NCERT English Class 11 | Chapter 7 | The Adventure | MCQs |

1. What is the name of the protagonist of the story ‘The Adventure’?

A. Professor Ajay Sharma

B. Professor Gangadharpant Gaitonde

C. Professor George Bush

D. Professor Gangadhar Kant Gaitonde

Answer: (B) Professor Gangadharpant Gaitonde


2. Where was Professor Gaitonde traveling to?

A. From Pune to Bombay

B. From Pune to Delhi

C. From Bombay to Pune

D. Nowhere

Answer: (A) From Pune to Bombay


3. What was the name of the train that Professor Gaitonde took?

A. Jijamata Express

B. Shatabdi Express

C. Deccan Queen

D. Rajdhani Express

Answer: (A) Jijamata Express


4. During his train journey, who did Professor Gaitonde meet?

A. Professor George

B. Gupta

C. Pathan

D. Khan Sahib

Answer: (D) Khan Sahib


5. Where did Professor Gaitonde and Khan Sahib got off?

A. Victoria Terminus station

B. Bombay station

C. Indore

D. Nowhere

Answer: (A) Victoria Terminus station


6. At Victoria Terminus station, did the Professor notice British officers, Parsees, and Anglo-Indian staff?

A. No

B. Yes

C. Maybe

D. Don’t know

Answer: (B) Yes


7. At Hornby Road, what did the Professor notice?

A. new shopping complex

B. new residential complex

C. road was constructed

D. shops were different

Answer: (D) shops were different


8. When Professor Gaitonde entered the Forbes building, who did he inquire about?

A. Mrs. Vishala Gaitonde

B. President of the company

C. Mr. Vinay Gaitonde

D. Mr. Vishal Gaitonde

Answer: (C) Mr. Vinay Gaitonde


9. Why did the professor go to town hall?

A. to pass time

B. to check facts from history books

C. to read books

D. to meet someone

Answer: (B) to check facts from history books.


10. What did the Professor begin looking into at Town Hall?

A. the period of Asoka to the third battle of Panipat.

B. About East India Company

C. Battle of Plassey

D. American History

Answer: (A) the period of Asoka to the third battle of Panipat.


11. What did you notice about both the worlds?

A. Both were same

B. Both were in different universe

C. Different people

D. Different histories and different sets of events

Answer: (D) different histories and different sets of events.


12. Beyond the tunnel, where did the train come to a halt?

A. a small town called Amer

B. Delhi

C. Mountains

D. a small town called Sarhad

Answer: (D) a small town called Sarhad.


13. What happened to Marathas in reality?

A. they won the battle

B. they signed a treaty after the battle

C. they lost the battle

D. None of the above

Answer: (C) they lost the battle.


14. What happens when there is no determinism in quantum theory and electrons are involved?

A. One cannot predict which path the electron takes at a point in time

B. Electrons don’t move from their path

C. Electrons merge with other atoms

D. None of the above

Answer: (A) One cannot predict which path the electron takes at a point in time.


15. Why did Professor Rajendra say that the incidents narrated by Gaitonde were not real?

A. as he was in a coma for two days

B. as he was not well

C. as his mental state was not good

D. as Rajendra wanted to believe in facts

Answer: (A) as he was in coma for two days.


16. What happened after the empty chair incident?

A. He was in the hospital

B. He went to his room

C. He went to meet his friend

D. He decided to go back

Answer: (A) He was in the hospital.


17. What did the professor do when he noticed the empty chair?

A. He sat on the chair

B. He went away

C. He stood in the crowd

D. He went back to his guest house

Answer: (A) He sat on the chair.


18. What does the word ‘Roared’ mean?

A. Trembled

B. Shivered

C. Thundered

D. None of the above

Answer: (C) Thundered


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