Hornbill Chapter 5 : The Adventure MCQs

1. What lesson does ‘The Adventure’ convey?

Time travel is dangerous

Science fiction is real

History is shaped by multiple possibilities

Wars are inevitable

2. How does Rajendra explain Gaitonde’s experience?

As a time loop

As a dream

As a hallucination

As a transition between parallel worlds

3. Why does Gaitonde get removed from the conference?

He falls unconscious

He arrives late

He behaves strangely

He argues with the speaker

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

Captain Russell

Dr. Kalam

Professor Gaitonde

Mr. Sharma

5. Which scientific concept is explored in the story?

Quantum Mechanics

Time Dilation

The Theory of Parallel Universes

Gravity

6. Which historical event does Gaitonde find altered?

India’s Independence

The Battle of Panipat

The Revolt of 1857

Partition of India

7. 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

8. What was different in the alternate reality?

There was no democracy

The Marathas won the Battle of Panipat

India was never independent

The British never ruled India

9. Who wrote ‘The Adventure’?

Arundhati Roy

Jayant Narlikar

Rabindranath Tagore

R.K. Narayan

10. Who helps Professor Gaitonde understand his experience?

Rajendra Deshpande

Subhash Chandra Bose

Mahatma Gandhi

Dr. Watson