Bihar Board 9th English Objective Questions and Answers
BSEB Bihar Board 10th English Reader Objective Answers Chapter 8 Bharathipura
Question 1.
What did jagannath ask the pariahs to touch ?
(a) Bhutharaya
(b) Lord Manjunatha
(c) The saligram
(d) The priest
Answer:
(c) The saligram
Question 2.
Jagannath’s family-God was
(a) Lord Narasimha
(b)Kaveri
(c) Lord Manjunatha
(d) Bhutharaya
Answer:
(a) Lord Narasimha
Question 3.
From where did Jagannath step down to the courtyard ?
(a) The room
(b) The terrace
(c) The balcony
(d) The portico
Answer:
(d) The portico
Question 4.
The image of Lord Narasimha was made of
(a) clay
(b) metal
(c) stone
(d) wood
Answer:
(c) stone
Question 5.
Who crossed the courtyard, carrying a headload of fire wood ?
(a) A servant
(b) Kaveri
(c) A pariah
(d) Apriest
Answer:
(b) Kaveri
Question 6.
Who was Pilla ?
(a) A demon-spirit
(b) A priest
(c) A god
(d) A pariah
Answer:
(d) A pariah
Question 7.
Jagannath felt his …look whipping his back.
(a) aunt’s
(b) priest’s
(c) kaveri’s
(d) pilla’s
Answer:
(a) aunt’s
Question 8.
Jagannath’s family-god was lord
(a) Manjunatha
(b) Narasimha
(c) Bhutharaya
(d) Mahavira
Answer:
(b) Narasimha
Question 9.
For Jagannath the Saligram was just a
(a) symbol of divine power
(b) pebble
(c) family-god
(d) magical power
Answer:
(b) pebble
Question 10.
Jagannath wanted to…
(a) establish
(b) continue
(c) destroy
(d) narrate
Answer:
(c) destroy
Question 11.
Slowly Jagannath began to move towards
(a) the servants
(b) his aunt
(c) the priest
(d) the pariahs
Answer:
(d) the pariahs
Question 12.
After a long walk Jagannath came home, feeling
(a) excited
(b) honoured
(c) disappointed
(d) dazed
Answer:
(d) dazed
Question 13,
Jagannath’s village was called
(a) Bharathipura
(b) Chittoor
(c) Aflatoon
(d) Rishivanathpur
Answer:
(a) Bharathipura
Question 14.
Lord Manjunatha was the reigning deity of village of
(a) Agra
(b) Kanpur
(c) Bharathipura
(d) Chittoor
Answer:
(c) Bharathipura
Question 15.
…………..is the central character of the novel
Bharathipura
(a) SripaI
(b) Narayandutt
(c) Tripathi
(d) Jagannath
Answer:
(d) Jagannath
16.
Bhutharaya was a
(a) evil spirit
(b) demon-spirit
(c) bad-maiden
(d) good maiden
Answer:
(b) demon-spirit
Question 17.
For Jagannath, the saligram of lord Narasimha was just a
(a) pebble
(b) customs
(c) casket
(d) protagonist
Answer:
(a) pebble
Question 18.
Jagannath was holding a damp………….in his hand.
(a) protagonist
(b) casket
(c) basket
(d) rocket
Answer:
(b) casket
Question 19.
Jagannath wanted people to give up wrong
(a) tradition
(b) diety
(c) centre
(d) customs
Answer:
(d) customs
Question 20.
Jagannath, the………..is the main character of the given extract.
(a) egoist
(b) enthuaism
(c) protagonist
(d) penlagonist
Answer:
(c) protagonist
Question 21.
The name of his ancestral village home was………
(a) Agra
(b) Bharathipura
(c) Kanpur
(d) Chittor
Answer:
(b) Bharathipura
Question 22.
Jagannath returns from…………..to his ancenstral village home in Bharathipura.
(a) England
(b) India
(c) Canada
(d) America
Answer:
(a) England
Question 23.
…………is a temple-centered village.
(a) Bharathipura
(b) Agra
(c) Kanpur
(d) Lucknow
Answer:
(a) Bharathipura
Question 24.
……….is the reigning diet s of the village.
(a) Lord Ranjit
(b) Lord Ranapratap
(c) Lord Majunath
(d) Lord Kansanap
Answer:
(a) Lord Ranjit
Question 25.
Lord Manjuntha weilds power through a demon-spirit called
(a) Bhuthayara
(b) Bhutharaya
(c) Bhuyathaya
(d) Bhuyathra
Answer:
(b) Bhutharaya
Question 26.
Lord………….was the family god of Jagannath
(a) Narendra
(b) Nagendra
(c) Narasimha
(d) Narreshwa
Answer:
(c) Narasimha
Question 27.
There is a temple-centred village and the reigning diety is lord
(a) Krishna
(b) Manjunath
(c) Mahavir
(d) Ram
Answer:
(b) Manjunath
Question 28.
Jagannath returns from foreign to his on estral village home in
(a) Kashi
(b) Bharathpur
(c) Bharathipura
(d) Bhanipuram
Answer:
(c) Bharathipura
Question 29.
Jagannath the protagonist returns from
(a) England
(b) America
(c) UAE
(d) USSR
Answer:
(a) England
Question 30.
This extract has been taken from UR Anatha Murthy’s novel
(a) Religion
(b) Bharatipura
(c) Bharti
(d) none of these
Answer:
(b) Bharatipura
Question 31.
The story, “Bharathipura” has been written by
(a) Bill Bryson
(b) Najmul Hasan
(c) Raskin Bond
(d) U.R. Anantha Murthy
Answer:
(d) U.R. Anantha Murthy
Question 32.
Jagannath returns to this place with the hope of bringing about a new
(a) awareness
(b) belief
(c) thoughts
(d) awakening
Answer:
(d) awakening
Question 33.
This belief has been systematically exploited by the
(a) town people
(b) ruling class
(c) ruler of the state
(d) none of these
Answer:
(b) ruling class
Question 34.
Jagannath wields power through a demon-spirit called
(a) Bhutharaya
(b) Bhutnath
(c) Bhut
(d) Bhutdeva
Answer:
(a) Bhutharaya
Question 35.
Jagannath realizes that to awaken the villagers is to destroy the myth of Lord
(a) Krishna
(b) Rama
(c) Mahavir
(d) Manjunatha
Answer:
(d) Manjunatha
Question 36.
Jagannath thought to take untouchables into the village
(a) temple
(b) pond
(c) well
(d) river
Answer:
(a) temple
Question 37.
But before the village temple Jagannath thought that he should detroy the myth of his own family God Lord
(a)Narsimha
(b)Saligram
(c) Kuldevi
(d) Krishna
Answer:
(a)Narsimha
Question 38.
Aunt and the priest were at the door
(a) terror-striken
(b) perplexed
(c) crossed
(d) whipping
Answer:
(a) terror-striken
Question 39.
Jagannath felt his aunt’s look his back ………… his back
(a) absurd
(b) whipping
(c) impending
(d) grotesque
Answer:
(b) whipping
Question 40.
A heaving auguish had come to a………….end.
(a) touched
(b) casket
(c) grotesque
(d) courtyard
Answer:
(c) grotesque