NCERT English Class 12 | Chapter 8 | Memories of Childhood | MCQs |

1. What had hurt Bama in the society?

A. Political plays

B. Class students

C. Road shows

D. Practice of untouchability

Answer: (D) Practice of untouchability.


2. Who was Zitkala Sa?

B. A Tamilian

C. A protester

D. A Native American

E. None of these.

Answer: (C) A Native American


3. How much time did Bama take to reach home?

A. 2 hours

B. 3 hours

C. 4 hours

D. 1 hour

Answer: (D) 1 Hour


4. What did Judewin tell Zitkala?

A. A new dress is coming

B. she will meet her mother

C. she will go to a new place

D. her hair would be cut

Answer: (D) Her hair would be cut.


5. What sort of shows attracted Bama?

A. shows by jugglers

B. shows by monkeys

C. shows by shopkeepers

D. shows by political people

Answer: (D) Shows by political people.


6. What was common between Bama and Zitkala?

A. belonged to minority

B. victims of cultural differences

C. were struggling because of class

D. All these.

Answer: (D) All these.


7. Zitkala started crying at the dining table because

A. she didn’t like the food

B. she was a stranger

C. because of eating by formula

D. All these.

Answer: (C) because of eating by formula.


8. The scene in the market changed Bama’s life in a way that

A. she decided to study hard and stand against discrimination

B. she became fearful

C. she became stubborn

D. she was irritated

Answer: (A) she decided to study hard and stand against discrimination.


9. What did the story showcase?

A. Discrimination on the basis of casteism specially with Indians in western culture.

B. difference of Indian and Western culture

C. views of minorities

D. None of these.

Answer: (A) Discrimination on the basis of casteism specially with Indians in western culture.


10. What did the cutting of long hair of Zitkala Sa symbolise in the lesson?

A. subjection to the rulers

B. her wish to dominate

C. her wish to get justice

D. her wish to look modern

Answer: (A) subjection to the rulers.


11. Why did Zitkala find Eating by formula a hard trial?

A. because of her inability to follow the bell taps

B. because of too many rules

C. because of restrictions

D. None of these.

Answer: (A) because of her inability to follow the bell taps.


12. Why did the Landlord’s man ask Bama’s brother on which street did they live?

A. to know his class

B. to know his background

C. to know his work

D. to know his caste

Answer: (D) to know his caste.


13. Who is the author of the lesson Memories of childhood?

A. Zitkala-Sa and Bama

B. Emily Brontë

C. Charles Dickens

D. None of these.

Answer: (A) Zitkala-Sa and Bama


14. What did Zitkala mean by Eating by Formula?

A. set pattern of sitting

B. set pattern of standing in lines

C. set pattern of rules

D. set pattern of eating decorum

Answer: (D) set pattern of eating decorum.


15. Who told this to Bama? 'Untouchability is a crime'?

A. her mother

B. Zitkala and Sa

C. her sister

D. her brother Annan

Answer: (D) her brother Annan.


16. The lesson ‘Memories of Childhood’ is

A. an autobiographical episode.

B. a fable

C. a legend

D. a play

Answer: (A) an autobiographical episode.


17. The meaning of the word 'dawdle'

A. to go somewhere very slowly.

B. to run away

C. to walk along the street

D. All of these.

Answer: (A) to go somewhere very slowly.


18. The opposite of 'rebellious'

A. Defiant

B. Dormant

C. Compliant

D. Both B. and C.

Answer: (C) Compliant


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3. Journey to the end of Earth MCQs

4. The Enemy MCQs

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6. On the face of It MCQs

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