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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) .
| 51. |
“A Hanging” is written by…………………………….. |
| A. | arundhati roy b) antonio gramsci |
| C. | george orwell |
| D. | anton chekov |
| Answer» C. george orwell | |
| 52. |
…………….is the process through which the dominant class propagate their beliefs and ideas and rule over the subordinate groups. |
| A. | ideology |
| B. | interpellation |
| C. | hegemony |
| D. | power |
| Answer» C. hegemony | |
| 53. |
The process of voluntarily assimilating consent into the mainstream thinking is…………………. |
| A. | ideology |
| B. | interpellation |
| C. | subjugation |
| D. | hegemony |
| Answer» B. interpellation | |
| 54. |
The leading Marxist philosopher ……………………….used the term ideology to refer to these dominant beliefs, ideas and representations which legitimize existing power relations. |
| A. | louis althusser |
| B. | antonio gramsci |
| C. | terry eagleton |
| D. | engels |
| Answer» A. louis althusser | |
| 55. |
The term …………………to refer to the dominant beliefs, ideas and representations which legitimize existing power relations |
| A. | interpellation |
| B. | hegemony |
| C. | ideology |
| D. | monopoly |
| Answer» C. ideology | |
| 56. |
Jane Eyre is the famous novel written by………………. |
| A. | emily bronte |
| B. | charlotte bronte |
| C. | virginia woolf |
| D. | george eliot |
| Answer» B. charlotte bronte | |
| 57. |
Maya Angelou is an …………….poet |
| A. | british |
| B. | indian |
| C. | american |
| D. | italian |
| Answer» C. american | |
| 58. |
Who used the term ‘discourse’ to denote a historically contingent social system that produces knowledge and meaning |
| A. | michel foucault |
| B. | raymond williams |
| C. | marx |
| D. | antonio gramsci |
| Answer» A. michel foucault | |
| 59. |
The term …………………….to denote a historically contingent social system that produces knowledge and meaning |
| A. | interpellation |
| B. | hegemony |
| C. | discourse |
| D. | ideology |
| Answer» C. discourse | |
| 60. |
The story ‘A Hanging’ is set in………………………. |
| A. | nepal |
| B. | india |
| C. | china |
| D. | burma |
| Answer» D. burma | |
| 61. |
‘The Adivasi will not Dance’ is written by …………………….. |
| A. | h s shekhar b) mulkraj anand |
| C. | limbale |
| D. | narayan |
| Answer» A. h s shekhar b) mulkraj anand | |
| 62. |
The dictionary defines …………..as a ‘social organization marked by the supremacy of the father in the clan or family in both domestic and religious functions. |
| A. | gender |
| B. | patriarchy |
| C. | matriarchy |
| D. | anarchism |
| Answer» B. patriarchy | |
| 63. |
…………..is an ideology people use in modern societies to imagine the existence of differences between men and women on the basis of their sex. |
| A. | feminism |
| B. | gender |
| C. | patriarchy |
| D. | marxism |
| Answer» B. gender | |
| 64. |
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood among Ghosts is the autobiography of ……. |
| A. | maxine hong kingston |
| B. | maya angelou |
| C. | george orwell |
| D. | althusser |
| Answer» A. maxine hong kingston | |
| 65. |
The short story ‘Prelude’ written by……… |
| A. | emily dickenson |
| B. | virginia woolf |
| C. | maxine hong kingston |
| D. | katherine mansfield |
| Answer» D. katherine mansfield | |
| 66. |
The word………. refers to any person or group of inferior rank or station, whether because of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or religion. |
| A. | subaltern |
| B. | dalit |
| C. | adivasi |
| D. | transgender |
| Answer» A. subaltern | |
| 67. |
Who is the author of Images of Women in Literature? |
| A. | judith butler |
| B. | virginia wolf |
| C. | mary anne ferguson |
| D. | elaine showalter. |
| Answer» C. mary anne ferguson | |
| 68. |
The second Sex is written by………………… |
| A. | simon de beauvoir |
| B. | virginia wolf |
| C. | judith butler |
| D. | elaine showalter |
| Answer» A. simon de beauvoir | |
| 69. |
The typical, fixed gender images are called …………… |
| A. | masculinity |
| B. | feminine |
| C. | stereotypes |
| D. | third gender |
| Answer» C. stereotypes | |
| 70. |
“ Which Language Should I Speak; is a poem of ………….. |
| A. | f m shinde |
| B. | raghavan atholi |
| C. | arun kamble |
| D. | m dasan |
| Answer» C. arun kamble | |
| 71. |
‘ Oxford India Anthology of Malayalam Dalit Writing is edited by……… |
| A. | arun kumble |
| B. | sachidanandan |
| C. | sunny m kapikkad |
| D. | dr. m dasan |
| Answer» D. dr. m dasan | |
| 72. |
F M Shinde is a……………..poet |
| A. | bengali |
| B. | marathi |
| C. | hindi |
| D. | tamil |
| Answer» B. marathi | |
| 73. |
The poem ‘Habit’ is written by…………… |
| A. | arun camble |
| B. | s joseph |
| C. | priya adarker |
| D. | f m shinde |
| Answer» D. f m shinde | |
| 74. |
Which among the poems is written by S Joseph? |
| A. | identity card |
| B. | habit |
| C. | which language should i speak |
| D. | black dance |
| Answer» A. identity card | |
| 75. |
The poem ‘Identity Card’ is translated from Malayalam to English by |
| A. | anand |
| B. | valsan thampu |
| C. | devika |
| D. | k sachidanandan |
| Answer» D. k sachidanandan | |
| 76. |
Who is the author of the novel Lord Of Flies? |
| A. | william golding |
| B. | amitav ghosh |
| C. | tolstoy |
| D. | william faulkner |
| Answer» A. william golding | |
| 77. |
A person’s gender identity may differ from the sex they were assigned at birth. Such subjects are called …………… |
| A. | masculine |
| B. | feminine |
| C. | lesbian |
| D. | transgender. |
| Answer» D. transgender. | |
| 78. |
‘I Remember I Remembe’r is a poem of……….. |
| A. | thomas hood |
| B. | ogden nash |
| C. | robert frost |
| D. | john keats |
| Answer» A. thomas hood | |
| 79. |
Calvin and Hobbes , a daily comic strip by the American Cartoonist …….. |
| A. | dr. seuss |
| B. | shel silverstein |
| C. | bill watterson |
| D. | grey larson |
| Answer» C. bill watterson | |
| 80. |
“ Norms are not static entities, but incorporated and interpreted features of existence” Who says? |
| A. | elaine showalter |
| B. | judith butler |
| C. | betty friedan |
| D. | virginia woolf |
| Answer» C. betty friedan | |
| 81. |
People who use the term …………..may use it to mean lesbian, gay, bisexual, or pansexual, or they may use it because other terms don’t quite describe their experiences. |
| A. | queer |
| B. | transgender |
| C. | gender |
| D. | hetero sexual |
| Answer» A. queer | |
| 82. |
People who identify their sexual orientation as ……………..typically feel attracted to people of a different gender |
| A. | bi sexual |
| B. | pansexual |
| C. | hetero sexual |
| D. | ho*mo sexual |
| Answer» C. hetero sexual | |
| 83. |
………….is about a gay man from rural Karnataka |
| A. | habit |
| B. | mohanaswamy |
| C. | the letter q, |
| D. | identity card |
| Answer» B. mohanaswamy | |
| 84. |
Vasudhendra is a………….writer |
| A. | tamil |
| B. | hindi |
| C. | bengali |
| D. | kannada |
| Answer» D. kannada | |
| 85. |
Vasudhendra is a …………………………writer |
| A. | gay |
| B. | lesbian |
| C. | transgender |
| D. | dalit |
| Answer» A. gay | |
| 86. |
“I am large. I contain multitudes” is a line from………… |
| A. | habit |
| B. | identity |
| C. | songs of myself |
| D. | mohanaswamy |
| Answer» C. songs of myself | |
| 87. |
“Songs of Life” is the work of……… |
| A. | s joseph. |
| B. | emerson |
| C. | f m shinde |
| D. | walt whitman |
| Answer» D. walt whitman | |
| 88. |
People who identify as ……………..typically feel attracted to more than one gender, such as being attracted to both women and men. |
| A. | bi sexual |
| B. | ho*mo sexual |
| C. | hetero sexual |
| D. | pan sexual |
| Answer» A. bi sexual | |
| 89. |
……………, one of the earliest Dalit writers, defines Dalit literature as “Literature which artistically portrays the sorrows, tribulations, slavery, degradation, ridicule and poverty endured by Dalits” |
| A. | sharankumar limbale |
| B. | arjun dangle |
| C. | abedkar |
| D. | valmiki |
| Answer» A. sharankumar limbale | |
| 90. |
‘The Letter Q’ is a letter written by………… |
| A. | ely shipley |
| B. | vasudhendra |
| C. | walt whitman |
| D. | emerson |
| Answer» A. ely shipley | |
| 91. |
“Naught may endure but “mutability”is the line from the poem “ Mutability” by |
| A. | john keats |
| B. | p b shelly |
| C. | william wordsworth |
| D. | coleridge |
| Answer» B. p b shelly | |
| 92. |
“Don’t cry, Darling, It’s Blood All right” is the poem of……….. |
| A. | ogden nash |
| B. | thomas hood |
| C. | robert frost |
| D. | walt whitman |
| Answer» A. ogden nash | |
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