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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) .
| 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 | |
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