Q. As soon as the ploughing was over------------------------
a. Kannan would be allowed to graze freely,
b. Kannan’s body would be washed,
Q. How did Kannan respond when Paachan started an ‘alap’?
a. by giving Paachan a sharp kick,
b. By silently listening to the ‘alap’,
c. By raising his voice
d. by shaking his hea
Q. How long did Kannan work for Ouseph?
a. 12 months,
b. 12 years,
c. 12 days, and 12 months,
d. 12 days 12 months and 12 years.
Q. How did Kannan behave at the time of his sale?
a. He expressed his hatred in leaving,
b. He lifted his head and looked all around to see whether his master was there,
c. He lowed once or twice,
d. all the above.
Q. How did Ouseph behave at the time of kannan’s sale?
a. He left the scene,
b. He stood under the southern jackfruit tree,
c. He silently wiped his tears
d. All the above.
Q. Ouseph’s Malabar trips got postponed because
a. He wanted to sell his bullock,
b. He wanted to sell the little plot of land at a reasonable price.
c. He longed to the see the little face of his grandchild that would soon be born,
d. Both ‘b’ and ‘c’.
Q. What did Ouseph see outside the municipal building?
a. Kannan grazing,
b. Kannan ploughing,
c. Kannan among other bullocks branded for slaughter,
d. His wife and daughter.
Q. Which among the following is the major symbol in “The Talking Plough”?
a. The jack fruit tree,
b. The bullock,
c. The cob web-ridden plough ,
d. The alap.
Q. Before the mechanisation of agriculture, farming was inextricably linked with-----
a. Cattle,
b. Pesticides,
c. Fertilizers,
d. Tractor
Q. Ouseph’s relation to the soil and bullock is ------------
a. Utililitatian,
b. Epicurian,
c. Libertarian,
d. Not utilitarian
Q. Ouseph had to mortgage his paddy field to-----------
a. buy a bullock,
b. buy insecticides and pesticides,
c. meet the expenditure on irrigation
d. find dowry for the marriage of his daughter.
Q. Ouseph had to sell his bullocks including Kannan to----------
a. buy a plot of land,
b. meet the expenditure of irrigation,
c. find dowry for the marriage of his daughter,
d. meet the expenses of the wedding of his daughter.