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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in English (BA English) .
| 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 | |
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