Top 50+ Solved Shadow Lines MCQ Questions Answer

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Q. Who is the narrator in ‘The Shadow Lines’

a. A fictional character born and raised in Calcutta

b. Tridib

c. Tha’mma

d. Ila

  • a. A fictional character born and raised in Calcutta

Q. ‘The Shadow Lines’ explores the political and economical growth of India through the lives of two families:

a. One English and one Punjabi

b. One Bengali and one English

c. One Gujarati and one English

d. One Assamese and one English

  • b. One Bengali and one English

Q. The Protagonist in the novel ‘The Shadow Lines’ is

a. May Price

b. Justice Datta Chaudhari

c. Tridib Mayadebi’s son

d. Jethamoshai

  • c. Tridib Mayadebi’s son

Q. Ila is the narrator’s cousin who lives in

a. Calcutta

b. Dhaka

c. Stockwell London

d. Delhi

  • c. Stockwell London

Q. Tha’mma (the narrator’s grandmother) worked as

a. The headmistress of a girls’ school in Calcutta

b. The hindi Teacher of a girls’ school in Calcutta

c. The Warden of a hostel in Calcutta

d. The owner of girls’ school in Calcutta

  • a. The headmistress of a girls’ school in Calcutta

Q. Tridib dies in

a. The London Bombings

b. The Bay of Bengal

c. A car crash

d. A communal riot in Dhaka

  • d. A communal riot in Dhaka

Q. What was Mrs. Price addicted to?

a. Alcohol

b. Church- sales

c. Collecting stamps

d. Cleaning

  • b. Church- sales

Q. Who was the narrator in love with?*

a. May Price

b. Tridib

c. Magda

d. Ila

  • d. Ila

Q. Who was the man who still lived in Tha’mma’s ancestral home?*

a. Khalil

b. Mayadebi

c. Jethamoshai

d. Tridib

  • c. Jethamoshai

Q. Who among these characters was not killed in the communal riot in Dhaka?

a. Tridib

b. Jethamoshai

c. Khalil

d. Tha’mma

  • d. Tha’mma

Q. Who is Nick?

a. May Price’s brother

b. May Price’s father

c. Ila’s brother

d. Tridib’s friend

  • a. May Price’s brother

Q. The narrator’s grandmother Thamma was the headmistress of all-girl school in

a. London

b. Chennai

c. Paris

d. Calcutta

  • d. Calcutta

Q. 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

  • a. the Datta-Chaudhuris and the Price family

Q. A recurring nightmare haunts Robi for decades because he witnessed the riot thatkilled

a. May

b. Tridib

c. Thamma

d. The narrator

  • b. Tridib

Q. 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’

  • d. ‘Going Away’ and ‘Coming Home’
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