Online Test: The Ministry of Utmost Happiness
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1. _______ is second novel by Arundhati Roy.
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2. _____ is first novel by Arundhati Roy.
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3. Which of the following award is given to A. Roy's fiction?
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4. Which of the following non-fiction writings are from A. Roy?
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5. What is so specific about this frame? How is it connected with the narrative of 'The Ministry of Utmost Happiness'?
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6. What is so specific about this frame? How is it connected with the narrative of 'The Ministry of Utmost Happiness'?
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7. What is so specific about this frame? How is it connected with the narrative of 'The Ministry of Utmost Happiness'?
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8. What is so specific about this frame? How is it connected with the narrative of 'The Ministry of Utmost Happiness'?
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9. What is so specific about this frame? How is it connected with the narrative of 'The Ministry of Utmost Happiness'?
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Khwabgah
Jantar Mantar
Dandakaranyak
Kashmir
Bismillah (Bima)
Tubby Old Gandhian
Gulrez
Saeeda
Musa Yeswi
Mr. Aggarwal
Manipur Nationalists
Kulsoom Bi
Maoists
Revathy
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Kashmir
Jannat Guest House / Graveyard
Jantar Mantar
Khwabgah
Captain Amrik Singh
Saddam Hussein
ACP Pinky Sodhi
Protest to make Hindi as National Language
Jalil Qadri
Bombay Silk
Bhopalis . . .
Ziauddin - the blind Imam
Mr. Gupta
Gudiya & Bulbul
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12. Match the animals
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Sultan
Payal
Guih Kyom
Mare
Rooster
Dung Beetle
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13. Who killed Captain Amrik Singh and his family members?
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14. Match the relations . . .
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Son of Mulakat Ali
Mother of Anjum
Daughter of Musa
Daughter of Revathy
Mother of Tilottama
Jahanara Begum
Miss Jeneeb
Marayam Ipe
Aftab
Udaya Jebeen
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15. ______ means 'a person, an animal or a flower that has both male and female sexual organs or characteristics' - व्‍यक्ति, पशु या पुष्‍प जिसमें नर और मादा दोनों के यौनांग या लक्षण हों; उभयलिंगी
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16. Match the characters with real life political figures
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Manmohan Singh
Narendra Modi
Anna Hazare
Arvind Kejriwal
Lisping Poet Prime Minister
Mr. Aggarwal
Gujarat's Beloved (Lalla)
Tubby Old Gandhian
Trapped Rabbit
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17. "The guardians of our memory (the writers, the artistes, the scribes, the journalists, the painters, the singers, the dancers and the musicians) – they are dropping dead from the sky. The death is of course metaphorical, it’s the death of their ability to question because they are on a conditioned diet of obedience, obedience to the Great Nationalism." Which of the following textual evidence leads to this observation?
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18. What is symbolic significance of Shiraz Cinema Theatre in Kashmir?
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19. ‘So we are remembered as the forgotten ones?’ Ustad Kulsoom Bi said.‘Wah! Wah!’ - Identify the context of this reference.
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20. Why was Hazrat Sarmad beheaded by Aurangzeb?
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21. Why did Anjum teach chanting of Gayatri Mantra to Zainab after traumatic experience of Ahmedabad riots of 2002?
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22. Which city does Anjum establish the Jannat Guest House in?
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23. What is the primary setting of the novel?
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24. Which historical event is depicted as plot mover in the novel?
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25. What motivates Revathy to join the Naxalite movement in The Ministry of Utmost Happiness? 
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26. How does the Dandakaranya forest serve as a symbol in the novel?
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27. In the context of the Naxalite struggle, what role does Revathy's child play in the narrative?
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28. Anjum is accepting of her identity as a hijra throughout the entire novel.
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29. What is Jantar Mantar in the context of the novel?
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30.  Which of the following groups is NOT mentioned as protesting at Jantar Mantar?
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31.  What is the significance of Saddam Hussein's character in the novel?
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32.  Who is Mr. Agarwal in the context of the novel?
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33.  Saddam Hussein's real name is Dayachand, and he adopted a Muslim name after witnessing his father's lynching by Gau-rakshaks.
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34.  Where does Captain Himmat Singh flee to after his crimes are exposed?
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35.  Read this: "What Musa said next, standing against the backdrop of the school gates with the painting of the ogre nurse giving a baby a polio vaccine, was like … like an ice-injection."
  What is the significance of the "ogre nurse giving a baby a polio vaccine" image in the novel? 
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36.  The novel portrays the Indian army's actions in Kashmir in a positive light.
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37.  Dr. Azad is a key character who connects the different storylines in the novel.
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38.  What happens to Captain Amrik Singh and his family?
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39.  The novel portrays the suffering of Kashmiri Pandits in detail.
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