- The pace for Living
Q 1. Who has written the essay ”The Pace for Living”?
(a) Joan Lexau
(b) R. C. Hutchinson
(c) Mahadevi Varma
(d) Satyajit Ray
Q 2. In ‘The pace for Living’ the writer captures the agony of ……… man.
(a) ancient
(b) uncivilized
(c) modern
(d) future
Q 3. The main character in ”Pace for Living” which the author saw was a/an ………. . corn merchant –
(a) elderly
(b) handicapped
(c) young
(d) diabetic
Q 4. The author of the story ‘The pace for Living’ enjoyed going in a car at ………. .
(a) Ninety miles an hour
(b) Eighty miles an hour
(c) Sixty miles an hour
(d) Secenty miles an hour
Q 5. The writer of ‘The pace for Living’ belongs to the tribe of …………
(a) Average thinkers
(b) Slow thinkres
(c) Fast thinkers
(d) Good thinkers
Q 6. In ”The Pace for Living’ the author saw a play in –
(a) Denmark
(b) Dublin
(c) Denver
(d) Delhi
Q 7. How does the writer classify himself as a thinker in ‘The Pace for Living’?
(a) An intelligent
(b) A slow thinker
(c) A social thinker
(d) None of these
Q 8. The essay ‘the Pace for Living’, caputres the agony of ……. . .
(a) a modern man
(b) a sick man
(c) a polic man
(d) a postman
Q 9. In the essay ‘the Pace for Living’, the corn merchant is ……. .
(a) An ambitious man
(b) An anxious man
(c) An adventurous man
(d) None of these
Q 10. In ‘The Pace for Living’ the author saw a
(a) movie
(b) dance
(c) play
(d) football match
Q 11. The author admits that quick travel does not give the traveller the real ……. of travel.
(a) pains
(b) pleasure
(c) dreams
(d) knowledge
Q 12. The author in ‘The Pace for Living’ enjoys.
(a) long car drives
(b) air flights
(c) train journeys
(d) road journeys
Q 13. The corn-merchant was getting……. . by his nephew in ‘The Pace for Living’
(a) beaten up
(b) scolded
(c) cheated
(d) praised
Q 14. The author admits that quick travel does not give the traveller the real …… of travel –
(a) pains
(b) pleasure
(c) living
(d) holiday
Q 15. How many girls were in film ?
(a) Two
(b) Three
(c) Four
(d) Five
Q 16. The author finds himeself in a hopeless situations when he goes to watch the
(a) cinema
(b) theatre
(c) dance programme
(d) singing competition
Q 17. R. C. Hutchinson wrote that he watched a play in
(a) Chicago
(b) Dublin
(c) Netherlands
(d) New York
Q 18. In “The Pace for Living”, the author discusses
(a) the agony of modern man
(b) the miseries of ancient people
(c) the dilemma of people
(d) the problems of old age
man
Q 19. Mental activities of our time tend to follow the pace of
(a) computers
(b) aeroplanes
(c) horses
(d) machines
Q 20. People now a days think ……. than ancient times.
(a) deeper
(b) faster
(c) longer
(d) slower