OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
1. Who delivered the lecture, “The Unity of Indian Culture” ?
(a) Humayun Kabir
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Satvajit Rav
(d) None of the above
2. Which of the following speech was delivered by Humayu Kabir ?
(a) Once Upon a Time
(b) The Unity of Indian Culture
(c) What is wrong with Indian Films
(d) Little Girls wiser than men
3. Humayu Kabir was a famous , novelist, essavis and renowned political thinker.
(a) poet
(b) doctor
(c) cricketer
(d) sportsman
4. Indian Social Custom is a ______ of many different strains and elements.
(a) blend
(b) element
(c) ingredient
(d) trend
5. The aryans ______ were regarded as the earliest invaders of India.
(a) Greeks
(b) Bhutani
(c) Aryans
(d) Nepali
6. The aryans were regarded as the earliest India.
(a) doctors
(b) players
(c) psychiatrists
(d) invaders
7. It is thought that Aryans came to a country which was and barbarian.
(a) respected
(b) civilised
(c) losers
(d) uncivilised
8. The speech “The Unity of Indian culture” reflects his love and faith in ______
(a) sportsland
(b) motherland
(c) summerland
(d) fatherland
9. There were _____ even before the Aryans poured into this land.
(a) reflectors
(b) sympathisers
(c) invaders
(d) members
10. Modern research has proved that there were invaders even before the _____ poured into this land.
(a) Aryans
(b) Bhutanis
(C) Greeks
(d) Nepalis
11. The Aryan invasion led to the fresh _____ of old with new.
(a) refusal
(b) trial
(c) infusion
(d) tragedy
12. The Greek invaders were followed by _____ and Huns.
(a) Barodas
(b) Rakchas
(c) Marathas
(d) Sakas
13. We find remarkable ______ of spirit informing Indian culture throughout the ages.
(a) unity
(b) lose
(c) solitary
(d) disunity
14. The sense of ______ unified and wove into one fabric of national life the many strands of different texture, colour and quality.
(a) Indianness
(b) South Indianness
(c) senselessness
(d) loneliness
15. The ancient world threw up fine ______ of civilisations in many lands.
(a) thorns
(b) flowers
(c) thrones
(d) fruits
16. The underlying ______ is the most important feature of the Indian Culture.
(a) unity
(b) lose
(c) solitary
(d) disunity
17. · With the exceptions of _____ and _____ all other civilisations are dead and gone.
(a) India, China
(b) pan, Sri Lanka
(c) India, Greece
(d) Japan, China
18. What has been the policies of the Indians in all _____spheres of life ?
(a) eat and let eat
(b) drink and let drink
(c) live and let live
(d) play and let play
19. _____ is preferable to the fanatic devotion.
(a) comparison
(b) toleration
(c) rạmson
(d) altercation
20. The passage “Unity of Indian Culture” was delivered by Humayun Kabir in ______ University.
(a) Patna
(b) Baroda
(c) Delhi
(d) Banaras
21. Humayun Kabir was minister of during of which Prime Minister ?
(a) Nehru
(b) Shastri
(c) Vajpayee
(d) Charan Singh
22. Humayun Kabir was minister of ______
(a) Scientific research and cultural affairs
(b) external affairs
(c) Agriculture
(d) Sports
23. Humayun Kabir was a product of University.
(a) Cambridge
(b) Harvard
(c) Oxford
(d) Virginia
24. Humayun Kabir was selected as ______ of the Oxford University’s Student’s Union.
(a) house-captain
(b) incharge
(c) peon
(d) president
25. The Greek invaders were followed by sakas and huns and various other ______ tribes.
(a) goodness
(b) nameless
(c) speechless
(d) meaningless
26. There is remarkable unity of ______ in the Indian culture.
(a) castes
(b) colour
(c) spirit
(d) politicians
27. ______ expresses itself through language and art, through philosophy and religion, through social habits and customs and through political institutions.
(a) culture
(b) vulture
(c) sculpture
(d) civilisation
28. Culture is the efflorescence of _____
(a) sculpture
(b) sports
(c) civilisations
(d) film industry
29. Where has old civilisation and culture grown and changed but not at the expense of underlying unity ?
(a) India, China
(b) Japan, Sri Lanka
(c) India, Greece
(d) Japan, China
30. “Live and let live” has been the policy of_____ in all the spheres of life.
(a) Nepalis
(b) Indians
(c) Americans
(d) Africans
31. Which spirit underlies the changes of the Indian History ?
(a) unity
(b) lose
(c) solitary
(d) disunity
32. Toleration has led to the _____ many a times.
(a) losing
(b) sufferance
(c) winning
(d) fighting
33. What must belong to any culture that is true and vital ?
(a) Unity & Universality
(b) caste and tribe
(c) Disunity & locality
(d) locality and caste
34. Civilisation is the organisation of the society which creates the condition of ______ .
(a) adventure
(b) cauldron
(c) culture
(d) vulture
35. The experience of _____ countries gives us cases of civilisation without Culture.
(a) European, Culture
(b) African, Culture
(c) American, Culture
(d) Asian, Culture
36. In ______, the difference between the masses and the classes is not one of quality.
(a) Nepal S
(b) India
(c) England
(d) Pakistan
37. In Europe, the difference between the masses and the classes is very ______ .
(a) big/ great
(b) small
(c) tiny
(d) minute
38. In Europe, the difference between the masses and the classes has shaken the faith of _____
(a) democrats
(b) congressis
(c) people
(d) none
39. In India, the difference between the masses and the classes is of ______
(a) information and opportunity
(b) quality
(c) money and richness
(d) quantity
40. There can be no culture without ______ .
(a) adventure
(b) cauldron
(c) civilisation
(d) vulture
41. Sakas and Huns came after ______ .
(a) the british
(b) the Aryans
(c) the Muslims
(d) the Greek
42. In this lesson, the author gives us his views on Indian ______ and civilisation.
(a) Fabrics
(b) Technology
(c) Culture
(d) Business
43. Culture is always a complex of …………. strands of varying importance and vitality.
(a) Five
(b) Many
(c) Three
(d) One
44. Who were Aryans, Sakas and Huns ?
(a) foreigners
(b) invaders
(c) tribes
(d) leaders
45. Indians have shown the power to make ………. changes and of becoming used to new situations.
(a) big
(b) little
(c) monstrous
(d) gigantic
