This post contains 1st Year English Chapter 8 Gulistan of Saadi Synonyms MCQs quiz for 11th Class Students. Intermediate part 1 students can practice the Gulistan of Sa’di Synonyms Quiz here. Sheikh Sa’adi is the writer of the Gulistan of Saadi. This lesson is chapter 8 in 11th Class English Book 1. Students should also visit 1st Year English Notes for complete English notes and if they need only book 1 notes then they should go to 11th Class Short Stories Notes.
1st Year English Lesson 8 Gulistan of Sa’di Synonyms MCQs – Kips Notes
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Edwin Arnold has aptly described “The Gulistan” in culinary terms as “an intellectual pulao, a literary curry. A kebab of a versatile genius”.
(A) awkwardly
(B) promptly
(C) instantly
(D) rightly
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The slave had never been at sea and experienced any calamity.
(A) persecution
(B) voyage
(C) catastrophe
(D) trial
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The other tried to pacify him with kindness and affection but he didn’t hear anybody.
(A) counter
(B) control
(C) persuade
(D) placate
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The king could not comprehend the wisdom in the action taken by the sergeant.
(A) tolerate
(B) understand
(C) consent
(D) swallow
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“Pay for the salt,” said the king, “lest it should become a custom and the village be ruined.”
(A) reprimanded
(B) cultivated
(C) devastated
(D) wangled
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The king was asked what harm could arise from such a trifling demand.
(A) trivial
(B) steady
(C) curious
(D) casual
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Whoever enlarged it, so that it reached its present magnitude, is at fault.”
(A) size
(B) limit
(C) bitterness
(D) attractiveness
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“For five eggs, which the king allows to be taken by force, the people belonging to his army will put a thousand fowls on the spit.
(A) scepter
(B) stick
(C) roost
(D) rod
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A tyrant does not remain in the world, but the curse on him abides.
(A) criminal
(B) king
(C) sinner
(D) oppressor
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At last, the physicians agreed that this disease could not be cured except by means of bile of a person endued with certain qualities.
(A) endowed
(B) gilded
(C) fortified
(D) braced
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The king summoned the father and mother of the boy.
(A) ordered
(B) sent away
(C) sent
(D) sent for
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The Qazi issued a decree to shed the blood of a person for the health of the king.
(A) verdict
(B) fate
(C) summon
(D) brutality
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I see no other refuge besides God Almighty.
(A) denial
(B) splendour
(C) embankment
(D) shelter
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Sa’di, is translated parables were used by the English scholars in their divine books.
(A) devilish
(B) intellectual
(C) sacred
(D) heretical
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A man does not realize the world of safety until he has faced misfortune.
(A) fate
(B) holiness
(C) happiness
(D) bad luck
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The slave clung to the stern with both his hands.
(A) rear of ship
(B) bow of ship
(C) front of ship
(D) the upper part of the ship
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After the boat had been hit by a storm, the boat started tossing.
(A) creeping
(B) sinking
(C) shaking
(D) slipping
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He speaks to all nations and is perpetually modern.
(A) permanently
(B) quickly
(C) unusually
(D) temporarily
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“Pay for the salt, lest it should be a custom.”
(A) costume
(B) tradition
(C) tragedy
(D) heritage
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The foundation of oppression was small in the world.
(A) appreciation
(B) operation
(C) exploitation
(D) dejection
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A tyrant does not remain in the world, but the curse on him abides forever.
(A) association
(B) execration
(C) recommendation
(D) commendation
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A tyrant does not remain in the world, but the curse on him abides forever.
(A) lives
(B) penetrates
(C) dies
(D) afflicts
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The body complained to Allah against the brutality of the king.
(A) ability
(B) purity
(C) atrocity
(D) agility
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The king thought that he would recover only by slaying the boy.
(A) spattering
(B) chattering
(C) slaughtering
(D) clattering
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The foundation of oppression was small in the world.
(A) fountain.
(B) base
(C) basic
(D) structure
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All hopes of recovery vanished.
(A) appeared
(B) disappeared
(C) looked
(D) arrived
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Relevant Notes
- The Gulistan of Sa’di Urdu Translation
- The Gulistan of Sa’di Solved MCQs
- The Gulistan of Sa’di Short Questions