MULTIPLE CHOICE TYPE QUESTIONS

VISTAS– JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE EARTH

SL NO QUESTIONS ANSWER TYPE
1 THE AUTHOR FOUND HIMSELF IN a– B .A SHIP RECALL
A . BOAT B. SHIP C. AKADEMIC SHOKASKIY D. HOTEL
2 THE AUTHOR WAS HEADING TOWARDS- C. ANTARCTICA RECALL
A. THE PACIFIC OCEAN B. INDIAN OCEAN C. ANTARCTICA D. RED SEA
3 THE AUTHOR’S JOURNEY STARTED AT- A. 12.2 DEGREE RECALL
A. 12.2 DEGREE NORTH OF THE EQUATOR
B. SOUTH OF THE EQUATOR C. 13.09 DEGREE NORTH OF THE
EQUATOR D. 20.2 DEGREE NORTH OF THE EQUATOR
4 THE AUTHOR HAD TO CROSS – A. NINE TIME ZONES AND SIX CHECK POINTS RECALL
A. 9 TIME ZONES AND SIX CHECK POINTS B. EIGHT TIME ZONES , FIVE
CHECK POINTS C. SIX TIME ZONES, THREE CHECK POINTS D. TEN TIME
ZONES , SIX CHECK POINTS
5 THE AUTHOR’S JOURNEY BEGAN IN THE NORTH OF THE EQUATOR- C. MADRAS RECALL
A. CALCUTTA B. DELHI C. MADRAS D. MUMBAI
6 THE AUTHOR WAS – A. SAD TO ENTER ANTARCTICA B. HAPPY TO C. RELIEVED TO ENTER ANTARCTICA UNDERSTANDING
ENTER ANTARCTICA C. RELIEVED TO ENTER THE ANTARCTICA D.
SURPRISED TO ENTER THE ANTARCTICA
7 THE AUTHOR WAS SURPRISED AT THE ANTARCTICA’S A. IMMENSITY UNDERSTANDING
A. IMMENSITY B. BEAUTY C. DEPTH D. SILENCE
8 ANTARCTICA IN PAST SHARED ITS LAND WITH- D. INDIA UNDERSTANDING
A. CHINA. B. BANGLADESH C. ENGLAND. D. INDIA
9 HOW LONG did GONDWANA SUPER CONTINENT THRIVE? B. 650 MILLIONS YEARS AGO UNDERSTANDING
A. 500 MILLION YEARS AGO B. 650 MILLIONS YEARS AGO C. 200
MILLIONS YEARS AGO D. 300 MILLION YEARS AGO
10 THE FOLLOWING DID NOT EXIST AT THE TIME OF GONDWANA? D. MAN UNDERSTRANDING
A. TIGER B. FLORA C FAUNA D. MAN
11. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF ANTARCTICA BECOMES A WARM PLACE? B. PHYTOPLANKTON ACTIVITIES DISAPPEAR APPLICATION
A. END OF HUMAN LIFE B. PHYTOPLANKTON ACTIVITIES DISAPPEAR
 C. IMBALANCE OF ECOSYSTEM D. SHELVES COLLAPSING
12. HOW DO WE KNOW THAT ANTARCTICA HELPS US UNDERSTAND OUR BY VISITING IT APPLICATION
PAST-
A. BY VISITING IT B. BY SEEING IT ON MAP C. BY READING ABOUT IT
D. BY USING ITS RESOURCES
13. HOW CAN the ANTARCTICA BE A PART OF HISTORY? A. IT PROVIDES CLUES SHOWING OUR ORIGIN APPLICATION
A. IT PROVIDES CLUES SHOWING OUR ORIGIN B. IT PROVIDES OUR
HISTORY C. IT PROVIDES RESOURCES AS EVIDENCE . D. IT SPEAKS ITS
HISTORY
14. WE WOULD LOSE ALL EARTHLY PERSPECTIVE AND TIME- A. BY MISUSING THEM APPLICATION
A. BY MISUSING THEM. B. BY NOT PRESERVING THEM. C BY USING
THEM IN EXCESS. BY DESTROYING THEM
15. HOW DOES THE AUTHOR UTILIZE HIS ANTARCTICA’S VISIT A. BY FORMING NEW IDEAS ABOUT PAST, PRESENT APPLICATION
EXPERIENCE? AND FUTURE
A. BY FORMING NEW IDEAS ABOUT PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF
THE EARTH B. BY MAKING LIFE EASY C. BY MAKING FRIENDSHIP WITH
NATURE D. BY ENJOYING IT
 FILL UPS /SENTENCE COMPLETION

VISTAS-JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE EARTH

SL NO QUESTIONS ANSWER TYPE

1 The narrator found himself aboard a Russian research vessel named The AKademic Shokaskiy Recall
--------
2 The climate in the Antarctica was much warmer, hosting a huge Flora and fauna Recall
variety of-----------------
3 Single cell plants use the ----------energy to assimilate carbon and Sun’s Recall
synthesise organic compounds
4 Climate change is one of the most debated -----------------debates Environmental Recall
5 The worlds------------history is trapped in Antarctica Geological Recall
6 Ping pong ball Understanding
According to the narrator Earth’s total ice volumes are stored and it’s
like walking into giant--------------
7 The rapid increase of human ----------has left mankind with limited Population Understanding
resources
8 Seeing glaciers retreating and ice shells collapsing one realizes the Global warming Understanding
threat of ----------------
9 Antarctica has a simple ecosystem but it lacks------------- Bio-diversity Understanding
10 Teenagers today have the hope to save the --------------- World/Earth Understanding
11 Love Application
The experience of the Antarctica enables us to --------nature
12 Having visited the Antarctica we can understand its ----------------- Immensity Application

13 The natural beauty of the Antarctica can be saved with the available Past, present and future Application
data of its ------------------
14 By following certain set rules of nature, we can -------------the whole Save Application
world
15 The planet which has never sustained human population is--------------- Antarctica Application

REFERENCE TO CONTEXT TYPE QUESTIONS

VISTAS-JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE EARTH

SL NO QUESTIONS ANSWER TYPE
1 Early this year ,I found myself aboard a Russian research vessel A] The narrator R
 “Akademik Shokaskiy” heading towards the coldest, driest, windiest B]The ship U
continent in the world. C]Heading towards the coldest driest and windiest R
A]Who is’ I’ here continent U
B] What is Akademik Shokalskiy? D] Antarctica
C] Where was it heading to?
D] Which continent is referred to here?
2 Six hundred and fifty million years ago ,a giant amalgamated Southern A]Journey to the end of the earth/Tishani Doshi R
super continent---Gondwana ---did indeed exist, centred roughly B] a giant amalgated Southern super continent--- U
around the present day Antarctica Gondwana R
A]Name the lesson and the author. C] Six hundred and fifty million years ago R
B]Describe Gondwana. D]Antarctica
C]How many years ago did Gondwana exist?
D]Around which continent did it exist?
3 Humans hadn’t arrived on the global scene,and the climate was much A}because of the climate A
warmer hosting a huge variety of Flora and Fauna B]Flora and Fauna R
A] Why was there no human life? C]the climate was warm U
B] What did the continent host? D]Antarctica U/R
C] Describe the climate.
D] Which continent do the above lines refer to?
4 For a sun worshipping south Indian like myself,two weeks in a place A]Narrator R
where 90% of the earth’s total ice volumes are stored is a chilling B]South India U
prospect C]Because of the 90%of the earth’s total ice volumes A
A] Whom does” myself” refer to? D]Sun devotee A/U
B] From where did the narrator come?
C] Why was it a chilling prospect?
D] Explain “For a sun worshipping South Indian”

5 My Antarctic experience was full of such epiphanies but the best A]Antarctica R
occurred just short of the Antarctic circle at 65.55degrees south B] full of epiphanies U
A] Where did the narrator go? C]narrator talks of the Antarctic circle at 65.55 U
D] Describe his experience, degrees south A
C] What was the best experience the narrator talks of? D]Sudden and striking experience
D] Explain” full of such epiphanies”
6 You lose all earthly sense of perspective and time here the visual A]Antarctica U
scales ranges from the microscopic to the mighty: midges and mites to B]From microscopic to the Mighty one R
blue whales and icebergs as big as countries” C]Midges and mites to blue whales R
A] Who does the word ‘here ‘refer to ? D]Belgium R
B] What is the visual scale range of this area ?
C] Name the species of fish found at Antarctica.
D] Which country was recorded to have the largest whale?
7 Human civilizations have been around for the paltry 12000 years – A]whole human community(man) U
barely a few seconds on the geological clock. In that short amount of B]around 12000 years R
time, we ‘ve managed to create quite a ruckus, etching our C]The years are counted as seconds U
dominance over nature. D]we have created a big ruckus and have dominated U
A] Who does the word ‘we’ in the third line refer to? nature
B] How long has the human civilisation been in existence ?
C] How are the years of human civilisation counted on the
geographical clock?
D] What have we, human beings done to nature?
8 The rapid increase of human populations has left us battling with
other species for limited resources, and the unmitigated burning of A]human beings U
fossil fuels has now created a blanket of carbon dioxide around the B]due to increase in human population A
world C]Burning of fossil fuels U
A] Who does the word “us” in the second line refer to? D. Carbon dioxide U
B] Why are we battling with other species?
C] How has the blanket of carbon dioxide been created?
D] What has caused the increase in global temperature?

9 Climate change is one of the most hotly contested environmental A. The word here refers to Climate R
debates of our time. Will the West Antarctica Ice sheet melt entirely ? B. The West Antarctica sheet will melt entirely/ end U
Will the Gulf Stream ocean current be disrupted? Will it be the end of of world/gulf stream ocean be disrupted.
the world as we know it? May be, may not be. C. To create awareness of environment. U
A. What does the word ‘One” here refer to in the first line? D. May be/may not be. A
B. What are the issues under “Climate Change’ for environmental
Debates?
C. Why is ‘Climate Change’ a burning topic for the latest debates?
 D. Will it be the end of the world as we know it?

10 Students on Ice , the programme I was working with on the Shokaskiy A. The word ‘this’ here refers to the programme of R
aims to do exactly this by taking High School students to the end of the author. U
the world and providing them with inspiring educational opportunities B. The author was working with the programme of U
which will help them foster a new understanding and respect for our taking High School students to Antarctica. U
planet. C. A ship.
A. What does the word ‘this’ in the second line refer to? D. It will help students foster a new understanding
B. Which programme was the author working with? and respect for our planet.
C. What is Shokaskiy?
D. How will the programme of the author help our High School
students?

PREPARED BY SOMITA MATHUR TAGORE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL JAIPUR

ABDUL VASEEH SIDDIKI MDVM SCHOOL NEEMRANA