Hornbill Chapter 5 : The Adventure MCQs

1. Which historical event does Gaitonde find altered?

Partition of India

India’s Independence

The Battle of Panipat

The Revolt of 1857

2. What lesson does ‘The Adventure’ convey?

Wars are inevitable

History is shaped by multiple possibilities

Science fiction is real

Time travel is dangerous

3. Who helps Professor Gaitonde understand his experience?

Subhash Chandra Bose

Dr. Watson

Rajendra Deshpande

Mahatma Gandhi

4. How does Rajendra explain Gaitonde’s experience?

As a hallucination

As a transition between parallel worlds

As a time loop

As a dream

5. How does Professor Gaitonde travel between realities?

By entering a secret cave

Through a mysterious accident

Through a magical book

By using a time machine

6. Who is the protagonist of ‘The Adventure’?

Professor Gaitonde

Captain Russell

Dr. Kalam

Mr. Sharma

7. Why does Gaitonde get removed from the conference?

He behaves strangely

He arrives late

He argues with the speaker

He falls unconscious

8. What was different in the alternate reality?

There was no democracy

The Marathas won the Battle of Panipat

The British never ruled India

India was never independent

9. Which scientific concept is explored in the story?

Quantum Mechanics

The Theory of Parallel Universes

Time Dilation

Gravity

10. Who wrote ‘The Adventure’?

Jayant Narlikar

Arundhati Roy

Rabindranath Tagore

R.K. Narayan