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1. |
Anne Frank was a victim of - |
A. | Mussolini’s despotism |
B. | Anti-Jewish laws of Nazi Germany |
C. | Second World War |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Anti-Jewish laws of Nazi Germany |
2. |
Anne Frank wrote her diary in- |
A. | English |
B. | German |
C. | Dutch |
D. | Spanish |
Answer» C. Dutch |
3. |
Anne Frank’s diary was addressed to- |
A. | Kitty |
B. | Margot |
C. | Harry |
D. | Van Daan |
Answer» A. Kitty |
4. |
“But I’m not sorry; memories mean more to me than dresses.” Whose words are these? |
A. | Aldous Huxley |
B. | The slave |
C. | Edmond Spenser |
D. | Anne Frank |
Answer» D. Anne Frank |
5. |
Who sent the currant cake with the words “Happy Whitsun” to Anne’s Family in hiding? |
A. | Van Daan |
B. | Meip |
C. | Mr. Goudsmit |
D. | Harry |
Answer» B. Meip |
6. |
The seventh Sunday after Easter- |
A. | Good Friday |
B. | Christmas |
C. | Whitsun |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Whitsun |
7. |
------------- was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950. |
A. | Aldous Huxley |
B. | Anne Frank |
C. | Bertrand Russell |
D. | S. Radhakrishnan |
Answer» C. Bertrand Russell |
8. |
What was Aristotle’s mistake? |
A. | Stated that women had fewer teeth than men without verifying it |
B. | Believed that beauty was an external aspect |
C. | Believed that travel can reduce insular prejudice |
D. | None of these |
Answer» A. Stated that women had fewer teeth than men without verifying it |
9. |
“Be very wary of opinions that flatter your self-esteem.” Whose words are these? |
A. | Maxim Gorky |
B. | Lewis Carroll |
C. | Bertrand Russell |
D. | Martin Luther King |
Answer» C. Bertrand Russell |
10. |
Who wrote Republic? |
A. | Bertrand Russell |
B. | Aristotle |
C. | Longinus |
D. | Plato |
Answer» D. Plato |
11. |
September fifth is the birthday of- |
A. | S. Radhakrishnan |
B. | C. Radhakrishnan |
C. | Huxley |
D. | Russell |
Answer» A. S. Radhakrishnan |
12. |
What are the three great obstacles that hinder India’s development? |
A. | Intellectual rubbish, beauty & lack of awareness |
B. | Poverty, disease & ignorance |
C. | Five year plans, lack of infrastructure &lack of money |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Poverty, disease & ignorance |
13. |
“The tree of life is sustained by art, the tree of death by science.” Who said this? |
A. | William Wordsworth |
B. | William Harvey |
C. | William Blake |
D. | S. Radhakrishnan |
Answer» C. William Blake |
14. |
“Jnanam vijnana sahitham” is a quotation from- |
A. | The Bible |
B. | The Quran |
C. | The Upanishad |
D. | The Bhagavad Gita |
Answer» D. The Bhagavad Gita |
15. |
“Adhyatma vidya” means- |
A. | Knowledge of your own Self |
B. | Knowledge of Truth |
C. | Knowledge of God |
D. | Knowledge of Science |
Answer» A. Knowledge of your own Self |
16. |
Brave New World (1932) was written by- |
A. | S. Radhakrishnan |
B. | Aldous Huxley |
C. | Bertrand Russell |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Aldous Huxley |
17. |
The American Depression occurred in- |
A. | 1929 |
B. | 1919 |
C. | 1939 |
D. | 1949 |
Answer» A. 1929 |
18. |
“‘Old Ladies’ are becoming rare.” Why? |
A. | Because they die early |
B. | Because of the beauty industry |
C. | Because of wealth |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Because of the beauty industry |
19. |
“We must be content with moderate hopes” This is the last line of- |
A. | Humanities vs Science |
B. | The Diary of a young Girl |
C. | How to Escape from Intellectual rubbish |
D. | The Beauty Industry |
Answer» D. The Beauty Industry |
20. |
What did Spenser write upon the strand? |
A. | Her name |
B. | His love |
C. | Poetry |
D. | None of these |
Answer» A. Her name |
21. |
A sonnet is a poem of -------- lines. |
A. | 12 |
B. | 14 |
C. | 150 |
D. | 200 |
Answer» B. 14 |
22. |
-----------, by Spenser is a sequence celebrating youthful love and devotion. |
A. | How do I love there |
B. | To Anthea |
C. | Amoretti |
D. | A Ring to me is bondage |
Answer» C. Amoretti |
23. |
What is the theme of Spenser’s poem? |
A. | Chivalry |
B. | Death |
C. | Love |
D. | Sacrifice |
Answer» C. Love |
24. |
H. W. Longfellow was an ----------- poet. |
A. | American |
B. | English |
C. | German |
D. | Indian |
Answer» A. American |
25. |
The theme of The Slave’s Dream is: |
A. | Plight of women |
B. | Plight of slaves |
C. | Plight of children |
D. | Plight of animals |
Answer» B. Plight of slaves |
26. |
“He did not feel the driver’s whip”. Why? |
A. | He had taken opium |
B. | He was under medication |
C. | He moved away |
D. | He was dead |
Answer» D. He was dead |
27. |
What does the hyaena’s cry suggest? |
A. | Death |
B. | Life |
C. | Love |
D. | Happiness |
Answer» A. Death |
28. |
‘The Walrus and the Carpenter” is a --------- poem. |
A. | Seriou |
B. | Fantasy |
C. | Nonsense |
D. | Realistic |
Answer» C. Nonsense |
29. |
Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There (1871) is a work by: |
A. | H. W. Longfellow |
B. | Sylvia Plath |
C. | Lewis Carroll |
D. | Martin Luther King |
Answer» C. Lewis Carroll |
30. |
What is meant by billows? |
A. | Sun’s ray |
B. | Sea waves |
C. | Pillow |
D. | The wind |
Answer» B. Sea waves |
31. |
Why did the moon sulk? |
A. | Because the carpenter walked with the walrus |
B. | Because he could not come up in the sky |
C. | Because the sun did not go away even at midnight |
D. | Because she was hungry |
Answer» C. Because the sun did not go away even at midnight |
32. |
“Their shoes were clean and neat/ And this was odd”. Why? |
A. | They had tiny feet |
B. | They had no feet |
C. | They did not have shoes. |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. They had no feet |
33. |
“It seems a shame. I weep for you. I deeply sympathize” Whose words are these? |
A. | Tweedledum and Tweedledee |
B. | Walrus |
C. | Alice |
D. | Carpenter |
Answer» B. Walrus |
34. |
The theme of “Walrus and the Carpenter” is: |
A. | Marriage |
B. | Corruption |
C. | Love |
D. | Freedom |
Answer» B. Corruption |
35. |
Colossus is the first book of poems by ---------. |
A. | Mina Assadi |
B. | Dilip Chitre |
C. | Sylvia Plath |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Sylvia Plath |
36. |
The poem ------------- reflects the anxieties of a mother, poet and woman. |
A. | A Ring to me is Bondage |
B. | Father Returning Home |
C. | Gift |
D. | Mirror |
Answer» D. Mirror |
37. |
A young girl drowning in the lake- mirror recalls the story of Ophelia in Shakespeare’s ---- |
A. | Macbeth |
B. | Hamlet |
C. | King Lear |
D. | Othello |
Answer» B. Hamlet |
38. |
Dilip Chitre is a prolific poet and essayist in ------------- |
A. | Hindi |
B. | Arabic |
C. | Urdu |
D. | Marathi |
Answer» D. Marathi |
39. |
Dilip Chitre translated the poem of --------------, the Marathi Bhakti poet. |
A. | Kalidasa |
B. | Tukaram |
C. | Thulasidas |
D. | Tagore |
Answer» B. Tukaram |
40. |
The theme of “Father Returning Home” is ------------- |
A. | Adolescence |
B. | Youth |
C. | Middle age |
D. | Old age |
Answer» D. Old age |
41. |
“I know Why Caged Bird Sings” is a poem by ------------- |
A. | Mina Assadi |
B. | Maya Angelou |
C. | Dilip Chitre |
D. | H. W. Longfellow |
Answer» B. Maya Angelou |
42. |
“Poor Girl” is a ---------- poem. |
A. | Sonnet |
B. | Ode |
C. | Lyric |
D. | Epic |
Answer» C. Lyric |
43. |
Words, phrases or lines repeated in a poem for creating a particular effect is called -------- |
A. | Quatrain |
B. | Sestet |
C. | Refrain |
D. | Blank verse |
Answer» C. Refrain |
44. |
What is the refrain in Maya Angelou’s poem? |
A. | Poor girl/ Just like me |
B. | But it was odd |
C. | Like a word dropped from a long sentence |
D. | None of these |
Answer» A. Poor girl/ Just like me |
45. |
---------- was born in the Mazandaran province of Iran. |
A. | Dilip Chitre |
B. | Mina Assadi |
C. | Maya Angelou |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Mina Assadi |
46. |
The works of ----------- are banned in Iran. |
A. | Mina Assadi |
B. | Maya Angelou |
C. | Khalid Hosseini |
D. | Salman Rushdie |
Answer» A. Mina Assadi |
47. |
The theme of “A Ring to Me is Bondage” is: |
A. | Captivity and freedom |
B. | Love and Hate |
C. | Anger and protest |
D. | None of these |
Answer» A. Captivity and freedom |
48. |
Aleksei Peshkov is the real name of: |
A. | Tolstoy |
B. | Dostoevsky |
C. | Gogol |
D. | Maxim Gorky |
Answer» D. Maxim Gorky |
49. |
Gorky’s stories are about the lives of ---------- |
A. | The wealthy |
B. | The bourgeois |
C. | The poor and the uncared for |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. The poor and the uncared for |
50. |
“Everything lives, for something better to come”. These are the words of- |
A. | Tolstoy |
B. | Mahatma Gandhi |
C. | Martin Luther King |
D. | Maxim Gorky |
Answer» D. Maxim Gorky |
51. |
Who is the protagonist of the story “One Autumn Night”? |
A. | A young girl |
B. | A young boy |
C. | An old woman |
D. | An old man |
Answer» B. A young boy |
52. |
A musical instrument mentioned in “One Autumn Night” is- |
A. | Bonbon |
B. | Banjo |
C. | Skiff |
D. | Dithyramb |
Answer» B. Banjo |
53. |
Who is the female character in “One Autumn Night”? |
A. | Natasha |
B. | Dimka |
C. | Pashka |
D. | None of these |
Answer» A. Natasha |
54. |
Bessie Head’s first novel- |
A. | The Collector of Treasure |
B. | When Rain Clouds Gather |
C. | The Lower Depths |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. When Rain Clouds Gather |
55. |
Who tells the story of Galethebege? |
A. | Raloke |
B. | Modise |
C. | The Christian Missionary |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Modise |
56. |
Raloke believed in- |
A. | Christainity |
B. | Setswana Custom |
C. | Hinduism |
D. | Islam |
Answer» B. Setswana Custom |
57. |
----------was a holy thing for the people of Setswana community. |
A. | Cat |
B. | Dog |
C. | Cow |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Cow |
58. |
---------- is a Japanese story teller of the Meiji era. |
A. | Natsume Soseki |
B. | Bessie Head |
C. | Maxim Ghorky |
D. | None of these |
Answer» A. Natsume Soseki |
59. |
Who is the narrator of the story “I Am a Cat”? |
A. | The boy |
B. | Osan |
C. | The cat |
D. | Mike |
Answer» C. The cat |
60. |
Who was the first person that the cat met on reaching the master’s house? |
A. | Mike |
B. | Shiro |
C. | The Master |
D. | Osan |
Answer» D. Osan |
61. |
Which Italian painter is referred to in “I Am a Cat.” |
A. | Andrea Del Sarto |
B. | Davincci |
C. | Picasso |
D. | None of these |
Answer» A. Andrea Del Sarto |
62. |
The play by A A Milne is titled- |
A. | Refund |
B. | The Boy Comes Home |
C. | The King Who Limped |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. The Boy Comes Home |
63. |
The young soldier, the hero of A A Milne’s play has come home after- |
A. | The II World War |
B. | The Trojan War |
C. | The I World War |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. The I World War |
64. |
Who is the character placed in contrast to Uncle James in “The Boy Comes Home”? |
A. | Marie |
B. | Emily |
C. | Alice |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Emily |
65. |
Fritz Karinthy is described as a ---------- |
A. | Lyricist |
B. | Absurdist |
C. | Pseudo-humorist |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Pseudo-humorist |
66. |
Who came back to school for refund? |
A. | Leaderer |
B. | Uncle James |
C. | Philip |
D. | Wasserkopf |
Answer» D. Wasserkopf |
67. |
What did the principal do when he heard Wasserkopf’s demand? |
A. | Shouted at Wasserkopf |
B. | Threw Wasserkopf out with the help of the sentry |
C. | Called a meeting of the teachers |
D. | Gave Wasserkopf the money |
Answer» C. Called a meeting of the teachers |
68. |
Who is called stick-in-the mud? |
A. | The Geography teacher |
B. | The Mathematics teacher |
C. | The Physics teacher |
D. | The Principal |
Answer» B. The Mathematics teacher |
69. |
How many questions did the Mathematics Master ask? |
A. | Three |
B. | Five |
C. | Two |
D. | One |
Answer» C. Two |
70. |
Which question trapped Wasserkopf? |
A. | How long did the Hundred Years war last? |
B. | Is that your answer? |
C. | What city of the same name is the capital of Brunswick? |
D. | How much do we owe you, Herr Wasserkopf? |
Answer» D. How much do we owe you, Herr Wasserkopf? |
71. |
The translation of Anne Frank’s Diary was published in: |
A. | 1951 |
B. | 1952 |
C. | 1953 |
D. | 1954 |
Answer» B. 1952 |
72. |
Anne Frank died of --------- |
A. | Plague |
B. | T B |
C. | Typhoid |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Typhoid |
73. |
The first entry of the Diary of Anne Frank is on --------- |
A. | Wednesday, 8th July, 1942 |
B. | Thursday, 25th May, 1944 |
C. | Friday, 26th May, 1944 |
D. | None of these |
Answer» A. Wednesday, 8th July, 1942 |
74. |
Who was served the ‘call – up’ notice? |
A. | Anne |
B. | Anne’s Father |
C. | Van Daan |
D. | Margot |
Answer» D. Margot |
75. |
Who was Van Daan? |
A. | Anne’s friend |
B. | Mother’s friend |
C. | Anne’s Father’s friend |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Anne’s Father’s friend |
76. |
Anne bid farewell only to- |
A. | Mr. Goudsmit |
B. | Meip |
C. | Van Daan |
D. | The cat |
Answer» D. The cat |
77. |
When was the vegetable man picked up for having two Jews in his house? |
A. | Thursday, 25th May, 1944 |
B. | Wednesday, 8th July, 1942 |
C. | Friday, 26th May, 1944 |
D. | None of these |
Answer» A. Thursday, 25th May, 1944 |
78. |
What is a ‘call- up’ notice? |
A. | Imprisonment |
B. | Order to show up before the S. S. |
C. | Order for deportation |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Order to show up before the S. S. |
79. |
Why did Anne’s family sacrifice breakfast? |
A. | Food was costly |
B. | Vegetable man was arrested. |
C. | There were no shops nearby. |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Vegetable man was arrested. |
80. |
How to Escape from Intellectual Rubbish is written by ------------ |
A. | Radhakrishnan |
B. | Voltaire |
C. | Huxley |
D. | Russell |
Answer» D. Russell |
81. |
Russell pleaded for the establishment of a ------------- |
A. | School for peace |
B. | A stable Government |
C. | A world Government |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. A world Government |
82. |
What is the good way for getting rid of dogmatism? |
A. | Reading |
B. | Discussion |
C. | Watching T V |
D. | Become aware of other people’s opinion |
Answer» D. Become aware of other people’s opinion |
83. |
What happened when Manchus conquered China? |
A. | Chinese began to wear pigtails |
B. | Chinese retained their custom of having small feet |
C. | Manchus imitiated Chinese custom of small feet. |
D. | All of the above |
Answer» D. All of the above |
84. |
Be very wary of opinions that ----------- |
A. | Test your experience |
B. | Are different from yours |
C. | Flatter your self-esteem |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Flatter your self-esteem |
85. |
Beside self-esteem there is another source of error. What is it? |
A. | Fear |
B. | Imitation |
C. | Hypocrisy |
D. | None of these |
Answer» A. Fear |
86. |
---------- is the main source of superstition. |
A. | Imitation |
B. | Fear |
C. | Ignorance |
D. | Disease |
Answer» B. Fear |
87. |
To conquer fear is the beginning of ---------------- |
A. | Ignorance |
B. | Wealth |
C. | Wisdom |
D. | Spirituality |
Answer» C. Wisdom |
88. |
From the Romans magic descended to medieval ---------------- and --------------- |
A. | India and China |
B. | Egypt and Africa |
C. | Russia and Ukraine |
D. | Christendom and Islam |
Answer» D. Christendom and Islam |
89. |
What is Radhakrishnan’s greatest academic achievement? |
A. | September 5th is celebrated as teacher’s day |
B. | He wrote Humanities Vs Science |
C. | Elected to Oxford’s most prestigious Spalding Professorship |
D. | Received Bharat Ratna in 1954 |
Answer» C. Elected to Oxford’s most prestigious Spalding Professorship |
90. |
Humanities Vs Science is a plea for ------------ |
A. | Study of science |
B. | Study of Humanities |
C. | Integrated study of applied sciences and Humanities |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Integrated study of applied sciences and Humanities |
91. |
Who can transform our societies? |
A. | Ignorant youth |
B. | People with technical skills |
C. | People who have humane feelings |
D. | Young men having competence, skill, a sense of direction and a social purpose |
Answer» D. Young men having competence, skill, a sense of direction and a social purpose |
92. |
People now –a- days are attracted to ---------- education |
A. | Humanistic |
B. | Technological |
C. | Job-oriented |
D. | None of these |
Answer» C. Job-oriented |
93. |
The industrial growth of our country needs -----------, ------------ and -----------. |
A. | Poets, novelists and dramatists |
B. | Scientists, technicians and engineers |
C. | Spiritualists, humanists and wealthy |
D. | None of these |
Answer» B. Scientists, technicians and engineers |
94. |
The great crimes against civilization are committed by ------------- |
A. | So-called civilized people |
B. | Uneducated people |
C. | Primitive people |
D. | None of these |
Answer» A. So-called civilized people |
95. |
The abuse of science is the fault of -------------- |
A. | Scientist |
B. | Technicians |
C. | Spiritualists |
D. | Man |
Answer» D. Man |
96. |
National heritage means ------------------ |
A. | Tradition of values |
B. | Tradition of science |
C. | Tradition of geographical abstraction |
D. | None of these |
Answer» A. Tradition of values |
97. |
Thirukkural is claimed by the followers of ---------- |
A. | Jainism |
B. | Buddhism |
C. | Hinduism |
D. | All of these |
Answer» D. All of these |
98. |
Crome Yellow is written by |
A. | Huxley |
B. | Gorky |
C. | Radhakrishnan |
D. | Bessie Head |
Answer» A. Huxley |
99. |
Huxley wrote an essay on the ----------- after his visit to India |
A. | Qutab Minar |
B. | Agra Fort |
C. | Taj Mahal |
D. | Golden Temple |
Answer» C. Taj Mahal |
100. |
Which is the only industry unaffected by the Great Depression? |
A. | Mining Industry |
B. | I T Industry |
C. | Steel Industry |
D. | Beauty Industry |
Answer» D. Beauty Industry |
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