The Reluctant Fundamentalist & The God Of Small Things , MCQs For BS/MA/MS/M Phil..
Arundhati Roy belongs to ?
A) Bengal
B) Asaam
C) Behaar
D) None
Ans ' A'
Second husband of Roy was ?
A) Pardip
B) Kabir
C) Nagjut
D) Vishal
Ans ‘A’
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Roy house-schooled at the age of ?
A) Nine
B) Ten
C) Eleven
D) Twelve
Ans ' B’
Even when Roy was a ------------profile writer, Roy began to assert her
political opinions loudly?
A) High
B) Medium
C) Low
D) Extreme
Ans ' C’
“The God Of Small Things” is Roy’s ----------novel?
A) Last
B) First
C) Second
D) Unpublished
Ans’ B’
Roy was ?
A) Economist
B) Political Activist
C) Novelist
D) B & C
Ans ‘D’
“The Algebra of Infinite Justice” falls in the genre of ?
A) Essay
B) Novel
C) Drama
D) None
Ans ‘A’
Roy continues to write, engage in advocacy, and live with her husband in?
A)Mumbai
B) Karachi
C) New Delhi
D) Bengal
Ans ‘C’
At age -------, Rahel finally hears that her brother, Estha, had returned ?
A) 30
B) 31
C) 32
D) 33
Ans ‘B’
The daughter of Chacko and Margaret Kochamma is?
A) Mol
B) Laaj
C) A & B
D) None
Ans ‘A’
Estha's and Rahel's mother is ?
A) Ammu
B) Shanti
C) Gopi
D) Kokila
Ans ‘A’
Estha's and Rahel's blind grandmother is ?
A) Nirmila
B) Kalpa
C) Mammachi
D) Sangeeta
Ans ‘C’
Velutha's paralyzed brother is ?
A) Kuttapen
B) Kattapa
C) Krishan
D) Chandan
Ans ‘A’
Margaret Kochamma's true love and Sophie Mol's stepfather is?
A) Joe
B) Jim
C) Kim
D) Pip
Ans ‘A’
Rahel's American ex-husband is?
A) Parry
B) Kevin
C) Larry
D) David
Ans 'C'
The story '' The Reluctant Fundamentalist" begins on the street of ?
A) Karachi
B) Kihai
C) Meerut
D) None
Ans ' D'
Who offers to direct an American ?
A) Jim
B) Tabrez
C) Changez
D) All
Ans 'C'
Changez ordained degree in ?
A) Law
B) Medicine
C) Finance
D) Dance
Ans "C"
Who said "Sell Yourself" ?
A) Kim
B) Chris
C) Jim
D) None
Ans ' C'
The character of Changez falls in the category of ?
A) Complex
B) Dynamic
C) Round
D) All
Ans 'D'
First chapter ; especially first page of "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" has ?
A) Confrontation
B) Reconciliation
C) None
D) Both A & B
Ans ' D'
"The Reluctant Fundamentalist" depicts ?
A) Racism
B) Fundamentalism
C) Islamo-phobia
D) All
Ans 'D'
Changez belongs to ?
A) Lahore
B) Karachi
C) Gujrat
D) Sindh
Ans ' A'
The protagonist of " The Reluctant Fundamentalist" is ?
A) Dilnawaz
B) Changez
C) Masseur
D) All
Ans " B"
The Reluctant Fundamentalist was published in ?
A) 2007
B) 2008
C) 2009
D) 2010
Ans ‘A’
After graduation, a group of Princetonians had decided a trip together in....?
A) Maline
B) Chile
C) Greece
D) New Jersey
Answer: C
At Greece trip, Changez was friendly with one of the Ivy men named:
A) Wainwright
B) Jaun
C) Adam
D) Chuck
Answer: D
Erica and other companions were members of the University's most prestigious eating club named:
A) Yale
B) Samson
C) Ivy
D) Santorini
Answer: C
What was the name of Erica's boyfriend?
A) Mike
B) Chuck
C) David
D) Chris
Answer: D
"I hoped one day to be the dictator of an Islamic republic with nuclear capability"
These lines are uttered by?
A) Jim
B) Wainwright
C) Chris
D) Changez
Answer: D
Erica wanted to become a ?
A) Novelist
B) Dramatist
C) Poet
D) Singer
Answer : A
Who was the Vice president of Underwood Samson?
A) Jim
B) Wainwright
C) Sherman
D) Mike
Answer: C
In four and a half years Changez was never an American but was immediately a:
A) Pakistani
B) New Yorker
C) Indian
D) Lahori
Answer: B
The annual summer party was held at Jim's house in the :
A) Athens
B) Rhodes
C) Hamptons
D) Maline
Answer: C
In which language Changez communicates with a man at Pak Punjab Delhi?
A) Urdu
B) Punjabi
C) English
D) Gujrati
Answer: A
Changez had the scar on his?
A) Neck
B) Forearm
C) Face
D) Foot
Ans B
Who invited Changez on dinner soon after his return from Greece?
A) Jim
B) Wainwright
C) Erica
D) Sherman
Ans C
What does Changez wear while going to Erica’s home?
A) T-shirt
B) White kurta
C) Dress shirt
D) Track suit
Ans B
Whose Sketch was on the wall in Erica’s room?
A) Erica’s
B) Erica’s mother
C) Erica’s father
D) Chris
Ans D
After death of Chris Erica’s mother had to take ____ months off work to take care of Erica
A) 2 months
B) 3 months
C) 4 months
D) 5 months
Ans B
Due to time difference Messages Erica wrote in the morning from New York Arrived in Changez Inbox in the____
A) Noon
B) Afternoon
C) Evening
D) Night
Ans C
Erica’s emails were
A) Brief
B) Lengthy
C) Both
D) None
Ans A
When Changez heard the news of Attack on twins tower he was in
A) Lahore
B) New York
C) Chile
D) Manila
Ans D
After hearing the news of attack on twins tower what was the reaction of Changez?
A) He Smiled
B) He wept
C) He became unconscious
D) None
Ans A
Where Changez was escorted by armed guards?
A) At airport
B) At restaurant
C) At Hotel
D) At workplace
Ans A
According to Changez the American empire exercised its power by means of primarily .......
A) Armed forces
B) Finance
C) Technology
D) All of above
Ans B
At check-post Changez was quarantined due to the suspicion of.......
A) A chronic disease
B) Profession
C) Race
D) Illegal activity
Ans C
What did Jim offer to Changez in his office to cope crisis?
A) Beer
B) Catharsis
C) Whisky
D) Relaxation
Ans A
Who came to bid farewell to Changez??
A) Jim
B) Colleagues
C) Erica
D) Wainwright
Ans D
At which age did Changez got his first job?
A) 22
B) 24
C) 26
D) 28
Ans A
How did Changez intervene at reception in order to meet Erica?
A) He made reference of Erica
B) Receptionist helped him
C) With the help of nurse
D) He could not enter
Ans C
Changez Called the month of September as...
A) A cruelest month
B) a spring of sorts
C) Spring of charm
D) Sort of beauty
Ans B
On evening walk with Erica through Union Square what did they see??
A) Butterfly
B) Firefly
C) Flutterfly
D) None
Ans B
Who uttered that statement " Look! It's trying to compete with buildings."
A) Jim
B) Changez
C) Wainwright
D) Erica
Ans D
What did Erica's manuscript reveal before Changez??
A) She committed suicide
B) She proposed Changez
C) She left him
D) She was alive
Ans C
In Chapter 6 which flower buds Changez buy from the flower seller ?
A. Rose buds
B. Jasmin buds
C. Lilly buds
D. Lotus
Answer ( B)
Flower is the symbol of both
A. Love and lust
B. Relationship between man and nature
C. Life and Death
D. Ambiguity and frustration
Answer : ( C )
Erica reminds Chris after 9/11 and she finds herself feeling ________for him
A. Depressed
B. Happy
C. Emotional
D. Haunted
Answer : ( D )
The chapter 6 deals with the major themes of novel
A. Patriotism
B. Destruction
C. Mortality
D. A and C
Answer: (D )
Changez meets Erica after returning from ____
A. Italy
B. Turkey
C. Philippines
D. Australia
Answer : ( C )
Changez feels that he is now “ fits in “ New York society because of
A. His morality
B. His patriotic Behavior
C. His education and employment
D. His high intellectual power
Answer : ( C )
Erica has found a _____ for her manuscript
A. Publisher
B. Agent
C. Policeman
D. Changez
Answer : ( B )
My mother’s most beautiful sister. Her marriage was arranged ,are the lines by
A. ERICA
B. Changez
C. Jim
D. Wainwright
Answer: ( B )
Erica loves Changez at that moment when Changez talk about
A. Erica’s beauty
B. Changez’s home
C. Love for America
D. About Chris
Answer : ( B )
In Chapter 6 Changez and Erica enjoyed
A. Sex
B. Food
C. Traveling
D. Nothing
Answer : ( A )
Changez gets a job, his training at
a) Princeton University
b) Underwood Samson
c) Harvard University.
d) a, b
Ans: (D)
Why was Changez imprisoned?
a) He leads protests against the United States
b) He was a Muslim
c) He was a terrorist
d) All of them
Ans: (A)
His arrestment makes him even more popular with_____
(a) Americans
(b) Political minded students
(c) Young students
(d) Pakistanis
Ans: (B)
September was deemed the best month for______?
(a) Peace
(b) Outing
(c) Battle
(d) none of these
Ans: (C)
The mountain passes of Kashmir might be closed by snow as early as
(a) February
(b) October
(c) September
(d) December
Ans: (B)
Changez said, "I was popular among my students because perhaps"
(a) I was young
(b) They could see the value of my ex-janissary's skills
(c) Both a, b
(d) none of these
Ans: (C)
When he returned from New York, the threat of war with India reached its ____?
(a) Highest Point
(b) Richest Point
(c) Greatest Point
(d) Lowest Point
(A)
Changez said "The first of our protests receive much _______ took place not far from where we are now"
(a) Hate
(b) Attention
(c) Ignorance
(d) All of these
Ans: (B)
I will not pretend to you that all of my students were ___?
(a) Angels
(b) Demons
(c) Sharp
(d) Intelligent
Ans: (A)
In chapter twelfth Changez said "I see from your _____ that you don't believe me"
(a) Expression
(b) Behavior
(c) Eyes
(d) Attitude
Ans: (A)
While living in New York,Changez tells the stranger that he noticed rapid changes in_____.
a) America
b) Pakistan
c) Afghanistan
d) None of these
Answer: a
_______ says that after 9/11, America seems to him to become aggressively patriotic and nationalistic.
a) Changez
b) Stranger
c) Wainwright
d) None of them
Answer: a
Changez hears the rumors of violent attacks on ______.
a) Muslims
b) Americans
c) Afghanis
d) none pf these
Answer: a
At underwood Samson ____ was very impressed by Changez.
a) Wainwright
b) stranger
c) Jim
d) None of them
Answer: c
Jim assigns Changez a new project at a cable company in______.
a) New York
b) New Jersey
c) California
d) None of these
Answer: b
______ encourages Changez to " focus on the fundamentals".
a) Wainwright
b) Jim
c) stranger
d) none of them
Answer: a
Changez tells the stranger that Pakistan is the _____ populous country in the world.
a) 2nd
b) 6th
c) 7th
d) 8th
Answer: b
Changez tells the stranger that_____ specializes in big, carnivorous meals that symbolize country's aggression and power.
a) America
b) Pakistan
c) Afghanistan
d) None of these
Answer: b
United States begins bombing:
a) Afghanistan
b) Pakistan
c) Russia
d) United kingdom
Answer: a
Jim advices Changez not to be_____.
a) concerned
b) unconcerned
c) afraid
d) happy
Answer: a
What is one thing Pakistan shares with Afghanistan?
A GEOGRAPHY
B LANGUAGE
C USED TO BE THE SAME COUNTRY
D RELIGION
Ans D
Where does Changez send some of his money?
A TO HIS FAMILY
B TO ERICA
C INVESTMENTS
D TO ERICA'S FAMILY
Ans A
Whose house does Changez visit in Valparaiso?
A BORGES
B NERUDA
C BOLANO
D MARQUEZ
Ans B
Where does Changez get heckled by two men?
A NEW YORK
B NEW JERSEY
C DELAWARE
D Karachi
Ans. B
When does Changez first go back home to Pakistan?
A NEW YEAR'S
B AROUND CHRISTMAS
C THE YEAR AFTER SEPTEMBER 11
C SEPTEMBER 11
Ans (B)
6 What feature of Erica's body does Changez notice often?
A BREASTS
B HANDS
C HIPS
D MUSCLES
Ans (A)
Where did Changez and Erica meet?
A PRINCETON
B GREECE
C PAKISTAN
D EUROPE
Ans (B)
How did Changez come to be on the summer trip?
A HE KNEW A FRIEND.
B HE ORGANIZED IT.
C HE WAS LOOKING FOR ERICA.
D HE WAS IN THE SAME
PLACE AT THE SAME TIME.
Ans A
Changez is surprised by Erica exposing what part of herself to him?
A BREASTS
B LEGS
C GENITALS
D UPPER THIGHS
(Ans A
What happens the night Erica celebrates getting an agent?
A CHANGEZ VISITS HER AT HER APARTMENT.
B SHE ASKS CHANGEZ OUT.
C SHE ENDS UP IN BED WITH CHANGEZ.
D SHE IS SENT TO THE INSTITUTION.
Ans. C
Erica likes to hear about what from Changez?
A UNDERWOOD SAMSON
B CHILE
C PAKISTAN
D POETRY
Ans. C
Jim rolled up his ___ and asked, over the sizzle of our fish, what was on my mind.
A) Burger
B) Newspaper
C) Map
D) Sleeves
Ans: D
Erica's mother says that Erica needs a___ rather than a boyfriend.
A) Husband
B) Attendant
C) Friend
D) Medical treatment
Ans: C
Erica disappeared into powerful___.
A) Nostalgia
B) Medication
C) Depression
D) Dogma
Ans: A
Jim invites Changez over to his spacious___ to make that sure Changez is okay.
A) Tribeca flat
B) Office
C) Hotel
D) Home town
Ans: A
What is the waiter actually doing when the American thinks he is praying?
A) Shouting loudly
B) Reciting the menu
C) Joking
D) None
Ans: B
Why was Erica taking drug for?
A) Medication
B) Depression
C) Insomnia
D) Both B & C
Ans: C
Point out a polite character in the novel.
A) Erica
B) Changez
C) Jim
D) Chris
Ans: B
When does Changez first go back home to Pakistan?
A) New years
B) Around Christmas
C) September 11
D) In December
Ans: B
Who says "Erica has told you about her history, yes?"
A) Doctor
B) Nurse
C) Her mother
D) Chris
Ans: C
Where does Changez get heckled by two men?
A) New York
B) Tribeca flat
C) Air port
D) New jersey
Ans: D