MCQ Question and Answer
1. What does each man carry within himself?
- A) A mountain peak
- B) A plateau
- C) A plain
- D) None of the above
Answer: - A) A mountain peak
2. What is the other summit being talked about in the lesson?
- A) Summit of the body
- B) Summit of the mind
- C) Summit of the stomach
- D) Summit of the legs
Answer: - B) Summit of the mind
3. What does the climb certainly do to you?
- A) Keeps you same
- B) Changes you
- C) Motivates you
- D) All of the above
Answer: - B) Changes you
4. “The _ in me seemed to say, ‘Thank God, it’s all over!’”
- A) Emotional
- B) Mental
- C) Physical
- D) None of the Above
Answer: - C) Physical
5. What was the answer to this question, “Why Everest”?
- A) It’s the highest
- B) It’s the mightiest
- C) Has defied many attempts
- D) All of the Above
Answer: - D) All of the Above
6. What does the author call the change that he experienced?
- A) Mystical
- B) Joyous
- C) Both A and B
- D) None of the Above
Answer: - A) Mystical
7. Why must one climb the summit within?
- A) To prove to others
- B) To reach fuller knowledge
- C) To show off
- D) To live fully each day
Answer: - B) To reach fuller knowledge
8. “It is a challenge difficult to _”
- A) Bear
- B) Overcome
- C) Resist
- D) All of the Above
Answer: - D) All of the Above
9. Why do you curse yourself?
- A) For not completing the ascent
- B) For letting yourself into this
- C) For reaching the summit
- D) For going back
Answer: - B) For letting yourself into this
10. What do you tell yourself while looking around on the summit?
– A) It was worthwhile
– B) It was not worthwhile
– C) It was okayish
– D) It was hard
Answer:
– A) It was worthwhile
11. What was his personal answer to the question, “Why do people climb mountains?”
– A) Because they exist
– B) He is attracted by them
– C) He is miserable when away from them
– D) Both B and C
Answer:
– D) Both B and C
12. The internal summits are __ than the ones outside.
– A) Lower
– B) Equal to
– C) Higher
– D) None of the above
Answer:
– C) Higher
13. What was the most dominant feeling as he looked over miles of panorama below him?
– A) Tiredness
– B) Fatigue
– C) Joy
– D) Humility
Answer:
– D) Humility
14. “You __ every nerve as you take another step.”
– A) Strain
– B) Pull
– C) Relax
– D) None of the Above
Answer:
– A) Strain
15. The experience is _.
– A) Physical
– B) Spiritual
– C) Emotional
– D) All of the Above
Answer:
– D) All of the Above
16. In which year did he climb Everest?
– A) 1965
– B) 1966
– C) 1695
– D) 1699
Answer:
– A) 1965
17. Did he climb Everest alone?
– A) Yes
– B) No
– C) Maybe
– D) Don’t know
Answer:
– B) No
18. What do famous climbers have left records of?
– A) Their age
– B) Help received from others
– C) Help given to others
– D) None of the Above
Answer:
– B) Help received from others
19. What do you bow down at the peak?
– A) To make submission to God
– B) Out of fatigue
– C) Out of boredom
– D) Out of joy
Answer:
– A) To make submission to God
20. What does the man who has climbed Everest become conscious of?
– A) His own smallness in the large world
– B) One’s emotions
– C) One’s responsibilities
– D) All of the above
Answer:
– A) His own smallness in the large world
21. “The man who has been to the _ is never the same again.”
– A) Mountains
– B) Plains
– C) Plateaus
– D) Forest
Answer:
– A) Mountains
22. What do the surrounding peaks look like?
– A) A jewelled necklace
– B) A jewelled bracelet
– C) A jewelled anklet
– D) One of the Above
Answer:
– A) A jewelled necklace
23. What is the other summit being talked about in the lesson?
– A) Summit of the body
– B) Summit of the mind
– C) Summit of the stomach
– D) Summit of the legs
Answer:
– B) Summit of the mind
24. What is the feeling of joy associated with?
– A) Climbing Everest
– B) The last step before reaching the summit
– C) Seeing the sunrise from the summit
– D) None of the Above
Answer:
– B) The last step before reaching the summit
25. Why was there a tinge of sadness in him?
– A) All the roads hereafter would lead down
– B) He was physically tired
– C) He did not want to go back
– D) All of the above
Answer:
– D) All of the above
26. What was the answer to this question, “Why Everest”?
– A) It’s the highest
– B) It’s the mightiest
– C) Has defied many attempts
– D) All of the Above
Answer:
– D) All of the Above
27. What did he think his experience as an Everestor has provided him?
– A) Strength to face life’s challenges
– B) Motivation
– C) Inspiration
– D) None of the above
Answer:
– A) Strength to face life’s challenges
28. The demonstration of these physical qualities is no doubt exhilarating, as it was for me also. What do you mean by the word “exhilarating”?
– A) Tiring
– B) Very exciting
– C) Joyous
– D) None of the Above
Answer:
– B) Very exciting
29. Why must one climb the summit within?
– A) To prove to others
– B) To reach fuller knowledge
– C) To show off
– D) To live fully each day
Answer:
– B) To reach fuller knowledge
30. According to the author, is the summit of the mountain similar to the summit within?
– A) Yes
– B) Maybe
– C) No
– D) Not mentioned in the story
Answer:
– A) Yes
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