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ENGLISH QUIZ-1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

According to Sound of music, WHO WAS DEAF IN THE LESSON?

a)

EVELYN

b)

BISMILLAH KHAN

c)

EVELYN'S MOTHER

d)

RON FORBES

2.

HOW OLD WAS EVELYN WHEN SHE WENT TO ROYAL MUSIC ACADEMY?

a)

18 YEARS OLD

b)

17 YEARS OLD

c)

19 YEARS OLD

d)

BELOW 17 YEARS

3.

WHERE WAS THE ROYAL MUSIC ACADEMY LOCATED?

a)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

b)

PARIS

c)

BURMINGHAM

d)

LONDON

4.

WHICH PLACES HAD EVELYN WORKED FOR ?

a)

POOR CHILDREN

b)

PRISIONS AND HOSPITALS

c)

SCHOOLS

d)

NONE

5.

WHAT DID AURANGZEB BAN IN HIS ROYAL PALACE ?

a)

PLAYING SITAR

b)

PLAYING MUSIC

c)

PLAYING OF PUNGI

d)

NONE

6.

WHY WAS PLAYING PUNGI IN AURANGZENS PALACE BANNED ?

a)

IT WASN'T GOOD

b)

IT HAD A SHARP SOUND

c)

IT WAS UNPLEASANT

d)

ALL OF THE ABOVE

7.

WHEN DID BISMILLAH GET HIS FIRST BIG BREAK AS A SHEHNAI PERFORMER ?

a)

IN 1938 WHEN ALL INDIA RADIO CAME INTO EXISTENCE

b)

1987

c)

1945

d)

1945 DURING INDIA'S INDEPENDENCE

8.

Why did Bismillah Khan earn a big laddu weighing 1.25 kg ?

a)

his performance in gilli-danda

b)

his practice at the banks of Ganga

c)

his inventing new raagas

d)

his recital of the Bhojpuri ‘Chaita’

9.

From whom did Bismillah Khan learn to play the shehnai?

a)

Rasool Bux Khan

b)

Ustad Faiyaz Khan

c)

Paigambar Bux

d)

Ali Bux

10.

Bismillah Khan’s first trip abroad was to __________.

a)

Afghanistan

b)

United States of America

c)

Canada

d)

Pakistan

11.

Why did King Zahir Shah give priceless Persian carpets and other souvenirs to Bismillah Khan?

a)

Bismillah Khan had expressed desire for Persian carpets and souvenirs.

b)

It was a tradition.

c)

He loved Bismillah Khan's nature.

d)

He was taken in by the maestro.

12.

Tahar Mosiquee Ustaad Bismillah Khan auditorium is situated in

a)

Teheran

b)

Montreal

c)

Osaka

d)

Bahrain

13.

Of the following which is Bismillah Khan's composition

a)

Dil Ka Kilona Toot Gaya

b)

Mere Khuda mujhko na bhoolana

c)

Main Tere dar to aaya noon

d)

Ye dil Ka taranna hai

14.

In the chapter "The Truly Beautiful Mind" What was the name of Einstein's first wife?

a)

Mileva

b)

Elsa

c)

Maja

d)

Ilse

15.

With which of the following theories is the formula E=mc2 most closely associated?

a)

Relativity

b)

Planck's Law

c)

Ohm's Law

d)

The Blackbody Effect

16.

Which of the following events happened first?

a)

Einstein won the Nobel Prize.

b)

Einstein became famous for his general relativity theory.

c)

Einstein wrote to Roosevelt.

d)

Einstein left Germany and moved to America.

17.

Where was Albert Einstein born?

a)

Munich, Germany

b)

Berlin, Germany

c)

Ulm, Germany

d)

Berne, Germany

18.

Einstein was born in _____ and died in the year ______.

a)

1876,1955.

b)

1879, 1956

c)

1979, 1954

d)

1879,1955.

19.

Which of the following statements is not true?

a)

Einstein was ridiculed as a child by his friends and teacher.

b)

Einstein left Germany when Hitler came to power.

c)

Einstein regretted writing to Roosevelt to develop the atomic bomb.

d)

Einstein wrote to the United Nation promoting world peace.

HIDE ANSWER

20.

Why did Mileva Maric come to the University at Zurich?

a)

it was the only university which gave degrees to women

Incorrect

b)

it was a good university

c)

it was near her city

d)

she liked the place