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The Three Questions MCQs


F.Y. B.sc and B.Com Sem-2 MCQs for Language Through Literature

Sem  2

The Three Questions

1 The author of ‘The Three Questions’:

 a)Swami Vivekananda

 b)Rabindranath Tagore

 c)Leo Tolstoy 

d)D.H. Lawrence

 2 Tolstoy’s style of writing is one of: 

a) Literary criticism

 b) Literary realism

c) Critical interpretation 

d) Humor and satire

 3 Tolstoy is also known as: 

a) Social reformer

 b) Novelist 

c) For his extensive philosophical writing 

d) All of these

 4 The following were greatly influenced by Tolstoy’s ideas on non-violent resistance: 

a) Mahatma Gandhi 

b) Martin Luther king

 c) Both 

d) None 

5 ‘The Three Questions’ is taken from: 

a) Gitanjali 

b) Ghare Bahire

c) What Men Live By and Other Tales 

d) None of these

 6 ‘The Three Questions’ is in the form of: 

a) A parable 

b) A true account 

c) An autobiography 

d) A satire 

7 The three Questions are: 

a) Philosophical inquiries

 b) Crucial for the king to to succeed in life 

c) Spiritual in nature 

d) All of these 

8 The king sought answers to the following: 

a) Right action

 b) Right place 

c) Right intention

 d) Right time, people and action

 9 The king wanted answer to three questions because:

 a) He believed the answers would help him succeed in life

 b) He felt he would not fail in anything he undertook in life 

c) Both of these 

d) None of these 

10 What was the king’s proclamation about the three questions? 

a) He would make the person who answered correctly the king

b) The answers would open doors to heaven 

c) He would reward the man who answered correctly 

d) All of these 

11 The difficulty about the answers that the learned men gave: 

a) They all gave the same answers 

b) They all gave different answers 

c) They could not give any answer

 d) None of these 

12 Reply to the first question was: 

a) It was impossible to decide beforehand the right time for any action 

b) One must draw up in advance a table of days, months and years 

c) Both of these 

d) None of these 

13 The king agreed to _______ of the answers given by the learned men- 

a) Most 

b) None 

c) All 

d) Some 

14The king decided to consult ___ to get the right answers: 

a) a hermit 

b) A judge 

c) A brahmin 

d) An astrologer 

15 The hermit was: 

a) An intelligent man full of knowledge 

b) Widely known for his wisdom 

c) A man of few words 

d) Digging the Earth 

16 The king put on simple clothes when he went to meet the hermit because: 

a) he was a simple man 

b) He wanted to go in disguise 

c) The hermit received only common people 

d) None of these 

17 When the king saw the hermit, the man was: 

a) digging in the ground in front of his hut 

b) Meditating 

c) Watering the garden 

d) None of these 

18 When the hermit saw the king: 

a) He greeted the king and put down his spade 

b) He greeted the king and asked him why he had come 

c) He greeted the king and continued digging 

d) None of these 

19When the king said why he had come, - 

a) The hermit answered at once 

b) The hermit did not answer 

c) The hermit spat on the ground 

d) He spat on the ground and continued digging 

20 When the king repeated his questions to the hermit, the man:

a) Gave an answer 

b) Did not answer 

c) Said,” Now rest awhile and let me work a bit.” 

d) All of these 

21 When the Sun began to sink behind the tress: 

a) The king stopped digging 

b) The king said he will return home 

c) The hermit had still not given an answer 

d) All of these 

22 The bearded man running at them: 

a) Had a wound in his stomach 

b) Was a robber 

c) Was the king’s enemy 

d) All of these 

23 The blood from he wound did not stop and- 

a) The king was horrified 

b) The king re bandaged the wound again and again 

c) The man revived 

d) He asked for water 

24 When the king got up in the morning: 

a) He was back in his palace 

b) He had forgotten everything 

c) He got up from his dream 

d) He saw the bearded man gazing intently at him 

25 When the bearded man saw that the king was awake- 

a) He thanked the king for saving his life 

b) He said, “Forgive me!” 

c) He told the king he had come to kill him

 d) He said he was the king’s enemy

 26 The bearded man had come to take revenge as: 

a) His brother was killed by the king 

b) His property was seized by the king 

c) Both of these

 d) None of these

 27 The man was : 

a) Waiting in the bush to kill the king when he returned 

b) Was attacked by the king’s bodyguard

 c) Was saved by the king

 d) All of these 

28 The man asked : 

a) To be the king’s most faithful slave 

b) To allow him to bid his sons to be the king’s slaves 

c) To have his property back 

d) All of these 

29 the answer to the king’s first question:

 a) Today 

b) Now 

c) Later 

d) Never 

30 The most necessary man is: 

a) who can help you 

b) Whom you can help 

c) With whom you are now 

d) All of these 

31 The most important thing was: 

a) To help others 

b) To do good 

c) To forgive others 

d) All of these 


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