“Glimpses of India- Part 1 A Baker from Goa, Part 2 Coorg and Part 3 Tea From Assam” MCQs with Answers from CBSE Class 10 English First Flight Book Chapter 5
Glimpses of India MCQs – Here is a Compilation of Class 10 English MCQs from First Flight Book Chapter 5 Glimpses of India. Part 1 A Baker from Goa by Lucio Rodrigues, Part 2 Coorg by By Lokesh Abrol, Part 3 Tea from Assam by Arup Kumar Dutta. Students of Class 10 can prepare the MCQs of Chapter 5 from the First Flight reader published by NCERT. Each question has four options followed by the correct answer. Students can also take a free test of these MCQs of Glimpses of India.
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Q1. Which word out of the following means the same as “sweet smell”?
A. Good morning
B. Loaves
C. Fragrance
D. None of the above
Q2. When did the baker usually collect his bills?
A. At the end of the month
B. At the beginning of the month
C. On the 10th of each month
D. None of the Above
Q3. Why do the elders think about their past?
A. They miss the good old days.
B. They remember their bad days.
C. They think younger people are slow.
D. None of the Above
Q4. How many times did the baker come everyday?
A. Once
B. Twice
C. Thrice
D. varies daily
Q5. The baker was also their ________
A. friend
B. companion
C. guide
D. all of the above
Q6. Who is the author of “A Baker from Goa”?
A. Arup Kumar Datta
B. Lokesh Abrol
C. Lucio Rodrigues
D. None of the Above
Q7. “Maybe the father is not alive but the son still carries on the family profession”. Which profession is being talked about here?
A. baker
B. warrior
C. Plantation worker
D. All of these
Q8. What does the writer mean when he says “Baking was indeed a profitable profession in the old days”?
A. Currently, baking is not popular in Goa
B. Bakers have taken up other professions
C. Baking as a job is as gainful as it used to be
D. Baker’s goods were of better quality in earlier times
Q9. What are the bakers known as in Goa?
A. Pader
B. Portugese
C. pekar
D. Baker
Q10. What is Kabai?
A. Traditional food of bakers
B. Traditional dress of bakers
C. The name of a place
D. None of the above
Q11. What covers thirty percent of the district of Kodagu?
A. Deciduous Forests
B. Evergreen Forests
C. Mountains
D. None of the above
Q12. What is referred to as ‘a piece of heaven’?
A. Swimming Pool
B. Coorg
C. Night
D. None of the Above
Q13. Where is Coorg situated?
A. Maharashtra
B. Tamil Nadu
C. Karnataka
D. Kerala
Q14. The climb to the hills brings you into a panoramic view of the entire misty landscape of Coorg, at _________
A. Brahmagiri hills
B. Bylakuppe
C. Mangalore
D. Parvati hills
Q15. The first chief of the Indian Army is from
A. Coorg
B. Goa
C. Mysore
D. Punjab
Q16. Coorg is a ___________ country.
A. tea
B. bread
C. coffee
D. green
Q17. What are the activities available in Coorg?
A. River-rafting
B. Canoeing
C. Mountain biking
D. All of the above
Q18. _____ river obtains its water from Coorg.
A. Yamuna
B. Narmada
C. Kaveri
D. Tapi
Q19. What is canoeing?
A. travelling in a river in a canoe
B. travelling in a river in a raft
C. going down a cliff by sliding down a rope
D. All of the above
Q20. What is rappelling?
A. travelling in a river in a canoe
B. travelling in a river in a raft
C. going down a cliff by sliding down a rope
D. None of the Above
Q21. How many tea plants grew out of the eyelids?
A. Five tea plants
B. Ten tea plants
C. Twenty tea plants
D. Thirty tea plants
Q22. Why was Rajvir excited?
A. because he had spotted a coffee garden.
B. because he had spotted a tea garden.
C. because he had spotted wheat garden
D. None of the above
Q23. Which plantation is popular there?
A. Tea Plantation
B. Coffee Plantation
C. Wheat Plantation
D. None of the above
Q24. Where did Rajvir and Pranjol study?
A. Assam
B. Coorg
C. Goa
D. Delhi
Q25. What is the duration of the second flush or sprouting period?
A. June-August
B. October-December
C. May-July
D. August-November
Q26. In Europe, tea was drunk as more of a __________ than ___________.
A. medicine, beverage
B. beverage, medicine
C. sleep waver, medicine
D. sleep banisher, medicine
Q27. What is Assam popularly known as?
A. Tea country
B. Coffee country
C. Green country
D. Plantation country
Q28. “Almost everyone in the compartment was drinking ________ too”
A. Coffee
B. Juice
C. Tea
D. Water
Q29. Who is the author of “Tea from Assam”?
A. Arup Kumar Datta
B. Lokesh Abrol
C. Lucio Rodrigues
D. None of the Above
Q30. What was Dhekiabari?
A. name of a station
B. tea garden managed by Pranjol’s father
C. tea garden managed by Rajvir’s father
D. name of a hill
Q31. The first chief of the Indian Army is from _____.
A. Coorg
B. Goa
C. Mysore
D. Punjab
Q32. “Almost everyone in the compartment was drinking _____ too.”
A. Coffee
B. Juice
C. Tea
D. Water
Q33. Was Rajvir a fan of detective stories?
A. Yes
B. No
C. maybe
D. don’t know
Q34. The words like ‘chai’ and ‘chini’ are derived from _____.
A. India
B. China
C. France
D. None of the Above
Q35. In Europe, tea was drunk as more of a _____ than _____.
A. medicine, beverage
B. beverage, medicine
C. sleep waver, medicine
D. sleep banisher, medicine
Q36. Who cut off his eyelids to avoid being sleepy during the meditations?
A. The priest
B. Buddhist ascetic
C. The monk
D. The sage
Q37. Kabai was peculiar because ________________.
A. It was a single piece frock
B. The fabric used was stiff
C. It made the baker look like a jackfruit
D. All of these
Q38. Kuppia is the traditional ______ of Coorg which resembles the Kuffia of the _________.
A. weapon, Kurds
B. food, Konkan
C. dress, Arabs
D. language, Dutch
Q39. Bylakuppe is a ______ settlement in Coorg.
A. Bhutanese
B. Burmese
C. Tibetan
D. Nepalese
Q40. What is Pranjol’s surname?
A. Sen
B. Ghosh
C. Barua
D. Sangma
ANSWER KEY
| 1 | C | 21 | B |
| 2 | A | 22 | B |
| 3 | A | 23 | B |
| 4 | B | 24 | D |
| 5 | D | 25 | C |
| 6 | C | 26 | A |
| 7 | A | 27 | A |
| 8 | C | 28 | C |
| 9 | A | 29 | A |
| 10 | B | 30 | B |
| 11 | B | 31 | A |
| 12 | B | 32 | C |
| 13 | C | 33 | A |
| 14 | A | 34 | B |
| 15 | A | 35 | A |
| 16 | C | 36 | B |
| 17 | D | 37 | A |
| 18 | C | 38 | C |
| 19 | A | 39 | A |
| 20 | C | 40 | C |
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