Amarnath. MCQ test of 50 marks
The story ‘Amarnath’ is written by –
(A) Swami Vivekananda
(B) Nayantara Sehgal
(C) Sister Nivedita
(D) William Wordsworth
The story ‘Amarnath’ has been taken from –
(A) The master as I saw him
(B) Wings of fire
(C) Amarnath
(D) Figure of speech
Swamiji’s announcement of visiting Amarnath came in the course of –
(A) Lunch
(B) Breakfast
(C) An open-air meal
(D) Dinner
On his visit to Amarnath, the Swami would take his –
(A) Daughter
(B) Sister
(C) Son
(D) Niece
Swami and his followers took their meal at Achhabal –
(A) In a field
(B) On the way
(C) At Amarnath
(D) In Mogul Gardens
Mogul Gardens is situated at –
(A) Punjab
(B) Aharal
(C) Achhabal
(D) Pahlgam
‘…. And take his daughter with him’ – here ‘daughter’ refers to –
(A) Mother Kali
(B) Sister Nivedita
(C) Mother Teresa
(D) Nayantara Sehgal
From Achhabal they returned to –
(A) Islamabad
(B) Amarnath
(C) Kalimpong
(D) Pawan
In Islamabad, Swami along with his followers stayed in a –
(A) Camp
(B) House
(C) Hotel
(D) Boat
‘Everywhere we saw the March of gathering hosts’ – here ‘hosts’ refers to –
(A) Followers
(B) Boat men
(C) Officers
(D) Pilgrims
The number of people assembled in a field was –
(A) Two thousand
(B) Two or three thousand
(C) Three thousand
(D) Four thousand
The people placed their camp in a –
(A) Field
(B) Big hall
(C) Garden
(D) Seaside
The people departed the camp in or at –
(A) Evening
(B) Dawn
(C) Night
(D) Afternoon
The pilgrims carried with them –
(A) A stick
(B) Money
(C) A bazaar
(D) Clothings
A broad Street runs through the middle of one part of the –
(A) Valley
(B) Town
(C) Field
(D) Camp
In the bazaar a person could buy –
(A) Fruits and biscuits
(B) Rice and dahls
(C) Milk, dahls, dried fruits and rice
(D) Only fruits
The tent of the Tehsildar was situated –
(A) Beside the campfire
(B) Beside the bazaar
(C) Beside a holy temple
(D) Between the tents of Swamiji and Sister Nivedita
The tents of the monks were –
(A) Yellow-coloured
(B) Green-coloured
(C) Gerrua-coloured
(D) White-coloured
The tents of the monks were like –
(A) Small umbrella
(B) Small palace
(C) Small house
(D) Big umbrella
‘Even foreigners, they urged, were men’ – here ‘they’ refers to –
(A) Swamiji’s friend
(B) Swamiji’s followers
(C) The monks
(D) Mohammedans
After leaving Islamabad, they camped at/in –
(A) Punjab
(B) Pawan
(C) Amarnath
(D) Pahlgam
Pawan was famous for its –
(A) Holy springs
(B) Hills
(C) Sea
(D) Various kinds of trees
‘It was a beautiful little ravine floored ….’ – here ‘it’ refers to –
(A) Islamabad
(B) Achhabal
(C) Pahlgam
(D) Pawan
The slopes of Pahlgam was covered with –
(A) Oak trees
(B) Deodar trees
(C) River
(D) Pine trees
The pilgrims saw the last human dwellings in/at –
(A) Islamabad
(B) Pahlgam
(C) Achhabal
(D) Pawan
The final march towards Amarnath started from –
(A) Pahlgam
(B) Islamabad
(C) Pawan
(D) The sandy islands
The number of pilgrims who finally moved towards Amarnath was –
(A) Five thousand
(B) Three thousand
(C) Two or three thousand
(D) Four thousand
On the first day the pilgrims camped in a –
(A) Seaside
(B) Riverside
(C) Valley
(D) Pine-wood
On the second day the pilgrims crossed a –
(A) Snow-line
(B) River
(C) Sea
(D) Mountain
On the third day the pilgrims moved to –
(A) Juniper field
(B) Pine-wood
(C) Greater heights
(D) Frozen river
The servants searched for –
(A) Snow
(B) Juniper
(C) River
(D) Water
The great ice-lingam situated in a niche of the cave is untouched by the –
(A) Sunlight
(B) Human beings
(C) Birds
(D) Animal
In succession Swamiji bathed in the –
(A) Five streams
(B) Four streams
(C) Three streams
(D) Two streams
Swamiji said that he received the gift of Amar from –
(A) Lord Krishna
(B) Lord Siva
(C) Devi Durga
(D) Kali
The pilgrimage to Amarnath culminates on the auspicious day of –
(A) Rakhibandhan
(B) Diwali
(C) Independence
(D) Holi
The colours of the threads which were tied on the wrist were –
(A) White and yellow
(B) Red and green
(C) White and pink
(D) Red and yellow
The Amarnath cave was first discovered –
(A) On a summer day
(B) On a rainy day
(C) On a day of spring
(D) On a winter day
The shepherds were in search of –
(A) Fountain water
(B) Wood
(C) Deer
(D) Flocks
To Swami, the cave of Amarnath exposed the secret of –
(A) Kailas
(B) The Mountain Everest
(C) Himalaya
(D) Ice-lingam
Swami announced that he would travel to Amarnath with –
(A) His co-monks
(B) Some common men
(C) Pilgrims
(D) Religious persons
Kashmir seemed, in those days, to be full of –
(A) Tourists
(B) Pilgrims
(C) Monks
(D) Terrorists
Swami mentioned that they were having a conversation about –
(A) Ramakrishna
(B) Goddess Kali
(C) Siva
(D) Himself
Pahlgam was a village of –
(A) Poor people
(B) Rich people
(C) Religious people
(D) The Shepherds
The cave of Amarnath was situated in/on –
(A) The boulder-strewn gorge
(B) The valley
(C) The top of the hill
(D) The plain land
Kashmir was full of pilgrims –
(A) During those weeks
(B) During the whole week
(C) During Shivaratri
(D) During those months
What boon did Swami get from Siva?
(A) Amar
(B) Akshay
(C) Dhan
(D) Gyana
The cavern had revealed itself to Swami as the secret of –
(A) The cave
(B) Kailas
(C) White lingam
(D) Siva
The overhead fluttering was made by the –
(A) Parrots
(B) Sparrows
(C) Pigeons
(D) Doves
‘Here, at least, let him practice a narrow orthodoxy’ – here ‘him’ refers to –
(A) Swamiji
(B) The monk
(C) The narrator
(D) Jesus Christ
Inside the cave the swarming noise was made by the –
(A) Bees
(B) Birds
(C) Monks
(D) Pilgrim-crowd
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