Class 11 English - The Ghat of the Only World - MERIT YARD
1 / 40Who is the author of 'The Ghat of the Only World'?A) Marga Minco
B) Amitav Ghosh
C) Gordon Cook
D) William Saroyan
2 / 40Who is the chapter written about?A) Rajendra
B) Tsetan
C) Agha Shahid Ali
D) Norbu
3 / 40What was Agha Shahid Ali suffering from?A) Brain tumour
B) Heart disease
C) Lung cancer
D) Tuberculosis
4 / 40What promise did Shahid extract from Amitav?A) To save him
B) To visit Kashmir
C) To publish a book
D) To write about him
5 / 40Where did Shahid live in his final months?A) Manhattan
B) Brooklyn
C) New Delhi
D) Srinagar
6 / 40What was Shahid's primary profession?A) Poet and teacher
B) Medical doctor
C) Bank manager
D) Travel guide
7 / 40What was Shahid's favorite food?A) Sweet rice
B) Fried fish
C) Rogan Josh
D) Chicken soup
8 / 40Who was Shahid's absolute favorite singer?A) Lata Mangeshkar
B) Asha Bhosle
C) Kishore Kumar
D) Begum Akhtar
9 / 40In which month did Shahid pass away?A) January
B) December
C) March
D) August
10 / 40Where did Amitav and Shahid study together briefly?A) Delhi University
B) Oxford University
C) Mumbai University
D) Cambridge College
11 / 40Which game did Shahid love to watch?A) Football
B) Hockey
C) Cricket
D) Tennis
12 / 40How did Shahid react to the news of his approaching death?A) He cried bitterly
B) He got very angry
C) He became silent
D) He accepted it bravely
13 / 40Which poetic form did Shahid popularize in English?A) The Ghazal
B) The Sonnet
C) The Haiku
D) The Ballad
14 / 40Where was Shahid originally from?A) New Delhi
B) Kashmir
C) Mumbai
D) Kolkata
15 / 40What did Shahid build in his childhood room?A) A small library
B) A music studio
C) A Hindu temple
D) A science lab
16 / 40Who bought the idols for his childhood temple?A) His father
B) His brother
C) His teacher
D) His mother
17 / 40Shahid was a firm believer in...?A) Secularism
B) Dictatorship
C) Black magic
D) Superstitions
18 / 40What was the name of Shahid's brother?A) Ahmed
B) Iqbal
C) Imran
D) Salman
19 / 40What was the name of Shahid's sister?A) Fatima
B) Zara
C) Sameetah
D) Ayesha
20 / 40Who was a common friend of Amitav and Shahid?A) Gordon
B) Nick
C) Terence
D) Suvir Kaul
21 / 40What did Shahid fiercely hate in food?A) Spices
B) Blandness
C) Sweetness
D) Saltiness
22 / 40What did Shahid tell the security guard at the airport?A) I am a poet
B) I am a doctor
C) I am a teacher
D) I am sick
23 / 40Which airport did the security guard incident occur at?A) London
B) New York
C) Barcelona
D) Paris
24 / 40What did Shahid say he was carrying in his bag?A) Heavy books
B) Gold coins
C) Dangerous weapons
D) Only my heart
25 / 40Who influenced Shahid's poetry significantly?A) William Shakespeare
B) James Merrill
C) John Keats
D) Robert Frost
26 / 40What was the narrator's feeling when asked to write the tribute?A) He felt hesitant
B) He was very angry
C) He was excited
D) He refused completely
27 / 40When did Amitav Ghosh first meet Shahid in person?A) In 1990
B) In 1995
C) In 1998
D) In 2001
28 / 40Where did Shahid spend his final days and pass away?A) New York
B) Srinagar
C) London
D) Amherst
29 / 40What was Shahid's attitude towards the Kashmiri conflict?A) He fully supported it
B) It deeply pained him
C) He ignored it
D) He wrote angry letters
30 / 40What was Shahid's nature like even during his illness?A) Joyful and lively
B) Depressed and sad
C) Angry and violent
D) Quiet and lonely
31 / 40What did Shahid use to keep his friends close?A) Sending money
B) Writing long letters
C) His constant parties
D) Calling every day
32 / 40What was Shahid's preferred style of cooking meat?A) Fast food style
B) Western style
C) Sweet and sour
D) Kashmiri Pandit style
33 / 40What did Shahid often sing aloud in his house?A) English pop songs
B) Begum Akhtar's ghazals
C) Classical hymns
D) Bollywood songs
34 / 40Where did Shahid teach while in America?A) Manhattan and Amherst
B) Boston and Chicago
C) Texas and Ohio
D) Stanford and Yale
35 / 40What does the 'Ghat' refer to in the title?A) A tall mountain
B) A deep forest
C) Bank of a river
D) A crowded market
36 / 40What did Shahid think about national borders?A) He loved them
B) He supported them
C) He made a film on them
D) He disliked them
37 / 40What was Shahid's last completed book?A) The Country Without a Post Office
B) Rooms Are Never Finished
C) The Shadow Lines
D) The Glass Palace
38 / 40How long did Amitav Ghosh know Shahid closely?A) Just a few months
B) Ten long years
C) Twenty years
D) Since childhood
39 / 40What did Shahid strictly ask Amitav to avoid in his writing?A) Truth and honesty
B) Poetry and rhymes
C) Pity and sadness
D) History and dates
40 / 40What is the central theme of this chapter?A) Horrors of war
B) Wildlife conservation
C) Rural village life
D) Friendship and mortality
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