NCERT English Class 11 | Chapter 8 | Silk Road | MCQs |

1. Where was the author heading towards?

A. Mount Everest

B. Mount Kanchenjunga

C. Mount Godwin Austen

D. Mount Kailash

Answer: (D) Mount Kailash

2. Who accompanied the author?

A. Lhamo

B. Tsetan

C. Changtang

D. Ravu

Answer: (B) Tsetan

3. Which animals were spotted on their way?

A. Deer

B. Goats

C. Yaks

D. Gazelle

Answer: (D) Gazelle

4. What is a Tibetan mastiff?

A. A wild goat

B. A wild boar

C. A huge dog

D. A big gazelle

Answer: (C) A huge dog

5. Where were the Tibetan mastiffs brought from?

A. China

B. Nepal

C. Tibet

D. Bhutan

Answer: (A) China

6. Who does not understand his son in the poem ‘Father to Son’?

A. Mother

B. Father

C. Son

D. Both a and b

Answer: (B) Father

7. Where did the author reach by late afternoon?

A. Darchen

B. Hor

C. Lhasa

D. Kailash

Answer: (B) Hor

8. Which of the following adjectives is used to describe Hor?

A. Grim

B. Miserable

C. Beautiful

D. Both A and B

Answer: (D) Both A and B

9. Which is Tibet’s venerated stretch of water?

A. Lake Kailash

B. Lake Baikal

C. Gaurikund

D. Lake Mansarovar

Answer: (D) Lake Mansarovar

10. Which of the rivers are not a pinpoint of Lake Mansarovar?

A. Beas

B. Ganga

C. Brahmaputra

D. Sutlej

Answer: (D) Sutlej

11. Who is the author of the article ‘Silk Road’?

A. Jack Middleton

B. James Middleton

C. Nick Middleton

D. None of the above

Answer: (C) Nick Middleton

12. Who is the poet of ‘Father to Son’?

A. Walt Whitman

B. Neil Sarangi

C. Elizabeth Jennings

D. Robert Browning

Answer: (C) Elizabeth Jennings

13. What is the synonym of the word ‘stout’in the article?

A. Round

B. Circular

C. Plump

D. Tough

Answer: (D) Tough

14. Which of the following is the antonym of the word ‘billowed’?

A. Uniform

B. Exact

C. Expand

D. All of the above

Answer: (C) Expand

15. What does the phrase ‘ducking back’ means in the chapter ‘Silk Route’?

A. Taking a break

B. Moving forward and backwards

C. Quickly going inside and then coming back

D. None of the above

Answer: (C) Quickly going inside and then coming back.

Read the following line and answer the questions

“We could be a team,” he said excitedly

16. Who said this to whom?

A. Tsaten said this to Norbu

B. Norbu said this to the author

C. The author said this to Norbu

D. Daniel said this to Norbu

Answer: (B) Norbu said this to the author.

17. Why did the speaker want to be a team?

A. Because both were working on Kailash kora

B. Because both were studying Lake Mansarovar’

C. Because both were interested in Mount Kailash

D. All of the above

Answer: (A) Because both were working on Kailash kora.

18. Which of the following adjectives is not used to describe the author’s team member?

A. Non-practicing Buddhist

B. Old

C. Fat

D. None of the above

Answer: (B) Old

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