Practice Set -1 Answer, line-by-line MCQ set from "Amarnath" by Sister Nivedita, now with correct answers marked:
Line-by-Line MCQs with Answers – "Amarnath" by Sister Nivedita
1. Where did the Swami announce his decision to go to Amarnath?
a) On the steps of a temple
b) During a meal in the Mogul Gardens at Achhabal ✅
c) While walking in the Himalayas
d) Inside his tent
2. What did the Swami decide during the open-air meal?
a) To return to Kolkata
b) To go to Amarnath with the pilgrims ✅
c) To meditate in silence
d) To visit Delhi for a lecture
3. Who did the Swami decide to take with him to Amarnath?
a) His son
b) His assistant
c) His daughter ✅
d) His disciple
4. How did the group react to the Swami's announcement?
a) With jealousy
b) With disappointment
c) With silence
d) With delighted congratulation ✅
5. What helped the preparations go forward smoothly?
a) Heavy rainfall
b) Support from a State officer ✅
c) Lack of pilgrims
d) Financial donation from villagers
6. What was Kashmir full of during those weeks?
a) Traders
b) Army soldiers
c) Pilgrims ✅
d) Tourists
7. From where did they leave to return to their boats?
a) Amarnath
b) Islamabad
c) Srinagar
d) Achhabal ✅
8. What final task was to be done at Islamabad?
a) Meditation
b) Arranging transport
c) Final arrangements ✅
d) Performing rituals
9. What did they observe everywhere around them?
a) Snowfall
b) March of gathering hosts ✅
c) Religious dances
d) Political meetings
10. How were the encampments of the pilgrims described?
a) Noisy and unclean
b) Crowded and smelly
c) Quiet, orderly, and picturesque ✅
d) Violent and chaotic
11. How many people would typically encamp in a field?
a) Ten thousand
b) A few hundred
c) Five hundred
d) Two or three thousand ✅
12. What would be left behind after the encampment moved?
a) Broken tents
b) Food remains
c) Ashes of cooking-fires ✅
d) Shoes and clothes
13. What did the pilgrims carry with them?
a) Sacred books
b) A mobile bazaar ✅
c) Weapons
d) Holy water
14. What happened quickly at each halting place?
a) Animal sacrifices
b) Tent pitching and shop opening ✅
c) Funeral processions
d) Military parade
15. What seemed to be instinctive among the pilgrims?
a) Singing songs
b) Offering money
c) Organisation ✅
d) Cooking meals
16. What would run through the middle of the camp?
a) A river
b) A railway line
c) A broad street ✅
d) A procession
17. What could be bought in the street of the camp?
a) Clothes and toys
b) Fruits, milk, dahls, and rice ✅
c) Silver ornaments
d) Books and maps
18. Whose tent was placed near the fire lighting spot?
a) The doctor’s tent
b) The Tehsildar’s tent ✅
c) The Swami’s tent
d) A merchant’s tent
19. Where was Sister Nivedita’s tent generally located?
a) Beside a water source
b) Beside the cooking area
c) Beside the Swami’s tent ✅
d) On the outskirts of the camp
20. What did the Swami’s neighbourhood tend to form?
a) A meditation circle
b) A spiritual school
c) A social centre ✅
d) A music gathering
21. How many monks were said to be present on the journey?
a) Dozens
b) Tens
c) Hundreds ✅
d) Thousands
22. What colour were the tents of the monks?
a) Blue
b) White
c) Green
d) Gerrua ✅
23. How big were some of the monks’ tents?
a) Like small huts
b) As big as houses
c) Smaller than umbrellas ✅
d) As large as palaces
24. What was the Swami’s influence among the monks?
a) Unknown
b) Weak
c) Magnetic ✅
d) Irrelevant
25. Who would gather around the Swami at every halting place?
a) Villagers
b) Foreign tourists
c) The learned monks ✅
d) Government officials
26. What did the monks do inside the Swami’s tent?
a) Perform rituals
b) Argue and debate
c) Remain absorbed in conversation ✅
d) Eat and sleep
27. How long did the conversations with the Swami last?
a) For an hour
b) Till late night
c) Throughout the daylight hours ✅
d) Only during morning
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