An Astrologer’s Day MCQ Question Answer
In this post we have provided 30 MCQ from the prose “An Astrologer’s Day” by R. K Narayan. This is included in the first semester of the newly introduced semester-wise syllabus of WBCHSE for class 11 and class 12. All the questions are made according to the latest question patterns released by West Bengal Board. This question answers will help the students in understanding the text much better.
Name of the PROSE |
An Astrologer’s Day |
Semester |
1st |
Class |
11 |
Subject |
English |
Board |
WBCHSE (West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education) |
MCQ Question Answers
1) When did the astrologer come to start his work for the day?
a) Morning
b) mid-day
c) evening
d) night
2) What was the colour of his turban?
a) Red
b) White
c) Saffron
d) Yellow
3) Under which tree the astrologer sat?
a) Banyan tree
b) Neem tree
c) Tamarind tree
d) None of them.
4) From where did the stall of the astrologer getting the light?
a) Municipal Lighting
b) Old cycle light
c) naked flare on pole
d) light bulb.
5) How much did he charge for one question?
a) Three pice
b) one anna
c) one rupee
d) five rupees
6) How did he give advice and answer to his clients?
a) He was well versed will the rules of astrology.
b) He could read the star positions of the clients
c) He used his experience and analysis of mankind’s common troubles.
d) He could read the palm of his clients and tell them about their past and past.
7) Who challenged the astrologer?
a) The groundnut vendor b) the stranger c) his neighbor d) his wife.
8) How was the stranger left for dead?
a) He was stabbed by a knife and pushed into a well.
b) He was stabbed by a knife and then hit by a lorry.
c) He was pushed into a well.
d) He was hit by a bus.
9) How much money did the stranger agree to give to the astrologer when satisfied?
a) 5 rupees
b) 8 anna
c) 1 rupees
d) 4 anna.
10) Why did the astrologer leave his village?
a) He wanted to be an astrologer
b) He wanted to travel the world
c) He thought he murdered Guru Nayak.
d) He did not want to be a farmer.
11) How were the eyes of the astrologer?
a) Mysterious and prophetic
b) Dull and half wit
c) Sharp and sparkling
d) both option a and c
12) What covered the forehead of the astrologer?
a) Red tilak
b) Vermilion and ash
c) Soil and dirt
d) None of the above
13) What is the meaning of cowrie?
a) A small snail
b) A domestic animal.
c) Small singing bird.
d)A variety of fish.
14) In what name did the ground- nut seller not called its products
a) Bombay Ice-Cream
b) Fried nutcracker
c) Raja’s Delicacy
d) Delhi Almond
15) The astrologer dressed in what manner?
a) casually
b) formally
c) mystically
d) businessman
16) What is the meaning of Vociferous ?
A) calm and quit
b) very energetic
c) loud and forceful
d) Happy and cheerful
17) How long does he take before answering any question?
a) 10 mins
b) 5 minutes
c) 3 minutes
d) instantly
18) what is the meaning of impetuous?
a) Composed
b) rash
c) Important
d) darkness
19) In which direction the village of the stranger from their current location was according to the astrologer?
a) north
b) west
b) south
d) east
20) what was the lighting arrangements when the stranger came to the astrologer?
a) it was well lit
b) only a faint green light was coming
c) The astrologer had his own light arrangements.
d) There was no light.
21) How much money the stranger gave to the astrologer?
a) 1 anna
b) 1 rupees
c) 12 and half anna
d) 5 rupees.
22) What did the wife of astrologer wanted to buy with the money?
a) Rice
b) Jaggery and coconut
c) Bread and butter
d) Sweets
23) What did the astrologer gave to the stranger?
a) a gem
b) a cowrie
c) a pinch of ash
d) a sacred item
24) Why was the astrologer guilty?
a) Because he tricked his clients in believing him.
b) Because he left home without telling anyone.
c) Because he thought he had killed a man.
d) Because he could not feed his kids sweets.
25) What is a pyol?
a) A kind of drink
b) A type of bench
c) Dress worn by astrologers
d) A type of incantation.
26) Who wrote the prose “An Astrologer’s Day”?
a) Ruskin Bond
b) R. K Narayan
c) Jim Corbett
d) William Wordsworth
27) Who lit a cheerot in the story?
a) the astrologer
b) the stranger
c) the groundnut vendor
d) none of the above
28) According to the astrologer which direction can bring great harm to the stranger?
a) North
b) East
c) West
d) South
29) What was the name of the stranger?
a) Guru Nayak
b) Sumit Mahato
c) Guru Nair
d) None of the above
30) Who tried to kill the stranger?
a) The Astrologer
b) The identity is not given
c) the man who died in a lorry accident
d) None of the above
Answer
1(b)
2(c)
3(c)
4(b)
5(a)
6(c)
7(b)
8(a)
9(c)
10(c)
11(d)
12(b)
13(a)
14(b)
15(c)
16(c)
17(b)
18(b)
19(a)
20(b)
21(c)
22(b)
23(c)
24(c)
25(b)
26(b)
27(b)
28(d)
29(a)
30(a)