OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. Who has written, “The Sleeping Porter” ?
(a) Puran Singh
(b) Laxmi Prasad Devkota
(c) Alexander Pope
(d) William Cowper
2. Who was the porter challenging ?
(a) mountain
(b) tree
(c) sea
(d) stars
3. The Porter enjoys a good and peaceful _______ .
(a) sleep
(b) walk
(c) laugh
(d) journey
4. Which poem has been written by Laxmi Prasad Devkota ?
(a) Martha
(b) Koel
(c) The Sleeping Porter
(d) The Empty Heart
5. How much load does the porter have on his back ?
(a) twenty six kilo
(b) twenty three kilos
(c) twenty five kilo
(d) twenty one kilos
6. Laxmi Prasad Devkota was born in _____
(a) Patna
(b) Pokhra
(c) Delhi
(d) Kathmandu
7. On which date was Laxmi Prasad Devkota born ?
(a) 12 November 1947
(b) 12 November 1909
(c) 26 January 1950
(d) 25 December 1975
8. Laxmi Prasad Devkota was famous _____ and _____ of his time.
(a) poet, storywriter
(b) poet, dramatist
(c) producer, director
(d) actor, director
9. What distance does the porter cover in the snows of winter ?
(a) eight-mile
(b) fifty-mile
(c) six-mile
(d) hundred-mile
10. Who is challenging the mountain?
(a) Porter
(b) Poetess
(c) Writer
(d) Poet
11. What colour of cap is he wearing ?
(a) Red
(b) Black
(c) Blue
(d) Yellow
12. What type of smell does the porter emit ?
(a) perfume-like
(b) iron-like
(c) copper-like
(d) sulphur-like
13. What is the condition of the cap ?
(a) new, sweat-stained
(b) dirty, sweat-stained
(c) clean, old
(d) new, clean
14. His body is house of ______
(a) fleas and lice
(b) butterfly and ant
(c) honeybee and wasp
(d) wasp and ant
15.’ What live on his body ?
(a) ghosts
(b) animals
(c) insects
(d) plants
16. What is the state of the porter’s mind ?
(a) dull
(b) active
(c) rich
(d) sharp
17. The porter is a _______ human figure.
(a) weak/unhealthy
(b) coward/timid
(c) ill
(d) stout/strong/brave
18. What is there on the cliff ?
(a) hut
(b) temple
(c) church
(d) masjid
19. What is the mother searching for ?
(a) poțato and onion
(b) nettles and vines
(c) tomato and vines
(d) lost money
20. Who has been called the hero of mountain ?
(a) mountaineer
(b) cricketer
(c) porter
(d) dventurer
21. What is meant by ‘lid of night’?
(a) the cover of night
(b) day
(c) evening
(d) dawn
22. The son of the Porter was shivering with _____ .
(a) fear
(b) heat
(c) danger
(d) cold
23. Who has been addressed as the proud conqueror of nature ?
(a) adventurer
(b) porter
(c) mountaineer
(d) player
24. The porter reigns over the rich kingdom of ______
(a) sleep
(b) walk
(c) journey
(d) laugh
25. Laxmi Prasad Devkota obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from _____
(a) Patna University
(b) L.S. College
(c) Nepal College
(d) Kathmandu University
26. In 1948, Laxmi Prasad Devkota presided over the first national ______ festival organized by Nepali Sahitya Parishad.
(a) Poetry
(b) film
(c) animal
(d) story
27. In which city did Laxmi Prasad Devkota exiled himself after the first poetry festival of Nepal ?
(a) Allahabad
(b) Darbhanga
(c) Varanasi
(d) Patna
28. Which Magazine did Laxmi Prasad Devkota edit in Varanasi ?
(a) Harivani
(b) Premyani
(c) Kranti
(d) Yugvani
29. The magazine Yugvani was a mouthpiece of _____
(a) Nepali Congress
(b) Chinese Congress
(c) Nepali king
(d) Indian Congress
30. The mountain was covered with
(a) tree
(b) snow
(c) grass
(d) animals
31. The mother was looking for vines to satiate ______
(a) journey
(b) thirst
(c) laughter
(d) hunger
32. The heart of the porter is panting like ______
(a) artist
(b) butterfly
(c) bird
(d) honeybee
33. The porter is _______ and out of breath,
(a) sweating
(b) resting
(c) drinking
(d) eating
34. Who is shivering with cold ?
(a) son of porter
(b) daughter of porter
(c) father of porter
(d) wife of porter
35. What is the relation of the lady searching for nettles and vines with the Porter ?
(a) wife
(b) aunt
(c) daughter
(d) sister
36. The Porter is sweating and out of ______
(a) food
(b) breath
(c) water
(d) life
37. How is the body build of porter ?
(a) frail frame/weak
(b) fat/ thick
(c) dwarf/fat
(d) dwarf/short
38. The spine of the porter is _____ bent.
(a) single
(b) triple
(c) quadruple
(d) double
39. “The Sleeping Porter” is a ______
(a) story
(b) drama
(C) poem
(d) novel
40. The lid of night is adorned with ______
(a) insects
(b) stars
(c) water
(d) thunder
41. The porter is in deep
(a) think
(b) dream
(c) slumber
(d) pond
42. As a result of very hard work, he porter’s ……….. beat was fast.
(a) pulse
(b) heart
(c) nerves
(d) muscles
