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MCQs For Class 9 Beehive
Chapter 8 : Kathmandu
MCQs For Class 9 Beehive Chapter 8 Kathmandu
Q1. Who is the author of the chapter "Kathmandu"?
A. Vikram Seth
B. Robert Frost
C. Katherine Mansfield
D. Isaac Asimov
Correct Answer: A
Q2. From which book of Vikram Seth is the chapter "Kathmandu" an extract?
A. A Suitable Boy
B. Heaven Lake
C. The Golden Gate
D. Two Lives
Correct Answer: B
Q3. Which two temples did the author visit in Kathmandu?
A. Pashupatinath and Baudhnath Stupa
B. Pashupatinath and Kedarnath
C. Baudhnath and Golden Temple
D. Jagannath and Pashupatinath
Correct Answer: A
Q4. What is the atmosphere at the Pashupatinath temple?
A. Peaceful and quiet
B. Full of febrile confusion
C. Very disciplined
D. Silent and gloomy
Correct Answer: B
Q5. Who are allowed to enter the Pashupatinath temple?
A. People of all religions
B. Only Hindus
C. Only Buddhists
D. Tourists from all over the world
Correct Answer: B
Q6. What was written on the sign outside the Pashupatinath temple?
A. "Entrance for all"
B. "Entrance for Hindus only"
C. "No entry for foreigners"
D. "Quiet please"
Correct Answer: B
Q7. Which river flows near the Pashupatinath temple?
A. Ganges
B. Yamuna
C. Bagmati
D. Kosi
Correct Answer: C
Q8. What did the author see on the banks of the river Bagmati?
A. A festival
B. A corpse being cremated
C. Children swimming
D. A boat race
Correct Answer: B
Q9. What do people believe about the small shrine on the river bank at Pashupatinath?
A. It is made of gold
B. When it emerges fully, the goddess inside will escape and the Kaliyug will end
C. It was built by the author
D. It will bring rain
Correct Answer: B
Q10. What kind of animals were seen fighting at the Pashupatinath temple?
A. Dogs
B. Monkeys
C. Cats
D. Cows
Correct Answer: B
Q11. How is the atmosphere at the Baudhnath Stupa?
A. Chaotic
B. Full of noise
C. A sense of stillness and peace
D. Very crowded with hawkers
Correct Answer: C
Q12. What is the shape of the Baudhnath Stupa?
A. Square
B. Immense white dome
C. Tall tower
D. Pyramid
Correct Answer: B
Q13. What is the Baudhnath Stupa surrounded by?
A. A forest
B. A road
C. Small shops owned by Tibetan immigrants
D. A river
Correct Answer: C
Q14. What are sold in the shops around the Baudhnath Stupa?
A. Only food
B. Felt bags, Tibetan prints, and silver jewellery
C. Books and pens
D. Cars and bikes
Correct Answer: B
Q15. Why does the author call Baudhnath a "haven of quietness"?
A. Because there are no people
B. Because it is far from the city
C. Because there are no noisy hawkers and the atmosphere is calm
D. Because the monks are silent
Correct Answer: C
Q16. Kathmandu is described as being:
A. Mercenary and religious
B. Only religious
C. Only modern
D. Quiet and slow
Correct Answer: A
Q17. What are the narrowest and busiest streets of Kathmandu full of?
A. Only cars
B. Fruit sellers, flute sellers, post card vendors, and shops
C. Big shopping malls
D. Parks
Correct Answer: B
Q18. What kind of shops did the author find in the streets?
A. Western cosmetics and film rolls
B. Chocolate and copper utensils
C. Nepalese antiques
D. All of the above
Correct Answer: D
Q19. What was the "film roll" mentioned in the chapter?
A. A movie
B. Photographic film for cameras
C. A roll of paper
D. A sticky tape
Correct Answer: B
Q20. What music did the author hear in the streets?
A. Rock music
B. Film songs from the radio and car horns
C. Classical opera
D. Only temple bells
Correct Answer: B
Q21. How many flutes did the flute seller have?
A. Ten
B. Twenty
C. Fifty or sixty
D. A hundred
Correct Answer: C
Q22. How did the flute seller carry his flutes?
A. In a bag
B. On a pole like the quills of a porcupine
C. In a box
D. In his hands
Correct Answer: B
Q23. From what material were the flutes made?
A. Plastic
B. Metal
C. Bamboo
D. Wood
Correct Answer: C
Q24. What was the flute seller's way of selling flutes?
A. Shouting loudly
B. Playing the flute meditatively without much shouting
C. Running after people
D. Displaying posters
Correct Answer: B
Q25. Which types of flutes does the author mention?
A. The reed neh, the recorder, the Japanese shakuhachi
B. The deep bansuri of Indian classical music
C. The clear or breathy flutes of South America and China
D. All of the above
Correct Answer: D
Q26. What does the author compare the flutes on the pole to?
A. Sticks
B. Quills of a porcupine
C. Arrows
D. Flowers
Correct Answer: B
Q27. According to the author, the flute is the most ________ of instruments.
A. Difficult
B. Universal and particular
C. Expensive
D. Modern
Correct Answer: B
Q28. Why does the author find it difficult to tear himself away from the square?
A. Because he was tired
B. Because he was mesmerized by the flute music
C. Because he lost his way
D. Because he was waiting for a friend
Correct Answer: B
Q29. What does the sound of the flute remind the author of?
A. His home
B. Commonality of all mankind
C. His school days
D. The noisy market
Correct Answer: B
Q30. How did the author plan to return to Delhi initially?
A. By bus and train
B. By plane directly
C. By walking
D. By hitchhiking
Correct Answer: A
Q31. Why did the author finally decide to take a flight back home?
A. He was too rich
B. He was exhausted and homesick
C. There were no buses
D. He wanted to see the mountains from above
Correct Answer: B
Q32. Which airline's office did the author visit to buy the ticket?
A. Air India
B. Nepal Airlines
C. Indigo
D. British Airways
Correct Answer: B
Q33. What did the author eat in Kathmandu?
A. Pizza
B. A bar of marzipan, corn-on-the-cob, and orange juice
C. Rice and Dal
D. Burger and Coke
Correct Answer: B
Q34. What was the "corn-on-the-cob" roasted on?
A. An oven
B. A charcoal brazier in the street
C. A gas stove
D. Sunlight
Correct Answer: B
Q35. What was rubbed on the roasted corn?
A. Butter
B. Salt, chilli powder, and lemon
C. Sugar
D. Chocolate
Correct Answer: B
Q36. What is the meaning of the word 'febrile'?
A. Cold
B. Feverish/Chaotic
C. Very happy
D. Silent
Correct Answer: B
Q37. What is the meaning of 'haven'?
A. A hell
B. A place of safety or shelter
C. A market
D. A mountain
Correct Answer: B
Q38. What does 'mercenary' mean in the context of the chapter?
A. Very kind
B. Interested only in making money
C. Religious
D. Helpful
Correct Answer: B
Q39. The author says that "to hear any flute is to be drawn into the ________."
A. Market
B. Commonality of all mankind
C. Past
D. Nature
Correct Answer: B
Q40. What was being washed by a woman at the Bagmati river?
A. Utensils
B. Clothes
C. Her hair
D. Vegetables
Correct Answer: B
Q41. Who were the "saffron-clad Westerners" at the Pashupatinath temple?
A. Priests
B. Foreign tourists trying to enter as Hindus
C. Shopkeepers
D. Musicians
Correct Answer: B
Q42. Why was there a struggle at the gate of Pashupatinath?
A. For a prize
B. Because a party of Westerners wanted to enter
C. Because of a theft
D. Because the temple was closing
Correct Answer: B
Q43. What does the author see in a 'marzipan bar'?
A. Something very healthy
B. A nauseatingly sweet snack
C. A bitter medicine
D. A salty biscuit
Correct Answer: B
Q44. How does the author describe the sound of the flute?
A. Harsh
B. Piercing
C. Meditative and soulful
D. Loud
Correct Answer: C
Q45. "Kathmandu" gives a vivid picture of:
A. Only the mountains
B. The culture and lifestyle of the city
C. The government of Nepal
D. The wildlife of Nepal
Correct Answer: B
Q46. The author's journey was from ________ to Delhi.
A. Mumbai
B. China through Tibet and Nepal
C. London
D. Bhutan
Correct Answer: B
Q47. What did the author read in Kathmandu?
A. Newspapers
B. Comics and a Reader’s Digest
C. History books
D. Religious scriptures
Correct Answer: B
Q48. What does the phrase "tear myself away" mean?
A. To cut a paper
B. To leave with difficulty
C. To cry loudly
D. To run fast
Correct Answer: B
Q49. Which of these is NOT a characteristic of the flute seller?
A. He plays slowly
B. He makes excessive cries to sell flutes
C. He stands in a corner of the square
D. He carries various types of flutes
Correct Answer: B
Q50. The chapter "Kathmandu" is a:
A. Travelogue
B. Short story
C. Fiction
D. Biography
Correct Answer: A