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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) .
| 1. |
Who was the first woman president of Indian National Congress? |
| A. | amrita pritam |
| B. | sarojini naidu |
| C. | annie besant |
| D. | vijayalaxmi pandit |
| Answer» B. sarojini naidu | |
| 2. |
Who is known as Bharat Kokila ( the nightingale of India)? |
| A. | lata mangeshkar |
| B. | toru dutt |
| C. | sarojini naidu |
| D. | kamala das |
| Answer» C. sarojini naidu | |
| 3. |
Who endowed Sarojini Naidu the title ‘The Nightingale of India? |
| A. | mahatma gandhi |
| B. | jawaharlal nehru |
| C. | gopalakrishna gokhale |
| D. | rabindranath tagore |
| Answer» D. rabindranath tagore | |
| 4. |
The narrator is in the search for her ……..? |
| A. | friend |
| B. | lover |
| C. | child |
| D. | mother |
| Answer» B. lover | |
| 5. |
Who is referred as Kanhaya in the poem? |
| A. | krishna |
| B. | rama |
| C. | radha |
| D. | shepherd |
| Answer» A. krishna | |
| 6. |
In the evening, she asked ……….. about her flute player. (a. Wind b. woods c. forest d. gray coloured tide) 7. With the help of a beautiful simile, to which thing she compares her heart? |
| A. | boat |
| B. | chalice |
| C. | bubble |
| D. | leaf |
| Answer» D. leaf | |
| 7. |
Where does Krishna take rest? |
| A. | boat |
| B. | forest |
| C. | home |
| D. | sea shore |
| Answer» B. forest | |
| 8. |
What made the honey to ooze in to Radha’s heart? |
| A. | krishna’s words |
| B. | krishna’s jocks |
| C. | krishna’s tricks |
| D. | krishna’s beauty |
| Answer» C. krishna’s tricks | |
| 9. |
According to Krishna, where can Radha find Krishna? |
| A. | forest’s shade |
| B. | sea shore |
| C. | river bank |
| D. | heart’s mirror |
| Answer» D. heart’s mirror | |
| 10. |
What is the rhyming pattern of the poem? |
| A. | abab cdcd |
| B. | aabb ccdd |
| C. | abcd abcd |
| D. | abab cdcd efef gg |
| Answer» B. aabb ccdd | |
| 11. |
Which pair among the following is known as the symbol of love? |
| A. | siva-parvati |
| B. | brahma-saraswati |
| C. | nala-damayanti |
| D. | radha-krishna |
| Answer» D. radha-krishna | |
| 12. |
The poem is about ……… |
| A. | friendship |
| B. | love |
| C. | companionship |
| D. | household affairs |
| Answer» B. love | |
| 13. |
What is the expression Naidu uses to explain the blind nature of Radha’s love? |
| A. | tricks |
| B. | gray coloured |
| C. | foolish |
| D. | rocked |
| Answer» C. foolish | |
| 14. |
Which kind of love is portrayed in TheQuest? |
| A. | carnal |
| B. | platonic |
| C. | flirting |
| D. | insulting |
| Answer» B. platonic | |
| 15. |
Which is the first non-European work that had won the Nobel Prize for literature? |
| A. | midnight’s children |
| B. | bayen |
| C. | chitra |
| D. | gitanjali |
| Answer» D. gitanjali | |
| 16. |
Who wrote the national anthem of India? |
| A. | tagore |
| B. | bankin chandra chatterji |
| C. | sarat chandra chatterji |
| D. | mohammed iqbal |
| Answer» A. tagore | |
| 17. |
The poem Breezy April is addressed to………….. |
| A. | wind |
| B. | rain |
| C. | april |
| D. | summer |
| Answer» C. april | |
| 18. |
Which peculiarity of April rocks the poet? |
| A. | hotness |
| B. | rain |
| C. | burning |
| D. | music |
| Answer» D. music | |
| 19. |
What makes the poet thrilled? |
| A. | aprils touch |
| B. | april’s beauty |
| C. | wind’s sound |
| D. | bird’s twittering |
| Answer» A. aprils touch | |
| 20. |
……… awakens the poet from his sleep. |
| A. | music |
| B. | river’s sound |
| C. | birds |
| D. | breeze |
| Answer» D. breeze | |
| 21. |
Slumber means? |
| A. | game |
| B. | sleep |
| C. | tricks |
| D. | care |
| Answer» B. sleep | |
| 22. |
What type of a poem is Breezy April? |
| A. | sonnet |
| B. | dramatic monologue |
| C. | ode |
| D. | lyric |
| Answer» C. ode | |
| 23. |
The wind and leaves communicate through …….. . |
| A. | music |
| B. | movement |
| C. | dance |
| D. | leafy language |
| Answer» D. leafy language | |
| 24. |
What makes the poet surrender in front of the breeze of April? |
| A. | its kisses |
| B. | its sweetness |
| C. | its softness |
| D. | its nature |
| Answer» A. its kisses | |
| 25. |
Breezy April is written in …….. style? |
| A. | neoclassic |
| B. | romantic |
| C. | modern |
| D. | pre-raphaelite |
| Answer» B. romantic | |
| 26. |
How many quatrains are there in Breezy April? |
| A. | one |
| B. | two |
| C. | three |
| D. | four |
| Answer» D. four | |
| 27. |
What/who teases the poet? |
| A. | breeze |
| B. | wind |
| C. | lover |
| D. | friend |
| Answer» A. breeze | |
| 28. |
Name the first Indian to win Nobel Prize for literature? |
| A. | jawaharlal nehru |
| B. | r k narayan |
| C. | rabindranath tagore |
| D. | raja rao |
| Answer» C. rabindranath tagore | |
| 29. |
In which year, Tagore received Nobel Prize? |
| A. | 1910 |
| B. | 1911 |
| C. | 1912 |
| D. | 1913 |
| Answer» D. 1913 | |
| 30. |
Find out the pen-name of Kamala Das from the following. |
| A. | balamani |
| B. | sugathakumari |
| C. | aysha |
| D. | madhavikkutti |
| Answer» D. madhavikkutti | |
| 31. |
Kamala Das became iconoclast among her contemporaries due to her open expression of ……… |
| A. | household affairs |
| B. | love |
| C. | female sexuality |
| D. | contemporary issues |
| Answer» C. female sexuality | |
| 32. |
Which among the listed do not constitute the theme of In Love? |
| A. | desperation |
| B. | female sexuality |
| C. | man-woman relationship |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» D. none of these | |
| 33. |
……….. reminds her of her lover. (a. Burning sun b. jigsaw c. crow d. none of these) 35. To which thing Kamala Das compares the limbs of her lover? |
| A. | jigsaw |
| B. | carnivorous plant |
| C. | plant |
| D. | trunk |
| Answer» A. jigsaw | |
| 34. |
According to the narrator, the meeting of both of them is ………. |
| A. | full of love |
| B. | full of lust |
| C. | mechanical |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. mechanical | |
| 35. |
When the man succeeds over her, she turns………. |
| A. | violent |
| B. | gloomy |
| C. | happy |
| D. | silent |
| Answer» D. silent | |
| 36. |
Who utter ‘Bol Hari Bol’ in the night? |
| A. | porters |
| B. | corpse carriers |
| C. | vendors |
| D. | merchants |
| Answer» B. corpse carriers | |
| 37. |
What does the poet mean by ‘skin-communicated thing? |
| A. | lust |
| B. | unending love |
| C. | conversation |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. lust | |
| 38. |
The use of ‘carnivorous plant’ in the poem is an example of ……… |
| A. | metaphor |
| B. | personification |
| C. | simile |
| D. | alliteration |
| Answer» C. simile | |
| 39. |
Where is the narrator settled in the poem? |
| A. | in a village |
| B. | in a town |
| C. | in the precincts |
| D. | near a river |
| Answer» B. in a town | |
| 40. |
According to the narrator, what is filled in the wings of the crows? |
| A. | honey |
| B. | water |
| C. | poison |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. poison | |
| 41. |
To which thing narrator compares his embrace? |
| A. | plant |
| B. | crow |
| C. | ghost |
| D. | jigsaw |
| Answer» D. jigsaw | |
| 42. |
‘Finished jigsaw’ is an example of ……….. |
| A. | metaphor |
| B. | alliteration |
| C. | simile |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. metaphor | |
| 43. |
Which kind of love is portrayed in this poem? |
| A. | eternal love |
| B. | carnal love |
| C. | platonic love |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. carnal love | |
| 44. |
Among the following, which is the first book of Ezekiel? |
| A. | hymns in darkness |
| B. | a time to change |
| C. | the exact time |
| D. | the bad day |
| Answer» D. the bad day | |
| 45. |
Which poem of Nissim Ezekiel is mostly used as the study material of Indian English Poetry? |
| A. | goodbye party for miss pushpa t s |
| B. | the night of the scorpion |
| C. | a time to change |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. the night of the scorpion | |
| 46. |
Whose poems were translated by Ezekiel along with Vrinda Nabar? |
| A. | gandhiji |
| B. | gokhale |
| C. | nehru |
| D. | iqbal |
| Answer» C. nehru | |
| 47. |
Ezekiel was awarded Padmashri in……….. |
| A. | 1998 |
| B. | 1988 |
| C. | 1987 |
| D. | 1978 |
| Answer» B. 1988 | |
| 48. |
Which locality of Indian English users is mentioned in this poem? |
| A. | kerala |
| B. | maharashtra |
| C. | rajasthan |
| D. | gujarat |
| Answer» D. gujarat | |
| 49. |
In whose name the party is arranged? |
| A. | poet |
| B. | narrator |
| C. | miss pushpa |
| D. | a stranger |
| Answer» C. miss pushpa | |
| 50. |
Which kind of narration is used in this poem? |
| A. | third person |
| B. | second person |
| C. | first person |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. first person | |
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