This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 10 > English > Prose > Glimpses Of India > Class 10 English Chapter 7 Glimpses Of India – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 10 English Chapter 7 Glimpses Of India Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The bakers in Goa are known as: A) Wall. B) Chef. C) Bread maker. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Wall. 2. Where and when was tea first drunk? A) In India in 2700 B.C. B) In China after 2700 B.C. C) In Japan in 2700 B.C. D) In China in 2700 B.C. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In China in 2700 B.C. 3. What aspect of Coorg's people is highlighted in the summary? A) Their technological advancements. B) Their artistic skills. C) Their martial traditions. D) Their agricultural practices. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Their martial traditions. 4. What is Assam popularly known as? A) Coffee country. B) Green country. C) Plantation country. D) Tea country. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tea country. 5. Who is the author of the lesson "Madam rides the Bus" ? A) Gavin Maxwell. B) Vallikkanta. C) Paulo Coelho. D) Arup Kumar Dutta. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Vallikkanta. 6. Due to what reason tea became popular in Europe? A) Due to its flavor. B) Due to its colour. C) Due to its medicinal properties. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Due to its medicinal properties. 7. The chapter "Coorg" draws attention to the natural beauty of the region. Which literary device is most prominent in the author's description of the Coorg landscape? A) Hyperbole. B) Metaphor. C) Personification. D) Simile. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 8. Who influenced the traditional bread making in Goa? A) The British. B) The Portuguese. C) The Persians. D) The French. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Portuguese. 9. Who was symbolised as doll like figures in the text" Dwarfing the tiny tea plants were tall sturdy shade-trees and amidst the orderly rows of bushes busily moved doll-like figures." A) Statues. B) Flowers of tea plant. C) Plantation workers. D) Small animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plantation workers. 10. The children liked the ..... the most. A) Bread loaves. B) Bread bangles. C) He was. D) Bulls. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bread bangles. 11. Tea was first drunk in China in ..... A) 2800 B.C. B) 2700 B.C. C) 3100 B.C. D) 2600 B.C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2700 B.C. 12. What is the meaning of martial? A) Having to do with dance. B) Having to do with art. C) Having to do with classical music. D) Having to do with war. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Having to do with war. 13. What is Assam famous for? A) Scenic Beauty. B) Tea Plantation. C) Hills and Mountains. D) All of These. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of These. 14. The elders in goa are nostalgic about ..... A) The Portuguese people. B) The good old Portuguese days. C) Their famous loaves of bread. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 15. Coorg is famous for its ..... & ..... A) Traditional food & dresses. B) Rainforests & spices. C) Local cuisines & places. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rainforests & spices. 16. The word in the lesson, which means 'hearth' is? A) Furnace. B) Moulder. C) Mixer. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Furnace. 17. The first Chief of the Indian Army, ..... , was a Coorgi A) General Cariappa. B) General Lokesh. C) General Cadappa. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) General Cariappa. 18. What was the most fascinating scene for Valli in the street? A) The bus with new conductor every time. B) The bus with new set of curtains every time. C) The bus with new set of passengers every time. D) The bus with new driver every time. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The bus with new set of passengers every time. 19. Who had their rule in Goa? A) British. B) Portugese. C) French. D) Dutch. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Portugese. 20. Assam is well known for the production of ..... A) Tea. B) Banana. C) Cogfee. D) Mangoes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tea. 21. Which river originates from the Coorg? A) Mahanadi. B) Kaveri. C) Narmada. D) Sabarmat. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Kaveri. 22. What is the significance of bread in Goan culture as described in Part I? A) It is rarely consumed. B) It is a luxury item. C) It is only for special occasions. D) It is a vital part of celebrations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It is a vital part of celebrations. 23. What fascinated Rajveer, in the chapter, 'Tea From Assam'? A) Magnificent view of tea gardens. B) Over eighty crore cups of tea being drunk every day throughout the world. C) Pranjol's father being manager of a tea-garden in Upper Assam. D) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Magnificent view of tea gardens. 24. Why do the kingfishers dive A) For their game. B) For their enjoy. C) For their catch. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) For their catch. 25. This chapter is a very short description of a North-Eastern State of India, which is? A) Assam. B) Tripura. C) Darjeelimg. D) Guwahati. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Assam. 26. How many tea plants grew out from the eyelids of Bodhidharma? A) 5. B) 100. C) 8. D) 10. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 10. 27. What announced the arrival of the baker A) The cuckoo of the hen. B) The whistle of the train. C) The this and jingle of the bamboo. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The this and jingle of the bamboo. 28. What does the final takeaway of the summary emphasize? A) India's economic status. B) India's cultural diversity. C) India's political landscape. D) India's technological growth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) India's cultural diversity. 29. What does the long black coat with an embroidered waist-belt Kuppia resemble with? A) The traditional dress of Kurds. B) The jubba worn by the Arabs. C) The kuffia worn by the Arabs. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The kuffia worn by the Arabs. 30. What is a significant aspect of the Kodava people in Coorg? A) Their agricultural practices. B) Their artistic talents. C) Their culinary skills. D) Their hospitality. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Their hospitality. 31. Coorgs are descents of: A) Greeks. B) Hindus. C) Arabs. D) Both Hindus and Greeks. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both Hindus and Greeks. 32. Who is Pranjol's classmate? A) Raghav. B) Rajendra. C) Rajveer. D) Rajkumar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rajveer. 33. What is the duration of the second flush or sprouting period? A) June-August. B) May-July. C) August-November. D) October-December. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) May-July. 34. Based on this extract, how do you think Rajvir felt while narrating? A) (i) hysterical (ii) nervous. B) (i) nervous (ii) agitated. C) (i) enthusiastic (ii) passionate. D) (i) excited (ii) agitated. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) (i) enthusiastic (ii) passionate. 35. Bodhidharma was an ..... A) Ancient hindu ascetic. B) Ancient greek ascetic. C) Ancient buddhist ascetic. D) Ancient chinese ascetic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ancient buddhist ascetic. 36. Children longed for ..... A) Bread-bangles. B) Loaf of bread. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bread-bangles. 37. When did the author die A) 1973. B) 1993. C) 1939. D) 1937. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1973. 38. Who is the author of "A Baker from Goa" ? A) Arup Kumar Datta. B) Lokesh Abrol. C) Lucio Rodrigues. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lucio Rodrigues. 39. Even today a person with a ..... like physical appearance is compared to a baker. A) Potato. B) Jackfruit. C) Onion. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Jackfruit. 40. Tea was first drunk in China in ..... century. A) 3700 B.C. B) 2700 B.C. C) 700 B.C. D) 1700 B.C. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2700 B.C. 41. How much area of Coorg is covered by evergreen forests? A) 30 Percent. B) 10 Percent. C) 40 Percent. D) 20 Percent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 30 Percent. 42. ..... , ..... , ..... and old furnaces are essential for bread making. A) Mixing, moulding, baking. B) Mixers, moulders, bakers. C) Mixers, bamboo, bols. D) Mixing, chopping, baking. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mixers, moulders, bakers. 43. Who buy's bread from baker A) Women of the house. B) Children of the house. C) Men of the house. D) Maid of the house. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Maid of the house. 44. How do tea pluckers pluck newly sprouted leaves, as described in the chapter, 'Tea From Assam'? A) In groups with bamboo baskets on their backs. B) Through special machines. C) Through gadgets. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) In groups with bamboo baskets on their backs. 45. What do you mean by the word "hysterics" ? A) An exaggerated reaction. B) A simple reaction. C) No reaction. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) An exaggerated reaction. 46. WHEN DID GOA BECOME A SEPARATE STATE A) IN 1987. B) IN 2020. C) IN 1976. D) IN 1961. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) IN 1987. 47. How much time he does bus take from her village to the town? A) Forty-five minutes. B) One hour. C) An hour and a half. D) Two hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forty-five minutes. 48. "Almost everyone in the compartment was drinking ..... too" A) Yes. B) Dont know. C) No. D) May be. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 49. The baker was also their ..... A) Friend. B) Companion. C) Guide. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 50. Coorg or Kodagu is the smallest district of Mangalore. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 51. How many times did the bus cross her street per hour? A) 1. B) 4. C) 6. D) 2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 2. 52. What does the lesson, 'Tea From Assam' give us? A) A graphic description of the sea of tea bushes stretching as far as eyes can go in Assam. B) A vivid picture of how tea is grown. C) A complete analysis of tea plantations. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A graphic description of the sea of tea bushes stretching as far as eyes can go in Assam. 53. Which word in the following means the same as 'sweet smell'? A) Good morning. B) Loaves. C) Fragrance. D) None of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fragrance. 54. Where was pranjol's father tea garden located? A) Mariani. B) Delhi. C) Dibrugarh. D) Drunk. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Drunk. 55. Who is the author of the story "Footprints without feet" ? A) W.B. yeasts. B) Blake griffin. C) H.G. wells. D) John keats. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) H.G. wells. 56. The sprouting season lasts from ..... to ..... , as per the lesson, 'Tea From Assam'. A) October to December. B) May to July. C) January to March. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) May to July. 57. The best months to visit coog is from A) July to november. B) Novermber to april. C) October march. D) September to march. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) September to march. 58. Which of the following statements is false? A) Even today many bakers home deliver bread. B) Baking is a dying profession in Goa. C) Children love to eat bread bangles. D) The author has fond childhood memories of the baker visiting his house. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Baking is a dying profession in Goa. 59. The bakers bamboo went jhang-jhang A) False. B) True. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 60. The first Coorgi chief in the Indian army was- A) General Pran Nath Thapar. 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