Class 9 Hindi Ganga Chapter 1 MCQ – दो बैलों की कथा

1. Premchand, whose real name was Dhanpat Rai, was born in 1880 in Lamhi near Varanasi and died in 1936. His short stories are collected in the eight volumes of Mansarovar and his major novels include Godan, Gaban and Nirmala.
2. The story opens with a satirical comparison. The donkey is called foolish only because it is simple and tolerant and the writer links this to how simple, hard-working Indians abroad were treated.
3. Hira and Moti are handsome, hard-working bullocks of the Pachhai breed. Their close friendship shows in how they understand each other without words.
4. Jhuri sends them to his in-laws’ village, where his brother-in-law Gaya keeps them. The bullocks feel they have been sold, break free and walk back to Jhuri’s house.
5. Jhuri is delighted to see them, but his wife is angry, calls them ungrateful (namakharam) and gives them only dry straw.
6. Gaya takes them back, ties them with thick ropes and makes them work hard with little food. A kind young girl in Gaya’s house secretly feeds them rotis and finally sets them free at night.
7. On the way home, Hira and Moti face a huge bull together and defeat it through teamwork, which shows that unity makes the weak strong.
8. They are caught grazing in a field of peas and locked in a cattle pound (kanjihouse) with other starving animals. They break the wall at night to free the others.
9. Moti escapes but refuses to leave Hira, who is still tied up. Their loyalty to each other is the emotional heart of the story.
10. The two are auctioned to a butcher. On the road they recognise the way home, run back to Jhuri and Moti drives the butcher away. The ending carries the message that freedom never comes easily and must be fought for again and again.

• Learn each character’s name and role: Jhuri, his wife, Gaya, the young girl, the bull and the butcher.
• Keep the events in order: Gaya’s house → escape → the bull → the pea field → the cattle pound → the auction → the return home.
• Know the language features the chapter highlights: vivid imagery (chitratmakta), dialogue (samvadatmakta), contrast (virodhabhas) and satire (vyangya).
• Remember the hidden link between the story and the independence movement, which is a common question.
• Revise the idioms and phrases Premchand uses, such as “बछिया का ताऊ” and “ईंट का जवाब पत्थर से देना”.

Practising these Class 9 Hindi Ganga Chapter 1 MCQs helps students go beyond the storyline and understand Premchand’s deeper message. Through two speechless animals, the writer talks about friendship, self-respect, kindness and the courage to stand up against injustice. Questions on characters, sequence of events, symbolism and language features build both reading comprehension and literary understanding. Read the story once more after attempting the quiz, and note the lines that show the bullocks’ feelings.

To strengthen your preparation, go through our NCERT Solutions for Class 9 Hindi Ganga Chapter 1. They give simple, well-explained answers to all textbook questions on “Do Bailon Ki Katha”, including character analysis of Hira and Moti, the role of the young girl, the story’s link with the freedom struggle and the language-feature table. Using these solutions along with the MCQs above will help you answer every type of question confidently in your Hindi exams.