MCQ Class 11 English Hornbill Chapter 5 The Adventure

MCQ’s For All Chapters – Hornbill Class 11th

1. In which cities did the East India Company retain pockets of influence?

Pune, Delhi and Lahore

Pune, Kabul and Peshawar

Delhi, Karjat and Lonavala

Bombay, Calcutta and Madras

Question 1 of 20

2. Why did the Peshwas keep the Mughal regime alive in Delhi?

To help Abdali regain power

For political reasons

To end democracy in India

To give the Company control of Delhi

Question 2 of 20

3. What was the role of the Shahenshah of Delhi in the alternative twentieth-century India?

He commanded the entire Indian army

He controlled the East India Company

He acted as a figurehead who approved parliament's recommendations

He ruled independently over all Indian territories

Question 3 of 20

4. Until which year was the British lease of Bombay supposed to last?

2001

1908

1947

1780

Question 4 of 20

5. Which book provided Professor Gaitonde with a clue about the Battle of Panipat?

The History of Bombay

The Life of Vishwasrao

The History of the Peshwas

Bhausahebanchi Bakhar

Question 5 of 20

6. What type of historical accounts are Bakhars sometimes described as containing?

Completely scientific records

Graphic but doctored accounts

Only geographical descriptions

Official railway reports

Question 6 of 20

7. What happened to Vishwasrao during the battle in the alternative history?

He was captured by Abdali

He abandoned the battlefield

A bullet narrowly missed him

He was forced to surrender

Question 7 of 20

8. At what time did the librarian remind Professor Gaitonde that the library was closing?

Eight o'clock

Six o'clock

Seven o'clock

Nine o'clock

Question 8 of 20

9. Where did Professor Gaitonde go for a stroll after finding a guest house?

Victoria Terminus

Hornby Road

Town Hall

Azad Maidan

Question 9 of 20

10. What surprised Professor Gaitonde when he entered the lecture pandal?

The speaker was absent

The presidential chair was unoccupied

The audience was reading books

The lecture had been cancelled

Question 10 of 20

11. How many meetings had Professor Gaitonde spoken at before the incident at Azad Maidan?

500

750

999

1,000

Question 11 of 20

12. Why did the audience object to Professor Gaitonde taking the presidential chair?

The lecture series had no chairperson, and the chair was symbolic

The speaker had already left the hall

The chair belonged to the British officers

The lecture was about the East India Company

Question 12 of 20

13. What happened when Professor Gaitonde continued speaking at Azad Maidan?

The audience elected him president

The speaker invited him to sit down

The librarian stopped the lecture

The audience threw objects at him and tried to remove him from the stage

Question 13 of 20

14. Who helped Professor Gaitonde understand his extraordinary experience?

Khan Sahib

Rajendra Deshpande

Vinay Gaitonde

The librarian

Question 14 of 20

15. What was Professor Gaitonde thinking about before his collision with the truck?

The history of the East India Company

The future of railway transport

Catastrophe theory and its implications for history

The languages spoken in Bombay

Question 15 of 20

16. Which scientific theory did Rajendra use to explain how a small event could change the course of history?

Catastrophe theory

Theory of evolution

Theory of relativity

Big Bang theory

Question 16 of 20

17. What does the lack of determinism in quantum theory suggest in Rajendra's explanation?

Every event has only one possible outcome

All historical events are predictable

Scientific laws cannot describe microscopic systems

The behaviour of microscopic systems cannot always be predicted definitively

Question 17 of 20

18. According to Rajendra, what did Professor Gaitonde experience?

A journey into the distant past

A transition from one world to another and back again

A journey into the future

A dream caused entirely by reading history books

Question 18 of 20

19. What event created the divergence between the two historical worlds in Rajendra's explanation?

The arrival of Khan Sahib in Bombay

The establishment of the Asiatic Society

The Battle of Panipat

The construction of Victoria Terminus

Question 19 of 20

20. Why did Professor Gaitonde decide that he would never preside over another meeting?

He had experienced the hostility of an audience when defending the presidential chair

He wanted to become a full-time politician

He planned to leave India permanently

He no longer wanted to study history

Question 20 of 20

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