Important MCQ and Answers of Amarnath by Nibedita
1. It was in the course of an open-air meal in the Mogul Gardens at:
- a) Achhabal
- b) Pawan
- c) Islamabad
- d) Pahlgam
2. The Swami suddenly announced that he would go to Amarnath with:
- a) his son
- b) his followers
- c) the pilgrims
- d) his daughter
3. Kashmir seemed, in those weeks, to be full of:
- a) tourists
- b) pilgrims
- c) soldiers
- d) merchants
4. We left Achhabal, and returned to our boats at:
- a) Pawan
- b) Islamabad
- c) Pahlgam
- d) Achhabal
5. Everywhere we saw the march of:
- a) soldiers
- b) gathering hosts
- c) merchants
- d) tourists
6. The encampment of two or three thousand people would leave no trace save the:
- a) ashes of their cooking-fires
- b) tents
- c) footprints
- d) litter
7. They carried a bazaar with them, and at each halting place they did
- a) cooked food
- b) held a market
- c) the pitching of tents and opening of shops took place
- d) performed rituals
8. The organization appeared to be:
- a) chaotic
- b) instinctive
- c) planned
- d) random
9. A broad street would run through the middle of one part of the camp where one could buy:
- a) souvenirs
- b) fresh vegetables
- c) dried fruits, milk, dahls, and rice
- d) meat
10. The tent of the Tehsildar was generally placed near some advantageous spot for:
- a) trading
- b) the lighting of the evening fire
- c) setting up a stage
- d) bathing
11. The Swami’s influence appeared to be:
- a) negligible
- b) magnetic
- c) ordinary
- d) weak
12. The more learned monks swarmed about the Swami at:
- a) Achhabal
- b) Islamabad
- c) every halting place
- d) Pahlgam
13. The talk on their side had been all of:
- a) Vishnu
- b) Brahma
- c) Krishna
- d) Siva
14. The monks remonstrated with Swami seriously when he insisted on:
- a) drawing their attention to the world about them
- b) meditating
- c) fasting
- d) sleeping
15. The monks could not understand the warmth of Swami's love and sympathy for:
- a) Christianity
- b) Judaism
- c) Mohammedanism
- d) Buddhism
16. The soil of the Punjaub was drenched with the blood of those who had died for:
- a) power
- b) land
- c) the faith
- d) revenge
17. The Tehsildar himself and many officers and servants of the pilgrimage had been:
- a) Buddhists
- b) Hindus
- c) Christians
- d) Mussulmans
18. The Tehsildar came afterwards with a group of friends, begging formal acceptance by the Swami as:
- a) friends
- b) servants
- c) disciples
- d) colleagues
19. Leaving Islamabad, we caught up somewhere with the pilgrimage, and camped with it at:
- a) Achhabal
- b) Pawan
- c) Pahlgam
- d) Amarnath
20. Pawan is famous for its:
- a) mountains
- b) holy springs
- c) temples
- d) markets
21. The brilliance of the lights reflected in the clear black waters of the tank that evening charmed:
- a) the narrator
- b) Swami
- c) the sister
- d) the Tehsildar
22. At Pahlgam, the camp halted for a day to keep:
- a) a festival
- b) ekadasi
- c) a meeting
- d) a ritual
23. The slopes about Pahlgam were dark with:
- a) pine-trees
- b) grass
- c) rocks
- d) snow
24. Over the mountain at its head was seen, at sunset, the:
- a) stars
- b) clouds
- c) sun
- d) moon
25. The last of human dwellings seen at Pahlgam included:
- a) a bridge, a farm house, with its ploughed fields, and a few saeter-huts
- b) a market
- c) a town
- d) a temple
26. Through scenes of indescribable beauty, three thousand of us ascended the valleys and camped the first day in:
- a) a field
- b) a pine-wood
- c) a meadow
- d) a valley
27. The next day, they had passed the snow-line, and pitched their tents beside:
- a) a frozen river
- b) a warm stream
- c) a lake
- d) a grassy knoll
28. The great camp-fire that night was made of:
- a) oak
- b) pine
- c) juniper
- d) cedar
29. The next evening, the servants had to wander many miles in search of:
- a) food
- b) water
- c) shelter
- d) fuel
30. The regular pathway came to an end and they had to scramble along:
- a) a river
- b) a plain
- c) goat-paths
- d) a road
31. The Cave of Amarnath was situated in a:
- a) valley
- b) gorge
- c) meadow
- d) hilltop
32. In the Cave, in a niche never reached by sunlight, shone the:
- a) golden statue
- b) ice-lingam
- c) silver idol
- d) crystal cross
33. The Swami had observed every rite of the pilgrimage including:
- a) telling his beads, keeping fasts, and bathing in the ice-cold waters of five streams
- b) meditating
- c) chanting
- d) preaching
34. The Swami received from Siva the gift of:
- a) wealth
- b) health
- c) wisdom
- d) Amar
35. The pilgrimage culminates on the great day of:
- a) Diwali
- b) Holi
- c) Rakhibandhan
- d) Navratri
36. The purity and whiteness of the ice-pillar had revealed itself to Swami as the secret of:
- a) Pawan
- b) Kailas
- c) Amarnath
- d) Pahlgam
37. The camp halted for a day at Pahlgam to keep:
- a) fast
- b) ekadasi
- c) holy spring ritual
- d) Rakhibandhan
38. The slopes about Pahlgam were dark with:
- a) oak-trees
- b) grass
- c) pine-trees
- d) snow
39. The scenery at Pahlgam was compared to:
- a) Switzerland or Norway
- b) Austria or France
- c) Himalayas or Rockies
- d) Andes or Alps
40. When the final march began, they left the rest of their party:
- a) in Islamabad
- b) at Achhabal
- c) on a grassy knoll
- d) at Pawan
41. On the second day, they crossed:
- a) a bridge
- b) a field
- c) the river-gravels
- d) a desert
42. The Swami observed every rite of the pilgrimage, including:
- a) chanting hymns
- b) keeping fasts
- c) wearing traditional attire
- d) offering flowers
43. In the Cave, amidst the buzzing noise of the pilgrim-crowd and the fluttering of pigeons, the Swami:
- a) meditated quietly
- b) prostrated two or three times
- c) lit candles
- d) sang devotional songs
44. The Swami said that he had received from Siva the gift of Amar, meaning:
- a) eternal wisdom
- b) everlasting wealth
- c) not to die until he himself had willed it
- d) supreme strength
45. The pilgrimage culminates on the great day of Rakhibandhan, and their wrists were tied with:
- a) white threads
- b) blue and green threads
- c) black and gold threads
- d) red and yellow threads
46. The Swami described the ice-lingam in the Cave as:
- a) a symbol of peace
- b) the waiting Presence of God
- c) a natural wonder
- d) a mystical artifact
47. The Tehsildar and many officers and servants of the pilgrimage being Mussulmans, yet participating in the Hindu rituals, shows:
- a) religious tension
- b) social hierarchy
- c) religious harmony
- d) political conflict
48. The Swami’s response to the monks’ inability to conceive unity between Hindu and Mohammedan was:
- a) practical concessions of the moment
- b) strict adherence to orthodoxy
- c) avoidance of the topic
- d) aggressive debates
49. The Swami’s discussions with the monks primarily focused on:
- a) social reforms
- b) the deity Siva
- c) political strategies
- d) economic conditions
50. The monks urged the Swami not to make distinctions between:
- a) rich and poor
- b) young and old
- c) Swadesh and bidesh (countrymen and foreigners)
- d) educated and uneducated
51. The story of the shepherds discovering the Cave of Amarnath is comparable to the Swami's experience of:
- a) leading the pilgrimage
- b) seeing Siva made visible before him
- c) teaching the monks
- d) practicing rituals
52. The great camp-fire on the night beside the frozen river was made of:
- a) oak
- b) pine
- c) cedar
- d) juniper
53. The Swami described his experience in the Cave as:
- a) a spiritual revelation
- b) a historical discovery
- c) an intellectual debate
- d) a physical challenge
54. The Swami’s love and sympathy for Mohammedanism were viewed by the monks as:
- a) understandable
- b) necessary
- c) puzzling
- d) dangerous
55. The Swami’s dream-like comment about the shepherds discovering Mahadev reveals his:
- a) practical nature
- b) imaginative mind
- c) scientific approach
- d) humorous side
Sure, here are additional multiple-choice questions based on the provided text:
56. The Swami and the party caught up with the pilgrimage and camped for the night at:
- a) Islamabad
- b) Achhabal
- c) Pawan
- d) Srinagar
57. The place famous for its holy springs where they camped is:
- a) Pahlgam
- b) Achhabal
- c) Islamabad
- d) Pawan
58. The Swami described the reflection of lights in the clear black waters of the tank as:
- a) mesmerizing
- b) dim
- c) blurred
- d) insignificant
59. The camp at Pahlgam is referred to as:
- a) the village of shepherds
- b) the valley of flowers
- c) the sacred village
- d) the monks’ refuge
60. The beautiful little ravine at Pahlgam was floored for the most part with:
- a) pebbles
- b) sandy islands
- c) grass
- d) snow
61. Over the mountain at the head of the ravine at sunset, the moon was:
- a) full
- b) crescent
- c) not yet full
- d) invisible
62. When the final march began, they left the rest of their party encamped on:
- a) a bridge
- b) a farm house
- c) a grassy knoll
- d) a saeter-hut
63. The first day of their ascent, they camped in:
- a) a desert
- b) a pine-wood
- c) a meadow
- d) an oak forest
64. The next evening, after passing the snow-line, they pitched their tents beside:
- a) a frozen river
- b) a flowing stream
- c) a lake
- d) a waterfall
65. The servants had to wander many miles in search of fuel made from:
- a) oak
- b) pine
- c) cedar
- d) juniper
66. The boulder-strewn gorge they ascended led to:
- a) the Cave of Amarnath
- b) the peak of a mountain
- c) a hidden valley
- d) a sacred river
67. Inside the Cave of Amarnath, in a niche never reached by sunlight, shone:
- a) a golden statue
- b) a crystal pillar
- c) the great ice-lingam
- d) a sacred flame
68. As the Swami entered the Cave, he felt as if he saw:
- a) Vishnu made visible before him
- b) Siva made visible before him
- c) Brahma made visible before him
- d) Indra made visible before him
69. After receiving the gift of Amar from Siva, the Swami:
- a) danced in joy
- b) silently withdrew
- c) shouted in ecstasy
- d) fainted in awe
70. The gift of Amar that the Swami received meant:
- a) eternal happiness
- b) infinite wisdom
- c) not to die until he himself had willed it
- d) unending wealth
71. The pilgrimage culminates on the great day of:
- a) Diwali
- b) Holi
- c) Rakhibandhan
- d) Navaratri
72. Their wrists were tied with threads of:
- a) red and blue
- b) yellow and green
- c) white and black
- d) red and yellow
73. The Swami imagined the Cave was first discovered by:
- a) a group of monks
- b) a party of shepherds
- c) a royal expedition
- d) wandering pilgrims
74. The purity and whiteness of the ice-lingam startled and enraptured the Swami, revealing the cavern as:
- a) the secret of Kailas
- b) a mystical realm
- c) the heart of nature
- d) an ancient temple
75. The Swami cherished the memory of his pilgrimage to Amarnath because he had:
- a) found peace
- b) entered a mountain-cave and come face to face with the Lord
- c) made new friends
- d) discovered new rituals
76. The Swami observed the rites of the pilgrimage by:
- a) chanting hymns
- b) telling his beads
- c) lighting candles
- d) offering flowers
77. The Swami fasted and bathed in:
- a) hot springs
- b) river-gravels
- c) ice-cold waters of five streams
- d) sacred ponds
78. The foreign mind noted with amusement the paradox that:
- a) the Tehsildar was a strict orthodox
- b) the officers and servants were Hindus
- c) the Mussulmans had no objections to entering the Cave
- d) the pilgrimage was only for Hindus
79. The Tehsildar and his friends begged for:
- a) food and shelter
- b) formal acceptance as disciples
- c) monetary assistance
- d) protection from enemies
80. The Swami made practical concessions of the moment to:
- a) avoid conflict
- b) express love for the brethren
- c) adhere to tradition
- d) show authority
Certainly! Here are additional multiple-choice questions based on the provided text:
81. The Swami announced his intention to go to Amarnath during:
- a) a meditation session
b) an open-air meal in the Mogul Gardens at Achhabal
- c) a prayer meeting
- d) a gathering at the temple
82. The preparations for the journey to Amarnath were aided by:
- a) local villagers
- b) a State officer
- c) foreign tourists
- d) monks
83. The pilgrims left Achhabal and returned to their boats at:
- a) Srinagar
- b) Islamabad
- c) Pawan
- d) Pahlgam
84. The pilgrim camps left no trace of their occupation except:
- a) footprints
- b) the ashes of their cooking-fires
- c) litter
- d) broken tents
85. The pilgrims carried a bazaar with them, and at each halting place, the pitching of tents and opening of shops took place with:
- a) slow and careful planning
- b) incredible rapidity
- c) moderate speed
- d) significant delays
86. The tent of the Tehsildar was generally placed near:
- a) a water source
- b) an advantageous spot for the lighting of the evening fire
- c) the market area
- d) the entrance of the camp
87. The Swami’s influence among the monks was described as:
- a) minimal
- b) magnetic
- c) negligible
- d) ordinary
88. The learned monks who swarmed about the Swami talked mostly about:
- a) politics
- b) Siva
- c) world affairs
- d) trade
89. The monks remonstrated with the Swami when he tried to draw their attention to:
- a) the weather
- b) the world about them
- c) other religions
- d) ancient texts
90. The Swami showed warmth and sympathy for:
- a) Buddhism
- b) Christianity
- c) Jainism
- d) Mohammedanism
91. The soil of the Punjab was argued to be drenched with the blood of those who died for:
- a) freedom
- b) power
- c) the faith
- d) land
92. The Tehsildar and many officers and servants of the pilgrimage were:
- a) Hindus
- b) Buddhists
- c) Christians
- d) Mussulmans
93. At Pahlgam, the camp halted to observe:
- a) a festival
- b) ekadasi
- c) a prayer meeting
- d) a community feast
94. The scenery of Switzerland or Norway is compared to the gentleness and loveliness of:
- a) the valley of Kashmir
- b) the slopes of Pahlgam
- c) the pine forests
- d) the mountain peaks
95. The final march began from a grassy knoll where they left:
- a) their luggage
- b) their boats
- c) the rest of their party encamped
- d) the Tehsildar
96. The first day of the ascent, they camped in:
- a) a meadow
- b) a pine-wood
- c) a sandy desert
- d) a rocky plateau
97. The great camp-fire made of juniper was used on:
- a) the first night
- b) the second night
- c) the third night
- d) the final night
98. The snow-peaks were covered with a veil of:
- a) mist
- b) newly-fallen snow
- c) ice
- d) clouds
99. The Swami observed every rite of the pilgrimage by:
- a) chanting hymns
- b) telling his beads, keeping fasts, and bathing in ice-cold waters
- c) offering flowers and fruits
- d) lighting candles and incense
100. The Swami believed he received the gift of Amar from Siva, meaning:
- a) eternal youth
- b) everlasting wealth
- c) not to die until he himself had willed it
- d) boundless knowledge
Answers :
Sure, here are the multiple-choice questions with the correct answers indicated:
1. It was in the course of an open-air meal in the Mogul Gardens at:
- **b) Achhabal**
2. The Swami suddenly announced that he would go to Amarnath with:
- **c) the pilgrims**
3. Kashmir seemed, in those weeks, to be full of:
- **b) pilgrims**
4. We left Achhabal, and returned to our boats at:
- **b) Islamabad**
5. Everywhere we saw the march of:
- **b) gathering hosts**
6. The encampment of two or three thousand people would leave no trace save the:
- **a) ashes of their cooking-fires**
7. They carried a bazaar with them, and at each halting place:
- **c) the pitching of tents and opening of shops took place**
8. The organization appeared to be:
- **b) instinctive**
9. A broad street would run through the middle of one part of the camp where one could buy:
- **c) dried fruits, milk, dahls, and rice**
10. The tent of the Tehsildar was generally placed near some advantageous spot for:
- **b) the lighting of the evening fire**
11. The Swami’s influence appeared to be:
- **b) magnetic**
12. The more learned monks swarmed about the Swami at:
- **c) every halting place**
13. The talk on their side had been all of:
- **d) Siva**
14. The monks remonstrated with Swami seriously when he insisted on:
- **a) drawing their attention to the world about them**
15. The monks could not understand the warmth of Swami's love and sympathy for:
- **c) Mohammedanism**
16. The soil of the Punjab was drenched with the blood of those who had died for:
- **c) the faith**
17. The Tehsildar himself and many officers and servants of the pilgrimage had been:
- **d) Mussulmans**
18. The Tehsildar came afterwards with a group of friends, begging formal acceptance by the Swami as:
- **c) disciples**
19. Leaving Islamabad, we caught up somewhere with the pilgrimage, and camped with it at:
- * - b) Pawan**
20. Pawan is famous for its:
- **b) holy springs**
21. The brilliance of the lights reflected in the clear black waters of the tank that evening charmed:
- **a) the narrator**
22. At Pahlgam, the camp halted for a day to keep:
- **b) ekadasi**
23. The slopes about Pahlgam were dark with:
- **a) pine-trees**
24. Over the mountain at its head was seen, at sunset, the:
- **d) moon**
25. The last of human dwellings seen at Pahlgam included:
- **a) a bridge, a farm house, with its ploughed fields, and a few saeter-huts**
26. Through scenes of indescribable beauty, three thousand of us ascended the valleys and camped the first day in:
- **b) a pine-wood**
27. The next day, they had passed the snow-line, and pitched their tents beside:
- a) a frozen river
28. The great camp-fire that night was made of:
- **c) juniper**
29. The next evening, the servants had to wander many miles in search of:
- **d) fuel**
30. The regular pathway came to an end and they had to scramble along:
- **c) goat-paths**
31. The Cave of Amarnath was situated in a:
- **b) gorge**
32. In the Cave, in a niche never reached by sunlight, shone the:
- **b) ice-lingam**
33. The Swami had observed every rite of the pilgrimage including:
- **a) telling his beads, keeping fasts, and bathing in the ice-cold waters of five streams**
34. The Swami received from Siva the gift of:
- **d) Amar**
35. The pilgrimage culminates on the great day of:
- **c) Rakhibandhan**
36. The purity and whiteness of the ice-pillar had revealed itself to Swami as the secret of:
- ** b) Kailas**
37. The camp halted for a day at Pahlgam to keep:
- **b) ekadasi**
38. The slopes about Pahlgam were dark with:
- **c) pine-trees**
39. The scenery at Pahlgam was compared to:
- **a) Switzerland or Norway**
40. When the final march began, they left the rest of their party:
- **c) on a grassy knoll**
41. On the second day, they crossed:
- **c) the river-gravels**
42. The Swami observed every rite of the pilgrimage, including:
- **b) keeping fasts**
43. In the Cave, amidst the buzzing noise of the pilgrim-crowd and the fluttering of pigeons, the Swami:
- **b) prostrated two or three times**
44. The Swami said that he had received from Siva the gift of Amar, meaning:
- **c) not to die until he himself had willed it**
45. The pilgrimage culminates on the great day of Rakhibandhan, and their wrists were tied with:
- **d) red and yellow threads**
46. The Swami described the ice-lingam in the Cave as:
- **b) the waiting Presence of God**
47. The Tehsildar and many officers and servants of the pilgrimage being Mussulmans, yet participating in the Hindu rituals, shows:
- **c) religious harmony**
48. The Swami’s response to the monks’ inability to conceive unity between Hindu and Mohammedan was:
- **a) practical concessions of the moment**
49. The Swami’s discussions with the monks primarily focused on:
- **b) the deity Siva**
50. The monks urged the Swami not to make distinctions between:
- **c) Swadesh and bidesh (countrymen and foreigners)**
51. The story of the shepherds discovering the Cave of Amarnath is comparable to the Swami's experience of:
- **b) seeing Siva made visible before him**
52. The great camp-fire on the night beside the frozen river was made of:
- **d) juniper**
53. The Swami described his experience in the Cave as:
- **a) a spiritual revelation**
54. The Swami’s love and sympathy for Mohammedanism were viewed by the monks as:
- **c) puzzling**
55. The Swami’s dream-like comment about the shepherds discovering Mahadev reveals his:
- **b) imaginative mind**
56. The Swami and the party caught up with the pilgrimage and camped for the night at:
- **c) Pawan**
57. The place famous for its holy springs where they camped is:
- **d) Pawan**
58. The Swami described the reflection of lights in the clear black waters of the tank as:
- **a) mesmerizing**
59. The camp at Pahlgam is referred to as:
- **a) the village of shepherds**
60. The beautiful little ravine at Pahlgam was floored for the most part with:
- **b) sandy islands**
61. Over the mountain at the head of the ravine at sunset, the moon was:
- **c) not yet full**
62. When the final march began, they left the rest of their party encamped on:
- **c) a grassy knoll**
63. The first day of their ascent, they camped in:
- **b) a pine-wood**
64. The next evening, after passing the snow-line, they pitched their tents beside:
- **a) a frozen river**
65. The servants had to wander many miles in search of fuel made from:
- **d) juniper**
66. The boulder-strewn gorge they ascended led to:
- **a) the Cave of Amarnath**
67. Inside the Cave of Amarnath, in a niche never reached by sunlight, shone:
- **c) the great ice-lingam**
68. As the Swami entered the Cave, he felt as if he saw:
- **b) Siva made visible before him**
69. After receiving the gift of Amar from Siva, the Swami:
- **b) silently withdrew**
70. The gift of Amar that the Swami received meant:
- **c) not to die until he himself had willed it**
71. The pilgrimage culminates on the great day of:
- **c) Rakhibandhan**
72. Their wrists were tied with threads of:
- **d) red and yellow**
73. The Swami imagined the Cave was first discovered by:
- **b) a party of shepherds**
74. The purity and whiteness of the ice-lingam startled and enraptured the Swami, revealing the cavern as:
- *- a) the secret of Kailas**
75. The Swami cherished the memory of his pilgrimage to Amarnath because he had:
- **b) entered a mountain-cave and come face to face with the
Almighty**
76. The Swami observed the rites of the pilgrimage by:
- b) telling his beads
77. The Swami fasted and bathed in:
- c) ice-cold waters of five streams
78. The foreign mind noted with amusement the paradox that:
- c) the Mussulmans had no objections to entering the Cave
79. The Swami's experience in the Cave was a profound:
- **a) spiritual revelation**
80. The Swami made practical concessions of the moment to:
- b) express love for the brethren
The Swami's storytelling about the shepherds discovering Mahadev showed his:
- **d) imaginative interpretation of legends**
Sure, here are the multiple-choice questions with the correct answers indicated:
81. The Swami announced his intention to go to Amarnath during:
- **b) an open-air meal in the Mogul Gardens at Achhabal**
82. The preparations for the journey to Amarnath were aided by:
- **b) a State officer**
83. The pilgrims left Achhabal and returned to their boats at:
- **b) Islamabad**
84. The pilgrim camps left no trace of their occupation except:
- **b) the ashes of their cooking-fires**
85. The pilgrims carried a bazaar with them, and at each halting place, the pitching of tents and opening of shops took place with:
- **b) incredible rapidity**
86. The tent of the Tehsildar was generally placed near:
- **b) an advantageous spot for the lighting of the evening fire**
87. The Swami’s influence among the monks was described as:
- **b) magnetic**
88. The learned monks who swarmed about the Swami talked mostly about:
- **b) Siva**
89. The monks remonstrated with the Swami when he tried to draw their attention to:
- **b) the world about them**
90. The Swami showed warmth and sympathy for:
- **d) Mohammedanism**
91. The soil of the Punjab was argued to be drenched with the blood of those who died for:
- **c) the faith**
92. The Tehsildar and many officers and servants of the pilgrimage were:
- **d) Mussulmans**
93. At Pahlgam, the camp halted to observe:
- **b) ekadasi**
94. The scenery of Switzerland or Norway is compared to the gentleness and loveliness of:
- **b) the slopes of Pahlgam**
95. The final march began from a grassy knoll where they left:
- **c) the rest of their party encamped**
96. The first day of the ascent, they camped in:
- **b) a pine-wood**
97. The great camp-fire made of juniper was used on:
- **c) the second night**
98. The snow-peaks were covered with a veil of:
- **b) newly-fallen snow**
99. The Swami observed every rite of the pilgrimage by:
- **b) telling his beads, keeping fasts, and bathing in ice-cold waters**
100. The Swami believed he received the gift of Amar from Siva, meaning:
- **c) not to die until he himself had willed it**
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