In This Post we are  providing Chapter-4 Landscape of the Soul NCERT MCQ for Class 11 English Hornbill which will be beneficial for students. These solutions are updated according to 2021-22 syllabus. These MCQS  can be really helpful in the preparation of Board exams and will provide you with a brief knowledge of the chapter.

NCERT MCQ ON LANDSCAPE OF THE SOUL

Q1. What is the essential third element ?

(i) Left Void
(ii) Middle Void
(iii) Yang
(iv) YinShow Answer

Answer (ii) Middle Void

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Q2. What does the European Figurative painting mean to the viewer?

(i) Illusion
(ii) Imagination
(iii) exactly as he sees it from a specific angle
(iv) view of the painter

Answer (iii) exactly as he sees it from a specific angle

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Q3. Where did the painter draw the attention in the painting?

(i) Sun
(ii) Palace
(iii) Birds
(iv) a cave at the foot of the mountain

Answer (i) Sun

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Q4. Antwerp, a master blacksmith called Quinten Metsys fell in love with a …daughter”

(i) emperor’s
(ii) painter’s
(iii) minister’s
(iv) master’s

Answer (ii) painter’s

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Q5. What is the third element compared with?

(i) prayer
(ii) travel
(iii) yogic practice of pranayama
(iv) nirvanaShow Answer

Answer (iii) yogic practice of pranayama

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Q6. Who did the Tang emperor Xuanzong commission to decorate a wall in the palace?

(i) Axi Xiami
(ii) Viu Quizi
(iii) Wu Daozi
(iv) Wu Shawmi

Answer (iii) Wu Daozi

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Q7. How did the cave open?

(i) painter said a prayer
(ii) with a magic spell
(iii) “painter clapped his hands”
(iv) with a commandShow Answer

Answer (iii) “painter clapped his hands”

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Q8. What according to the painter dwells in the cave?

(i) a spirit
(ii) magic
(iii) mystery
(iv) dragon

Answer (i) a spirit

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Q9. What two forms of art did the author contrast in this chapter?

(i) Indian Ancient Art and Chinese Art
(ii) Chinese art and European art
(iii) American Art ad European Art
(iv) European Art and Greek ArtShow Answer

Answer (ii) Chinese art and European art

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Q10. Where had the Master hidden the masterpiece for the Emperor to see?

(i) In a room
(ii) behind a screen
(iii) underground place behind
(iv) a cupboard

Answer (ii) behind a screen

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Q11. What was Francois Cheng’s expression?

(i) the center of the landscape
(ii) the eye of the landscape
(iii) the center of the universe
(iv) the left side of the yang

Answer (ii) the eye of the landscape

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Q12. What happened when the painter clapped his hands?

(i) the painting on the wall was gone and so was the painter
(ii) the emperor entered the cave
(iii) painter falls
(iv) the wall collapsed

Answer (i) the painting on the wall was gone and so was the painter

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Q13. What is the role of man in between Heaven and Earth?

(i) He is in a path
(ii) He is a sinner
(iii) He is meant to do actions
(iv) he becomes the conduit of communicationShow Answer

Answer (iv) he becomes the conduit of communication

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Q14. What does the concept of ‘Shanshui’ represent?

(i) Imaginery place
(ii) worship
(iii) ‘mountain water’ which when used together represents the word ‘landscape’
(iv) None of the above

Answer (iii) ‘mountain water’ which when used together represents the word ‘landscape’

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Q15. Why didn’t the painter want to draw an eye of a dragon?

(i) he feared that the painting would not look good
(ii) he feared that the dragon would fly out of the painting
(iii) he feared that dragon will seem real
(iv) because he didn’t wanted to work

Answer (ii) he feared that the dragon would fly out of the painting

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