13. WHERE THERE IS A WHEEL
1. Where was cycling as a social movement
started according to P. Sainath?
a)
Pudukkottai District
b)
Bagalkot District
c)
Belagavi District
Ans:
a) Pudukkottai District
2. What is meant by ‘neo-cyclists’ mentioned
in ‘Where There Is A Wheel’?
a)
Foreign Women
b)
Rural Women
c)
Urban Women
Ans:
b) Rural Women
3. Who is author of ‘Where there is a wheel’.
a)
P. Kumar
b)
P. Sainath
c)
P. Rakesh
Ans:
b) P. Sainath
4. What does Bicycle represent for the rural
women according to P. Sainath?
a)
Freedom
b)
Courage
c)
Honest
Ans:
a) Freedom
5. Who have been benefited the most by cycling
according to P. Sainath?
a)
Old literate urban women
b)
Old literate rural women
c)
Neo- literate rural women
Ans:
c) Neo- literate rural women
6. Who took to ‘cycling’ as a social movement
in ‘Where There Is A Wheel’?
a)
Eight Neo- literate rural women
b)
Ten Neo- literate rural women
c)
Nine Neo- literate rural women
Ans:
cbTen Neo- literate rural women
7. Which movement helped the ‘neo-literates’
to become ‘neo-cyclists’ according to P. Sainath?
a)
Fighting
b)
Cycling
c)
Circling
Ans:
b) Cycling
8. What has been a chosen medium for rural
women of Pudukkottai according to P. Sainath?
a)
Fighting
b)
Cycling
c)
Circling
Ans:
b) Cycling
9. Name the quarry worker and Arivoli
volunteer who trains other women in ‘Where There Is A Wheel’.
a)
Manohar
b)
Manisha
c)
Manormani
Ans:
c) Manormani
10. What was Fathima by profession according
to P. Sainath?
a)
A college lecturer
b)
A nursery teacher
c)
A secondary school teacher
Ans:
c) A secondary school teacher
11. Who gave social sanction to cycling
according to P. Sainath?
a)
The Arivoli
b)
The Manikarana
c)
The Avengers
Ans:
a) The Arivoli
12. What is ‘ArivoliIyakkam’ mentioned in
‘Where There Is A Wheel’?
a)
The literacy movement
b)
The social science movement
c)
The cycling movement
Ans:
a) The literacy movement
13. Who is one of the pioneers of the cycling
movement according to P. Sainath?
a)
Sheela Rani Kumari
b)
Sheela Laxmikant
c)
Sheela Rani Chunkath
Ans:
c) Sheela Rani Chunkath
14. Who was Manormani mentioned in ‘Where
There Is A Wheel’?
a)
S. Karan
b)
S. Kanakarajan
c)
S. Krishna
Ans:
b) S. Kanakarajan
15. Who was Muttu Bhaskaran mentioned in
‘Where There Is A Wheel’?
a)
Male Arivoli Activist
b)
Male Social Activist
c)
Male Activist of motivational team
Ans:
a) Male Arivoli Activist
16. Name the Arivoli activist who wrote the
famous cycling song according to P. Sainath.
a)
Muthu Bhaski
b)
Muthu Bhaskaran
c)
Muthu Rajan
Ans:
b) Muthu Bhaskaran
17. Who is Sheela Rani Chunkath mentioned in
‘Where There Is A Wheel’.
a)
District MLA
b)
District Fire Officer
c)
District Collector / Women Empowerment
Ans:
c) District Collector/ Women Empowerment
18. In which official position was Sheela
Rani Chunkath according to P. Sainath?
a)
District MLA
b)
District Fire Officer
c)
District Collector
Ans:
c) District Collector
19. Who sanctioned fifty mopeds for Arivoli
women activists according to P. Sainath?
a)
UNICEF
b)
UNO
c)
WHO
Ans:
a) UNICEF
20. Who was S. Kannakarajan mentioned in
‘Where There Is A Wheel’?
a)
Sham Cycle
b)
Ghansham Cycle
c)
Ram Cycle
Ans:
c) Ram Cycle
21. Mention one of the reasons for women’s
buying of gents’ cycles according to P. Sainath.
a)
A shortage of ladies cycles
b)
Ladies cycles were stolen
c)
Ladies cycles lost
Ans:
a) A shortage of ladies cycles
22. What led to a shortage of ‘ladies cycles’
in Pudukkottai according to P. Sainath?
a)
Ladies cycles were stolen
b)
Ladies cycles lost
c)
There was huge demand of ladies cycle
Ans:
c) There was huge demand of ladies cycle
23. Where did the rural women display their
new cycling skills according to P. Sainath?
a)
Women’s cycle rally held in Pudukottai
b)
Men’s cycle rally
c)
Elder’s cycle rally
Ans: a) Women’s cycle rally held in Pudukottai
24. What did the banks provide the women of
Pudukottai with according to P. Sainath?
a)
Offering cycles
b)
Buying cycles
c)
Selling cycles
Ans:
b) Buying cycles
25. What according to P. Sainath played a big
role in undermining women’s confidence?
a)
Lack of mobility in women
b)
Courage of mobility in women
c)
Energy of mobility in women
Ans:
a) Lack of mobility in women
26. Who was the owner of Ram cycles according
to P. Sainath?
a)
S. Karan
b)
S. Kanakarajan
c)
S. Krishna
Ans:
b) S. Kanakarajan
27. Whose brain child is the cycling movement
according to P. Sainath?
a)
Sheela Rani Kumari
b)
Sheela Laxmikant
c)
Sheela Rani Chunkath
Ans:
c) Sheela Rani Chunkath
28. Name the district of Tamil Nadu in which
cycling has been a social movement.
a)
Pudukkotai
b)
Patna
c)
Pune
Ans:
a) Pudukkotai
