MCQs of Class 12 English Chapter 8, Memories of Childhood by Zitkala Sa and Bama have been compiled for students to practice. Students of Class 12 can prepare the MCQs of Chapter 8- Memories of Childhood from NCERT Vistas book. Each question has four options followed by the correct answer. Students can also take a free test of the MCQs of Memories of Childhood. These MCQ Questions have been selected based on the latest exam pattern as announced by CBSE.
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Vistas book chapter 8 – Memories of childhood
Q1- Who is the author of the lesson Memories of childhood?
A) Zitkala-Sa and Bama
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Q2- What does the story present?
A) An autobiography of the author
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Q3- What are the names of the two women?
A) Zitkala Sa a Native American and Bama Tamilian Dalit
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Q4- What advice did Annan give to Bama?
A) to go away from the place
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Q5- Who was Zitkala Sa?
A) A tamilian
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Q6- What did Zitkala Sa find?
A) discrimination against native American culture and women |
Q7- What did the cutting of long hair of Zitkala Sa symbolise in the lesson?
A) subjection to the rulers
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Q8- Who is Bama’s brother?
A) A boy
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Q9- How much time did Bama take to reach home?
A) 2 hours
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Q10- What is the meaning of childhood memories?
A) memories with a child
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Q11- Why did Bama reach home in one hour in place of 10 minutes?
A) she was watching shows on the road
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Q12- What did Zitkala Sa feel when her long hair was cut?
A) oppression and victimization
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Q13- What was Bama victim of?
A) gender prejudice
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Q14- What did Annan tell Bama?
A) Education is the only way to break the chains of caste system
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Q15- What did Zitkala mean by Eating By Formula?
A) Set pattern of sitting
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Q16- Why did Zitkala not like her hair cut?
A) because her mother told her that mourners and cowards keep such hair.
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Q17- Who told Bama that untouchability is a crime?
A) her mother
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Q18- What comic incident did Bama mention to her brother?
A) a man bringing vadas for his landlord by holding the vada packet by a string.
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Q19- Which community does Bama belong to?
A) rich
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Q20- What is the meaning of untouchability?
A) segregating a minority from the mainstream social group
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Q21- Why did Zitkala find Eating by formula a hard trial?
A) because of her inability to follow the bell taps
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Q22- What attracted Bama in the street?
A) monkeys
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Q23- Why did Zitkala feel oppressed in her new establishment?
A) because of indignities shown to her
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Q24- When did Bama first come to know of social discrimination?
A) in class 1
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Q25- Why did the Landlord’s man ask Bama’s brother on which street did they live?
A) to know his class
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Q26- “I felt like sinking to the floors” why did Zitkala feel so?
A) because her blanket was stripped off from her shoulders and she felt uncomfortable |
Q27- What did Judewin tell Zitkala?
A) A new dress is comimng
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Q28- How did Bama earn respect of the people of higher class?
A) by shopping
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Q29- What sort of shows attracted Bama?
A) shows by jugglers
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Q30- Why was Zitkala in tears on her first day in the land of apples?
A) because of new environment
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Q31- What was common between Bama and Zitkala?
A) belonged to minority
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Q32- Why did Zitkala start crying at the dining table ?
A) she didn’t like the food
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Q33- Why did Zitkala hide herself?
A) to save herself
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Q34- How did the scene in the market change Bama’s life?
A) because of that she decided to study hard and stand against discrimination
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Q35- What was the author’s original name?
A) Zitkala
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Q36- What did the story showcase?
A) Discrimination on the basis of casteism specially with Indians in western culture
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Q37- What was the name of the school where Zitkala studied?
A) Carlisle Indian school |
Q38- What is Belfry?
A) part of a bell tower
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Q39- Which family did Bama belog to?
A) A jewish family
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Q40- What had hurt Bama in the society?
A) Political plays
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ANSWER KEY
1 |
A |
11 |
D |
21 |
A |
31 |
D |
2 |
C |
12 |
A |
22 |
D |
32 |
C |
3 |
A |
13 |
D |
23 |
A |
33 |
D |
4 |
C |
14 |
A |
24 |
B |
34 |
A |
5 |
C |
15 |
D |
25 |
D |
35 |
D |
6 |
A |
16 |
A |
26 |
A |
36 |
A |
7 |
A |
17 |
D |
27 |
D |
37 |
A |
8 |
C |
18 |
A |
28 |
C |
38 |
A |
9 |
D |
19 |
C |
29 |
D |
39 |
C |
10 |
D |
20 |
A |
30 |
D |
40 |
D |
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