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Q381.Book Back Question
What memorable proverb did the enlightened governor quote when abolishing the barbaric decree?
A
Honesty is the best policy
B
With the crown of snow, there cometh wisdom
C
Old is gold
D
Knowledge is strength
Q382.Book Back Question
Where did the farmer secretly shelter his mother after carrying her back from the mountain?
A
In the forest
B
In a walled closet beneath the kitchen floor
C
In a nearby temple
D
In an attic
Q383.Book Back Question
What was the name of the mountain known as the 'mountain of the abandoning of the aged'?
A
Mount Fuji
B
Obatsuyama
C
Himalaya
D
Shinano
Q384.Book Back Question
What was the cruel proclamation issued by the despotic governor of Shining?
A
All wealth must be surrendered
B
All aged people must be put to death immediately
C
No one should travel at night
D
All trees must be chopped down
Q385.Book Back Question
What does the poet mean by: 'Some crickets have four legs, and some have two'?
A
Some insects mutate
B
Two-legged crickets refer to lazy human beings who fail to plan for the future
C
Crickets can walk upright
D
It is a scientific anomaly
Q386.Book Back Question
What harsh advice did the miserly ant give to the cricket when turning him out?
A
Go borrow from the bee
B
Go and dance the winter away
C
Sleep until spring
D
Eat the snow
Q387.Book Back Question
What did the silly young cricket do during the warm, sunny summer and spring?
A
Gathered food
B
Sang and danced away the days
C
Built a firm nest
D
Dug deep burrows
Q388.Book Back Question
Add an appropriate prefix to make the antonym of 'legal':
A
un-
B
il-
C
dis-
D
in-
Q389.Book Back Question
What type of compound word structure is 'mouthwash'?
A
Noun + Verb
B
Verb + Noun
C
Noun + Adjective
D
Gerund + Noun
Q390.Book Back Question
What type of compound word structure is 'kitchen garden'?
A
Noun + Noun
B
Noun + Verb
C
Verb + Noun
D
Adjective + Noun
Q391.Book Back Question
What words were engraved on the restored silver medal?
A
Aditya Narayan Chowdhury - 1948
B
Sriman Sasanka Sanyal - Special Prize for Recitation - 1948
C
Bramhapur High School Honour Medal
D
First Prize in Literature
Q392.Book Back Question
What physical feature enabled Sasanka Sanyal to recognize Aditya in the tea shop?
A
A scar on his forehead
B
The mole on his right cheek
C
His tall height
D
His golden wristwatch
Q393.Book Back Question
How much cash did Aditya initially offer Sanyal as the modern price of the silver medal?
A
Fifty rupees
B
One hundred and fifty rupees
C
Five hundred rupees
D
Five rupees
Q394.Book Back Question
Where was the stolen medal hidden inside the attic of the ancestral house?
A
Under an armchair
B
Inside a ventilator hole behind a sparrow's nest
C
In an iron trunk
D
Under the wooden floorboards
Q395.Book Back Question
With whom was Sasanka Sanyal staying in Bramhapur?
A
Nagen uncle
B
Jogesh Kabiraj
C
His brother
D
The school master
Q396.Book Back Question
Which poem by Rabindranath Tagore did Sasanka Sanyal recite at the tea shop?
A
Gitanjali
B
Panraksha
C
The Postmaster
D
Kabuliwala
Q397.Book Back Question
What sweet delicacy did Aditya order at Nagen uncle's tea cabin?
A
Rasgulla
B
Nankhatai
C
Gulab jamun
D
Laddu
Q398.Book Back Question
How old was Aditya's ancestral house when he left it twenty-nine years ago?
A
Fifty years
B
Almost two hundred years old
C
One hundred years
D
Seventy years
Q399.Book Back Question
Along which National Highway were the narrator and Aditya driving back from Deodarganj?
A
NH 47
B
NH 40
C
NH 45
D
NH 7
Q400.Book Back Question
Who wrote the classic Bengali story 'The Attic' (Chilekotha)?
A
Rabindranath Tagore
B
Satyajit Ray
C
Bankim Chandra
D
R. K. Narayan
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