Chapter – 1 ” Indian Civilization & Culture “

Who is the author of “Indian Civilization and Culture”?
Answer – Mahatma Gandhi

Attic civilization belong to?
Answer – greece

Gandhi praises which civilization?
Answer – Indian civilization

Which civilization is based on material progress?
Answer – Western civilization

Our ancestors therefore set limit to our
Answer – indulgences

Indian civilization is based on?
Answer – God-oriented life

Western civilization is based on?
Answer – Materialism

According to Gandhi, our civilization teaches us to?
Answer – Control our senses

What does true civilization lead to?
Answer – Morality

Gandhi ji completely dominated Indian politics?
Answer – 1915 to 1948

Which civilization is considered permanent and unchangeable?
Answer – Indian civilization

Western civilization encourages?
Answer – Indulgence

Gandhi believed Indian civilization is?
Answer – Superior to western civilization

…….. Were rulers of egypt?
Answer – pharaohs

According to Gandhiji mind is a
Answer – Restless Bird

According to Gandhi, what protects man from evil?
Answer – Religion and morality

Pharaohs where rules of the
Answer – Egypt

Gandhi criticizes which type of civilization?
Answer – Western

Indian civilization has stood the test of?
Answer – Time

Western civilization means?
Answer – Multiplication of wants

Indian civilization means?
Answer – Restraint of wants

Gandhi says Indian civilization is?
Answer – Sound and healthy

Western civilization produces?
Answer – Dissatisfaction

Gandhi calls Indian civilization?
Answer – A life of simplicity

What is true happiness based on according to Gandhi?
Answer – Self-control and morality

What is the key to Indian civilization?
Answer – Simplicity

Gandhi believed machinery enslaves?
Answer – Human beings

Western civilization ignores?
Answer – Morality

Indian civilization values?
Answer – Spiritualism

Western civilization emphasizes?
Answer – Physical comfort

Gandhi said our ancestors set a limit to?
Answer – Our indulgences

Gandhi believed the strength of India lies in?
Answer – Its civilization

Indian civilization is not opposed to?
Answer – Progress

Gandhi defines civilization as?
Answer – That mode of conduct which points out to man the path of duty

Western civilization is never?
Answer – Permanent

Gandhi’s essay is an extract from?
Answer – Hind Swaraj

When was Hind Swaraj written?
Answer – 1909

Which civilization believes in control over desires?
Answer – Indian civilization

What is the central theme of Gandhi’s essay?
Answer – Superiority of Indian civilization

Gandhi warns against blind imitation of?
Answer – Western civilization

Chapter 2 – Bharat is My Home

Who is the author of “Bharat is My Home”?
Answer – Dr. Zakir Husain

“Bharat is My Home” is actually a?
Answer – Speech

When did Dr. Zakir Husain deliver this speech?
Answer – On assuming the office of President of India

Dr. Zakir Husain was the __ President of India.
Answer – 3rd

Where was Dr. Zakir Husain born?
Answer – Hyderabad

Dr. Zakir Hussain Was Born in
Answer – 1897

Dr. Zakir Hussain Was died in
Answer – 1969

According to Husain, what is the foundation of India?
Answer – Moral values

Zakir Husain dedicated his whole life to the service of?
Answer – India

Zakir Husain became the president of India in –
Answer –1967

Zakir Husain was also a great?
Answer – Educationist

Before becoming President, Zakir Husain was the Vice-Chancellor of?
Answer – Aligarh Muslim University

In his speech, he expresses his faith in?
Answer – The people of India

The Past is –
Answer – alive and dynamic

What should be the aim of education according to him?
Answer – All-round development of personality

Who said, “Bharat is my home”?
Answer – Dr. Zakir Husain

According to Husain, who are his brothers and sisters?
Answer – All Indians

He says we should work hard with?
Answer – Sincerity

What does Husain regard as sacred?
Answer – The soil of India

The word “erudition”
Answer – great knowledge

In his speech, he calls India a land of?
Answer – Unity in diversity

What does Husain consider as his family heritage?
Answer – Culture of India

According to Husain, which quality is essential for service of the nation?
Answer – Honesty

Zakir Husain says, “Service of India means service of __.”
Answer – Mankind

Dr. Zakir Hussain was a great
Answer – Nationalist

Husain’s message to youth was?
Answer – Work hard with devotion

What does Husain emphasize on for nation-building?
Answer – Education

He described India as a land of?
Answer – Great traditions

What does Husain expect from every Indian?
Answer – Sincere work

Zakir Husain dedicated himself to the service of?
Answer – His countrymen

According to him, what is the most important treasure of India?
Answer – Its culture

Husain emphasizes the dignity of?
Answer – Labour

He gave importance to which type of work?
Answer – Social work

He says that citizens should cultivate?
Answer – Discipline

According to Husain, what makes a country strong?
Answer – Unity and hard work

____was the role model of Dr. Zakir Hussain?
Answer – Dr. S. Radha Krishna

Who became the President of India in May 1967?
Answer – Dr. Zakir Husain

Dr. Zakir Husain was also awarded with?
Answer – Bharat Ratna

Zakir Hussain entered the office with
Answer – total dedication

What is the central theme of “Bharat is My Home”?
Answer – Dedication and service to the nation

Chapter 3 – A Pinch of Snuff

Who is the author of “A Pinch of Snuff”?
Answer – Manohar Malgonkar

What is the literary form of “A Pinch of Snuff”?
Answer – Short story

Who is the narrator of the story?
Answer – The Deputy Secretary

Who is Nanukaka in the story?
Answer – The narrator’s mother’s brother

What was the narrator’s post in the Ministry?
Answer – Deputy Secretary

Who visited the narrator at his office?
Answer – Nanukaka

For what purpose did Nanukaka come to Delhi?
Answer – To meet the Welfare Minister

Nanukaka wanted to get favour for?
Answer – Maharaja of Ninnore

Whom did Nanukaka want to meet?
Answer – The Welfare Minister

Whose secretary was the narrator?
Answer – The Welfare Minister’s

Who was Shri Sohanlal Ratiram?
Answer – A Member of Parliament

What was Sohanlal Ratiram’s political background?
Answer – Socialist

Who arranged Nanukaka’s meeting with the Welfare Minister?
Answer – Sohanlal Ratiram

Ratiram was the son of-
Answer – sohanlal ratiram

Whose horoscope did Nanukaka read?
Answer – Welfare Minister’s son

Nanukaka was the very____man?
Answer – clever

Why did the Welfare Minister meet Nanukaka?
Answer – To know his son’s future

What did Nanukaka demand from the narrator?
Answer – Government car

Who provided the car to Nanukaka?
Answer – The narrator

Who accompanied Nanukaka to the Minister’s house?
Answer – The narrator

Who was impressed by Nanukaka’s talk?
Answer – The Welfare Minister

What did Nanukaka request for the Maharaja?
Answer – An appointment with the Minister

Nanukaka was a man of?
Answer – Tact and diplomacy

The narrator was worried because of?
Answer – His official position

What type of personality did Nanukaka have?
Answer – Clever and experienced

The Minister believed in?
Answer – Superstition and astrology

Who was the Welfare Minister?
Answer – A cabinet minister

Who is the main character of the story?
Answer – Nanukaka

The narrator was helpless before?
Answer – His uncle

What is the tone of the story?
Answer – Humorous

Nanukkaka was to stay for…………..
Answer – 2 or 3 days

Nanukaka wanted to help?
Answer – The Maharaja

What was Nanukaka’s relation with the narrator?
Answer – Maternal uncle

The story “A Pinch of Snuff” satirizes?
Answer – Politics and bureaucracy

What is the main theme of the story?
Answer – Nepotism and manipulation

Who played tricks to meet the Minister?
Answer – Nanukaka

How did Nanukaka manage everything?
Answer – Through wit and diplomacy

Who was caught in a dilemma?
Answer – The narrator

Who is described as resourceful in the story?
Answer – Nanukaka

What does the title “A Pinch of Snuff” symbolize?
Answer – Clever trick to get access

Chapter 4 – I Have a Dream

Who is the author of “I Have a Dream”?
Answer – Martin Luther King Jr.

What is the form of “I Have a Dream”?
Answer – Speech

When was the speech delivered?
Answer – 28th August 1963

Where was the speech delivered?
Answer – Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C.

On what occasion was the speech delivered?
Answer – March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

What was the main demand of Martin Luther King Jr.?
Answer – Equality and justice for all

Martin Luther King Jr. fought for the rights of?
Answer – Negroes (African Americans)

The speech is famous for the repeated phrase?
Answer – “I have a dream”

Which document did King refer to in his speech?
Answer – The American Constitution and Declaration of Independence

According to King, America had given Negroes a?
Answer – Bad cheque

What did the cheque symbolize?
Answer – Unfulfilled promises of freedom and equality

What should not degenerate into physical violence?
Answer – The struggle for rights

Martin Luther King Jr. believed in?
Answer – Non-violence

Who was the inspiration of Martin Luther King Jr.?
Answer – Mahatma Gandhi

King dreamed that one day his children would be judged not by colour but by?
Answer – Character

What is the central theme of the speech?
Answer – Racial equality and justice

King compares racial injustice with?
Answer – Quick sands

According to King, justice is compared with?
Answer – A mighty stream

Who was the President of the U.S. at that time?
Answer – John F. Kennedy

What did King call “the fierce urgency of now”?
Answer – The need for immediate justice

King wanted freedom to ring from?
Answer – Every hill and mountain of America

What is the speech considered as?
Answer – Landmark in civil rights movement

King refers to “Five score years ago” pointing to whose declaration?
Answer – Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation

When was the Emancipation Proclamation issued?
Answer – 1863

Who delivered the Emancipation Proclamation?
Answer – Abraham Lincoln

Negroes were still not free even after?
Answer – One hundred years of emancipation

According to King, Negroes lived on an island of poverty in the midst of?
Answer – Vast ocean of prosperity

What must not be a place for hatred?
Answer – Struggle for freedom

King advised his followers to meet physical force with?
Answer – Soul force

King dreamed of justice rolling down like?
Answer – Waters

King dreamed of righteousness like?
Answer – A mighty stream

The speech appeals to?
Answer – Justice, brotherhood, equality

Martin Luther King Jr. belonged to which country?
Answer – United States of America

What was Martin Luther King Jr. by profession?
Answer – A Baptist minister

He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in?
Answer – 1964

The speech took place in the presence of about?
Answer – 2,50,000 people

The speech became a turning point in?
Answer – Civil Rights Movement

King wanted freedom to ring from the hilltops of?
Answer – New Hampshire

King dreamed that one day sons of former slaves and slave owners would?
Answer – Sit together at the table of brotherhood

The essence of the speech is?
Answer – Hope, equality, justice and non-violence

Chapter 5 – Ideas That Have Helped Mankind

Who is the author of “Ideas That Have Helped Mankind”?
Answer – Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell was a?
Answer – Philosopher and Essayist

What is the literary form of “Ideas That Have Helped Mankind”?
Answer – Essay

Bertrand Russell belonged to which country?
Answer – England

“Ideas That Have Helped Mankind” is taken from?
Answer – History of Western Philosophy

The essay mainly deals with?
Answer – The role of ideas in human progress

According to Russell, what distinguishes man from animals?
Answer – Power of thought and ideas

Which two types of ideas helped mankind?
Answer – Technical and moral ideas

The discovery of fire was a part of?
Answer – Technical ideas

All Technological Cauges___ problems
Answer – social

The idea of democracy belongs to?
Answer – Moral ideas

The idea of justice is a?
Answer – Moral idea

Which idea freed mankind from slavery of superstition?
Answer – Scientific ideas

Russell says that progress of mankind depends on?
Answer – Right ideas

Which idea taught man to live together peacefully?
Answer – Moral idea of cooperation

According to Russell, without ideas man would be like?
Answer – Animals

Which invention changed human life most?
Answer – Fire

The invention of language is considered as?
Answer – Greatest achievement of mankind

Which ideas are responsible for machines and industry?
Answer – Technical ideas

The idea of equality is a?
Answer – Moral idea

Which idea changed political life of man?
Answer – Democracy

Russell says the greatest progress was made through?
Answer – Science

Ideas are compared with?
Answer – Light

The idea of education helped mankind in?
Answer – Passing knowledge to next generation

Which idea brought unity among people?
Answer – Religion

Which idea established rights of women?
Answer – Equality

Who wrote “The Conquest of Happiness”?
Answer – Bertrand Russell

Which idea made travelling easy?
Answer – Invention of wheel

Which idea ended ignorance?
Answer – Education

According to Russell, what makes man powerful?
Answer – Knowledge

Which idea taught man discipline?
Answer – Law and order

The essay discusses the importance of?
Answer – Creative ideas

Russell says mankind has advanced due to?
Answer – Inventions and discoveries

Which idea protects human rights?
Answer – Democracy

Which idea gave rise to industry?
Answer – Use of steam and machines

Who believed in peace and brotherhood as great ideas?
Answer – Bertrand Russell

Which ideas are permanent in value?
Answer – Moral ideas

Who is the author of “Ideas That Have Helped Mankind”?
Answer – Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell was a?
Answer – Philosopher and Essayist

What is the literary form of “Ideas That Have Helped Mankind”?
Answer – Essay