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UNIT 7

A HANDFUL OF RICE

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UNIT -7 Topic : A HANDFUL OF RICE Marks :30

1.Kamala Markandaya’s A Handful of Rice was published in _______.

a.1966 b.1969 c. 1971 d.1973
2. Who is the old Tailor?
a. Ravi b. Raju c. Apu d. Kannan
3. Who is the representative of black-markeers and materialist in A Handful of
Rice?
a. Ravi b. Damodar c.Kannan d. Apu
4.Who chained Ravi ?
a. Thangam b. Apu c. Jayamma d. Puttanna
5. How much Jayamma gave to Ravi ?
a. fifty paisa b. thirty paisa c. fifteen -paisa d. Twenty-five paisa
6. What is the fifth novel of Kamala Markandaya?
a. Nectar in Sieve b.Possession c. The Coffee Dam d. A Handul of Rice
7. A Handful of Rice is a___________narrative.
a. First person b. Second Person c. Third Person d. None
8. Which of the following is not a theme of A Handful of Rice?
a. Generation Gap and Poverty
b. Rapidly growing population and its accommodation
c. Unemployment and Hunger
d. Supernatural

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9. Who got Sahitya Akademi Award in 1960?

a.Kamala Markandaya b. Mulk Raj Anand c. R.K.Narayan d. Raja Rao
10. Ravi bought ______for Nalini at stall regularly.
a. Mango Krush b. Orange Krush c. Apple Krush d. Guava Krush
11. The First Indian English Novel was written by _____________.
a.Kamala Markandaya b. Mulk Raj Anand
c. Bankim Chandra d. R.K.Narayan
12. At the age of twenty-five Kamala Markandaya migrated to ___________.
a. France b. England c. Germany d. Italy
13. Kamala Markandaya’s A Handful of Rice may be considered as a sequence of
_______________.
a. Untouchable b. Kantapura c. Nectar in Sieve d. The English Teacher
14. What is the setting of A Handful of Rice?
a. Rural b. Urban c. Madras d. Both b and c
15. Who is Apu’s nephew?
a. Puttanna b. kannan c. Varma d. Ram
16. How many Chapters are there in A Handful of Rice?
a.30 b. 41 c. 40 d. 46
17. The Protagonist of Nectar in Sieve ___________ , resembles the character of
Ravi in Handful of Rice.
a. Irawaddy b. Kuti c. Thambi d. Rukmani
18. Ravi’s son suffered from __________.
• a. Lung cancer b. Meningitis c. Mononucleosis D. Measles
19. Thangam’s husband stole money ______________ from Apu.
a. Under the Tailoring Machine b. Under the pillow
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c. in little lacquer box d. Apu’s underwear

20.Who was portrayed as a Vagabond in A Handful of Rice?
a. Apu b. Kannan c. Raju d. Ravi
21. Who was fallen seriously ill on the way to Memsahib’s house?
a. Raju b. Apu c. Kumaran d. Ravi
22. How much does Apu fix for one dozen Jackets ?
a. One Hundred and twenty b. One Hundred Rupees
c. Ninety five rupees d. Eighty Rupees
23. Ravi invokes Apu ______________.
a.to reduce the cost of Jackets b. to reduce the quality of Jackets
c. to raise the cost of Jackets d. to give up Tailoring
24. Who helps Ravi to repair the bars of Window?
a. Damodar b. Varma c. Krishnan d. Kannan
25. At the end , who urges Ravi to stay away from Godown raid?
a. Damodar b. Varma c. Krishnan d. Kannan
26. A Handful of Rice was dealing with ___________.
a.Rural economics b. Urban economics d. Both d. None
27. Who is extremely jealousy character in A Handful of Rice?
a. Thangam b. Nalini c. Apu d. Damodar
28. Who is a shameless lady among the main characters in A Handful of Rice ?
a. Jayamma b. Nalini c. bazaar girl d. Thangam
29. Ravi felt that Nalini is _____________from other women.
a. different b. indifferent c. Similar d. indistinguishable
30. Who is town born and bred in A Handful of Rice?
a. Ravi b. Ramu c. Rukmani d. Apu
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Answer Key: 24. d. Kannan

1. a.1966 25. d. Kannan

2. c. Apu 26. b. Urban economics
3. b. Damodar 27. a. Thangam
4. c. Jayamma 28. a. Jayamma
5. d. Twenty-five paisa 29. a. different
6. d. A Handul of Rice 30. d.Apu
7. c. Third Person
8. d. Supernatural
9. c. R.K.Narayan
10. b. Orange Krush
11. c. Bakim Chandra

12. b. England

13. c. Nectar in Sieve

14. d. Both b and c

15. c. Varma

16. c. 40
17. d. Rukmani
18. b. Meningitis
19.b. under the pillow.
20. d. Ravi

21. b. Apu

22. d. Eighty Rupees

23. c. to raise the cost of Jackets
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