The Passing Away of Bapu MCQ
(i) The narrator was having-
(a) tea
(b) cold
(c) coffee
(d) rice
(ii) The narrator was called to Birla House by-
(a) telegram
(b) letter
(c) telephone
(d) mobile
(iii) Gandhiji had seen shot on his way to –
(a) the Birla House
(b) the author’s house
(c) a prayer meeting
(d) a family gathering
(iv) The news of Gandhiji’s death had spread through Delhi like-
(a) storm
(b) flame
(c) tidal waves
(d) earthquake
(v) People collected around-
(a) Gandhi Bhaban
(b) Birla house
(d) Bank of Ganges
(c) Red Fort
(vi) Out of evey window one could see people’s-
(a) smilling face
(b) saddened face
(c) blur face
(d) dark face
(vii) There was silence in the room which was-
(a) unbearable
(b) not natural
(c) natural
(d) sordid
(viii) People could not speak in the begining as they were-
(a) excited
(b) worried
(c) stunned
(d) weak
(ix) The word “clamoured” means-
(a) glammer
(b) calmed
(c) demanded
(d) loudly
(x) When one is faced with the shock of a loved ones death one-
(a) whisper
(b) laughs·
(c) claps
(d) shoots.
(xi) The mourning people looked like-
(a) happy children
(b) cheerful men
(c) lost children
(d) children who were excited
(xii) People were informed about Bapu’s death in-
(a) T.V
(b) Newspaper
(c) broadcast
(d) telephone
(xiii) Word’s of Bapu’s death spread through-
(a) Calcutta
(b) Mumbai
(c) Delhi
(d) Chennai
(i) Gandhiji’s funeral took place on-
(a) 30th January
(b) the day after his death
(c) the day before his death
(d) two days later
(ii) Mrs. Naidu’s daughter was-
(a) Padmasi
(b) Nayantara
(c) Padamsri
(d) Nayan
(iii) The experience of walking in Gandhiji’s funeral procession was-
(a) agonising
(c) worrying
(b) excițing
(d) satisfying
(iv) Thousands silently watched the-
(a) procession
(b) crowd
(c). Bapu’s body
(d) The frock
(v) Bapu lay on a/an-
(a) open truck
(b). train
(d) carriage
(c) coffin
(vi) It was impossible to move in-
(a) the thin crowd
(b) thick crowd
(c) simple crowd
(d) over crowd
(vii) Walking with Bapu had a-
(a) special feeling,
(b) special gaining
(c) special meaning
(d) serious cause
(viii) Bapu had a-
(a) muscular
(b) heavy figure
(c) slight figure
(d) – short figure
(ix) Bapu always in his hand had a-
(a) book
(b) the responsibility of India
(c) cat
(d) stick
(x) walking required no-
(a) cost
(b) energy
(c) labour
(d) vehicle
(xi) The only way open to the average India was in going-
(a) on foot
(b) by train
(c) by bus
(d) by cycle
(xii) Everyone was wanting to touch Gandhiji’s-
(a) body
(b) feet
(c) staff
(d) hair
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(i) Gandhiji’s ashes were taken to-
(a) Delhi
(b) Birla house
(c) Allahabad
(d) Kolkata
(ii) Bapu’s ashes were taken by-
(a) trunk
(b) cycle
(c) bus
(d) train
(iii) The compartment was decorated with by-
(a) Bapu followers
(b) flowers
(c) Bhajans
(d) banners
(iv) They could feel Gandhiji’s presence among-
(a) flowers
(b) songs ·
(c) his relatives
(d) both a and b
(v) The ashes were immersed in the-
(a) Jamuna
(b) Ganges
(c) Vagirathi
(d) Nile
(vi) People gathered at the bank of-
(a) Ganges
(b) Jamuna
(c) Narmada
(d) Nile
(vii) After the immersion they all went back to-
(a) Mumbai
(b) Delhi
(c) Chennai
(d) Kolkata
(viii) Bapu brought people out of-
(a) difference
(b) indifference
(c). suffering
(d) problem
(ix) With Bapu’s passing away the narrator’s felt-
(a) painful
(b) pity
(c) not protected
(d) unprotested
(x) The narrator had been merely-
(a) outlookers
(b) onlookers
(c) none of the above
(d) both a and b
