MCQs- Midnight’s Children
SET-1
1. What is the significance of the title Midnight’s Children?
A. It refers to children born at midnight on
India’s Independence Day.
B. It symbolizes the generation burdened with
post-colonial identity struggles.
C. It represents children born during a
blackout in Bombay.
D. It refers to orphans abandoned at midnight
during Partition.
Answer: A. It refers to children born at
midnight on India’s Independence Day. (August 15, 1947).
2. Who is the protagonist of the novel?
A. Saleem Sinai
B. Shiva
C. Aadam Aziz
D. Padma
Answer: A. Saleem Sinai
3. What is Saleem Sinai’s unique ability?
A. Powerful knees
B. ability to time travel
C. Telepathic connection with other
midnight-born children and sense of smell
D. Immortality and invisibility
Answer: C. Telepathic connection with other
midnight-born children
4. What is the historical backdrop of the
novel?
A. The Indian Independence and Partition of
India (1947)
B. The Sepoy Mutiny (1857)
C. The Quit India Movement (1942)
D. The Emergency (1975–77)
Answer: A. The Indian Independence and
Partition of India (1947)
5. Who is the author of Midnight’s Children?
A. Arundhati Roy
B. Salman Rushdie
C. V.S. Naipaul
D. Vikram Seth
Answer: B. Salman Rushdie
6. What is the significance of Shiva in the
novel?
A. He is Saleem’s twin and represents India’s
violent future.
B. He is a Hindu god who appears as a vision.
C. He is a British officer who oppresses
Saleem.
D. He is a revolutionary leader.
Answer: A. He is Saleem’s twin and represents
India’s violent future.
7. What does the pickle factory symbolize?
A. India’s economic growth
B. Preservation of memory and history
C. British colonial exploitation
D. A failed business venture
Answer: B. Preservation of memory and history
8. What is the primary theme of the novel?
A. The struggle for identity in post-colonial
India
B. The triumph of British colonialism
C. A love story between Saleem and Padma
D. The rise of India’s space program
Answer: A. The struggle for identity in
post-colonial India
9. What does Padma represent?
A. The common people of India
B. A supernatural figure
C. British colonial nostalgia
D. A Bollywood actress
Answer: A. The common people of India
10. Which political figure is portrayed as an
antagonist?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Indira Gandhi
D. Bhagat Singh
Answer: C. Indira Gandhi
11. What does Saleem’s nose symbolize?
A. His sense of smell and memory
B. His aristocratic lineage
C. A genetic defect
D. A religious mark
Answer: A. His sense of smell and memory
12. What literary style is the novel written
in?
A. Magical realism
B. Gothic horror
C. Science fiction
D. Satirical comedy
Answer: A. Magical realism
13. What is the significance of the
"Midnight’s Children Conference"?
A. A political meeting of freedom fighters
B. A telepathic gathering of children born at
midnight
C. A British colonial administrative body
D. A religious ritual
Answer: B. A telepathic gathering of children
born at midnight
14. What does the character Mary Pereira
symbolize?
A. Anglo-Indian identity and guilt
B. British colonial power
C. A revolutionary leader
D. A mythical goddess
Answer: A. Anglo-Indian identity and guilt
15. What does the chapter "The Perforated
Sheet" refer to?
A. A medical condition of Saleem
B. A tool used by Aadam Aziz to examine Naseem
C. A symbol of fragmented history
D. A religious artifact
Answer: B. A tool used by Aadam Aziz to
examine Naseem
16. What is the significance of the character
Methwold?
A. A British colonizer who sells his estate to
Saleem’s family.
B. A freedom fighter in the Indian
Independence movement.
C. A Bollywood director influencing Saleem’s
life.
D. A mythical figure in Indian folklore.
Answer: A. A British colonizer who sells his
estate to Saleem’s family.
17. What does the "Midnight’s Children
Conference" symbolize?
A. The unity and diversity of post-colonial
India.
B. A secret political rebellion against the
British.
C. A religious gathering of prophets.
D. A scientific experiment on telepathy.
Answer: A. The unity and diversity of
post-colonial India.
18. What is the role of Aadam Aziz (Saleem’s
grandfather)?
A. A symbol of traditional Muslim identity and
modernity’s clash.
B. A British spy working against Indian
independence.
C. A Bollywood actor inspiring Saleem.
D. A revolutionary who assassinates colonial
officers.
Answer: A. A symbol of traditional Muslim
identity and modernity’s clash.
19. What does the "chutney factory"
metaphorically represent?
A. The preservation of cultural memory and
history.
B. India’s economic dependence on Britain.
C. A failed business venture by Saleem’s
father.
D. A religious ritual in Muslim culture.
Answer: A. The preservation of cultural memory
and history.
20. How is Indira Gandhi portrayed in the
novel?
A. As a corrupt authoritarian figure (the
"Widow").
B. As a benevolent mother of the nation.
C. As a mystical healer.
D. As Saleem’s biological mother.
Answer: A. As a corrupt authoritarian figure
(the "Widow").
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21. What does the character Jamila Singer
represent?
A. The rise of Indian popular culture and
nationalism.
B. A British sympathizer during Partition.
C. A supernatural figure guiding Saleem.
D. A revolutionary leader.
Answer: A. The rise of Indian popular culture
and nationalism.
22. What is the significance of the
"pickle jars" in the story?
A. They symbolize fragmented memories and
histories.
B. They are a British colonial import.
C. They represent Saleem’s failed marriages.
D. They contain magical potions.
Answer: A. They symbolize fragmented memories
and histories.
23. What is the function of Saleem's
unreliable narration?
A. To question absolute truths and historical
authority
B. To hide his criminal activities
C. To mimic British colonial archives
D. To align with Hindu scriptures
Answer: A. To question absolute truths and
historical authority
24. What is the role of Padma in Saleem’s
narration?
A. A skeptical listener who grounds his
fantastical tale.
B. A British historian documenting his life.
C. A telepathic midnight child.
D. A political ally during the Emergency.
Answer: A. A skeptical listener who grounds
his fantastical tale.
25. Mary Pereira's role as a
"midwife" signifies:
A. The accidental shaping of India's future
through her actions
B. A British nurse enforcing colonial policies
C. A mystical guide for midnight's children
D. Saleem's only biological relative
Answer: A. The accidental shaping of India's
future through her actions
26. Why does Rushdie use magical realism?
A. To blend historical facts with personal
mythmaking
B. To parody British scientific reports
C. To adhere to Hindu religious texts
D. To write a traditional historical novel
Answer: A. To blend historical facts with
personal mythmaking
27. How is "history" treated in the
novel?
A. As a subjective narrative shaped by power
and memory
B. As an exact scientific record of events
C. As a series of British colonial documents
D. As a Hindu religious prophecy
Answer: A. As a subjective narrative shaped by
power and memory
28. The novel's non-linear narrative reflects:
A. The fragmented nature of memory and
identity
B. A British colonial record-keeping style
C. The structure of Indian epic poetry
D. A scientific study of time
Answer: A. The fragmented nature of memory and
identity
29. Why is Picture Singh important?
A. Represents India's folk traditions and
marginalized voices
B. A British spy manipulating Saleem
C. The scientist who studies midnight's
children
D. Saleem's biological father
Answer: A. Represents India's folk traditions
and marginalized voices
30. What does the Brass Monkey symbolize?
A. The chaos and rebellion of post-colonial
India
B. A British colonial artifact
C. A Hindu god appearing to Saleem
D. The scientific study of telepathy
Answer: A. The chaos and rebellion of
post-colonial India
32. When did the novel won the booker prize?
A. 1980
B. 1981
C. 1982
D.1983
Answer: 1981
33. Where did Aadam Aziz get his medical
degree?
A. England
B. Germany
C. Italy
D. France
Answer: B. Germany
34. What was Aadam Aziz's most prominent
feature?
A. his blue eyes
B. his large nose
C. his light hair
D. his dark skin
Answer: B. his large nose
35. How large was the hole in the bedsheet
that hung between Aadam and Naseem?
A. seven inches
B. six inches
C. four inches
D. five inches
Answer: A. seven inches
36. Who is Padma?
A. Saleem's caretaker
B. Saleem's wife
C. Saleem's nanny
D. Saleem's mother
Answer: A. Saleem's caretaker
37. Who told Aadam that his nose would always
lead him in the right direction?
A. his mother
B. Tai
C. Naseem
D. his father
Answer: B. Tai
38. What is Saleem's birthdate?
A. August 14, 1947
B. August 17, 1947
C. August 16th, 1947
D. August 15, 1947
Answer: D. August 15, 1947
39. What event coincides with Saleem's
birthday?
A. China's independence
B. India’s independence
C. Indo Pakistan War
D. Bangladesh's independence
Answer: B. India’s independence
40. Which of the following characters is one
of Saleem's biological parents?
A. Nadir Khan
B. Ahmed Sinai
C. Wee Willie Winkie
D. William Methwold
Answer: D. William Methwold
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41. Which of the following characters is one
of Shiva's biological parents?
A. Amina Sinai
B. Vanita Winkie
C. William Methwold
D. Wee Willie Winkie
Answer: A. Amina Sinai
42. Which of the following characters has no
biological children?
A. William Methwold
B. Wee Willie Winkie
C. Ahmed Sinai
D. Aadam Aziz
Answer: B. Wee Willie Winkie
43. Which of the following characters did
Saleem consider his mother?
A. Mary Pereira
B. Pamda
C. Reverend Mother
D. Pia
Answer: A. Mary Pereira
44. Which of the following characters
represents Western influence?
A. Aadam Aziz
B. Ahmed Sinai
C. Nadir Khan
D. Tai
Answer: A. Aadam Aziz
45. What ailment plagues modern-day Saleem?
A. broken nose
B. painful migraines
C. cracked skin
D. failing liver
Answer: C. cracked skin
46. How many children did Reverend Mother and
Aadam have together?
A. seven
B. five
C. six
D. four
Answer: B. five
47. What phrase does Reverend Mother use
repeatedly?
A. whatsitsname
B. whatintheworld
C. whyareyouhere
D. whoisthat
Answer: A. whatsitsname
48. In what order was Mumtaz born?
A. fourth
B. second
C. first
D. fifth
Answer: B. second
49. Which man was Emerald's suitor?
A. Mian Abdullah
B. General Zulfikar
C. Ahmed Sinai
D. Nadir Khan
Answer: B. General Zulfikar
50. What was Mian Abdullah's nickname?
A. Songbird
B. Bluebird
C. Blackbird
D. Hummingbird
Answer: D. Hummingbird
51. Who is Nadir Khan in relation to Mian
Abdullah?
A. secretary
B. scribe
C. personal assistant
D. bodyguard
Answer: C. personal assistant
52. Who was Mumtaz's first husband?
A. Aadam Aziz
B. Ahmed Sinai
C. Mian Abdullah
D. Nadir Khan
Answer: D. Nadir Khan
53. What name did Ahmed choose for his new
wife?
A. Emerald
B. Mary
C. Amina
D. Mumtaz
Answer: C. Amina
54. What terrorist organization burns down
Muslim warehouses?
A. Ravana
B. Ganesh
C. Shiva
D. Vishnu
Answer: A. Ravana
55. Who does Amina save from a racist riot?
A. Ramram Seth
B. Picture Singh
C. Homi Catrack
D. Lifafa Das
Answer: D. Lifafa Das
56. Who owns the home where the Sinais live?
A. William Methwold
B. Ibrahim Ibrahim
C. Wee Willie Winkie
D. Commander Sabermati
Answer: A. William Methwold
57. What two body parts are significant in
Ramram's prophecy?
A. head and shoulders
B. fingers and toes
C. nose and knees
D. eyes and ears
Answer: C. nose and knees
58. After being hit on the ear by his father
at age 9, what can Saleem then do?
A. See through walls
B. Walk through mirrors
C. Shoot fire through his mouth
D. Communicate telepathically
Answer: D. Communicate telepathically
59. How does Saleem find out his parents
aren't his parents?
A. The nursemaid writes him a letter
disclosing all
B. His parents tell him when he is two years
old
C. Shiva tells him
D. He finds out when he injures himself and
they draw blood
Answer: D. He finds out when he injures
himself and they draw blood
60. Which of the following is not a quote from
the Midnight’s Children?
A. To understand just one life, you have to
swallow the world.
B. Most of what matters in your life takes
place in your absence.
C. The empire writes back with a vengeance.
D. I am the sum total of everything that went
before me, of all I have been seen done, of everything done-to-me.
Answer: C. The empire writes back with a
vengeance.
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SET-2
150. Which character, just before their death, is able to reunite
with Saleem?
A. Sonny
B. Ayoobah
C. Hairoil
D. Eyeslice
Answer: A. Sonny
151. Who is split in half by a grenade just before Pakistan
surrendered to India?
A. Shaheed
B. Ayoobah
C. Hairoil
D. Ahmed
Answer: A. Shaheed
152. What objects on a shelf correspond to the number of chapters
thus far?
A. Trophies
B. Cups
C. Pickle jars
D. Picture frames
Answer: C. Pickle jars
153. What is Picture Singh’s occupation?
A. Martial arts
B. Magic
C. Snake charming
D. Wood-cutting
Answer: C. Snake charming
154. In Dacca, what does Parvati ask Shiva for?
A. Directions
B. A bag of marbles
C. His birth certificate
D. A lock of hair
Answer: D. A lock of hair
155. Who is never seen again after speaking out against the
government?
A. Indira Gandhi’s son
B. Jamila
C. Parvati
D. Nadir Khan
Answer: B. Jamila
156. In what year do Parvati and Saleem get married?
A. 1968
B. 1970
C. 1973
D. 1975
Answer: D. 1975
157. Whose child does Parvati become pregnant with?
A. Saleem’s
B. Shiva’s
C. Picture Singh’s
D. Ahmed’s
Answer: B. Shiva’s
158. Who convinces Saleem to marry Parvati?
A. Picture Singh
B. Padma
C. Parvati
D. Shiva
Answer: A. Picture Singh
159. What does Aadam suffer from during the winter of 1975-76?
A. Malaria
B. Smallpox
C. Depression
D. Tuberculosis
Answer: D. Tuberculosis
160. How old is the boy Picture Singh is holding when Saleem finds
him in Delhi?
A. Three months
B. A year
C. Eighteen months
D. Twenty-one months
Answer: D. Twenty-one months
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