Comprehension Questions from the following description of places

The Monolith, Yaanai Malai looks like an elephant only when it is viewed from this direction

How old is the Brihadeesvarar Temple?

Name the village that were abandoned due to Inda-China War.

Who built the Brihadeeswarar Temple?

Yaanai Malai appears to have a ……… shape to view from Madurai.

A 24-hour journey in a UP Roadways bus is not the most comfortable way to get to Munsiyari. The Journey of the author was

Choose the correct answer for the question from the given paragraph: For three days our path first takes us upstream along the Goriganga, and then into the shrouded Milam Valley where the narrow gorges. afford few views. Which river is mentioned here?

The painting of a ……. King welcomes you to the Durbar Hall in Thanjavur.

Choose the correct answer for the question from the given paragraph : “Siluated in a remote corner of Kumaon bordering Tibet and “Nepal, Munsiyari was once a bustling entrepot of Trade … ” Where is Milam Glacier?

Find out the correct answer : —–was once a bustling entrepot of trade

“I look deeply into its visage, trying to each in my mind every detail of the vast expance of the valley and the forlorn abandoned village” In the given passage the word visage means.

The inscriptions of the ——– talk about Raja Raja Chola’s gifts to the temple.

The lesson ‘To the Land of Snow’ written by Athushi Deshpandae is a

Choose the correct option. All memories of the bizarre journey vanish When I landed in

Select the correct answer to complete the sentence from the options given below : ——- is a long and different walk over mountains or through forests.

Rich in traditions the ancient temple town has acquired its very own mythologies, evolving its own customs and festivals” The town mentioned here is

Manohar Devadoss is —– by profession.

‘Egret’ is a name of—–

city sits in the South west of Yaanai Malai.

‘To the Land of Snow’ is the trekking experience of———. Choose the correct answer from the options given below.

“The five Mythological Pandavas stand proud before my eyes” Who speaks these words?

“Though I gave premium to rationalism then, I had difficulty thinking of Yaanai Malai as a non-living, huge chunk of stone”. Choose the right idea conveyed by the statement mentioned above.

How does Ahtushi Deshpande describe the taste of water at Dudh and Suraj Kund ponds?

“During the cool winter months, before the emerald of the paddy fields slowly turns into a wealth of gold. small flocks of lily – white egrets alight here to feast upon the tiny, silvery fish that strays into the shallow waters of the fields” – What does the underlined words refer to?

Who among the following is the porter figuring in “To the land of snow”?

Which among the options is closest in meaning to “monolith”?

To which of the following places does the trekking take place in ‘To the land of snow’?

What is the speciality of the ‘Vimanams’ of the Brihadeesvarar temple?

In the lesson “Yaanai Malai”, the lesson-writer Manohar Devadoss says, “Sometimes landscapes can speak to us”. This expression is purely

Mahema, the wife of the lesson-writer, Manohar Devadoss, was suffering from the disease

What was the title given to the Maratha Ruler?

What is the height of the shiva linga in the sanctum sanctorum of the Brihadeeswarar Temple?

Where is Yaanai Malai located?

What is the name of the porter who accompanied Ahtushi Deshpande?

“A dominant landmark of the north-eastern outskirts of Madurai is Yaanni Malai” Choose the inappropriate statement from the following

Abandoned Bhutia villages dot our path and I increasingly get the feeling that we are traversing a long-forgotten route. On the fourth day we cross the ghost villages of Burfu and Bilju before we reach Milam. ‘Ghost Villages’ are

‘It is heartening to meet Laxmi, our porter, the following morning. He is a sturdy young man’. Sturdy means

‘The 16th century palace complex was built by the Nayaks and later renovated by the Marathas’. Who renovated the palace complex?

Read the passage and select the correct sentence from the options given below : Built in the year 1010 by King Raja Raja Chola stood a symbol of flourishing sculptural expertise and rich culture of ancient India.

What brings out the munificence of the Chola king who built ‘The Brihadeesvarar Temple”?

Situated in a remote corner of Kumaon bordering Tibet and Nepal, Munsiyari was once a bustling entrepot of trade. Which place was a busy trade centre?.

Ahthusi Deshpande’s ‘To the Land of Snow’ is a/an——

Identify the right option : Yaanani Malai is a ——

To my immediate right the Nanda Pal glacier slopes down sharply. It could easily have been built up as a very challenging ski slope except, of course, for the fact that it ends in a cold and menacing snout with icy waters flowing beneath. In the above passage Nanda Pal glacier is not associated with

Which place is described in the Ahtushi Deshpande’s travelogue ‘To the land of snow’?

Having overloaded myself I reached the Palace in search of all the glory of the old Chola capital. The 16th Century Palace was built by the Nayaks and later renovated by the Marathas. Who built the Palace in Thanjavur?

—— built the palace.

The Pillared Cloisters beside the main structure have a series of deities and shiva lingas, worthy to be admired. , What is the meaning of underlined word Cloisters in the passage?