Indigo by Satyajit Ray – MCQs (25 Questions)
Choose the correct option for each question.
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What is Aniruddha Bose's profession?
a) A doctor
b) An advertising professional
c) A teacher
d) A lawyer -
Where does Aniruddha get stranded?
a) In a forest
b) In a dak bungalow during a storm
c) In a haunted mansion
d) On a train -
What is Aniruddha's destination when he gets stranded?
a) Delhi
b) Calcutta
c) Dumka
d) Bombay -
What age is Aniruddha at the beginning of the story?
a) 25 years old
b) 29 years old
c) 35 years old
d) 40 years old -
Who comes to the dak bungalow in the middle of the night?
a) A ghost
b) An old man asking for shelter
c) A thief
d) The caretaker's family -
What does the visitor ask Aniruddha?
a) For food and water
b) To give him shelter and light a fire in the bedroom
c) For directions to the nearest village
d) To contact the police -
What happens after Aniruddha lights the fire in the bedroom?
a) The visitor leaves
b) Aniruddha falls asleep and experiences a strange transformation
c) The fire goes out
d) Police arrive at the bungalow -
What time period does Aniruddha enter?
a) 1950s
b) 1868 - exactly 100 years ago
c) 1920s
d) 1800s (early century) -
Who is the person Aniruddha becomes in his vision?
a) A British officer
b) A 19th-century indigo planter
c) A colonial magistrate
d) A landlord -
What is the planter suffering from?
a) Cholera
b) Malaria and guilt
c) Plague
d) Smallpox -
What did the planter do to the indigo workers?
a) Helped them with medicine
b) Exploited and cheated them, causing suffering and deaths
c) Taught them new farming methods
d) Paid them fair wages -
Who is Rex in the story?
a) A servant
b) The planter's loyal dog
c) A British officer
d) Another planter -
What is the planter's emotional state during his final night?
a) Happy and peaceful
b) Drunk and cheerful
c) Suffering, guilt-ridden, and dying of malaria
d) Angry and violent -
What does the planter see in the mirror?
a) His normal healthy face
b) A distorted face covered with indigo stains and decay
c) Nothing - the mirror is blank
d) The face of a young man -
What color symbolizes the planter's guilt and exploitation?
a) Red
b) Black
c) Indigo
d) White -
What is the planter's final act?
a) He escapes from the bungalow
b) He shoots himself and Rex
c) He calls for help
d) He writes a letter of apology -
When does Aniruddha wake up back to normal?
a) After a few hours
b) After two days
c) Next morning (April 28, 1968)
d) Never - he remains trapped -
How many years have passed between the planter's death and Aniruddha's experience?
a) 50 years
b) Exactly 100 years
c) 75 years
d) 150 years -
What is the caretaker's attitude when Aniruddha wakes up?
a) Surprised and skeptical about Aniruddha's story
b) Completely believing everything Aniruddha says
c) Hostile and aggressive
d) Indifferent and dismissive -
What is the main theme of the story?
a) Adventure and travel
b) The supernatural consequences of guilt and exploitation
c) Romantic love
d) Political rebellion -
How does Ray present the indigo planter's punishment?
a) Through legal consequences
b) Through a supernatural haunting and possession after 100 years
c) Through social rejection
d) He doesn't face any punishment -
What does the "indigo" in the title symbolize?
a) A beautiful color used in art
b) A plant used for farming
c) The planter's guilt, exploitation, and the stains of his crimes
d) A name of a place -
What is the significance of the exact 100-year gap?
a) It is a random number with no meaning
b) It shows that supernatural justice works on a cosmic time scale
c) It represents a generation gap
d) It is just a coincidence -
How is Aniruddha's consciousness affected during the transformation?
a) He remains fully aware as himself
b) He is completely erased and becomes the planter
c) He experiences both identities - aware of both present and past
d) He loses consciousness entirely -
What does the story suggest about the nature of guilt and consequences?
a) Guilt has no consequences
b) Guilt can manifest supernaturally and demand payment even across time and death
c) Only the living can face consequences
d) Guilt is easily forgotten
Answer Key
i) b – An advertising professional
ii) b – In a dak bungalow during a storm
iii) c – Dumka
iv) b – 29 years old
v) b – An old man asking for shelter
vi) b – To give him shelter and light a fire in the bedroom
vii) b – Aniruddha falls asleep and experiences a strange transformation
viii) b – 1868 - exactly 100 years ago
ix) b – A 19th-century indigo planter
x) b – Malaria and guilt
xi) b – Exploited and cheated them, causing suffering and deaths
xii) b – The planter's loyal dog
xiii) c – Suffering, guilt-ridden, and dying of malaria
xiv) b – A distorted face covered with indigo stains and decay
xv) c – Indigo
xvi) b – He shoots himself and Rex
xvii) c – Next morning (April 28, 1968)
xviii) b – Exactly 100 years
xix) a – Surprised and skeptical about Aniruddha's story
xx) b – The supernatural consequences of guilt and exploitation
xxi) b – Through a supernatural haunting and possession after 100 years
xxii) c – The planter's guilt, exploitation, and the stains of his crimes
xxiii) b – It shows that supernatural justice works on a cosmic time scale
xxiv) c – He experiences both identities - aware of both present and past
xxv) b – Guilt can manifest supernaturally and demand payment even across time and death