Reading Prose Multiple Choice Questions
1. The fall of Constantinople is associated with
A. the enlightenment
B. reformation
C. renaissance
D. the french revolution
Answer: C. renaissance
2. Enlightenment was
A. a sixteenth century movement
B. seventeenth century movement
C. eighteenth century movement
D. nineteenth century movement
Answer: C. eighteenth century movement
3. ‘Ancient Regime’ is a term connected with the government in
A. britain
B. france
C. germany
D. italy
Answer: B. france
4. Taille was
A. a trade tax
B. a land tax
C. professional tax
D. sales tax
Answer: B. a land tax
5. Tithe was the tax given to
A. the king
B. the church
C. the noble
D. property tax
Answer: B. the church
6. Who wrote the essay What is Enlightenment?
A. voltaire
B. rousseau
C. immanuel kant
D. nietzche
Answer: C. immanuel kant
7. “Enlightenment is man’s emrgence from his self imposednonage”. Who said this?
A. locke
B. hobbes
C. hume
D. kant
Answer: D. kant
8. “Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding” is written by
A. locke
B. voltaire
C. rousseau
D. hobbes
Answer: A. locke
9. The man who proved that the nature obeys certain fundamental laws
A. locke
B. newton
C. kant
D. louis xiv
Answer: B. newton
10. Tabula Rasa is a term coined by
A. locke
B. kant
C. voltaire
D. newton
Answer: A. locke
11. The spirit of Laws was written by
A. diderot
B. descartes
C. voltaire
D. montesquieu
Answer: D. montesquieu
12. “Humanity had lost its title deeds and Montesquieu recovered them”. Who said this?
A. voltaire
B. diderot
C. rousseau
D. bacon
Answer: A. voltaire
13. Who was Diderot’s co-editor of The Encyclopaedia?
A. voltaire
B. d’ alembert
C. rousseau
D. hume
Answer: B. d’ alembert
14. “All the great modern ideas have their commencement in Montesquieu”. Who said this?
A. voltaire
B. diderot
C. faguet
D. nietzsche
Answer: C. faguet
15. “He was scornful of revealed truth”. Who?
A. rousseau
B. diderot
C. voltaire
D. kant
Answer: B. diderot
16. “Reason is the most perfect, the most noble, the most beautiful of all our faculties”. Who said this?
A. voltaire
B. rousseau
C. montesquieu
D. kant
Answer: C. montesquieu
17. Who wrote the ‘Discourse Preliminarie’ of The Encyclopedia?
A. diderot
B. d’alembert
C. condilac
D. hume
Answer: B. d’alembert
18. “We are tempted to regard him as the greatest, the most universal and the most eloquent of philosophers”. Who is praised here?
A. bacon
B. locke
C. aristotle
D. plato
Answer: A. bacon
19. The author of La Religieuse?
A. condillac
B. diderot
C. voltaire
D. bacon
Answer: B. diderot
20. Treatise on Human Nature was written by?
A. hume
B. rousseau
C. diderot
D. aristotle
Answer: A. hume
21. “An Englishman like a free man goes to heaven by whatever route he chooses”. Who made this statement?
A. montesquieu
B. voltaire
C. hume
D. barkley
Answer: C. hume
22. The author of Candide ? BA English IV Semester READING Prose
A. voltaire
B. rousseau
C. hume
D. gibbon
Answer: A. voltaire
23. Prof.Pangloss is a character in
A. history of england
B. social contract
C. emilie
D. candide
Answer: D. candide
24. Who termed primitive man ‘noble savage’ ?
A. voltaire
B. rousseau
C. kant
D. condercet
Answer: B. rousseau
25. The author of Social Contract?
A. robespirre
B. napoleon
C. kant
D. rousseau
Answer: D. rousseau
26. Who wrote Emilie
A. robespirre
B. napoleon
C. kant
D. rousseau
Answer: D. rousseau
27. Who wrote the preface to Lyrical Ballads?
A. coleridge
B. keats
C. johnson
D. wordsworth
Answer: D. wordsworth
28. the Essay on Man is written by
A. dryden
B. pope
C. johnson
D. gray
Answer: B. pope
29. Who coined the term ‘Esemblastic Imagination’
A. wordsworth
B. shelley
C. coleridge
D. schiller
Answer: C. coleridge
30. Who wrote The Solitary Reaper?
A. coleridge
B. shelley
C. wordsworth
D. schiller
Answer: C. wordsworth
31. Kubla Khan is written by
A. wordsworth
B. shelley
C. coleridge
D. keats
Answer: C. coleridge
32. BiographiaLiterariais authored by
A. wordsworth
B. coleridge
C. shelley
D. blake
Answer: B. coleridge
33. The Vindication of the Rights of Women is written by
A. mary shelley
B. mary wollstonecraft
C. george eliot
D. elizabeth browning
Answer: B. mary wollstonecraft
34. Manuals of good conduct for girls like The Wives of England, Daughters of England etc were written by
A. mary wollstonecraft
B. sarah stickney ellis
C. emilie bronte
D. beatrice webb
Answer: B. sarah stickney ellis
35. The woman who fought against oppressive marriage laws
A. caroline norton
B. marion reid
C. harrier tayler
D. florence nightingale
Answer: A. caroline norton
36. The fragmentary novel ‘Cassandra’ is written by
A. mary shelley
B. florence nightingale
C. caroline norton
D. william thomson
Answer: B. florence nightingale
37. A magazine the pleaded for the rights to women
A. the tatler
B. the rambler
C. the english women’s journal
D. the spectator
Answer: C. the english women’s journal
38. The first higher education institution for women?
A. girton college
B. eaton
C. harward
D. king’s college
Answer: A. girton college
39. The founder of the women’s anti-slavery society
A. francis wright
B. lucretiaott
C. elizabeth cady
D. miss garnett
Answer: B. lucretiaott
40. The author of Women in the Nineteenth Century?
A. francis wright
B. margaret fuller
C. florence nightingale
D. miss garnett
Answer: B. margaret fuller
41. The History of Women suffrage was written by
A. elizabeth stanton
B. frederick douglas
C. lucretia mott
D. margaret fuller
Answer: A. elizabeth stanton
42. The Seneca Falls Convention is associated with
A. women’s suffrage
B. liberation of negros
C. civil rights movement
D. anti slavery movement
Answer: A. women’s suffrage
43. The Revolution was a newspaper founded by
A. margaret fuller
B. susan antony
C. frederick douglas
D. elizabeth sinton
Answer: A. margaret fuller
44. Author of the Book The Feminine Mystique
A. kate millet
B. betty friedan
C. lucy stone
D. susan b antony
Answer: B. betty friedan
45. The second sex is written by
A. sartre
B. simon de beauvoir
C. betty friedan
D. kate millet
Answer: B. simon de beauvoir
46. The first serious book on feminist theory
A. the mandarins
B. the second sex
C. the feminine mystique
D. the revolution
Answer: B. the second sex
47. “One is not born, but becomes a woman” is said by
A. simone de beauvoir
B. kate millet
C. sartre
D. firestone
Answer: A. simone de beauvoir
48. The author of Dialectic of Sex?
A. kate millet
B. shulamith firestone
C. simone de beauvoir
D. betty friedan
Answer: B. shulamith firestone
49. The author of Female Eunuch is
A. kate millet
B. betty friedan
C. germaine greer
D. sartre
Answer: C. germaine greer
50. The Poetical is the Political is written by
BA English IV Semester READING Prose
A. t. v. reed
B. audrelorde
C. kristeva
D. kate millet
Answer: A. t. v. reed
51. “No other movement has been so grounded in poetry as Feminism”. Who said this?
A. kate millet
B. kristeva
C. t.v. reed
D. audrelorde
Answer: C. t.v. reed
52. Simone de Beauvoir was influenced by
A. marxism
B. liberalism
C. existentialism
D. romanticism
Answer: C. existentialism
53. Who Said it Was Simple is a poem by
A. audrelorde
B. robin morgan
C. kristeva
D. t.v reed
Answer: A. audrelorde
54. Dalit is a term derived from
A. hindi
B. marathi
C. tamil
D. kannada
Answer: B. marathi
55. The first man who launched the anti-caste movement in Maharashtra
A. ambedkar
B. jyotibabhule
C. limbale
D. sivakami
Answer: B. jyotibabhule
56. SathyaShodhakSamaj was
A. an organisation of the lower castes
B. an organization of the upper castes
C. an organization of the maratha people
D. an organization of the tamil people
Answer: A. an organisation of the lower castes
57. The leader who converted the Dalits to Budhism
A. jyotibabhule
B. ambedkar
C. m.n. roy
D. gaikwad
Answer: B. ambedkar
58. Who collected the folk songs dealing with Ambedkar?
A. jyotibabhule
B. indira junghare
C. gaikwad
D. limbale
Answer: B. indira junghare
59. The political party representing the dalits
A. black panthers
B. the republican party
C. the janatha party
D. akali dal
Answer: B. the republican party
60. The radical writers of the Dalit Sahithya Movement is known as
A. dalit writers
B. black panthers
C. the republicans
D. liberation tigers
Answer: B. black panthers
61. Dalit sangharshSamiti was formed in
A. maharashtra
B. karnataka
C. uttar pradesh
D. tamil nadu
Answer: B. karnataka
62. White Paper is a poem by
A. sankumarlimbale
B. dr.ambedkar
C. jagadishmahato
D. sivakami
Answer: A. sankumarlimbale
63. gold from Grave is a
A. short story
B. poem
C. novel
D. drama
Answer: A. short story
64. Karakkuis the autobiography of
A. sivakami
B. bama
C. gunasekaran
D. unjairajan
Answer: B. bama
65. The wretched of the Earth is a book by
A. salman rushdie
B. frantz fanon
C. kamala das
D. arundhati roy
Answer: B. frantz fanon
66. Orientalism is a book by
A. salman rushdie
B. edward said
C. chinua achebe
D. raja rao
Answer: B. edward said
67. Garden of Forking Paths is a novel by
A. asturias
B. borges
C. marquez
D. sartre
Answer: B. borges
68. Macondo is
A. the name of a family
B. the name of a village
C. the name of a ea
D. the name of a city
Answer: B. the name of a village
69. The SadhujanaParipalanaSangham was founded by
A. sreenarayana guru
B. ayyankali
C. panditkauppan
D. chattampiswamikal
Answer: B. ayyankali
70. Yuktivadiwas founded by
A. k. ramakrishna pillai
B. t. k. madhavan
C. sahodaranayyappan
D. k. kelappan
Answer: C. sahodaranayyappan
71. Who wrote the “Introduction to the Lyrical Ballads?
A. keats
B. shelly
C. wordsworth
D. coleridge
Answer: C. wordsworth
72. “Nothing can work without the third and everything would work infinitely better without the
other.” Who said this?
A. kant
B. hobbes
C. hume
D. sieyes
Answer: D. sieyes
73. The Essay entitled “What is Enlightenment” is written by……………………..
A. diderot
B. locke
C. kant
D. voltaire
Answer: C. kant
74. Who was e author of the treatise “Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding”?
A. hume
B. montesquieu
C. rousseau
D. locke
Answer: D. locke
75. Who was the chief editor of The Encyclopaedia?
A. diderot
B. kant
C. locke
D. voltaire
Answer: A. diderot
76. Who said at human mind is like a blank slate upon which experience makes is imprint?
A. locke
B. newton
C. danton
D. rousseau
Answer: A. locke
77. “The Spirit of Laws” was written by …………………………
A. bacon
B. hume
C. voltaire
D. newton
Answer: B. hume
78. “All the great modern ideas have their commencement in Montesquieu” who said this?
A. bacon
B. hume
C. voltaire
D. faguet
Answer: D. faguet
79. Letters Persaneswas a significant work by ……………………..
A. montesquieu
B. voltaire
C. diderot
D. hume
Answer: A. montesquieu
80. “I salute you, I love You, I revere you” to whom Diderot pay this compliment?
A. hume
B. aristotle
C. d’ alembert
D. condillac
Answer: A. hume
81. According to Will and Ariel Durant, who formed “the profane trio”?
A. voltaire, diderot and rousseau
B. rousseau, hume and voltaire
C. voltaire, gibbon and locke
D. diderot, d’ alembert and boswell
Answer: A. voltaire, diderot and rousseau
82. Who wrote Emile?
A. napoleon
B. kant
C. dryden
D. rousseau
Answer: D. rousseau
83. The Critique of Pure Reason was a seminal work by ……………….
A. rousseau
B. kant
C. voltaire
D. hume
Answer: B. kant
84. “Liberty of action and thought alone is capable of producing great things and liberty requires
enlightenment to preserve it from excess” Who affirms this?
A. d’ alembert b)
B. locke c)
C. rousseau d)
D. hume
Answer: A. d’ alembert b)
85. Who wrote the novel La Religieuse(The Nun)?
A. locke
B. diderot
C. condillac
D. hume
Answer: B. diderot
86. “In future people will look from afar at the universal head with mingled admiration and
astonishment…”Whom did Rousseau eulogize saying this?
A. diderot
B. voltaire
C. hume
D. locke
Answer: A. diderot
87. “We are tempted to regard him as e greatest, the most universal and the most eloquent of
philosophers. Who is praised here?
A. locke
B. bacon
C. hume
D. plato
Answer: B. bacon
88. Who is the author of The Treatise of Human Nature?
A. hume
B. rousseau
C. darwin
D. locke
Answer: A. hume
89. “His prophecy that workers could gain advantage through collective bargain came true”
Who made this prophecy?
A. rousseau
B. voltaire
C. hume
D. gibbon
Answer: C. hume
90. “An Englishman like a freeman, goes to heaven by whatever route he chooses “ Who made
this statement?
A. voltaire
B. rousseau
C. gibbon
D. diderot
Answer: A. voltaire
91. Prof.Pangloss is a character appearing in………………..
A. voltaire’s novelette candide
B. rousseau’s emile
C. diderot’s la religieuse
D. hume’s history of england
Answer: A. voltaire’s novelette candide
92. Who termed Primitive man as ‘noble savage’?
A. rousseau
B. voltaire
C. locke
D. hume
Answer: A. rousseau
93. Who wrote “An Essay on Man”?
A. dryden
B. dr. johnson
C. wordsworth
D. pope
Answer: D. pope
94. Life becomes successful only after we ———-the knowledge we acquired.
A. Apply
B. Debate
C. report
D. capture
Answer: A. Apply
95. The essay Of Studies stresses on the need for——
A. Practical wisdom
B. education
C. hard work
D. creativity
Answer: A. Practical wisdom
96. Studies provide————-in leisure hours
A. Energy
B. pleasure
C. stress
D. success
Answer: B. pleasure
97. Common man——book learning
A. Adapt
B. admire
C. adopt
D. None of the above
Answer: B. admire
98. Study of Law is a cure for————-memory
A. Study
B. dull
C. unsteady
D. good
Answer: C. unsteady
99. Spending too much time on studies is———
A. Good
B. sloth
C. compulsory
D. None of the above
Answer: B. sloth
100. Cunning men find their cunningness as———-for book learning
A. substitute
B. device
C. inability
D. aid
Answer: A. substitute
101. Which of the following is not included in the uses of studies by Bacon?
A. Debate
B. delight
C. ornament
D. ability
Answer: A. Debate
102. Little reading, according to Bacon, is
A. Good
B. bad
C. healthy
D. ornamental
Answer: B. bad
103. ——–men condemn studies
A. rich
B. wise
C. crafty
D. strong
Answer: C. crafty
104. Bacon compares natural abilities to ——–
A. children
B. Plants
C. birds
D. branches
Answer: B. Plants
105. “Reading maketh a ——-man”
A. full
B. happy
C. clever
D. wise.
Answer: A. full
106. A Chronicle of the peacocks belongs to the genre ———
A. Essay
B. Autobiography
C. report
D. short story
Answer: D. short story
107. Intizar Husain migrated from Utter Pradesh to ——-at the time of partition.
A. Jaipur
B. Lahore
C. Delhi
D. Islamabad
Answer: B. Lahore
108. Husain compares the result of the ——- to that of the war in Mahabharath.
A. Indo=Pak war
B. Nationalist Movement
C. Nuclear tests
D. Kargil war
Answer: C. Nuclear tests
109. The search for the peacocks in the story symbolizes the craving for ——-
A. peace and joy
B. wild life
C. glory of India
D. personal memories.
Answer: A. peace and joy
110. Name the great criminal of Kurukshetra who appears in “ AChronicle of the peacocks”?
A. Sakuni
B. Ashwathma
C. Drona
D. None of these.
Answer: B. Ashwathma
111. How did the peacocks react to the nuclear tests in Rajasthan
A. They flew up screaming
B. died in groups
C. migrated to Pakistan
D. remained still.
Answer: A. They flew up screaming
112. The peacock in Sravasthi reminded the narrator of the days of —-
A. Ashwathama
B. Parikshit
C. Buddha
D. Krishna
Answer: C. Buddha
113. The peacock was banished from paradise, because he had helped ——-
A. Adam
B. Eve
C. snake
D. satan
Answer: D. satan
114. The question raised by Parikshit concerns ———
A. life after death
B. the futility of war
C. Eternal wisdom
D. None of these.
Answer: B. the futility of war
115. The shadow of Ashwathama represents———-
A. the horror of war
B. thoughtless destruction
C. war guilt
D. all of these.
Answer: D. all of these.
116. ———grew in the narrator’s mind like the fish in Manujis pond
A. notion of the frightened peacocks
B. fear of war
C. hope of visiting Jaipur
D. none of these.
Answer: A. notion of the frightened peacocks
117. To shake off the evil shadow following him, the narrator of the chronicle goes finally to —–
A. Jaipur
B. Pakistan
C. Delhi
D. Kurukshetra.
Answer: B. Pakistan
118. Paul Krugman got the Nobel Prize for ——in 2008
A. Politics
B. Physics
C. Economics
D. Literature
Answer: C. Economics
119. ”Grains Gone Wild” is a ——-
A. News paper article
B. letter
C. short story
D. speech
Answer: A. News paper article
120. Krugman is known for his contribution to ——–
A. Game theory
B. New Trade Theory
C. Number theory
D. unified theory
Answer: B. New Trade Theory
121. In his article, Krugman comments on the world —crisis
A. water
B. energy
C. fuel
D. food
Answer: D. food
122. The overall demand for grains has increased due to the increase in the number of ——-
A. African children
B. Meat eating Chinese
C. American farmers
D. none of these.
Answer: B. Meat eating Chinese
123. —–is the world’s 2nd largest exporter of wheat
A. America
B. India
C. Australia
D. Africa.
Answer: C. Australia
124. Ethanol is an example of a ———-
A. Biofuel
B. feedstock
C. livestock
D. none of these.
Answer: A. Biofuel
125. The production and use of biofuels is seen as an example of ——-
A. bad luck
B. bad policy
C. bad weather
D. none of these
Answer: B. bad policy
126. Grain dealers have reduced their precautionary stocks as they depend on ———
A. food imports
B. food exports
C. biofuel import
D. food substitutes.
Answer: A. food imports
127. Which of the following has been a big mistake according to Krugman ?
A. growth of Chinese economy
B. financial aid to poor countries
C. subsidies to biofuels
D. none of these
Answer: C. subsidies to biofuels
128. Martin Luther King accepts the Nobel Prize on behalf of ——-
A. His family
B. American Civil Rights Movement
C. Indian freedom fighters
D. none of the above
Answer: B. American Civil Rights Movement
129. The Negroes in America were chained down by —–
A. poverty
B. injustice
C. discrimination
D. all of the above
Answer: D. all of the above
130. According to Martin Luther King —–is the answer to the political and moral problems of our time.
A. Non violence
B. money power
C. Government policies
D. diplomacy.
Answer: A. Non violence
131. ——and violence are antithetical concepts
A. agitation
B. Government
C. civilization
D. power
Answer: C. civilization
132. The road of love and progress taken by the nonviolence activists has lead to ——-
A. The Civil Rights bill
B. right to vote
C. election victory
D. new government
Answer: A. The Civil Rights bill
133. King refuses to accept ——-as the future reality of the nations of the world.
A. Global warning
B. political conflict
C. Thermo Nuclear destruction
D. Race-war.
Answer: C. Thermo Nuclear destruction
134. The promise of the ideal world of peace, referred to in King’s speech is found in ——–
A. Shakespeare’s play
B. Bible
C. Greek Poetry
D. all of the above.
Answer: B. Bible
135. King recalls the services of ———to the struggle for freedom and justice.
A. Nelson Mandela
B. Chief Lutili
C. Gandhi
D. all of them
Answer: B. Chief Lutili
136. Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Prize in the year ——
A. 1960
B. 1962
C. 1966
D. 1964
Answer: D. 1964
137. Martin Luther King Jr. was involved in the ——-
A. American Civil War
B. African war
C. American Civil Rights Movement
D. Indian freedom struggle
Answer: C. American Civil Rights Movement
138. A beautiful mind is a biography of ——–
A. Sylvia Nasar
B. Alicia Larde
C. John Nash
D. None of the above
Answer: C. John Nash
139. Nash won the Nobel Prize for his pioneering work in——-
A. unified field theory
B. Game theory
C. evolutionary theory
D. none of the above
Answer: B. Game theory
140. The academy award-winning movie directed by Ron Howard in 2001 was——-
A. Beautiful mind
B. Brilliant mind
C. the essential John Nash
D. none of the above
Answer: A. Beautiful mind
141. Nash came to live with —– of Princeton in 1970
A. Martha
B. Alicia
C. Sylvia
D. Eleanor
Answer: B. Alicia
142. Who co-edited the work The Essential John Nash?
A. John Nash Jr.
B. Ron Howard
C. Alicia Larde
D. Sylvia Nasar
Answer: D. Sylvia Nasar
143. The Professor of Mathematics who became a close friend of Alicia after her divorce was——–
A. John David Stier
B. Coleman- Moore
C. Ron Howard
D. Nash
Answer: B. Coleman- Moore
144. John David Stier was the ——of John Nash
A. son
B. nephew
C. half brother
D. friend
Answer: A. son
145. Johny solved many unsolved classical problems in the —–
A. Game theory
B. Number theory
C. New theory
D. none of the above
Answer: B. Number theory
146. John Nash Jr. won his Ph.D from —-
A. Princeton
B. Rider
C. Rutger
D. Fnehall.
Answer: C. Rutger
147. Sylvia Nazar is the —–of John Nash
A. friend
B. wife
C. biographer
D. sister
Answer: C. biographer
148. Joothan : A Dalit’s life by Omprakash Valmiki is a ———
A. Novel
B. short story
C. biography
D. Autobiography
Answer: D. Autobiography
149. Omprakash Valmiki belonged to the community of——–
A. weavers
B. potters
C. sweepers
D. builders
Answer: C. sweepers
150. The word “Joothan” means ——-
A. scraps of food
B. untouchable
C. disgraced
D. falsehood.
Answer: A. scraps of food
151. The dwellings of the untouchables were separated from the rest of the village by a —–
A. river
B. pond
C. fence
D. garden
Answer: B. pond
152. What work did the members of Valmiki’s family do ?
A. Agriculture
B. cleaning
C. general labour
D. all of the above
Answer: D. all of the above
153. The Christian Sevakram Massihi used to —–
A. preach
B. teach the children
C. form a party
D. none of the above
Answer: B. teach the children
154. His school fellows used to call Valmiki——
A. Chuhre ka
B. Joothan
C. Achooth
D. none of these
Answer: A. Chuhre ka
155. Kaliram came to the school as the new —–
A. Teacher
B. leader
C. Headmaster
D. Manager
Answer: C. Headmaster
156. Kaliram ordered Omprakash to ——
A. sweep the school
B. give a speech
C. play ball
D. decorate the class
Answer: A. sweep the school
157. The encounter with the headmaster filled Omprakash with —–
A. Respect
B. love
C. anger
D. fear
Answer: D. fear
158. Whose work inspired Mrinal Sen for his entry in to the film world ?
A. Rudolf Arnheim
B. Fitzgerald
C. Dante
D. Homer
Answer: A. Rudolf Arnheim
159. “You are a difficult judge of your work” – who is the speaker ?
A. Satyajith Ray
B. Ramin Jahanbejloo
C. Mrinal Sen
D. Nehru
Answer: B. Ramin Jahanbejloo
160. I wish your countrymen whom I love so much not success but remorse. Who said this ?
A. Nehru
B. Tagore
C. Gandhi
D. J.C.Bose.
Answer: B. Tagore
161. ——-has been the breeding ground for many of Sen’s films
A. Kerala
B. Calcutta
C. Dubai
D. Bengal
Answer: B. Calcutta
162. In which of his works Sen talks about conformism
A. An Uncertain journey
B. Kharij
C. Bhuvan Shome
D. Ekdin Achanak
Answer: A. An Uncertain journey
163. ——was Sen’s first Hindi film.
A. Ekdin Achanak
B. Pather Panchali
C. Bhuvan Shome
D. none of the above
Answer: C. Bhuvan Shome
164. Which film of Sen made a satire on bureaucracy
A. Bhuvan Shome
B. Love story
C. Interview
D. Ekdin Pratidin
Answer: A. Bhuvan Shome
165. “If you ask me again, my answer will be, I don’t know myself, I don’t want to” — the speaker is—-
A. S.Ray
B. Mrinal Sen
C. Nehru
D. Gandhi
Answer: B. Mrinal Sen
166. Mrinal Sen,s wish is to see his film as a ——–
A. passing fancy
B. dress rehearsal
C. retrial
D. parade
Answer: B. dress rehearsal
167. The autobiography of Mrinal Sen is entitled——-
A. Story of my life
B. Filming India
C. A Beautiful Mind
D. Always Being Born
Answer: D. Always Being Born
168. Which of the following is not included in Mrinal Sen’s Calcutta Trilogy
A. Interview
B. Ek din Pratidin
C. Calcutta 71
D. Padatic
Answer: B. Ek din Pratidin
169. The film Bhuvan Shome was made in the year——–
A. 1969
B. 1949
C. 1971
D. 1956
Answer: A. 1969
170. The film maker who criticized Mrinal Sen for his ignorance of character in an open letter was —–
A. Satyajith Ray
B. Ramesh Sippi
C. Antonioni
D. none of these
Answer: A. Satyajith Ray
171. The film Antareen was influenced by——
A. Sadat Hassan Manto
B. Rabindranath Tagore
C. Both of these
D. neither of these.
Answer: C. Both of these
172. Name the essay from which the extract ‘On Good Resolutions’ is taken
A. The Book of this and That
B. Book of Resolutions
C. Book of Essays
D. None of the above
Answer: A. The Book of this and That
173. The essay ’On Good Resolutions’ brings out——-
A. Human potentiality to be strong
B. futility of human resolutions
C. reality of the world
D. beginning of life on earth
Answer: B. futility of human resolutions
174. Resolutions become popular as——-approaches
A. New year
B. Year’s end
C. at the end of life
D. at school
Answer: A. New year
175. We——–when a man readily agrees to behave in a better way.
A. feel degraded
B. take initiative
C. discourage him
D. encourage him
Answer: C. discourage him
176. Our virtue, we put almost entirely into our ———-
A. faith
B. ability
C. resolutions
D. life
Answer: C. resolutions
177. What hinders human beings from accommodating rapid changes?
A. life
B. nature
C. creativity
D. ignorance
Answer: B. nature
178. Mediocre ——- are said to be a pair of twins contemptible
A. promise and faith
B. promise and performance
C. love and life
D. habits
Answer: B. promise and performance
179. ———are morality at its dawn
A. life
B. Good resolutions
C. values
D. performances
Answer: B. Good resolutions
180. Good resolutions are —– of the day’s work
A. Golden anticipations
B. true guide
C. followers
D. none of the above
Answer: A. Golden anticipations
181. There would be very little——to be got out of a single sitting face to face with a German grammer.
A. desire
B. love
C. intoxication
D. reality.
Answer: C. intoxication
182. The essay On Good Resolutions was published in the year——–
A. 1915
B. 1939
C. 1945
D. 1950
Answer: A. 1915
183. Which of these is an essay by Robert Lynd.
A. The Herring Fleet
B. Of Studies
C. Dalits’ Life
D. none of these
Answer: A. The Herring Fleet
184. Who compares virtue to a flower in his tribute to the Prince Consort ?
A. Tennyson
B. Browning
C. Robert Lynd
D. Dickens
Answer: A. Tennyson
185. Name the author of ‘Religion and Civilization
A. Satyajith Ray
B. Mushirul Hasan
C. C.J.Thomas
D. Francis Bacon
Answer: B. Mushirul Hasan
186. Islam’s ——-principles offered the converts a hope of a better future
A. egalitarian
B. Orthodox
C. difficult
D. none of the above
Answer: A. egalitarian
187. Politics in the pre-independent period was structured around———
A. religious categories
B. interest groups
C. Majority
D. none of the above
Answer: A. religious categories
188. The spirit of a ——–Indian nation runs contrary to the values of a secular policy and society.
A. developed
B. Spiritualist
C. underdeveloped
D. third world
Answer: B. Spiritualist
189. Religious and cultural anxieties in India were mainly due to the arrival of——
A. the blacks
B. the missionaries
C. the political parties
D. none of the above
Answer: B. the missionaries
190. The Indian Nationalist leaders tried to evolve an ——–ideology.
A. inclusive
B. exclusive
C. separatist
D. none of the above.
Answer: A. inclusive
191. The Author of ‘Legacy of a Divided Nation’ is——–
A. Sylvia Nasar
B. Mushirul Hasan
C. Intizar Husain
D. Sylvia plath
Answer: B. Mushirul Hasan
192. The Mughal Empire weakend due to the breakdown of ——among the ruling elites.
A. Economic treaties
B. consensus
C. patriotism
D. none of these
Answer: B. consensus
193. Who referred to the unified Hindu religion as ‘Syndicated Semitised Hinduism’?
A. Romila Thaper
B. Mushirul Hasan
C. K.P.S.Menon
D. Jinnah
Answer: A. Romila Thaper
194. The Indian Constitution followed a policy of ——–
A. Monotheism
B. fanaticism
C. Secularism
D. none of these.
Answer: C. Secularism
195. Name the first novel of James Baldwin
A. My life
B. Go tell it on the Mountain
C. Fire
D. Love song
Answer: B. Go tell it on the Mountain
196. My Dungeon Shook is taken from
A. Fire Next Time
B. Go Tell it on the Mountain
C. A Beautiful Mind
D. none of these.
Answer: A. Fire Next Time
197. The crime mentioned in the letter is ——–
A. toughness of the Whites
B. toughness of the blacks
C. innocence of the Whites
D. mask of the Blacks
Answer: C. innocence of the Whites
198. In the letter ‘My Dungeon Shook’ , Baldwin asks for
A. brotherhood of all
B. rivalry
C. destruction
D. hard work
Answer: A. brotherhood of all
199. ’My Dungeon Shook’ is in the form of a ——–
A. short story
B. novel
C. speech
D. personal letter
Answer: D. personal letter
200. Baldwin addresses his letter to his ——
A. son
B. publisher
C. nephew
D. friend
Answer: C. nephew
201. What was the occasion on which Baldwin wrote the letter ?
A. 100th anniversary of Emancipation
B. Anniversary of American Independence
C. His 50th birthday
D. none of these.
Answer: A. 100th anniversary of Emancipation
202. What does Baldwin see in his nephew’s face ?
A. Dignity of the Blacks
B. his brother’s face
C. toughness and suffering
D. all of these
Answer: D. all of these
203. “Baldwin uses words as the sea uses waves” These are the words of —–
A. James Baldwin
B. Langston Hughes
C. Sylvia Nasar
D. Omprakash Valmiki
Answer: B. Langston Hughes
204. According to Baldwin the Americans are trapped in a ——–that they don’t understand.
A. sorrow
B. history
C. struggle
D. violence.
Answer: B. history
205. The condition of the Blacks in the American Society is no different from that of England
described in the works of——-
A. Spenser
B. Charles Dickens
C. Shakespeare
D. none of these.
Answer: B. Charles Dickens
206. Baldwin advises his nephew to trust only in———
A. The words of elders
B. books
C. his own experiences
D. none of these
Answer: C. his own experiences
207. E.F Schumacher is the author of ——
A. A Beautiful Mind
B. A Dalit’s life
C. Small is beautiful
D. Story of my life.
Answer: C. Small is beautiful
208. According to Schumacher, the modern pursuit of profit and progress has resulted in ——
A. Economic inefficiency
B. environmental pollution
C. inhuman working conditions
D. all of these
Answer: D. all of these
209. The alternative proposed by Schumacher for modern super technology is——–
A. Intermediate technology
B. primitivism
C. pursuit of progress
D. none of these.
Answer: A. Intermediate technology
210. The principles of —-had a great impact on Schumacher.
A. Buddhists
B. Taoists
C. Gandhi
D. all of these
Answer: D. all of these
211. “Technology with a human face “ is an example of —–
A. Scientific essay
B. political writing
C. poetic prose
D. short story
Answer: A. Scientific essay
212. The modern world, according to Schumacher, has been shaped by its ——
A. politics
B. Natural science
C. Metaphysics
D. none of these
Answer: C. Metaphysics
213. Which of the following is not an attribute of nature ?
A. self- balancing
B. self- destroying
C. self-adjusting
D. self-cleansing
Answer: B. self- destroying
214. The limitation of modern technology is that it does not recognize any ——
A. Modification
B. improvement
C. self-limit
D. alteration
Answer: C. self-limit
215. In the subtle system of nature, modern super – technology acts like a ——-
A. foreign body
B. major branch
C. substitute
D. none of these
Answer: A. foreign body
216. The success brought in recent years by industrialization is, in Schumacher’s view, —–
A. total
B. illusory
C. partial
D. negligible
Answer: B. illusory
217. What kind of work is reduced by modern technology?
A. intellectual work
B. virtual work
C. economic work
D. skillful productive work
Answer: D. skillful productive work
218. A great part of the neurosis of advanced industrial society is due to the lack of ——–
A. money
B. freedom
C. energy
D. skillful productive work
Answer: D. skillful productive work
219. . How much of the total social time in modern society is spent on actual productive work in
Schumacher ‘s view?
A. 3.5%
B. 7.5%
C. 10%
D. 15%
Answer: A. 3.5%
220. ——- recommended production by the masses instead of mass production to help the poor
countries.
A. Schumacher
B. John Nash
C. Gandhi
D. Nehru
Answer: C. Gandhi
221. Name the author of Emotional Intelligence
A. Daniel Goleman
B. Paul Ekman
C. John Nash
D. Paul Krugman
Answer: A. Daniel Goleman
222. The Times magazine lists —–as one of the ideas changing the world right now.
A. EQ
B. IQ
C. social intelligence
D. Ecological intelligence.
Answer: D. Ecological intelligence.
223. —–has offered one of the best assessments of the emotional mind.
A. Paul Krugman
B. Paul Ekman
C. Daniel Goleman
D. Nash
Answer: B. Paul Ekman
224. The reactions of the emotional mind is —– than that of the rational mind. (a)slower (b) quicker (c)cleverer (d)happier
134. Actions that spring from the emotional mind carry a strong sense of ——-
A. certainty
B. clarity
C. accuracy
D. none of these.
Answer: B. clarity
225. The rapid mode of perception used by the emotional mind sacrifices accuracy for ——
A. speed
B. time
C. shape
D. clarity
Answer: A. speed
226. The —— can be our radar for danger.
A. brain
B. physical strength
C. emotional mind
D. perception.
Answer: C. emotional mind
227. Ekman tracks the —– that flit across the face from subtle changes in facial expressions.
A. painful emotions
B. profound feelings
C. micro emotions
D. hidden impulses
Answer: C. micro emotions
228. In the slower emotional response, thought ——feeling.
A. follows
B. precedes
C. includes
D. excludes
Answer: B. precedes
229. Terry Dobson studied the martial art of ———–in Japan
A. Aikido
B. Judo
C. wrestling
D. none of these
Answer: A. Aikido
230. The story of the old man and the drunk illustrates———
A. self-pity
B. self control
C. intellectual power
D. emotional brilliance
Answer: D. emotional brilliance
231. A prose narrative work dealing with imaginary events is called…….
A. Article
B. fiction
C. essay
D. poetry
Answer: B. fiction
232. Non-fiction usually deals with…..
A. Facts
B. imaginary events
C. people
D. nature
Answer: A. Facts
233. The word ‘fiction’ means………..
A. To make
B. to write
C. to sing
D. to praise
Answer: A. To make
234. Novel emerged as the most important form of prose fiction in ………century.
A. 18th
B. 20th
C. 17th
D. 16th
Answer: A. 18th
235. Novels developed from …….
A. Epics
B. poetry
C. fables
D. none of these
Answer: A. Epics
236. Fiction dealing with events or people, although untrue, could actually happen, is
called………..
A. Faction
B. non-realistic fiction
C. epic
D. none of these
Answer: A. Faction
237. Alice in Wonderland is a…..
A. Realistic novel
B. semi-realistic novel
C. non-realistic
D. none of these
Answer: C. non-realistic
238. The logical interaction of the various thematic elements of a text leading to a change of
the original situation is called………….
A. Plot
B. setting
C. character
D. all of these
Answer: A. Plot
239. ……………..can be considered as the foundational text in travel literature.
A. Voyage
B. Heart of Darkness
C. on the Road
D. none of these
Answer: A. Voyage
240. Voyages was written by
A. Aldous Huxley
B. Richard Hakluyt
C. Jack Kerouac
D. none of these
Answer: B. Richard Hakluyt
241. The term ‘travelogue’ was coined by
A. Burton Holmes
B. Stevenson
C. Hakluyt
D. Kerouac
Answer: A. Burton Holmes
242. Jack Kerouac’s ‘On the road’ is a…………
A. Travelogue
B. Fictional travelogue
C. Essay
D. none of these
Answer: B. Fictional travelogue
243. News paper articles are written in……style
A. inverted pyramid
B. inverted triangle
C. straight pyramid
D. none of these
Answer: A. inverted pyramid
244. Inverted pyramid style gives
A. the most important details first
B. the least important details first
C. names first
D. events first
Answer: A. the most important details first
245. Articles produced in the form of audio recordings are called
A. Blogs
B. podcasts
C. academic papers
D. listicles
Answer: B. podcasts
246. Listicles are
A. Articles containing lists
B. Article containing news
C. Articles containing academic details
D. all the above
Answer: A. Articles containing lists
247. Text at the top of a news paper article is called
A. headline
B. byline
C. lead
D. body
Answer: A. headline
248. The name and the position of the writer of an article is given in
A. headline
B. byline
C. lead
D. body
Answer: B. byline
249. The sentence that sums up the focus of a story in an article is called
A. headline
B. byline
C. lead
D. body
Answer: C. lead
250. An individual work recording one’s travel experiences is called
A. essay
B. Fiction
C. travelogue
D. faction
Answer: C. travelogue
251. A continuous narrative of a person’s life’s major or interesting events written by himself
for publication is
A. biography
B. memoir
C. autobiography
D. diary
Answer: C. autobiography
252. Autobiographies are by nature…..
A. subjective
B. objective
C. scientific
D. philosophical
Answer: A. subjective
253. A prose composition with a focused subject of discussion is
A. essay
B. poem
C. fiction
D. travelogue
Answer: A. essay
254. The word ‘essay’ is derived from
A. essayer
B. essayist
C. essays
D. none of these
Answer: A. essayer
255. The writer who first defined his works as essays was
A. Bacon
B. Montaigne
C. Stevenson
D. none of these
Answer: B. Montaigne
256. The first work in English that described itself as essays was published by
A. Bacon
B. Montaigne
C. Stevenson
D. none of these
Answer: A. Bacon
257. Sensory details are used in
A. cause and effect essays
B. Descriptive essays
C. narrative essays
D. dialectic essays
Answer: B. Descriptive essays
258. …….form of essay is usually used in philosophy
A. cause and effect essays
B. Descriptive essays
C. narrative essays
D. dialectic essays
Answer: D. dialectic essays
259. The art of public speaking was first developed by…………..
A. Greeks
B. Germans
C. Romans
D. none of these
Answer: A. Greeks
260. The common fear of public speaking is called
A. hydrophobia
B. Glossophobia
C. somnambulism
D. none of these
Answer: B. Glossophobia
261. The written history of a person’s life written by someone else is called
A. Biography
B. Autobiography
C. Memoir
D. none of these
Answer: A. Biography
262. Q written history of a person’s life composed by himself in which the emphasis is on
one particular phase or on the people and events is
A. Memoir
B. diary
C. journal
D. biography
Answer: A. Memoir
263. A journal is
A. Day-to-day record of a person’s life
B. life history composed b himself
C. life history composed by someone else
D. none of these
Answer: A. Day-to-day record of a person’s life
264. Autobiographies were entitled as …… in antiquity
A. Apologia
B. Confession
C. biography
D. none of these
Answer: A. Apologia
265. ‘Apologia Pro Vista Sua’ is the autobiography of………
A. John Henry Newman
B. Goethe
C. Montaigne
D. St .Augustine
Answer: A. John Henry Newman
266. Which of the following can be considered as the first fully developed autobiography
A. Confessions
B. The invisible man
C. Apologia Pro Vista Sua
D. none of these
Answer: A. Confessions
267. Confessions is the autobiography of………….
A. St. Augustine
B. Ellison
C. St.Francis
D. St. Joseph
Answer: A. St. Augustine
268. Confessions is a……… autobiography
A. Spiritual
B. secular
C. Scientific
D. philosophical
Answer: A. Spiritual
269. According to Benevento Cellini, one should write his autobiography after he is…….years
old
A. 30
B. 40
C. 50
D. 60
Answer: B. 40
270. A written history of a person’s life in which he presents a crisis and its resolution in his
discovery of his identity as an artist or as a writer is
A. Secular autobiography
B. spiritual autobiography
C. Philosophical autobiography
D. none of these
Answer: A. Secular autobiography
271. Wordsworth’s autobiography in verse is called
A. Prelude
B. daffodils
C. Immortality ode
D. none of these
Answer: A. Prelude
272. Ralph Ellison’s autobiography is titled ……………
A. The Invisible Man
B. The Prelude
C. On the Road
D. none of these
Answer: A. The Invisible Man
273. Daniel Defoe’s ‘Moll Flanders’ can be considered as a
A. Secular autobiography
B. spiritual autobiography
C. Philosophical autobiography
D. fictional autobiography
Answer: D. fictional autobiography
274. An in-depth form of biographical coverage is called…………..
A. Memoir
B. diary
C. Legacy writing
D. biography
Answer: C. Legacy writing
275. Who defined biography as ‘the history of particular men’s lives’
A. John Henry Newman
B. Goethe
C. Montaigne
D. Dryden
Answer: D. Dryden
276. Biography written with the permission, cooperation, and, at times, participation of a
subject or a subject’s heirs is called
A. Secular autobiography
B. Spiritual autobiography
C. Legacy writing
D. Authorized biography
Answer: D. Authorized biography
277. ‘Parallel Lives’ was written by
A. Plutarch
B. Goethe
C. Montaigne
D. Dryden
Answer: A. Plutarch
278. ……………is the source of Shakespeare’s Roman plays
A. Parallel Lives
B. The Invisible Man
C. The Prelude
D. On the Road
Answer: A. Parallel Lives
279. The record of the lives of Christian saints based on legends rather than on facts is called
A. Secular autobiography
B. spiritual autobiography
C. hagiographoies
D. none of these
Answer: C. hagiographoies
280. ‘Le Morte d’Arthur’ was written by
A. John Henry Newman
B. Goethe
C. Montaigne
D. Thomas Malory
Answer: D. Thomas Malory
281. Isaac Walton wrote the short biographies of Donne and Herbert in his
A. Lives
B. Parallel Lives
C. The Prelude
D. On the Road
Answer: A. Lives
282. Who is referred to as ‘the father of English essays’
A. Bacon
B. Montaigne
C. Stevenson
D. none of these
Answer: A. Bacon
283. The presentation of the initial situation of a fiction is called….
A. exposition
B. climax
C. resolution
D. none of these
Answer: A. exposition
284. The technique used to provide clues regarding what might occur later in the story is…..
A. foreshadowing
B. flash back
C. resolution
D. none of these
Answer: A. foreshadowing
285. Flash back is also known as……
A. foreshadowing
B. linear plot analysis
C. Analepsis
D. none of these
Answer: A. foreshadowing
286. The technique that takes the narrative back in time is called……
A. flash back
B. flash forward
C. forshadowing
D. none of these
Answer: A. flash back
287. ………..reveals events that will occur in the future
A. flash back
B. flash forward
C. foreshadowing
D. none of these
Answer: B. flash forward
288. A flash back to an earlier point in the narrative is called……….
A. flash back
B. flash forward
C. Internal Analepsis
D. external Analepsis
Answer: C. Internal Analepsis
289. External analepsis is a …… to before the narrative started.
A. flash back
B. flash forward
C. foreshadowing
D. none of these
Answer: A. flash back
290. ……..in a fiction leads to climax
A. rising action
B. Climax
C. Exposition
D. falling Action
Answer: A. rising action
291. …….. is a phase of a fiction, where the story is about to settle down.
A. falling action
B. rising action
C. Climax
D. Exposition
Answer: A. falling action
292. A typical character is referred to as…….
A. Flat
B. round cahracter
C. protagonist
D. none of these
Answer: A. Flat
293. An individualised character is referred to as ……
A. Flat
B. round character
C. protagonist
D. none of these
Answer: B. round character
294. A character whose behaviour illuminates the personality of the protagonist is…….
A. Foil
B. round character
C. protagonist
D. none of these
Answer: A. Foil
295. When a text is narrated through an external narrator, it is referred to as…..
A. omniscient point of view
B. participating figure
C. second person narration
D. none of these
Answer: A. omniscient point of view
296. In first person narrative the events are narrated by…….
A. participating figure
B. omniscient point of view
C. second person narration
D. none of these
Answer: A. participating figure
297. A context beyond the immediate surroundings of the story in the fiction is called…..
A. Milieu
B. country
C. setting
D. none of these
Answer: A. Milieu
298. …….. is a concise form of prose fiction.
A. short story
B. essay
C. article
D. none of these
Answer: A. short story
299. …….. can be considered as a precursor of short story.
A. fairy tales
B. novel
C. epic
D. none of these
Answer: A. fairy tales
300. A narrative frame within which one or more of the characters proceed to tell a series of short narratives is called….
A. frame story
B. novel
C. essay
D. novella
Answer: A. frame story
301. Boccaccio’s Decameron is an example for……
A. frame story
B. novel
C. essay
D. novella
Answer: A. frame story
302. Who is referred to as the father of modern short story?
A. Edgar Allen Poe
B. Goethe
C. Montaigne
D. Dryden
Answer: A. Edgar Allen Poe
303. The action of the short story commences close to the…….
A. Climax
B. beginning
C. exposition
D. falling action
Answer: A. Climax
304. Medias res mean….
A. in the middle of the matter
B. towards the end
C. in the beginning
D. end
Answer: A. in the middle of the matter
305. When a short story conveys a specific moral or ethical perspective, it is called….
A. Parable
B. short story
C. essay
D. none of these
Answer: A. Parable
306. ……….was used by religious leaders to enlighten and educate their followers
A. Fables
B. Latin stories
C. Indian fables
D. none of these
Answer: A. Fables
307. Fables are said to be invented by…..
A. Aesop
B. Goethe
C. Montaigne
D. Dryden
Answer: A. Aesop
308. Gesta Ramanorum is a collection of….
A. Roman anecdotes
B. Latin stories
C. Indian fables
D. none of these
Answer: A. Roman anecdotes
309. Novella is a ……
A. short novel
B. essay
C. prose
D. none of these
Answer: A. short novel
310. The first modern translation of ‘Thousand and One Nights’ was by….
A. Antoine Galland
B. Goethe
C. Montaigne
D. Dryden
Answer: A. Antoine Galland
311. Novella was introduced in Germany by…..
A. John Henry Newman
B. Goethe
C. Montaigne
D. Dryden
Answer: B. Goethe