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