8783. Through her characteristic pose Ila’s mother earned a nickname of
A. Queen Elizabeth
B. Princess Camilla
C. Queen Victoria
D. Lady Windsor
✅ The correct answer is option C.
8785. __________ is set against the backdrop of major historical events such as- Freedom movement in Bengal, Second World War, partition of India in 1947 and Communal riots in Bangladesh and India
A. Tara
B. The Shadow Lines
C. Untouchables
D. Hayavadana
✅ The correct answer is option B.
8787. The Shadow Lines is divided into two sections
A. ‘Moving Away’ and ‘Coming Home’
B. ‘ The Window’ and ‘Time Passes’
C. ‘Reaping’ and ‘Garnering’
D. ‘Going Away’ and ‘Coming Home’
✅ The correct answer is option D.
8790. A recurring nightmare haunts Robi for decades because he witnessed the riot that killed
A. May
B. Tridib
C. Thamma
D. The narrator
✅ The correct answer is option B.
8793. The Shadow Lines by Amitav Gosh explores the political and economic growth of India through the lives of two families
A. the Datta-Chaudhuris and the Price family
B. the Singh family and the Peterson family
C. the Sharma family and the Price family
D. the Patels and the Dawson family
✅ The correct answer is option A.
8796. The narrator’s grandmother Thamma was the headmistress of all-girl school in
A. London
B. Chennai
C. Paris
D. Calcutta
✅ The correct answer is option D.
8799. Who is Nick?
A. May Price’s brother
B. May Price’s father
C. Ila’s brother
D. Tridib’s friend
✅ The correct answer is option A.
8802. Who among these characters was not killed in the communal riot in Dhaka?
A. Tridib
B. Jethamoshai
C. Khalil
D. Tha’mma
✅ The correct answer is option D.
8805. Who was the man who still lived in Tha’mma’s ancestral home?*
A. Khalil
B. Mayadebi
C. Jethamoshai
D. Tridib
✅ The correct answer is option C.
8808. Sohini is the sister of
A. Lakha
B. Bakha
C. Colonel Hutchinson
D. Kalinath
✅ The correct answer is option B.