7th Samacheer English – The Last Stone Carver – Quiz
1. Who wrote “The Last Stone Carver”?
A) Ruskin Bond
B) Sigrun Srivastav
C) Subroto Bagchi
D) Munshi Premchand
Ans: B) Sigrun Srivastav
2. Why did Gopal decide to leave his father's work?
A) He disliked stone
B) He felt the work did not pay enough
C) He wanted to become a teacher
D) He was afraid of his father
Ans: B) He felt the work did not pay enough
3. What did the old stone carver consider more important than money?
A) Fame
B) Service to God
C) Travel
D) Competition
Ans: B) Service to God
4. From whom had the old man learnt stone carving?
A) His teacher
B) His father
C) Salim
D) Gopal
Ans: B) His father
5. For how long had the family maintained the stone-carving tradition?
A) A few years
B) Hundreds of years
C) Ten years
D) Fifty years
Ans: B) Hundreds of years
6. Gopal complained that he was working for a pittance for the temple committee in:
A) Agra
B) Srinagar
C) Delhi
D) Jaipur
Ans: B) Srinagar
7. What does “working for a pittance” mean?
A) Working for fame
B) Working for very little money
C) Working without tools
D) Working at night
Ans: B) Working for very little money
8. What was the old man working on when Gopal left?
A) A wooden chair
B) A half-finished marble statue
C) A metal lamp
D) A clay pot
Ans: B) A half-finished marble statue
9. Who was Salim?
A) Gopal's brother
B) The old man's servant boy
C) A temple priest
D) A tourist
Ans: B) The old man's servant boy
10. What did Salim bring the old man after Gopal left?
A) A glass of milk
B) A glass of steaming tea
C) A bowl of rice
D) A cup of coffee
Ans: B) A glass of steaming tea
11. What does “ashen” mean?
A) Bright
B) Pale
C) Angry
D) Cheerful
Ans: B) Pale
12. Why did the old man believe he would soon be the last stone carver there?
A) Stone carving was forbidden
B) Other craftsmen were leaving for Agra
C) He had sold his tools
D) The temple had closed
Ans: B) Other craftsmen were leaving for Agra
13. What were craftsmen in Agra mass-producing?
A) Temple statues only
B) Candlestands, paperweights and ashtrays
C) Jewellery
D) Wooden furniture
Ans: B) Candlestands, paperweights and ashtrays
14. How had Salim first come to the old stone carver?
A) He came looking for training
B) He begged for shelter during a monsoon storm
C) Gopal brought him home
D) He was sent by the temple
Ans: B) He begged for shelter during a monsoon storm
15. How long had Salim been with the old craftsman?
A) Two years
B) Three years
C) Five years
D) Ten years
Ans: C) Five years
16. What does “drenched” mean?
A) Completely dry
B) Thoroughly wet
C) Very tired
D) Badly injured
Ans: B) Thoroughly wet
17. Whose statue was the old man carving?
A) Lord Rama
B) Lord Krishna
C) Lord Shiva
D) Lord Ganesha
Ans: B) Lord Krishna
18. How long had it been since Gopal left when Section II begins?
A) One week
B) One month
C) Six months
D) One year
Ans: B) One month
19. Why did the old man ignore hunger and thirst?
A) He wanted to finish the sculpture in time
B) He disliked food
C) He wanted to leave for Agra
D) He was waiting for Gopal
Ans: A) He wanted to finish the sculpture in time
20. What happened as the old man's strength began to ebb?
A) His eyesight improved
B) His shoulders ached, his arms felt heavy and his vision blurred
C) He became stronger
D) He stopped worrying
Ans: B) His shoulders ached, his arms felt heavy and his vision blurred
21. According to the old man, which parts gave Gopal difficulty while carving?
A) Feet and shoulders
B) Features and hands
C) Clothes and ornaments
D) Hair and legs
Ans: B) Features and hands
22. Where did Salim say the special quality needed for carving came from?
A) From expensive training
B) From deep inside the heart
C) From books
D) From money
Ans: B) From deep inside the heart
23. What happened to the old man in the early hours of the morning?
A) He completed the statue
B) He collapsed while working
C) He left for Agra
D) Gopal returned
Ans: B) He collapsed while working
24. When the old man regained consciousness, where was he?
A) In the temple
B) On a cot in his bedroom
C) In the quarry
D) In Gopal's house
Ans: B) On a cot in his bedroom
25. Whom did the old man initially think was making the chipping sound?
A) A temple worker
B) Gopal
C) A tourist
D) A neighbour
Ans: B) Gopal
26. Who was actually working with the hammer and chisel?
A) Gopal
B) Salim
C) The temple priest
D) A craftsman from Agra
Ans: B) Salim
27. For how long had Salim secretly practised stone carving in the quarry?
A) Six months
B) Almost one year
C) Almost two years
D) Five years
Ans: C) Almost two years
28. What had Salim wanted to become for many years?
A) A merchant
B) A stone carver
C) A temple priest
D) A painter
Ans: B) A stone carver
29. What did the old master finally tell Salim?
A) He should leave for Agra
B) He had the gift in his hands and heart and could become one of the country's finest stone carvers
C) He should find another job
D) Only Gopal could continue the tradition
Ans: B) He had the gift in his hands and heart and could become one of the country's finest stone carvers
30. Which statement best expresses the central idea of “The Last Stone Carver”?
A) Money is more important than art
B) True artistic talent, devotion and tradition can continue through a worthy successor
C) Traditional arts should always be abandoned
D) Only members of the same family can learn an art
Ans: B) True artistic talent, devotion and tradition can continue through a worthy successor
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