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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: English (CBCS) .
Chapters
| 1. |
How does Gulliver put out the fire in the Empress' bed chamber? |
| A. | With a hose |
| B. | With a few buckets of water |
| C. | He urinates on it |
| D. | Covers it with his clothes |
| Answer» C. He urinates on it | |
| 2. |
How do the Lilliputians decide who will take a high position in the court? |
| A. | elections |
| B. | the king decides |
| C. | wrestling |
| D. | tight rope jumping contest |
| Answer» D. tight rope jumping contest | |
| 3. |
What is different about the Struldbrugs of Luggnagg? |
| A. | They are immortal |
| B. | They are giants |
| C. | They are blind |
| D. | They have are extremely wild |
| Answer» A. They are immortal | |
| 4. |
The flying island that Gulliver visited was |
| A. | Balninarbi |
| B. | Laputa |
| C. | Brobdingnag |
| D. | Lilliput |
| Answer» B. Laputa | |
| 5. |
Why did Gulliver summon the shades of Rene Descartes and Pierre Gassendi to talk to Aristotle? |
| A. | Descartes and Gassendi were Swift's friends. |
| B. | They were supporters of Aristotle's theories |
| C. | They were philosophers who revised many of Aristotle's theories. |
| D. | They were working together for a common cause. |
| Answer» C. They were philosophers who revised many of Aristotle's theories. | |
| 6. |
Which of the human societies that he visits does Gulliver find most appealing? |
| A. | Brobdingnag |
| B. | Laputa |
| C. | Blefuscu |
| D. | Lagado |
| Answer» A. Brobdingnag | |
| 7. |
Gulliver concludes his narrative by claiming that all the lands he visited belong by rights to |
| A. | England |
| B. | Portugal |
| C. | Lilliput |
| D. | Blefuscu |
| Answer» A. England | |
| 8. |
When Gulliver reaches the land of Brobdingnag he finds himself surrounded by a race of |
| A. | giants |
| B. | horse |
| C. | dwarfs |
| D. | superhumans |
| Answer» D. superhumans | |
| 9. |
The first fantasy island that Gulliver visits on his travel is the island of |
| A. | Brobdingnag |
| B. | Laputa |
| C. | Houyhnhms |
| D. | Lilliput |
| Answer» A. Brobdingnag | |
| 10. |
What is Gulliver’s profession before he begins his voyage |
| A. | Lawyer |
| B. | Surgeon |
| C. | Merchant |
| D. | Dentist |
| Answer» B. Surgeon | |
| 11. |
The great invention that Gulliver offered as a gift to the king of Brobdingnag was |
| A. | Electricity |
| B. | Sewing machine |
| C. | Gun powder |
| D. | Telephone |
| Answer» B. Sewing machine | |
| 12. |
What countries does Swift satirize with Lilliput and Blefuscu? |
| A. | Japan and France |
| B. | England and France |
| C. | Great Britain and North America |
| D. | Ireland and France |
| Answer» A. Japan and France | |
| 13. |
How tall are the Lilliputians? |
| A. | Five to Six inches |
| B. | Giant |
| C. | Human Size |
| D. | About a foot tall |
| Answer» A. Five to Six inches | |
| 14. |
What is Gulliver's role on his first voyage? |
| A. | Sailor |
| B. | Captain |
| C. | Surgeon |
| D. | Passenger |
| Answer» D. Passenger | |
| 15. |
How does Gulliver get home from Blefuscu? |
| A. | He doesn't |
| B. | He swims |
| C. | He is picked up by a large bird |
| D. | He finds a boat floating off shore and repairs it |
| Answer» A. He doesn't | |
| 16. |
Which of the Lilliputians is the nicest to Gulliver? |
| A. | Redresal |
| B. | Flimnap |
| C. | The Emperor |
| D. | The Empress |
| Answer» C. The Emperor | |
| 17. |
Who raises the Lilliputian children? |
| A. | Their parents |
| B. | The Government |
| C. | Gulliver raises them while he's there |
| D. | Animals |
| Answer» C. Gulliver raises them while he's there | |
| 18. |
In his second voyage Gulliver landed on the Island of - |
| A. | Lilliput. |
| B. | Brobdingnag |
| C. | Houyhnhnms |
| D. | Laputa |
| Answer» B. Brobdingnag | |
| 19. |
Gulliver did not surrender his ___________ to the Lilliputians. |
| A. | spectacles |
| B. | pistol |
| C. | watch |
| D. | sword |
| Answer» D. sword | |
| 20. |
The highest title of honour given to Gulliver by the emperor was a/ an |
| A. | Nardac |
| B. | Endians |
| C. | Swallow |
| D. | Antelope |
| Answer» D. Antelope | |
| 21. |
The ‘greatest danger’ that Gulliver faced in Brobdingnag was from a - |
| A. | dwarf |
| B. | giant wasp |
| C. | gardener’s dog |
| D. | monkey |
| Answer» A. dwarf | |
| 22. |
The name Glubbdubdrib signifies the Island of the |
| A. | modern philosophy |
| B. | astronomy |
| C. | Sorcerers or Magicians |
| D. | Academy |
| Answer» A. modern philosophy | |
| 23. |
Luggnaggians are |
| A. | person of quality |
| B. | impolite and uncultured |
| C. | polite and generous people |
| D. | disagreeable people |
| Answer» A. person of quality | |
| 24. |
During his lifetime, what genre was Jonathan Swift most widely known for? |
| A. | Romance |
| B. | Historical Fiction |
| C. | Fantasy |
| D. | Satire |
| Answer» C. Fantasy | |
| 25. |
Which society is “endowed by nature with a general disposition to all Virtues”, in Gulliver’s Travels? |
| A. | Brobdingnagians |
| B. | Houyhnhnms |
| C. | Laputans |
| D. | Yahoos |
| Answer» A. Brobdingnagians | |
| 26. |
How does Gulliver help the Lilliputians defeat Blefuscu? |
| A. | By stealing their ships |
| B. | By stomping on their ships |
| C. | By sinking their ships |
| D. | By shooting their ships |
| Answer» D. By shooting their ships | |
| 27. |
How are the Yahoos described? |
| A. | Hairy, dirty and deformed |
| B. | Civilised and good-natured |
| C. | Half-human, half-animal |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Hairy, dirty and deformed | |
| 28. |
What is the name of the captain who takes Gulliver on his ship after he was shot by New Hllanders? |
| A. | Captain Abraham Pannell |
| B. | Captain John Nicholas |
| C. | Captain William Robinson |
| D. | Captain Pedro de Mendez |
| Answer» B. Captain John Nicholas | |
| 29. |
Before Gulliver takes to the seas, what was his profession? |
| A. | Journalist |
| B. | Surgeon |
| C. | Novelist |
| D. | Lawyer |
| Answer» D. Lawyer | |
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