1. The Homecoming
By Rabindranath Tagore
MCQS AND EXPLANATION
DR. G. N. KHAMANKAR
DEPT.OFENGLISH,
VIVEKANANDMAHAVIDHYALAYA,BHADRAWATI.
2. 1. Phatik Chakravarti was …….. of the boys in
his village
A. the Idol
B. the leader
C. the master
D. the Companion
3. 2. What mischief got into the head of Phatik?
A. to beat Makhan
B. to play a prank on Bishambar
C. to push a log into the river
D. to cut a coconut tree
4. 3. What was the name of Phatik’s
brother?
A. Bishamber
B. Makhan
C. Mohan
D. None of these
5. 4. Phatik’s uncle lived in…
A. Bombay
B. Pune
C. Calcutta
D. Delhi
6. 5. Phatik’s ………did not like Phatik’s
way of life
A. Mother
B. Brother
C. Sister
D. Neighbour
7. 6. Phatik’s last words were
‘mother…..have come’
A. Friends
B. Aunt and Uncle
C. Brother
D. the holidays
8. 7. Who took Phatik home roughly?
A. Servant
B. Makhan
C. Bishambar
D. Mother
9. 8. Phatik and his friends annoyed with
Makhan because…….
A. Makhan was Phatik’s brother
B. Makhan obeyed Phatik
C. Makhan refused to obey Phatik
D. None of these
10. 9. Phatik was a ------years old boy
A. 12
B. 13
C. 14
D. 15
11. 10. Where had Bishambar gone after
his sister had married?
A. Chennai
B. Delhi
C. Bombay
D. Calcutta
12. 11. What does Bishamber offer to his sister?
A. To Take Makhan with him to Culcutta
B. To take Phatik with him to Culcutta
C. To take Makhan and Phatik with him to Culcutta
D. None of the above
13. 12. When was Rabindranath Tagore born?
A. 1 June 1858
B. 3 May 1859
C. 5 May 1860
D. 7 May 1861
14. 13. In which year Rabindranath Tagore was
awarded Nobel Prize for Literature?
A. 1913
B. 1914
C. 1928
D. 1930
15. 14. Makhan is ……..according to his mother
A. good for nothing
B. very smart and clever
C. very submissive and discipline
D. as good as gold, as quite as lamb and very found of reading
16. 15. Where does Phatik’s father work?
A. In a factory in Culcutta
B. He is dead
C. He runs a grocery shop
D. In a private school
17. 16. What is the reaction of Phatik’s aunt on his
arrival in Culcutta?
A. She is not happy with his arrival
B. She was happy on his arrival
C. She welcomes him nicely
D. None of the above
18. 17. “ You great clumsy, country fool!” Who said to
whom?
A. Phatik’s mother to Phatik
B. Phatik’s uncle to Phatik
C. Phatik’s aunt to Phatik
D. Phatik’s brother to Phatik
19. 18. Where was Phatik going when the police drag
him back?
A. He was going to see his friend
B. He was going home
C. He was going to school
D. He was going to Bombay
20. 19. What description does not fit to Phatik
according to his mother?
A. He is perpetual nuisance
B. He is very clever and diligent
C. He is lazy and disobedient.
He is naughty and wild.
21. 20. What is not true about Phatik as a student?
A. He remain silent when the teacher asks him a question
B. He doesn’t go out to play with other students.
C. He is the most backward boy in the whole school
D. He has many friends in his school
22. 21. But the holidays would not come till ……and there was
a long time still to wait.
A. October
B. November
C. September
D. December
23. 22. What did Phatik lose?
A. a lesson book
B. a notebook
C. a tiffin
D. a school bag
24. 23. The story, ‘The Homecoming’ describe a feeling of……
A. depression
B. loneliness
C. homesickness
D. rootlessness
25. 24. For a boy of fourteen his own house is the
only…….
A. heaven
B. paradise
C. good place
D. sweet home
26. 25. Who send the message to Phatik’s mother to come
to Culcutta?
A. Phatik’s uncle
B. Phatik’s aunt
C. Phatik’s cousins
D. Nobody
