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| 1. |
Who wrote “the story of an hour”? |
| A. | Sharankumar Limbale |
| B. | Lee Mokobe |
| C. | Mr. Richard |
| D. | Kate Chopin |
| Answer» D. Kate Chopin | |
| 2. |
Mrs. Mallard was afflicted with ____________ |
| A. | Cancer |
| B. | TB |
| C. | heart trouble |
| D. | Jaundice |
| Answer» C. heart trouble | |
| 3. |
Who is Josephine in the short story “ The story of an hour”? |
| A. | Mrs. Mallard's cousin |
| B. | Mrs. Mallard's sister |
| C. | Mrs. Mallard's daughter |
| D. | Mrs. Mallard's mother |
| Answer» B. Mrs. Mallard's sister | |
| 4. |
What is Mr. Mallard's friend name in the short story “The story of an hour”? |
| A. | Mr. Joseph |
| B. | Mr. Richard |
| C. | Mr. Raphael |
| D. | Mr. John |
| Answer» B. Mr. Richard | |
| 5. |
Where did Mrs. Mallard went, when she heard the news of her husband's death? |
| A. | To her Room |
| B. | to bath room |
| C. | to prayer-room |
| D. | to kitchen |
| Answer» A. To her Room | |
| 6. |
Kate Chopin's first novel? |
| A. | The awakening |
| B. | The dragon seed |
| C. | At Fault |
| D. | The slave |
| Answer» C. At Fault | |
| 7. |
Kate chopin's At Fault published in ___________. |
| A. | 1984 |
| B. | 1989 |
| C. | 1979 |
| D. | 1980 |
| Answer» D. 1980 | |
| 8. |
In which magazine “The story of an hour” first published? |
| A. | The Common Woman |
| B. | Vogue |
| C. | The New Yorker |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. Vogue | |
| 9. |
“The story of an hour” first published as ________________ |
| A. | The Dream of an hour |
| B. | The Story of Dream |
| C. | An Hour of Dream |
| D. | The Story in an Hour |
| Answer» A. The Dream of an hour | |
| 10. |
Who is the protagonist of the short story “The story of an hour”? |
| A. | Josephine |
| B. | Mr. Mallard |
| C. | Mr. Richard |
| D. | Lousie |
| Answer» D. Lousie | |
| 11. |
Who told the news of Mr. Mallard's death to his wife? |
| A. | Mr. Richard |
| B. | Josephine |
| C. | Mr. Mallard |
| D. | Lousie |
| Answer» B. Josephine | |
| 12. |
Who told the news of Mr. Mallard's death to Josephine? |
| A. | Mr. Richard |
| B. | Mr. Mallard |
| C. | Lousie |
| D. | Josephine |
| Answer» A. Mr. Richard | |
| 13. |
Richard had been in the ____________ office when intelligence of the rail road disaster was received? |
| A. | Police station |
| B. | Post office |
| C. | Bus stop |
| D. | Newspaper office |
| Answer» D. Newspaper office | |
| 14. |
In the short story “The story of an hour” the open window is a symbol of__________. |
| A. | Peace |
| B. | Agony |
| C. | Freedom |
| D. | Sorrow |
| Answer» C. Freedom | |
| 15. |
who is the author of the poem “ What it's like to be Transgender”? |
| A. | Adrienne Rich |
| B. | Kate Chopin |
| C. | W. H. Auden |
| D. | Lee Mokobe |
| Answer» D. Lee Mokobe | |
| 16. |
Name of the poem which is about extreme right wing politics of Donald Trump? |
| A. | Refugee Blue |
| B. | The not yet burning country |
| C. | What it's like to be Transgender |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» B. The not yet burning country | |
| 17. |
“What it's like to be Transgender” is a/an __________________ poem. |
| A. | Elegy |
| B. | Love poem |
| C. | Autobiographical poem |
| D. | Sonnet |
| Answer» C. Autobiographical poem | |
| 18. |
In the poem “What it's like to be Transgender” What does the poet ask to the Jesus? |
| A. | to make him popular |
| B. | To fix him |
| C. | To give him wealth |
| D. | To grand him money |
| Answer» B. To fix him | |
| 19. |
In the poem “What it's like to be Transgender” what was Jesus's response to the poets prayer? |
| A. | Granted him all |
| B. | fixed him |
| C. | Silence |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Silence | |
| 20. |
Who reminds the poet that he could not bring a husband to his home? |
| A. | His friend |
| B. | His Aunt |
| C. | His mother |
| D. | His Uncle |
| Answer» B. His Aunt | |
| 21. |
In the poem “What it's like to be Transgender” What does the kids at school called him? |
| A. | Lesbian |
| B. | silly boy |
| C. | smuggler |
| D. | thief |
| Answer» A. Lesbian | |
| 22. |
In the poem “What it's like to be Transgender” the poet treat his body like a ___________. |
| A. | workshop |
| B. | church |
| C. | House |
| D. | Ideal place |
| Answer» C. House | |
| 23. |
In the poem “What it's like to be Transgender” where did the speaker make his first prayer? |
| A. | In the garden |
| B. | From the school |
| C. | In his house |
| D. | In a glass stain cathedral |
| Answer» D. In a glass stain cathedral | |
| 24. |
Who is the Olympic Gold winner athlete in decathlon in the 1976 Montreal Olympics mentioned in the poem “What it's like to be Transgender”? |
| A. | Mya Hall |
| B. | Leelah Alcorn |
| C. | Bruce Jenner |
| D. | Blake Brockington |
| Answer» C. Bruce Jenner | |
| 25. |
Who called the speaker “Lesbian” in the poem “What it's like to be Transgender”? |
| A. | Kid |
| B. | Teachers |
| C. | Parents |
| D. | Principal |
| Answer» A. Kid | |
| 26. |
Identify the figure of speech in the line 'My tiny body dropping like a question mark all over the wooden pew.' |
| A. | Metaphor |
| B. | Simile |
| C. | Hyperbole |
| D. | Alliteration |
| Answer» B. Simile | |
| 27. |
Who is the founder of Vocal revolutionaries? |
| A. | Lee Mokobe |
| B. | W. H. Auden |
| C. | Nadine Gordimer |
| D. | Gieve Patel |
| Answer» A. Lee Mokobe | |
| 28. |
In the poem “Refugee Blues” people were living in. |
| A. | Place |
| B. | Mansions and Holes |
| C. | Hut |
| D. | Big Hotels |
| Answer» B. Mansions and Holes | |
| 29. |
In the poem “Refugee Blues” What does the old yew do every spring? |
| A. | It blossom |
| B. | It dries |
| C. | It |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. It blossom | |
| 30. |
In the poem “Refugee Blues” What was the refugee offered by the committee? |
| A. | a new passport |
| B. | a gift |
| C. | a cup of tea |
| D. | a chair |
| Answer» D. a chair | |
| 31. |
In the poem “Refugee Blues”Which animal was let into an opened door? |
| A. | a dog |
| B. | a squirrel |
| C. | a cat |
| D. | a puppy |
| Answer» C. a cat | |
| 32. |
In the poem “Refugee Blues”What did the narrator see at the harbour? |
| A. | crow |
| B. | ship |
| C. | Fish |
| D. | person |
| Answer» C. Fish | |
| 33. |
In the poem “Refugee Blues”What did the refugee see in the woods? |
| A. | Cheetah |
| B. | Birds |
| C. | Spider |
| D. | Monkey |
| Answer» B. Birds | |
| 34. |
In the poem “Refugee Blues”What did the refugee see in his dream? |
| A. | heaven |
| B. | a thousands of building |
| C. | a beautiful fairy |
| D. | an old man |
| Answer» B. a thousands of building | |
| 35. |
In the poem “Refugee Blues”Who is looking for the refugees? |
| A. | Parent |
| B. | Cousins |
| C. | Soldiers |
| D. | Colleagues |
| Answer» C. Soldiers | |
| 36. |
In the poem “Refugee Blues” you are ‘officially dead’ if you haven’t got a ________________. |
| A. | Birth certificate |
| B. | Driver’s license |
| C. | Passport |
| D. | Country |
| Answer» C. Passport | |
| 37. |
In the poem “Refugee Blues” the speaker at the public meeting worried that the refugees will steal? |
| A. | Money |
| B. | Wealth |
| C. | Daily bread |
| D. | House |
| Answer» C. Daily bread | |
| 38. |
The speech entitled “Calming an Education” is first printed in the magazine __________ |
| A. | Time |
| B. | Vogue |
| C. | The New Yorker |
| D. | The Common Woman |
| Answer» D. The Common Woman | |
| 39. |
Who was the author of “Jane Eyre”? |
| A. | Charlotte Bronte |
| B. | Emily Bronte |
| C. | Jane Austen |
| D. | Nadine Gordimer |
| Answer» A. Charlotte Bronte | |
| 40. |
“Calming an Education”, the convocation speech delivered to ____________ college. |
| A. | Edinburg |
| B. | Douglass |
| C. | Abbey |
| D. | Bishop Burton |
| Answer» B. Douglass | |
| 41. |
“Calming an Education” the convocation speech delivered to whom? |
| A. | Graduating women student |
| B. | public |
| C. | all women |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. Graduating women student | |
| 42. |
A tendency to look to a style, activity or interest for a very short span of time is called_________. |
| A. | Faddism |
| B. | Grappling |
| C. | Slapdash |
| D. | Drifting |
| Answer» A. Faddism | |
| 43. |
Adrienne Rich won Yale series of younger poets award for her book named _________. |
| A. | The Diamond Cutter |
| B. | A Change Of World |
| C. | Diving into Wreck |
| D. | Ruins |
| Answer» B. A Change Of World | |
| 44. |
Adrienne Rich won National Book Award for __________. |
| A. | The Diamond Cutter |
| B. | A Change Of World |
| C. | Ruins |
| D. | Diving into the Wreck |
| Answer» D. Diving into the Wreck | |
| 45. |
Adrienne Rich's second collection of poetry is _______________. |
| A. | The Diamond Cutter |
| B. | A Change Of World |
| C. | Diving into Wreck |
| D. | Ruins |
| Answer» A. The Diamond Cutter | |
| 46. |
Who was headed the Jury for giving the Yale series of younger poet's award to Adrienne Rich? |
| A. | William Blake |
| B. | P. B. Shelley |
| C. | W. H. Auden |
| D. | Robert Frost |
| Answer» C. W. H. Auden | |
| 47. |
Adrienne Rich's work ' Snapshots of a Daughter-in-law' published in _________ year. |
| A. | 1963 |
| B. | 1965 |
| C. | 1983 |
| D. | 1985 |
| Answer» A. 1963 | |
| 48. |
Who is the author of “An Atlas of the Early World”? |
| A. | W. H. Auden |
| B. | Adrienne Rich |
| C. | P. B. Shelley |
| D. | Robert Frost |
| Answer» B. Adrienne Rich | |
| 49. |
According to Adrienne Rich, intelligent woman, who denies her intelligence in order to seem more _________. |
| A. | Feminine |
| B. | energetic |
| C. | strong |
| D. | polite |
| Answer» A. Feminine | |
| 50. |
Adrienne Rich planned to separate her remarks in her speech “claiming an education” into how many parts? |
| A. | Three |
| B. | Five |
| C. | Four |
| D. | Two |
| Answer» D. Two | |
| 51. |
According to Adrienne Rich, university education implies an ethical and intellectual contract between whom? |
| A. | Parents and teacher |
| B. | Parents and children |
| C. | Teachers and students |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Teachers and students | |
| 52. |
According to Adrienne Rich, many male professors still feel that teaching in a women's college is a __________ career. |
| A. | First- rate |
| B. | Main- rate |
| C. | Second- rate |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Second- rate | |
| 53. |
Adrienne Rich refused to accept the ________________ award in1997. |
| A. | National Booker Award |
| B. | National Medal for the Arts |
| C. | The Yale series of younger poet's award |
| D. | Booker Prize |
| Answer» B. National Medal for the Arts | |
| 54. |
How many volume of prose Adrienne Rich published? |
| A. | 3 |
| B. | 4 |
| C. | 5 |
| D. | 6 |
| Answer» C. 5 | |
| 55. |
Adrienne Rich refused to accept the National Medal for the Arts award from whom? |
| A. | President |
| B. | President Clinton |
| C. | President Trump |
| D. | President |
| Answer» B. President Clinton | |
| 56. |
Whose convocation speech is “Calming an Education”? |
| A. | Adrienne Rich |
| B. | Nadine Gordimer |
| C. | Lee Mokobe |
| D. | Gieve Patel |
| Answer» A. Adrienne Rich | |
| 57. |
According to Adrienne Rich, ultimately the women students and their teachers are ____________. |
| A. | Invisible |
| B. | Indivisible |
| C. | divisible |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. Indivisible | |
| 58. |
How many honorary doctorates has been awarded to Nadine Gordimer in literature from various universities. |
| A. | 7 |
| B. | 10 |
| C. | 8 |
| D. | 9 |
| Answer» B. 10 | |
| 59. |
Whose work is “The Conservationist”? |
| A. | Nadine Gordimer |
| B. | Lee Mokobe |
| C. | Gieve Patel |
| D. | Nadine Gordimer |
| Answer» D. Nadine Gordimer | |
| 60. |
“Amnesty”, a short story originally published in ____________ in 1991. |
| A. | Vogue |
| B. | The New Yorker |
| C. | The Common Woman |
| D. | Times |
| Answer» B. The New Yorker | |
| 61. |
In the short story “Amnesty” the narrator's life partner work in a ___________ . |
| A. | Industry |
| B. | Construction company |
| C. | Farm |
| D. | Shop |
| Answer» B. Construction company | |
| 62. |
In the short story “Amnesty” by time of the trail of narrator's potential husband she had just passed her __________standard |
| A. | Tenth |
| B. | Sixth |
| C. | Eighth |
| D. | Fifth |
| Answer» C. Eighth | |
| 63. |
In the short story “Amnesty” how many brothers does the narrator have? |
| A. | Two |
| B. | Three |
| C. | Four |
| D. | One |
| Answer» B. Three | |
| 64. |
In the short story “Amnesty”what did the the prisoners give the narrator as a present for the new born baby? |
| A. | Doll |
| B. | Money |
| C. | Gift |
| D. | Dress |
| Answer» B. Money | |
| 65. |
In the short story “Amnesty” the policeman didn't allow them to the island because? |
| A. | they didn’t have passport |
| B. | they didn't have a prior permit |
| C. | they didn't took ticket |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. they didn't have a prior permit | |
| 66. |
Sharankumar Limbale is best known for his novel ___________. |
| A. | Akkarmashi |
| B. | Joothan |
| C. | Face to Face |
| D. | The pickup |
| Answer» A. Akkarmashi | |
| 67. |
Sharankumar Limbale's novel Akkarmashi is published in _________. |
| A. | 1981 |
| B. | 1984 |
| C. | 1987 |
| D. | 1982 |
| Answer» B. 1984 | |
| 68. |
Who translated Sharankumar Limbale's novel Akkarmashi into English? |
| A. | Radhika P. Menon |
| B. | Anitha Nair |
| C. | Santosh Thooval |
| D. | Santosh Bhoomkar |
| Answer» D. Santosh Bhoomkar | |
| 69. |
Sharankumar Limbale's novel 'Akkarmashi' originally written in __________ language. |
| A. | Tamil |
| B. | Malayalam |
| C. | Hindi |
| D. | Marathi |
| Answer» D. Marathi | |
| 70. |
In the extract “the outcaste” who pulled Parshya from the picnic row? |
| A. | Mallya |
| B. | Harya |
| C. | Bhiwarabai |
| D. | Parsya |
| Answer» C. Bhiwarabai | |
| 71. |
In the extract “the outcaste” who looked restless along the bank of the stream? |
| A. | Parsya |
| B. | Bhiwarabai |
| C. | Harya |
| D. | Umbrya |
| Answer» C. Harya | |
| 72. |
In the extract “the outcaste” The Wani and Brahmin boys played _________. |
| A. | Football |
| B. | Cricket |
| C. | Kabbadi |
| D. | Touch and Go |
| Answer» C. Kabbadi | |
| 73. |
In the extract “the outcaste” Mahar boys and girls played _____________. |
| A. | Touch and Go |
| B. | Kabbadi |
| C. | Football |
| D. | Cricket |
| Answer» A. Touch and Go | |
| 74. |
In the extract “the outcaste” what did the high caste ones do before eating? |
| A. | sit quietly |
| B. | look here and there |
| C. | nothing |
| D. | pray |
| Answer» D. pray | |
| 75. |
In the extract “the outcaste” what did the Mahar caste brought for the picnic? |
| A. | rice and curry |
| B. | bread and butter |
| C. | Jowar bhakari and chutney |
| D. | nothing |
| Answer» C. Jowar bhakari and chutney | |
| 76. |
In the extract “the outcaste” what did the high caste girls offered the Mahar caste? |
| A. | gift |
| B. | their leftover food |
| C. | books |
| D. | cloths |
| Answer» B. their leftover food | |
| 77. |
In the extract “the outcaste” the mother of the narrator looks the leftover food as___________. |
| A. | Nectar |
| B. | Waste |
| C. | Gift |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Nectar | |
| 78. |
In the extract “the outcaste” What did the teacher ask the students to do the day after the picnic? |
| A. | to write a summary |
| B. | to write an essay |
| C. | to write a letter |
| D. | to write an experience |
| Answer» B. to write an essay | |
| 79. |
Harari thinks that human happiness is the result of processes taking place in the ______. |
| A. | human heart |
| B. | human mind |
| C. | human thought |
| D. | human brain. |
| Answer» D. human brain. | |
| 80. |
From which work is the extract “Chemical Happiness and the Meaning of Life” taken |
| A. | Joothan |
| B. | ho*mo Deus |
| C. | The poisoned Bread |
| D. | ho*mo sapiens |
| Answer» D. ho*mo sapiens | |
| 81. |
In which subject did Daniel Kahneman won the Nobel Prize |
| A. | humanitie |
| B. | language and literature |
| C. | Economic Studies |
| D. | medicine |
| Answer» C. Economic Studies | |
| 82. |
Prozac is lift people out of _____________ |
| A. | illnes |
| B. | happiness |
| C. | depression |
| D. | none of the these |
| Answer» C. depression | |
| 83. |
According to Harari, what is the level of happiness of a medieval French peasant versus a modern Parisian banker? |
| A. | different |
| B. | more than peasant |
| C. | same |
| D. | more than banker |
| Answer» C. same | |
| 84. |
In the extract “Chemical Happiness and the Meaning of Life”, Most parents declare that their children are their chief source of _____________ |
| A. | blessing |
| B. | happiness. |
| C. | sadness |
| D. | headache |
| Answer» B. happiness. | |
| 85. |
Pearl S.buck won Pulitzer prize for her novel_______. |
| A. | East wind, west wind |
| B. | The Good Earth |
| C. | The Dragon seed |
| D. | The Christmas ghost |
| Answer» A. East wind, west wind | |
| 86. |
Who said “ my life is my message? |
| A. | Mahatma gandhi |
| B. | Nehru |
| C. | Einstein |
| D. | None |
| Answer» A. Mahatma gandhi | |
| 87. |
Who is Gandhi’s murderer? |
| A. | Naturam Vinayak Godse |
| B. | Sardar Vallabhai Patel |
| C. | V |
| D. | Savarkar d. S V Gokhale |
| Answer» A. Naturam Vinayak Godse | |
| 88. |
Pearl S buck’s essay ‘Should the Assassin of Gandhi be Killed’ is a ______ |
| A. | Satire |
| B. | Editorial |
| C. | Letter |
| D. | Obituary |
| Answer» D. Obituary | |
| 89. |
Men wind confusion because they fear ____ |
| A. | Violence |
| B. | Truth |
| C. | People |
| D. | Gandhi |
| Answer» B. Truth | |
| 90. |
Who says, “No war brings peace, for violence only brings more violence .”? |
| A. | Gandhi |
| B. | Nehru |
| C. | Pearl.S buck |
| D. | Godse |
| Answer» C. Pearl.S buck | |
| 91. |
Who should take up Gandhi’s world leadership? |
| A. | Nehru |
| B. | People of India |
| C. | Pearl S buck |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. People of India | |
| 92. |
When did India adopt a new constitution? |
| A. | 26th Jan 1950 |
| B. | 15th August 1947 |
| C. | 3 November 1947 |
| D. | 20th June 1967 |
| Answer» A. 26th Jan 1950 | |
| 93. |
Drafting committee comprise of ___members |
| A. | 10 |
| B. | 8 |
| C. | 7 |
| D. | 5 |
| Answer» C. 7 | |
| 94. |
The criticism against the Constitution was that it is _____ |
| A. | Not seriou |
| B. | Incomplete |
| C. | Nonsensical |
| D. | A bag of borrowings |
| Answer» D. A bag of borrowings | |
| 95. |
The tradition of preamble began with ______ |
| A. | France |
| B. | Africa |
| C. | America |
| D. | Greece |
| Answer» C. America | |
| 96. |
Manto was an ____author. |
| A. | Indian |
| B. | Pakistani |
| C. | Indo- Pakistani |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Indo- Pakistani | |
| 97. |
Most of his writing were originally written in _____. |
| A. | Urdu |
| B. | English |
| C. | Regional language |
| D. | Marati |
| Answer» A. Urdu | |
| 98. |
Toba means ____in Punjab. |
| A. | Kind |
| B. | Cruel |
| C. | Mad |
| D. | Pond |
| Answer» D. Pond | |
| 99. |
Which inmate of the lunatic asylum mourned over his lost love? |
| A. | Bishan Singh |
| B. | Mohammed Ali |
| C. | A lawyer |
| D. | A sweeper |
| Answer» C. A lawyer | |
| 100. |
Who were worried about eating Chapatis? |
| A. | Taralal |
| B. | Fazal Din |
| C. | Anglo Indians |
| D. | Pakistanis |
| Answer» C. Anglo Indians | |
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