
- D) march along the path of maturity
35. While walking it is possible to look at things with-
- A) clarity
- B) precision
- C) patience
- D) understanding
36. The only way that was left open to average Indians was-
- A) to fight
- B) to walk
- C) to take part in civil disobedience movement
- D) all of these
37. Bapuji transformed walking into-
- A) clarity
- B) slow progress
- C) freedom
- D) joyful effort
38. Gandhiji turned the struggle of walking into a-
- A) commonplace experience
- B) pleasant experience
- C) plightful experience
- D) pathetic experience
39. The person spoken of here was-
- A) never going to take part in a walk with us
- B) always ready to take part in the walk
- C) all set to declare a new political era
- D) to lead us in a political movement
Unit 3 MCQ Questions & Answers from the Passing Away of Bapu
40. The authoress and her sisters were-
- A) leading figures of Gandhiji’s Non-cooperation Movement
- B) active part of Gandhijï’s movement
- C) fellow prisoners
- D) mere onlookers
41. Gandhiji awakened Indian people to one another’s-
- A) indifference
- B) Values
- C) suffering
- D) all of these
42. Gandhiji’s ideals will live among-
- A) his followers
- B) his sons and daughters
- C) the members of the National Congress
- D) the youth of the following generations
43. After returning to Delhi, the author felt-
- A) brave
- B) happy
- C) helpless
- D excited
44. Bapu’s ‘banner implies –
- A) the national flag of India
- B) the flag designed by Gandhiji
- C) Gandhian idealism
- D) the Indian National Congress
45. At every station crowds who filled the platform were full of-
- A) sympathy
- B) sorrow
- C) joy
- D) frustration
46. The narrator belonged to-
- A) Bapu’s generation
- B) older generation
- C) younger generation
- D) post-independent generation
47. Bapu had inspired-
- A) millions of ordinary people
- B) many young people
- C) the writer and her sisters
- D) strong and proud people
48. Bapu made people realise –
- A) the joy of others
- B) the sacrifice of others
- C) the cruelty of others
- D) the suffering of others
49. When Bapu passed away the narrator felt-
- A) deserted
- B) vanquished
- C) unrestricted
- D) encircled
50. The meaning of the word ‘onlooker is-
- A) insider
- B) bystander
- C) outsider
- D) peeping Tom
51. People on the train sang-
- A) gazal
- B) bhajans
- C) Vedic psalms
- D) Kirton
52. The train reached Allahabad-
- A) amid song and prayer
- B) amid flowers and fragrance
- C) amid grief and sighs
- D all of these
53. After the immersion of Gandhiji’s ashes, the authoress went back to
- A) Allahabad
- B) Ahmedabad
- C) Delhi
- D) Mumbai
Answers to the MCQ Questions from the Passing Away of Bapu
| 1 B | 2 C | 3 C |
| 4 B | 5 C | 6 C |
| 7 A | 8 B | 9 C |
| 10 D | 11 D | 12 D |
| 13 B | 14 C | 15 A |
| 16 B | 17 C | 18 C |
| 19 D | 20 B | 21 A |
| 22 B | 23 B | 24 A |
| 25 C | 26 C | 27 D |
| 28 A | 29 C | 30 B |
| 31 B | 32 D | 33 A |
| 34 A | 35 A | 36 B |
| 37 D | 38 B | 39 A |
| 40 D | 41 C | 42 D |
| 43 C | 44 C | 45 B |
| 46 C | 47 A | 48 D |
| 49 B | 50 B | 51 B |
| 52 A | 53 C |
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