উচ্চমাধ্যমিক একাদশ শ্রেণীর ইংরাজি MCQ প্রশ্ন উত্তর ||

  

 1. The spiritual practice in which Swami Vivekananda was engaged from his young age was

a) samadhi

b) worship of the Mother

c) yoga

d) fasting

ANS-a)samadhi

2. The religious ideas towards which Swami Vivekananda gravitated were

a) logical and practical

b) devotional and mystical

c) traditional and ritualistic

d) abstract and philosophical

ANS-d) abstract and philosophical

3. Swami Vivekananda’s religious ideas were the very reverse of those which are commonly referred to as

a) abstract

b) philosophical

c) Idolatrous

d) scriptural

4. According to Sister Nivedita, Swami Vivekananda’s sole imperative was

a) worship of the mother

b) the realization of Brahman

c) advocacy for social reform

d) teaching of Vedas and Upanishads

5. According to Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Swami Vivekananda was born as

a) a yogi

b) a Brahmajnani

c) a leader

d) a saint

6. Swami Vivekananda was constantly preoccupied with

a) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

b) Sister Nivedita

c) Jesus Christ

d) Mother

 

7. Swami Vivekananda attributed both good and evil occurrence to

a) his disciples

b) the Mother

c) his parents

d) none

ANS-d) none

8. Swami Vivekananda had whole-hearted contempt for

a) Fear and shame

b) health and brightness

c) squeamishness or mawkishness

d) Providence and Divinity

9. From Swami Vivekananda and another disciple of Sri Ramakrishna, Sister Nivedita elicited

a) the secret of Kali-worship

b) the actual facts of the more austere side of Kali- worship

c) the cause of blood offering

d) the cause of animal sacrifice to demons

10. Swami Vivekananda had never tolerated

a)the blood offering to Kali

b) the blood offering made to the “demons who attend on Kali

c) the more austere side of Kali-worship

d) the objections against animal sacrifice

11. According to Swami Vivekananda, God manifests through

a) good only

b) prayer and blessing

c) evil as well as good

d) mercy and kindness

ANS-c) evil as well as good

12. Sister Nivedita set herself to enter into Kali-worship as

a) a learner of a new course

b) a learner of a new language

c) a curious student

d) an educationist

13. One day, Swami Vivekananda was going with Sister Nivedita to visit

a) Rabindranath Tagore

b) Sri Ramakrishna

c) Maharshi Devendranath Tagore

d) Sri Ma Sarada Devi

14. The sudden realization that had come to Nivedita was that religions were only

a)prayers to gods and goddesses

b) animal sacrifices to gods

c) realization of Brahman

d) languages

15. Swami Vivekananda made a shy reference to

a)Rabindranath Tagore’s poem

b) Maharshi Devendranath Tagore’s poem

c) Sarojini Naidu’s poem

d) Colonel Hay’s poem

ANS-d) Colonel Hay’s poem

16. Swami Vivekananda’s position about Brahman and the gods was that he believed in

a) Brahman only

b) the gods only

c) both Brahman and the gods

d) Kali only

ANS-c) both Brahman and the gods

17. The person who dedicated Swami Vivekananda to Kali was

a) Sister Nivedita

b) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

c) Maharshi Devendranath Tagore

d) Colonel Hay

ANS-b) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

18. Once Swami Vivekananda thought Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was

a) a great teacher

b) a bad fellow

c) a devout person

d) a brain-sick baby

19. Guru Nanak was looking for a disciple to whom he would

a) give his property

b) give his money

c) give his power

d) give his wealth

20. Swami Vivekananda believed that there is somewhere a great Power that thinks of Herself as

a) genuine

b) feminine

c) masculine

d) powerful

21. When Swami Vivekananda returned from a pilgrimage in Kashmir, he said that gods are

a) merely symbols

b) the forms in which they manifest

c) the forms that the bhaktas have seen

d) the forms Brahman has created

22. According to Swami Vivekananda, the subjective realization of God depends on

a) the mood of the worshipping soul

b) the past actions of the worshipping soul

c) the destiny and the past of the worshipping soul

d) the will and determination of the worshipping soul.

ANS-c) the destiny and the past of the worshipping soul

23. “In Her name will her sons find it possible to sound many experiences to their depths.” Here the word ‘Her’ refers to

a) Sister Nivedita

b) Ma Sarada Devi

c) Durga the Mother

d) Kali the Mother

24. “Not, verily, by avoiding action, can a man rise to this inaction!” These words are from

a) the Gita

b) the Veda

c) the Upanishad

d) the Bible

25. “Not, verily, by avoiding action, can a man rise to this inaction!” – These words sound like the words of

a) the Gita

b) the Upanishad

c) the Veda

d) the Bible

ANS-c) the Veda

26. The great Teacher whom Sister Nivedita followed was

a) Sri Ramakrishna

b) Swami Vivekananda

c) Maharshi Devendranath Tagore

d) Lord Siva

ANS-b) Swami Vivekananda

27. When the Swami had come to the last word of the book experience, he could lie back in the of arms of his Mother, like

a) a little child

b) a naughty child

c) a weary child

d) a poor child

28. The Supreme Revelation to the Swami was

a) ‘all this was but a challenge’

b) ‘all this was but a game’

c) ‘all this was but a dream’

d) ‘all this was but a mystery’

29. The Swami was born a ______________

a) leader

b) Brahmajnani

c) Brahman

d) Teacher

30. The realization ________ of was the Swami’s only _________

a) God, interest

b) Siva, imperative

c) Kali the Mother, worship

d) Brahman, imperative

ANS-d)Brahman, imperative

Prose MCQ For 1st Semester Class 11 WBCHSE || 

উচ্চমাধ্যমিক একাদশ শ্রেণীর ইংরাজি MCQ প্রশ্ন উত্তর ||

The Swami and Mother-Worship Prose MCQ  Test For 1st Semester

31. ___________was the Swami’s only system of _________

a) Mohammedanism, discipline

b) Hinduism, doctrine

c) The Advaita philosophy, doctrine

d) The Naya, divinity

32. ______and __________ were the Swami’s ……………… authority

a) The Puranas, the Vedas

b) The Vedas, the Glia

c) The word The Upanishads, and the Puranas

d) The Vedas, the Upanishads

33. in ____________ the word _________ was forever on the Swami’s lips.

a) England. “Father”

b) India, “Siva”

c) India , Mother

d) America, Brahman

34. On a certain solemn ____________, the Swami entrusted to ad disciple a prayer to ______

a)occasion, God

b) occasion, Kali the Mother

c) event, Siva

d) event Brahman

35. The Swami had no place for ___________

a) demon-worship

b) Mother-worship

c) devil-worship

d) Kali-worship

36. According to the Swami, when one worships the Mother, one should embrace _______

a) comfort and solace only

b) sweetness and joy only

c) the terrifying and painful aspects of existence

d) prayer and meditation

37. God manifests through __________ as well as through____________

a) good, bad

b) good, best

c) evil, good

d) good, worse

38. The author compared her approach to Kali worship to learning a new _________

a) subject

b) custom

c) language

d) tradition

39. Noticing some passing expression, the author suddenly said of! “Perhaps, Swamiji, Kall is the _____of ________.

a) vision, Durga

b) visualization, Kali

c) vision, Siva

d) revelation, God

ANS-c) vision, Siva

40. “I was myself to be responsible for this. – ” Here the word ‘I’ refers to __________

a) Swami Vivekananda

b) Sister Nivedita

c) Sri Ramakrishna

d) Ma Sarada

41 . The Swami was afraid that the author’s intellectual difficulty would lie in the incompatibility of one definite scheme of worship with the highest _____ theory of ___

a) Hindu, Siva

b) Christian, God

c) Vedantic, Brahman

d) Vedantic, Kali

ANS-c) Vedantic, Brahman

42. How I used to hate Kali!- It was said by _________

a) Swami Vivekananda

b) Sister Nivedita

c) Sri Ramakrishna

d) Maharshi Devendranath Tagore

43. The Swami thought __________ a ___________.

a) Sister Nivedita, great teacher

b) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, madman

c) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, brain-sick baby

d) Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, good man

44. Guru Nanak was looking for the one __________ to whom he would give his ________

a) disciple, power

b) student, knowledge

c) disciple, property

d) disciple, wisdom

45. In Swami’s own words “The mists of sense

a) local, universal

b) impersonal, personal

c) private, special

d) impersonal, individual

46. Which of the following statements is True?

a) The Swami was a member of the Sadharan Brahmo Samaj during his youth.

b) The Swami was a member of the Ramakrishna Mission during his youth.

c) The Swami had developed the power of entering Samadhi in his youth.

d) The Swami had never been under the influence of Sri Ramakrishna.

 47. Which of the following statements is True?

a) The Swami had a whole-hearted contempt for what he regarded as squeamishness or mawkishness.

b) The Swami had a whole-hearted contempt for animal sacrifice to the Mother.

c) The Swami had a whole-hearted contempt for blood offering to God.

d) The Swami worshipped the Mother with fear.

 48. Which of the following statements is False?

a) The realisation of Brahman was the Swami’s only imperative.

b) The Advaita philosophy was the Swami’s only system of doctrine.

c) The Vedas and Upanishads were the Swami’s sole scriptural authority.

d) The Gita was the Swami’s favourite scripture.

49. Which of the following statements Is False?

a) The Swami had contempt for any form of squeamishness or mawkishness in religious practice.

b) The Swarni tolerated blood offerings commonly made to demons who attend on Kali.

c) The Swami advocated for a watering-down of the concept of the Mother.

d) The Swami encouraged worship that only focused on the kind and merciful aspects of God.

50. Identify the statements which are True.

(i) Swami Vivekananda was against animal sacrifice in the temple.

(ii) Swami Vivekananda wasted a few words on Sister Nivedita when she came to him with her difficulties about animal sacrifice.

(iii) Sister Nivedita had a whole-hearted contempt for what he regarded as squeamishness or mawkishness.

(iv) Sister Nivedita was against animal sacrifice in the temple.

a) (i) and (ii)

b) (iii) and (iv)

c) (ii) and (iii)

d) (ii) and (iv)