Literature & Contemporary Issues Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who does the word ‘you’ in the poem Still I Rise refer to?
A. The White
B. The Black
C. A Woman
D. Maya Angelou
Answer: A.The White
2. Maya Angelou is a/an …………… poet?
A. Black American
B. Canadian
C. British
D. Irish
Answer: A.Black American
3. Maya Angelou was born in…….?
A. 1920
B. 1921
C. 1925
D. 1928
Answer: D.1928
4. Which publication made Angelou famous all over the world?
A. The Heart of a Woman.
B. Gather Together in My Name
C. A Song Flung Up to Heaven
D. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Answer: D.I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
5. With who’s certainty, Maya Angelou compares the certainty of the Blacks?
A. Moon
B. Sun
C. Tides
D. Hopes
Answer: C.Tides
6. What does Angelou suggest by ‘the past rooted in pain’?
A. Slavery
B. Sufferings
C. Cultural issues
D. All of these
Answer: D.All of these
7. Which identity is realized by Angelou when she mentions her pleasure like that ofgetting diamonds?
A. Black
B. Woman
C. White
D. Human
Answer: B.Woman
8. Where does the past of the blacks rooted in?
A. Ocean
B. Dust
C. Pain
D. Dream
Answer: C.Pain
9. Who wrote the history of the Blacks?
A. Red Indian
B. Blacks
C. Whites
D. Indians
Answer: C.Whites
10. ‘That I laugh like I’ve got gold mines’This line suggests Angelou’s identification as a ……….
A. Woman
B. Black
C. Revolutionary
D. Poet
Answer: B.Black
11. What is the gift of the ancestors?
A. Tradition
B. Slavery
C. Gold mines
D. Tear drops
Answer: A.Tradition
12. ‘I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide’ means:
A. Deep black tradition
B. Painful past
C. Both 1&2
D. None of these
Answer: A.Deep black tradition
13. According to Angelou, the White people gifted a ……. history to the black?
A. Attractive
B. Colourful
C. Shameful
D. None of these
Answer: C.Shameful
14. Angelou tells that the Whites can cut the black with:
A. Word
B. Eyes
C. Hatefulness
D. All of these
Answer: B.Eyes
15. Eliecer Neftali Reyes Basoalto is known as:
A. Jan Neruda
B. Cesar Vallejo
C. Pablo Neruda
D. Carl Marx
Answer: C.Pablo Neruda
16. Who is the writer of the poem- The Portrait in the Rock?
A. Maya Angelou
B. Pablo Neruda
C. Kamala Das
D. Sylvia Plath
Answer: B.Pablo Neruda
17. In the early periods of writing, Neruda wrote………. poems
A. Revolutionary
B. Realistic
C. Post colonial
D. Love
Answer: D.Love
18. Who is the poet suggested in this poem?
A. Gibran
B. Vallejo
C. Blake
D. Wordsworth
Answer: B.Vallejo
19. What does the use of the names of different countries imply?
A. Spreading of the idea
B. War
C. International relations
D. All of these
Answer: A.Spreading of the idea
20. Which phrase denote the well-read nature of Vallejo?
A. Golden and stony substance
B. Some half opened books
C. His profound silence
D. Changed into stone
Answer: B.Some half opened books
21. Among the following, which is not written by Neruda?
A. Hundred Love Song
B. Canto General
C. Book of Questions
D. The Heart of a Woman
Answer: D.The Heart of a Woman
22. Neruda left Chile with the banning of ………?
A. Socialism
B. Terrorism
C. Communism
D. All the above
Answer: C.Communism
23. Cesar Vallejo is a/an ………. Poet
A. Indian
B. American
C. Australian
D. Peruvian
Answer: D.Peruvian
24. ‘They called him at the door’- Who?
A. Friend
B. Leaders
C. Policemen
D. Government employees
Answer: C.Policemen
25. What is the poem The Portrait in the Rock about?
A. Socialism
B. Violation of freedom of expression
C. Women
D. Nazism
Answer: B.Violation of freedom of expression
26. ‘You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep the spring from coming’ Whosaid this?
A. Hitler
B. Soldier
C. al- Rubaish
D. Neruda
Answer: B.Soldier
27. Golden and stony substance refers to ………,?
A. Ornament
B. Poetry
C. Carved face in the rock
D. Equipment
Answer: B.Poetry
28. The word used in the poem to show how the people are restricted from having thefreedom of expression is ………?
A. Defied
B. Profound
C. Muffling
D. Exile
Answer: C.Muffling
29. ‘Changed into stone, he lives in his own country’. What does the line suggest?
A. He lives in the hearts of the people
B. He returned to the country
C. He is still struggling with the autocrats
D. He was released from exile
Answer: A.He lives in the hearts of the people
30. What is the meaning of ‘The night of storms’?
A. A turbulent night of fear
B. A night where there was storm
C. A gloomy night
D. None of these
Answer: A.A turbulent night of fear
31. Neruda was born in ………..?
A. Peru
B. Canada
C. Chile
D. France
Answer: C.Chile
32. Who is the author of Another Woman?
A. Sylvia Plath
B. Kamala Das
C. Imtiaz Dharker
D. Mahaswetha Debi
Answer: C.Imtiaz Dharker
33. Which vegetable attracts the woman in the market?
A. Methi
B. Raddish
C. Carrot
D. None of these
Answer: B.Raddish
34. Whom does the mother-in-law curse for darkening their doors?
A. The woman
B. The woman’s husband
C. The woman’s parents
D. The woman’s brother
Answer: C.The woman’s parents
35. “The future she had been born into” suggests:
A. A girl’s own house
B. The house of the husband
C. Profession of a woman
D. Education of a woman
Answer: B.The house of the husband
36. ‘A brilliant spark’ means?
A. Recovery
B. Patience
C. Escape
D. Struggle
Answer: C.Escape
37. In the end, Imtiaz Dharker points her finger against the attitude of the ………?
A. Society
B. In-laws
C. Husband
D. Woman
Answer: A.Society
38. What was the only choice left in front of the woman?
A. Escape from the house
B. Commit suicide
C. Go back to her home
D. Quarrel with in-law
Answer: B.Commit suicide
39. Imtiaz Dharker was born in…..?
A. India
B. Srilanka
C. Pakistan
D. Nepal
Answer: C.Pakistan
40. The poem Another Woman is about………?
A. Violation of human right
B. Socialism
C. Marxism
D. Domestic violence
Answer: D.Domestic violence
41. Out of the given points, which is not a matter of Dharker’s poetry?
A. Gender politic
B. Cultural displacement
C. Communal conflicts
D. Terrorism
Answer: D.Terrorism
42. The gender issue raised in Another Woman is:
A. Dowry death
B. Poverty
C. Malnutrition
D. All the above
Answer: D.All the above
43. Imtiaz Dharker was brought up in?
A. India
B. Pakistan
C. South Africa
D. USA
Answer: A.India
44. At her in-law’s house, the woman lacks:
A. Voice
B. Choice
C. Proper food
D. All of these
Answer: D.All of these
45. Darken the doors means:
A. Make the door dark
B. Bring misfortune
C. Put fire
D. None of these
Answer: B.Bring misfortune
46. The Dowry Prohibition Act was implemented in……..?
A. 1972
B. 1963
C. 1974
D. 1961
Answer: D.1961
47. Who among the following is not a post-independence poet?
A. Sujatha Bhatt
B. Imtiaz Dharker
C. Kamala Das
D. None of These
Answer: D.None of These
48. Poems from Guantanamo is a collection of poems written by:
A. American poet
B. Cuban prisoners
C. Suspected terrorists
D. English poets
Answer: C.Suspected terrorists
49. A lyric poem addressed to someone or something is called?
A. Sonnet
B. Ode
C. Epic
D. Ballad
Answer: B.Ode
50. Ibrahim al-Rubaish was born in?
A. Kuwait
B. Saudi Arabia
C. Iran
D. Afghanistan
Answer: B.Saudi Arabia
51. Ibrahim al-Rubaish’s ode is addressed to?
A. Sea
B. West wind
C. Nightingale
D. Skylark
Answer: A.Sea
52. In the poem Ode to the Sea, the narrator is longing to:
A. Meet the family
B. Jump in to the sea
C. Kill the soldiers
D. End the life
Answer: A.Meet the family
53. The poet is comparing the calmness of the sea with………?
A. Life
B. Protest
C. Death
D. None of these
Answer: C.Death
54. According to the narrator, the sea is supporting…..?
A. The prisoner
B. Terrorists
C. The US soldiers
D. Narrator
Answer: C.The US soldiers
55. What eats the patience of the narrator in Ode to the Sea ?
A. Bitterness of the sea
B. Bitterness of the prisoners
C. Bitterness of the soldiers
D. All the above
Answer: A.Bitterness of the sea
56. ‘Your calm is like death’ which figure of speech is used here?
A. Alliteration
B. Assonance
C. Metaphor
D. Simile
Answer: A.Alliteration
57. What has the divine power of a balm to soothe and heal the wounded hearts?
A. Poetry
B. Speech
C. Prison
D. Medicine
Answer: A.Poetry
58. Guantanamo Bay is in:
A. Canada
B. Cuba
C. US
D. UK
Answer: B.Cuba
59. Which word is used by the poet to show his anger against the sea?
A. Gentle
B. Mute
C. Deaf
D. All of these
Answer: D.All of these
60. The prisoners come to the shore usually out of:
A. Their wish
B. Compulsion
C. Both 1&2
D. None of these
Answer: B.Compulsion
61. According to the narrator what was the gaining of the sea for the last three years?
A. Voyage
B. Dead bodies of the prisoners
C. Poems on sea
D. None of these
Answer: C.Poems on sea
62. The silence of the sea is compared to:
A. Chain
B. Captivity
C. Poetry
D. Death
Answer: D.Death
63. According to the narrator, the sea had colluded with whom?
A. Detainee
B. Faithless
C. God
D. All of these
Answer: B.Faithless
64. The word kafir means:
A. Faithful
B. Faithless
C. Loving
D. Caring
Answer: A.Faithful
65. Ghanashyam is a …….. poem?
A. Realistic
B. Confessional
C. Satirist
D. Romantic
Answer: B.Confessional
66. The poem Ghanashyam is written by:
A. Balamani Amma
B. Kamala Das
C. Vijayalakshmi
D. Sugathakumari
Answer: B.Kamala Das
67. Kamala Das is comparing Ghanashyam to a……?
A. Skylark
B. Parrot
C. Koel
D. None of these
Answer: C.Koel
68. Ghanashyam vanishes like a/an:
A. Magician
B. Air
C. Spectral flame
D. All the above
Answer: C.Spectral flame
69. Kamala Das compares life with:
A. Moisture
B. Drought
C. Death
D. None of these
Answer: A.Moisture
70. She weaves raiment for Ghanashyam with………..
A. Song
B. Cotton
C. Silk
D. Words
Answer: D.Words
71. Which poetic technique is used to show the narrator’s search for love?
A. Metaphor
B. Simile
C. Rhyme
D. Rhythm
Answer: B.Simile
72. The god referred in Ghanashyam is………?
A. Lord Siva
B. Brahma
C. Krishna
D. Indra
Answer: C.Krishna
73. With the birth of a child, what does originate?
A. New connection
B. New traps
C. New pains
D. All the above
Answer: D.All the above
74. In Ghanashyam, death is compared to:
A. Drought
B. Evil
C. Devil
D. Sorrow
Answer: A.Drought
75. How does Kamala Das state her search for love?
A. Game
B. Tragic game
C. Pleasure
D. None of these
Answer: B.Tragic game
76. The poet was led toward Ghanashyam as a/an:
A. Koel
B. Radha
C. Devotee
D. Enchanted fish
Answer: D.Enchanted fish
77. When does the wisdom must come?
A. In patience
B. With anger
C. In silence
D. All the above
Answer: C.In silence
78. More than anything, the narrator loves………..?
A. Her husband
B. The guests
C. Koel
D. The disguise of Krishna
Answer: D.The disguise of Krishna
79. ‘You came in strange forms’. Who?
A. Husband
B. Childhood friend
C. Ghanashyam
D. None of these
Answer: C.Ghanashyam
80. ‘His ageing body’. Who is referred here?
A. Ghanashyam
B. Madhava Das
C. Krishna
D. Lover
Answer: B.Madhava Das
81. What does the narrator in Ghanashyam want to carry in her arms?
A. An infant
B. A child
C. A friend
D. Peace
Answer: D.Peace
82. Raiment means:
A. Silk
B. Paper
C. Dress
D. Water
Answer: C.Dress
83. Sylvia Plath is a …….. poet?
A. Surrealist
B. Post colonial
C. Confessional
D. Romantic
Answer: C.Confessional
84. The word achoo means:
A. Dare
B. Fear
C. Compel
D. It doesn’t have a meaning
Answer: D.It doesn’t have a meaning
85. The poem Daddy is against:
A. Autocracy
B. Nazism
C. Terrorism
D. None of these
Answer: B.Nazism
86. Daddy in the poem is a representative of each……..
A. Italian
B. German
C. Spanish
D. American
Answer: B.German
87. What does the black shoe suggest in the poem?
A. Death
B. Violence
C. Male domination
D. All the above
Answer: C.Male domination
88. In the poem, gray colour denotes ……..
A. Life
B. Vitality
C. Death
D. None of these
Answer: C.Death
89. The term ‘marble- heavy means:
A. Heaviness of a dead body
B. A huge weight
C. Heavy like marble
D. All the above
Answer: A.Heaviness of a dead body
90. What does the poet suggest by Freakish Atlantic?
A. Atlantic sea
B. Unpredictable nature of Atlantic
C. Voyages
D. Pirates
Answer: B.Unpredictable nature of Atlantic
91. What does ‘engine’ refer to?
A. Machine
B. Weapon
C. German language
D. None of these
Answer: C.German language
92. ‘Lived like a foot’ is a ……?
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Assimilation
D. Assonance
Answer: A.Simile
93. What does the repetition of the word ‘war’ mean?
A. The endless s war
B. The relevance of war
C. The horror of war
D. None of these
Answer: C.The horror of war
94. ‘Pollack’ is the derogatory slang of…..?
A. British
B. American
C. Polish
D. None of these
Answer: C.Polish
95. Daddy is famous for the vivid use of ………..
A. Imagery
B. Alliterartion
C. Rhyme
D. All the above
Answer: A.Imagery
96. Sylvia Plath is described as a girl with ………. complex.
A. Superiority
B. Inferiorty
C. Electra
D. None of these
Answer: C.Electra
97. Which book is referred to in the poem ‘Daddy’ to show the Nazi reign?
A. Das Capital
B. Meinkampf
C. The Paradise Lost
D. Odyssey
Answer: B.Meinkampf
98. What is Belsen?
A. A place
B. A Nazi leader
C. Name of a concentration camp
D. None of these
Answer: C.Name of a concentration camp
99. Sylvia Plath was born in?
A. Moscow
B. Boston
C. Paris
D. Cambridge
Answer: B.Boston
100. The word pandemonium means—
A. A noisy place
B. A calm place
C. A garden
D. A seashore
Answer: A.A noisy place
101. The concept of zero was the contribution of—-
A. China
B. India
C. Phoenicia
D. Arabia
Answer: B.India
102. The author of ‘ZERO SUM GAME’ Bibhas Sen was inspired by newspaperreports about the impact of the GATT on the lives of —–
A. Common men and women
B. Business men
C. Politicians
D. Bureaucrats
Answer: A.Common men and women
103. Kisangung Samachar was a weekly—– owned and published by ShewprasadThiwari.
A. Broad sheet
B. Tabloid
C. Berliner
D. Magazine
Answer: B.Tabloid
104. The owner and publisher of Kisangung Samachar
A. Asok Jain
B. Shewprasad Tiwari
C. James Augustus
D. Devadas Gandhi
Answer: B.Shewprasad Tiwari
105. Zero Game is a term used in ………………..
A. Relativity theory
B. Conflict theory
C. Psychoanalytical theory
D. Game theory
Answer: D.Game theory
106. Game theory is a mathematical tool to study—
A. Decision making strategy
B. Cost control strategy
C. Net work design and analysis
D. Demand forecast
Answer: A.Decision making strategy
107. Waman Govind Hoval is a ———–writer
A. Marathi
B. Bengali
C. Telungu
D. Hindi
Answer: A.Marathi
108. Waman Govind Hoval’s writings highlight the plight of …………
A. The colonized
B. The dalits
C. The industrial workers
D. The poor farmers
Answer: B.The dalits
109. Who among the following in Kerala led the movement to improve the lives ofthe Dalits?
A. Sree Narayana Guru
B. Ayyankali
C. Mahatma Gandhi
D. Ambedkar
Answer: B.Ayyankali
110. Who among the following struggled against caste discrimination in India?
A. Ambedkar
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Ayyankali
D. All of these
Answer: D.All of these
111. The protagonist of the story “The Storied House”
A. Bhubjaba
B. Bayaji
C. Kondiba Patel
D. Bhimaraya
Answer: D.Bhimaraya
112. Who among the following is a known rascal of the village in “ The StoreyedHouse”?
A. Bhujaba
B. Bayaji
C. Kondiba Patel
D. Bhimaraya
Answer: A.Bhujaba
113. The public building in the untouchable settlement referred to in the story ‘TheStoreyed House’
A. Takkya
B. Wada
C. Dabowalli
D. The Great Bath
Answer: A.Takkya
114. Which among the following adjective is suitable for Kondiba Patel ?
A. Amicable
B. Humble
C. Tolerant
D. Arrogant
Answer: D.Arrogant
115. Kondiba Patel is ……. of the story “The Storied House”
A. The protagonist
B. The antagonist
C. A minor character
D. A narrator
Answer: B.The antagonist
116. Kondiba Patel is ……..
A. A Dalit
B. A caste Hindu
C. A tradesman
D. A poor peasant
Answer: B.A caste Hindu
117. Bayaji is……………..
A. A Dalit
B. A caste Hindu
C. A tradesman
D. A poor peasant
Answer: A.A Dalit
118. Bayaji was a …..by caste
A. Mahar
B. Chamar
C. Nadar
D. Chuhra
Answer: A.Mahar
119. “And then the undreamt of incident took place” What is the incident?
A. Bayaji’s new house was demolished
B. Bayaji’s new house caught fire
C. Bayaji’s new house was warmed
D. Bayaji’s old house was reconstructed.
Answer: B.Bayaji’s new house caught fire
120. Xialu Guo is a…………novelist
A. Chinese-British
B. African-American
C. Anglo-Indian
D. Franco-Italian
Answer: A.Chinese-British
121. “A Concise Chinese English Dictionary for Lovers” is a novel written by …..
A. Xialu Guo
B. Vaman Hoval
C. Imtiaz Dharker
D. Fredric Douglas
Answer: A.Xialu Guo
122. Which among the following has won for Xialu Guo the Pearl Award for creativeexcellence?
A. ‘A Concise Chinese English Dictionary for Lovers
B. Her Eyes
C. An Internet Baby
D. None of these
Answer: A.‘A Concise Chinese English Dictionary for Lovers
123. yuli’s boy friend is ……
A. Weiming
B. Wei-yu
C. Ai-lan
D. Mac leold
Answer: A.Weiming
124. UNHCR stands for……….
A. United Nations High Court For Refugees
B. United Nations High Command for Refugees
C. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
D. None of these
Answer: C.United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
125. Which among the followings recounts the shocking story of a young Chinesecouple who decides to sell their baby?
A. the storeyed house
B. Internet Baby
C. Toys
D. Still I Rise
Answer: B.Internet Baby
126. UNHRC stands for……………..
A. United Nations Human Rights Commission
B. United Nations Human Rights Committee
C. United Nations Home Affair committee
D. None of these
Answer: A.United Nations Human Rights Commission
127. UDHR stands for…………
A. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
B. The Universal Declaration of Human Reserve
C. The Union department of Human Rights
D. None of these.
Answer: A.The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
128. Guess the name of the kind of literature whose examples may be the following‘Send My Boy to School’, ‘The Poisoned Bread’, and ‘The Stains of Blood’.
A. Women’s Literature
B. Dalit literature
C. Romantic Writings
D. Classic literature
Answer: B.Dalit literature
129. Name the dominant emotions often expressed in Dalit writing.
A. Love and hate
B. Love and happiness
C. Protest and anger
D. Submissiveness and frustration
Answer: C.Protest and anger
130. Ambedkar was a …………at the time of his death.
A. Hindu
B. Zorastrian
C. Christian
D. Buddhist
Answer: D.Buddhist
131. Mahar is the name given to …………..
A. A caste
B. A tree
C. A house
D. A hut
Answer: A.A caste
132. Makkhi is a young pretty……….woman.
A. Buddhist
B. Jainist
C. Parsee
D. Chinese
Answer: C.Parsee
133. Which among the following contributed to Makkhi’s tragedy?
A. The Zoroastrian superstitious custom
B. Patriarchy
C. Only ‘a’
D. Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
Answer: D.Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
134. The story ‘The Fire is Quenched’ is taken from……
A. India Calling
B. India Recalled
C. India Again
D. Love and Life Behind the Purdha
Answer: D.Love and Life Behind the Purdha
135. The little crooked old woman in the story ‘The Fire is Quenched’
A. Ahura
B. Avemai
C. Meilan
D. Endorsefield
Answer: B.Avemai
136. The Zorastrian sacred chord is called …
A. Gossamer
B. Kusthi
C. Mazda
D. Avesta
Answer: B.Kusthi
137. The High Priest in the story ‘The Fire is Quenched’
A. Ahura
B. Zoroaster
C. Khursud
D. Weiming
Answer: A.Ahura
138. The 72 threads of the Zoroastrian sacred thread symbolizes…..
A. 72 angel
B. Values within the Zoroastrian faith
C. Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
D. None of the above
Answer: A.72 angel
139. The Zorastrian God
A. Appollo
B. Zeus
C. Athena
D. Ahura Mazda
Answer: D.Ahura Mazda
140. The Tower of Silence in “The Fire is Quenched” refers to…
A. Place of worship
B. A scaffold
C. A forum
D. A circular platform for exposing the
Answer: D.A circular platform for exposing the
141. The Zorastrian Leviticus means……
A. A dictionary
B. A treatise
C. A book which contains religious commands
D. Encyclopedia
Answer: C.A book which contains religious commands
142. What does the word beseech mean?
A. Request
B. Advice
C. Suggest
D. Warn
Answer: A.Request
143. ‘I may not even touch the child to test the truth of what I see’ Who said these words?
A. Avemai
B. Khursud
C. Yuli
D. Mei-Lan
Answer: A.Avemai
144. ‘I may not even touch the child to test the truth of what I see’ Why did thespeaker say so?
A. The child was dead
B. Contact with the dead body is a taboo
C. Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
D. None of these
Answer: C.Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
145. ‘The Fire is Quenched’ is a powerful symbol of the Indian woman-hood in the…….order.
A. Patriarchal
B. Matriarchal
C. Hypergamous
D. Polygamous
Answer: A.Patriarchal
146. The author of the story ‘The Fire is Quenched’
A. Cornelia Sorabji
B. Nabaneeth Dev Sen
C. Xialu Guo
D. Waman Hoval
Answer: A.Cornelia Sorabji
147. ‘The Fire is Quenched’ is a …
A. Comedy
B. Tragedy
C. History
D. Romance
Answer: B.Tragedy
148. The Zoroastrians consider contact with the dead body as ………
A. Contaminated
B. Impure
C. A taboo
D. All of these
Answer: D.All of these
149. ‘The Fire is Quenched’ is set against…….
A. The Hindu religious atmosphere
B. Zorastrian superstitious custom
C. Chinese custom of polygamy
D. Ibo custom of endogamy
Answer: B.Zorastrian superstitious custom
150. As per the Zoroastrian custom, contact with the dead body is punished with ….
A. Life imprisonment
B. Hanging to death
C. Drowning to death
D. Ten thousand stripes
Answer: D.Ten thousand stripes
151. Which among the following is considered more deadly than any other sin as perthe Zoroastrian religious custom?
A. Letting the sacred fire go out
B. Polygamy
C. Contact with the dead body
D. Exogamy
Answer: A.Letting the sacred fire go out
152. The story of MEDEA was originally told in ……..mythology
A. Greek
B. Indian
C. Roman
D. Biblical
Answer: A.Greek
153. As per the Greek mythology, Medea was the princess of ……
A. Colchi
B. Corinth
C. Athens
D. Sparta
Answer: A.Colchi
154. Who is the author of the play ‘Medea’?
A. Bibhas Sen
B. Waman Hoval
C. Nabaneeta Dev Sen
D. Roland Barthes
Answer: C.Nabaneeta Dev Sen
155. Manas in the play ‘Medea’ stands for ……..in the Greek Mythology
A. Jason
B. Sonali
C. Ratan
D. Tuttu
Answer: A.Jason
156. Sonali in the play ‘Medea’ stands for ……..in the Greek Mythology
A. Medea
B. Glauce
C. Ratan
D. Tuttu
Answer: B.Glauce
157. Nabaneeta Dev Sen writes in her mother-tongue………….
A. Bengali
B. Oria
C. Punjabi
D. Kannada
Answer: A.Bengali
158. In Greek mythology ……….was Medea’s husband
A. Jason
B. Ulysses
C. Achilles
D. Samson
Answer: A.Jason
159. Medea is called the first feminist because……..
A. She killed her two children to annoy Jason
B. She was the first woman protester to fight against the indignities she was subjected to
C. She killed Glauce, Jason’s second wife.
D. She assisted Jason to retrieve the Golden Fleece
Answer: B.She was the first woman protester to fight against the indignities she was subjected to
160. According to Roland Barthes French Toys are like a…..
A. Jivaro Head
B. Due-ex-machina
C. Vacuum Tube
D. Telescope
Answer: A.Jivaro Head
161. ……….is the second largest toy market in Europe
A. France
B. India
C. Germany
D. China
Answer: A.France
162. Nabaneeta Sen’s Medea is an adaptation of ………
A. The Greek Myth
B. The Indian Myth
C. The Roman Legend
D. None of these
Answer: A.The Greek Myth
163. Jivaro means………
A. An aeroplane
B. A French toy
C. A machine
D. A tribe
Answer: D.A tribe
164. Makkhi in the story ‘The Fire is Quenched’ is presented as a powerful symbol of…..
A. The Indian motherhood
B. Indian womanhood
C. Indian widowhood
D. None of these
Answer: B.Indian womanhood
165. Current toys are the product of …….
A. Nature
B. Chemistry
C. Wood
D. None of these
Answer: B.Chemistry
166. Barthes prefers wooden toys because
A. It does not break down
B. It does not wound
C. It can last long
D. All of these
Answer: D.All of these
167. According to Barthes …….makes essential objects, objects for all times.
A. Plastic
B. Iron
C. Wood
D. Fiber
Answer: C.Wood
168. Once dead, toys have no ……..for the child
A. Posthumous life
B. Neo-natal life
C. Pre-natal life
D. None of these
Answer: A.Posthumous life
169. The organization founded in 1961 to conduct research and carry out action toprevent and end human rights violations
A. U.N.O
B. League of Nations
C. Amnesty International
D. none of these
Answer: C.Amnesty International
170. Amnesty International was founded in ……
A. 1961
B. 1916
C. 1981
D. 1918
Answer: A.1961
171. Roland Barthes first book ………….was a literary manifesto that examined the hiddenassumptions in language.
A. Writing Degree Zero
B. Mythologies
C. Elements of Semiology
D. The Empire of Signs.
Answer: A.Writing Degree Zero
172. Barthes analyses ‘toys’ as a ………..
A. Note
B. Text.
C. Doll
D. Plastic.
Answer: B.Text.
173. According to Barthes, all the toys one commonly sees are essentially a microcosm of the………..world.
A. Adult
B. Child
C. Poet
D. Writer
Answer: A.Adult
174. The word ‘homunculus’ means……………
A. A little man
B. A little boy
C. Homosapiens
D. A branch of mathematics
Answer: A.A little man
175. Roland Barthes is a ……………..
A. French writer
B. British economist
C. Toy consultant
D. An American essayist
Answer: A.French writer
176. Semiotics is the formal study of ………..
A. Signs and symbol
B. Rites and rituals
C. Customs and practices
D. Cause and effect
Answer: A.Signs and symbol
177. ‘Toys’ is one of the essays in Roland Barthes’ ……………
A. Mythologie
B. Elements of Semiology
C. Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes
D. Writing Degree Zero
Answer: A.Mythologie
178. The universal declaration of human rights was proclaimed in:
A. 1948
B. 1848
C. 1938
D. 1984
Answer: A.1948
179. Justice Albie Sachs was a judge in:
A. South African Constitutional Court
B. Supreme Court of India
C. Supreme Court of Pakistan
D. None of the above.
Answer: A.South African Constitutional Court
180. Xenophobia stands for :
A. Irrational fear of foreigner
B. Fear of water
C. Irrational fear of crowd
D. Fear of insects.
Answer: A.Irrational fear of foreigner
181. The term ‘comparator’ means :
A. An instrument for making comparison
B. An instrument for measuring temperature
C. An equipment for killing insects
D. None of the above
Answer: A.An instrument for making comparison
182. GATT was signed in:
A. 1933
B. 1943
C. 1953
D. 1963
Answer: B.1943
183. Who was the first woman president of the UN General Assembly?
A. Indira Gandhi
B. Sonia Gandhi
C. Sarojini Naidu
D. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Answer: D.Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
184. The idiom, ‘ like water off a duck’s back’ means:
A. Without any apparent effect
B. Something unsuccessful
C. Very easy
D. To stoop down quickly
Answer: A.Without any apparent effect
185. Swaraj Party was formed in India in …………
A. 1923
B. 1920
C. 1933
D. 1930
Answer: A.1923
186. The two greatest pests in the eyes of Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit.
A. The telephone and the journalist
B. The telephone and the television
C. Television and radio.
D. The news paper and the journalist.
Answer: A.The telephone and the journalist
187. ……….was elected to draft the Constitution of India.
A. The Constituent Assembly of India
B. The Supreme Court
C. The High Court of Delhi
D. All of these.
Answer: A.The Constituent Assembly of India
188. GATT is:
A. General Agreement on Travel and Tourism
B. General Agreement on Trade and Tariff
C. General Agreement on Tariff and Trade
D. General Agreement on Transport and Technology
Answer: B.General Agreement on Trade and Tariff
189. The present name of GATT:
A. WTO
B. WHO
C. UN
D. WOT
Answer: A.WTO
190. Zero hour means:
A. Midnight
B. Time to raise questions in the parliament without prior notice
C. Timelessness
D. Question hour
Answer: B.Time to raise questions in the parliament without prior notice
191. Rupa in the play ‘Medea’ stands for ……..in the Greek Mythology
A. Jason
B. Sonali
C. Ratan
D. Medea
Answer: D.Medea
192. Expansion of TRIPS
A. Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Right
B. Transport Related Intellectual Rights
C. Transport Related International Property Rights
D. Trade Related International Property Rights
Answer: A.Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Right
193. TRIPS is an international agreement administered by………….
A. WTO
B. WHO
C. IMF
D. UNO
Answer: A.WTO
194. TRIPS is an international agreement administered by WTO to protect……………….
A. Invention
B. Patent
C. Royalty
D. All of these
Answer: D.All of these
195. “I had escaped a worse than lion’s jaws”. Who is the lion here?
A. Lucretia
B. Andrew
C. Rowes
D. Anthony
Answer: B.Andrew
196. Who assisted Douglas in learning the Alphabet ?
A. Sophia Auld
B. Thomas Auld
C. Master Andrew
D. Lucretia
Answer: A.Sophia Auld
197. At present ………………nations are represented in the WTO.
A. 153
B. 150
C. 163
D. 160
Answer: A.153
198. Who was the first female barrister from India?
A. Cornelia Sorabji
B. Kamala Das
C. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
D. Sarojini Naidu
Answer: A.Cornelia Sorabji
199. Who wrote “Love and Life Behind the Purdah?
A. Cornelia Sorabji
B. Kamala Das
C. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
D. Sarojini Naidu
Answer: A.Cornelia Sorabji
200. Patriarchy means ………
A. Mother’s rule
B. Father’s rule
C. Brother’s rule
D. Sister’s rule
Answer: B.Father’s rule
201. That Long Silence is written by……..
A. Vandana Shiva
B. Kamala Das
C. Shashi Deshpande
D. Usha Rai
Answer: C.Shashi Deshpande
202. Deshpande received the Sahitya Akademi Award for ……….
A. That Long Silence
B. The Dark Holds No Terrors
C. In the Country of Deceit
D. Writing from the Margin
Answer: A.That Long Silence
203. Roots and Shadows is a work by ……….
A. Usha Rai
B. Kamala Das
C. Shashi Deshpande
D. Nehru
Answer: C.Shashi Deshpande
204. Writing from the Margin is written by …….
A. Kamala Das
B. Shashi Deshpande
C. Vandana Shiva
D. Usha Rai
Answer: B.Shashi Deshpande
205. The Dark Holds No Terrors is written by …….
A. Shashi Deshpande
B. Usha Rai
C. Amartya Sen
D. Kamala Das
Answer: A.Shashi Deshpande
206. According to Deshpande, motherhood is neither sacred nor holy, it is..…….
A. Natural
B. Artificial
C. Pure
D. Divine
Answer: A.Natural
207. Death of a Child is a work by ………
A. Usha Rai
B. Vandana Shiva
C. Shashi Deshpande
D. Kamala Das
Answer: C.Shashi Deshpande
208. A Very Easy Death is written by ………..
A. Usha Rai
B. Anne Tyler
C. Simone de Beavoir
D. Kamala Das
Answer: C.Simone de Beavoir
209. Anne Tyler is an ………… novelist.
A. American
B. British
C. African
D. Indian
Answer: A.American
210. Who spoke of the oddness of the fact that people take up the most difficult of all professions, parenthood,without having any qualifications for it?
A. Kamala Das
B. Usha Rai
C. Bernard Shaw
D. Anne Tyler
Answer: C.Bernard Shaw
211. Bhagya Rekha is a collection of short stories written by ……..
A. Bhisham Sahni
B. Usha Rai
C. Vandana Shiva
D. Ann Tyler
Answer: A.Bhisham Sahni
212. Bhisham sahni won the Sahitya Akademi Award for …….
A. Bhagya Rekha
B. Nai Kahaniyan
C. Tamas
D. Writing from the Margin
Answer: C.Tamas
213. Shamnath wanted to please his boss for ……..
A. Getting money
B. Getting promotion
C. Showing his attachment
D. None of the above
Answer: B.Getting promotion
214. Who in Shamnath’s house impressee the boss most?
A. Shamnath
B. Shamnath’s wife
C. Shamnath’s old mother
D. Servants in the house
Answer: C.Shamnath’s old mother
215. Shamnath wanted his old mother to make a ……… for his boss.
A. Phulkari
B. Cap
C. Bag
D. None of these
Answer: A.Phulkari
216. The boss wanted Shamnath’s mother to ………
A. Dance
B. Sing
C. Talk
D. None of these
Answer: B.Sing
217. What does the boss in Sahni’s story ask the mother to sing?
A. A folk song
B. A pop song
C. A film song
D. Bhajan
Answer: A.A folk song
218. Behind Closed Doors is a work by ………
A. Usha Rai
B. R.K. Narayan
C. Rinki Roy Bhattacharya
D. Ramachandra Guha
Answer: C.Rinki Roy Bhattacharya
219. It was the documentary ,…………, on domestic violence that Rinki made with the help of her hotline group HELP that earned her the greatest media attention?
A. Char Diwari
B. A Man of Silence
C. None of these
D. Behind the Closed Doors
Answer: A.Char Diwari
220. Unveiled is a fictional work by ……….
A. Vandana Shiva
B. Kamala Das
C. Rinki Roy Bhattacharya
D. None of these
Answer: C.Rinki Roy Bhattacharya
221. Daughters and Motherhood is a significant work by ………
A. Usha Rai
B. R.K. Narayan
C. Rinki Roy Bhattacharya
D. Kamala Das
Answer: C.Rinki Roy Bhattacharya
222. The first glimpse of a bride has of her husbnd during the traditional Bengali marriage is called ……..
A. Subhodrishti
B. Asubhodrishti
C. Aiswaryadhrishti
D. None of these
Answer: A.Subhodrishti
223. What type of a person was Arun’s husband?
A. Sympathetic
B. Good‐natured
C. Demanding
D. None of these
Answer: C.Demanding
224. Who helped Aruna fly to the U.S.?
A. Hert younger sister
B. Hert brother
C. Her father
D. Her husband
Answer: A.Hert younger sister
225. Aruna’s younger sister Gita was ……..
A. An air hostess
B. A doctor
C. A teacher
D. A typist
Answer: A.An air hostess
226. Aruna’s research was about ………
A. Men’s issues
B. Women’s issues
C. Chioldren’s issues
D. Caste problem
Answer: B.Women’s issues
227. Usha Rai started her career as a ……..
A. Lawyer
B. Writer
C. Press reporter
D. Clerk
Answer: C.Press reporter
228. Akha Teej is an occasion for ……..
A. Mass marriages of children
B. Educational reforms
C. Celebration
D. None of these
Answer: A.Mass marriages of children
229. DWDA is ……….
A. District Women’s Development Agency
B. District Women’s Development Association
C. District Women’s Development Authority
D. None of the above.
Answer: A.District Women’s Development Agency
230. What does ‘muklava’ mean?
A. Mehandi
B. The bride’s entry to her husband’s home
C. Marriage d)the festival of lights
D. None of these
Answer: B.The bride’s entry to her husband’s home
231. Who found SEWA?
A. Mahatma Gandhi
B. Nehru
C. Ela Bhatt
D. Usha Rai
Answer: C.Ela Bhatt
232. How old was Ela Bhatt when India became independent on 15 August 1947?
A. 14
B. 16
C. 18
D. 13
Answer: A.14
233. TLA is ………
A. Textile Labour Agreement
B. Textile Labour Associatuion
C. Textile Labour Association
D. None of these
Answer: B.Textile Labour Associatuion
234. The name of the national labour union in Israel is ……..
A. Histadrut
B. TLA
C. SEWA
D. SNDT
Answer: A.Histadrut
235. SEWA is ………
A. Self‐Employed Women’s Association
B. Self‐Employed Welfare Association
C. Students’ Educational Welfare Association
D. None of the above
Answer: A.Self‐Employed Women’s Association
236. …….. was Ela Bhatt’s first contact with poverty?
A. Communal riot in Ahmedabad
B. Problems among the workers
C. Her first year in college d)none of these
D. None of these
Answer: A.Communal riot in Ahmedabad
237. What was the name of the bank started by SEWA?
A. Manila SEWA Sahakari Bank
B. SEWA Cooperative Bank
C. SEWA Sahakari Bank
D. None of these
Answer: A.Manila SEWA Sahakari Bank
238. Who translated Chandrabati’s Bengali Ramayana of the sixteenth century?
A. Nabneeta Vev Sen
B. Vandana Shiva
C. Usha Rai
D. None of these
Answer: A.Nabneeta Vev Sen
239. Who is the author of the Greek tragedy Medea?
A. Homer
B. Aristotle
C. Euripides
D. Plato
Answer: C.Euripides
240. Manas’ sister‐in law is ……..
A. Rupa
B. Sonali
C. Rekha
D. Sonu
Answer: B.Sonali
241. Tutu and Ratan are Rupa’s ………
A. Brothers
B. Children
C. Friends
D. None of these
Answer: B.Children
242. Howm, accordind to Rupsa,was her husband died?
A. In a train accident
B. In a bus accident
C. Murdered
D. None of these
Answer: A.In a train accident
243. Where, according to Manas, was he after he had deserted Rupsa?
A. In England
B. In Burma
C. In Kashmir
D. In Muzafirpur
Answer: B.In Burma
244. Kamala Das is known under the pseudonym ……..
A. Madhavikutty
B. Kamala Surayya
C. Kamala
D. Madhavi
Answer: A.Madhavikutty
245. ……… is Kamala Das’ autobiography.
A. Childhood Memories
B. My Story
C. Ottayadi Pathakal
D. Neermathalam Pootha Kalam
Answer: B.My Story
246. Childhood Memories is a work by ……..
A. Usha Rai
B. R.K. Narayan
C. Kamala Das
D. None of these
Answer: C.Kamala Das
247. What was the name of the national political party which was founded by Kamala Das?
A. Lok Jana Seva Party
B. Lok Seva Party
C. Janata Party
D. None of these
Answer: B.Lok Seva Party
248. The dominant emotion in Kamala Das’s poem is ………
A. Love
B. Happiness
C. Pain
D. Cynicism
Answer: D.Cynicism
249. “The strangers who have come to wipe my tears…“ who could be the strangers?
A. Her friends
B. Her parents
C. The doctors and nurses who came to nurse
D. Her teachers
Answer: C.The doctors and nurses who came to nurse
250. Vandana Shiva is analyzing India’s economy and social life in the ………years since independence.
A. Seventy
B. Fifty
C. Sixty
D. Forty
Answer: C.Sixty
251. ………. was meant to increase food production through chemicals.
A. Green Revolution
B. Chipko Movement
C. Bio‐technology
D. Bio‐ethics
Answer: A.Green Revolution
252. Vandana supports ………. vision of modernization.
A. Gandhiji’s
B. Nehru’s
C. Western
D. Eastern
Answer: A.Gandhiji’s
253. According to Vandana ……… in terms of strangling others was considered anti‐ social behaviour.
A. Culture
B. Industrialization
C. Competitiveness
D. Globalization
Answer: C.Competitiveness
254. ……….. movement was started by Vandana Shiva to save seeds and promote organic farming.
A. Navdanya
B. Genetic engineering
C. Green revolution
D. Satyagraha
Answer: A.Navdanya
255. When laws abuse human freedom, then we have the duty to exercise non‐ cooperation and ……….
A. Satyagraha
B. Destruction
C. Civil disobedience
D. Responsibility
Answer: C.Civil disobedience
256. ……… is another aspect of Gandhiji’s notion of freedom, the other being self‐ reliance, which inspired Vandana.
A. Swaraj
B. Satyagraha
C. Civil disobedience
D. Non‐cooperation
Answer: A.Swaraj
257. The brand of democracy we need is ‘……….. democracy’
A. Obedient
B. Earth
C. World
D. Universal
Answer: B.Earth
258. ………. is an alternative to corporate globalization.
A. Modernization
B. Earth democracy
C. Living democracy
D. Special economic zone
Answer: C.Living democracy
259. ……… is more conducive to Living Democracy.
A. Green Revolution
B. Competitiveness
C. Swaraj
D. Vasudev Kutumbakam
Answer: D.Vasudev Kutumbakam
260. In December 2003 the Business Week wrote a cover story on ………
A. The Rise of India
B. Outsourcing India
C. Arcelor
D. American capital
Answer: A.The Rise of India
261. The Newsweek magazine wrote a breathless celebration of what it called ……… about India.
A. The Rise of India
B. Outsourcing
C. India’s historic escape from poverty
D. Newest Asian Tiger
Answer: B.Outsourcing
262. Which country was ‘the tiger in front’ of India the newest Asian tiger?
A. Japan
B. US
C. UK
D. China
Answer: D.China
263. Besides the high flying praises India gets, the majority of Indians are in.……..
A. Poverty
B. Affluence
C. Rich
D. Destruction
Answer: A.Poverty
264. John Rawl’s analysis of critical assessment was largely confined to ……… with in a country.
A. Right minded people
B. Issues of justice
C. Globalization
D. Poverty
Answer: B.Issues of justice
265. People from very deprived countries demand for the fruits of ………….
A. Modern technology
B. Industrialization
C. Globalization
D. Technology
Answer: A.Modern technology
266. Global economic relations can flourish with appropriate…… policies.
A. Religious
B. Political
C. Social
D. Domestic
Answer: D.Domestic
267. Globalization cannot remove poverty, but it can put the tools in the hands of those who are …… to work towards the goal.
A. Willing
B. Eager
C. Unwilling
D. Responsible
Answer: A.Willing
268. Corporate globalization is ………
A. Poor
B. Anti‐poor
C. Modern
D. Capital
Answer: B.Anti‐poor
269. Globalising the market place also means globalizing ……… and religious intolerance.
A. Social
B. Terrorism
C. Exceptionism
D. Corporate
Answer: B.Terrorism
270. A free market undermines ……… by driving a wedge between the rich and the poor.
A. Democracy
B. Society
C. Justice
D. principles
Answer: A.Democracy
271. Globalization seems to apply only to expanding the market place for the benefit of ……….
A. The poor
B. The rich
C. Free markets
D. Multinational companies
Answer: D.Multinational companies
272. Arundati Roy doesn’t see any virtue in the globalization of ………
A. Market
B. Society
C. Economy
D. Corporates
Answer: C.Economy
273. Ms.Roy defines the World Bank, IMF, WTO and multinational corporations as the modern concept of……….
A. Nationalism
B. Empire
C. Fascism
D. Terrorism
Answer: B.Empire
274. ……… is one of the biggest markets of globalized economy.
A. US
B. France
C. India
D. England
Answer: C.India
275. The press and the judiciary are ……… in the hands of corporate globalization.
A. Free
B. Slaves
C. Weapons
D. Agents
Answer: C.Weapons
276. According to Dionne Bunsha, it is …….. for the, past 15 years that has brought poverty to Vidarbha.
A. Liberalisation
B. Globalisation
C. Modernisation
D. Capitalism
Answer: A.Liberalisation
277. Liberlisation forces the local farmers to compete with …….. prices.
A. Market
B. Local
C. Government
D. Global
Answer: D.Global
278. Vidarbha’s ………. Soil was perfect for the cultivation of cotton.
A. Black
B. Red
C. Alluvial
D. Silt
Answer: A.Black
279. Vidharbha’s cotton was considered ……… gold.
A. Yellow
B. Black
C. White
D. Red
Answer: C.White
280. With Liberalisation, the white gold became………..
A. Costly
B. Cheap
C. Worthy
D. Worthless
Answer: D.Worthless
281. The Central government can protect the cotton producers of Vidarbha from imports and crashing international prices by …….. the import duty on cotton.
A. Hiking
B. Lowering
C. Minimising
D. Maximising
Answer: A.Hiking
282. In India ………. Does not apply to all agricultural goods.
A. Market price
B. Globalisation
C. International prices
D. Free market
Answer: D.Free market
283. ……… was once called India’s Orange County
A. Lehegaon
B. Vidarbha
C. Maharashtra
D. Amra
Answer: A.Lehegaon
284. Activists want cotton imports to be made ………. To protect Indian farmers
A. Cheaper
B. Costlier
C. Minimum
D. Maximum
Answer: B.Costlier
285. Officials come to the village of Vidarbha only to demand repayment of………
A. Loans
B. Tax
C. Earnings
D. Wages
Answer: A.Loans
286. …………. Called globalization ‘the greatest form of violence in our times’
A. K. Satchidanandan
B. Baudrillard
C. Aryabhata
D. Stevenson
Answer: B.Baudrillard
287. Satchidanandan equates globalization with the desire for dominance and ………. By the west
A. Hegemony
B. Internationalism
C. Negotiations
D. Culture
Answer: A.Hegemony
288. Internationalism was pushed out of sight by ……..
A. Modernisation
B. Globalisation
C. Liberalisation
D. Centralisation
Answer: B.Globalisation
289. Globalisation believes in world dominance by …………
A. One nation
B. Two nations
C. Western nations
D. Eastern nations
Answer: A.One nation
290. Internationalism believes in the …….. of all nations
A. Supermacy
B. Co‐operation
C. Separation
D. Co‐existance
Answer: D.Co‐existance
291. Globalisation believes in monologues and ……… commands.
A. Giving
B. Accepting
C. Taking
D. Rejecting
Answer: A.Giving
292. Globalisation believes in centralization and a ……….. economy.
A. Fixed
B. Multiple
C. Command
D. Spreading
Answer: C.Command
293. Internationalism believes in ……… power.
A. Distributing
B. Storing
C. Increasing
D. Decreasing
Answer: A.Distributing
294. Globalisation is a ware………..
A. Rejector
B. Acception
C. Broker
D. Monger
Answer: D.Monger
295. Internationalism is a …… broker
A. Ware
B. Peace
C. Money
D. Land
Answer: B.Peace
296. Globalisation …….. the environment
A. Destroys
B. Grows
C. Furnishes
D. Lowers
Answer: A.Destroys
297. Internationalism keeps the environment ……….
A. Brown
B. Dry
C. Green
D. Wet
Answer: C.Green
298. Globalisation promotes……….. model of development
A. Single
B. Double
C. Multiple
D. None of these
Answer: B.Double
299. Internationalism believes in dialogue and ……….
A. Negotiation
B. Promotion
C. Centralisation
D. Globalisation
Answer: A.Negotiation
300. The poem ‘Can you Make out?’ was written by…………
A. Nabaneeta Dev Sen
B. Kumar Vikal
C. A.K. Ramanujan
D. Parthasarathy
Answer: B.Kumar Vikal
301. The poem ‘Can you Make out?’ was translated from Hindi by……….
A. Jasbir Jain
B. Rinky Roy Bhattacharya
C. Usha Rai
D. Bhisham Sahni
Answer: D.Bhisham Sahni
302. In the poem ‘Can you Make out?’ blood lies splattered on the ………
A. Road
B. House
C. Hospital
D. River
Answer: A.Road
303. For what is the mother waiting?
A. For her daughter
B. For her son
C. For the police
D. None of these
Answer: A.For her daughter
304. Which right is the most basic of human rights?
A. Right to property
B. Right to education
C. Right to life
D. Right to vote
Answer: C.Right to life
305. What is the most extreme crime that attracts an extreme punishment?
A. Burglary
B. Taking a human life
C. Untouchability
D. Destruction of public property
Answer: B.Taking a human life
306. ……… is the goal of terrorists.
A. Destruction
B. Money
C. Buildings
D. None of these
Answer: A.Destruction
307. From which of Keki Daruwala’s poem do the following lines taken? “Hunger is everything It is the thicket and the boar in the thicket’
A. ‘The scarecrow and the ghost ‘
B. ‘Landscapes’
C. ‘Under orion ‘
D. ‘The death of distinctions’
Answer: D.‘The death of distinctions’
308. Hunger is a great ……… according to Keki Daruwala
A. Destroyer
B. Helper
C. Leveller
D. Achievement
Answer: C.Leveller
309. We violate ……… in the name of convenience and dominance.
A. Right to liberty
B. Right to education
C. Right to life
D. Right to dignity
Answer: D.Right to dignity
310. How many people are there in India who does not belong to any caste?
A. 170 million
B. 70 million
C. 180 million
D. 100 million
Answer: A.170 million
311. In our caste‐based country, Indians who do not belong to any caste identity themselves as………..
A. Government
B. Religious
C. Dalits
D. Citizens
Answer: C.Dalits
312. Millions of Indians are still……… in this land of Gandhi and Ambedkar
A. ‘Foreigners’
B. ‘Rich’
C. ‘Educated’
D. ‘Untouchables’
Answer: D.‘Untouchables’
313. Swami Wahid Kazmi wrote the story ‘Disagree’ in the year.……..
A. 2010
B. 1998
C. 2003
D. 2004
Answer: C.2003
314. Which is the first story of Swami Wahid Kazmi?
A. Dharmyug
B. Disagree
C. The scourge
D. None of these
Answer: A.Dharmyug
315. Wahid Kazmi’s story ‘Disagree’ appeared in the November 7, 2004 issue of ……
A. The Indian Express
B. The Hindu
C. Times of India
D. The Week
Answer: B.The Hindu
316. Which one among the following does not belong to the field of Wahid Kazmi’s speeches on radio programmes?
A. History
B. Archaeology
C. Philosophy
D. Science
Answer: D.Science
317. What is the age of the girl in the story ‘Disagree’?
A. 8‐year old girl
B. 7‐year old girl
C. 10‐year old girl
D. 11‐year old girl
Answer: C.10‐year old girl
318. What did the girl do when she got things to eat?
A. She distributed it among her friends
B. She buried it under a brick among the roots of the tree
C. She gave it to a beggar woman
D. None of these
Answer: B.She buried it under a brick among the roots of the tree
319. What name did the girl called the young beggar boy?
A. ‘Black boy’
B. ‘Untouchable’
C. ‘Dark thing’
D. ‘Kaloota’
Answer: D.‘Kaloota’
320. Why did the girl threw away the scraps of food that were hidden like valuable treasure?
A. A dog ate those scraps of food
B. It was poisoned
C. It had been touched by the ‘unclear’ hand of a ‘sweeper’
D. She was not at all hungry
Answer: C.It had been touched by the ‘unclear’ hand of a ‘sweeper’
321. The caste system first came into being on the basis of ………
A. Different types of people
B. Rigid divisions of professions
C. Economic classes
D. None of these
Answer: B.Rigid divisions of professions
322. Crafts and professions during olden days were often………
A. Based on money
B. Hereditary
C. Less
D. More
Answer: B.Hereditary
323. The story ‘Disagree’ is about……….
A. Terrorism
B. Influence of media
C. Child marriage
D. Untouchability
Answer: D.Untouchability
324. Why did the young beggar boy stole the scraps of food from the girl?
A. The boy was starving
B. Just for fun
C. For giving it to others
D. To take revenge upon the girl
Answer: A.The boy was starving
325. Wars begin in the ………. Of men
A. Countries
B. Minds
C. Weapons
D. None of these
Answer: B.Minds
326. ………. Have been warning us of the dangers of approaching our lives with narrow minds
A. Politicians
B. Scientists
C. Governments
D. Writers
Answer: D.Writers
327. ………. is one of the greatest writers of modern Tamil literature
A. Arundhati Roy
B. Swami Wahid Kazmi
C. Sundara Ramaswamy
D. Ira Rajan
Answer: C.Sundara Ramaswamy
328. Sundara Ramaswamy edited and published a notable literary magazine called………..
A. Kalachuvadu
B. Viswa Bharati
C. Nagari Pracharini Patrika
D. Saraswati
Answer: A.Kalachuvadu
329. Sundara Ramaswamy began his literary career in 1951 translating Thakazhi Sivashankara Pillai’s Malayalam novel………
A. ‘Chemmeen’
B. ‘Kayar’
C. ‘Thottiyude Makan’
D. ‘Odayil Ninnu’
Answer: C.‘Thottiyude Makan’
330. Which one among the following awards has been received by Sundara Ramaswamy?
A. Katha Choodamani
B. Kendra Sahitya Academy
C. Best Writers Award
D. None of these
Answer: A.Katha Choodamani
331. The poem ‘Who Are You?’ is written by ……….
A. Namdeo
B. Sundara Ramaswamy
C. Sashi Deshpande
D. Nabaneeta Dev Sen
Answer: B.Sundara Ramaswamy
332. What is the title of the original tamil version of the poem ‘Who Are You?’
A. ‘Ni Yeth’
B. ‘Muthalum Mudiyum’
C. “Nadunisi Naaykal’
D. ‘Ni Yaar?’
Answer: D.‘Ni Yaar?’
333. The fetters and handcuffs that the poet says about in the poem ‘Who Are You?’ are our own………
A. Prejudices
B. Threats
C. Culture
D. Society
Answer: A.Prejudices
334. The poem ‘Who Are You’ says that our bandaged eyes and muzzled mouths prevent us from seeing and speaking of the ………. Of our social system.
A. Politics
B. Activities
C. Evils
D. Relationships
Answer: C.Evils
335. Caste, region, language, religion, complexion, rituals and customs are the areas that are pointed out by social reformers as being the ………. Of our society.
A. Faultiness
B. Important areas
C. Soul
D. None of these
Answer: A.Faultiness
336. “Who Are You? Are you really a human being?” These lines from Sundara Ramaswamy’s poem ‘Who Are You’ reflect a tone of …
A. Happiness
B. Reality
C. Badness
D. Irony
Answer: D.Irony
337. Who said the following opinion? “I feel that the constitution is workable, it is flexible and it is strong enough to hold the country together both in peace time and in ware time.”
A. Subhash Chandra Bose
B. Jawaharlal Nehru
C. Dr.Bhimrao Ambedkar
D. Sardar Vallabai Patel
Answer: C.Dr.Bhimrao Ambedkar
338. If ‘Man is Vile, the ….. itself cannot work
A. Constitution
B. Society
C. Executive
D. None of these
Answer: A.Constitution
339. When was Emergency proclaimed in India?
A. 1970
B. 1972
C. 1980
D. 1975
Answer: D.1975
340. In the poem ‘The Tree of Violence’ the poet Namdeo Dhasal uses allegory to portray his anger against ………..
A. Trampling of human rights
B. Cutting of trees
C. Globalisation and liberalization
D. None of these
Answer: A.Trampling of human rights
341. Who is the writer who received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Kendra Sahitya Akademy?
A. Sundara Ramaswamy
B. Namdeo Dhasal
C. Satchidanandan
D. Dionne Bunsha
Answer: B.Namdeo Dhasal
342. The Militant Dalit Movement started by Namdeo Dhasal
A. American Black Panther Movement
B. Dalit Panthers Movement
C. Chipko Movement
D. None of these
Answer: B.Dalit Panthers Movement
343. The poem ‘The Tree of Violence’ draws its rhetorical energy from …….. sources.
A. Bible
B. Historical
C. Folk
D. Bhagavat Geeta
Answer: C.Folk
344. When was the poem ‘The Tree of Violence’ written?
A. 1975
B. 1976
C. 1971
D. 1973
Answer: A.1975
345. Namdeo Dhasal’s poem ‘The Tree of Violence’ focuses on the experiences of the ………
A. Upper class
B. Dominant Castes
C. Politicians
D. Dalits
Answer: D.Dalits
346. Namdeo Dhasal received Padma Shri in the year………
A. 1999
B. 2000
C. 1995
D. 1979
Answer: A.1999
347. Who is the ‘holyman’ who is alarmed at the evil power of the tree of violence?
A. Jawaharlal Nehru
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Subhash Chandhra Bose
D. Jayaprakash Narayanan
Answer: D.Jayaprakash Narayanan
348. The poet of ‘The Tree of Violence’ says that we have to……… those who try to plant the seeds of violence in our soil.
A. Resist
B. Help
C. Appreciate
D. None of these
Answer: A.Resist