1) Where does the astrologer set up his business?
a) Temple courtyard
b) Railway station
c) Market Street under a tree
d) Outside a police station
Answer: c) Market Street under a tree
2) What kind of tree is mentioned at his workplace? Or under which tree does the astrologer sit to draw his customer?
a) Banyan
b) Tamarind
c) Mango
d) Peepal
Answer: b) Tamarind
3) The astrologer used to open his shop –
a) at night
b) at morning
c) at noon
d) at afternoon
Answer: c) at noon
4) The astrologer used to carry his professional equipment in a –
a) bag
b) box
c) van
d) basket
Answer: a) bag
5) Why does the astrologer work in the evening?
a) He is a night owl
b) To benefit from the poor lighting and mysterious atmosphere
c) He has another job in the morning
d) He is forbidden to work in daylight
Answer: b) To benefit from the poor lighting and mysterious atmosphere
6) What creates the mystical ambiance around him?
a) Smoke and dim light
b) Sacred mantras
c) Musical instruments
d) Scented candles
Answer: a) Smoke and dim light
7) What does the astrologer carry with him?
a) Books and lamps
b) Tarot cards and coins
c) Cowrie shells, charts, and religious items
d) A telescope and compass
Answer: c) Cowrie shells, charts, and religious items
8) What adorns the astrologer’s forehead?
a) Vermilion
b) Tilak and ashes
c) Paint
d) Nothing
Answer: b) Tilak and ashes
9) What was the colour of the turban?
a) vermilion
b) saffron
c) White
d) ashen
Answer: b) saffron
10) The path where he used to sit is always –
a) always lonely
b) very crowded
c) deserted
d) less crowded
Answer: b) very crowded
11) How was the path that ran through the town hall park lit by?
a) shop lights
b) municipality lights
c) street lamps
d) gaslights
Answer: a) shop lights
12) The astrologer’s turban gives him an air of:
a) Royalty
b) Intelligence
c) Wisdom
d) Innocence
Answer: c) Wisdom
13) What is the astrologer’s real knowledge of astrology?
a) He is highly trained
b) He has read ancient texts
c) He fakes it with intuition
d) He learned from a guru
Answer: c) He fakes it with intuition
14) How does the astrologer read people effectively?
a) Palmistry
b) Astrological charts
c) Observation and guessing
d) Meditation
Answer: c) Observation and guessing
15) Why do people believe the astrologer?
a) He is famous
b) He looks convincing and says general truths
c) He’s accurate
d) He has a license
Answer: b) He looks convincing and says general truths
16) What role does the street setting play in the story?
a) Adds religious significance
b) Distracts from the plot
c) Adds authenticity and chaos
d) Shows peaceful life
Answer: c) Adds authenticity and chaos
17) The astrologer’s background is:
a) Well educated
b) Rural and mysterious
c) From a priest family
d) Known to all
Answer: b) Rural and mysterious
18) What was the family profession of the astrologer?
a) priesthood
b) cultivation
c) street-vendor
d) astrologer
Answer: b) cultivation
19) What is the astrologer’s business strategy?
a) Detailed horoscopes
b) Charging only the rich
c) Saying what the client wants to hear
d) Advertising his services
Answer: c) Saying what the client wants to hear
20) Which tool does he not actually use for astrology?
a) Cowrie shells
b) Palm reading
c) Horoscopes
d) Astrological software
Answer: d) Astrological software
21) The astrologer dresses in a way to:
a) Attract police attention
b) Look spiritual and wise
c) Look modern
d) Impress tourists
Answer: b) Look spiritual and wise
22) The author’s tone while describing the astrologer’s method is:
a) Admiring
b) Sarcastic and ironic
c) Serious
d) Angry
Answer: b) Sarcastic and ironic
23) The early setting creates a sense of:
a) Urgency
b) Peace
c) Suspense and deception
d) Celebration
Answer: c) Suspense and deception
24) How much did the astrologer charge for his service?
a) 3 paise for all questions
b) 2 paise for each question
c) 3 paise for each question
d) 12 and half annas
Answer: c) 3 paise for each question
25) What was a signal for the astrologer to bundle up the trade?
a) blowing out the flair by the nut vendor
b) blowing out the flair by medicine seller
c) blowing out the flair by junk shop owner
d) blowing out the flair by magicians
Answer: a) blowing out the flair by the nut vendor
26) Who approaches the astrologer late in the evening?
a) His friend
b) A police officer
c) Guru Nayak
d) His old customer
Answer: c) Guru Nayak
27) How was Guru Nayak described initially?
a) Polite and respectful
b) Suspicious and aggressive
c) Quiet and confused
d) Nervous and hasty
Answer: b) Suspicious and aggressive
28) The coin flung to the astrologer by Guru Nayak was –
a) An anna
b) Two anna
c) A rupee
d) two rupee
Answer: a) An anna
29) The stranger was smoking –
a) cigarette
b) bidi
c) cheroot
d) hookah
Answer: c) cheroot
30) How did the astrologer recognize the stranger?
a) by tubelight
b) by matchlight
c) by the light of cheroot
d) by green shaft of light
Answer: b) by matchlight
31) What did Guru Nayak first demand?
a) To know the future
b) To have his palm read
c) A refund
d) A cigarette
Answer: a) To know the future
32) The astrologer at first:
a) Welcomes him
b) Recognizes him immediately
c) Is irritated
d) Is surprised and tries to avoid him
Answer: d) Is surprised and tries to avoid him
33) What does Guru Nayak bet with the astrologer?
a) One rupee
b) Ten rupees
c) A hundred rupees
d) Five annas
Answer: b) Ten rupees
34) Guru Nayak challenges the astrologer to:
a) Predict his death
b) Identify his name
c) Tell him about his past and enemy
d) Describe his village
Answer: c) Tell him about his past and enemy
35) What does the astrologer realize about Guru Nayak?
a) He is a thief
b) He is the man he once attacked
c) He is a police officer
d) He is his relative
Answer: b) He is the man he once attacked
36) Guru Nayak was stabbed and pushed into a –
a) river
b) tank
c) hole
d) well
Answer: d) well
37) Who saved Guru Nayak’s life?
a) his relative
b) a passer-by
c) the astrologer
d) a policeman
Answer: b) a passer-by
38) “You were left for dead.” Who said this?
a) Guru Nayak
b) astrologer
c) Astrologr’s wife
d) The nut vendor
Answer: b) astrologer
39) “A knife has passed through you once.” Who said this and to whom?
a) Guru Nayak to astrologer
b) strologer to Guru Nayak
c) astrologer to his wife
d) astrologer’s wife to astrologer
Answer: b) strologer to Guru Nayak
40) Guru Nayak was stabbed in his –
a) shoulder
b) abdomen
c) back
d) chest
Answer: d) chest
41) What does the astrologer tell Guru Nayak about the attacker?
a) He is missing
b) He has moved to Bombay
c) He is dead
d) He is in jail
Answer: c) He is dead
42) What does Guru Nayak want to know?
a) Whether his attacker is alive
b) Whether his wife is faithful
c) Whether he will win a case
d) Whether he’ll find gold
Answer: a) Whether his attacker is alive
43) What lie does the astrologer tell Guru Nayak?
a) That he will live forever
b) That his enemy died under a lorry
c) That his attacker is his brother
d) That he’s being followed
Answer: b) That his enemy died under a lorry
44) What is Guru Nayak’s reaction?
a) Disbelieves him
b) Becomes violent
c) Is relieved
d) Runs away
Answer: c) Is relieved
45) What does the astrologer advise Guru Nayak?
a) To never travel southward
b) To forget the past
c) To pray to the gods
d) To seek revenge elsewhere
Answer: a) To never travel southward
46) Why does the astrologer give this advice?
a) Out of kindness
b) To protect himself
c) As a spiritual duty
d) For more money
Answer: b) To protect himself
47) What payment does the astrologer receive from Guru Nayak?
a) 1 rupee
b) 5 rupees
c) 8 annas
d) A handful of coins
Answer: d) A handful of coins
48) What does the astrologer do immediately after Guru Nayak leaves?
a) Closes shop and rushes home
b) Cries
c) Drinks tea
d) Looks for more customers
Answer: a) Closes shop and rushes home
49) When did the astrologer finally return home?
a) at midnight
b) nearly at midnight
c) at dawn
d) at late evening
Answer: b) nearly at midnight
50) What does the astrologer do with the earnings?
a) Hides them
b) Donates them
c) Buys sweets
d) Gives them to his wife
Answer: d) Gives them to his wife
51) The astrologer’s wife counted the money for –
a) eight annas
b) twelve annas
c) twelve and half annas
d) a rupee
Answer: c) twelve and half annas
52) What did the astrologer’s wife do with the money?
a) her child’s dress
b) jiggery and coconut
c) her saree
d) sweets
Answer: b) jiggery and coconut
53) What shocking truth is revealed about the astrologer’s past?
a) He was once a police officer
b) He had tried to kill a man
c) He was a real astrologer once
d) He was a fugitive
Answer: b) He had tried to kill a man
54) Who was the man the astrologer once attacked?
a) A childhood friend
b) His own cousin
c) Guru Nayak
d) A police constable
Answer: c) Guru Nayak
55) What did the astrologer believe had happened to Guru Nayak?
a) He had escaped
b) He had died
c) He had been imprisoned
d) He had moved abroad
Answer: b) He had died
56) Why did the astrologer run away from his village?
a) He hated farming
b) He had debts
c) He feared arrest for attempted murder
d) He was heartbroken
Answer: c) He feared arrest for attempted murder
57) How does the astrologer feel after realizing Guru Nayak is alive?
a) Guilty
b) Relieved
c) Shocked
d) Fearful
Answer: b) Relieved
58) Why is the astrologer relieved?
a) He knows he’s safe from being found out
b) He is proud of his prediction
c) He gets more money
d) He can return to his village
Answer: a) He knows he is safe from being found out
59) What irony does the title “An Astrologer’s Day” reflect?
a) He is not really an astrologer
b) He meets someone from his past
c) He earns more money than usual
d) He is caught by police
Answer: a) He is not really an astrologer
What makes this day different from all others in the astrologer’s life?
a) He is questioned by a client
b) He comes face to face with his past
c) He performs a real prediction
d) He earns the most money
Answer: b) He comes face to face with his past
60) What does the astrologer confess to his wife?
a) That he is a fraud
b) That he once attacked a man who turned up that day
c) That he wants to go home
d) That he met an old friend
Answer: b) That he once attacked a man who turned up that day
61) What does the story suggest about fate?
a) It can be controlled
b) It always catches up
c) It’s unpredictable and ironic
d) It’s predetermined
Answer: c) It’s unpredictable and ironic
62) The surprise meeting shows that:
a) One cannot escape the past
b) Truth always comes out
c) All astrologers are frauds
d) Villains win in life
Answer: a) One cannot escape the past
63) The story ends with:
a) The astrologer arrested
b) A confession and inner peace
c) A warning to Guru Nayak
d) The astrologer quitting his job
Answer: b) A confession and inner peace
64) What moral lesson does the story subtly offer?
a) Truth must always be told
b) Fate protects liars
c) You can’t outrun your past
d) Revenge brings peace
Answer: c) You can’t outrun your past