1. Where was Mogul Gardens Situated?
A) in Pawan
B) in Islamabad
C) in Pahlgam
D) in Achhabal
Answer: D) in Achhabal
2. Where were Swamiji and others having their meals in Achhabal?
A) in the Tehsildar’s camp
B) in the open air
C) inside the tent
D) in a camp
Answer: B) in the open air
3. Swamiji suddenly declared that he would go to Amarnath with
A) his men
B) the pilgrims
C) monks
D) all of them
Answer: B) the pilgrims
4. Swamiji would take his …………… to Amarnath.
A) daughter
B) sister
C) son
D) mother
Answer: A) daughter
5. “…. he would go to Amarnath with the pilgrims and take his daughter with him.” – Here the daughter refers to –
A) Sister Teresa
B) Sister Nivedita
C) Sister Wendy Beckett
D) Sister Souljah
Answer: B) Sister Nivedita
6. In those days, Kashmir seemed to be full of –
A) terrorists
B) tourists
C) monks
D) pilgrims
Answer: D) pilgrims
7. Where were the boats of the pilgrims kept? Or The travellers returned to their boats which were kept –
A) at Pahlgam
B) at Islamabad
C) at Achhabal
D) at Mogul Gardens
Answer: B) in Islamabad
8. How many people would encamped in the field?
A) two or three thousand
B) three or four thousand
C) four or five thousand
D) five or six thousand
Answer: A) two or three thousand
9. The people who encamped in the field left the place –
A) before dawn
B) at twilight
C) in the morning
D) in the afternoon
Answer: A) before dawn
10. How could one understand the place where the pilgrims once encamped?
A) with the discarded food plates
B) with the ashes of the cooking fire
C) with the dustbins of trash
D) all of these
Answer: B) with the ashes of the cooking fire
11. What did the pilgrims carry with them?
A) tent makers
B) their provisions
C) their carriage
D) all of these
Answer: B) their provisions
12. What was the colour of the tents of the monks mentioned in the prose ‘Amarnath’?
A) White
B) Orange
C) Red
D) Gerrua
Answer: D) Gerrua
13. How was the size of the tents described in the prose ‘Amarnath’?
A) no larger than a good-sized hut
B) no larger than a good-sized umbrella
C) like a luxurious hotel
D) larger than a mansion
Answer: B) no larger than a good-sized umbrella
14. Swamiji’s influence appeared to be magnetic among the –
Or. Who swarmed about Swami Vivekananda at every halting place?
A) narrator and his companions
B) monks
C) pilgrims
D) all of them
Answer: B) monks
15. What was the topic of discussion in Swamiji’s tent with the monks?
A) Mother Kali
B) Lord Siva
C) Terrorism
D) Importance of education
Answer: B) Lord Siva
16. The learned men swarmed about Swamiji in every halting place and absorbed in conversation throughout –
A) the morning
B) the hours of day light
C) the night
D) the day
Answer: B) the hours of day light
17. Which religion, along with Hinduism, did Swamiji have love and sympathy for?
A) Buddhism
B) Christianity
C) Mohammedanism
D) Sikhism
Answer: C) Mohammedanism
18. The Tehsildar along with many other officers and servants of the journey to Amarnath were –
A) Jains
B) Sikhs
C) Mussulmans
D) Hindus
Answer: C) Mussulmans
19. The Tehsildar with a group of friends came forward and begged Swamiji for accepting them as –
A) friends
B) disciples
C) guides
D) philosophers
Answer: B) disciples
20. “…..and in this, no one seemed to find anything incongruous or surprising.” What did nobody find anything incongruous or surprising?
A) That The Tehsildar and his friends wanted to take Swamiji at their homes
B) That The Tehsildar and his friends wanted to be disciples of Swamiji
C) That The Tehsildar and his friends entered the cave with the Hindu Worshippers.
D) All of these
Answer: B) That The Tehsildar and his friends wanted to be disciples of Swamiji
21. After leaving Islamabad, Swamiji and other pilgrims camped at –
A) Achhabal
B) Pawan
C) Pahlgam
D) Mogul Gardens
Answer: B) Pawan
22. Why was The place called Pawan famous for?
A) for its holy lake
B) for its holy spring
C) for its holy shrine
D) for its holy temple
Answer: B) for its holy spring
23. Why did the pilgrims halt at Pahlgam?
A) to keep Rakhibandhan
B) to keep Ekadasi
C) to keep Sivaratri
D) to keep purnima
Answer: B) to keep Ekadasi
24. Pahlgam is described as the village of –
A) tribes
B) farmers
C) shepherds
D) fowlers
Answer: C) shepherds
25. “It was a beautiful ravine floored, for the most part with sandy islands in the pebble-worn bed of a mountain stream.” The landscape mentioned in the line was –
A) Achhabal
B) Pawan
C) Pahlgam
D) Mogul Gardens
Answer: C) Pahlgam
26. “It was the scene of Switzerland or Norway, at their gentlest and loveliest.” What was the place that was compared by the narrator with that of Switzerland or Norway
A) Achhabal
B) Pawan
C) Pahlgam
D) Islamabad
Answer: C) Pahlgam
27. At Pahlgam, before the final march began, Where did the narrator and their party encamp?
A) in a sandy island
B) in a pine forest
C) on a grassy knoll
D) in a ploughed field
Answer: C) on a grassy knoll
28. How many pilgrims made their journey to Amarnath through scenes of indescribable beauty?
A) two thousand
B) three thousand
C) four thousand
D) five thousand
Answer: B) three thousand
29. Where did the pilgrims pitch their tents on the first day, after leaving Pahlgam?
A) in a sandy island
B) in a pine wood
C) on a grassy knoll
D) in a ploughed field
Answer: B) in a pine wood
30. Where did the pilgrims pitch their tents on the second day, after leaving Pahlgam?
A) in a sandy island
B) in a pine wood
C) on a grassy knoll
D) beside a froze lake
Answer: D) beside a froze lake
31. On the second night of their journey, the pilgrim-party made a great camp-fire which was made of –
A) pine
B) juniper
C) sal
D) teak
Answer: B) juniper
32. Why did the servants have to wander at the great height on the next evening?
A) in search of food
B) in search of water
C) in search of lost pilgrims
D) in search of fuel
Answer: D) in search of fuel
33. When the regular paths came to an end, the pilgrims had to take ……………..paths to reach the Cave of Amarnath.
A) cow
B) goat
C) camel
D) horse
Answer: B) goat
34. “We had to scramble up and down, along poat-paths.” – Sister Nivedita and the pilgrims had to scramble the goat-paths when –
A) they lost their way
B) they found a shortcut
C) they found the road blocked
D) the regular pathway came to an end
Answer: D) the regular pathway came to an end
35. Where was the Cave of Amarnath situated?
A) ravine floor of sandy islands
B) boulder-strewn gorge
C) pebble-worn bed of mountain stream
D) slope of a mountain
Answer: B) boulder-strewn gorge
36. In how many stream did Swamiji bathe in the ice cold water before entering the Cave?
A) three
B) four
C) five
D) six
Answer: C) five
37. Swamiji remained in the cave for –
A) a short period
B) a long period
C) hours
D) a whole day
Answer: A) a short period
38. What blessing did Swamiji get from Siva in the cave?
A) great wisdom
B) death at his own will
C) everlasting joy
D) to be great monk
Answer: B) death at his own will
39. Where did swamiji anticipate that he would meet his death?
A) in a Siva temple in Amarnath
B) in a Siva temple among the mountains
C) during his journey to Amarnath
D) during his return journey from Amarnath
Answer: B) in a Siva temple among the mountains
40. The wrists of the pilgrims were tied with the red and yellow thread on the great day of –
A) Holy
B) Rakhibandhan
C) Ekadasi
D) Astami
Answer: B) Rakhibandhan
41. After visiting the Amarnath shrine, the pilgrims had their meals and rested –
A) on a ravine floor
B) pebble-worn bed of mountain stream
C) in a tent
D) on some high boulder
Answer: D) on some high boulder
42. “I can well imagine how this Cave was first discovered.” Who uttered these words?
A) Sister Nivedita
B) Swami Vivekananda
C) one of the pilgrims
D) Tehsildar
Answer: B) Swami Vivekananda
43. How was the Amarnath Shrine discovered according to Swamiji?
A) A party of shepherd accidentally found the place
B) A party of shepherd lost their flocks and found the place in search of them
C) A party shepherd dreamed about the shrine.
D) A party of shepherd lost their way and came upon the Mahadev
Answer: B) A party of shepherd lost their flocks and found the place in search of them
44. What did the cave of Amarnath reveal to Swami Vivekananda?
A) The secret of Siva
B) The secret of Mother Kali
C) The secret of Kailas
D) The secret of paradise
Answer: C) The secret of Kailas
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