Question

On the basis of your understanding of the above passage, complete the statements given -1-
Marks 40
(10 Marks)

below with the help of options (ANY TEN): 10 Marks
(i) King Tut was ______________
a) An Egyptian ruler
b) Called the valley of the kings
c) A soldier
d) All of the above
(ii) Tut’s body was discovered
a) About 3,300 years ago
b) In 2005
c) In 1920
d) In the first century
(iii) Tut’s tomb was discovered by ________________
a) Some tourists
b) ZahiHawass
c) Egyptian authorities
d) Howard Carter, a British archaeogist
(iv) The blazing sunshine helped Carter to
a) harden the resin
b) to find evidence of a burial
c) to loosen the resins
d) to chisel away the limbs
(v) Cases of food and wine were buried along with the dead because
a) They wanted to store them secretly
b) They were showing off their wealth
c) They were spoiled
d) The buried should use them in after life
(vi) An appropriate title to the passage would be
a) Egyptian Mummies
b) Royal Collection
c) Discovering Tut
d) Death of a Pharaoh
(vii) “No amount of force could move them.’ Here them stands for
a) Resins
b) Visitors
c) Egyptians
d) Artefacts in gold
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(viii) The eternal brilliance of the artefacts in gold
a) Meant to guarantee resurrection
b) Gets a lot of attention even now
c) Caused a sensation
d) All of the above
(ix) Murals are
a) The contents buried with the Mummy
b) Veiling that covered a tomb
c) Painting done on the walls
d) None of the above
(x) When Tut was taken out of the cemetery, the weather was a) Calm
b) Windy c) Frosty d) Rainy
(xi) The sun can beat down like a hammer is an example of a) Oxymoron
b) Metaphor c) Simile
d) Alliteration
(xii) This passage gives a hint of
a) Tourism
b) Excavation
c) Egyptian Mummies
d) All of the above

Answer 1

Explanation:

ques1-a

ques2-a

ques3-d

Answer 2

Answer:

1. a 2. c 3. d 4. c 5. d 6. c 7. a 8. a 9. c 10. b

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